Top 30 Classified Ad Sites Where Posting Your Ad Isn't A Waste Of Time

There are tons of classified ad sites online, but not all of them are quality. The ones on this list are not FFA pages, spam sites or forums. These are classified sites that generate lots of traffic and you'll have a chance at getting actual prospects to view your ad. All these sites have Alexa rankings that are no higher than 150,000 so they are getting a lot of targeted visitors.


1. http://www.craigslist.org - The big daddy of classified ads sites.
2. http://www.backpage.com - The next busiest classified site after Craigslist. 
3. http://www.gumtree.com - Odd name but this site is one of the busiest classifieds sites around. This high traffic classifieds site is focused on UK ads.
4. http://www.oodle.com  - This classified site partners with ForRent.com in the US and Autotrader UK.
5. http://www.ebayclassifieds.com - The official classifieds site for Ebay.
6. http://www.olx.com - This board has a presence in most countries and can be read in English or Spanish.
7. http://www.usfreeads.com - A popular US focused site with a large business opportunity and pet section.
8. http://www.classifiedads.com - Classifieds focused on the English speaking world. US, UK, AU, and India.
9. http://www.inetgiant.com - A green board not only in color but in their ads. They have a well represented area for green products. The site is translated in most languages. 
10. http://adpost.com - Board with presence in the United States, Singapore, Canada, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Philippines, Ireland, Australia, India, Indonesia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.
11. http://adlandpro.com - Well established board with a strong focus on internet marketing as well as business opportunities.
12. http://www.classifiedsforfree.com - Well organized worldwide classifieds board.
13. http://www.salespider.com/online-classifieds-free-advertising -  Classified ads are only one part of this business site. They have forums, sell leads, and offer business tools for online businesses.
14. http://www.yakaz.com - An uncluttered board which reads your ip and directs your ad posting accordingly. 
15. http://www.thefreeadforum.com - High traffic site which is gets lots of promotion from the owner. He does PPC and SEO promotion for each category. 
16. http://www.domesticsale.com - US classifieds site which allows car dealers and other heavy advertisers to bulk upload large amounts of listings.
17. http://www.pennysaverusa.com/classifieds/usa/index.html - This is the online version of the old Penny Saver newspaper which was a very popular print newspaper with discounts and classified ads.
18. http://epage.com - This site has been in business since 1994. That is before we had Google. It looks somewhat like Usfreeads.com but with less emphasis on business opportunities. They have an affiliate program with over 34,000 affiliates. This means if you post your ad here it goes out on a feed to over 30,000 other sites who run their ads. This means more exposure for you. Many of these sites have programs where other websites run their feeds. This gives you quite a bit more exposure.
19. http://www.recycler.com - Simple easy to negotiate classifieds board.
20. http://www.webcosmo.com - US based with worldwide advertising possibilities.
21. http://www.hoobly.com - The cleanest looking classifieds site so far. Just the ads. No clutter at all. It must be working for them since over 15,000 people have clicked their like button.
22. http://www.freeadlists.com - They do it all: personals, cars, pets and they do it all over the world though they are US based. 
23. http://www.sell.com - They have been running online classifieds since 1999. Their advertising engine has been used by big business directories such as AT&T’s YELLOWPAGES.com, newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle, and niche online properties such as sellhomes.com. Sell.com is a part of a network of advertising properties. Again, if you advertise on many of these sites your ad will simultaneously run on thousands of other partner sites.
24. http://www.bestwayclassifieds.com - Gets good traffic and they have a nice classifieds site worth posting to.
25. http://www.webclassifieds.us - Well designed board with a .us domain name. 
26. http://www.americanlisted.com - A family friendly US only board. 
27. http://www.freeadscity.com - Easy to read worldwide board with non classified ads discretely at the bottom.
28. http://www.chooseyouritem.com - This is what they have to say about themselves “Place your classified ads with us and your ads appear not only on our site but also on over 70 partner websites — including over 30 classic car or vehicle related websites, as well as ISP’s, real estate, media, shopping and search networks. Each month, over 1 million visitors view tens of millions of our pages – making our Classified Network one of strongest in the country. Not only is our exposure the best but we also provide the best in value. ” Sounds like a good deal.
29. http://www.daype.com - Straight forward US only board.
30. http://geebo.com - They have quotes about connecting communities, building safe environments and how they are leaders of a “revolution of how classifieds sites see themselves as responsible citizens.” 

You can post to each of these sites individually, but that can take up a lot of time. You may want to look into using a Classified Ad Submission Service that can submit your ad to over 500,000 sites every month for you automatically. Click here to find out more.


Sondra Carpenter
Internet Marketing Consultant
ClassifiedAdSubmissionService.com