Quote:Craigslist, the popular Web site where folks from around the world find used sofas, second jobs, cheap housing and new soul mates, is starting to ask for money for a spot on its busiest pages.
This week, it's New York City apartment brokers who are being told that a listing fee is on its way. Later this year, Washington area employers may be asked to cough up some money for an ad on the region's job listings page.
It's an out-of-character move for the site, which is best known for allowing users to post their ads free of charge. But it's the users who begged the site operators to do something about the number of repeat listings on the site...
full article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11169134/
Quote: the site gets 600,000 listings for real estate in New York per month; by instituting a fee, Craigslist hopes to cut that number by 90 percent.
The 540,000 will have to go somewhere.
Ebay owns 1/4 of Craig's list.
"Free is not a business plan" - An Ebay exec after their top Chinese competitor announced free listings.
(a few months later Ebay went free in China)
Imagine getting paid for all those listings...
you know Ebay is.
I just knew this was going to happen when eBay got their foot in that place.
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I just knew this was going to happen when eBay got their foot in that place.
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They've been charging for job listings in New York ($25) and San Francisco ($75) for a few years now.