Classifieds — how they work#
A noticeboard. You post an advert, interested people get in touch.
How an advert is posted#
- You post it — steps.
- If the category is a paid one, the site sends you to pay straight after you submit.
- If the site requires it, you confirm the advert using the link in an email (a site may ask this of users who are not signed in, of signed-in ones, of everybody, or of nobody).
- If the site approves adverts, the operator approves it.
- Once everything the site requires is done, the advert is visible and remains active until its validity ends.
Steps 2 to 4 do not depend on each other
Payment, confirmation and approval happen side by side — none waits for another to finish. Right after you submit, the site tells you what your advert is waiting for. The advert is published only when all the ones the site requires are met. Some sites do not approve; others do not charge for anything. You will find out on your first posting.
Do I have to register?#
No. An advert can be posted without an account — you get a password for later editing.
| With an account | Without |
|---|---|
| adverts in one place | accessible only by link and password |
| editing without a password | password required |
| saved searches and following | no |
| a payment overview | no |
Save the password
If you post without registering, save the password immediately. If you forget it, you set a new one through a link sent to the email in the advert — see Managing my adverts.
The seller card on an advert's detail#
An advert posted by a signed-in user has a seller card beside the description: the name (a link to the profile), the place, badges and contact. Under the name are three numbers:
| Number | What it means |
|---|---|
| Inzerátů (adverts) | the real number of this seller's published adverts — those that are running now (active and not yet expired) and that anyone can view |
| Hodnocení (rating) | the average rating of the profile |
| registrován (registered) | how long the seller has had the account |
On the detail there is the list Další inzeráty uživatele (Other adverts by this user) — the seller's other adverts, without the one you are reading. The count on the card and the list come from the same set, so when the card shows "3" you will find the other two below it.
On an advert without an account the card shows no count
An advert posted without registration has no owner by whom other adverts could be found. The card with the count is not shown and "Další inzeráty uživatele" stays empty — this is not an error.
The contact on the card follows what the seller shares: the email is shortened and the phone is shown in full only after clicking Show phone number. What others see of a profile is summarised in My profile.
Steps: recommending an advert by email#
- On the advert's detail click Recommend by email.
- Fill in the Recipient's email, Your name and Your email, optionally a phone and a Message to recipient.
- Click Send recommendation.
The recipient gets an email with your message and a link to the advert. Recommending a company profile in the directory works the same way.
Recommendations are protected against abuse
The form has an invisible reCAPTCHA check (the site operator switches it on). On top of that, at most 10 recommendations an hour can be sent from one connection and at most 3 an hour to the same recipient address. Beyond that the form says the recommendation cannot be sent right now — try again later.
Validity#
An advert remains active for a number of days set by its category. A warning arrives before it ends.
Extend it before it expires
Once expired it drops out of listings and enquirers cannot find it.
What the classifieds offer#
| Part | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Posting an advert | how to post |
| Managing adverts | edits, extensions, marking sold |
| Replies | enquirers getting in touch |
| Saved searches | alerts about new adverts |
| Following | watching one particular advert |
| Tariffs and promotion | paid services |