As I'm sure you are aware, the online classifieds business is huge. Sites like Craigslist, Oodle, USFreeAds and Backpage have massive traffic every day.
Did you know you can use Wordpress to build your own classifieds site and get your piece of this online classifieds pie?
Below are a few ideas for types of classifieds sites that could be successful:
Local Classifieds - Build a classifieds site for your town or city and charge for enhanced listings or monetize it with Google Adsense. * Niche Classifieds - Build a themed classified ads site for a niche such as toy train parts, diaper coupons, auto parts, jewelry, etc. * Personal Ads - Create a Personal Ads site for your hometown and get people to sign up and sell ads on it. * Used Autos - Create a local classified ads site to sell used cars and trucks.
If you can get traffic to these sites and get them active, they can be worth quite a bit on the open market.
There are several high quality premium Wordpress themes and plugins available now to help you build classifieds sites. The one I like the most is the Classifieds Theme from Templatic. Here are some of the features of this great looking theme:
Create free or paid classified ads sites * Integrate Google Maps * Listing Inquiry forms * Email & Print Listings * Paypal Integration * Bulk Uploads * Auto Expire Listings
There are several other Wordpress classified ad systems out there. Below are a few to consider in addition to the one above:
ClassiPress Theme - this is another really good classified ad system for Wordpress with tons of features. * WP Classifieds Theme - this one has the ability to import CSV files and eBay listings. Very cool.
Like I mentioned earlier in this email, you can build the classified ad and make money from it by charging for upgraded listings and for selling ads or placing Google AdSense ads on it. You can also just set it up, get a bit of traffic to it and then sell the website on a site like Flippa. It's your choice.
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