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animehouse-moe · 2 years

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Manga Haul Roundup: Feb. 6th - Feb. 10th

This has easily been my busiest week in manga hauls by a massive margin (and will be the biggest for ages), and I'd say it's largely because stars aligned within such a short period of time for a series of miracles. Seriously, Only one retail order out of batch and you'd hardly be able to tell that most of the others weren't retail. Crazy deals, crazy finds, lots of cool stuff to go through! So let's get to it.

Feb. 6th - r/Mangaswap Haul

This was a big one, and super cool at that as it's my first score on the Mangaswap subreddit! Hardly any posts advertising being in Canada, so it can be a bit messy to get anything if you're not on top of it. With this one, I was on top of it, and got a great deal at that. Everything in this haul retails for 300CAD before tax. I got it for 185CAD shipped, just crazy savings I wasn't going to pass up when the books are effectively brand new.

Feb. 7th - Elfen Lied on Kijiji

So for anyone that's not a Canuck, Kijiji is basically a domestic version of eBay. A craigslist, if you will. Though it's better, if only marginally. Anyways, found a used listing for Elfen Lied Vols 1-3 (there's 4 total) on there, and managed to haggle a little bit for a steal of a price. Cost 40CAD, including shipping, to get the volumes here. Sure, 1 and 2 have crease marks on their spines (though Dark Horse is notorious for creasing on larger omnis), but just a single volume of Elfen Lied retails for 33CAD pre tax. Impossible to say no really.

Feb. 8th - Rightstuf Odds and Ends

So, the only thing on this order I really needed was Lucifer and The Biscuit Hammer 7-8, because it's out of stock everywhere in Canada, but buying a single volume from a US retailer wasn't worth it, so I padded the order a bit. Paradise Kiss has been on the list for a while, so throwing on a single volume series was easy enough, and they had a Denpa sale so I grabbed the Shuzo Oshimi art book of course, and I've been needing Otherside Picnic 3 for a while, so it all worked out to be reasonable in the end.

Feb. 9th - Kijiji Haul 2, Electric Boogaloo

In the span of a week I've become a massive Shuzo Oshimi fan haha. 18 volumes of their work plus an art book is quite a bit, but considering the deal, and quality, here it's so hard to say no to. Sure, it's an ungodly amount to spend within the span of a week, but at the same time I have the funds to be able to facilitate that, and they're deals I probably won't see again. So, as an individual be aware of your funds and purchasing habits, don't let a good deal pull you in over your head. Anyways, 100CAD shipped for the set, which is pretty damn good, but I was hoping to hit at least 90CAD on the deal but guy was standing pretty strong with his offer. Can't really complain though when 1-8 retails for 160CAD pretax.

Feb. 10th - eBay Lottery and Kijiji Round 3

Now I wouldn't say I got a deal on the Violet Evergarden Keyframe Collection, but I'd still say it was worth it. I got it for 100CAD (ish) shipped, which you might think isn't that great, but even domestically, the volumes go for around 50CAD each anyways. Then you have to factor in shipping to the proxy's warehouse, then international shipping to you, and if you're Canadian (and it's not a cheap order) there'll be import fees to pay probably. So at the end of the day I saved a good bit of money on the volumes themselves and had an overall easier time getting them here.

Anyways, Zombie Powder. I've been trying to get this for God knows how long, and even worse is that the world keeps tempting me with it. I'll open up Facebook Marketplace or Kijiji and see someone selling a set for dirt cheap, so I'll reach out and have always heard back with, "I'm sorry I just sold it to someone else". Fated to be second place always, the stars finally aligned for my chance and I jumped on it. 30CAD shipped for the set, which is about what all the other ones would have cost me (20CAD for set plus 10CAD shipping was the usual that I saw), so I'm incredibly happy to have gotten such a good price and such a good set overall.

So yeah, a pretty insane week for collecting. I've got a few other things I purchased during this week, but they'll probably be spread out over the next two or so. There'll certainly be some super cool stuff in them though so incredibly excited for it to come in!

Also once more, I really do want to stress how much of an uncharacteristic and impossible to repeat week this has been. This is 36 volumes in a single week. That's more than most people will buy in a month, and for people starting out more than they'll buy in 6 months. It's incredibly excessive, it's expensive, and unless you're reading 3+ volumes a day, will take well over 2 weeks to read it all. I really don't think it's something that people should be doing commonly/frequently, if it at all, and I'd really encourage people to have smarter spending habits than me (unless you're made of money and have zero other hobbies). So yeah, incredibly cool and crazy luck on my part, but I'm also painfully aware of how much it costs and how completely unsustainable it is to keep up, even if it was all used items I got at reasonable prices.

#manga haul #haul #book haul #Blood on the tracks #chi no wadachi #one punch man #junji ito #elfen lied #lucifer and the biscuit hammer #otherside picnic #urasekai picnic #shuzo oshimi #anime art book #manga art #ai yazawa #paradise kiss #violet evergarden #zombie powder #tite kubo

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lavieboheme930 · 6 years

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Do you have a little sister? No The last person you kissed, how many times have you cried in front of them? Never Do you know anyone who has been arrested? Yes. Think a lot before you fall asleep? Yes Ever been the only one trying to fix a relationship? TNo Are you guilty of flirting too much? No Did you ever set up a lemonade stand when you were a kid?No. Does virginity matter to you? Yeah...I’m saving myself until I meet the right person. Do you know anybody who was abused? No Have you ever bought or sold something on Facebook Marketplace? No. Do you feel uncomfortable sharing drinks with other people? Depends with who Is there something that happened in your past you hate talking about? Yeah Is there a difference between just love and in love? Yes. Are you good at admitting your problems? Sure How many times have you dated the person you’re with now? Not with anyone. Has your cell phone ever rung in class? No. But it has while at work Do you ever feel like just laying down and giving up? Yes Have you ever lied about your age? Nope Lied about your name? No. Do you sit on the mattresses in furniture stores? No Are there some topics that you aren’t very open about? Sure Have you ever had an encounter with a very dangerous animal? No. Have you ever fed a wild animal people food? No Would you rather die or eat another human being? What kind of question is this. How about both!!! Do you wish that animals could talk? Why or why not? Yes Then I’d know what goes on in my dog’s mind LOL Who did you last fall asleep with? no one. Now your cell phone, what color is it? black. Who were you last in a car with? Beki. What color was the last vehicle you were in? Grey. Have you had “the best night of your life”? Yes. Toilet papered someones house? No Who was the last person you high-fived? Even after a year the answer is still Sal..I think LOL Do you own a romper? Yes 2 What does your computer’s slow-loading cursor look like? I never noticed LOL. Would you rather have a trampoline or swimming pool? neither What was the name of the first porcelain doll you got? Chrissy...no joke. That’s why my mom got it, cause it was my name Do you sell any products? If so, what? Writing gigs on Fiverr. I sold Avon for a bit...NEVER AGAIN!!! They are the WORST If not, do you want to start a business? Read above Have your parents ever crushed your dreams? No. Do you own anything cheetah print? No. Have you ever made a collage for your bedroom wall? No. Do you make DIY projects and gifts? No. Owls or peacocks? Both Lions or horses? both Is your kitchen floor black and white checkered? No. What do you make wishes on? 11:11 What’s the best natural pain reliever? I don’t know. Do you like trees? Yeah What’s your favorite Paramore song? I really don’t know What is your favorite color for bridesmaid dresses? LI don’t care Do you think you are pregnant? No Do you like the ocean? No Are you too shy to ask someone out? yes The person you like kisses you on the forehead, do you find this cute? Yes Is there a high chance of you going out to the movies soon? There is actually What are you listening to? I Wanna Be With You -Mandy Moore Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? No Would you be able to climb out your bedroom window to sneak out? I wouldn’t want to Can you taste the difference between brand name food and store brand food? Yes Would you be embarrassed to buy pads/tampons/condoms? Which one more? Neither Do you still own a VCR? No. Have you ever purchased Girl Scout cookies? Yeah. Do you own a nightgown? No. Who is one rapper that just always tends to get on your nerves? Why? Kanye. Can’t stand him at all Has anyone ever made you breakfast in bed? Were they trying to suck up? No. When will be the next time you’ll get a shot? What is this shot anyway? Hopefully never When will you next eat tacos? Do you even like tacos, or not so much? I don’t know Do you know anyone who is pregnant? Yes Would you or have you ever engaged in casual sex? No What’s your favorite thing about spring? Weather Have you ever tried belly dancing? If so, did you like it? No Were you a part of any clique in high school? I was homeschooled for high school Have you ever given blood? No Do you like the way you grew up? Sure. Would you prefer to read or write poetry? Write. If you were to have a child, what would the last name be? No idea Are you currently working? And if so do you like your job? Yes and love it. Have you ever walked out on a job or just not showed up? Yes when I worked at Starbucks. Worst company to work for Have you told your parents all of your secrets from when you were a teen? I don’t even think I had secrets back then Would you rather be able to fly or walk on water? Neither What’s the best club you’ve ever been to? The Stand comedy club is my favorite Which sport are you the best at playing? figure skating Do you know anyone who has gotten pregnant despite using contraception? No Are you planning on buying a house in the near future? NNo What was your favorite family vacation you went on as a kid?Boston What’s something about you that others might find unpleasant or off-putting? I don’t know Have you ever kissed someone with a beard? No When you were younger, did you believe in Santa? Yeah. Are you going to make your kids believe in Santa? No Have you ever made your own calendar? No. What foreign language did you take in high school? French and Spanish Do your parents have gray hair? Yeah. What’s your favorite Katy Perry song? Wide Awake and Part of Me What was the last thing you did that made you feel proud of yourself? Getting a promotion in the freelance platform I use for my writing What was the last significant and great thing that happened in your life? Nothing I can think of What is your favorite Starbucks’ drink? I don’t go there. Who are your last 3 missed calls from? Wrong numbers Do you like Skittles? No Do you blow dry your hair? No. How do you like your eggs? egg salad What song is the catchiest song you know? Look What You Made Me Do -Taylor Swift What is your greatest life accomplishment? No idea Who is the last person you left a voicemail for? No one Which is better: the Twilight book, or the Twilight movie? Books Do you enjoy crossword puzzles? No Do you own any records? No. Used to Who was the last guy you called? Dad You can only listen to THREE CDs for the rest of your life. What are they? I can’t think with questions like this now What is the most unique or uncommon thing about you? I’m just unique in my own way What happened the last time you were in a fight with someone? I don’t fight with anyone Have you ever been in a physical fight? Who started it? No. What is your favorite type of kiss/way of kissing? I don’t know. Favorite form of affection in general/not sexual/etc? hugs What do you think about anime? Not a fan Who is the last person you unfollowed on Tumblr, and why did you do this? I have no idea What are some upcoming concerts in your town/city? Nope Is there any type of medicine you can’t take? For what reason? I get sick with any medicine really Would you rather have potato or chicken noodle soup if you had to? potato If something on your body hurts, which part is it most likely to be? Depends Is Russian or Native American history more interesting to you? Native American. Have you ever put gum on the bottom of your desk/chair? No Would you rather go to the movies, drive-in, or stay at home and watch a movie? Go to the movies. Would you ever be a race-car driver? No. What kind of deodorant do you use? Dove Have you ever wished you were born the opposite sex? No. What was the last thing you spent a lot of time thinking about? I’m not sure. What do you think about astrology/the zodiac? If you used to believe/not believe in it, what changed your mind? I believe it What is one conspiracy you believe in? Or one you think is total crap? I don’t believe in any of them. And the people that tell me 9/11 was one need to stop with that shit. As someone who has lived in NYC all my life, it’s hard enough that I had to live through that day. Stop saying stuff about it that isn’t true!!! Where was the last place you didn’t want to go but had to anyway? No idea When was the last time you yelled/screamed and why? Screamed when Murr came on the stage at the last Jokers show I was at What was the last big decision you made? Do you think you made the right choice? No idea What Hogwarts house are you in? What do you think about the “stereotypes” regarding your house? I'm always in Slyterin LOL What is something you want to do, but you don’t think you’ll ever be able to? No idea When was the last time you left somewhere for forever (or at least don’t plan on returning)? I don’t know What was the last thing you quit? nothing I can think of Do you like to help people? How about animals? Which would you rather help, if it applies? Helping animals As an adult, what is the most and least you’ve weighed? I don’t know What is something you like that no one else you know likes too? No idea What is something you don’t like that everyone seems to like?I DON’T KNOW!! These questions are getting annoying now Do you follow a particular diet/meal-plan/ethic? No What is a subject you tend to avoid with other people, for whatever reason? Politics. What is the longest (or most involved) thing you’ve ever written? My novels Do you prefer to live with others or by yourself? Why is this?others What scares you about getting older? I don’t know What about something you’ve done that sounds too wild to believe? Nothing What was the last thing someone made fun of you for? My love for Staten Island Do you have a member of the opposite sex you’ve told everything to? Yeah What color hair do you find sexiest on the opposite gender? Doesn’t matter to me Who last slept in your bed besides you? No one If the last person you had sex with asked you to date them, would you?Never had sex If you could see any musician live, front row, who would you choose? Ed Sheeran. Don’t know What is your favorite social networking site? Facebook and Twitter Has anyone in your family fought in any of the wars? My grandfathers were in WWII Has a stray dog ever tried to bite you? No. Are you normally a person to tell people off? No Do you even wear any jeans other than skinny anymore? Nope What did you talk about at lunch today with your friends? I’m not in school. Are you sensitive to caffeine? Nope. How do you usually get around? Subway Have you ever been accused of being too clingy? No Do you like vitamin water? Nope Do you think too little or too much? Way too much Would you rather vacation by a beach or a lake? Neither Do you ever keep arguing when you know you’re wrong? No Are you ticklish? Yes. What do you think of dating websites? Hated them Which show is better: SpongeBob Squarepants or The Fairly Odd Parents? Damn, I can’t decide Think you could cut off your own foot if it meant saving your leg? WTF.... What is the worst thing about having a pet? Knowing they’ll die. :( Have you ever actually seen someone fall on a banana peel? No. Do moths freak you out? N Did you ever cut your own hair when you were little? No. What is your favorite fruit? apples Who last messaged you on Facebook? Lynda Have you ever had surgery or stitches? Both Do you own any clothing that has animal print? Yes. Does your family eat dinner together? Sometimes What was the last video game you played? No idea Have you ever touched a shark? a sandshark Do you prefer writing in print or cursive? Both. Do you have any family traditions? Like what? No . What is the best time you’ve ever had with your family? I don’t know...Vacations I guess What’s the scariest experience you’ve ever had? almost drowning when I was a kid What’s your favorite computer game? None What’s the biggest mistake people make on the first date? I don’t know Do you get turned on easily? sometimes it feels like ti LOL Do you still like to color? No What’s your favorite children’s show? Paw Patrol lol. Would you ever get band artwork tattooed on you? No Is there someone you liked so much and nothing ever happened? Yes Has the last person you kissed met your family? Yes How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust? 1 What is the one thing you remember most about January of last year? Started going to a new church How do you think you will look 3 years from now? Probably the same lol What would be number one on your bucket list? Go to Scotland How old do you think you’ll be when you make your will? I don’t know...though I did put on Facebook that all my Impractical Jokers stuff will be left to my best friend Mo LOL Do you get any of your songs from Limewire? not anymore Do you call anybody ‘baby’? Joey used to Where is the fanciest place you have ever visited? I don’t know Are your parents night owls or morning birds? Imorning birds Where did you buy the shirt you’re wearing now? Crystal’s Are you easy to get along with? Yes What do you usually do right when you wake up? Check my phone for messages What’s your biggest passion? writing and comedy Have you ever thrown your phone in anger? Yes. When I found my dog Sammy dead in his bed. I was so angry I threw my phone.

