Video Classifieds Could Be Huge
March 20th, 2008
MediaPost’s Video Insider has an interesting post about the potential of online video classifieds. Having just survived apartment seeking in Berkeley, I can attest to the need for this (blurry, cherry-picked pictures of an apartment can be very misleading), and am surprised it hasn’t taken off. Currently, Craigslist doesn’t allow video embeds (lame), despite the plethora of video sharing sites that could host the videos for free. Some local newspapers are stepping into the fray, as are several newer sites like RealPeopleRealStuff.com and iMoondo.com. But Craigslist’s dominance isn’t likely to go away, precisely because they are so dominant–the benefits of everyone posting/viewing classifieds in the same place can often outweigh how cool the classified site is (economists call this “network externalities”) which, alas, leaves us at Craigslist’s mercy.
Sphere: Related ContentEntry Filed under: Real Estate Marketing, Video Marketing
6 Comments Add your own
1. Melanie | March 21st, 2008 at 6:33 am
Glad to hear that some of you out there are recognizing the need for video classifieds! We think it could be huge too, and mostly we think it can be very helpful for people selling cars, houses, the rental market (as you mentioned), proving something mechanical works (think lawnmower or vacuum), or showcasing your business.
That’s why we added video to our classifieds site, Listasaurus.com. Also, we don’t require video–it’s just a nice option if someone wants to add it…and it doesn’t have to be embedded either, it can be uploaded directly. We also pay users to list ads in eligible categories. Something no one else is doing out there!
While craigslist is the dominant force right now for online classifieds, believe it or not there are still a lot of people who don’t know about the site, and we think there’s room for a little competition! (remember a little guy named Google who came on the scene when Yahoo and MSN were already big guns).
Anyway thought you might like to know about us, and we’d love to hear feedback from you guys out there about Listasaurus.com!
I guess we’ll all have to wait and see how video classifieds take off. We think it may take a while, but it’s time is coming…
2. Jack Attridge | April 24th, 2008 at 11:01 am
vflyer offers a craigslist friendly flyer that has a video link on it. Now, if we could get either wellcomemat distribution through tube mogul or vflyer to accept the api of one of tubemogul’s affiliates, we would be in business!!
3. George | July 7th, 2008 at 11:22 am
As everyone knows by now, video is very exciting. I think in the next few years people will discover that video is appropriate for certain areas of the consumer market, right now it seems like everyone wants to use video for everything. I think the small business arena will benefit the most from video which is pretty much the thesis behind Jippidy.
4. Kumar1 | September 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
New and upcoming free global classified ads website http://www.adsglobe.com/ with web 2.0 features is proving that video classifieds are the future with its support for video classifieds.
5. Quinnie | September 20th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
We have also recently launched the beta version of free video classifieds with a clean interface, and a lot of web 2.0 features to come: http://reachoo.comCheck it out and come back for series and surprising feature updates
6. Free Classification | October 22nd, 2008 at 10:31 am
i think that it will do very good its the wave of the future
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed