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5. Post Your Listing at the Correct Time

This may take some work on your part. There is a correct time to post items on Craigslist, but unfortunately, it is different for the varying categories of items.

Posting at the right time in important because of how Craigslist works. It is quite simple: The most recent posts appear at the top of the list. So if 20 people post immediately behind you, the viewer will have to scroll down to see your posting. so you need to make sure you post at a time when your target audience will be online. You want them to see your posting without having to scroll down, or at the very least without having to go to the next page.

Find your target audience – A very smart thing to do is find out when the people most likely to be interested in your item will be looking on Craigslist. And post your item at that time. How do your find your target audience. You can just use good judgement for one. An elderly person for example will most likely be in bed before 10:00p and be awake and alert early in the morning so you'd post your item in the morning.

A college student might be surfing the net into the wee hours of the morning, so you can throw up a post late at night if college students are your target audience.

A housewife may be most available in the late morning or early afternoon, while her kids are at school.

These kinds of judgments will allow you to increase your sales by having your targeted audience view your ad, and therefore increase your chances of being seen and them actually buying your item.

Do a Google search for “Internet Demographics” or “Internet Usage”. You'll find resources to help you there. See if you can pinpoint the highest point in the day or week that your target audience will be inclined to be on the Internet and buy off of you.