OLX Demos 'Top Ads' at Lagos Int'l Trade Fair

OLX Nigeria, ‎leading online classifieds,  recently introduced a new feature named ‘Top Ads” on its site  and showcasing the product at the 35th Lagos International Trade Fair.

Top Ads is a new paid feature that gives users the opportunity to increase the visibility of their ads to potential buyers as Top Ads retain the top three positions on the listing page for a given period.

Speaking at the Trade Fair, Uche Nwagboso, PR & Communication Lead, OLX, stated that “We are very excited to introduce Top Ads to our users,  this is another product to help our users sell their items quickly and easily

Nwagboso also added  “ With Top Ads users get seven times more views and10 times more replies than regular ads and when a potential buyer click on a Top Ad they see a link to all the user's other ads.

"OLX users are quickly adopting the use of Top Ads and an OLX User Obinna Martins recently sold his iPad Mini in two days using the OLX Top Ad service. He was extremely please with the product as he paid for a three day plan and sold on the second day".

According to her, Top Ads comes with a minimal fee for OLX users and differ per category and number of days users want their Top Ads live.

"Interested users can visit the OLX Booth at the Lagos International Trade Fair," she said.

The 35th Lagos International Trade Fair will run from Friday, 4 November till Sunday, 13 November 2016 at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), in Lagos.

OLX is the world’s leading classifieds platform in growth markets and is available in more than 45 countries and over 50 languages.

OLX connects local people to buy, sell or exchange used goods and services by making it fast and easy for anyone to post an ad through the mobile application.

Every month, hundreds of millions of people in local markets around the world use OLX’s online marketplace to find and sell a wide range of products, including vehicles, electronics, phones and much more.‎