OLX Pakistan has acquired Asani, a local listings competitor which had been gaining steam after a heavy marketing campaign.
This latest acquisition marks an increasing trend where startups in Pakistan get acquired before they can pose a threat to the well established companies with deep pockets.
The details of the OLX acquiring Asani were not made public, but reportedly all Asani customers will be acquired by OLX and Asani will be redirected to OLX in a whole. Various parts of Asani website are already being redirected to OLX website.
via PakWired
not a new thing…. main investor is same for olx and asani first they run like haleeb nestle style as nestle acquire haleeb milk….now they business as one entity….ref. to post https://propakistani.pk/2014/07/21/asani-com-pk-classified-ads/
no a good trend. we need competition in every field
agreed
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Big companies eating small start-ups :/
selling on olx has been a nightmare for months now.
I cannot offer bulk products sale .
So if I have multiple colors then I have to post separate ads as olx duffers donot allow multiple products images in one ad. Also my ads contents should also be different.Does olx want to be a retail selling point or only for old articles ?
Malkaar you can try ebids Pakistan for bulk products selling.
After Aasani Dekho is also acquired by OLX
Pakistani made Pakistani owned
seems like they want to build something similar to ebay … online auctions and storefronts are already there.
asani should not be sold , if this trend continue no single pakistani startup will be at international level