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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.[1] |
Area served | 570 cities in 70 countries |
Founder(s) | Craig Newmark |
Key people | Jim Buckmaster (CEO) |
Services | Web communications |
Revenue | US$660M [2] |
Employees | 50 (2017) |
URL | www |
Advertising | None |
Registration | Optional[3] |
Launched | 1995 |
Current status | Active |
Written in | Perl[4] |
Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company[5] operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
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.