BUSINESS PERMITSWith a majority of traders selling electronics on the platform, OLX is verifying that category of adverts first and plans to roll out the exercise in other categories in the next few months. The new move requires traders in electronics, using the platform, to produce business permits first before their adverts are published on the site. “This is to ensure that only businesses with permits post on OLX as business franchises, so as to manage the number of business adverts on the platform,” Mr Ndiang’ui said. SELLERSThe site has also capped business adverts to 13 per week and 50 per account for every seller with an OLX account to enable the site to offer a variety of items to their buyers. The phone number verification is mandatory for sellers who want to list their products for sale on OLX.

Source: Daily Nation August 25, 2017 18:22 UTC