Craigslist is one of the online tools used by many entrepreneurs to move products and services today. With a category for just about anything one can imagine, it is easy to post ads and begin generating some income. That is, unless your ads become subject to ghosting.Ghosting is a phenomenon where your ads can be viewed by the poster, but not by anyone else. In some cases, this effect is simply a lag time with the Craigslist server, and the ad will be visible to everyone in a half-hour or so. However, that is not always the case. There may be limitations that slow down and possibly cause the ad to be removed altogether. Here are some tips to minimize the chances of your ad experiencing the dreaded state of ghosting.How to Get Started

First, set up several different email accounts to use for your posting. This is especially important if you plan on posting similar ads in more than one city listing. Multiple posts originating from the same email address and containing similar or exact verbiage often never make it through the screening and if they do are soon flagged for removal. Use more than one free email service to accomplish this, and vary the name on the email account as well to further minimize chances of being flagged.

Another tip is to make use of multiple IP addresses to make your posts. It is possible to obtain several addresses to use. Alternatively, you can go with using different computers and more than one ISP to make it easy to have access to multiple IP addresses. Keep in mind the idea is to create as many differences between your contact information as possible.

Another sure way of experiencing ghosting is to post a huge amount of similar ads in a given twenty-four hour period. This is true even if you are using multiple email addresses and more than one IP address. To stay below the radar and have your ads viewable to the general public, post no more than a handful of ads in various cities. Make sure you post no more than one ad in related categories in any one city. You can post ads in one batch of cities today, then hit different cities tomorrow.

A word on the text of your ad – change it up. Similar wording, even when the ads are appearing in different cities, can often raise some concern and may lead to not only having the ads never appear, but also get your email addresses banned from further posting privileges. Take some time and come up with three or four different ad texts that still get the point across, but are not mirror images of one another.

Diversify Your Options

Keep in mind that while any one of these tips will minimize the chances of ghosting on Craigslist, they are not guaranteed to do the trick all by themselves. For this reason, you should seriously consider making use of at least two of these options, and more if you possibly can. The idea is to give each ad and the contact information enough distinction that the Craigslist system does not flag and ultimately reject all or most of your ads.

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