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Dozens of words trapped in tiny prison cells, struggling to be free. And a design with so little character that it makes me worry that I've stumbled upon a domain squatter.

No community features, like discussion forums. No Best-of-Craigslist. Perhaps nobody cares enough about this bland site to craft such a thing?

Having said that, for all I know OLX would be crushing Craigslist if only the rip-off/ripped-off relationship were reversed.

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I open up links I want to read in tabs, and then revisit them. I closed the tab for this twice, thinking that it was a squatted domain that I'd somehow browsed to. The third time, I stopped to see what it was.

OXL is big over seas in Europe. At Flugpo we are trying to build a craigslist competitor as well though we still have some work to do before we are ready for the big time.

http://www.flugpo.com

Actually, I like it. I wanted to look at vehicles and it was far easier to browse than craigslist, cause there are pictures right next to the thing like ebay.

Though, yeah, its not as community oriented maybe?

Bookmarked.

Actually, I like it. I wanted to look at vehicles and it was far easier to browse than craigslist, cause there are pictures right next to the thing like ebay.

Here we see the problem with a front-page design that screams "clone": Visitors like me click away without learning about your site's unique new features!

If they stuck a sample vehicle ad somewhere on the front page the site might become much stickier. They'd at least look like they were trying.

Finding the room on the page without losing valuable links might be a problem, though. Maybe if they took out all those framed boxes they might find room for a thumbnail?

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