Info about Personal Ads
Best places to post personal Ads
There are many reasons people may post ads. Sometimes you want to sell of some stuff and other times you want to rent out your house. Now you could post personal ads as a seller as well as a buyer. Typically we think that you post an ad only when you want to sell something. But interestingly there are people who have specific requirements and they post ads detailing their needs too, so potential sellers can contact them for details.
There are many avenues where you can post your personal ads. Depending on the medium used the rates would vary too. Here are some of the most common places where you can place your personal ads.
Newspapers: All newspapers have a classifieds section where people can post personal ads. In fact in some of the more popular newspapers with significant number of ads, you would actually get to see some classification on the basis of products and services being sold.
For example if you want to rent your house out, you can post the ad in the rental section of the classifieds. Similarly, there are separate sections for services, home improvements, cars, furniture, etc. Thus newspapers are one of the best places to post personal ads. These are not free of course and depending on the newspaper agency, the size of your ad and even the location of it, you may have to pay more or less for these ads.
Online Classifieds: There are many portals online that let individuals post personal ads. Many of these actually allow you to post ads for free and some others charge you for the ads. These are ideal because of the cost benefit as well as the ease of communication. People can look up the ads better and faster online than in newspaper and they can send you emails immediately. IF you provide your contact number they may even call you.
However there is always some risk with the online ads, especially the free ones. Since you are posting it for free and people referring to the ads also do it for free, some notorious people may try to flood your mailboxes with unwanted mails or give you mock calls. You need to be aware of these problems and handle them properly when encountered.
Online Trading Portals: These are slightly different from the classifieds. In these portals you actually have the option of selling the products just like other regular stores do online. There are many popular portals where people post their used products for sale. In such portals though many times you may first have to build a reputation as a good seller, to charge higher rates for your products. Since the risk of getting cheated is higher here, people tend to take upmost care while purchasing on such sites.
Nonetheless such ecommerce based sites are a great way to post your personal ads. However, these ads are more suitable for things that you can ship like electronics rather than immovable property like homes.
Personal ads are an excellent way to meet new singles that are just up for a fling or maybe more. You can specify what you want ahead of time in the personal ad.