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NuERA
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto

how does craigslist make money?

there are no ads, and they don't charge...

can anyone enlighten me?

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Vivid Boy
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Location: T.O

personals

Sep-08-2008 23:34

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exstasie
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Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Toronto/Sauga, Canada

They're partly owned by eBay..

they don't need to make money..

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Vivid Boy
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they have stock options in potatoes

Sep-08-2008 23:43

exstasie
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Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Toronto/Sauga, Canada

Taken from their website:

quote:

Q: How does craigslist support its operations?
A: By charging below-market fees for job ads in 10 cities, and for brokered apartment listings in NYC.

Q: How much are job ads?
A: $25 in Chicago, NYC, LA, DC, Boston, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, and San Diego, and $75 in SF.

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Sep-08-2008 23:48 Canada

geroin
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"Its sole source of revenue is paid job ads in select cities ($75 per ad for the San Francisco Bay Area; $25 per ad for New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, Seattle, Washington D.C., Chicago and recently Portland, Oregon) and paid broker apartment listings in New York City ($10 per ad)."

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Vivid Boy
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sub contracting out squeege kids.

Sep-08-2008 23:53

zoogla
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quote:
Originally posted by Vivid Boy
sub contracting out squeege kids.

getting weaker

Sep-09-2008 02:39

Swamper
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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Toronto, Canada

btw, Craigslist apparently takes in over $20 mil/year revenue just from job ads in New York / California. I read that in Wikinomics -- impressive figure if accurate.

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VERTiG0
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: no longer Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Horse porn sales

Sep-09-2008 03:22 Canada

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I_Am_Vince
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Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Mississauga, ON

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
They're partly owned by eBay..

they don't need to make money..

You mean Kijiji is owned by eBay... :P I think..

Sep-09-2008 03:51 Canada

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Orko
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

quote:
Originally posted by Invasionmix
You mean Kijiji is owned by eBay... :P I think..

Craigslist is partly owned by Ebay. Kijiji was started by Ebay.

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