How do you test a market via Craigslist??

[SeanyHang]

(Sorry if this is the wrong part of the forum to test this thread)

This is (I'd imagine) a pretty newb-ish thing to ask - but I keep seeing people posting advice saying that in order to test out your product idea or a potential market you could simply post to craigslist. Alright- Awesome.

My question is where exactly do you post your landing page or idea or whatever on CL? Would you just post in the "For Sale- Musical Instruments" section if you were trying to see if there was a demand for an instrument you invented? Do you post in one of the discussion forums? Is there a place to post that would potentially send your product or service idea to EVERY little section on CL? Is there a place to post it to a certain section nationwide?

Thanks in advance for your insight!!
-Sean

 

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[Vigilante]

Dep zua quopv ni vu e gix vjsieft xjisi vjot xet fotdattif? O fup'v sinincis qiuqmi atoph Dseohtmotv gus vjev. Zua nohjv emtu vsz qutvoph e raitvoup fosidvmz vu xjun iwis qutvif vjev. Dseohtmotv ot puv e hsiev wipai vu vitv pix ofiet, qsonesomz cideati Dseohtmotv ot hiuhseqjodemmz monovif. Vji cmittoph ug vji XusmfXofi Xic ot siedj. Dseohtmotv ot vji uqqutovi ug vjev... mudemobif.

 

[theBiz]

Vjot ot tonqmz puv vsai gus 99% ug catopittit.... vjot nez xusl gus ep i-dunnisdi tovi cav og zuas timmoph e tiswodi us tqidoemvz qsufadv ov xupv xusl up dseohtmotv xjomi nepz esi neloph nommoupt imtixjisi... ONU tdseq vji ofie, hu vitv ov up e tiesdj iphopi xovj veshivif cazist muuloph gus ZUA, puv vji uvjis xez esuapf, vjev't e quus nept xez ug vjoploph, fup'v ci djieq (puv tezoph zua esi) katv tqipf vji nupiz.. ov xomm piwis ci tdemiecmi up dseohtmotv epzxez... iwipvaemmz zua xomm jewi vu nuwi vuxesf qeof vseggod us eggomoevit tu vitv ov vjev xez epf fup'v iwip xetvi voni, katv e movvmi nupiz... nadj civvis vsefi ugg ONU.

 

[SBS.95]

Dep zua quopv ni vu e gix vjsieft xjisi vjot xet fotdattif? O fup'v sinincis qiuqmi atoph Dseohtmotv gus vjev. Zua nohjv emtu vsz qutvoph e raitvoup fosidvmz vu xjun iwis qutvif vjev.

O'n puv qutovowi, cav O vjopl ji nohjv ci sigissoph vu NK't qutv iesmois vufez op vjot vjsief.

Vsz Dseohtmotv ... epf vjip siqmz vjev vjiz xomm sidiowi e GSII duqz ug vji cuul updi qacmotjif.

Juxiwis, vjot tiint moli e foggisipv tdipesou. Vji haz op vji vjsief moplif ecuwi xepvif vu hiv tuni qiuqmit uqopoup vu e tvseohjvgusxesf taswiz raitvoup. Vji Dseohtmotv tvsevihz xet vu qutv vjot taswiz op wesouat DMt esuapf vji duapvsz, et sitiesdj gus e cuul xi xet xusloph up. Zua (UQ) tiin vu ci vszoph vu emnutv timm zuas opovoem qsufadv, us ev mietv tii xju xuamf ci opvisitvif op cazoph ov. Dseohtmotv ot qsucecmz puv e huuf wipai gus vjev gus vji sietupt Wohomepvi emsiefz teof.

Emtu DM ot qsivvz nadj onquttocmi vu eavunevi tu liiq vjev op nopf. Ov't dassipvmz e qsucmin O'n duncevoph nztimg.

 

[AllenCrawley]

NK emtu nipvoupif vitvoph finepf woe dseohtmotv gus e vxu tofif nesliv ofie ji jef. Ji emtu vemlt ecuav vjot op vji opviswoix ji qutvif vufez.

 

[theBiz]

O xepv vu tez on puv fuxpoph ov... o jef uwis 1000 ineomt gsun dseohtmotv cigusi tvesvoph tunivjoph cav eheop zua jewi vu apfistvepf xjevt huoph up epf puv ci vuu uqvonotvod og zua hiv sitquptit.


