So you want to make money using Craigslist, eh? Well, who doesn’t? Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it’s not terribly difficult, and there are numerous ways to do it.

If you don’t know already Craigslist.org is one of the premier, if not the premier, online free classifieds marketplace on the internet. With around 30 million visitors each month, needless to say founder Craig Newmark and the CL boys are doing alright there.

So if their making some good cash, what about you the visitor?

Well the users do make money, some of them a lot! Of course there’s the direct way of selling a product like an Ipod or an Xbox 360, or offering some sort of service, any service for that matter, like search engine optimization or web design or even lawn care. There are also job listings, a dating section (sex sells!), a section for business opportunities, marketing and much more.

But if you are not selling a product or a service and you want to make big money at home from Craigslist, then what you are trying to do is drive traffic from CL to your website or an affiliate site in hopes of getting that sale or that click. This is where it can get complicated.

The key is getting your ad through the filters, getting them approved and up-and-running so viewers/customers can see them and you can make a sale. Once you have that process down you can start making money.

If you are posting multiple ads for the same product or service, best bet is to vary your ad titles and your IP if you can, this should help ward off those nasty filters. And be careful with your email address, those often do get flagged if you put them in your ad.