What are the General posting rules?
General Classifieds ACD Posting Policies
Updated 19 March 2020
As a condition of use of Classifieds ACD you agree that you are at least 18 years of age.
At Classifieds ACD we want to make sure that the site is as clean, friendly and usable as possible for everyone. Ads that fall outside the posting rules stated in our Help sections or our Terms of Use may be removed from the site.
You are solely responsible for all information that you submit to Classifieds ACD and any consequences that may result from your post. We reserve the right at our discretion to refuse or delete content that we believe is inappropriate or breaching our Terms of Use. We also reserve the right at our discretion to restrict a user’s usage of the site either temporarily or permanently, or refuse a user’s registration.
General reasons for ads being deleted are:
- Ad breaches General Classifieds ACD Posting Policies
- Breaches of Australian law. It is the responsibility of the advertiser before posting an ad on Classifieds ACD to ensure that content advertised adheres to Classifieds ACD posting policies as well as Australian applicable laws. As a condition of your use of Classifieds ACD specified under our Terms of Use, you agree that you will not violate any laws
- The item being offered for sale is not allowed to be sold on Classifieds ACD.
- Including information in your ad which Classifieds ACD believes is designed to manipulate search, including keyword stuffing and adding tags to your ad.
- The ad is a duplicate of another ad previously posted
- Posted under wrong category (You must choose the single most relevant category for your ad)
- Ads posted in a language other than English. We only accept ads in English. It’s acceptable to include a translation of your ad in another language in addition to English
- Ads posted from overseas or from behind a VPN unless the ad is posted in anticipation of you being in Australia (eg. to find a place to live or a job while you are here). Classifieds ACD is for Australian based individuals and businesses only.
- Ad contains external links: No external website links are allowed within your ad to other property / job / classified or auction sites
- Not descriptive enough: Ads that do not provide enough detail will be placed on hold or removed as this makes for a bad browsing experience
- Inappropriate language
- Inappropriate photo / image
- Discriminatory on race / religion / nationality / gender / etc
- Ads that report other fraudulent ads. Please report potentially fraudulent ads via the “report ad” option located within each ad or Contact Us with ad details (ad id, email address) and reasons why these ads should be reviewed
- Ads that are intended to profit off natural disasters, health or public safety concerns, or tragic events
Classifieds ACD reserves the right to remove any ad that we feel is not relevant, or of value to the Classifieds ACD community, with or without notice to the ad poster.
There are several ways that your ad may be found to be in breach of policy and removed from the site including:
- Your ad has been reported to us.
When this happens your ad may be temporarily suspended until we review it.
We check reported ads as quickly as we can. If we conclude that the ad hasn’t broken any Posting Policies or Terms of Use we will activate the ad again promptly. Check back after a few hours to see if this is the case.
- Your ad has been removed by our moderation tools
Ads identified by our automated tools as inappropriate, that we then find do break our Posting Policies or Terms of Use will be removed from the site.
In most cases we email you to let you know when we have had to remove your ad. These emails sometimes get directed to junk folders so please look out for Classifieds ACD emails. You may wish to add Classifieds ACD to your safe senders list if you have one.
If you have checked out all of these possibilities and none of them apply to your ad then please let us know by clicking on “Contact Classifieds ACD” located bottom of help pages and we’ll be happy to help you out.