Germany-based general goods marketplace Kleinanzeigen has introduced a feature that allows users to save drafts of their ads.
“Creating and editing classified ads is now more flexible than ever,” says Paul Heimann, CEO of Kleinanzeigen, adding that the new feature makes trading items easier, thereby strengthening secondhand sales as a “sustainable alternative to e-commerce.”
Moreover, users can now edit their ads across multiple devices — starting to write a listing on the browser of their computer before switching to the app to upload photos from their smartphone, for example. Until now, bridging this gap has been impossible without publishing the ad first.
Both business customers and private users will be able to save their ads as drafts for up to 60 days. Users will find their drafts stored above published ads.
What seems like a minor feature that should’ve been included from the very start is appears to be unique across general marketplaces in Germany, as the ability to save drafts is not provided by such rivals as Quoka.de and Markt.de.
According to Kleinanzeigen, which is owned by Norway-based Adevinta, it has more than 50 million listings and in excess of 36 million users monthly.
