Online classifieds portal Quikr appears to be have grown since it was rebranded. The site owned & operated by Quikr Mauritius Holding Pvt. Ltd currently claims to have upwards of 24 Million unique subscribers, out of which 6 Million are mobile-only users. Quikr propagates its image as a free classifieds web-portal. But then, how does it earn? Quikr works on three independent levels reveals Pranay...

Couple of years ago, we had reported that Pranay Chulet was to be appointed the New CEO of Quikr.com.  That was in the year 2009 and zoom forward 2012, Quikr.com and Pranay have witnessed a phase of transition together.  We caught up with him to get some answers. Especially on the topic which is intriguing many: Has online classified ads finally made a mark in India? 1. Has the trend of online...

It is reported that India’s horizontal classified player, Quikr (www.quikr.com) have completed a USD of 8 million round for Quikr Mauritius (holding company in Quikr India) led by new investors, Nokia Growth Partners (NGP). Quikr’s platform offers wide range of local classifieds from mobile to web based classified across 40 cities in the country. According to the report, every month Quikr...

Funding news is coming thick and fast this week. Here are a couple of updates from the digital arena: Quikr raises 6 million from NVP Quikr – Free online classifieds portal has raised Series C funding of USD 6 million from Norwest Venture Partner s (NVP). Quikr hadraised Series B funding Rs. 200 million last year from Omidyar Network and Matrix Partners India. Till now, Quikr has raised more than...

This year we asked you the question, whether Indian search engines could ever tackle the Google threat? Statistically speaking the local search engines have hardly given Google a fight this year. And that’s pretty inevitable until we realize what the core business model of each of the various engines is. Search  alone as an activity is not confined to the online space in India. Hence, while...

Ibibo is known to launch multiple initiatives within its social networking platform to continue engagement of users.  Earlier this year they had launched a ning like feature. We have covered Ibibo’s talent contest initiatives and also its attempt at an ad network before. Now it seems ibibo has launched (not sure how recent but found no info or coverage on this feature) another initiative and...

In an economic slowdown companies have open their arms and investing in one another to expand their businesses. Recently, Quikr Mauritius (holding company of Quikr India) has completed the second round of Rs. 200 million ($4.13 million) funding from a new investor Omidyar Network and returning investor Matrix Partners India. Deal Details - Deal Value (US$ Million) 4.13 ...

Craigslist, a dominant player in online classified segment would soon get rid of its “erotic services” section.This would in turn be replaced by a section called Adult Services with heavy moderation. This means all ads under the section would attract moderation before being published which in turn would lead to higher costs and slow postings. This comes in the wake of serious charges being...

There are atleast 2-3 tie up announcements each week these days. A sign that companies are focusing on core competencies and partnering wherever they can. This week we look at two such tie ups. NDTV ties up with Quikr for NDTVClassifieds.com NDTV Convergence and Quikr.com, backed by Matrix Partners India and invested in by eBay Inc., have partnered to launch NDTVClassifieds.com. Besides for such tie...

The classifieds space is a crowded one in India with large vertical players like naukri, shaadi and consim info (previously bharatmatrimony) and many general players like indialist, indiaclassifieds, click.in etc There is also ebay invested kijiji which we had covered here before.     Now Kijiji is making a move to change its name to Quikr.com (This is the flickr hangover which doesn’t...