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.
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