Craigslist Online Community

by David Robinson, Kara Cosby, Gene Gay, Jason Saculles


Online community, 'CRAIGSLIST' was an early winner on the Internet, but by 2001, the pioneer was running out of money and facing the problem of how to charge for services that users had come to expect for free. In July 2001, Craig Newmark, CEO and founder of CRAIGSLIST, asked his loyal users to help the popular community website to come up with a plan to save it from running out of money.


Details

Pub Date: Nov 30, 2006

Discipline: Strategy

Subjects: Technology, Marketing, Internet marketing, Pricing, Business models, Internet

Product #: B5683-PDF-ENG

Industry: Technology

Length: 8 page(s)

California Management Review

Berkeley-Haas's Premier Management Journal

Published at Berkeley Haas for more than sixty years, California Management Review seeks to share knowledge that challenges convention and shows a better way of doing business.

Learn more
Follow Us