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Sunday, October 25, 2009

How to create a Phone Verified Account

Phone Verified Account (PVA) is required to post ads in the USA or Canada craig's list cities.
How to create a Phone Verified craigslist Account:
  1. Go to the account signup form to create an free CL account. You will need a valid email address to create an account on CL.
  2. Then try to post an ad under any service category in any city of USA or Canada. Craigslist will ask you for Phone Authentication. Just follow those steps.
Few tips regarding CL PVA:
  • You should post only one ad per PVA on every 48 hours interval.
  • You need US or Canadian land phone number to create a CL PVA. VOIP numbers will not work at all.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Why I need PVA in For Sale categories?

Everyone knows that craigslist now requires Phone Verified Account (PVA) to post ads under service categories in the USA and Canada. But sometimes craigslist.org asks for PVA even when you try to post under "for sale" or community categories. But why?
Filtering system of craigslist is very complicated and strange. There is no way to know the exact reason for requirement of PVA in non-service sections. Apparently this is IP based. So if you are trying to post on craig's list from an fresh IP address then most probably CL will not ask you for for phone verified account except for service categories for which PVA is always compulsory. But if you are trying to post from an foreign IP then CL will always ask you for phone verification. Craigslist.org has blacklisted some IP addresses of USA and Canada too. If you try to post from those suspected IPs then you may be asked for PVA even for the "for sale" or "real estate" categories.

Is there any way to avoid phone verification for the "for sale" categories?
No, if you are trying to post from blacklisted IP then there is no way to avoid PVA requirements.