There’s a new player and town and it looks like it’s making a splash by dropping a wad of cash in advertising. People have been asking me about this new classified ad site called Ayos Dito.
Who can’t ignore them? They’re spending a lot on Google Adwords, signing up with local blog ad networks and sponsoring tech-related events left and right.
In an already-crowded market dominated by eBay.ph and Sulit, does AyosDito have what it takes to cut a significant piece of the classifieds arena?
While there’s still room for more, Ayos Dito seems like it’s doing the Manila Craigslist style and couples it with a huge marketing budget. We saw the same thing with Auction.PH before.
Here’s my checklist:
- SEO-optimized site? Check.
- PPC and display advertising campaigns? Check.
- Content creation campaign? Check.
- Community building and user retention? Un-checked.
- Link building campaign? Un-checked.
- Brand recognition? Coming soon(?).
There was an article that states Ayos Dito was getting somewhere in the north of 15,000 visitors per day. Since I don’t see their site in the SERPs, I’ll assume 90% of that traffic comes from PCC and display ads. A conservative cost of Php5 per visitor brings a daily spending of over Php50,000. Now, that’s a lot of money. They need to be visible in the SERPs fast or that ad budget could dry up real soon.
What do you think — can Ayos Dito make it?
Posting an ad with ayosdito is a hassle. They don’t allow watermarks or texts on your photo. I’m selling Tshirts with the designs I design personally so what I do is I put watermarks on the designs I made to prevent from anyone from copying it. How else can I protect my intellectual property if they are doing that? Furthermore they only allow you to upload three pictures. How can someone browse properly then choose the design he / she wants? I’m just saying.
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are the jobs posted here can be possible to scam? or any organization for scamming?
Thanks for the wonderful insights. I enjoyed reading the article and the replies. :)
@Ch1: That’s sooo true!! I also sent some messages inquiring if the cars are still available and I got replies from the sellers saying that the car is in UK.
Truly not just sellers are scam but BUYERS as well. I have been a legitimate seller in ayosdito.com and I had been scammed today by a prospect buyer who made up a too good to be TRUE story but I fell for it. A lesson well learned in online market. Never make a deal online, if the buyer is really interested have him meet you likewise to the seller. It’s such a pity that some FILIPINO make their living out of hustling others.
There are lots of scams right now on Ayosdito. 80 out of 100 add on the site are scams, and I ask myself, who is really checking this? I saw a BMW x6 2009 model which costs just P1.5million, now Brand new costs like 6.something million. and there you see this new pic costing very less. I contacted the owner of the car and bargained and got the vehicle at 1,3. When I asked him if I could see the car, he said the car was in the UK. meaning I have to pay and get the car to the philippines. 5 other different dealers, said the same thing and they say I should pay through Ayosdito. I tried to contact the site admin but wasn’t lucky. I wanna know if ayosdito check their site and or if they are part of this scam?
If I am not mistaken, Ayosdito.ph is owned by the Norwegian conglomerate, SCHIBSTED.
I don’t think their budget would dry up that soon.
Their revenue for 2009 is NOK 12.75 billion. That is roughly PHP 101.6 billion. (Dec 2009 rates)
As they own the leading classified service in Sweden I assume they know what they are doing. They might not be doing well for now let us wait and see.
They already have paid services in their other ad sites so maybe later on, they will require fees for our posts .. that is more of a :-( for us.
Though the design is not that impressive, I for one like AyosDito as it is more user-friendly than the others.
I’ve been observing ayosdito for quite some time now and by the looks of it, they have lots of money to burn in Adwords.
I think their adsense ads is not how they get their source of income but something else that we still don’t see. Perhaps premium membership.
since the first time i’ve seen ayosdito.ph ads on youtube, i wonder how they are able to get back the cost of their operating expenses. During that time, there’s no sign of possible income source for the website. Then google ads was later introduced but calculating the operating expenses vs google ads revenue there’s no way that they are able to cope up with it. It’s been a year or more since ayosdito.ph were launched and the possible income stream for ayosdito.ph is still unseen. But anyway, they may be planning some surprise makeover for the website and I hope they will roll it out soon before they’ve spent another million for advertisements.
I heard that Ayosdito lost significant if not all of its Tech staff.
What is interesting I was told that this is mainly due to Management (mostly because of one person) inability to appreciate the hard work put up by their Filipino staff.
Now they are trying to recruit new staff (new slaves).
Let’s see if swak2.com can make it too.
do you consider ayos dito as MFA ads? should i add it to my competitive ad filter?
what do you think guys?