NEW YORK, March 5. 2010 — Let's face it: craigslist's heyday as a vital and useful marketplace is past. These days, nearly all that remains is a haven for spam, a mass of confusion and red tape for legitimate users, and a fading realm of influence. It's high time for some improvements on the "community marketplace" theme to make it more suited to today's truly global community and economy. That is the perspective of http://www.GlobalListings.org, a new forum specializing in global, national, or multi-area classified ads that says it has arrived to fill the void.
While craigslist.org states, "If your ad is equally relevant to all locations, your ad does not belong on local craigslist sites at all," GlobalListings acknowledges that there are many valid reasons for posting on a national or even multi-national scale. If a business or service is international in scope – or could become so in the future – why limit its potential?
Imagine that a consulting firm needs to hire a fantastic copywriter, but doesn't care whether they telecommute from London, Miami or Sydney. Or perhaps an artist or artisan living in Madrid is seeking to sell products that can easily be shipped anywhere in the world. While craigslist only allows local ads by its very design, the GlobalListings team understands and supports the idea that much of today's business is conducted on an international scale.
GlobalListings offers solutions to many of the problems that have long plagued craigslist. Instead of polluting the database with millions of low-quality ads that only attract more spammers, GlobalListings feels that the time visitors invest in posting and searching needs to yield results. With quality built into the system and the cost per ad depending on the circulation area, spammers are automatically discouraged, and commerce has room for exponential growth.
Ads placed on GlobalListings can be set to remain online as long as they are relevant, rather than needing to be re-posted frequently – a fix to another key craigslist flaw.
"For Sale" listings on GlobalListings.org are a cost-effective alternative to using eBay, a major craigslist shareholder.
"There are thousands of postings on the Internet where disappointed craigslist customers vent out their frustration, so we took it upon ourselves to develop a better platform," said Alex Konanykhin, the President of KMGi, an internationally acclaimed interactive production company. Founded in 1997, KMGi has provided online solutions to such clients as Intel, Google, Boeing, Molson Coors, CNN, DuPont, General Electric, Macromedia, Pfizer, Aventis, Verizon, Volvo, Accenture, Energizer, CBS, MTV, Best Western, Washington Post, and Siemens. KMGi also owns various online portals including BidsFromLawyers.com, AllPublicists.com and SyndicatedNews.us.
The world may be feeling smaller these days, but with classified ads on GlobalListings.org, every business has limitless room to expand its horizons.
For additional information, please visit http://www.GlobalListings.org or email Silvina Moschini at Email.
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