Craigslist may be updating its interface in response to competition from fast-growing marketplaces like Fabrice Grinda’s OLX, because it’s hiring a designer to update its mobile offerings, tweak the site and make the whole experience “faster, friendlier and easier.” more…
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The Chicago Reader, for decades one of America’s most respected and profitable alternative weeklies, is for sale again, its troubles attributed to dramatic declines in classified ad revenues. The proximate cause: free ads offered by such competing web outlets as Craigslist. “Once [classified revenues] dried up,” commented Charles Whitaker, a professor at Medill journalism school, “there was just no place else for them to turn.” more…
You don’t have to use auction sites or the classifieds to get rid of your old gadgets. If you got the newest version of your favorite gadget you may be wondering what to do with the old one.
If you have a friend or family member who would love your hand-me-downs then you have an easy solution, more…
B2Betrader.com provides a free outlet for businesses to sell, buy, trade, and barter used equipment or services with ease. This classified site offers a perfect, one-stop shop for those who are looking to begin a new business, expand an old one, or just hoping to sell unwanted equipment. more…
When news of a criminal probe into dealings between eBay employees and Craigslist surfaced last month, it “came out of the blue,” said eBay CEO John Donahoe on Wednesday.
A leaked grand jury subpoena last month named several eBay employees, including Chairman Pierre Omidyar, more…
Craigslist, a network of online communities that offers free classified advertisements, is a portal into the misery of people who are struggling to find jobs. Posts from people who are desperate for work read like Haiku poems that detail hard times and fear. more…
Oodle, which offers a marketplace to buy, sell and trade goods, has launched what it’s calling “freecycling” communities on Facebook for the San Francisco Bay area.
This contraction of free recycling means a person is passing on for free an unwanted but usable item. more…
EBay allegedly took stake in Craigslist and misappropriated confidential information while quietly planning to launch its own classifieds site, Kijiji. EBay and Craigslist have been quarreling for years over allegations that eBay took stake in Craigslist and misappropriated confidential information while quietly planning to launch its own classifieds site, Kijiji. more…