You know that feeling when you’re new to a city or even just new to a phase of life, and suddenly you need a dozen things at once? Maybe it’s a new job, a place to live, someone to fix the thing that just broke, maybe a reliable driver who can take your family to explore the outskirts of Beijing. It can feel like a lot.

That’s where the Beijinger’s classifieds come in.

For over 20 years, this little corner of the internet has been the quiet workhorse of Beijing’s international community. Need a new roommate because yours just announced they’re moving back home? There’s a post for that. People are hiring. Trying to sell that barely-used scooter before you leave town? Someone will buy it.

It’s not fancy. No algorithms are trying to guess what you want. It’s just people, real ones, posting about what they need and what they have to offer. A driver looking for regular clients. A family selling furniture before a move. A repairman who actually shows up when he says he will. A language exchange partner who’s just as nervous as you are.

And maybe that’s why it works. Because life in Beijing, for all its chaos and excitement, is easier when you’ve got a place to ask. A place where someone’s already posted the answer.

So whether you’re job-hunting, apartment-hunting, or just trying to find your people, it’s worth a scroll. You never know what you might find.

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Changes are in the air: we’re in the process of streamlining and redesigning beijing-kids.com and for the time being we are shutting down the classifieds section and the forums, which have dwindled in use over time.

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Looking for a tutor for your kids this summer? Look no further than the beijingkids online classifieds where there’s 30+ Beijing-based tutors offering their services in all manner of tutoring, from Chinese to French to English, as well as SAT and IB test prep. You’ll also find math tutors, physics tutors, singing lessons, swimming coaches … and that’s just scratching the surface.

You’ll also want to peruse the Lessons & Workshops section of the classifieds, where you’ll find a few dozen additional learning opportunities for your children, be it fencing lessons, Tahitian dance, piano lessons,  ballet, erhu, karate or something else.

Between that and our extensive events listings here on beijingkids, there should be plenty of choices for summer learning for the little ones.

Of course it goes without saying that if you are a tutor with skills to offer — or an organizer of lessons and workshops for kids, we strongly encourage you to list them for free on our classifieds here.

It’s been a while in the making, but the beijingkids classifieds are not only up and running – they’re bursting at the seams with Beijingers eager to buy and sell! Especially designed to suit Beijing’s English-speaking family and school communities, it’s now easier than ever to find everything you need in one place. 

Are you a qualified teacher looking for a position at one of Beijing’s international schools? Check out the academic job ads here. Are you leaving the ‘Jing? List your moving sale goodies here.

Our new classifieds go one and on, with ads for everything from pet products and home furnishings to infant/toddler goods and ayi services. Easy to search, easy to use, and easy to post – why would go anywhere else?

If you want to post a classifieds ad, click here.

Setting up a beijingkids account is free and easy, simply click here.

Already have a thebeijinger.com account? Great! You can use the same account on our site, too.

As always, we love to hear from our readers. If you have any feedback for us about our new classifieds section, or just have a question, e-mail the editor at editor@beijing-kids.com.