PVA for Craigslist can be time consuming to obtain or just outright expensive, especially with a limited supply of phone numbers to create accounts with. When a phone verified account goes on hold it is lost forever. You have probably been unlucky enough to have this happen to at least one of your PVA. There is nothing worse than logging into your verified accounts only to discover that it has been suspended. This can greatly affect how often and the number of ads you can post which has a direct impact on your business. What causes this account suspension and how can it be avoided? There are a number of things that can cause red flags to be raised at Craigslist, but the biggest killer of PVAs on Craigslist is your IP, and unfortunately many people aren t even aware of this. Are you killing your accounts with your IP?
Craigslist uses a number of measures to log and track user activity on their site. They do this because Craigslist has a strict policy that only one account should be used per person. This means that multiple accounts for one person are not permitted. In an attempt to enforce this policy, one of the ways of logging or tracking user activity is the logging of IPs. IPs leave a footprint and are the easiest way for any website (not just Craigslist) to track account activity. No one knows for sure exactly where and when Craigslist tracks your IP, but it is almost certain that your IP is logged when accounts are created. This isn t a problem if you just have one phone verified account and don t post very often on Craigslist, but it is if you use multiple PVA. This means that if you plan on creating several accounts you will need to take certain steps or precautions. Don t create too many accounts at Craigslist using the same IP. It is very obvious that if 10 new accounts are created within a 24 hour period and they all come from the same IP that it is one person creating multiple accounts. This is one of the biggest red flags you can raise when creating and use PVA on Craigslist.
To get the most out of your PVA for Craigslist, make sure you are careful with your IP. It is very easy for Craigslist and other websites to log and monitor account activity. Your IP is visible to everyone and anyone who wants to look and this makes it the number one way that any website can monitor and control user activity. Real phone verified account users won t be showing the same IP over multiple accounts. Each PVA should ideally have a different and unique account and each login should be from a different IP. Doing this makes your activity at Craigslist look natural and realistic. Don t create too many accounts with the same IP and always do your best to make sure you are using different IPs where possible. This will help you get the most out of your phone verified accounts.