Did you know that over 250,000 visit the OLX site daily? Thousands of Kenyans are moving towards online shopping for the convenience and the fact that the world is going digital at a fast rate.
With the increasing number of online transactions, one way that OLX has shown to their customers that they are committed to their safety while transacting is through the ‘Sell It For Me’ service. The service includes sellers paying a fee of Ksh. 2000 to have an OLX champ sell cars on their behalf.
With this, OLX has also introduced a new car category, ‘Verified cars’ to boost safety of buyers looking for cars on their site. Cars in this category now have verified badges ascertaining that they have been verified by OLX.
In this new category, OLX is getting more involved in the transaction by having the buyer purchase cars on their site through vehicle experts directly attached to OLX. Payment is also made to OLX by the buyer upon satisfaction.
“Our new verified cars category is a further step to ensuring that car buyers are guaranteed of safety when buying cars in our platform. It is very different from our normal vehicles category in that, a buyer is now able to buy cars that have been checked and verified by OLX car experts before being uploaded to our site. The buyer upon finding a car they are looking for, will also be assisted by the car expert known as champs, to buy the car and ensure ownership moves to them safely and seamlessly. Buyers in this category will also be required to wire money directly to OLX once satisfied with the car to ensure maximum safety when paying.
OLX, in a bid to encourage buyers who wish to buy fully financed cars, will also be providing asset financing, inspection and insurance for car offers made in the verified cars category through partnerships they’re set to enter.
“Majority of interested car buyers in our site as we noticed, are interested in buying cars on OLX however, they do not have money to do so immediately. We would like to tap in to this bracket of buyers and so, we will soon be entering in to partnerships with financial and insurance companies to cater to these buyers.” Mr. Peter Ndiang’ui, OLX country manager added.
Also, due to the thriving success of the ‘Sell It For Me’ service and the buzz of real-estate in the country, OLX will also launch a similar service in the transaction of real estate in the country very soon.
