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Originally Posted by will76
Sure free is better than paid, that is obvious. But if I made a free classified site today why would someone post on it for free if my site is new and doesn't look like it gets a lot of activity. That person would go post on craigslist and get 10 responses in an hour instead of posting on my site to see what happens.
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Whether your site/service if paid or free people want something that provides them a VALUE of some kind. Not everyone is a freeloading fuck, or cheapskate. If you provide a quality service, then people will flock to it, or pay for it. Which is why it's best to have a tiered system, again IMHO.
Craigslist is a great service, but what are it's flaws toots? The Nazi flaggers, the endless spam you get to almost every post because people do not have to sign up or have any accountability, their is not PREMIUM option where people like myself would PAY for a highlighted listing, stickied to the top, etc..
If you look at what their strengths and weaknesses are, build something better on a smaller scale, then over time it will take off just as those sites did.
