Posting Prob in Craigslist Adult Services

by RNS
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I'm so frustrated! I have a LEGAL adult entertainment company and we try to post two (2) different ads per day in Lexington KY adult services section. That's it! We are not using porn pics, dirty language etc. They reject our attempts to post over and over for hours on end...then if we are lucky sometimes something will be accepted. I have 6 PVA's I created myself and I have them on a rotation so we aren't posting from any one account more than once every 48 hrs. We are posting from the same computer each day (we are pirating wireless from someone in the building) but our goal is to just get two (2) ads posted each day! That's freaking it!!!!! Why does CL reject our posting attempts over and over??? I really don't think it is content related because we make sure our ads are tame. There seems to be no rhyme or reason! Did CL blacklist all our accounts or IP? If so how can we get off the blacklist? Help! I'm about to hop a plane to San Fran and blow up CL Headquarters!!! GRRRR!
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    "(we are pirating wireless from someone in the building)"

    Impressive.Sadly when I see a statement like that it makes me wonder about the truth of the rest of the post.
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    • Profile picture of the author RNS
      Well we are sharing wireless internet with the guy who works in the office suite next door. He works days and we work nights so we don't need internet at the same time. He doesn't mind. And the rest of the post is true cranky old man
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    • Profile picture of the author burton4550
      Why do you guys even respond if your just going to be negative and unhelpful. So what if he has a porn site . There is tooooonnnn of money in that particular niche.

      The purpose of the forum here is to discuss making money online , no matter what industry it is in, the other is to help people out. Why even post if your just going to have a smart a** comment and call the person "who you don't even know a liar"? Why would he make this crap in a forum anyways ? Do you he really cares what you guys think?

      As far as the actual question on hand , have you tried submitting a help desk ticket to craigslist ? They may be able to help you out if you explain the situation at hand. It doesn't seem to make any sense to me why they would be rejecting some of your ads and accepting some. Id check with them, i'm sure they can help you resolve the issue.
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      • Profile picture of the author RNS
        Thank you burton4550. I will try although I haven't had much luck getting a response from CL.

        BTW I'm a 33 yr old woman. With a college degree. And this is just one small business I own (no other adult ones). I don't have a porn site, I have a small company that sends exotic dancers out for parties to provide visual entertainment only. The company is legal and licensed and we have been in business for 7 yrs. I have watched things move from phone book ads to online advertising and I'm just trying to keep up.

        Sorry if adult topics makes you guys uncomfortable. If my company wasn't legal I imagine I could make a **** ton of $$ and wouldn't care about CL issues...
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        • Profile picture of the author KimW
          Originally Posted by burton4550 View Post

          Why do you guys even respond if your just going to be negative and unhelpful. So what if he has a porn site . There is tooooonnnn of money in that particular niche.

          The purpose of the forum here is to discuss making money online , no matter what industry it is in, the other is to help people out. Why even post if your just going to have a smart a** comment and call the person "who you don't even know a liar"? Why would he make this crap in a forum anyways ? Do you he really cares what you guys think?

          As far as the actual question on hand , have you tried submitting a help desk ticket to craigslist ? They may be able to help you out if you explain the situation at hand. It doesn't seem to make any sense to me why they would be rejecting some of your ads and accepting some. Id check with them, i'm sure they can help you resolve the issue.

          And have you even read the posts/threads?
          What does the fact that he/she is "pirating"/sharing the ISP connection have to do with anything? I'll tell you why I made my comment. I have issues with thieves,and the OP came out of the blue and said he/she was one,then got called on it and now they are "sharing".
          I didn't say ONE thing about the business model this person has chosen.If they want to make money from the "adult" industry,I personally don't care.

          Originally Posted by RNS View Post

          Thank you burton4550. I will try although I haven't had much luck getting a response from CL.

          BTW I'm a 33 yr old woman. With a college degree. And this is just one small business I own (no other adult ones). I don't have a porn site, I have a small company that sends exotic dancers out for parties to provide visual entertainment only. The company is legal and licensed and we have been in business for 7 yrs. I have watched things move from phone book ads to online advertising and I'm just trying to keep up.

