Add-on · $5 per number / month
Know which Craigslist posts ring your phone.
Most posting services stop at "your ad is live." Add call tracking and each city's ad gets its own local number that forwards to you, with every call logged against the post that produced it. You stop guessing which markets pay off.
A local number per city
Each city in your order gets its own number with a local area code. It goes in that city's ad in place of yours.
Calls ring straight through
Callers dial a normal local number and reach you. Nothing to install, no app.
Every call credited to a post
Calls are matched to whichever post was live in that city when the phone rang, so you see calls per post and per market.
Why it matters
- Craigslist fees differ by city: a job post is $75 in the SF Bay Area and $25 in most mid-size metros. Calls per city tell you whether the expensive markets earn it.
- Posts fall off page one at different speeds in every market. Call counts show how often each one needs a fresh post.
- When you add a city or rewrite an ad, you can see whether calls went up.
Adding it
- Add a phone number with calls allowed when you write your ad.
- On the Review & pay step, tick Track calls · $5 per number / month.
- We set up a number for each city and put it in that city's ad. Calls show up on your order page as they come in.
Questions
How does call tracking work on a Craigslist ad?
Each city in your order gets its own local phone number, and that number goes in the ad instead of yours. Calls forward straight to your phone, and every call is logged against the post that was live when it came in.
What does it cost?
$5 per number per month, with one number per city. The first month is charged at checkout. Each number includes 150 minutes of calls a month; unusually busy lines are billed at 5 cents a minute after that.
Will callers know it's a tracking number?
No. It's a normal local number for that city, and the call rings through to you like any other.
Can I see the calls?
Yes. Your order page shows calls per post and per city, so you can compare markets and drop the ones that don't produce.
Do I need my own phone number on the ad?
You need a number with calls allowed, because that's where the tracking numbers forward. It doesn't appear in the ad.