division of qvc founded 2004 headquarters san mateo california united states founder s craig donato scott kister faith sedlin website www.oodle.com alexa rank 7 663 april 2014 update 1 type of site classifieds available in english launched 2005 2 current status active oodle inc. is an online marketplace based out of san mateo california . it was founded in 2004 by ex excite executives craig donato scott kister and faith sedlin . 3 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 third party resources 4 partner listings 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit oodle is currently the largest classifieds aggregator 4 and aggregates listings from sites like ebay forrent.com as well as local listings from local newspapers and websites . 5 oodle powers facebook marketplace the app on facebook for buying selling lending and gifting among one s community . oodle strongly encourages posters to include a facebook profile with listings believing that users will prefer the transparency of dealing with someone with a name and face attributed to their listing . oodle also powers other companies classifieds websites from the online classifieds for traditional newspapers including the sun 6 7 the washington post express 8 new york post 9 to other large websites like aol lycos 10 local.com 11 military.com 12 to non traditional classifieds hosting sites like wal mart . 13 oodle searches vertically in the classifieds categories of cars real estate renting jobs personals merchandise tickets pets and services . oodle aggregates listings from national and local sources covering over 1000 regions in the united states uk canada ireland and india history edit on march 6 2009 facebook launched a new version of its marketplace application powered by oodle . in november 2010 oodle acquired grouply a platform for building custom social networking groups . the qvc home shopping company purchased oodle in 2012 . 14 in may 2015 the site was purchased from qvc by oodle holdings . third party resources edit oodle provides its classifieds content for publication on external websites through the use of an api or simpler javascript widget . partner listings edit websites supply their classified ad listings to oodle in the form of xml or csv files which oodle parses into their database for redistribution . oodle currently has over 75 000 partner listings . citation needed see also edit employment website references edit oodle.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . oodle company info . oodle.com . retrieved december 9 2011 . oodle faq . oodle.com . april 14 2011 . retrieved december 9 2011 . walker leslie april 20 2006 . iso best selling model for web classifieds . the washington post . retrieved december 9 2011 . dot com refugees land at a new home . oodle.com . april 23 2005 . retrieved december 9 2011 . news corporation s uk newspaper the sun partners with oodle to launch classified advertising section on http www.thesun.co.uk . allbusiness.com . june 12 2006 . retrieved december 9 2011 . external link in title help sun claims soaraway success . theinquirer.net . retrieved december 9 2011 . classifieds search engine oodle to power washington post s express newspaper . auctionbytes.com . retrieved december 9 2011 . december 11 2007 by kristen nicole 2 december 11 2007 . oodle does classifeds sic for the new york post . mashable.com . retrieved december 9 2011 . oodle announces partnerships with lycos and backpage . info.lycos.com . march 7 2006 . retrieved december 9 2011 . local.com adds 20 million local classifieds listings . corporate.local.com . retrieved december 9 2011 . unveils new resources for veterans active military personnel and their families . military.com . february 15 2007 . talley karen june 3 2008 . wal mart adds free online classifieds . the wall street journal . retrieved december 9 2011 . empson rip 2012 12 05 . qvc acquires social classifieds veteran oodle to help power its social commerce evolution . techcrunch . 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