Berniaga.com site officially closed

Trade web site to alert visitors to switch to the service OLX. (CNN Indonesia/Trisno Heriyanto)

Berniaga.com classified ads website was officially closed on Monday (26/1). It is characterized by the transfer of trade web site traffic to the site OLX.co.id.


This closure occurs after investors OLX trade and agreed to a merger that was announced in November 2014.

http://t.co/dHLB8LZ04h kini sudah tidak bisa diakses lagi. Kamu akan otomatis dialihkan ke http://t.co/KlXdU16Kqm #BerniagaGabungOLX
— berniaga (@berniaga) 26 Januari 2015

South Africa's Naspers, as investors OLX, agreed to establish a joint venture company with 701 Search is none other than the investor trade. 701 Search a merger between Schibsted (Norway), Telenor (Norway), and Singapore Press Holdings (Singapore).

In Indonesia, Naspers will become the majority shareholder in the joint venture, by 64 percent, while 701 Search by 36 percent.

Besides Indonesia, Naspers and 701 Search will also conduct business online classified ads together in Brazil, Thailand, and Bangladesh.

Earlier, reliable sources have told CNN Indonesia that trade will be closed at the end of January 2015. The source also said, would be to recruit a number of employees OLX trade through the selection process. However, he did not say how many employees are going to OLX trade.

When confirmed the spokesman OLX, Ario Agung Sumantri, he said OLX team will conduct an evaluation, selection, and offer some employees trade as a candidate to work on OLX.

"With the number of users continues to grow and evolve, we will continue to absorb the best talent for this joint venture," he said.

For business classified ads, plastered on the FAQ page ad in the trade of information that are transferred to the countless advertisements OLX only active after 11 November 2014 and comply with OLX general.

That means, ads before the date of 11 November 2014 will be lost along with the closure of trade sites. Ario advises users "utilize OLX.co.id site for buying and selling second item."



(Source: CNN Indonesia)