dubizzle is the UAE'S favorite marketplace to buy, sell and find anything. If you can search for it, you can find it on dubizzle!
dubizzle is a horizontal C2C free classifieds website that was started in 2005 in Dubai by two co-founders, J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley. Over eight years, dubizzle has grown to become the largest C2C platform in the MENA region. In the UAE, dubizzle is a mature business, and the largest local website, with approximately one half of the nation’s Internet population visiting our site at least once every month. Throughout the rest of the MENA region, dubizzle is growing with the goal to reach the same size and reach in each MENA country as it currently has in the UAE. Most notably in Egypt, dubizzle is the leading classifieds site and growing rapidly. In 2010, dubizzle raised funding for the first time from a strategic partner, Naspers. Naspers invested in dubizzle for a 25% stake in order to help grow the business throughout the MENA region. Again in 2013, Naspers increased their stake in dubizzle in order to facilitate even more aggressive expansion, and secure their majority ownership in the business. Aside from funding, Naspers, brings an immense amount of knowledge in the e-commerce and classifieds space in emerging markets, as they are one of the largest classifieds and emerging market internet players globally. Their approach is hands off, yet supportive with strategy, training and knowledge sharing wherever needed. Our people are from all over the world, with staff from over 30 different countries, speaking 13+ different languages. As of January 2013, we have over 170 staff regionally, with 150+ at HQ in Dubai. We believe in only hiring and retaining “A” players, and providing them a culture of context rather than control. We encourage creative ideas and testing those ideas with data. We like to ship early and ship often, test, and iterate.
dubizzle is the leading classifieds platform for users in the United Arab Emirates. Since its launch in 2005, dubizzle has become the number one platform for users to buy, sell, or find anything in their community.
A community where underused goods are redistributed to fill a new need, and become wanted again, where non-product assets such as space, skills, and money are exchanged and traded in new ways that don’t always require centralized institutions or ‘middlemen’. dubizzle is a part of the Dubizzle Group Holdings Limited which also operates the largest property classified sites in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morocco.
In April 2020, the Dubizzle Group Holdings Limited merged with the Netherlands-based OLX Group in certain key markets, and was valued at $1 Billion, giving it the coveted unicorn status. The group now also owns and operates Bayut in the UAE, OLX Pakistan, OLX Egypt and OLX Lebanon, in addition to several other platforms in the broader Middle East region, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar.
Now situated in the heart of Dubai Design District, Dubai’s skyline may have changed, but dubizzle has not, and there is so much more to come.
At Bayut & dubizzle, we firmly believe that it's our people that make us special! We are a passionate and inspired group of individuals who enjoy building valuable products to make everyone's lives easier and better! We're humble but confident, irreverent and able to laugh at ourselves, but above all, we are here to build the best online classifieds platform the Middle East has ever seen! Bayut & dubizzle also have the unique distinction of being iconic, homegrown brands with a strong presence across the seven emirates in the UAE. Connecting millions of users across the country, Bayut & dubizzle are committed to delivering the best online search experience. Whether its property, motor, jobs or other classifieds you are interested, Bayut & dubizzle have the answers to all your needs! We are proud members of the Dubizzle Group, our parent company which has built a strong reputation for invigorating economies in emerging markets across the world.
Driven by our core values of honesty, innovation and ownership, disruption is part of our DNA and all of us at Bayut & dubizzle are committed to excellence. Our culture celebrates and supports the differences that make each of us unique. If you enjoy solving local challenges and believe in putting the customer first, join our growing team!