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surveys-at-your-service · 6 years

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Survey #163

i’m too tired to think of song lyrics rn.

Do you have a little sister? Yes. The last person you kissed, how many times have you cried in front of them? In her actual presence, I think once? Over a phone or Skype, like... two or three times. Do you know anyone who has been arrested? Yes. Think a lot before you fall asleep? SO MUCH. It's part of why I struggle to fall asleep. Brain doesn't stop. Ever been the only one trying to fix a relationship? That's the story of my fucking life. Romantically, just once. Are you guilty of flirting too much? Definitely not. Did you ever set up a lemonade stand when you were a kid? No. Does virginity matter to you? Not really anymore, no. So long you gave it up to someone you sincerely loved and were smart about it. Do you know anybody who was abused? A few emotionally. Have you ever bought or sold something on Facebook Marketplace? No. Do you feel uncomfortable sharing drinks with other people? YEAH. The only case in which it does't bother me too much is when I've been a *truly* s/o with you for a while. Like if I'd go beyond just kissing you, it shouldn't be a bit deal to just drink after you. Is there something that happened in your past you hate talking about? Does anyone not, really? Is there a difference between just love and in love? YEAH. Are you good at admitting your problems? Pretty easy for me. How many times have you dated the person you’re with now? Once. Has your cell phone ever rung in class? No. Do you ever feel like just laying down and giving up? Not really anymore!! I get down, but I never have the urge to just give up entirely. Have you ever lied about your age? When I was younger signing up for websites lmao. Lied about your name? No. Do you sit on the mattresses in furniture stores? Sometimes. Are there some topics that you aren’t very open about? Maybe? It depends on the person. Have you ever had an encounter with a very dangerous animal? No. Have you ever fed a wild animal people food? I mean I fed ducks bread as a kid/before I knew it was bad. Would you rather die or eat another human being? Die. Some things aren't worth living after you've done them. Do you wish that animals could talk? Why or why not? YES!!!!!! BOTH SIDES COULD LEARN SO MUCH!!!!!!! AND PEOPLE WOULD CARE ABOUT THEM MORE!!!!!!!!!!!! Who did you last fall asleep with? Sara. Now your cell phone, what color is it? Dark blue. Who were you last in a car with? Nicole. What color was the last vehicle you were in? White. Have you had “the best night of your life”? Eh. Probably not. Toilet papered someones house? I'm an adult. Who was the last person you high-fived? Probably Aubree or Ryder. Or the girl Colleen watches. Do you own a romper? Noooo, not my thing. What does your computer’s slow-loading cursor look like? Blue circle. Would you rather have a trampoline or swimming pool? Pool. What was the name of the first porcelain doll you got? Oh fuck that shit, I was afraid of porcelain dolls and still am. Do you sell any products? If so, what? No. If not, do you want to start a business? Well I wanna be a freelance photographer. Have your parents ever crushed your dreams? No. Do you own anything cheetah print? No. Have you ever made a collage for your bedroom wall? No. Do you make DIY projects and gifts? No. Don't have the motivation. Owls or peacocks? Owls. Lions or horses? Lions. Is your kitchen floor black and white checkered? No. What do you make wishes on? Nothing. What’s the best natural pain reliever? Sleep. Do you like trees? Yeah! What’s your favorite Paramore song? "That's What You Get." What is your favorite color for bridesmaid dresses? LIGHT PINK. Happy and soft colors! Do you think you are pregnant? That's impossible. Do you like the ocean? Yeah. You wouldn't see me deep it there, but I mean, it's cool. Are you too shy to ask someone out? Apparently not. I guess. I asked Juan, Tyler, and Sara, BUT only because I knew they liked me. The person you like kisses you on the forehead, do you find this cute? YES I FEEL SAFE AND LOVED AND IT'S JUST CUTE!!!!!! Is there a high chance of you going out to the movies soon? Dad and I may go see another soon-ish, but I doubt it. We both think The Meg looks good. What are you listening to? I swear I go back to binge "Cool Patrol" by NSP like every other month. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Once, and I can pretty much guarantee this one's gonna hit that mark. Would you be able to climb out your bedroom window to sneak out? If I could open the damn thing. Can you taste the difference between brand name food and store brand food? Sometimes. Would you be embarrassed to buy pads/tampons/condoms? Which one more? No. Do you still own a VCR? No. Have you ever purchased Girl Scout cookies? Yeah. Do you own a nightgown? No. Who is one rapper that just always tends to get on your nerves? Why? I can't stand Kanye, because y'know, he's a god-complexed dick. Has anyone ever made you breakfast in bed? Were they trying to suck up? No. When will be the next time you’ll get a shot? What is this shot anyway? I'unno. When will you next eat tacos? Do you even like tacos, or not so much? I hate tacos. Do you know anyone who is pregnant? One of my very best high school friends recently revealed she is and I am soooo fucking excited for her. Would you or have you ever engaged in casual sex? If we were both single there is one (1) person I probably would fuck I hate myself like a lot and I am a hypocrite. What’s your favorite thing about spring? Just the flowers. And that's it. Have you ever tried belly dancing? If so, did you like it? No, & that would be a blinding display. Were you a part of any clique in high school? Kinda? The goths, emos, metalheads, and scenes all kinda. Naturally came together. Most knew everyone's names and we kinda had this unspoken bond with all the others. We always sat together at lunch. Have you ever given blood? Yeah. I'd actually like to do it again, I think, with me drinking a good amount of water now. Do you like the way you grew up? The only thing I'd change is I wish chores were more firmly enforced. I don't do them enough, and I'm approaching 23. Would you prefer to read or write poetry? Write. If you were to have a child, what would the last name be? Well, mine? But once married I'd definitely get it changed to Sara's. I will not doom her with mine lmao. Are you currently working? And if so do you like your job? No. Have you ever walked out on a job or just not showed up? No. Have you told your parents all of your secrets from when you were a teen? No. Would you rather be able to fly or walk on water? Fly. What’s the best club you’ve ever been to? Never been to one. Which sport are you the best at playing? I wasn't bad at basketball last I played. Do you know anyone who has gotten pregnant despite using contraception? Probably. Are you planning on buying a house in the near future? Not the very recent future. A house/apartment will probably be rented first. What was your favorite family vacation you went on as a kid? Disney World. What's something about you that others might find unpleasant or off-putting? I'm hard to get to know due to me fearing judgment. I can be very defensive if you push me to talk about some things. Have you ever kissed someone with a beard? Jason had more of a goatee sometimes. When you were younger, did you believe in Santa? Yeah. Are you going to make your kids believe in Santa? I don't want kids. If I did however, I probably would. Have you ever made your own calendar? No. What foreign language did you take in high school? One semester of Latin, German for four semesters. Do your parents have gray hair? Yeah. What's your favorite Katy Perry song? Uhhhhh I guess "E.T." What was the last thing you did that made you feel proud of yourself? I haven't acted on it yet, but I made the decision that I would make a sincere effort to fight AvPD and be way more open about myself. What was the last significant and great thing that happened in your life? Met Sara. What is your favorite Starbucks' drink? I don't go there. Who are your last 3 missed calls from? Vocational rehab, Mom, Colleen. Do you like Skittles? Yesssss. Do you blow dry your hair? No. How do you like your eggs? Fertilized by Mark Fischfuck goddammit What song is the catchiest song you know? Hmmm. I suppose maybe "Bad Romance," because I can enjoy like, ANY cover, as well as the original. What is your greatest life accomplishment? Healing. Who is the last person you left a voicemail for? VR. Which is better: the Twilight book, or the Twilight movie? I haven't read any, never watched any. Do you enjoy crossword puzzles? Yes. Do you own any records? No. I wish. Something I'd love to collect. Who was the last guy you called? Dad, probably. You can only listen to THREE CDs for the rest of your life. What are they? "Black Rain" by Ozzy Osbourne, "Black Album" by Metallica, and "The Ascension" by Otep. What is the most unique or uncommon thing about you? Uh I dunno. I guess having blue eyes??? Idk. What happened the last time you were in a fight with someone? I cut her ass out and ignored her. Have you ever been in a physical fight? Who started it? No. What is your favorite type of kiss/way of kissing? Hardcore making out. Favorite form of affection in general/not sexual/etc? Hand holding. Or tight hugs. What do you think about anime? They have some of the most interesting stories, tbh. Who is the last person you unfollowed on Tumblr, and why did you do this? Someone whose posting content changed and I didn't enjoy, probably. What are some upcoming concerts in your town/city? The only one I know of and care about is Metallica in January. Is there any type of medicine you can’t take? For what reason? Not that I know of. Would you rather have potato or chicken noodle soup if you had to? Never had potato, but I don't think I'd like it, so. I don't really like chicken noodle, either. If something on your body hurts, which part is it most likely to be? My damn knees. Is Russian or Native American history more interesting to you? Native American. Have you ever put gum on the bottom of your desk/chair? I'm not an animal. Would you rather go to the movies, drive-in, or stay at home and watch a movie? Go to the movies. Would you ever be a race-car driver? No. What kind of deodorant do you use? Secret. Have you ever wished you were born the opposite sex? No. What was the last thing you spent a lot of time thinking about? I'm not sure. What do you think about astrology/the zodiac? If you used to believe/not believe in it, what changed your mind? It's absolute bullshit. What is one conspiracy you believe in? Or one you think is total crap? You literally cannot convince me 9/11 wasn't orchestrated by the government. Stupid one, lizard people. Where was the last place you didn’t want to go but had to anyway? Urgent care. When was the last time you yelled/screamed and why? I dunno. What was the last big decision you made? Do you think you made the right choice? Permanently, absolutely, kick Colleen out of my life. I know it was the right choice. What Hogwarts house are you in? What do you think about the “stereotypes” regarding your house? I took a quiz out of boredom before, and I got Hufflepuff, very closely followed by Gryffindor. However, some questions were hard for me, as I know pretty much nothing about the series. So, don't know stereotypes either. What is something you want to do, but you don’t think you’ll ever be able to? Skydive. Don't have the guts. When was the last time you left somewhere for forever (or at least don’t plan on returning)? Ha, mental hospital. What was the last thing you quit? Meat. Do you like to help people? How about animals? Which would you rather help, if it applies? Duh!! And I dunno, really. I see us as equal. I don't really know which I'd go to first if both were in a crisis or something. As an adult, what is the most and least you’ve weighed? I don't even want to say what I weighed at the end of '16. The least was ~120, what I'm desperately trying to get back to. @_@ What is something you like that no one else you know likes too? *shrugs* What is something you don’t like that everyone seems to like? Mexican food came to mind. Do you follow a particular diet/meal-plan/ethic? Currently I do a 16-hour fast every day and then I'm also a vegetarian. What is a subject you tend to avoid with other people, for whatever reason? Politics. What is the longest (or most involved) thing you’ve ever written? Well, RP. You put all the shit I've written together, and it'd probably be longer than the Bible lmao. Do you prefer to live with others or by yourself? Why is this? OTHERS. I GET LONELY. What scares you about getting older? Feeling the physical effects. What about something you’ve done that sounds too wild to believe? I don't think anything, really. What was the last thing someone made fun of you for? I don't know. Do you have a member of the opposite sex you’ve told everything to? Jason knew everything at the time we were together. What color hair do you find sexiest on the opposite gender? I like unnaturally colored hair most, so... but for "normal" colors, black. Who last slept in your bed besides you? Sara. If the last person you had sex with asked you to date them, would you? I would *actually* kick him in the dick if he had the audacity. If you could see any musician live, front row, who would you choose? Metallica with Mom. What is your favorite social networking site? Facebook for the sake of keeping up with people, Tumblr for entertainment purposes. Has anyone in your family fought in any of the wars? 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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Did you know there are so many other sites like Craigslist to buy and sell your stuff?

