I’ve met several of my closet friends through Craigslist.  Being a San Francisco girl, Craigslist helped me find several roommates after college in 2002 and sell my first car, a dodge neon.

Craigslist was one of the first social media platforms that connected people to buy, sell, rent and more.  It’s now grown to be the 35th most popular site according to google.   Has Craigslist gotten too big for its britches?  Maybe… but it also seems a bit old school for me, as it brings back memories of Top Ramen and living with 5 people, 3 cats and  3 bathrooms.   My hat still goes off to Craigslist as this “list” definitely paved the way for more innovative listing platforms.

Watchout Craig Newman! There’s a new bird in town, Adbirds. The Austin-based company has  Craigslist capabilities with a bit more feathers.

Adbirds features utilize social media’s sharing capabilities with buttons to share items for sale with friends on twitter, facebook, digg etc.  Its an easy way to get your items in front of more buyers. The interface is amazingly simple and easily connects you to where you want to be. Want to add 10 pics and embed video links? No prob.

The free accounts come with a unique user name and URL address, and easy pay features.   Any Free account can run 5 ads at a time.

Did I mention community love? All Adbirds users are encouraged to help build awareness of a local favorite organization with name and web link using the “favorite charity” identifier from the account manager.   So while you’re trying to make a few bucks off your old baseball card collection you can support your favorite charity, the name and link of the charity will appear at the top of every ad.

Join AdBirds Today  Adbirds.com