Craigslist Tips & Tricks: How To Post Duplicate Ads

By Garrett Blanton posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 - (Tips & Tricks)
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If you have ever tried posting an ad on craigslist, and was rejected because it was a duplicate, then give this trick a try. This is a simple, but effective strategy I use to get around the craigslist rules.

1. Put together your post.
2. Press the “Print Screen” button.
3. Open paint or photoshop.
4. Paste screen to the canvas.
5. Crop only the copy of your post.
6. Save as .jpg
7. Upload the .jpg to a free image hosting service.
8. Paste the location of your .jpg image between the “quotes”, then copy and paste the code to craigslist.
9. Press “Continue” and publish your duplicate post with no warnings or error messages harassing you!

** This should be only used once a day to prevent spam

Comments (12)

By Hugo posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 @ 10:50 AM
So, what I don't understand with Craigslist, is why people want to post so many ads on there. Is this an SEO tactic, or is it just traffic volumes?
By Mike posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 @ 6:07 PM
Another great way to accomplish this is the Fireshot Plugin for Firefox. You can do it on a one shot deal, rather than have to paste into an editor.
By MyFirstIphone posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 3:30 AM
I regular user of craiglist and found that they are not allowing us to post US ads from other countries. i mean they are not allowing posting for US ads from IP's out side of US.

can you suggest any solution of this issue.
By Tulsa Homes posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 @ 1:31 PM
The real catch is that this trick should be used only once in a day or in two. Otherwise one will get busted quickly for this strategy. Craigslist is very harsh on spam nowadays and they are vigorously monitoring.
By la pain doctor posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 @ 12:05 PM
You definitely should not post more than once a day on CL to prevent your ads from being flagged and removed
By USA Classifieds posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 @ 5:26 PM
This isnt that big of a deal, there is no reason to post a bunch of the same ads. Its not good for the end user and its not targeted.. CL was designed to be local, not for people to place a bunch of the same ads all over the world.
By Drew posted on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 @ 9:35 PM
The reason they do it is because by the 23rd hour of the day... with all who post on craigslist... the ad you posted would be on page 10 (and not much traffic comes when your at page 10 on CL). If you post every 24 hours, your ad is fresh and on the first page again (and thus will probably produce more traffic).
By John posted on Saturday, August 6, 2011 @ 7:33 PM
You should not post more than once a day. Try not to post in the biggest cities. Post in smaller cities, if you can. Your post hangs around longer and has a better chance at being seen.
By Ken posted on Sunday, August 7, 2011 @ 1:31 AM
person charges 10 bucks a post he puts your phone number in location we your post gets flag your post want go away it stops them or you from pulling up post but your post is still there and phone number for 2 months help how does he do this
By Innomax Solutions posted on Monday, November 7, 2011 @ 1:59 AM
The post shows the method through which if you have ever tried posting an ad on craigslist, and was rejected because it was a duplicate, then give this trick a try. It is a simple, but effective strategy that can be used to get around the craigslist rules.
By Too2 Web posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 @ 10:20 PM
The thing is, anyone can still get flagged on CL. It sucks for those who are honest advertisers. I'm at the point where I'm about to buy some PVA's and proxy's because of the ghosting. I still get to post some ads, but it is difficult when half my ads are ghosted.
By Kelvin posted on Monday, January 9, 2012 @ 2:04 AM
Thanks for clearing that up. Craiglist got a lot of traffic. If one can use it to channel the business, that would be great. Tt's a free advertising medium, so one can always maximize the results.
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