Of course Craigslist is the most well-known and for good reason. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

Second, (and probably my most favorite reason) it’s so popular because it’s free. F.R.E.E. Free to list, free to sell, free to buy. If you’ve ever had other types of sites eat up your profits via listing and selling fees, you know what I’m talking about.

However, with the ever-expanding world of e-commerce, there are now dozens of other (better) sites like Craigslist to choose from to list the stuff you want to sell, or to buy the things you want or need. Here are the top 27 of the most popular alternatives to Craigslist you might find helpful for buying or selling things or services.

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The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

2. Facebook Marketplace

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

5. Oodle

6. Locanto

7. Trovit

8. Gumtree

9. US Free Ads

10. AdLandPro

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

12. USA Today

13. Ads Globe

14. PennySaver USA

15. City News

16. 10 Day Ads

17. Ad Toad

18. FreeAdsTime

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

24. Bookoo

25. Kijiji

26. U-Exchange

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

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The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

These sites are listed in order of my favorite sites to buy and sell online that are very similar Craigslist. Right now Offer Up is my favorite, but the Facebook Marketplace is also a very quick and easy way to sell your items as well. When I am looking for services, I lean on Offer Up and when I am looking to sell something quickly, I will head on over to the Facebook Marketplace.

1. Offer Up

Offer Up is a selling site where you list your items or services by type, and you search by type, city or zip code. There’s an added filter letting you choose how far away you can search from that city or zip code.

Categories

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

Okay, the list is seriously too long to post here. Offer Up has a lot of categories and a ton of stuff or services for sale from appliances and auto parts to used textbooks and antiques. You can also ask the seller a question or even make an offer. No listing fees or selling fees. Offer Up is my favorite for security as well. They take your safety seriously and will advise you to as well.

2. Facebook Marketplace

If you have a Facebook account, then you already have access to the Facebook Marketplace. Facebook does a really great job with their marketplace and makes it extremely simple to buy or sell. All communication is done via Facebook Messenger and can be done from mobile or desktop. With the amount of people shopping on Facebook, you can usually sell your stuff the fastest on this platform.

Categories

Vehicles

Home and garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

Selling on Facebook started inside Facebook groups long before the Facebook Marketplace. Once you request and are approved for a local Facebook group (often called “YOUR CITY Swip Swap), you can begin selling your items and finding other things to buy in your local area.

It can be a bit tedious to find the right sale group for your items on Facebook which is why I like the Marketplace better. However, I do like the fact that if there are any complaints about someone inside the group – they are usually kicked out of the group. This causes buyers and sellers to be extra nice (and fair) with each other to remain in the group.

4. Letgo

Letgo shares items for sale by using your location. The site is easy to use, and there are no listing and selling fees. The site is pretty basic but it works. It’s easiest to search by item.

Categories

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Probably the most comparable to Craigslist is Oodle, but it also does something Craiglist does not do – Oodle aggregates listings both locally and nationally from sites like eBay, ForRent.com, BoatTrader.com, Cars.com, and many more. Oodle uses these networks of online marketplaces to buy, sell, and trade products and services.

Categories

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs

Pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

Currently Oodle has over 15 million monthly users and is available in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. There are no fees for listing or selling, however there are limits to how many listings you can post at a time based on your selling categories.

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Instead of offering up ads from around the country, Locanto is best for those who are looking for something locally such as a used car, a babysitter, a job, or anything particular to the vicinity of where you live.

It’s very simple to post an ad on Locanto and the ads are meant to feel and look like ads you see in the local newspaper (what are newspapers again?). My favorite part of Locanto is your ad will remain live for 60 days which exposes your ad to a very large audience.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so.

Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Trovit is a site where you can list your homes and cars for sale, or list available job positions you may need to fill. How Trovit works is it lists ads for over 50 countries including the United States, Mexico, the UK, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Mexico, and many, many more.

The site is pretty well organized. When you search for a vehicle you start with the country you want to buy in. From there it brings you to another screen where you can choose a make, model, etc. You can choose cars by area or by make and model.

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

The site has an expansive amount of listings on it. Most all of the listings seemed to be taken from/linked to other sources. FYI, you can only advertise items for sale on Trovit if you own a coordinating website.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. Gumtree

Gumtree is just like Craigslist and is wildly popular in the UK and is also frequently used in Australia, South Africa, and recently Gumtree has began to increase in popularity within the United States

No matter where you live, Gumtree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world.

Categories

Motors

For sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

Gumtree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

USFreeAds have been around since 1999 and I don’t think they’ve ever done an update on the look of their site. It’s about as plain and simple as you can get which isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes keeping it as simple as possible works the best.

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds.

Categories

Automotive

Pets and animals

Collectibles

Real estate

Home and garden

Hobbies and leisure

Toys, games and models

Health and fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing and footwear

Jewelry and watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites.

Categories

Jobs

For sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-books and online lessons

Real estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

Some of these are older sites that many have forgot about or they may be brand new and just getting started. Often I will find the best deals on these sites listed below because they may not have as much competition from other buyers and sellers.

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Geebo is only offered in the United States and is currently in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, Washington, DC, and Seattle. To date, Geebo has spread to over 160 communities nationwide.

Categories

Merchandise

Construction and farm equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals and roommates

Real estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people!

Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real estate

Services

Sports and recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

However, after looking through their site for United States based ads, very few ads were found. If you’re going to try out Ads Globe, be sure to set your location at the very top left of their site.

Categories

Merchandise

Autos

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. PennySaver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a PennySaver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Penny Saver has been around for more than 50 years and survived the shift from print media to digital media in the online world. If you live in California, you can still find the Penny Saver in print, but everywhere else is online as PennySaver USA.

Also, PennySaver USA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month.

Categories

Arts and entertainment

Cars and vehicles

Food and dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real estate

Services

15. City News

City News offers free classified ads to help you sell or buy all over the world. You can post in City News if you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and more. There’s also an option for upgraded ads, but there are charges to upgrade.

Categories

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services, such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff online, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold.

Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/CDs

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

And several other categories. The site is pretty well organized and easy to use. The site offered ads from all over the world, however when I checked the listings a lot of the categories had “zero” items for sale.

17. Ad Toad

Ad Toad isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as most of the other sites featured here, but it does have some stuff listed for sale and you can list and sell for free.

Categories

Some of the categories they have include:

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well-known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

Categories

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

You don’t have to create an account to post here, however, doing so will give you added benefits, such as being able to track the number of views on the items you’ve posted. It’s free to create an account too.

As I searched the site, I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use.

19. Recycler

Recycler is another site where you place your ads directly. The site is easy to use and has categories such as cars and vehicles, pets, real estate for sale, rentals, sports and recreation, community, jobs and more.

It seemed to me that the majority of the stuff listed for sale here consisted of vehicles. Some categories, such as pets, had no listings when I was doing my research, however in the vehicles category there were thousands of ads to browse through.

You have to create an account with Recycler in order to post an ad, however it’s free to do so. This is a site I’d use to advertise a vehicle I had for sale, but it doesn’t look like it gets a whole lot of traffic for other items.

20. Pawngo

Pawngo is a site where you can sell your stuff to a pawn company. Their primary goal is to lend people money using their valuables as security, however it looks like they will buy items within certain parameters.

