With Craigslist now charging $5 per ad, on other m/c forums people are predicting the death of Craigslist and the rise of Facebook Marketplace.   I don't think so.

I like the switch to making sellers on Craigslist pay $5 for motorcycle ads. It has completely stopped the following:

- the 50 "scam" ads per day (in the Phoenix area), you know, the Harley Softail that should cost about $9000 and is selling for $1500.
- the people who post 5 identical ads for the same bike.
- the guy selling his Harley socks for $10.
- the dirt-floor garage mechanic selling his unfinished POS bobber project for $150.

My experience selling and buying used bikes . . .

Craigslist -- best results but be careful of the scammers, selling and buying. They're easy to spot.
Facebook Marketplace -- OK results but lots of goofy "cool ride dude!" messages.
CycleTrader -- basically dead but I still use it. It has a free one-month option w/4 pics.  20 years ago this was the best resource but it cost a lot -- IIRC, about $50 for 7 weeks.

I just counted. There are 36 new CL motorcycle ads today in the Phoenix area. And it's only 2:00 PM. And not one single scammer. Sure, before CL started charging there would have been 50-60 ads with many scammers in the mix.  Plus knuckleheads selling used Harley chaps for $20 -- eeewww!

I think that CL is alive and well.