craigslist
Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
Logo used since 1995 | |
Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 | |
| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Classifieds, forums |
| Available in | English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| Founded | 1995 (incorporated 1999) |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Area served | 570 cities in 70 countries |
| Founder(s) | Craig Newmark |
| Key people | Jim Buckmaster (CEO) |
| Services | Web communications |
| Revenue | US$660M |
| Employees | 50 (2017) |
| URL | www |
| Advertising | None |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Perl |
Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list to friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It became a web-based service in 1996 and expanded into other classified categories. It started expanding to other U.S. and Canadian cities in 2000 and now covers 70 countries.
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