Craigslist is in major need of disruption.
Actually apartment finding in general sucks I can't think of a single goto place to look for apartments other then Craigslist and that just proves point #1!
Bye Bye Craigslist
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Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#12oh sad to hear this. padmapper service with craigslist really helped me!
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#13Padmapper's a brilliant solution. I'd like to think that Craigslist is building their own great solution, but knowing how slowly CL moves on everything, I sincerely doubt they'd build a worthwhile replacement. Bummer!
Padmapper's helped me and a few friends find our apartments in SF.
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#14Good luck, I think it's a sign of your success that this has happened. Providing more value with their data than they do is a threat to their business.
I can't see Craigslist ever stepping up their game and providing meaningful visualization. I can't really see why CL cares about where people are reading the listings - their business model is based on selling the listings, not monetizing the viewing of them. I suspect it's out-of-control lawyers at work.
If anyone gets too much traction they can cut out the middleman.
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#15Just out of curiosity, why would they not want you to use their classifieds? Unless I am missing something, they don't collect revenue for listings. I thought Craigslist was all about spreading good will. If Pad Mapper provides a more efficient way of spreading that good will, then why not?
As a user of PadMapper, I am very disappointed to see this happen. Craigslist is almost unusable if you don't know the area you are looking to move to.
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#16Quite a misleading title..I think many clicked thinking to read about an unexpected shutdown of Craigslist actually
Sorry, I didn't mean it that way - if you know what PadMapper is and see the URL, I think it makes sense.
Some people don't know what PadMapper is. Like me for example.
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#17I think its pretty well documented that craigslist is known to shut down services that use craigslist data. I really don't think should come as a surprise to the creator.
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#18Really sorry to hear this. I've successfully found 3 different apartments in perfect locations through PadMapper (and one that I'm moving into in 2 weeks actually). And I've had several friends use it too.
Great job with all the time you've put into the site, Eric - hope the service pulls through this somehow, but also looking fwd to seeing what you work on next if you decide to move on.
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#19I decided to consider moving to the US on a whim about 6 months back (in the end I didn't) and decided to try and find an apartment and guage the cost of living. People recommended craigslist as apparently the US doesn't have a rightmove (http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) type site. Craigslist was probably the worst experience I've had trying to find an apartment... I can't believe that people actually use it, why wouldn't they build a padmapper esque system (or acquire padmapper)?
Re: Bye Bye Craigslist
#20Was there some attempt made at monetizing Padmapper? IIRC Craigslist isn't super hard core about not-for-profit projects using their data, but takes a hard line on commercial use.