Craigslist business model?

[DebtFreeMe]

Can someone out there help me understand the Craigslist.com business model.

How are they bringing in money? They don't have adds, they don't charge you to put stuff up for sale, at least that I'm aware of. But, it has a value of $80,000,000 dollars. What am I missing?

Thanks,

DebtFreeMe

[ttfing]

I believe they charge for job ads in a lot of the major cities, and for some real estate ads in NYC.

[ChrisBenjamin]

Ditto, they charge for job postings

[Warranties-For-Less]

Like all free ad listing sites, they start out free, and then once they have well established site, they start to charge. They started with free job listings and now they charge, so I suspect other ads will become fee based in time.

Success to all, Mike

[DebtFreeMe]

Ok, so they do charge for some catagories.

Thanks

[HostingandPost]

THey also sold a portion of their business to Google I think for a massive amount. I mean, with it being ranked #7 in us page views...you know google wants a part of that traffic

[Arthur D. Jenkins]

Craglist is best website for do classified posting. I have read many article regarding about craglist. I heard that craigslist has taken prize for some special categories.