One of the fastest growing webmaster community online.
Orangecopper webmaster blog and community forum.
Best Classifieds Ads Scripts 2011
Friends, Ive searched long enough for a good classifieds ads script like most of you guys and have tried almost all free ones and also purchased a few as well. Now done with all that i am writing this post so that you also wouldn’t have to go through the same pain and would save time and a LOT of effort.
Firstly, before starting to search for a script, lets understand our requirements, and ask ourselves a few questions.
- Am i gonna spend money on the script? (Free or Paid)
- Whats my expectations out of the website
- How complex or simple the website needs to be
- What are my level of expertise in configuring and maintaining a website
Trust me, your website depends on the first question mostly!!
If you are planning to go for a Free one, Think again – you are being limited a lot to what you get !! and if you have long term plans with the website, i would strongly suggest to go for a paid script so that you would get the support and quality as well.
Still if you are convinced to go for a free one, below are the best free Classifieds ads script on the web as per my experience.
Noah Classifieds
Open ClassifiedsAlso you could use the wordpress theme with the wp-classifieds plugin as well ( its a good idea)
Now if you want to spend a few extra bucks to get a great website and run it on a long term, here are your options.
Rank 1: ClassiPress WordPress Application + Theme - 99 USD for download
Rank 2: AJ Classifieds – 199 USD for User edition
Rank 3: 68 Classifieds – 120 USD for script download
Rank 4: Built2Go Ready made scripts – 69 USD for access to B2G website
Rank 5: e – Classifieds – Commerce edition – 30 USD per month
Now let me explain why i opted for ClassiPress at first and why you should go for it, i purchased it and found it more than excellent.
- Tight WordPress Integration
- Custom Option Panels
- Community Driven
- Great support and regularly updated
- Free Support and Lifetime license
- Excellent features, look and feel
- Application driven by WP source code
- Very reasonable pricing
- Ad modules
- Search modules
- Categories
- Customized user control panel
- Guest advertisement
- More
Few websites using the Classipress effectively:
PS: Now its your call, if you dont really have a budget to purchase, then go for the best free option of Noah Classifieds and you can shell a few dollars for a solid website then : ClassiPress or any options i have mentioned above in their respective order of rankings !
Hope the post was useful, am sure it would be useful – All the best for your classifieds website !! Let me know your thoughts on Best Classifieds Ads Scripts 2011
111 Comments
Leave a Comment
FreshPopular
List of High PR do follow blogs (Verified)
March 11, 2011
Next Google Page rank - PR update 2011
November 7, 2010
Market Samurai Discount – Save 80 USD!
October 4, 2011
One of the Biggest SEO Secret for Linkbuilding
November 3, 2009- When is the Next Google Page rank – 2012
February 10, 2012
Thanks for the every one for the free scripts and help in the traffic on your site,..
You are welcome !
cheers
Josh
Thankyou also I have tried many scripts, the one that I have opted for is xzero, fully customizable, but need to have knowledge of php. Cost is about $49 so its affordable. I put up a site and its working well.
Hi, I am wondering if are familiar with phpMyDirectory, I am planning to buy the script for 99USD but I wan to make sure first if it was good.
Anyone here have a word to share?
Yes, thats a nice script BUT the huge disadvantage is not bein on WordPress and that will make a huge SEO difference.
Sites on WP experience the awesomeness of SEO friendly structure..
cheers
josh
Classipress is a good skeleton for a classified site. However, if you don't know how to code, you could spend big dollars to have THEIR bugs fixed because their support is the worst in the business. WORST!!! If they would concentrate on fixing the current bugs with their wordpress theme, they may have something good, but for now, I would rate them 5.5 out of 10.
Dear Josh,
Just came back to say thanks! Man great review and it was really helpful in decideing what i wanted out of my website.
I certainly did have the plan of a long term on the website and i made up my mind to spend the few dollars.
Its paid off and the Classipress theme is something AMAZING and such a great seamless backend has been carved from a wordpress, am surprised. Thanks again !!
that was very nice of you to come back for a note of thanks!
I am really glad that the article helped you, so btw hows the script working on the portal, any user exp pros n cons etc..
warm regards
Joshu
Josh,
you are welcome!
First i tried out Noah and played with the script for a week. its a really nice script but has few weak points.
