Craigslist Ad scheduling software

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by alexander13, Mar 30, 2011.

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    I'm developing some real estate ads for posting in my city. I DON'T want to cross post to multiple cities NOR top post the exact same ad.

    I'm not looking for a spam tool.

    I simply want to be able to post the 100 ads I've created for different properties. But it's a poor use of time to do so manually.

    Anyone using a good tool which you can load ads into and schedule when you want the software tool to post them?

    And preferrably repost them each 48 hour time period in line with Craigslist TOS?

    Thanks,

    Alexander
     
    alexander13, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    tjsocr22 Active Member

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    I believe any use of automation with Craigslist is against their TOS so it would be impossible to comply with their terms. In addition I would be wary of using software as it only will do more harm then good for your site (they might ban you ads from being posted in any ad on the site if they see you are using automation).
     
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    alexander13 Active Member

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    Hey T,

    Thanks, for the info. It might be technically against TOS. The spirit of the clause is to keep out spammers who would post the same affiliate ad over and over. They want to keep the community strong and provide a good experience. The real estate section here in my town gets over 800 posts per day. So doing multiple properties each day to get attention and leads is difficult if not impossible to sustain manually. This is why some form of scheduled poster is needed.
     
    alexander13, Mar 31, 2011 IP