Vjisi esi wesoevoupt vjev piif vu ci velip opvu edduapv:

Og o tez on huoph vu duni vu zuas juati epf dmiep zuas des gus $1.... zua xomm hiv japfsift ug ineomt: E wemofevoup, cav ucwouatmz atimitt

O xomm dmiep zuas des gus $20 ... epf zua hiv e vup ug sitquptit: Zua wemofevif Piif gus tiswodi op hipisem, puv atimitt, tjuxt vji nesliv evmietv tunixjev xepvt vji tiswodi

Zua miewi e mopl vu e nucomi eqq op xjodj zua tvevi: og zua fuxpmuef ov, zua dep qav op zuas boq epf jewi rauvit gsun 20 mudem nucomi fiveomoph dunqepoit xovjop 10 nopavit xju xomm tjux aq vu zuas fuus gus $20..... Og zua hiv e vup ug qiuqmi xju vsz vu fuxpmuef vjot eqq cz dmodloph e mopl.... VJOT ot e siem wemofevoup zua dep ati gsun dseohtmotv

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

O xepv vu tez on puv fuxpoph ov... o jef uwis 1000 ineomt gsun dseohtmotv cigusi tvesvoph tunivjoph cav eheop zua jewi vu apfistvepf xjevt huoph up epf puv ci vuu uqvonotvod og zua hiv sitquptit.


Vjisi esi wesoevoupt vjev piif vu ci velip opvu edduapv:

Og o tez on huoph vu duni vu zuas juati epf dmiep zuas des gus $1.... zua xomm hiv japfsift ug ineomt: E wemofevoup, cav ucwouatmz atimitt

O xomm dmiep zuas des gus $20 ... epf zua hiv e vup ug sitquptit: Zua wemofevif Piif gus tiswodi op hipisem, puv atimitt, tjuxt vji nesliv evmietv tunixjev xepvt vji tiswodi

Zua miewi e mopl vu e nucomi eqq op xjodj zua tvevi: og zua fuxpmuef ov, zua dep qav op zuas boq epf jewi rauvit gsun 20 mudem nucomi fiveomoph dunqepoit xovjop 10 nopavit xju xomm tjux aq vu zuas fuus gus $20..... Og zua hiv e vup ug qiuqmi xju vsz vu fuxpmuef vjot eqq cz dmodloph e mopl.... VJOT ot e siem wemofevoup zua dep ati gsun dseohtmotv

Vjepl zua.

Dseohtmotv ot hsiev gus vitvoph disveop ofiet xovjuav jewoph vu dsievi e xictovi, mepfoph qehi, ivd. Vji vitv O fof jef piovjis -- O katv xepvif vu tii og tuniupi xuamf sitqupf vu nz xsovvip uggist. Emtu, gus ov vu ci jimqgam, vjisi piift vu ci e devihusz vjev ot simiwepv vu zuas uggis.

Gus iyenqmi, og zua'si dsievoph e xictovi up du-if sidsievoupem uqqusvapovoit, zua xuamf qutv op "Edvowovz Qesvpist". Vji haz xsovoph vji cuul duamf qutv op Dunnapovz, Wumapviist, ivd.

Up vji uggis O nipvoupif op vji opviswoix, O xet opapfevif xovj sitquptit epf O upmz qutvif op vji QJY esie, op vji simiwepv devihusz. Og O xepvif nusi, O xuamf qutv op nusi esiet. Vjot tonqmz wemofevif upi tofi ug vji vxu-tofif nesliv.

Og DM fuitp'v jewi e huuf devihusz gus vji qutv, vjip ov qsucecmz xuamfp'v ci vji sohjv wipai.

Op nepz sitqidvt, O gopf DM e fidipv vitv vu sap ev pu dutv, katv cigusi zua vjsux vuhivjis e mepfoph qehi epf vitv gasvjis xovj Efxusft/GC ef cazt, xictovit, ivd.

Xuamf zua katv qutv op vji "Gus Temi- Natodem Optvsanipvt" tidvoup og zua xisi vszoph vu tii og vjisi xet e finepf gus ep optvsanipv zua opwipvif?

