They have no ads or anything from what I can tell.

2/24/2008 9:49:16 PM

SHEER AWESOMENESS

2/24/2008 9:50:32 PM

same way tww does. they don't. ha ha

2/24/2008 9:50:54 PM

they sell t-shirts

2/24/2008 9:51:47 PM

they charge for real estate and employment ads in a select few large cities. it's on their FAQ. just for the record, craigslist is awesome.

2/24/2008 9:52:41 PM

Quote :

"It accepts charitable donations, and rather than directly funding organizations, it produces face-to-face events and offers online resources to help grassroots organizations get off the ground and contribute real value to the community."

2/24/2008 9:55:36 PM

I've donated to craigs list

and to npr

cause I care about "real value" in my community

Quote :

"They have no ads or anything"

that's actually the point

well, that and sticking it to the man

2/25/2008 6:57:55 AM

I've donated cum to some needy CL sluts.

2/25/2008 8:08:23 AM

they charge for real estate ads in NYC and theres shitloads of them.

2/25/2008 8:11:53 AM

http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.html

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."

[Edited on February 25, 2008 at 8:18 AM. Reason : also, ebay is a part owner (25% stake)]

2/25/2008 8:17:19 AM

what about wikipedia

2/25/2008 8:51:26 AM

http://xplore.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/wikipedia-revenue-model/

2/25/2008 8:54:12 AM

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lvg/533118328.html

Quote :

"Bottom line is I guess I really can't complain since CL is free and you really do get what you pay for."

2/25/2008 9:10:30 AM

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"they charge for real estate and employment ads in a select few large cities. it's on their FAQ. just for the record, craigslist is awesome. owned by ebay."

Ever wonder why they don't add new features or allow a multiple city search? Ebay bought them so they could keep that shit in check.

2/25/2008 10:00:02 AM

Craigslist Case study
http://digitalenterprise.org/cases/craigslist.html

Interview with craigslist CEO
http://www.craigslist.org/about/press/craigslist.keeper.html

Business Models on the web
http://digitalenterprise.org/models/models.html#Community

2/25/2008 10:11:58 AM

Quote :

"Q: How will your company change now that eBay is a minority stakeholder? A: Users who have known us over time are fairly confident that our mission and philosophy hasn't changed for nine years, and we don't plan for it to change now. eBay will strengthen us in two key places. We always warn people there are offshore scammers contacting craigslist posters. With eBay, we hope to be able to do a better job at consumer protection. eBay has the resources to put people behind bars -- in Romania alone, they've put 100 scammers behind bars. Also, we would like to bring craigslist's services wherever people are requesting them. We get a lot of requests from people internationally -- eBay is relatively sophisticated in that regard"

2/25/2008 11:58:12 AM

^Complete bullshit.

Fortunately, there are sites like this, which CL/ebay has tried repeatedly to shut down:
http://www.crazedlist.org/

2/25/2008 12:50:06 PM