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Ugh Craigslist

by moneymakersguide
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I have a love/hate relationship with Craigslist. I get most of my traffic from there but am having trouble posting ads. I post but then I get an error message

"This posting is being blocked You have exceeded the posting volume limit for this account/email.Craigslist readers strongly prefer not to see the same posting listed multiple times.Please help us out by not overposting your listing."

I only post like 5 times and get this message..anyone know why this is and what to do about it?

TIA!
#craigslist #ugh
  • Profile picture of the author kebertt
    Posting multiple ads on Craigslist can flag your account, take it slow and look into possibly changing the content on each ad.
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  • Profile picture of the author hostingandposting
    I'm surprised they let you post 5X before hitting you with that message. Normally it's 3 attempts then you get that message. If you need to outsource your craigslist postings at any point, let me know. I've got multiple PVAs that and can post up to 30 per day per client.
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  • Profile picture of the author mbreezy
    Originally Posted by moneymakersguide View Post

    I have a love/hate relationship with Craigslist. I get most of my traffic from there but am having trouble posting ads. I post but then I get an error message

    "This posting is being blocked You have exceeded the posting volume limit for this account/email.Craigslist readers strongly prefer not to see the same posting listed multiple times.Please help us out by not overposting your listing."

    I only post like 5 times and get this message..anyone know why this is and what to do about it?

    TIA!
    Does the section you're posting in require you being phone verified?

    Sounds like all of your ads are too similar, you need to switch up the verbiage.

    You can also use a single image for your add. Create it with a photoshop and put all of your ads text into the image. You can then post that same image over and over but be sure to use a different file name and URL.

    If you want to ad a link to the picture the html code is very simple and would go as follows:

    <a href="http://www.yourlink.com"><img src="http://www.yourimghost.com/tia/yourimage.jpg"></a>

    You can add a fake button to your image to click for better results.

    If you're posting in multiple cities I suggest using seperate CL accounts and private proxies assigned to each account.

    Hope this make sense to you and good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author theBUSINESS
    2 posts per day. Keep that way if you want to preserve your account(s).
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  • Profile picture of the author starman21
    In an old Craigslist thread, there was discussion on signing up for a Craigslist account with prepaid phones. Could you or not? AT&T prepaid was a maybe. Does anyone have a solution to your own multiple Craigslist accounts? Hosting services must establish multipe accounts? How do they do it?
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Originally Posted by moneymakersguide View Post

    I have a love/hate relationship with Craigslist. I get most of my traffic from there but am having trouble posting ads. I post but then I get an error message

    "This posting is being blocked You have exceeded the posting volume limit for this account/email.Craigslist readers strongly prefer not to see the same posting listed multiple times.Please help us out by not overposting your listing."

    I only post like 5 times and get this message..anyone know why this is and what to do about it?

    TIA!
    You need to make the ad headline and sales copy unique enough for the different postings so Craigslist doesn't recognize them as the same ad.
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