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Sheypoor runs a free online classifieds website where people in Iran buy and sell used goods, cars, property, and find jobs and services.
Sheypoor is Iran's answer to Craigslist and a bit of eBay mixed together. It runs a free online classifieds website where people in Iran go to buy and sell things — used furniture, phones, cars, apartments, and just about anything else. You can also find job listings and local services there. The whole point is connecting a buyer and a seller who otherwise would never find each other, and letting them handle the deal themselves.
The business model is simple and familiar to anyone who has used a classifieds site: posting a basic ad is free, which is why so many people use it. Sheypoor makes money by charging for extras — things like bumping a listing to the top, highlighting it, or paying for a featured spot so your ad gets seen by more people. It does not hold inventory, ship goods, or guarantee the transaction. It is a marketplace of listings, not a store. That free-to-post, pay-for-visibility model is powerful because it scales cheaply. More users attract more listings, and more listings attract more users, which is the classic flywheel that makes classifieds sites hard to dislodge once they get big. In Iran, Sheypoor competes mainly with Divar, the classifieds site backed by Naspers-affiliated interests, so the fight is over who has the most listings and the most trust among everyday buyers and sellers.
The tricky part of this business is trust. Because Sheypoor just connects strangers, scams and fake listings are a constant worry, and how well it polices its own marketplace matters a lot to users. It is a private company, so detailed financials are not public, but its value rests on staying the default place Iranians check first when they want to sell something or hunt for a bargain.
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