Dutch Online Ads Site Sees 1 Billionth Posting

The most popular classifieds website in the Netherlands recently saw its 1 billionth posting. Marktplaats, which operates in a similar way to eBay but is focussed on the Dutch market, has been running since 1999. It reached the 500 million ad milestone in 2011 and has now achieved another 500 million ads just 4 years after that. The billionth listing was an advert for a drum kit from a user in Rotterdam. Marktplaats has around 7.3 million monthly users, with around 4 ads being posted on the site every second. The average Dutch citizen posts 7 ads on the site each year. 
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