          Sorry if adult topics makes you guys uncomfortable. If my company wasn't legal I imagine I could make a **** ton of $$ and wouldn't care about CL issues...
          And once again, the "adult" topics don't make me uncomfortable, the fact that you said you were "pirating" the internet connection does.
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          • Profile picture of the author RNS
            Ok KimW...one more time here we go. I said "pirating" at first because that was what the guy next door called it when he suggested that we just share his connection since we work opposite hours and we use the internet in our business only about an hour each night to post CL ads (if they would go right thru). I am NOT a computer person and didn't know that was such an offensive word to you guys, I just picked it up from someone else. Sorry if I used it in the wrong context. However even after my explanation you seem very invested in believing I am a "thief" which is sadly jaded. And as you can plainly see (if you read the other member's posts) my explanation of the "adult" theme was meant for another member who said derogatory things about people in the adult industry. Not every word was meant for you. You are seriously "cranky". Lighten up...it's good for your health
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          • Profile picture of the author RNS
            And thank you Jamespitt for the suggestions...I will get right on those!
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            • Profile picture of the author VinnyBock
              Back On Topic....

              I have an email address for every day of the week on CL...

              Monday@mail, Tuesday@mail, Wednesday@mail ect....

              I am able to post 3 ads a day on each account as long as it's not the same ad more than once. They definitely do use your IP Address, because if I have an ad rejected, I log out and sign In to a new account, and that rejected ad is waiting for me to just hit submit. Even though I'm logged into another account.

              Try creating an aol email address, I know they use a proxy, because some sites won't even let you sign in with an aol address.
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    This forum is about making money. This forum is not about black-hat marketing methods, therefore the tense responses. And by black-hat, I am referring to the mention of 'pirating' and violating the Terms of Service of Craigslist.

    For a true answer, you should contact Craigslist support for the actual answer.
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  • Profile picture of the author misterwrecker
    @OP- I think the last line of your post may have also upset some people.
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    • Profile picture of the author RNS
      Jeez i was obviously kidding about blowing up anything...just trying to be creative about expressing my frustration. And I'm frustrated because I feel like I AM adhering to all of CL Terms of Service and am having trouble posting anyway, while there are currently ads up in the CL adult section for blatant prostitution that have been allowed to post. I'm not trying to steal or cheat or lie or do anything illegal. Cl hasn't been very responsive to my attempts at communication/questions, so I thought I'd ask you guys here. I guess that wasn't a good idea given the hateful responses. I'll try my luck elsewhere. Thanks anyway.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamespitt
    You might want to try using some sort of web proxy service to hide your IP, maybe change the posts around a little bit & use re-directs like tinyurl.com . That can help to get your posts up there. There's a couple of open-source proxy systems that are perfect for this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Teresa Coppes
    Are you posting on any other sites such as backpage and your ads getting rejected? I would do as another suggested and hide your IP and create different accounts.
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  • Profile picture of the author JTB Entertainment
    I'm glad I am not the only one currently experiencing this. It's totally a love/hate relationship with CL. Admittedly, no other form of advertising has brought the results that CL has, but they killed off all the adult publications here in Denver.

    Sure, I could post us on the backpage but the headings there are for escorts not strippers. We post on the CL because Adult services emcompasses a larger spectrum of the industry and that includes striptease which is legal (that's just for you nay sayers.)

    Anyway, I am having the exact same problem. I have to keep the approved ads in constant rotation while attempting for hours to post new ones.

    I have noticed that sometimes an ad was previously rejected will later be approved. So post 3 different variations of the same ad back to back. Say, 15 minutes apart. Each time one comes down, replace it with the same ad but change the picture. They seem to get annoyed with that and eventually will post one of them.

    Also try posting new posts on Wednesdays and Sundays. My luck seems to be better on those days.

    I'm searching for a better answer online. If I find one, I'll display it here.

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