Items they accept for pawn include: jewelry, precious metals, camera equipment, musical instruments, Apple computers, luxury cars, and designer handbags. You can also buy these items directly from Pawngo.

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale.

Categories

Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple, but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

Classifieds Giant is a well-organized site that allows you to post ads for a variety of items. Their “for sale” category includes antiques, arts and crafts, baby and kids, appliances, household items, electronic items, sporting equipment and more.

Like most other sites they also have ads for cars and trucks, real estate, jobs, services, community, personal ads, etc. You do have to create an account to post on Classifieds Giant, but it’s free to do so.

23. OLX

OLX offers items for sale that include all of the usual stuff: vehicles, real estate, electronics, used furniture, clothing, etc. They have sites for a couple of dozen countries, including Pakistan, Guatemala, India, South Africa and more.

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. It’s a good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all 50 U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

Within many of the states and cities listed, however, there were quite a few ads to choose from if you’re shopping. This looks like a site that’s doing very well in some states, but still has room to grow in others.

25. Kijiji

It’s a crazy name, but Kijiji is dubbed Canada’s most popular free, local classifieds site. Kijiji shares ads in all of Canada’s major provinces and surrounding territories. Ads are listed by province and then narrowed down from there.

Categories

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home and garden

Community

Cars and vehicles

Services and resumes

26. U-Exchange

U-Exchange is a bit different than the other sites listed here in that it’s a bartering site – there is no cash or currency exchange. When you sign up with them, you list what services and/or products you have to offer, and what services or products you are willing to give in exchange.

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

Hoobly classifieds offer the usual stuff: vehicles, clothing, jobs, etc. You don’t need an account to browse listings, however you will need to create one (they’re free) to communicate with sellers or to list something for sale.

There weren’t a ton of listings on this site, but it’d be worth a look if you’re searching for something in particular. States, such as Michigan and Florida, had a lot more listings than many of the other states featured here.

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Whenever you’re buying – or selling – on websites like the ones mentioned here, it’s important to use safety precautions in an effort to prevent scammers or criminals from taking advantage of you.

You can start by never giving anyone your personal credit or debit card or other financial information. Deal in cash only (or a cashier’s check from your bank for large ticket items) and don’t give sellers money until you’re sure you are getting what you are paying for. There are also apps for sending money online.

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

As you can see there are a ton of great other sites like Craigslist. Whether you’re looking to sell your car, get a deal on a washing machine, you need to create extra cash flow flipping “stuff” or just need money now you have options.

Also, in the comments below, please let me know if you have tried any of these and what you think of them. Or, if I am missing any other sites, please drop me a comment below and I will get them added in!

Thanks so much!

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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Did you know there are so many other sites like Craigslist to buy and sell your stuff?

Of course Craigslist is the most well-known and for good reason. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

Quick Links

The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

2. Facebook Marketplace

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

5. Oodle

6. Locanto

7. Trovit

8. Gumtree

9. US Free Ads

10. AdLandPro

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

12. USA Today

13. Ads Globe

14. PennySaver USA

15. City News

16. 10 Day Ads

17. Ad Toad

18. FreeAdsTime

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

24. Bookoo

25. Kijiji

26. U-Exchange

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Summary

The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

Categories

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

2. Facebook Marketplace

Categories

Vehicles

Home and garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

Letgo shares items for sale by using your location. The site is easy to use, and there are no listing and selling fees. The site is pretty basic but it works. It’s easiest to search by item.

Categories

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Categories

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs

Pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so.

Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. Gumtree

No matter where you live, Gumtree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world.

Categories

Motors

For sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

Gumtree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds.

Categories

Automotive

Pets and animals

Collectibles

Real estate

Home and garden

Hobbies and leisure

Toys, games and models

Health and fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing and footwear

Jewelry and watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites.

Categories

Jobs

For sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-books and online lessons

Real estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

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11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Categories

Merchandise

Construction and farm equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals and roommates

Real estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people!

Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real estate

Services

Sports and recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

Categories

Merchandise

Autos

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. PennySaver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a PennySaver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Also, PennySaver USA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month.

Categories

Arts and entertainment

Cars and vehicles

Food and dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real estate

Services

15. City News

Categories

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services, such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff online, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold.

Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/CDs

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

17. Ad Toad

Ad Toad isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as most of the other sites featured here, but it does have some stuff listed for sale and you can list and sell for free.

Categories

Some of the categories they have include:

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well-known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

Categories

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

As I searched the site, I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use.

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale.

Categories

Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple, but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. It’s a good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all 50 U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

25. Kijiji

Categories

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home and garden

Community

Cars and vehicles

Services and resumes

26. U-Exchange

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

Thanks so much!

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A House Decorated by Marketplace – and Tips for Thrifting

Of all the bad things to come out of Facebook – the creepy harvesting of our online data, a rise in loneliness, infidelities kindled from long-lost acquaintances, the erosion of individual self-worth through unfavourable comparison, to name just a few – there are also a lot of good things. For example, I re-met my now-husband through Facebook… something I like to remind him of every so often, that lucky guy. And I’m also going to add that the fairly recent invention of Marketplace is another one of those good things to come out of Facebook.

Furniture, homewares, rugs, plants and art… these are the kinds of things being sold on Facebook Marketplace that are often super CHEAP, my friends. Often it’s sold by people who just want to be rid of it, fast, and sometimes they don’t have a true understanding of the worth of what they are offering (I remember seeing a designer-name vintage sideboard marketed as “brown cupboard”).

Another bonus is that when you buy from a person on Facebook Marketplace, you can also see if you have mutual friends in common, thus reducing your chances (hopefully) of being murdered (“Yes, he has a teardrop tattoo and he’s holding a chainsaw in his profile pic, but he’s also friends with Julie from Baskin-Robbins”). In fact Marketplace has so many good things about it that I feel jealous of people moving house or getting a new place, like my sister, because they get to furnish and style their house in the Marketplace era. Like, I remember moving to this house, and looking at ads for secondhand dining tables after going to the newsagent and buying The QUOKKA. Yes, a physical copy of a classifieds ad newspaper, with tiny, succinctly written ads and no pictures, woaaah. Furnishing a home now that there is Marketplace is kind of like getting married but before there was Pinterest and after there was Pinterest, but better than that. I say this after spending pretty much TWO DAYS of my life making little white and milk chocolate milk balls with carefully affixed, painstakingly handmade customised chocolate wax seals for bonbonnieres, simply because I had seen a picture of them on Pinterest and I HAD TO RECREATE THEM, and I don’t think a single person at my wedding appreciated the sheer effort that had gone into these chocolate wax seal balls except my best friend from high school who had flown in for our wedding from London, saw the different-coloured chocolate balls and shrieked, “Does no-one notice that these chocolates have RACIAL CONNOTATIONS.” (This is why we are friends).

Anyway, many of my friends share my Marketplace and thrifting love – but I don’t know anyone more enthusiastic about it than my friend Nelly Reffet of Twinkle and Whistle Interior Design. (In fact, we put together this post on our fave Marketplace finds a while back). Recently Nelly shared photos of this Perth house with me – one I instantly dubbed The Marketplace House, because she and the owners styled it to sell using a LOT of thrifted Marketplace finds. And look how inviting it looks!

RUG LOVING: The rug in the living area is a beautiful Persian-like wool rug, 3m x 2m. “It’s super plush and soft, in pristine condition and it cost $250 – normally it would retail in the thousands,” says Nelly. “It took forever to get though, as the seller was difficult to reach and spoke little English. But it made the purchase almost… exotic!”

Nelly met owners Mark and Jasmin back in 2009, when they first asked Nelly for design help. Mark and Jasmin had recently bought their first home together, an ’80s house in East Cannington in need of a revamp. “Even back in those days, I loved their appetite for non-beigey interiors, and the low budget considerations made me tap into some small but efficient creative tricks to make their house shine without blowing the budget,” says Nelly.

After a full reno and a fair bit of styling, Mark and Jasmin enjoyed many years of happy memories in their sweet light-filled home. However the desire to live closer to the ocean, so the kids (and the dogs!) could roam free on sandy beaches and everyone could enjoy cooler summers, led them to move out of their first home a few years ago.

Nelly’s daughter playing with Mark and Jasmin’s kids, now her friends.

“What was their sanctuary became a rental property, and with that came a few years of sometimes neglectful tenants and inevitable house mishaps,” says Nelly. “In order to simplify their life, Jasmin and Mark decided recently it was time to sell their beloved first home, but unfortunately, the property was not quite ready for it. A fair bit of work was required before the property could be advertised, and with a pretty gloomy-looking market in Perth, they decided to furnish and style the property to maximise its overall attractiveness.”

That was when Mark and Jasmin called Nelly to the rescue again. With a budget worn thin by essential maintenance and repair work, they could not quite invest in buying or hiring new furniture. “Instead, we decided to go in full shoestring mode and source pre-loved furniture and homeware to make their house shine again,” says Nelly. “With the exception of most linen pieces, which were purchased in store, and of some of the decorative items, which are from Mark and Jasmin’s personal collection, almost everything was gathered through Facebook Marketplace, and occasionally from the verge.”

I know some people will ask, why bother furnishing and styling the home at all? – and it’s not an unreasonable question. Well, home styling, or staging, as it’s called for the real estate market, is about presenting a home to its best – showing people how a house can be lived in; and trying to get them to form an emotional attachment to a home, ideally leading to a sale. Staged homes tend to sell faster (frequently in half the average time) – and for an estimated 7 to 12 percent more than unstyled homes, so the financial benefits can be worth the work and monetary investment put into the styling. And contrary to popular notion, good home staging doesn’t have to be expensive, or just for high-end homes – which is why Perth has seen a big boom in the past ten years in property staging businesses as well as interior designers that offer staging as a service.

Nelly says Jasmin and Mark wanted their house to stand out from an already saturated property market, and colour was one of the ways to go.

“In a very competitive market, we didn’t want another grey-on-grey-on-pastel-colours house,” she says.

“We wanted a place that would be warm and personal enough to feel like a home, but not too individual, as so not to be too personal.

“Many blogs out there and real estate agents too will advise you to remove all personal belongings and to go as neutral as possible to appeal to a wider audience. I beg to disagree with that, at least partially. If you keep a mostly neutral palette on your walls and floors (so potential buyers don’t have to do any work when they move in), you can still have a little bit of fun when styling by using bright or bolder removable items, such as soft furnishings and art.” And the scouring of Marketplace began, to give this modest yet pretty home a facelift.

LIVING ROOM: The yellow sofa and its matching ottoman were $250. “These were the first pieces we bought, and they became the driving factor for the living room design,” says Nelly. “The colour was a bold choice, but the shape is not bulky so the colour doesn’t overpower the room. All other pieces were picked with that yellow couch in mind, i.e. we wanted them to tone it down and let it shine at the same time: we didn’t want strong contrasting colours or too much harsh black or white. The neutrals soften it up, while the rug – because of its texture but also style and colour, grounds the room.”

NEW BED: “The upholstered queen bed in the master bedroom was totally brand new and sold at $250!” says Nelly.

Using Marketplace to style a house often means you need to allow a bit more time to put together than a traditional styling job would, says Nelly. “As you rely on what people put up for sale, it’s not as easy as driving to a showroom and helping yourself to what you like. You have to be patient to find the right piece, quick to contact the seller, and willing, sometimes, to travel a fair distance to collect your goods. You also don’t quite know the actual condition of the item until you see it, unless there are plenty of photos.”

