Impressed by Dubai’s vibrant economy, bustling trade and lively residents, two young entrepreneurs have recently launched Dubizzle.com, a new interactive portal for the residents of Dubai. Billed as Dubai’s ‘first community website’, the portal aims to integrate the city’s diverse communities and present its multi-cultural happenings and views through a user-friendly online resource.
Dubizzle.com’s main listings include classifieds, properties, events in town, service providers, reviews of professionals, restaurants and hotels, salons and spas, as well as community forums. Since its inception, Dubizzle’s classified listings have already crossed 1,600 in 22 categories, including car and 4x4 combined listings of over 800. Its property listings have crossed over 2,000 in 15 categories. The user-friendly portal offers the widest range in buying, selling, rental choices, be it computers, cars, villas, apartments, books etc. It also lists the upcoming conferences, exhibitions, business seminars, charity and community events.
Said J. C. Butler and Sim Whatley, co-founders and managing partners, “We believe that every city needs an integrated community website which can provide comprehensive information on various topics at the click of a button. When we first came to Dubai, it struck us that Dubai’s lively community required a portal that would amply reflect its exuberant trade and multi-cultural happenings, which led us to the idea of creating Dubizzle.com.”
The co-founders added that Dubizzle was an easy-to-navigate online resource for the exchange of both products and ideas. They explained that Dubizzle.com was an acronym for Dubai, Business, Lifestyle and Entertainment, which summed up the variety of information it provided. “We are certain that Dubizzle is poised for success with the Dubai community and we have plans to replicate Dubizzle’s success in other cities of the world,” said the entrepreneurial duo.
