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Craigslist finally has a challenger in the free online classified ad market and their name is eBay. eBay is making a move for the free online classified ad market by bringing out their new free local online classified site called Kijiji.

The question is, can this new young gun from eBay KO the old Champ Craigslist?

Maybe, maybe not.

One thing that eBay will have to deal with is the loyal following that Craigslist has built up over the years. Apparently eBay thinks it has the size and skill to take out, or at the very least, fight Craigslist to a draw with its traffic. This remains to be seen.

Kijiji - What’s a Kijiji?

Kijiji is eBay’s new free local online classified ad site. It’s much slicker than Craigslist and at least for me, much easier to navigate and to use. You can see it here. (don’t ask me how they came up with the name, I don’t have a clue!)

I have to give it to eBay, at least they made Kijiji look a lot different that their UK free online classified ad site Gumtree. Gumtree resembles Craigslist except with a color change. Other than that, Gumtree could nearly pass for a twin of Craigslist.

What Does This Have To Do With Affiliate Marketing?

Glad you asked. Some affiliate marketers are making a huge killing off of free online classified ads. Since Kijiji is new and does not have the traffic that some of the larger free online classified ad sites have, a wise affiliate marketer could get his/her products in on the ground floor.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t advocate spamming an online classified site. But if you have something truly of value that meets the guidelines of Kijiji or any other online classified ad site, I don’t see a problem with you advertising it.

I’ve looked over Kijiji and can not find anything against using affiliate marketing links in your ads. Having said that, I have not found any live links in the ads and I have found some ebooks already up for grabs on Kijiji, but no live links.

Still, a savvy marketer can get around this and showcase his/her products. I’d think some of the name brand affiliate marketing programs should work well.

Remember yesterday when I posted about building a targeted opt in email list? You could use a couple of those methods to build your list with Kijiji. For example, you could write up a short ebook and post it for little or nothing. If Kijiji does take off as I suspect it will, you’d have a product ready to take advantage of the traffic.

There are lots of possibilities for affiliate marketers and free local online classified ad sites. eBay just gave us another place to market at.