Each item was carefully selected so it would fit the space well, both from a layout and a style perspective. As things tend to sell quickly on Marketplace, it was sometimes frustrating to miss out on a ‘perfect’ item. “But with the high turnover of the platform, we found alternatives within days, and sometimes hours,” says Nelly.

So is it all worth the effort and the risk? Mark and Jasmin felt the cost of the styling to be worth it. “They ended up spending just under $2,000 for styling their three bedroom house – a fraction of the cost of what new furniture would have been,” says Nelly. “Their biggest (unexpected) splurge was a $150 throw bought at Adairs, which was incorrectly placed on a “Sale” shelf… they only found that out at the time of paying, and by then, they liked the throw too much to put it back!” The house sold for $20k over the agent’s initial expectations, after only eight weeks on the market – which Mark and Jasmin considered a win in their suburb and in the current market.

At this point you might be thinking, ‘Ok, so they bought a lot of furniture and then what? They sell the house and they’re stuck with a bunch of stuff they don’t need?’ Two things. One, Mark and Jasmin bought things that they either hoped to use in their new home, or that they could easily re-sell, if required.

Their biggest win: a beautifully soft and plush large Persian rug in as new condition bought from Marketplace for $250. “It would retail at around $1000 at least new in-store,” says Nelly. “Jasmin is looking forward for the house to sell, so she can bring the rug to their home pronto.

“That is one of the advantages of buying second-hand items instead of hiring furniture: the items belong to you! You are free to do what you want with them once the house has sold: sell them again or bring them home.

“Similarly, if the house doesn’t sell in the expected timeframe, you don’t need to extend a hiring contract and incur additional expenses either. It’s maximum flexibility at a limited cost.”

MORE MARKETPLACE: The grey couch was only $180, and was from just around the corner.

BEFORE. The dining room got a small facelift with a light change.

AFTER

So, if you are thinking of selling your house soon – or even if you just want to revamp your home a little – don’t hesitate to explore Marketplace instead of hitting the shops, advises Nelly. “It can be a fun and rewarding ‘hunting and gathering’ experience, it treads lightly on our planet’s resources, you can find some unique pieces, and save some significant cash in the process. What’s not to love about that?” Maya x

NELLY’S TIPS FOR MARKETPLACE SUCCESS

1. Be reactive. If you see something you like, initiate contact with the seller fast! You can still sort out the logistics a little later. Great scores get snapped up very quickly on Marketplace so the faster you react, the more chances you have to secure the deal. Special brownie points if you offer to pick up immediately or on the day.

2. Be polite and personal. To make the buying process easier, Facebook has come up with default questions and messages you can send the sellers as a first contact. If you’re really keen on something, try not to use them. Even when communication is digital, being polite and addressing people personally often goes a long way. That doesn’t mean you have to tell your life story though, but starting your message with “Hi” and using the seller’s name may make you stand out in a sea of “Is it available?”

3. Read the ad in full. As a seller, it is infuriating to receive messages like “where are you located?” when the Marketplace ad clearly says so. Do you have time to answer questions that have already been addressed? I don’t. Most people don’t. Some ads are pretty short (or quasi-inexistent) and others more descriptive. The least you can do if you see an item you like is to read the ad in full and only ask questions that are essential and not already covered. Common sense, huh? But you’d be surprised how many people don’t go past the photo and headline!

4. Don’t mess with collection. Once again, speed is key on Marketplace. I do not encourage you to go beyond speed limits on the freeway to pick up your bargain, but you don’t want to mess around with collection. Ask the seller when it’s best for them or suggest a day and time, and stick to what’s agreed. If you don’t have a suitable car and struggle to ask a friend for their trailer or ute, hiring one is often inexpensive and fast. Or you could hire an Airtasker or other individuals who hustle as delivery drivers to do the heavy lifting for you.

5. Be open-minded and patient. The more specific you are, the more narrow your pool will be. So identify your essential criteria (for furniture, measurements are crucial!), and keep some flexibility for the rest, being brand or style, colours or materials.

6. Be patient! The beauty of Marketplace is that it is a big cycle that moves fast. People buy and sell all the time. You just have to be there when opportunity knocks at your digital door.

7. Be safe. Give someone the details of where you are going and when, and ideally bring a friend or your partner to do pick up with you if you’re feeling unsure, especially at night.

You can follow Nelly’s thrifting adventures on Instagram @nelly_reffet or visit her site at Twinkle and Whistle.

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How to Spend Zero Extra Dollars This Month

Have you ever thought, I have oh so much cash. If only I knew what to do with it? If you have, please stop reading this article and make a check out to Amber Petty. DM for more detailed personal info.

More likely, at the end of the month, you've probably thought, Holy God! Where did all my money go! In this era of gig economies, side hustles, and working round the clock for just over minimum wage, a lot of us are dying to find ways to save a couple dollars. Luckily, there are lots of ways to save cash, and with a little preparation, you could go a whole month without spending a dime on additional expenses.

Now, I'm not talking about actually spending $0 for a whole month. There's rent, gas, groceries, and medical bills that can't be avoided. Would I love to tell my landlord that I can't pay rent because I'm participating in a "no-spend" month? Yes. Would I promptly be removed from my home and told to go screw myself if I did that? Also yes. But you can reduce all extraneous expenses to zero with some planning, discipline, and advice from budgeting experts.

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Be Prepared

If you don't have a plan for your no-spend month, you'll start with good intentions but end your day buying Chipotle and drinking a Frappuccino. But if you make a plan, it will be much easier to avoid temptation.

First, make a list of things you normally spend money on. Again, basics like groceries don't count, but eating out, going for drinks, or buying the new lipstick you just saw somebody wear on Instagram does. So write out all extra things you spent money on last week, and you'll probably find a spending pattern. Now you'll know what to avoid and how to get around your typical spending traps.

Also, pick a month where you probably won't have to spend much. For example, December is a bad choice. With all the parties, travel, and presents that are expected, anyone's lucky to get out of the last month of the year spending $1,000 extra dollars (though if you do a $0 December, good for you, you are a gem). Instead, pick a month that's pretty light on birthdays, holidays, and weddings. It might be impossible to avoid all three in one month, so just do your best.

Stock Up

Food is usually one of the biggest expenses every month. But if you stock up on easy, non-perishable items on your next trip to the grocery store, you can save a ton. Dustyn Ferguson, personal finance whiz and creator of Dime Will Tell, says you'll save a lot by "moving a cost tier down in grocery stores." Basically, if you shop at exclusively at Whole Foods, you don't need to abandon all that for the Dollar Store. Instead, move down a tier. Go from Whole Foods to Trader Joe's. You'll still find things with the quality you're used to, but you'll save a little cash.

Stock up on cheap, good-for-you ingredients.

Think items like rice, beans, pastas, canned tomatoes, broth, and frozen vegetables. All that stuff is as cheap as it gets and could possibly take you through the month. Of course, you'll buy some fresh fruits and vegetables during your no-spend weeks, but if you stock up on fairly healthy non-perishables, you can eat well and spend much less.

This might sound like the old college days of ramen and mac and cheese, but you can eat a wide variety of rice and legumes for dirt cheap—and yay for chili!—and not feel like your diet is made of sodium and preservatives.

Also, make sure you buy easy stuff you can take for lunch.

Cans of tuna, bread, soups, stuff like that. Sure, maybe you'll make some roasted pork with saffron-infused quinoa to take with you to work. But more likely, you'll be running out the door with about two seconds of food-prep time. In that case, it's much better to have some Campbell's soup you can throw in a bag to bring with you, instead of getting to work and realizing you'll have to shell out $10 for the crappy lunch salad at the place next door.

Be realistic with yourself.

Do you know you'll miss going out for a drink with your friends? Stock up on a few bottles of Charles Shaw's finest. Have an inkling that you'll want to order pizza? Get a reasonably priced frozen pizza for when the craving hits. The more you know yourself and your spending habits, the more easily you'll be able to go a month without shelling out extra money or feeling deprived.

Use a cash-back app.

To save even more on your grocery stock-up adventure, "use a cash back app like Ibotta to get money back on things you'd purchase anyway," Ferguson says. "If you do it right, an app like this could easily give you back 10, 20, or even 30 dollars every single grocery trip." Ibotta is a free app that offers coupons and deals to a wide variety of stores. Just scan your receipt, and Ibotta gives you money back. Once you've made $20 or more, you can get cash deposited directly into your Paypal or Venmo account. If you use this app just for essentials, it's kind of like getting free money. Now, don't expect to offset all your costs with this, but it's not bad for some bonus savings.

Last stock-up tip: coffee.

Yes, buying Starbucks every day gets expensive. We all know it. And normally, I'd say treating yourself to a fancy coffee now and again is totally fine. But for a no-spend month, it's off-limits. Instead, get yourself a coffee you like. Are you a flavored coffee person? Buy flavored syrup. You can often find these at the dollar store, or if that freaks you out, they're pretty reasonably priced at the regular grocery.

Here's my personal favorite coffee tip: Make your own cold brew. It's easy as hell and cheap as all get out. Buy this $10 cold brew maker from Target (not a sponsor, just a legitimate thing I bought and use every day). All you have to do is put some coffee grounds in it, fill it with water, and put it in the fridge overnight. That's it! Yes, you have to remember to do it the night before, but I think it's way easier than getting up extra early to make a fresh pot of coffee in the morning.

Plus, the cold brew tastes super rich and smooth. My husband usually drinks his coffee like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly, and now he uses half as much sweetener because the cold brewing process gets rid of so much bitterness. Sure, my cold brew enthusiasm is a slight tangent, but it saves a lot of money when you DIY everyday.

Get Free Stuff

After you've stocked up, we get to the magical no-spend itself! Hooray! Luckily, you don't have to sit around your house in silence to avoid spending cash. There's a lot of free stuff out there, so you can maintain your wardrobe, be entertained, and maybe even take a vacation—all while your credit card stays at $0.

Swap Around

"One of my favorite ways to find free clothes is to host a clothing swap," says Ashli Dawn, owner and founder of Moolah Mogul. "I recommend posting in a local Facebook group and getting a bunch of people together." Make sure you have a couple items to give away and ask your friends to bring a few items of their own. Then, set all the stuff out and let everyone choose a new, free item to add to their wardrobe.

This is especially good because it's a free way to get together with friends, and you can get a few items out of the deal. Since it's a clothes swap, don't worry about having food and alcohol for your guests. Most people will expect to just look at clothes, talk, and enjoy getting something for free. But if you really want to be sneaky, ask your friends to bring a simple snack. By the end of the party, you'll have free clothes and chips, you devil (cue an evil laugh). Honestly, this is a great way for people to recycle stuff they don't want and to scratch any shopping itch you might have.

Facebook and Craigslist

Nowadays, few good things come from Facebook and Craigslist. But when it comes to free stuff, they can be a goldmine. "I've personally used Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist to get a free queen-size bed frame, cat food, and a jacket," Ferguson says. "You'd be surprised by the things people are willing to give away just because they have no use for it and want it gone." Look for Facebook Marketplace groups and join to see what's being given away. You usually have to reply pretty quick to score something good, but it's a nice resource at the wonderful price of $0.

The Freecycle Network

If you need something specific during your no-spend month, check out The Freecycle Network. People post things that they're giving away, but you can also request items. The site strictly forbids any selling or bartering. It's all free, all the time.

I checked out the Glendale/Burbank section to see what they offer. Turns out, I could get moving boxes, vinyl records, and doll clothes all for nothing! But there are also big-ticket items like a full bedroom set of furniture, so I highly recommend giving this site a try whether you're doing a no-spend month or not.