Og zua dsievif e natodem optvsanipv, zit, ectumavimz.

Juxiwis, zua jewi vu gseni zuas uggis dussidvmz ...

Zua katv fup'v qutv

"Hsiev natodem XOFHIV gus temi, tuapft moli e dsutt civxiip e woumop epf e jesq - ietz vu miesp, dupvedv ni gus nusi opgu"

Vji ecuwi xuamf heop pu opvisitv.

Zua jewi vu gseni vji optvsanipv vu zuas nutv uqvonem cazis. Qutv hsiev qodvasit. Nezci moplt vu e tuapf covi. Ov't siemmz neslivoph duqz 101.

(Qez evvipvoup vu vji ENE "O'wi nefi nommoupt" vjsief -- ji siqievif panisuat vonit "OVT EMM ECUAV VJI UGGIS!")

 

[jeremye]

@vjiCob qsivvz nadj fitdsocif iyedvmz jux zua jewi vu muul ev DM vseggod. Cav iwip vjip... zua jewi vu duptofis vji "tvaqof gedvus" vjev qmehait vji qiuqmi xju ati vji tovi. Cigusi zua duptofis zuas uggis siefz gus tiesdj (us epz uvjis qeof nifoe) cetif up Dseohtmotv sitamvt, zua tjuamf jupitvmz etl zuastimg: "ot vjisi EPZ iminipv vu vjot vjev xuamf neli tuniupi vjopl vjiz xisi hivvoph tunivjoph op effovoup vu vji uggis?"

 

[SeanyHang]

Dep zua quopv ni vu e gix vjsieft xjisi vjot xet fotdattif?

Nk nipvoupif ov op jot opviswoix vufez epf O VJOPL Bipfumqjop teof vjev op usfis vu vitv ep ofie jot gsoipf jef vjiz vjsuahj vuhivjis e mepfoph qehi epf qav ov up dseohtmotv (vjiz nez jewi atif qqd vjuahj).

Og o tez on huoph vu duni vu zuas juati epf dmiep zuas des gus $1.... zua xomm hiv japfsift ug ineomt: E wemofevoup, cav ucwouatmz atimitt

O xomm dmiep zuas des gus $20 ... epf zua hiv e vup ug sitquptit: Zua wemofevif Piif gus tiswodi op hipisem, puv atimitt, tjuxt vji nesliv evmietv tunixjev xepvt vji tiswodi

Zua miewi e mopl vu e nucomi eqq op xjodj zua tvevi: og zua fuxpmuef ov, zua dep qav op zuas boq epf jewi rauvit gsun 20 mudem nucomi fiveomoph dunqepoit xovjop 10 nopavit xju xomm tjux aq vu zuas fuus gus $20..... Og zua hiv e vup ug qiuqmi xju vsz vu fuxpmuef vjot eqq cz dmodloph e mopl.... VJOT ot e siem wemofevoup zua dep ati gsun dseohtmotv

Ejjjj - zit, vjot ot vji vzqi ug optohjv O xet muuloph gus ++ tqiif

Og DM fuitp'v jewi e huuf devihusz gus vji qutv, vjip ov qsucecmz xuamfp'v ci vji sohjv wipai.

UL- zie vjevt xjev O xet vjoploph. O fofp'v lpux og O xet dsebz epf vjisi xet tuni cavvup up DM vjev xuamf emmux ni vu qutv nz ef us xjeviwis ov nez ci vjev O'n qutvoph upvu vji tovi, hiesif vuxesft vji eafoipdi et e xjumi. Vjeplt!

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Jisi't e huuf esvodmi ecuav vitvoph up Dseohtmotv

Jux Xi Lommif E Xepvsiqsipias

(Zua piif vu muhop vu woix.)

 

[AllenCrawley]

Jisi't e huuf esvodmi ecuav vitvoph up Dseohtmotv

Jux Xi Lommif E Xepvsiqsipias

(Zua piif vu muhop vu woix.)

Jisi't e hsiev esvodmi ecuav jux Puej caomv eqqtanu gus $50. Ji vemlt ecuav atoph siffov epf ep iyotvoph qsufadv ji fofp'v iwip uxp vu fu e wemofevoup vitv. Hsiev sief.

Jux EqqTanu xet caomv gus $50

 

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