- complexity in configuring
- Not as search engine friendly as wp
- not much user friendly
Then i finally went on to the classipress option, it seems really good on the blog and works really good.
pros – actually there are a lot but mainly – good interface, ad integarated, google maps api integrated, paypal payment integrated, Ajax integrated nice dynamic interface etc.
Cons – cant think of any now..will chip in if i find any..
regards
Arunabh
Thanks Arunabh for the details, guys – thanks a lot for chipping in your reviews as it would be greatly useful for my other members !!
cheers
Josh !!
Really this site is very good and give the good information about the free web scripts and also thanks for the shearing the information about the how to buy script..
Hey stephen. you are welcome.
cheers
Josh
josh,
i guess we can't use the rupee currency in classipress.
is thr any work around here.
suggest.
cheers.
bhanu
Hey Bhanu,
First pls let me know which currency you are referring to – Payment acceptance amount for placing an ad or ad's rental or sale price.
I guess if you are referring to payment fee while placing the ad – you are correct INR is not supported, i will further suggest specialized ones for Real estate purpose..there are few good ones..
Are there free theme for download ?
I will be update our website mallwebstore.com to new display.
The list include free and premium as well.. the details are there in the post itself.
cheers, Josh
As a developer, I am always looking for a good resource for scripts to modify into money making websites. You have a nice selection of classifieds scripts here. Thanks!
Thank you buddy for the kind words !
cheers
Josh
Such this information is really attractive and also awesome…. so thanks for this information…
you are welcome stephen !! cheers
Joshu
thank you so much for your efforts
You are welcome Ahmed !!
cheers
Josh
Hey Orangecopper,
Just came back to say a huge thanks for the suggestion of the Classifieds ads theme for wordpress. First of all i was not very sure what wordpress was. But my hosting control panel had a wordpress direct one click install – so that part was easy. Further i checked on how to install a theme on wordpress. Purchased the Classipress theme that you suggested. The setup instructions were crystal. I did install the theme on my new blog and it was so surprising how the complete set up just magically transformed into a perfect classifieds ads scripts. Thank you! really appreciate this article.
I have set up a classifieds website for used cars in california and it works great in even accepting the payments with the integrated paypal.
warm regards
Stacey
Hi Stacey,
Am really very much Glad that you liked the classipress theme. Its pretty simple to configure as well. The reason i ranked it 1 in the list is basically because i have used it and the coding and development is solid. They have a stunning turn around time on support on their VB forum. in fact most queries are already answered out there i guess.
cheers, Josh
Hey Josh!!
Great suggestion here – I loved using Classipress. its an amazing application theme. and GREAT price too.
cheers
Sam
Hey Sam,
Glad you liked it. Keep reading OC – its full of great resources.
cheers, josh
Hello Josh,
Thanks for the great list!. I have never used wordpress before. but the working theme of classipress is exactly the kinda script i am looking forward. In case if you can give me some more insights on how to get the theme set up it would be of great help, i could pay you as well. I want to get this up ASAP.
Thanks again.
Brett
Hey Brett,
Thanks for your kind words.
regarding installation of wordpress and installing this theme – you do not need to pay anyone. follow this article here: http://orangecopper.com/blog/how-to-install-wordp…
In the article i have explained the steps to install a wordpress and install the theme. So once you set up wordpress manully or from your hosting control panel. download the appthemes and browse and install. Further you can easily change the settings of the theme and fill basic info in the admin panel.
Hope that helped, if not – let me know!
warm regards
Josh
Josh,
I got to your website searching for the best wordpress classifieds ads theme – i am amazed how you managed to list even before the theme developers itself!! any ways excellent write up – i tried each and every one of your suggestion and tested them with my developers. Am happy with the way apptheme's classipress did. Thanks again for the list also i have been using noah classifieds for a while ( a good one as well )
thanks
Bob
Hey Bob,
Thanks for your comments. This review was written post me personally benefiting from the scripts and base don my research for one of my other websites called usedmobiles.in and further i organized my research results as this post. Am glad that it is helping people.
cheers
Josh
Nice review of the best classifieds theme !! it has been very useful.
Thanks again
Anil
Thanks Anil, for your kind words. Am sure you would enjoy the loads of content waiting for you on the Blog. Keep reading.
Cheers
Josh
Hello Josh,
Thanks for the great review.
Really good work.
Its looking good!
Barry
Glad you liked the review.
Thanks Barry, for sharing this one to the list!
