I noticed recently that cl now requires a verification code thru phone in order to post ads successfully. Thats means that non-Us residents could be affected by this recent development. Does anyone knows how to go around this for non-u.s residents wishing to post in u.s section of cl. Thanks.
Hi ... am in Canada and have no difficulty, no phone checks, for ads for freelancers. In some large cities, there's now a $25 fee, but otherwise, no problem. I post ads for freelancers, often. Hope this helps. Good luck.
i just bought the video sets about craiglists where you look over a professionals shoulder how he does it, il have to watch them because im from the uk.... i hope its not money wasted if thats the case, il have to sell them on.......
where will all of this end , I live in New Zealand and even b4 all of this I bought and paid for every conceivable system that never ever allowed me to post on CL. US - there seems to be the mistaken belief that spam of any sort - posting or email etc is a bad thing but it is not , because now it makes it harder and harder to get your message across and the end result will be like the real world b4 the NET - that to do business you had to own a shop and pay the landlord big money so you could advertise and establish yourself - the net for the ordinary man is being " squezzed " out !
The thing that I'm most concerned about is their new limit on HTML postings. That's going to put a damper on my business. Regards, Tony
Craigslist is always updating new measures to keep spammers out. I guess it is because of people who spam the website that makes it difficult for real marketers to connect with buyers or make effective post. It is really sad.
Craigslist is not our list. It's Craig's List. In the CL Terms of Service it specifies that it is intended for local market use only. The reason for CL popularity with users is because of it's locally-centered user base. It's really not very wise to base a whole business around promoting on Craigslist in a manner that violates the established objectives of the service. There are many other ways to promote a business online. Just learn them.
But it's also true that CL's policies have a negative impact on CL users too. For example, I recently had an opportunity available for someone local to the L.A. area, however I live on the east coast and when I tried posting the opportunity on CL it was killed in seconds--and contacting CL to verify a posting isn't spam is useless. So, ultimately I just ended up paying for an ad with the Times in LA. My needs were filled that way, sure, but CL users who don't read the Times missed out.
Well they need to do something they get MAJOR spam. They are having big problems with email harvesting now. Spam is out of control on CL.