Craigslist Tips & Tricks: How To Post Duplicate Ads

By Garrett Blanton posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 @ 10:50 AM - (Tips & Tricks)

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

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Craigslist, Tips & Tricks

Comments (4)

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.