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Field notes on Craigslist posting — what works, what gets flagged, what it costs, and who's making it pay.
Case study · September 12, 2026 · 4 min
How one affiliate marketer cleared $20K from Craigslist gigs posts in a summer
A CPA marketer with no ad budget and no audience turned the computer gigs section into a lead machine. The numbers, the metros that worked, and the part that almost sank it.
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Case study · 4 min
The used-car lot that gets 30 leads a week from Craigslist
When Facebook Marketplace shut off dealer inventory feeds, one independent dealer went back to the oldest classifieds on the internet. What he posts, what it costs, and why he still bothers with Marketplace too.
Guide · 5 min
Why posting on Craigslist got so hard
Fees on the sections that used to be free, one post per category per city every 48 hours, phone verification loops, posts that vanish without a word. What people actually complain about, with sources, and what each problem is really about.
Guide · 3 min
Your Craigslist post isn't showing up. Here's why, and what to do.
The confirmation email arrived, the ad is in your account, and nobody can find it. That's ghosting. How to confirm it, what triggers it, why the usual fixes don't stick, and how to get a post that actually appears.
Guide · 4 min
Craigslist posting fees in 2026, section by section
What Craigslist actually charges to post — by section, and for gigs and jobs, by city — and why the number you see at checkout is different from the number in every blog post about it.
Guide · 4 min
How to post one ad in 50 cities without getting banned
Craigslist's rules were written for one person posting one thing. Here's what it actually takes for a business to be live in dozens of metros — the accounts, the pacing, the wording, the honest cost, and the mistakes that get whole operations shut down.