How To Sell Anything on Craigslist
eBay isn’t the only site you’re stuck with selling personal items on you know? Craigslist has really expanded and become a leading competitor for online selling. You can sell anything from your vehicle, to a home or apartment. You can also sell services or request an employer for a specific task.
Craigslist really is useful because it blends the traditional classified listings in the local newspaper only the whole world has it at its disposal.
Your first step is to log onto Craigslist by typing “Craigslist.com” in your URL browser. The home page shows listings by all 50 states as well as foreign countries. If you do not have an account with Craigslist, first you must sign up for one. Don’t worry it’s free and quick!
Go to “accounts.craigslist.org/login/signup” for a free online listing. Briefly, an email you be sent to your email containing a link. Click on that link, which leads you to a page where you must enter a password. Create one that you will remember and write it down.
Review the terms of use then click “I accept.”
Now that you are logged on, submit a post by selecting the city from which the seller or product is located. Remember the city is useful because interested buyers will search for products in their own area. They’re not going to search for a car in California if they live in Vermont.
After you choose a few more options, you are sent to a title posting text box. Enter the title of your product. Remember the title is your first step to attracting buyers so enter in all the useful information such as brand, model, and year. You may even want to include price, especially if you are offering a great deal. Avoid common sayings like “great deal” or “too good to pass up.” If it’s really that good, people will take notice by the brand, year of product, and price.
You will also enter in the product’s description and an email all interested buyers will submit too. What’s nice about Craigslist is they protect your email, not showing the actual email address on the product page. Instead Craigslist only posts a default “craigslist” email address thus protecting your privacy. For the description, I would stick to what you know about the product. Avoid one or two sentence descriptions. This proves the seller has little knowledge and interest in providing the interested buyers with all useful information.
Say you are selling a used car…what should you include? Start with miles on the vehicle, state of the interior and exterior, as well as major repairs or damages. Recently purchase new snow tires for the SUV? Make sure you mention that in the description. Always make sure you state a price in either the title or description. If you don’t mind exposing your privacy, post a phone number for quicker contact.
Click “Continue” and wait until a posting confirmation screen appears. Wait fifteen minutes and then check back to see if your listing is up.
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