USFreeAds is a popular classified ad site. I like this site because it gives your ad about the same exposure as running an eBay classified ad. Advertising through USFreeAds can be considerably less expensive than eBay when placing multiple ads. A premium membership will, officially, cost you $9.99 USD per month; but I’m actually paying $6.99 USD per month following an upgrade from the gold membership ($10 USD per year). I honestly don’t know if the upgrade deal is still relevant, but you may want to purchase the gold membership first and then follow the upgrade path to premium membership. You’ll definitely need a premium membership in order to acquire decent ad views. Here’s the link to USFreeAds:
Free Memberships –
You can register for a free USFreeAds account, but your account will be extremely limited! Your free account will only allow you to have two text ads running at any given time. The ads list at the bottom of the classified listings. You cannot include HTML code in your ad; nor can you include links to your affiliate products, incorporate an email opt-in form or embed links to affiliate products. You cannot use a free membership to run commercialized ads.
Gold Memberships –
Gold memberships cost $10 USD per year and are similar to the free membership. Your text ads will list above free member ads and you can include a photo, but no thumbnail image. You can include a website link, and apparently incorporate a PayPAL buy button. Unlike the free membership, you can list commercialized ads. With this membership level, you are limited to 25 ad listings. Your ad will list below premium member and featured ads.
Premium Memberships –
Premium memberships cost $9.99 USD per month. As I mentioned above, you may get a slightly reduced monthly rate by first purchasing a gold membership and then upgrading to a premium membership. I cannot guarantee this, however. There are no limits as to the number of classified ads you can place with a premium membership... and this is, in my opinion, the biggest advantage of USFreeAds. You can include HTML code and provide links to your affiliate products. Most importantly, your ad can include a thumbnail image and will list above free and gold membership ads.
Featured Ads –
In addition to your premium membership, you can pay to have your ad featured. The rate available to premium members is around $12.00 USD per month, per ad. Featured ads list above premium member ads and they also rotate through all the local USFreeAds sites, in all states. In some categories, you would need to feature your ad in order to get decent visibility. In other categories, your premium ad listing would suffice. I’ll be discussing USFreeAd categories and ad visibility in future posts.
Check out a membership feature comparison: http://www.usfreeads.com/. Click the “register” link on the right side of the page and view a complete feature list.
Unlike a lot of classified sites, USFreeAds does allow HTML in your ads. I believe HTML ads yield better results for the affiliate marketer.
Until next time...
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