Online classifieds platform, OLX, has unveiled an overhauled app, and replaced its website and mobile site with a progressive web app (PWA).<\/p>\n
The changeover will provide new and existing users an easier, faster, safer, and more local way of buying and selling used goods.<\/p>\n
Both buyers and sellers will need to register\/login on the platform with verification either via mobile phone or through Facebook.<\/p>\n
Users will now have a profile, be able to see who they are talking to, and through Facebook verification, will be able to see if they have any mutual friends in common.<\/p>\n
This new layer of security will help to further prevent potential scammers and fraud for OLX users, the group said.<\/p>\n
“We are not merely changing the homepage, but overhauling the entire system,” said Sjoerd Nikkelen, OLX\u2019s country manager, South Africa.<\/p>\n
OLX has changed the way its products are displayed to users. The listings now appear in an intuitive newsfeed-style layout, similar to social media platforms.<\/p>\n