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You Have Exceeded the Posting Volume Limit for This Account (Warns Craigslist)

You Have Exceeded the Posting Volume Limit for This Account (Warns Craigslist)

I ran into this the other day on Craigslist: “ You have exceeded the posting volume limit for this account”. Craiglist continues to battle spam and overposters, especially in the Services section.  I triggered this warning when trying to post my 4th message–even though each of my 4 messages where in separate subcategories of the the Services section.

Craigslist offers little guidance beyond that somewhat cryptic admonition. And don’t bother emailing for guidance–Craigslist remains committed to a “hands off” approach.

Craigslist advises, “You may post to one category and in one city, no more often than about every 48 hours.” You’ll also get this message if you are re-posting a message that is nearly identical to a message already in the system.

Oh well.

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About the Author: Michael David


Michael David is the founder, current CEO, and lead strategist at TastyPlacement, based in Austin, Texas. He is the author of "WordPress 3.0 Search Engine Optimization" with the prestigious IT publisher, Packt Publishing. TastyPlacement performs search marketing campaigns, public relations, search engine optimization, social media consulting and online advertising for companies in a wide range of fields.

8 comments on “You Have Exceeded the Posting Volume Limit for This Account (Warns Craigslist)”

  1. Frustrated says:
    September 14, 2008 at 12:39 am

    I ma getting so sick of craigslist. They need to provide some sort of customer service and a better way to handle this kind of error.

    Reply
  2. LimiTed says:
    March 6, 2009 at 7:19 am

    Their volunteer posters on the help/feedback/flag forums are often quite rude to people even with valid questions. They tell you it’s a free site and if you don’t like what goes on there, don’t visit it.

    Craigslist is a useful and fun site, but has several problems that need to be addressed. This is a monster that’s grown too big for their admin to control; therefore, they do nothing. I’d say the site will eventually collapse if they continue with their “hands off” and “right to free speech” attitude. Personally, I’d be glad to subscribe if the funds would be used to hire people to delete spam ads or more effort put into quality control and customer service.

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    • Kinsey says:
      October 15, 2012 at 10:30 am

      Ive noticed the same thing. Many of the recurring “helpers” on the feedback forum are total jerks. I guess, since they’re free to say what they please, I’ll do the same. I’m sure they won’t like a taste of their own medicine.

      Reply
  3. Charles says:
    April 2, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I had the same issue. The forum I was posting to is filled with spam and yet I cannot post more one ad every few days. It seems their anti-spam measures are actually causing MORE spam!

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    • Yen says:
      September 1, 2011 at 2:00 pm

      I also have this problem. Apparently, Craiglist encourages visitors applied multiple accounts to post their advertisement. In the end, those spam companies would create huge amount of accounts to spread the ads.

      I wonder what’s Craiglist’s next steps? close the registration?

      Reply
  4. Jill Nyahay says:
    August 3, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    My account has exceeded as well. I believe what happens is that the first posting of the 180 days stored needs to expire before we can report.

    I think Craigslist does a great job. Let the machines handle the humans, at least that way it is fair for everyone.

    Reply
  5. Digital Extreme Media Group says:
    July 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

    Its a love hate relationship with Craigslist. I make alot of money with them but its a pain sometimes.
    Also you get a lot of cheapskates and bs from craigslist people.

    Reply
  6. THiott says:
    November 14, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    I am sick of Craigs list and the Crap they dish out I try to post something and I havent been on here for a long time and I still get this stupid Message .How the Hell can someone be over a limit when I havent posted anything in 2 months or more?

    Reply

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