Cheers
Josh
Hi Josh,
First of all, thanks for all your useful info and guidance.
I am a newcomer. Regarding the ClassiPress WP Application, I have few questions:
(1) Is the purchased allowable to be used for unlimited websites?
(2) For initial promotion of my site, can I give free ads to any of my visitors instead of charging them?
(3) Is PayPal – the only payment option given?
(4) Once I collected all the registered email addresses through the ClassiPress,
is there a tool there I can bulk email to everyone?
(5) Is there a feature to block any undesirable ads/photos and vulgar/offensive words?
Thanks & Warm Regards,
Den Won
(1) Is the purchased allowable to be used for unlimited websites?
Ans: Yes the license can be used for unlimited websites.
(2) For initial promotion of my site, can I give free ads to any of my visitors instead of charging them?
Ans: Yes, there is an option for free and featured ads. Payment can be set up any time from the admin section.
(3) Is PayPal – the only payment option given?
Ans: PayPal is the only option as an inbuilt API,but i have seen many other webmasters using different forms. Since there is a checkout form any payment gateway company can integrate their gateway to your website.
(4) Once I collected all the registered email addresses through the ClassiPress,
is there a tool there I can bulk email to everyone?
Ans: Basically the registrations are done using the WordPress inbuilt script itself, so there are lot of plugins for wordpress for free that allows user bulk emails and notifications.
(5) Is there a feature to block any undesirable ads/photos and vulgar/offensive words?
Ans: Am not very sure, but i guess there is a wordfilter, else wordpress plugins could help you here as wel.
Hope you have cleared your doubts.
Cheers, Josh
Does anybody know of any Classifieds script that has a "related products" or "similar products" feature?
When one clicks into a product page and have some related products based on the product's descriptions or title tag get pulled up to be displayed on the same page?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Kayla
You can get that feature by installing the WordPress plugin called YARP (Yet another related post)
regards
Josh
Thank you for review. Really good work.
But prices for some of those scripts is slightly higher then you wrote. It was unpleasant surprise.
And you know, some of this paid scripts I wouldn't call 'the best'.
Nice review! Thank you for the great work. Thanks for the superb review..
There is one that I really love because of all the features such as message board,link directory, social bookmarketing and more all built into there classified script here's the link diggclassifieds.com
Hi thanks for your posting its really useful to every one
Hi i have gone through the classified software and i like it. i want to buy it however i have a few questions:
i have a domain name hosted at hostgator.com as reseller, will it work?
Will you assist in setting it up?
After buying it will the powered by "Classified Ads Software | Powered by WordPress " will they disappear.
Would you offer after sale online marketing ideas so that i can reach as many people as possible?
Dear Thomas,
Yes, It does work with all web hosting. Yes you can remove the copyright too. I am not associated with Classipress, hence cant promise any support on after sales stuff.. but generally i help new bloggers and webmasters with any questions or doubts.
regards
Joshu
Hi Josh,
I see you are very cooperative and helpful… I need to ask one question about classipress please.
I am creating a classified ads website for my country. Is there a way to filter the ads on multiple levels, for example:
step 1- choose the city.
step 2- choose the product…
I will appreciate your advice…
Yes, You can configure the advanced search template page with the theme to get this done.
regards
Josh
Noah classified is the best one for Classified Ads scripts.
Hey Sahil,
Yes! Noah is a great script but the only issue i had using it was the search engine friendliness. One of my website usedmobiles.in had noah for more than a year and the site was a failure. When i migrated to WordPress – you can check out the traffic stats of the website to get convinced!
regards
Josh
I've used clasypress for my classified blog. Take a look at http://warungiklan.tk/.
Many of these scripts dont a customized filter bar on the side which is a bit of a downer.
Not sure about other scripts but classipress works great and I have been able to customize it to any extent for many clients
Thank you for the information. The review you have written is awesom, incredible. Classipress is really appreciable and i too want to have one, but there are questions in my mind
1. Price is high
2. What after one buys it goes free (after few years)
3. Any discount possibility
4. I also have downloaded classipress online at on cost from my friends link so, can i use that.
I want to go with classipress but can hardly before to buy at the mentioned price tag.
Regards,
Yogen
Thanks for the kind words.
- The price for app is not very high considering the performance and quality. I have been using it on my UsedMobiles.in website and its fetching me at least 10times its cost monthly basis from ads.
- The price will not go free anytime as its the support and the upgrades that they really are charging for.
