JEDDAH — Al-Jaras.net, a comprehensive online portal for the buy and sell market was launched recently in Doha, Qatar. The new portal offers free classifieds for vendors and exhibitors in the commercial and private sectors in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The first-of-its-kind website is managed by Saleh Al-Kuwari, a Qatari national. Among services provided by Al-Jaras.net are buying and selling of used cars, which is very popular in the Saudi market. The website also provides other sections for furniture, interior design and decoration, utilities and real estate services as well as recruitment applications, among others. The Al-Jaras website takes advantage of the fast-growing online advertising activities in the Middle East and keeps pace with the global development of this industry by creating plans and strategies to target the Saudi market, which is considered one of the biggest, richest and rapidly growing markets in online trade. – SG