can i use classified sites to promote my online affiliate store?

i have a site on laptops. i have written quality articles and reviews and was thinking to get some traffic via classifieds??

how can i do it without entering the blackhat/greyhat area and adhering to the TOS of the classifieds website??

 

Sign up to usfreeads.com with a gold or premium account. Then post ads for the laptops with purchase links pointing to your site. With a gold or premium account, you are allowed to post affiliate links.

 

Actually have a product to sell on your site and list it for sale.

 

Craigslist does not allow affiliate links in the ads.

 

you can post on www.classifiedadsfree.com in 7 countries and all major USA cities.

 

usfreeads,backpage,oodle,hoobly are all good

 

Craigslist does not allow affiliate links, but that doesn't mean you can't promote it. You can easily drive traffic to your site using Craigslist. Use different links other than your normal affiliate link and you'll be good. I do it all day with no problems.

 

As folks above mentioned, almost all free classifieds allow promoting aff ads if you get a paid account. I am using usfreeads with good results.

 

while it might be the less used of them all the one i posted doesn't require paid accounts.

 

well, i did not mean that i will put aff links in those classifieds..i just meant that I will put links to my home page to bring some traffic..

Is this possible with Craigslist? I hear they are too strict..but i wont be using any aff links.

 

most likely your ad will get flagged and removed. try to use backpage.com, bstads.com, classifiedadsfree.com etc...

craigslist is more for Consumer 2 Consumer or Business 2 Business not Business 2 Consumer (except for hiring) and really doesn't offer many ways for websites to advertise. There are others that allow you to post links, images, videos, docs, descriptions etc...

 

This is the first time I hear about usfreeads. How much traffic do you get from there?

 

I use craigslist to pull in some traffic for my affiliate offer. I just started, but i got a sale already and I'm about to go gangbusters on it!

 

You are welcome to post free ads on my classified blog with link in my signature below.

 

How long have you been doing this?

 

I have some resources about classifieds submission it's really helpful to you.
backpage.com
bstads.com
classifiedadsfree.com
usfreeads.com
backpage.com/classifieds
oodle.com
hoobly.com

 

Classified sites do bring in lot of targeted traffice, this is what I have experienced.

 

Classified sites such as usfreeads will not have a lot viewings, but the traffic you get from that will be very targeted. Once you see one ad perform, write more similar to it without spamming. I use the usfreeads. But I will try those others, other members recommended.

 

USFreeAds.com didn't provide me any sales or decent traffic to speak of and I used several different niches. Furthermore I used their 'featured' options only to get a little traffic that didn't convert. They can help in search engines, but generally I found it to be a waste.

As far as using a general classified site for your affiliate websites make sure you remain within the affiliate programs TOS. I would also suggest to never EVER place an affiliate link directly in a classified ad, this is generally against all TOS's.

 

I have used USFreeAds before and I got some targeted traffic, but not a large volume of traffic.