What is Kijiji?
{{Infobox website |name = Kijiji Canada |logo = Kijiji (ca) Logo 2019.svg |logo_size = 120px |url = {{URL|kijiji.ca}} |launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|03}} |owner = [[eBay]] |type = [[Classifieds]] }} '''Kijiji''' ({{IPA-en|kiˈdʒiːdʒi}} {{respell|kee|JEE|jee}}; {{IPA-all|kʰiˈʄiʄi|[[Swahili language|Swahili]]:}}, [[Swahili language|Swahili]] for ''[[village]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ebayclassifiedsgroup.com/kijiji |title=eBay Classifieds Group page about Kijiji brand |access-date=2009-06-08 |archive-date=2009-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605101537/http://www.ebayclassifiedsgroup.com/kijiji |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is a [[centralisation|centralized]] network of online groups of people for writing local online classified advertisements. It is a subsidiary of [[eBay]] launched in March 2005.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | title=Business Week | publisher= | url =http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2007/tc2007075_395980.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-27 | language = }}</ref> Kijiji is currently available for more than 300 cities in [[Germany]]. Further Kijiji countries are [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Canada]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Taiwan]], [[Belgium]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], and [[Japan]]. Kijiji was made available to selected cities in the [[United States]] on June 29, 2007, under the name of ''eBay Classifieds''. Kijiji offers similar services and is seen as a competitor to [[Craigslist]] with the biggest exception being that Kijiji has quite an extensive pets section. Kijiji's owner [[eBay]] is also a minority shareholder in Craigslist. In April 2008 eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a countersuit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.<ref>{{cite news | title= Craigslist strikes b