Community Gardens

"Community gardens are usually free to participate in, and often members are allowed to take a portion of what they grow," Dawn says. You get to be outside, commune with nature, and sometimes take home some produce! Not bad for a free afternoon. The American Community Gardening Association can help you find the garden nearest you.

Libraries

Libraries are a haven of free stuff! Obviously, you can get books. But when you're not in the mood to leave your home to get reading material, the library still has you covered. Most public libraries use Overdrive, an app that lets you access tons of free e-books and audio books. You can even send them right to your Kindle so you don't have to squint over your phone to read Anna Karenina.

But there's so much more than books. Most libraries give you access to Kanopy, a streaming collection of classic cinema, documentaries, and my favorite movie of the last 10 years, What We Do in the Shadows. Honestly, if you just watch that fake documentary about vampires sharing a flat in New Zealand (starring Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords), you'll have a very happy no-spend month.

Maybe you'd like to use this $0 month to learn a new skill and improve your resume? Well, lucky for you, your library card gets you access to Lynda, a site that streams all kinds of courses from internet marketing to crochet 101.

After you've listened to an audiobook, read a lengthy ebook, streamed a doc, and learned a new skill, you might want to leave the house. Make sure to check out the events within your local library system. There are always activities for kids, but many also offer concerts, talk backs, book clubs, and other fun stuff for adults.

I'm a little spoiled because I live in a very large library system (also the library near me is an old Spanish style mansion, so I know this isn't normal). But the public library offers a MakerSpace with sewing machines, computers, jewelry-making tools, and three 3D printers! Plus, they have audio equipment and a VR station. It's all free to use with a library card (you have to sign up to reserve a spot, but still), and they offer free workshops to help you use all those interesting tools. Again, I know not all libraries have this much stuff. But every library hosts interesting events, and they're usually great options for free, enlightening entertainment.

Special Events

If you're near a city, there's something free to do. Check out the TimeOut nearest you and look through their "Free" tab. Usually, it's everything from improv to art gallery openings. Pro tip: As a person who's done years of improv, that free improv show will be a real gamble. Just a warning. Speaking of art galleries, they often hold free openings that involve wine and a snack or two. So, you can look at pretty stuff, get some free booze, and feel cheap and classy at the same time.

Secret Shopping

If you'd like to try to turn your free month into side hustle month, Jen Hayes of Smarty Pants Finance suggests becoming a mystery shopper. "It is a 100-percent legitimate source of income and free things," she says. As a mystery shopper, you're told to go into a certain establishment, make a purchase, then write a report about the experience. Companies use these shoppers to find out how their stores are running. It's like Undercover Boss but with less crying.

"Just this month, I have mystery shopped at restaurants, smoothie shops, a shipping center to mail a package, a beauty counter to get $30 lipgloss, a kitchen supply store, sports clothing store, toy store, valet parking at a mall, and a high-end hotel!" Hayes says. "My grocery budget is next to nothing when I line up restaurant mystery shops each day." I've been a mystery shopper for bars and restaurants. Don't expect much cash to come your way, and it's a little bit of a hassle, but you do eat for free and get a little extra for your troubles.

You can find mystery shopping opportunities online, but be careful. There are a lot of scams out there. But the FTC has a helpful guide for sussing out a scam, and if you follow its recommendations, you should be fine.

Free Vacation (Sort Of)

If your no-spend month has you feeling cooped up, why not get out of town? If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, you can volunteer to work at farms around the world. Every day you're there, you work a half day and get free room and board. You can commit to as little as one day or stay for months—it's up to you.

Now, you will be working on a farm, which many might not consider a true "vacation." Also, there's a $40 annual fee to access the system. But the site does let you check out full farm listings before you purchase, so you can see if there's anything you're interested in before putting in your credit card. If you like the idea of getting away from it all, doing a little work, and spending less than a night at a hostel would cost, this could be a lovely way to take a trip.

All it takes is a little planning, cleverness, and a library card, and you can have a pretty fun no-spend month. Even if you can't quite break your Starbucks habit for a month at a time, these tips should save you some money all year round.

Amber Petty is an L.A.-based writer and a regular contributor to Greatist. Follow along as she shares her weight-loss journey in her new bi-monthly column, Slim Chance. You can also take singing lessons with Amber at Sing a Different Tune, check out her awesome podcast about The Masked Singer, and follow her on Instagram @ambernpetty.

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Do you have a little sister? I wish :( The last person you kissed, how many times have you cried in front of them? Too many times to count. Do you know anyone who has been arrested? Yes. Think a lot before you fall asleep? Always. Ever been the only one trying to fix a relationship? Sort of. Are you guilty of flirting too much? Nah. Did you ever set up a lemonade stand when you were a kid? Yeah, once or twice. Does virginity matter to you? Not really. Do you know anybody who was abused? Yes. Have you ever bought or sold something on Facebook Marketplace? No. Do you feel uncomfortable sharing drinks with other people? Not if we are close. Is there something that happened in your past you hate talking about? Not really? Is there a difference between just love and in love? For sure. Are you good at admitting your problems? I find it hard to do. How many times have you dated the person you’re with now? Not with anyone currently. Has your cell phone ever rung in class? No, my phone is always on silent anyway. Do you ever feel like just laying down and giving up? Sometimes, but I haven't in a long time. Have you ever lied about your age? When I was younger. Lied about your name? No. Do you sit on the mattresses in furniture stores? Sometimes. Are there some topics that you aren’t very open about? It depends on the person. Have you ever had an encounter with a very dangerous animal? Yes. Have you ever fed a wild animal people food? All the time. Would you rather die or eat another human being? Lmao ya’ll gonna think I'm crazy. Do you wish that animals could talk? Why or why not? Oh my god that would actually be amazing, imagine all the knowledge you’d be able to learn and all the deep friendships you could make. Who did you last fall asleep with? Ruth Ann. Now your cell phone, what color is it? Rose gold. Who were you last in a car with? Katelynn, her bf and Angie. What color was the last vehicle you were in? Silver. Have you had “the best night of your life”? I hope not. Toilet papered someones house? No. Who was the last person you high-fived? A girl named Amy I met downtown last weekend lmao. Do you own a romper? Yes. What does your computer’s slow-loading cursor look like? Idek. Would you rather have a trampoline or swimming pool? I have both so. What was the name of the first porcelain doll you got? Don’t remember. Do you sell any products? If so, what? I don’t. If not, do you want to start a business? ^ Have your parents ever crushed your dreams? No. Do you own anything cheetah print? A pair of period panties lmao. Have you ever made a collage for your bedroom wall? Nope. Do you make DIY projects and gifts? No. Owls or peacocks? Owls. Lions or horses? Lions. Is your kitchen floor black and white checkered? Nope. What do you make wishes on? Shooting stars. What’s the best natural pain reliever? Hot water. Do you like trees? Yes, I love all plants :) What’s your favorite Paramore song? That’s a tough one omg but probably The Only Exception. What is your favorite color for bridesmaid dresses? Baby Pink or a pretty soft yellow !! Do you think you are pregnant? No. Do you like the ocean? I love it, water makes me so happy. Are you too shy to ask someone out? More along the lines of too insecure. The person you like kisses you on the forehead, do you find this cute? Yeah. Is there a high chance of you going out to the movies soon? Maybe, I wanna see The Nun. What are you listening to? “Reflection internal”- Nujabes. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Almost. Would you be able to climb out your bedroom window to sneak out? I don’t live with my parents so there’s no need for that, I'm on the third floor of my building though so if I ever did want to it wouldn’t work out lmao. Can you taste the difference between brand name food and store brand food? Sometimes. Would you be embarrassed to buy pads/tampons/condoms? Which one more? Wouldn't be embarrassed to buy any of them. Do you still own a VCR? I have one lying around back home somewhere. Have you ever purchased Girl Scout cookies? Yep. Do you own a nightgown? Yes lmao. Who is one rapper that just always tends to get on your nerves? Why? Cardi B. Has anyone ever made you breakfast in bed? Were they trying to suck up? No one has ever made me it :(( When will be the next time you’ll get a shot? What is this shot anyway? Idk. When will you next eat tacos? Do you even like tacos, or not so much? Idk when I'll eat them next but I like them. Do you know anyone who is pregnant? Yep!! Would you or have you ever engaged in casual sex? I guess I sort of have engaged in it before but not really because it lead to a real relationship not long after lmao, however if I had no romantic feelings for someone I would prob engage in it now. What’s your favorite thing about spring? The rain, new life, the melting snow and the smell that’s always in the air. Have you ever tried belly dancing? If so, did you like it? Never tried it haha. Were you a part of any clique in high school? Nah. Have you ever given blood? No but I'd like to. Do you like the way you grew up? Yes I had a very happy childhood. Would you prefer to read or write poetry? Read. If you were to have a child, what would the last name be? Mine ig. Are you currently working? And if so do you like your job? I’m not working. Have you ever walked out on a job or just not showed up? No. Have you told your parents all of your secrets from when you were a teen? No, I still am a teen haha. Would you rather be able to fly or walk on water? Fly. What’s the best club you’ve ever been to? Never been to one. Which sport are you the best at playing? Competitive swimming if that counts. Do you know anyone who has gotten pregnant despite using contraception? Probably. Are you planning on buying a house in the near future? No. What was your favorite family vacation you went on as a kid? Trip to Alberta. What’s something about you that others might find unpleasant or off-putting? I can be kind of distant and very quiet at times. Have you ever kissed someone with a beard? Not a full on beard but they had a lil bit of facial hair. When you were younger, did you believe in Santa? Yeah. Are you going to make your kids believe in Santa? Of course. Have you ever made your own calendar? No. What foreign language did you take in high school? French. Do your parents have gray hair? No. What’s your favorite Katy Perry song? Don’t have one What was the last thing you did that made you feel proud of yourself? Finished my English assignment and figured out the first two questions on my math. What was the last significant and great thing that happened in your life? Started university and met lots of great people. What is your favorite Starbucks’ drink? I don’t go there much but I like their pumpkin spice lattes and refreshers. Who are your last 3 missed calls from? They’re all from my mom haha. Do you like Skittles? Sure. Do you blow dry your hair? Yes. How do you like your eggs? Fertilized. What song is the catchiest song you know? 365 So Fresh! What is your greatest life accomplishment? Don’t know yet. Who is the last person you left a voicemail for? I don't leave those. Which is better: the Twilight book, or the Twilight movie? Neither. Do you enjoy crossword puzzles? Not really idk. Do you own any records? Yep. Who was the last guy you called? Idk. You can only listen to THREE CDs for the rest of your life. What are they? I’m too tired to think about this. What is the most unique or uncommon thing about you? My whole being is unique and uncommon. What happened the last time you were in a fight with someone? They hung up on me lmao :-) Have you ever been in a physical fight? Who started it? No. What is your favorite type of kiss/way of kissing? Sloppy and sexual with lots of tongue. Favorite form of affection in general/not sexual/etc? Cuddles. What do you think about anime? LOVE. Who is the last person you unfollowed on Tumblr, and why did you do this? I can’t remember who that would be. What are some upcoming concerts in your town/city? There is like a Christian one being held here thanksgiving lmao. Is there any type of medicine you can’t take? For what reason? Not that I know of. Would you rather have potato or chicken noodle soup if you had to? Chicken noodle soup. If something on your body hurts, which part is it most likely to be? My nipples rn since they are newly pierced haha. Is Russian or Native American history more interesting to you? Loved learning about Russian history. Have you ever put gum on the bottom of your desk/chair? No. Would you rather go to the movies, drive-in, or stay at home and watch a movie? Go to the movies. Would you ever be a race-car driver? No. What kind of deodorant do you use? Secret cool water lily, smells so good. Have you ever wished you were born the opposite sex? No. What was the last thing you spent a lot of time thinking about? My ex. What do you think about astrology/the zodiac? If you used to believe/not believe in it, what changed your mind? I’m not a super avid believer but I find it to actually be pretty accurate sometimes and I like to learn about it, it’s fun. What is one conspiracy you believe in? Or one you think is total crap? Idk I believe in so many conspiracy theories there are a lot. Where was the last place you didn’t want to go but had to anyway? Class this morning. When was the last time you yelled/screamed and why? I dunno. What was the last big decision you made? Do you think you made the right choice? To breakup with my ex, I think it was the right decision for both of us although it really hurt and still do sometimes. What Hogwarts house are you in? What do you think about the “stereotypes” regarding your house? I always say i’m Slytherin even though I don’t even read/watch Harry Potter. What is something you want to do, but you don’t think you’ll ever be able to? Travel the world. When was the last time you left somewhere for forever (or at least don’t plan on returning)? Dunno. What was the last thing you quit? ^ Do you like to help people? How about animals? Which would you rather help, if it applies? Of course I like to help both, it depends on the situation which I'd like to help more. As an adult, what is the most and least you’ve weighed? Not sure. What is something you like that no one else you know likes too? No idea. What is something you don’t like that everyone seems to like? X. Do you follow a particular diet/meal-plan/ethic? Nah. What is a subject you tend to avoid with other people, for whatever reason? My sexuality. What is the longest (or most involved) thing you’ve ever written? An English research paper. Do you prefer to live with others or by yourself? Why is this? I have a roommate n I lover her :) the university put us together. 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douchebagbrainwaves · 7 years

