Craigslist Rules on 3rd Party Posting

There are other companies out there that offer similar services to LeadViper. The key difference is that we give you a toll to post your inventory. Other companies out there offer do to posting for you. While this might sound great, this is a direct violation of the Craigslist Terms of Service noted below:

8. POSTING AGENTS A "Posting Agent" is a third-party agent, service, or intermediary that offers to post Content to the Service on behalf of others. To moderate demands on craigslist's resources, you may not use a Posting Agent to post Content to the Service without express permission or license from craigslist. Correspondingly, Posting Agents are not permitted to post Content on behalf of others, to cause Content to be so posted, or otherwise access the Service to facilitate posting Content on behalf of others, except with express permission or license from craigslist.

e. If you are a Posting Agent that uses the Service in violation of the TOU, in addition to any liquidated damages under clause (d), you agree to pay craigslist one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every Item you post in violation of the TOU. A Posting Agent will also be deemed an agent of the party engaging the Posting Agent to access the Service (the "Principal"), and the Principal (by engaging the Posting Agent in violation of the TOU) agrees to pay craigslist an additional one hundred dollars ($100) for each Item posted by the Posting Agent on behalf of the Principal in violation of the TOU.

Craigslist is aware of 3rd Party Posting services out there and has began cracking down on them. Please feel free to follow the links below to see the lawsuits Craigslist is current pursuing. http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?id=41815
http://dockets.justia.com/search?q=craigslist%2C+Inc

The days for these kinds of “we do it all, and we do it for you” services are very numbered.

We give you the tool, without the risk and all of the reward.