2015

2003

• UsedVancouver.com is founded by Mark Rainer and Stephen Chan
• Mark and Stephen hope to address the landfill and greenhouse gas emission problems in Vancouver, BC, by recycling unwanted goods out of the garbage system
• Paid advertising from commercial advertisers completes the business model

2004

• Mark Rainer partners with Don Barthel and together they relaunch UsedVancouver.com
• Excited to bring the service to all of Canada, they register 50 other similar domain names

2005

• UsedOttawa.com, UsedWinnipeg.com and UsedVictoria.com are launched and quickly surpass UsedVancouver.com’s active postings
• The collection of sites is called UsedCanada.com

2006

• UsedCanada.com positions itself as “Canada’s answer to eBay”
• Ottawa-based TradeBug.com is acquired with its trade name and audience and merges into UsedOttawa.com
• More sites are launched including UsedCalgary.com, UsedEdmonton.com, UsedRegina.com and UsedPEI.com

2007

• UsedCanada.com’s network of local free classified websites grows 400% from the previous year, now receiving over a million pageviews per day and serving communities and advertisers across Canada
• Black Press of Victoria, BC, the largest privately owned publisher of community newspapers in North America, acquires UsedCanada.com from Don Barthel

2008

• UsedCanada.com becomes UsedEverywhere.com with a network of 73 free classified websites
• Traffic grows to 1.6 million unique visitors and over 55 million pageviews per month
• Always at the forefront, UsedVictoria.com and UsedOttawa.com begin tweeting

 

2009

• The UsedBlog is launched. The first post shows how the Moderation Team keeps our sites safe and family-friendly
• We go social and spread the word on Facebook and Twitter

2010

• Our city sites get a new look, making it easier to search for items by categories and subcategories
• United Kingdom sites launched

2011

• The UsedNews newsletter is founded to help share pro tips and useful articles
• More social media platforms are established to truly connect with local communities

 

 

2012

• Users can now search by location
• The UsedBlog really takes off as amazing guest bloggers are added to the writing roster

 

2013

• Re-branding: new logo and tagline “Locals buy & sell here” introduced
• All city sites get a new look, including the corporate site
• Hashtags are introduced to facilitate search on the sites

2014

• Mobile site launched
• Trending ads are introduced so users can see what ads are popular on the front page of each city site
• The new Favourites Button makes comparisons and saving searches much easier
• #UsedHelps launched allowing users to donate to charities nationwide

2015

• New pet policy ending breeder and for profit sales of household pets
• Resume uploading feature added for job hunters responding to job ads
• UsedEverywhere.com becomes Used.ca and 84 local city sites are rebranded with one logo.
• More amazing features are in the works…watch this page or better yet, sign up for the UsedNews for updates