Gumtree is changing...

[amir_j]

About time you could see more than one area, but a very different experience. Is in effect becoming a national classifeds- quite addictive too.

as its owned by Ebay, surely they are now treading on each others toes though, and with Gumtree (currently) free?

Also will be a big concern for Autotrader Id imagine, along with others.

Optin in/out of the beta: http://blog.gumtree.com/opt-in-page/

[soad]

Thanks for the heads up - not used it lately.

[Skipppy]

Never knew they were owned by ebay... I guess we'll wait and see how ebay can fk another fantastic site up.

[Morningside]

Another one about to bite the dust?

Best auction site was Yahoo auctions (the UK one) until eBay shut it down.
The USA one is still running but looks like just a factory shop outlet. Like all the others.


Shame

Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 9th February 15:19

[911motorsport]

Not good news for the Tedvertiser I fear

[amir_j]

911motorsport said:

Not good news for the Tedvertiser I fear

Don't see that taking off personally, if it does will stay fairly niche you would think.

[amir_j]

Skipppy said:

Never knew they were owned by ebay... I guess we'll wait and see how ebay can fk another fantastic site up.

They bought it years ago when started taking off as they saw it as a threat e.g after seeing how big Craigslist became in the states.

[ShadownINja]

Morningside said:

Another one about to bite the dust?

Best auction site was Yahoo auctions (the UK one) until eBay shut it down.

How did they do that, then?

[T89 Callan]

Shame, Gumtree has been very useful over the years, particularly for furniature when you move around alot.

Only on Saturday I got a really nice king size bed for £50

[ShadownINja]

inkiboo said:

ShadownINja said:

Morningside said:

Another one about to bite the dust?

Best auction site was Yahoo auctions (the UK one) until eBay shut it down.

How did they do that, then?

eBay basically paid them.

http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/auctions/notice/

Ta.

[PetrolTed]

Bit late to this, but looking at gumtree's implementation it looks pretty crude. It looks like further segmentation by suburb rather than "show me all flats for rent within 3 miles of postcode AB1 3CC".

Obviously they have mass on their side though so it's still a sensible thing for them to do.

Just the scammers they need to deal with then...

Yes, tedvertiser is up against it, but Rome (and PH) wasn't built in a day Who knows where it will end up, but it's good to be out there driving something forwards.

Will Gumtree/Ebay changes worry Autotrader etc? To some extent, but then I think autotrader have had significant challenges over the last ten years and will continue to do so. ebay is facing many challenges of its own that prevent it consuming the likes of Autotrader. On Autotrader's side, they have a very strong brand - it'll be interesting to see what shape it's in within another ten years though (and whether they have a print business left).