Yalwa

Yalwa

Type	Private
Industry	Local Internet Websites
Founded	June 2006
Headquarters	Wiesbaden, Germany
Products	Yalwa Business Directory, Locanto Classifieds Site, askalo Local Q&A
Website	www.yalwa.info

Yalwa is a worldwide business directory in which companies can list their business and advertise within their local neighborhood. The Yalwa Business Directory is available in over 50 countries worldwide, covering 5 major languages.^[1]

About

At the Yalwa business directory, small business owners can list their company. Yalwa offers more than a thousand different categories to specify exactly what kind of products or services the listed businesses offer.^[2]

Background

The Yalwa business directory is operated by the German startup company Yalwa located in Wiesbaden, Germany. Yalwa was launched in June 2007 with 12 English speaking countries. Within the following year, Yalwa was launched in 16 further countries, covering the languages Spanish, German, Dutch, and French. With the launch of 10 additional countries in December 2009, Yalwa was made available in 38 countries worldwide and in 5 languages.^[3] By 2014, Yalwa had expanded into over 50 countries world wide.^[4]

Klaus P. Gapp, CEO and founder of the German start-up company Yalwa, previously founded and operated OpusForum.org, a local classifieds site for the German-speaking market. OpusForum.org was bought by Ebay in 2005 and merged with its classifieds site Kijiji one year later.^[5]

The major competitor for Yalwa are the Yellow Pages.

References

Yalwa Press Release Retrieved 28 Dez 2010
Your-Story.org Retrieved 02 Jan 2011
Press Release on Yalwa Expansion Retrieved 02 Jan 2011
B2B Online Magazine, Online business directories: an important SMB investment Retrieved 07 Jan 2011
Review on Killerstartups.com Retrieved 28 Dez 2010
Yalwa on Startupwiki (in German) Retrieved 28 Dez 2010
Article on deutsche-startups.de (in German) Retrieved 07 Jan 2010
Article from 28 Dez 2012 on Wiesbadener Kurier (in German) Retrieved 01 Jan 2013

External links

Yalwa homepage: http://www.yalwa.info/
Yalwa Blog: http://www.yalwa.info/local_business/blog/

Interview with founder Klaus P. Gapp (in German)

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