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Kleinanzeigen

“Can Germany's dominant classifieds marketplace become a vertically integrated commerce platform by owning the P2P payment and trust layer?”

Founded2009
HQBerlin, Germany
IndustryMarketplace / Two-sided
The story

Founded as eBay's German classifieds vertical, the business was spun out via Adevinta's 2020 acquisition of eBay Classifieds and rebranded to 'Kleinanzeigen' in 2023. The company has steadily transitioned from a pure listings marketplace into an embedded-commerce platform, adding Secure Payment (buyer-protected escrow-style P2P payments) as a core monetisation surface. The 2026 migration from OPP to Adyen marks an explicit pivot to internalising payment infrastructure — owning the transaction layer end-to-end rather than depending on a third-party platform PSP.

Last 12 months
2026-03
2026-04
2025
Product timeline
2009
eBay Kleinanzeigen launches as a classifieds platform in Germany.· launch
2020
Adevinta acquires eBay's Classifieds business (including eBay Kleinanzeigen) in a $9.2B deal.· acquisition
2023
Brand rebrands from 'eBay Kleinanzeigen' to 'Kleinanzeigen' after the Adevinta separation from eBay.· pivot
2025
Kleinanzeigen integrates with ChatGPT, exposing 58M listings via conversational AI.· launch
2026
Migrates Secure Payment infrastructure from OPP to Adyen, internalising payments and fraud controls.· pivot
In the press
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◇ article2026-05-04
Kleinanzeigen Moves from OPP to Adyen & 7 More April Stories
Kleinanzeigen, efood, SpareBank 1, OpenAI, Hokodo, TikTok, Canva: April's embedded finance stories. Plus what's next.
adyenapril
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◇ article2026-04-07
Kleinanzeigen migrates to Adyen, efood launches embedded lending
Kleinanzeigen migrates Secure Payment to Adyen. efood launches efood Capital with finmid for 21,000 Greek restaurant partners. Plus four more stories.
adyen
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◇ article2026-04-04
Kleinanzeigen Takes Control of Its Payment Infrastructure with Adyen
Kleinanzeigen migrates Secure Payment from OPP to Adyen, taking direct control of payment processing and fraud prevention for Germany's largest classifieds marketplace.
adyen
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The stack
1 layer disclosed in Kleinanzeigen’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
AdyenOnline Payment Platform (OPP)
Accounting gap: none