- I don't think they offer any coupons now
- One classipress license for one owner is their rule. ie. the domain owner should be the registered person.
warm regards
Joshu
Great article but i am already using classipress but it is a great script with wordpress backend.
thank you very much for that post it helped me a lot
Hi! I really like this site very much. It provides good information about the free web scripts and also thanks for the shearing the information about the how to buy script..
I purchased classipress about a month ago and I have been very happy with it. I am not a computer programmer, just someone that wanted to try something and it has been pretty easy to use.
Hey Brian,
Am glad you enjoyed the purchase! its sure a great theme and I personally am having great success with classipress after using it on my website http://www.usedmobiles.in
regards
Joshu
Great Share! It is hard to find knowledgeable people on this subject, but you sound like you know what you are talking about! Thanks
Nice information..im used that scripts until now. Thanks for post
Noah isn't free anymore. Looks like they are charging $199.
Question about scripts:
ClassiPress: I have never used wordpress except their freee blog and that too very limited use. Can we modify the code and add or remove features we don't like. I mean not just the look but the core functionality itself.
Noah: Same question for noah above. Since now they aren't free, do we get entire control of source code?
Any help really appreciated.
Thank you.
Sam,
Thanks for the update that Noah is paid right now, just checked it and was surprised to see the fact that they have removed the free version! But i feel the Fantastico or the Cpanel of any hosting company still has a free version to install that for free.
as they are paid, i assume they might have gone GPL and the source code should be free to download after purchase.
regards
Joshu
Web scripts are very useful part of web design .I have also need of these types of information .My search i s finish here.
In fairness, I linked to this post
Mainly desired to write and enquire where you grabbed your layout? I'm scouting for one for my new weblog and really appreciate yours. Many thanks.
Whats up very cool web site!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your website and take the feeds also?I'm happy to find a lot of useful info here within the put up, we want develop extra strategies on this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .
I haven't used WordPress neither script plugins like this – looks great! But is it easy to install? I mean do you need special knowledge of something here?
woosh – its real simple to install and use! give WP a try
There are many choices for classified ads script if we know where to find.
Webmasters/owners want to have full control and enjoy all latest features that runs for long term and value for money.
Classipress is a great classified ads script.
If you want to check my free classifieds website, visit http://onlineshopping.ph/
Great post Joshu!
The definitive mobile solution for ClassiPress here http://classipro.com/new-mobile-solution-for-clas…
Hello Joshu, I have one doubt for you. Can you pls tell me about geodesic enterprise version? I am trying to purchase the said s/w from geodesis. So i need your input.
Does it worth of spending $799 and how is its efficiency?
I don't bother about money but want a genuine script with support.
Please give me some suggestions on this as i am LKG student in this.
Best Regards,
Brother
Bangalore.
I had a look on classipress but I didn't find multi country/city category option there. Lack of this option I had to opt it out.
Brother
Bangalore
i think u missed something …………..
go visit
http://osclass.org/
osclass classified script ……..this is d best free script. with numbers of plugins.
Osclass best free classifieds php script! Osclass.org
RaviJoda,
I had zeroed upon OSClass before coming to this blog…but was little disappointed, not find its mention here..
does any one of you know the cons of this script. or any live websites using it.
Hello Ravi & Joda, thanks for your replies. Is there any security problem with this free script? B'coz someone told that there is always problem with these free scripts. So I need some more information on these. Kindly provide me.
what's your opinion in dclassifieds.eu
I'm using classipress myself on my 3 sites.
It's okay so far. But the only problem is the multi country feature. If then can incorporate the craiglist or webscribble type for multi country/city then its perfect
I love the user interface of webscribbler and how they handle the ads filtering based on country and city. but the script is too expensive 400USD.
I am using OSClass for my classified website…I find it very flexible and the team behind OSClass is committed.
Regards
Sri Sri
Ive been using osclass for my website http://www.place2sell.net/Hull which is nearly ready for launch. Its easy to use and allows the creator alot of freedom of design.
I have been using the following script for quite some time and I am happy with it but not contented much. I'd like to have another one that runs well. Is anyone can help me that can give a good classifieds ad script?
I like the SNETWORKS classifieds script. It's okay.
