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Craigslist question -- white hat methods for this?

by TimothyW
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Are there ways or software that allows you to, 1) open your CL account, then -- 2) post ads to various cities via some kind of dashboard?

Can it be done daily? On auto pilot?

Can this be done all white hat? Or is the whole concept NOT white hat, by definition?

Any recommendations or advice?

Thanks!

-- TW
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  • Profile picture of the author christopher jon
    Can this be done all white hat? Or is the whole concept NOT white hat, by definition?
    You should read the craigslist TOS. Sounds like your definitely in the grey area and leaning towards the black.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
    Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

    Are there ways or software that allows you to, 1) open your CL account, then -- 2) post ads to various cities via some kind of dashboard?

    Can it be done daily? On auto pilot?

    Can this be done all white hat? Or is the whole concept NOT white hat, by definition?

    Any recommendations or advice?

    Thanks!

    -- TW
    Well craigslist is really strict about spam and if something seems a little bit spammy (to them ), they don't like it.

    Craigslist, IMO, would have a problem with Automated softwares. I can be wrong though.
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  • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
    Craigslist is a pain nowadays to advertise anything digital. I place ads once in a while but they have a good system in place that makes it harder to advertise in certain cities, and categories. You have to have a Craigslist account, verify your phone number, login, etc... etc...
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    • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
      Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay View Post

      You have to have a Craigslist account, verify your phone number, login, etc... etc...
      Yes - I already have all that.
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      • Profile picture of the author physicalproductsguy
        Posting across different cities on Craigslist.org is difficult.

        At minimum, make sure that the text you post in each city is largely unique to avoid their automated spam detection.
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        • Profile picture of the author packerfan
          Why not outsource it and have it done manually. You can do that super cheap. Just rewrite your ad 25 times or whatever, and have your VA post it to the top 100 cities or however many you want each day. Can easily be done for less than 10 dollars/day I'm assuming.

          Another option is to have the software developed, use it for a month or two, then launch it on here because I'm sure there are a bunch of people who'd find it useful. Especially if you gave away a free case study showing how it made money.
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          • Profile picture of the author vbond
            Anyone used cladgenius.com for auto-posting?
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    I see national (based) ads listed in local cities (cities those companies are NOT located in) ALL THE TIME.

    Of course that does not mean they are using white hat methods either !

    But I'm sure they're not posting all those ads manually.
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  • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
    Timothy Try the Craigslist forum its a hidden traffic source. Well not hidden, but a lot of people don't know about it, or don't use it.
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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    I understand they have gone after some posting services, enforcing the $ charge for violations you agree to in in their TOS.
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  • Profile picture of the author asteria
    I don't know about you but WP robot is the way to go with autoposting for blogs yo
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  • Profile picture of the author CFK
    Clad genius works great for this, however is pricey and complex to setup, really depends on how large u want to scale, but clad works great IMO
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  • Profile picture of the author PhilthyMcSpew
    If you're posting a big volume of ads, then CLAD is the way to go assuming you can figure it out. A less expensive solution that looks fairly easy to use is Adzilla. I've been checking out all the different solutions lately, and Adzilla looks like a good option if you don't need or want CLAD.
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