The Key to Ruling the Online World…
Posted by Mike Bijon February 03, 2006
…don’t make a lot of money in the process.
Craigslist is adding a $10 fee to New York apartment listings posted by brokers, but not to those posted by private “individuals”, beginning on March 1st. By instituting the fee Craig and the small staff at Craiglist primarily hope to improve the quality of their online apartment listings – though they will probably rack up a fair amount of income in the process.
It should seem obvious, but the novel concept of providing an excellent service with minimal fees is turning the world of both print and online classifieds on its head. If anything is actually an example of web2.0 – that’s it.
Mike Bijon: I'm a development manager and technologist for a smart, small marketing strategy company, 
