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Craigslist and Free Classifieds Worldwide 2011
Sex ads: Where the money is
Ten websites will generate an estimated $63 million in sex-ad revenue in the U.S. in 2010, and with Craigslist out of the “adult services” business many sites are jockeying for position to capture the revenue that Craigslist bypassed, new research from the AIM Group shows. Read the rest of this entry »
Craigslist 2010
We’re estimating that Craigslist will generate $122 million in revenue and profits of $88 million to $99 million in 2010. More than half the company’s revenue comes from recruitment advertising, while 30 percent comes from “adult services” ads — thinly disguised advertising for prostitutes — and about 17 percent (almost $21 million) comes from apartment ads in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Craigslist 2009: Hitting the $100 million mark
Craigslist, the “free classifieds” site that offers community advertising in 570 markets worldwide but charges only for a tiny percentage of its ads, will generate $100 million in revenue in 2009, according to AIM Group / Classified Intelligence estimates.
That’s an increase of more than 23 percent from Craigslist’s estimated 2008 revenue, making clear that the company continues to grow significantly while many classified-advertising publishers are reporting year-over-year drops of 50 percent or more in certain categories. Read the rest of this entry »
Craigslist – 2008
Craigslist has become a global powerhouse of classified advertising – most of it free. This 12-page report, published in our April 3, 2008 edition of Classified Intelligence Report, examines Craigslist’s estimated revenue for 2008, key competitors, free-classified sites in other markets, and the challenge Craigslist faces from Kijiji, EBay’s classified site. Read the rest of this entry »
