Beirut, Lebanon, April 26 2016: OLX Lebanon, the number 1 online classifieds platform in Lebanon and part of world’s leading classifieds platform in growth markets, reveals new user-friendly and easy-to-use features that will enhance the user-experience of its wide base of users in Lebanon. The new features emphasis on user-friendly layout and functionality and they include: Save Search, Favorites, Chat, Location Search and Location Map.
Since its launch less than a year ago, OLX Lebanon has been offering its services nationwide through OLX website and OLX Arabia mobile phone apps for iOS and Android. With yet new features and services added to its platforms, OLX Arabia efficiently caters to the rapidly emerging internet enthused population in Lebanon. The new features – Save Search, Favorites, Chat, Location Search and Location Map, help to enhance the already user-friendly interface of the platform, making navigation, usage and even personalization even more convenient for users.
“We have scaled new heights globally, making our presence felt across the world. We attribute our success to our users who have shown unending faith and patronage towards us. Lebanon market contributed to our success especially when OLX Lebanon and in less than a year, recorded more than 75,448 items posted for sale, which means an ad was posted each 5 minutes. Paying due heed to the recommendations, feedbacks and reviews from our users in Lebanon, we have been able to develop, update and introduce new features and services to the OLX Lebanon platform, thus making it the number one online classified platform in Lebanon,” said Mr. Abdallah Touqan, Senior Public Relations and Communications Lead at OLX MENA
Each new feature is designed to serve a unique need. The ‘Save Search’ feature makes searching for similar items searched earlier a lot easier; by simply saving a search, users will automatically receive notifications when similar items appear on any of the OLX Lebanon platforms. As the name suggests, the ‘Favorites’ feature saves all user-selected favorite items in a personal watch list so no great deals are missed from sight. The enhanced ‘Chat’ feature allows for easy interactions between potential buyers and sellers via a chat window. Considering distance as a prime criterion, the ‘Location Search’ uses the GPS on the device to help search out the listings in the closest proximity to the user. The ‘Location Map’ also uses the GPS to locate and direct the user to an item on the map.
“An innovator in the global online classifieds sector, OLX takes care of every detail that contributes to a platform being fast, easy and accessible. We create a pleasing experience for our users with easy to understand, user-friendly features, seamless transitions and a strong technical back-end,” Mr. Touqan concluded.
The new features on OLX Lebanon, provide innumerable benefits for both, buyers and sellers and creates an industry hub for property professionals where OLX Lebanon becomes an effective contributing tool to maximize their business needs in terms of reaching wider range of users and visibility.
Download the OLX Arabia app which is available for both iOS and Android or log-in to the Olxliban.com website and use the newly launched features to buy and sell in Lebanon. OLX Lebanon is free and with no commission and helps society members to get extra cash by selling items they no longer use; and helps professional in growing their business potentials by reaching millions of users.