Flagging competitors ads for competitive reasons is not ethical. What you have forgotten or ignore is the part ethics play in all of this. You've given some decent advice in the past, but this certainly doesn't qualify. I don't think you ever forget what your goal is. there's the possibility that it could be even if you think it isn't. Actually that brings up a question, are any of your clients other ads getting flagged or any of your other ads? if not then again it is probably that specific ad.Īnother option is to post the ad here and maybe other warriors can tell you if it is too spammy or not. It could be competitors, but it could also be normal everyday people who are posting on craigslist and don't like seeing your sales ad in an area where it probably isn't supposed to be, and they feel it is spam so they are flagging it.Īfter you do this then pay attention to see if you are still getting flagged. If your client is posting an ad from his account and you are posting the same ad from your account and both of them are getting flagged then there is something wrong with the ad. I saw a thred in which red shifted, nameless, and ken were going back and forth about flagging each other to kingdom come. I posted a couple from my account to test this, and saw first hand that it was true. He said the ads he was posting to Craigslist were getting flagged by competition within minutes of going live.
One of my clients came to me today highly ticked off.