Ekhanei.com

Ekhanei.com

Screenshot of the main page on July 30, 2015
Type Private company
Founded 2006 (2006) (renamed 2014)
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Area served Bangladesh
Key people Arild Klokkerhaug (MD)[1]
Owner Schibsted, Telenor and Naspers
Website www.ekhanei.com
Type of site Classifieds
Advertising None
Registration Optional
Available in Bengali, English
Launched 1995
Current status Active

Ekhanei (i/ɛknɛɪ/; এখানেই, lit. "here only") or ekhanei.com is a classified advertisements website to buy and sell to property, gadgets, vehicles, personal items etc. for sale. Tickets and jobs are also posted among other things. Starting in 2006 as CellBazaar,[2] it is the first online free classified ads website in Bangladesh. By Alexa Internet ranking, as of August 2015, it was top shopping site[3] and the fifth business and economy website[4] in Bangladesh.

History

Ekhanei.com was launched, as Cellbazaar, in 2006. It was owned by Grameenphone, the largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh.[5] In 2010, after reaching four million users, it was acquired by Telenor, a major global telecom company with particular strength in Asian markets,[6][7] with operations in, according to the company website, 13 countries.[8][9] CellBazaar the company won the Accenture Economic Development Award 2007,[10] and GSM Global Mobile Awards (Barcelona, 2008) in the category of "Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development".[11]

The company became Ekhanei in June 2014 when it was overtaken by SnT Classified.[12] SnT Clssifieds is an equal shareholding joint venture between Schibsted, a major global classifieds company,[13][14] with operations in, according to the company website, 30 countries,[15] and Telenor.[12] Telenor bought 33.3% shares of the online marketplace company, while contributing its Bangladeshi asset Cellbazaar.[12] Schibsted contributed its South American assets.[12]

South African Naspers, Norway's Schibsted ASA and Telenor ASA, and Singapore Press Holdings joined in a cooperation agreement in November 2014, which included the transfer of assets and merger of operation in many markets including Bangladesh,[16] where Nasper's Bangladesh operation OLX was launched in January 2015.[17] In January 2011, Schibsted, Naspers and Telenor merged their operations into one platform - Ekhanei.com.[18][19] As of 2015, it is 50.3 percent owned by SnT Classified, the parent company of ekhanei.com, and 49.7 percent owned by Naspers.[12][18]

Market

Internet users in Bangladesh had Tk 14,700 crore worth of 10.5 crore used goods in their stocks in according to MetrixLab, a market research firm,[17] According to Bangladesh Bank, around 1 million versatile clients access the mobile banking benefits. Over 100 crore transactions are made through mobile banking accounts.[20]

See also

References

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