raigslistBy: Josh Ebben

What is it?

• Centralized network of online communities

• Free online classified advertisements– Jobs– Housing– Personals– For Sale– Service– Events

History

• Founded by Craig Newmark

• Began service in 1995• Original service area

was San Francisco Bay Area

• Created original as a mailing list for local events.

raigslist the Company• Incorporated in 1999• Expanded in 2000 – 2003 to 31

cities– New York City, Chicago, Los

Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Washington D.C.

• Originally profited with Job Postings and Apartment listings– Job Posting - $75 in San

Francisco Area, $25 in the other main cities.

– Apartment Listings - $10 per ad in New York City

raigslist the Company• Craig quit his Network

Engineering job in 2000• By April 2000 Craigslist has 9

employee working out of Craig's San Francisco Apartment

• On January 2000 the current CEO, Jim Buckmaster, joined the company as lead programmer– Jim contributed to the site multi

city architecture, search engine, discussion forums and many other distinct characteristics

raigslist the Company

• Primary owners are Craig Newmark, Jim Buckmaster, and eBay

• Newmark is believed to be the majority owner• eBay purchased 25% of the company in 2004• As of today still only charging for a few service

offered to business, no advertising• In 2001 Craigslist started the Craigslist

foundation to help cities connect people and strengthen communities.

raigslist Profile

• The site serves approximatly 20 billion page views each month.– 37th place worldwide rankings– 11th place in the U.S

• 80 million new classified adds each month• #1 classified service in any media• Site layout has remained virtually the same since

2001• It is estimated that Craigslist profile are

approximately $150 million in 2007

raigslist to “Craigslist”

• Craigslist began to see increases in subscribers which led to non event postings as there was no moderation of the site.

• Companies began posting job listing for technical positions as most subscribers had IT backgrounds.

raigslist and the “Free” environment

• Allows all users to post events to the public• Find and post services that you need or

provide • Communicate on forums of all topics• Enables people to not only post but to

respond to the poster of items• Meet people through the personals section• Way of finding employees or employers

raigslist Posting

• Craigslist Posting