dubizzle is an OLX company

dubizzle is now part of the OLX global recognized network that reaches over 200 million monthly active users and 25 million monthly listings.

Muscat, Oman: July 12th 2015: Over the past decade dubizzle has built the most recognized and popular online brand in the Middle East. Two weeks ago (On June 28th 2015) dubizzle platforms (website and mobile app) started carrying a new message on the product that states 'dubizzle is an OLX company', the message appears underneath the dubizzle logo across the site and the mobile app. This step is a testament to the amazing decade dubizzle had in this region, a success that has reached new levels, being globally recognized as part of the OLX family.

Abdallah Touqan, Senior PR and Communications Lead at dubizzle said: "'dubizzle is an OLX company' means that we are aligned with our sister companies around the globe in terms of best practice and shared resources - enabling us to deliver the best user experience. While keeping the brand local. A great combination of global vs local that will definitely benefit the user,"

Why the change? The objective of becoming an OLX company is to stay connected with and become part of the world's leading network of online classifieds platforms.  Already millions of people around the world have used OLX to sell their things within local communities in places like India, Brazil, Portugal and now the Middle East.

"Now we can share information rapidly & exchange best practice with the other online classifieds platforms within the OLX global network. We believe that together we can accomplish much more than we would as entirely separate entities", Touqan added.

OLX is the world's leading classifieds platform in growth markets and is available in more than 40 countries and over 50 languages in the Naspers, and this step will enable dubizzle to amplify its efforts with a global push to create consumer economies that change the world - a common goal with all of these companies within the network. and more is yet to come.

"We will remain focused on creating the best user experience for our users to quickly and easily buy and sell their stuff. That's the business roadmap." Touqan concluded.

About us:
dubizzle.com is the leading free classifieds website for users in the Middle East and North Africa. Since its launch in 2005, dubizzle.com has become the number one platform for users to buy, sell, or find anything in their community. A community where underused goods are redistributed to fill a new need, and become wanted again, where non- product assets such as space, skills and money are exchanged and traded in new ways that don't always require centralized institutions or 'middlemen'.dubizzle.com is headquartered in the UAE, and is also available in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

dubizzle is an OLX company: OLX is the world's leading classifieds platform in growth markets and is available in more than 40 countries and over 50 languages. OLX connects local people to buy, sell or exchange used goods and services by making it fast, easy and free for anyone to post a listing through their mobile phone or on the web. Every month, hundreds of millions of people in local markets around the world are already using OLX's online marketplace to find and sell a wide range of products, including furniture, musical instruments, sporting goods, cars, kids and baby items, motorcycles, cameras, mobile phones, property and much more. OLX operates in fast-growing markets around the globe, where OLX helps people improve their lives through smart person-to-person trade. OLX employs more than 1,200 committed employees world-wide located in places like Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Delhi, Jakarta, Lagos, Lisbon, Manila, Nairobi, Poznan, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

ADD THE AGENCY CONTACT DETAILS
Abdallah Touqan
Senior PR & Communications Lead
Abdallah@dubizzle.com 
+971 56 1023140

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