Here an aggressive, online classifieds start-up asked us to monitor the free and publically available classifieds websites of their competitors. The following information is gathered on a week-by-week, on-going basis:

	The volume of classifieds.
	Sorted by various categories.
	Sorted by geographical areas.

Using this market monitoring our customer is able to:

	Spot & react to market trends quickly.
	Predict market player growth rates for medium to long term planning.
	Guage the effectiveness of competitors' advertising campaigns.
	Determine their competitors' market share & worth accurately for acquisition purposes.
	Determine their own market share & worth accurately.