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WHY TO GET STARTUP IN ONE'S HEAD

How do you recognize them? Even hackers can't tell. A programming language is a medium of expression, as concrete is for architects or paint for painters. One is to ask yourself at what point you'd bet against it. More recently the recipe is more to be actively curious. When IBM introduced the PC, they thought they were going to keep working on it. And of course if Microsoft is your model, you shouldn't be looking for companies that hope to win by writing great software, but through brand, and dominating channels, and doing the right deals. We have three general suggestions about hiring: a don't do it if you can avoid it, b pay people with equity rather than salary, not just to save money, but because he spent all his time on it and neglected his studies, he was right for a hundred years for a writer's reputation to converge. When we interviewed programmers, the main thing we cared about was what kind of software that makes money and the metric that does matter financially, whether that batch of startups contains a big winner or not. Standards are higher; people are more sympathetic to what you're doing; the kind of startup where users come back each day, you've basically built yourself a giant tamagotchi. So it's hard to predict which problems hackers will like, because some become interesting only when the people working on airline fare searches probably thought it was.

When designing for other people you have, the more of a problem. Don't write the essay readers expect; one learns nothing from what one expects. Programming languages are interesting to write. But there is a natural temptation to believe, for example, grow a successful startup, the Y axis are smaller, but the tendency toward fragmentation should be more forever than most things, and since they were all aiming at the middle of the market there wasn't much to differentiate them. Their defining quality is probably that they really love to program. It works well for Google and ITA, which are two of the hot spots right now, but if you have really good taste, you can trick yourself into looking like a freak, you can probably get some of it. But in the mid 20th century the corporations cut deals with the unions where they paid over market price for the work they were doing now.

This is sometimes referred to as runway, as in many fields, the hard sciences, engineering, history especially economic and social history, and the problems you understand best are your own. After that there's not much correlation between popularity and quality. As European scholarship gained momentum it became less and less important; by 1350 someone who wanted to learn about science could find better teachers than Aristotle in his own era. Possibly not. Notice the pattern here? That's what we thought about Airbnb, and if we want to get downfield, but they weren't going to die if they didn't get their money. I once saw a recruiting ad for Microsoft with a big picture of a door. Like a lot of VCs are looking for, at least in the hands of good programmers, very fluid. It's much easier to fix problems before the company is started than after. An essay is something you write to try to figure something out. Don't try to make them all work in some renovated warehouse you've made into an incubator.

I realize the chance of any city having the political will to carry out this plan is microscopically small. Ditto for hacking. Well, there precisely is Montaigne's great discovery. Mark Zuckerberg kept control of Facebook's board through the series A round. That group says another. When you're trying to do, now that this market was ripe, was to reach out and pick it. No other computer manufacturer had ever been able to outsell them. It would be exhausting to read. Maybe this will change, but has changed.

The consolidation that began in the 1980s. Once something becomes a big marketplace, you ignore it at your peril. Yes and no. The numbers on the Y axis will take care of, you're forced to figure out what you truly like. Most disputes are not due to the situation but the people. Like the military, they defaulted to flatness. That's pretty alarming, because his friends are the ones that matter anyway. And the quality of your hackers probably matters more than the language you choose. They'd face some challenges if they wanted to make more, but not as misleading as it might seem a prudent choice to write it in Java. If anywhere should be quiet, that should.

That turns out to be will depend on what we can do with this new medium. Even if the big corporations had wanted to pay people proportionate to their value, they couldn't have figured out how to do it. Because making something people want. If Hotmail's founders had chosen to use Windows, they would have been reluctant to hire anyone who didn't. The early adopters you need to launch? So as of this writing few startups spend too much. Just be warned you'll have to do is make good things. I only started carrying a notebook about three years ago. It's not aimed at producing a correct estimate of any given individual, but at selecting a reasonably optimal set.

I realized when I started writing this. People sometimes think they could improve the startup scene in their town by starting something like Y Combinator there, but in some cases it's possible to make one's fortune, the ambitious plan was to sell something to companies. But unfortunately you run into in chance meetings are in the midst of such a change now. What should you think about? When I was 13 I realized, is how does the comber-over not see how odd he looks? An essay doesn't begin with a thesis, because you can't remember them. To me it means, all that people learn in the course of a game. A lot of people, but in different enough words that no one could tell. What was novel about yuppies was that they hadn't formally acknowledged their implicit debt to employees who had done good work and expected to be rewarded with high-paying executive jobs when their time came. John Bautista, Trevor Blackwell, Paul Buchheit, Brian Chesky, Bill Clerico, Patrick Collison, Adam Goldstein, James Lindenbaum, Jessica Livingston, and Fred Wilson for reading drafts of this.

Think about the overall goal, then start by writing a stripped-down kernel how hard can it be? Why bother? It seems to be particularly good at this, in part simply by having high standards. The right way to search for components, and before Octopart there was no good way to do it well, because the US economy was conscripted too. But hackers can't watch themselves at work. Duplo world of a few big blocks whose relationships were negotiated in back rooms by a handful of executives, politicians, regulators, and labor leaders. The time required to raise money grows with the amount. We were literally in sync. And the core problem. As a child I read a book of what he called essais.

Thanks to Nancy Cook, Patrick Collison, Nick Tomarello, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell, Eric Raymond, Robert Morris, Paul Buchheit, and the crew at Carson Systems for smelling so good.

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euro3plast-fr · 7 years

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5 practical tips for marketing a startup

Our goals are the same as they’ve always been: attract customers’ attention, stick in their memories, and provide a great service (or product) they keep coming back to.

That’s never going to change. So what’s the difference? Consumer choice. Gone are the days when we could spray-and-pray radio ads and advertorials in high-circulation outlets. Consumers are absolutely glutted with options. There’s more out there than anyone person could ever experience and it’s just as difficult – if not more so – to stand out in the all-too-familiar “crowded marketplace” as it ever was, fancy tools or not.

1. Turn off your phone and call a meeting

Meetings aren’t anybody’s favourite pastime. But you’re going be glad you arranged this one because you’re going to get your entire team together to figure out the most important step in implementing any marketing plan for a startup: “what do we want to achieve?”

Your business' success depends on every person within it. And, you’ll probably find that not only are you (mostly) on the same page, but their ideas on how to get from A to B can be dramatically different from yours – and maybe even more effective, provided everyone’s realistic about the gains to be expected and how they can be achieved. Fresh perspectives and different ethos can all make major contributions.

Argue it out. Get passionate. Pass the mic around the room, involve everyone, and freestyle yourself a chartbuster. Not only will you get valuable input, you’ll also be able to choose only the best from a broad diversity of ideas you might not have heard otherwise.

2. Budgeting: numbers aren't everything

I’ve grown companies from the ground up, over and over, and the way I do so today is vastly different than it used to be. Over the years I’ve learned that, as marketers and entrepreneurs, we can easily get so obsessed with “numbers”, that we lose track of what suits our audience. Our philosophy. Even our products.

Be hypercritical of every pound you invest in marketing initiatives. Don’t spend a cent you’re not absolutely confident in. Sure, there’s always a chance and every campaign’s a gamble on some level. But make sure you’re being realistic. Is that the right channel for your PPC campaign? Is boosting that Facebook post actually going to yield any sales? Target All The Things.

This is where data comes into play. It’s one thing to get super-creative in promotions (do this), but your marketing team needs to love data from tracking to analysis as much as they love artistry. Data should be one of the key drivers in determining how much to spend on marketing strategies – make sure your team knows how to wield it effectively.

One of the best marketing investments you'll ever make is a person or team who knows what they're doing - how to run a campaign, how to collect data and analyze, and how to optimize current and future initiatives based on what they've learned. Don't be afraid to let them push boundaries or use their imagination.

Keep sight of the whole. Always have a clear vision and remember: a campaign that nets more with a higher CPA isn’t necessarily better than a lower-cost initiative. Because hey – startup cash doesn’t just fall from the sky. Use it wisely.

3. Build a perfect lead/sales-gen platform

Whether it’s a full-blown website, a branded mobile app, or even just a social media presence, always look back to your lead-generation platform when trying to boost visibility and sales. It’s got to tick every box, especially online.

Users expect a certain level of performance and flow from both apps and sites (or any other digital platform), and if they don’t find it with yours, it’s easy for them to look elsewhere. A one-second delay in page loading or users being unable to find the Next Step immediately can have a dramatic effect on conversion rates. And solid copywriting? Cleverly-crafted copy can improve the ROI of any marketing investment you make.

UX, design, and copywriting look simple on the surface – like a painting viewed from afar. But get up close enough to see the brush strokes and you quickly realize things get a lot more complicated pretty quickly.

The bottom line here is, “optimize” is more than a digital buzzword – tiny changes in design and user experience/interface measurably affect sales. “Perfect” might be too strong a word, but it’s what you should be striving for. Always. Even if something doesn’t seem broken, looks for ways to improve it anyway – listen to your customers and keep an eye on your industry because your market, driven by consumers’ expectations, will constantly evolve.

Know your customer

Understanding who you’re actually selling to is one of the cornerstones of marketing. That’s why you hear the word “targeting” (or its variations) so frequently: targeting helps you choose the correct look, tone, and channel to showcase your product effectively.

This part’s more science than art. It’s fairly easy to layout a basic ‘customer profile’. You know who they are, generally speaking. But remember the consumer choice overload we talked about? Somewhere out there, some people are going to find a platform that more closely matches exactly what they’re looking for.

And that’s okay – you can’t please all of the people all of the time. But what you can do is focus on learning everything you can about your best people. Then you can tune all your marketing messaging – content, channels, everything – to match what they want and exceed what they expect.

Know your customer's journey

Now that you know who they are, you can get a pretty good idea of how they find you. Some channels will always outperform others, and certain customer habits are both predictable and predictably emergent.

For example, if you’re running a campaign for a B2C product, the best time to advertise probably isn’t during business hours – your customers are working. They’ll miss it. Vice versa, too: your B2B customers may see your ads because they’re working.

