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how does craigslist make money?
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| NuERA |
there are no ads, and they don't charge...
can anyone enlighten me? |
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| exstasie |
They're partly owned by eBay..
they don't need to make money..
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| Vivid Boy |
| they have stock options in potatoes |
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| exstasie |
Taken from their website:
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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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| geroin |
| "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 |
| sub contracting out squeege kids. |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vivid Boy
sub contracting out squeege kids. |
getting weaker |
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| Swamper |
| 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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| Invasionmix |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
They're partly owned by eBay..
they don't need to make money..
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You mean Kijiji is owned by eBay... :P I think.. |
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| Orko |
| 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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