Comments on: How to track craigslist ads

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:45:47 +0000

A pretty neat system I have found is http://www.slipdex.com. The system is a free ad template maker that allows image uploads, and they also have a section where you can opt in to track your ad’s views. The control panel for the option shows you which url the ad was tracked from. So if you have 5 ads, it will tell you the url of which ad was viewed. It works really really well.

Jason

By: David

David — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:57:55 +0000

The best I’ve found so far is http://craigscounter.com/
Doesn’t require registration or anything. Also includes live visitor tracking as they visit your ad. Pretty cool.

By: David Hudson

David Hudson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:28:11 +0000

The most effective tracker I’ve found is http://craigscounter.com/

By: @iq4sale

@iq4sale — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:46:32 +0000

You can also use http://img.0sp.in
It is pretty basic but does what I need it to do.

By: Velcro

Velcro — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:39:02 +0000

I fount http://trackcraigslist.com and it does everyting I want to do. It works on my Craigslist ads and my Oodle ads.

They say is works in HTML too.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:19 +0000

I created a little hack a while back and just want to share with everyone. craigslistadtracker.com

By: White Rock Real Estate

White Rock Real Estate — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:08:16 +0000

Wow, I didn’t even know you could track the hits on Craigslist. Getting so many listings on there now it seems you have to post every 2 mins to be at the top.

By: joe

joe — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:00:34 +0000

I have a customized html visitor tracking system that I build for someone wants to track visitor stats for his ads on places he can post his ads. If you want to give it a try email me and I can send you the zip file. I think it works on Crg-list and other major ad posting sites from what he told me. Click hereto email me.

By: Hil

Hil — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:57:16 +0000

Do no try a suggestion that needs you to have a tracking device in the body of the AD.

Here is why:
whatever tracking device, be it a url, a keyword, image file etc etc , it will be common across all your ADs. Now you know taht anything common between ads will be interpreted by Craigslist seevrs as comming from the same source and will get your ADs ghosted and your precious Craigslist accounts to be placed on hold.

There is another way to do it:
1) Maintain a log of all the posting you do
2) Enable only the anonymous email notification as the only source of contact.
3) evaluate the incomming email for the 9 digit number which is usually a part of the email address or the body

Now you can figure out exactly which part of the US or even the world were your visitors are coming from. If you post in mutiple categories you could even find out which categories generate the most hits. Will need some programming skills. Hope this helps

By: CraigF

CraigF — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:09:54 +0000

Unfortunately, http://craigslistcompanion.clhits.com/clstats/ was shut down effective today. The nasty folks at Craigslist sent them a Cease and Desist letter.