Do You Use Craigslist?

Hey,

Yup, sure do. CraigsList is about 1/3 of my daily income.

New changes within CraigsList have made posting a real pain in the butt, but there are work arounds.

Fresh ip's and pva's will get your ad to stick....lots of money can be made on Craigslist.

Jim

No. The only way to get a significant amount of traffic from CL is to completely violate the TOU and spam the hell out of it. That's why it's a piece of crap now. Spammers who think the rules don't apply to them have ruined it.

So no, I don't. Craig is a friend of mine and I prefer not to abuse his site like that.

Hopefully he'll keep making things harder and harder to post so the spammers will get the message that they should find a more appropriate site. Though it is kind of fun having their ads removed when I find them.

lol, "do you use craigslist"

should be "do you spam craigslist"

answer=no for IM, too many ways to earn a living without pissing in someone else's creation/community

I did buy my truck with it, and sold my wii, and used it the way it's supposed to be used though and doesn't break the tos.

I don't use it because it pisses me off how other internet marketers use it. It seems there aren't many places in Craigslist that aren't infected by internet marketers . . . and yes, I mean infected. I was looking through job postings a while back, and over half of the ones that were posted led into internet marketing scams. They looked like actual honest job listings, but as soon as you e-mailed the person about it you were put on a list and e-mailed some totally irrelevant IM B.S. In fact, I went on a job interview at a law firm and the lady was telling me that CL had taken her job listing down twice because it got reported. I had to explain to her about how some bad internet marketers are f**king it up for everyone. End angry rant.

I have never used it but I have heard many people that they are getting good results from it.

I wanted to try it but the problem is that I just can't go through all the trouble of tricking craigslist to post my classified.

I voted no. Never have and never will.

I use to use Craigs List for its original purpose - classifieds, job listings etc. I found a few years ago it was better than the local usenet news group for buying/selling local things (NOT IM) and of course much cheaper than offline classifieds for job listings. A job posting in our local paper is outrageous and classifieds the last time I checked were like $15.

The last time I posted a local job I got resumes from half way across the world and from the other side of the country - not to mention the freakin' spam.

Sadly as some have pointed out here - the craigslist spammers have impacted its effectiveness. While it might not be illegal, I fully feel it is unethical to make an end run around a site's TOS to try to get something for yourself (a Sale).

It also takes a lot of effort to keep the scum bags off of craigslist - time that could be spent improving the site and HELPING others. I know the mods here go through Hell trying to keep the spammers off - they do a lot of work behind the scenes so that the Warriors Forum doesn't go to hell in a hand basket like craigslist has done.

--Jack

@ Jim - if you don't want to get those emails then opt out. It's really not that hard - a simple click.

As far as selling goods on CL goes no one said all sellers are spammers. You are allowed to post a single ad in a single category in the city closest to you or the object (no where else and no more ads) every 48 hours. Anything more than that is spam.

If you are following that guideline then you don't have a problem. If you're posting more that that (which I suspect anyone raving about huge traffic and huge income is - particularly if they need to employ the use of multiple proxy servers just to post) then you're a spammer. It's really pretty simple.

CL was designed to help you sell your crap to people in your area, not to help you sell your product to people in London. I've used CL every time I've moved with great results.

That's not holier than thou - that's fact. If you are unsure, feel free to email Craig or Jim and ask for clarification.

I have not tried it yet but am hoping to soon. How has it helped you?

Thanks for the question!

Diane
There is enough wealth out there for all of us to share!

I gave up on it a long time ago. I was taught how to get away with spamming although we never called it that. Then they changed the rules and started charging for certain cities and now most cities. I don't think the prospect that I got from that list was worthy, if you know what I mean. Not buyers, mostly tire kickers and people looking for free stuff only.