Are You Posting On Craigslist Regularly?

As you all know, I post a lot of ads on Craigslist for my business and needed to use several email addresses and Craigslist accounts to make sure that those ads will stick. However the bad part is creating email addresses with gmail or yahoo and Craigslist accounts take time. Well with this program called Auto Account Creator, you can create gmail or yahoo and its corresponding Craigslist accounts in a snap. Due to the timing requirements required by Craigslist to make sure that they think I'm not using any automated software, I give it about 8-10 minutes to create the accounts.

However, before you consider purchasing this program, you should already know how to do the following manually:

• Create a Gmail account manually and make sure it's forwarded to the email address of your choosing.
• Create a Craigslist account and tie that Gmail email address to your account by verifying that you created that account.

Otherwise, you're not going to have any appreciation on how to harness the power of the Auto Account Creator.

Watch a video below on how you can witness the power of this program:



Now you see how easy that thing works. However, make sure you have the following already in place or you won't be able to get it running:

• Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or better Installed
• Microsoft Dot.NET Framework Version 3.5 - the Auto Account Creator program relies on the guts of the dot.NET framework version 3.5 to work, so you need to have this installed or some features won't run.
  
• Internet Explorer 7 - For some reason, the Auto Account Creator (AAC) program won't run on IE6. You will wind up with the "Action Canceled" message when you run the AAC program once you click on the "Create Accounts" button. When I upgraded to IE7, it finally worked after going through the hoops.
  

One other thing though. Be sure to limit the creation of your Gmail/Craigslist accounts to 5 at a time for each IP Address because Craigslist checks for a pattern, like the 1st 3 characters of your gmail accounts or the last 3 or 4 characters or your gmail accounts. If it matches the filters, posting on Craigslist using those accounts will be blocked and your ads won't stick.

Now that I mentioned this term called IP Address, what you need to know is that this is an address assigned by your internet service provider that may be configured automatically by your firewall/router device. This address is logged by Craigslist whenever you visit their site. However, Craigslist lets you post up to a certain amount per 48 hours, like up to 4 per email per IP Address. If you can change the IP Address assigned to your router, you would be able to post an additional 4 ads on Craigslist. However, the changing of the IP Address can only work if you have the following:

• Dial-Up - A little slow, but every time you disconnect and reconnect, you get a new IP Address assigned to you.
• DSL - Faster than dial-up, uses the same phone line as your land line, but you may have to manually switch the power of your DSL device, the sure thing to disconnect from the Internet, wait 10 seconds, then turn the power back on. It works the same way as dial-up in terms of disconnecting and reconnecting. You get a new IP address assigned to your computer.
• Sprint 595U Data Card - I just recently subscribed to this service. Got the datacard for free, plug it in my usb port, install the software on my laptop that comes with it, and I can disconnect and resconnect any time and would get a new IP Address assigned to my computer when I do that. In addition, I can bring my laptop anywhere I want to be. The software works for both the mac os x and the pc.

The use of a permanent connection will not work out because you'll be limited to that same IP address. That doesn't mean you should give up that permanent connection. You can subscribe for an IP Proxy service, but that's gonna be a little bit expensive with minimum monthly starting at $140 for 30 IP addresses. However, with this system, you can really flex your muscles by being able to create at least 100 GMail/Craigslist accounts at one time. If you sign up for 62 IP addresses, then double that power, but you better be a serious Craigslist marketer if you're going to get this.

Now that you read about the ability to automate the task of creating Gmail/Craigslist accounts. On my next blog post, I'll discuss how to automate the posting of your ads on Craigslist using the Easy Ad Poster and IP Green.

Till next time...

If you want to learn more about posting your ads on Craigslist, I recommend you go to Craigslist Masters (not affiliated with Craigslist). Click here if you're one of the frustrated Craigslist posters and want to learn the secrets of dealing with this beast.