Hi Everyone! I'm Charmaine from the blog My Best Friend
Craig. I'm happy to be here today to share with you some Craigslist shopping tips
specifically how to search Craigslist successfully.
Here are my tips:
Search often. New items are added all the time and the best items move quickly. I use to search Craigslist every morning before the kids woke up.
Use the search tool wisely.
Use the search tool wisely.
Search for items in the home page search bar so you don't miss out on things. You never know where sellers would list their items, it could be under "Antique", "General" or even "Free".
Check off the box to view only listings with photos and click on the show
images icon so you don't have to click on every single listing just to see what
the item looks like.
or better yet, use a Craigslist helper extension like
the Craigslist Preview Extension for chrome and Craigslist Pro for iphone or ipad. This
extension enables you to view all the photos at the same time...
In searching terms, try to use different words.
A side table to you can be a nightstand, night stand, end table or just
table to others. Also, take into consideration the spacing, and other
punctuations like "midcentury", "mid-century" or
"MCM". You will also be surprised how often sellers misspell
items like Ottoman, automan or otoman. Search for those too!
To search for a specific item, enclose your
terms in a quotation, like "hollywood regency mirror" or "faux
bamboo dresser" This will only show listings with those words together in
that order.
Every time you enter more than one word to the
search bar, it automatically searches for listings with all of those words.
I typically try to use one word terms like "bamboo" vs
"faux bamboo". You can use the pipe character - | (shift
+ \) to break this and search for 2 or more items at the same time.
Like, "hollywood regency | lucite"
or "midcentury | retro | vintage"
Here are some of my go-to search terms:
mid century modern | mid century
retro | vintage
brass | gold
wicker | bamboo | cane
chrome
lucite | acrylic
asian | oriental | chinese
lamp | light fixture | chandelier | pendant
Using the above search terms, these are what I have
found on Nashville's Craigslist...
Not bad, right? What are your Craigslist searching tips?
Next, of course, is contacting the seller, negotiating
and buying!
(That would be for another post)
Thanks for having me over, Brandy! This has been
fun!
