Quikr is India's leading horizontal classifieds company. Launched in July 2008, currently has presence in 40 cities across the country. Quikr provides the local community in every city a platform where consumers can buy, sell, rent, find something and address a need while doing so, in over 150 categories.

Quikr is backed by Matrix Partners India, Omidyar Network, Norwest Venture Partners and invested in by eBay Inc. Quikr was formerly known as Kijiji.in. The company was re-branded as Quikr.com in July 2008.

Six Million Quikr Users
Quikr is an ideal platform not just for iniduals to trade with each other but also for those who would like to start a new business or grow an existing one. Over Six million people across India visit Quikr every month to address a need they have.

From the most mundane to the highly unusual, Quikr is a platform that connects consumers to meet supply and demand in an easy and instant manner. Be it buying a new phone; selling a seldom-used treadmill or an old TV; renting an apartment or finding partners to car-pool - Quikr is the place that makes it possible for you in the 'quikest and simplest' way. 

Chief Executive Officer of Quikr India Private Limited, Pranay Chulet in a brief discussion with SME WORLD highlights the pros of Quikr.com.

Why Quikr?
Quikr has the potential to change the e-commerce landscape in India. Even in more mature economies like the US where people are more comfortable buying things online using their credit cards, there are great success stories of digital platforms which let users meet each other through digital media like internet & mobile phones, and then conduct actual transactions offline. In a country like India where so many people do not have credit cards or just aren't comfortable shelling out money to buy something online, a platform like Quikr has even higher potential in market share terms. There is no doubt that a platform like Quikr is very well suited for the Indian market – this reflects in the way we have grown…over 8 times in an year. Millions of consumers and lakhs of SMEs are already using our platform and this number is growing fast.

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