Craigslist

[luckyg]

How does it make money?

and

What do you think of the look and feel of their site?

[cycloneuk]

Awful looking site, but gets more traffic than some big online shops.

[luckyg]

Awful looking site, but gets more traffic than some big online shops.


yeah. its huge

[sm1]

Look feels a bit cheap and tacky, but people often refer to it as a high traffic site like those above.

Cheers

[very_confused]

I love it cus its no nonsense.....

They make money because they charge for some cats in some countires.

[More4mums]

I can't believe that it is run by only 25 people and has over 500 sites.

It does tend to be over-run with spam though.

[cycloneuk]

It is ranked higher than Amazon on Alexa in terms of the amount of traffic, crazy.

[Richie N]

Don't like the look of it either...

[wood1e2]

They are not interested in what people think in terms of looks. It has hit classified ads in the US big style!!

It charges people/comapnies to advertise jobs I think, plus other online advertising.

There are many other better looking classified ad websites...

[luckyg]

There are many other better looking classified ad websites...


such as.....?

[Burden]

there may be better looking, but how are they in terms of traffic compaired to Craigslist? looks arent everything ;) also.. how dull are the classified sections in newspapers to look at.. aslong as it does what it says.

also.. publicity like this..

Craigslist ad for free funeral barter laid to rest

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York funeral director hoping to barter a free funeral for construction work on his patio was forced to scrap the idea due to the media frenzy that followed.
Peter Dohanich, 51, posted an ad for the exchange on the online classified site Craigslist last week.
Intense media interest in the story prompted his landlord, who rents space to Dohanich, to evict him, he said.
The landlord is also in the funeral business and told Dohanich they were competitors, Dohanich said.
"It's been settled, and I'm looking at a new place," Dohanich said, who declined further comment.
The Daily News identified Dohanich's landlord as James Donofrio, the owner of the Blair-Mazzarella Funeral Home, who could not be reached for comment.
(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede, editing by Ellen Wulfhorst)

[wood1e2]

vivastreet
classifieds.co.uk
adoos
gumtree

And many many more

[gouldie0]

I thought it looked a bit suspect when i first went onto it............. I never knew it had such a huge traffic number though

[wood1e2]

It is huge, nobody cares what it looks like. From small beginings it has been one of the biggest reasons for the downfall in advertising revenues for the pront media...well in the US anyway.