— the main obstacle to sustainability and growth at craigslist is likely the company’s and its founder’s strong principles valuing customer offering over monetization, trusting consistency over innovation.

Craigslist offers classified ads for free in most cases.

A few bold startups are getting in shape to cut.

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One of the key factors contributing to craigslist's decline is the emergence of various competitors.

The rise of competitors.

— craigslist disrupted the industry at the time by offering a streamlined platform that was free for users to post basic listings.

— just as craigslist unwittingly helped precipitate the fall of many big city newspapers (up to 50% of big city newspapers’ revenue was derived from classifieds, which gradually disappeared as.

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