Thread: Is this fastlane?

It could be fastlane, I think it would have to specialize though. If you just made another version of craigslist, why would anyone use yours when craigslist is already so established? You'd need to differentiate somehow.

Interesting. What problem do you want to solve?

You could do it, but you would have to divide yourself from the rest.

For example, in a foreign langauge, additional info,nicer layout,and so on.

Originally Posted by canadiangal

I have heard of not inventing the wheel and just perfecting something that someone else has already done.
What do you think of a site like craiglist and kijiji?
Is this a fastlane idea?
Thanks,
(I got the book now, just started to read)

I actually started to design the functionality of a site similar to this about 2 months ago. One, Kijiji got bought out by eBay classifieds. Here is some useful info I thought of regarding this idea. One thing I like about craigslist compared to eBay is that it's free. One thing I like about eBay compared to craigslist is you can reach a larger audience (US vs local). If you combined the two and had a free listing service with the availability to pay for a US-wide posting, there may be demand for that.

Originally Posted by wade1mil

I actually started to design the functionality of a site similar to this about 2 months ago. One, Kijiji got bought out by eBay classifieds. Here is some useful info I thought of regarding this idea. One thing I like about craigslist compared to eBay is that it's free. One thing I like about eBay compared to craigslist is you can reach a larger audience (US vs local). If you combined the two and had a free listing service with the availability to pay for a US-wide posting, there may be demand for that.

Thanks a lot for your inputs.
I'd like to reach a wider audience and have it in French and English.
How do I make money then if all postings are free?
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