2. How Craiglist Works
● Craiglist Works, it is originally a San Francisco
community electronic newsletter, is now one of
the most visited English language Web sites,
with local classifieds for more than 450 cities
worldwide. The site's main function is to host
classified ads that cover practically every
category you can think of, including housing, job
postings, items for sale, services and personals.
How Craiglist
3. Greatness of Craiglist
● If all you want to do is browse the site, you can
just visit craiglist and click away. The site has a
range of broad categories, and each category
has several subcategories, making it easy to
navigate to the appropriate section quickly.
● For example, the "for sale" category features
subcategories like computer, books, electronics,
sporting, motorcycles and collectibles, among
others.
4. What is Craiglist?
● Craigslist has a larger and more comprehensive scale than other
classified ad pages. It is immensely popular because it is mostly free
and works for many users. As of this writing there are more than 700
locations in more than 70 countries, according to the site, and it gets
30 billion page views per month and has an estimated 50 million
users just in the U.S.
〜Create a Craigslist Account〜
● You can view and post listings without a Craigslist account, but it is
much easier to keep track of them with an account. Click the "My
Account" link in the upper left of the page and then follow the prompts
to create your account. It's free. Your email address will not be
released. Craigslist will give you a ghost email in the posts that will
forward messages to you.
5. View Craigslist Listings
● Return to the Craigslist main page for your area and see what it has
to offer. Click on whatever link appeals to you. It will take you to
listings starting with the latest one posted. Some listings will provide
phone numbers, but most will provide a link to a Craigslist email
address. You can use this to anonymously communicate with the
poster of the ad.
〜Post Craigslist Listings
● Return to the Craigslist main page for your area. Click on the "post to
classifieds" link in the upper left. Pick the category where you want to
put your listing, then choose a sub-category. Enter the information,
upload pictures if you want and then post it. Craigslist will forward you
email from people interested in your listing.
6. What Happens to Craigslist Listings?
● It takes a few minutes for listings to appear on Craigslist. Those that
break the rules are removed. Otherwise, classifieds run for 1 week
then are automatically taken down. Resumes, jobs, and gigs are
listed for 30 days and events are listed until the event's date expires.
You are welcome to re-post an ad once the old listing expires.
〜Craigslist Fees〜
● Almost everything on Craigslist is free. There are a few exceptions,
however. As of this writing, job posts in the San Francisco Bay Area
cost $75. Job posts in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas,
Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County,
Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle,
South Florida, and Washington DC cost $25.
