France: the birth of local car sharing and second-hand giants

The report of French Ministry of digital economy and industry points out that France is one of the developed countries with global sharing economy. The more 

prominent local enterprises in France include blablablacar, a unicorn for carpooling, leboncoin.fr for second-hand trading, ulule in the field of crowdfunding, etc.


Blablablacar becomes a long-distance car sharing giant from France to the world


Blablacar, as a local long-distance car sharing giant in France, currently has 20 million active users, covering 19 countries, including Europe and Asia, and plans to march into emerging markets such as Latin America. With a cumulative financing of 337 million US dollars and a valuation of 1.6 billion US dollars, it is a unicorn enterprise with a shared economy in France. With its globalization process, blablablacar has acquired 8 enterprises since its establishment, including carpooling.com in Germany, autohop in Hungary, etc.


The second-hand trading market in France is hot


Second hand deals are popular among French people, according to a mediaprism poll. 49% of French people said they would buy second-hand goods whenever they had the chance. In the face of unused items at home, 77% of the French said they would  to give it a "second life". The types of second-hand transactions in France cover a wide range. There are second-hand markets for shoes, luxury goods and high-tech products.


Leboncoin.fr, a typical enterprise, is the second-hand trading website of life classification of top 1 in France. It is second only to eBay Germany and eBay UK in Europe,with four times more page views than eBay France. 96% of the French know about the site and 73% have used it.

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