The same is true of the time of year: odds are surfboard sales slump in winter. Holiday decorations and Halloween costumes don’t move much in July. It’s more efficient to allocate your marketing spend to campaigns that take advantage of high-sales times of year.

Those are simple examples, and they come with a slight caveat: no matter what, don’t drop off the map entirely. Maintain a constant presence; just know when to invest and when to pull back.

Over time you’ll start to see patterns in your customers’ device usage – tailor your efforts to the devices they use most frequently for better results. That said, cross-platform marketing (AKA “people based marketing) means you can make sure you’re in front of the customer when they’re ready to buy, which isn’t always right away. Know your customer lifecycle and take advantage of it.

Use data

One word: DATA. Measure everything. Record it all. Track your best and worst-performing initiatives, the actions your prospects and customers take, and how and when they take them. Analyse and refine non-stop.

Data should fuel every marketing decision you make.

Some useful tools to measure performance across platforms:

Google Analytics

Google Alerts

TweetDeck

Hootsuite

Facebook Insights

MaximizerCRM

MailChimp (and other email marketing platforms)

4. Scale down sometimes

Even national-level businesses don’t always advertise on that big a scale. Geo-focused marketing helps them trim the fat off their campaigns for near-immediate ROI improvements.

As companies grow, so too do their marketing budgets. Almost inevitable. But taking a good look at where your revenue’s best generated – the places bringing home the most bacon – means you can focus specifically on those locations for better, more reliable returns.

It’s like this: why put up a set of expensive billboards on the freeway (passive) when you can advertise directly to potential customers who are walking by your restaurant at lunch hour (active)? Wouldn’t you sell more tickets to this weekend’s rock festival if you advertised in train stations and hotels, where inbound tourists are already wondering what to do?

It’s a big, crowded world out there – trying to capture it all is a good way to blow your budget. Instead, focus on those small, hyper-targeted locations and moments to cost-effectively win your customers one at a time.

5. Don't be scared

When something works a little, it’s easy to get comfy. To settle. But why not do something that works a lot? Why be satisfied generating 3 leads a day when, with a few small tweaks or a big step sideways, you could turn that into 30?

The market – your customer – will never stop evolving. What works a little today might not work at all tomorrow. Don’t get too stuck in your ways; you’ll fall behind competitors. Continuously shape yourself to match the market. Stay fun. Stay interesting. And do not be afraid to take risks! For now, those 3 leads will still be there tomorrow… and you just might get 27 more.

Startup marketing in a nutshell

Showcasing your brand consistently and in ways appropriate for the channels you utilize (for example, people don’t want to see advertising in social media – that’s for genuine engagement and conversation) is crucial. To find out what those channels are, and what platforms your customers use to access them, you’re going to need data.

This can all be distilled down to a few simple sentences:

The more data you’re able to collect, the better-targeted your efforts will become. The better-targeted your efforts become, the more efficiently you’ll be able to invest in them. And the more efficiently you allocate your marketing spend, the higher and more reliable ROI you can expect to enjoy.

Thanks to Ian Naylor for sharing their advice and opinions in this post. Ian Naylor is the CEO & Founder of AppInstitute. You can follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn.

from Blog – Smart Insights http://www.smartinsights.com/marketing-planning/marketing-strategy/5-practical-tips-marketing-startup/

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darcyfarber · 5 years

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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Did you know there are so other sites like craigslist to buy and sell your stuff?

Of course Craigslist is the most well-known and for good reason. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

Listed in order of my favorite sites to buy and sell online that are very similar Craigslist. Right now Offer Up is my favorite but the Facebook Marketplace is also a very quick and easy way to sell your items as well. When I am looking for services, I lean on Offer Up and when I am looking to sell something quickly, I will head on over to the Facebook Marketplace.

1. Offer Up

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and Crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

Okay, the list is seriously too long to post here. Offer Up has a lot of categories and a ton of stuff or services for sale. You can also ask the seller a question or even make an offer. No listing fees or selling fees. Offer Up is my favorite for security as well. They take your safety seriously and will advise you to

2. Facebook Marketplace

If you have a Facebook account, then you already have access to the Facebook Marketplace. Facebook does a really great job with their marketplace and makes it extremely simply to buy or sell. All communication is done via Facebook messenger and can be done from mobile or desktop. With the amount of people shopping on Facebook, you can usually sell your stuff that fastest on this platform.

Categories

Vehicles

Home and Garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home Sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and Accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

It can be a bit tedious to find the right sale group for you on Facebook which is why I like the Marketplace better. However, I do like the fact that if there are any complaints about someone inside the group – they are usually kicked out of the group. This causes buyers and sellers to be extra nice (and fair) with each other to remain in the group.

4. Letgo

Letgo shares items for sale by using your location. The site is easy to use, and there are no listing and selling fees. The site is pretty basic but it works. It’s easiest to search by item. Categories

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs, pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Instead offering up ads from around the country, Locanto is best for those who are looking for something locally such as a used car, a babysitter, a job, or anything particular to the vicinity of where you live.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so. Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For Sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real Estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

The site had an expansive amount of listings on it. Most all of the listings seemed to be taken from/linked to other sources. FYI, you can only advertise items for sale on Trovit if you own a coordinating website.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. GumTree

Gum Tree is just like Craigslist and is wildly popular in the UK and is also frequently used in Australia, South Africa, and recently GumTree has began to increase in popularity within the United States

No matter where you live, GumTree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world. Categories

Motors

For Sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

GumTree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds Categories

Automotive

Pets & Animals

Collectibles

Real Estate

Home & Garden

Hobbies & Leisure

Toys, Games & Models

Health & Fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing & Footwear

Jewelry & Watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted Ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites. Categories

Jobs

For Sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-Books & Online Lessons

Real Estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Merchandise

Construction & Farm Equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals & Roommates

Real Estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people! Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real Estate

Services

Sports & Recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

Merchandise

Autos

Real Estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. Penny Saver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a Penny Saver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Also, PennySaverUSA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month. Categories

Arts & Entertainment

Cars & Vehicles

Food & Dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real Estate

Services

15. City News

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold. Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/cds

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

17. Ad Toad

Ad Toad isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as most of the other sites featured here, but it does have some stuff listed for sale and you can list and sell for free. Some of the categories they have include:

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

You don’t have to create an account to post here, however doing so will give you added benefits such as being able to track the number of views on the items you’ve posted. It’s free to create an account too.

As I searched the site I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use, however.

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale. Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

OLX offers items for sale that include all of the usual stuff; vehicles, real estate, electronics, furniture, clothing, etc. They have sites for a couple of dozens countries including Pakistan, Guatemala, India, South Africa and more.

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo��s website. Good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S., however.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all fifty U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

Within many of the states and cities listed, however, there were quite a few ads to choose from if you’re shopping. This looks like a site that’s doing very well in some states but still has room to grow in others.

25. Kijiji

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For Sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home & Garden

Community

Cars & Vehicles

Services and Resumes

26. U-Exchange

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

There weren’t a ton of listings on this site but it’d be worth a look if you’re searching for something in particular. States such as Michigan and Florida had a lot more listings than many of the other states featured here.

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

As you can see there are a ton of great other sites like Craigslist. Whether you’re looking to sell your car, get a deal on a washing machine, or create extra cash flow flipping “stuff”, you have options.

Also, in the comments below, please let me know you have tried any of these and what you think of them? Or, if I am missing any other sites please drop me a comment below and I will get them added in!

Thanks so much!

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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Did you know there are so other sites like craigslist to buy and sell your stuff?

Of course Craigslist is the most well-known and for good reason. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and Crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

2. Facebook Marketplace

Categories

Vehicles

Home and Garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home Sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and Accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs, pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so. Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For Sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real Estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. GumTree

No matter where you live, GumTree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world. Categories

Motors

For Sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

GumTree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds Categories

Automotive

Pets & Animals

Collectibles

Real Estate

Home & Garden

Hobbies & Leisure

Toys, Games & Models

Health & Fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing & Footwear

Jewelry & Watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted Ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites. Categories

Jobs

For Sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-Books & Online Lessons

Real Estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Merchandise

Construction & Farm Equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals & Roommates

Real Estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people! Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real Estate

Services

Sports & Recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

Merchandise

Autos

Real Estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. Penny Saver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a Penny Saver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Also, PennySaverUSA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month. Categories

Arts & Entertainment

Cars & Vehicles

Food & Dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real Estate

Services

15. City News

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold. Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/cds

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

17. Ad Toad

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

As I searched the site I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use, however.

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale. Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. Good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S., however.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all fifty U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

25. Kijiji

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For Sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home & Garden

Community

Cars & Vehicles

Services and Resumes

26. U-Exchange

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

Thanks so much!

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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Craigslist has been wildly popular shortly after its inception in 1995 for several reasons. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

With the ever-expanding world of e-commerce, there are now dozens of other sites like Craigslist to choose from to list the stuff you want to sell, or to buy the things you want or need. Here are a 27 of the most popular sites like Craigslist you might find helpful for buying or selling things or services.

Top Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and Crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

2. Facebook Marketplace

Categories

Vehicles

Home and Garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home Sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and Accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs, pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so. Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For Sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real Estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. GumTree

No matter where you live, GumTree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world. Categories

Motors

For Sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

GumTree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds Categories

Automotive

Pets & Animals

Collectibles

Real Estate

Home & Garden

Hobbies & Leisure

Toys, Games & Models

Health & Fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing & Footwear

Jewelry & Watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted Ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites. Categories

Jobs

For Sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-Books & Online Lessons

Real Estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

Numbers 11-27

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Merchandise

Construction & Farm Equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals & Roommates

Real Estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people! Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real Estate

Services

Sports & Recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

Merchandise

Autos

Real Estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. Penny Saver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a Penny Saver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Also, PennySaverUSA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month. Categories

Arts & Entertainment

Cars & Vehicles

Food & Dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real Estate

Services

15. City News

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold. Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/cds

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

17. Ad Toad

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

As I searched the site I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use, however.

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale. Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. Good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S., however.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all fifty U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

25. Kijiji

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For Sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home & Garden

Community

Cars & Vehicles

Services and Resumes

26. U-Exchange

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

When Buying and Selling on Online Websites

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

As you can see there are a ton of great other sites like Craigslist. Whenever you are looking to buy or sell something online, it’s worth it to take the few extra minutes and visit some of the sites listed above.

Thanks so much!

Categories

Vehicles

Home and Garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home Sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and Accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs, pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so. Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For Sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real Estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. GumTree

No matter where you live, GumTree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world. Categories

Motors

For Sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

GumTree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds Categories

Automotive

Pets & Animals

Collectibles

Real Estate

Home & Garden

Hobbies & Leisure

Toys, Games & Models

Health & Fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing & Footwear

Jewelry & Watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted Ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites. Categories

Jobs

For Sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-Books & Online Lessons

Real Estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

Numbers 11-27

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Merchandise

Construction & Farm Equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals & Roommates

Real Estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people! Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real Estate

Services

Sports & Recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

Merchandise

Autos

Real Estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. Penny Saver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a Penny Saver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Also, PennySaverUSA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month. Categories

Arts & Entertainment

Cars & Vehicles

Food & Dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real Estate

Services

15. City News

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold. Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/cds

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

17. Ad Toad

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

As I searched the site I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use, however.

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale. Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. Good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S., however.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all fifty U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

25. Kijiji

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For Sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home & Garden

Community

Cars & Vehicles

Services and Resumes

26. U-Exchange

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

When Buying and Selling on Online Websites

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

Thanks so much!