Thanks for the script. I will try it on my site. Informative post! Thanks!
aj classified is so expensive
Classipress has only one big flaw that you cannot remove "Ad-category" from the url
if you use third party seo plugin you can remove the category, if im not mistaken it will be change to "ad" only.
here is one http://www.startclassifieds.com
hey there and thanks to your info ? I've certainly picked up something new from proper here. I did however expertise some technical points the use of this website, since I experienced to reload the site many occasions prior to I may just get it to load properly. I have been considering if your web host is OK? Now not that I am complaining, however sluggish loading cases occasions will sometimes impact your placement in google and could damage your high quality score if ads and marketing with Adwords. Anyway I'm including this RSS to my e-mail and can glance out for a lot extra of your respective intriguing content. Ensure that you replace this again soon..
Crowdsourcing Make money partime We already have over 500 people doing small tasks at home on their computer for $10 bucks. Join the crowd and make Easy money doing almost nothing. http://velocitycrowdsourcing.com/frequent-asked-q…
great script
Nice list I was thinking about purchasing this script http://www.startclassifieds.com anyone ever heard of it?
Osclass! Is the best script for classifieds. Open Source, free from security exploits, what are we talking about?
Thanks for the script. I will try it on my site. Informative post! Thanks!
i want to know which business directory script will be good
http://www.appthemes.com/themes/vantage/
http://directorypress.net/
pls give a good reply
Ashok
Every one is talking about how to buy this or other scripts. Strange, nobody is talking about how to promote your Classifieds Ads site as a business venture.
How to attract traffic at free or no cost, how to wisely invest your time and make the business profitable.
Without traffic, your Classifieds Ads site will die a natural death, just like many hundreds and thousands before you.
I would like to read valuable inputs on this vital aspect. After all, the main objective of any directory is to generate income.
Meanwhile, we are compiling a Comprehensive list of Web Directories, Search Engines, Article Directories, Social Bookmarking Sites and Classified Ads Websites at:
http://www.directorygist.com
Anyone interested can add his/her resources to the database for listing.
Hope this helps.
Joseph.
Author and Publisher,
http://www.josytal.com – Free Software for Small Business.
http://www.directorygist.com – Directory of Web Directories.
Hi,
Thanks for the list, i was still looking for good classified script, again i found Classipress here you have ranked on top, i am using Classipress, its good script i am using it on few of my sites,
http://www.youfone.in India cell phone classifieds.
http://www.alsiarat.com UAE used cars classified.
ill be glad if you can put these two in the list.
Thanks.
I've read several forum posts, that mentions the limitations of classipress.
If the ads had reach some 200,000 ads, it brings up several issues, specially from the server side.
There are still more classifieds ads script out there that hadn't mention here. You may update this list you got time.
hi gary, thanks for ur comment.
i am also looking for good wordpress based classifieds script,for adsense monetization. please tell me which one is good enough to customize and to include multicountry and multicity selection option for viewing and posting of ads by users.
is classifiedtheme.com from premiumtheme.com a good option?
please post ur reply. thanks in advance.
Server load and capacity issues are dependent on the server and the framework you are using (WP) it would be almost same with all themes, the CMS (WP) wont be able to handle huge load which ever the theme be!
cheers
Joshu
lovely collection..waiting to get more
Very informative indeed.
Actually i am in search of a classifieds script. Gone to everything. You missed one. Joomla with listbingoo component will be a good match too
My concern with wp based solutions is that many 'custom' themes are often just a basic shell that requires 15 odd plugins to fulfill the requirements it claimed to solve.
Classipress claims to require no plugins, this gives me confidence!
vivaru is a great one with mobile version. problem is the seo is not quite good. not url friendly.
Hi i learned how to get Totally free advertising for yor site if your interested? Properly I came throughout a entirely free support that will market your company for Cost-free. There is no hiding expense it is absolute Totally free. Neglect CPP and any other paid out ad this is the best internet site iv at any time came across and my company booming due to the fact of it. I was only getting one thousand guests a week and now it has went up 10X. Arrive check it out and have confidence in me this is by much the very best service i have came throughout
If you wish for to increase your knowledge only keep visiting this web site
and be updated with the latest news update posted
here.
Simply wish to say your article is as astounding. The clarity in your publish is just nice and i can think you are an expert in this subject. Fine with your permission allow me to snatch your feed to keep updated with coming near near post. Thank you one million and please keep up the rewarding work.
Hi Which one do you recommend for restaurants listings? with food images, reviews, Google maps?
Yes! Finally something about cirque du soleil toronto.