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What are Some Basic Ideas for Earning Money on Craigslist.org?

There are lots of ideas for earning money at www.craigslist.org. You can accomplish that by making a post of something you are selling; but there is m...

 

There are lots of ideas for earning money at www.craigslist.org. You can accomplish that by making a post of something you are selling; but there is more to it than just that. Let us take a look at how we can create ads that really work effectively for us – by employing a few simple techniques.

Before anything else, you will need to have an account with craigslist.org. This is very simple to do. All you need is a valid email address then you can get access to create an account. You may then start by making a basic listing.

If you like the idea of doing a little business of buying and selling, you have to make sure the category listing of whatever it is you are trying to sell is in the right place. This is either a common mistake of some people or they just want to get their ads all over the site. What you can probably do though is post in two categories if they are related, like a Sony Playstation Portable may be advertised under electronics, as well as computers.

You would not make a good profit if you bought from and sold on the same site though. You could buy something in Craigslist and then sell locally among friends or people you know; or perhaps buy it from Craigslist and try to sell it on a different site. You may incorporate a little trading here as well; if you have something that you can source on credit, try posting an advertisement for that product. The person online pays cash, you deliver, and then you can pay your supplier. So in effect, you did not put out any money but profited from the transaction. Danger is non-existent on your part here.

For the non-entrepreneurial type of person, there are numerous jobs that you can find online – this is called telecommuting or work-at-home. There are jobs you can do, like transcription writing. This is merely writing a document out of what you hear in audio form. They are jobs usually contracted by those in the medical field or law. Data entry, on the other hand, is a job where companies pay you to key in information into their database. As for writing jobs, you can be paid to do article rewrites, full writing, ghost writing, and translation writing.

If you already have a computer at home, an Internet connection is a small investment to make to give you access to these opportunities. If not, some of the occupations posted may not require a dedicated Internet connection so you can work at Internet stations.

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How did Craig Newmark Come Up with Craigslist.org?

 

Craig Alexander Newmark was born in Morristown, New Jersey on the 6th of December, 1952. He attended the local Morristown High School, and then finished his college degree with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the Case Western Reserve University.

It was not until 1995 when Craig was working at Shwab that he started Craigslist as an email list for friends and co-workers. He initially meant it to provide events happening in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1999, he retired from IT consulting to pursue Craigslist full-time. He was aided by Paul Risenhoover who set up Majordomo in 1996, and was involved in the systems administration part of Craigslist. Paul also hosted the earlier versions of Craigslist on his LINUX server. Christina Murphy fashioned the direction of Craigslist and made it known in the community. Weezy Muth was responsible for streamlining the processing of the site, and was in charge of the posting procedures.

What started out as a little project in Craig’s living room has turned into one the busiest sites on the Internet; by connecting people through finding jobs and opportunities – all entwined within a culture of Internet trust. Craig is still connected with Craigslist, but devotes most of his time now with a variety of community efforts, and is active with the customer service department of his founded company.

Craigslist is now a major webhosting site that offers opportunities for jobs, goods, services, housing, romance, advice – just about everything. The site carries a .org domain extension because it noncommercial by nature. It does make money, however, out of job advertisements and brokered apartment listings. It does not make a profit out of the transactions of whoever meets up and does business over the site. This, therefore, makes them not liable for whatever negative outcomes that may result as well.

Caution is advised when dealing with other users on the site, since there is no way that Craigslist can virtually screen each post or applicant. There are other sites on the Internet that play third party to transactions done on their site; they require an escrow or bond from the party posting the job offer. This works as a security for the one who is contracted to do the job. If there is a problem with their transaction, that site can mediate between the two parties to establish completion of the job stipulated. For this, they take a percentage out of the earnings of the contracted party. Craigslist does not practice this custom at all.

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