Anyone using gumtree as a marketing tool?

[Frenchsalesadministrator]

As title say, Anyone using gumtree as a marketing tool, free or paid ad?

Please share your experience with gumtree.

Thanks

 

[RossiReachLocal]

In my experience, it is just one of thousands of sites that generate a small amount of traffic compared to other on-line areas.
What are you looking to advertise?

 

[terryuk]

I was until they discontinued the horny singles area. I wasn't looking for myself by the way

 

[Frenchsalesadministrator]

In my experience, it is just one of thousands of sites that generate a small amount of traffic compared to other on-line areas.
What are you looking to advertise?

I sell garden products online.

I used to give private tuitions and I found gumtree good for local advertising. But I am not sure gumtree will be any good for what I do now. Anyway, I am not sure in what category it would fit in.

 

[RossiReachLocal]

That the problem really, trying to categorise yourself to fit Gumtree rather than the other way round.

Do you have a website?

 

[Frenchsalesadministrator]

I am working on it.

 

[RossiReachLocal]

Drop me a private message with a few product ranges you are running and ill send you some info on where would be best to promote them.

Lee

 

[iampower206]

I think if you are in the typical categories that people go to Gumtree or other classifieds ads sites for - then your in business. Ive seen pet companies sell their supplies there, but not sure how successful.

 

[jenny4u]

I am posting in gum-tree and getting good hits also.

 

[mugatea]

I've posted on gumtree loads, like many other dog walkers/pet sitters have. But I've never found a job from it (and its not cause my ads aren't good). I know some folk have gotten jobs but they are rare and far apart. I don't think for my category of work many people would choose gumtree to find a service that requires so much trust.

I find (and others do to) that in the pet sitter/dog walking category the most people that go into the category are other dog walkers/pet sitters checking out the competition.

That's my experience. Probably doesn't help anyone here at all.

I'd like to know how gumtree is regarding SEO. You can put backlinks on your ads. Worthwhile placing an ad just for that?

 

[Paul123456]

I sell cheap laptops and computers online. I used to advertise my items on gumtree but what i realised was, most of the people who interested my adverts were nigerian trying to get my personal details from me.

 

[Frenchsalesadministrator]

In which category do you advertise your products?

 

[Matt1959]

gumtree ads get well spidered by google so much so that its quite easy to get your ad titles turning up on page one google for local searches if you are clever with your keywords in the title - good to have a website also to take full advantage of this..

 

it would work for some but not all to be honest

 

[Paul123456]

I think Friday-ad is one the best free advertising site I have seen so far

 

[BustersDogs]

I used Gumtree and Vivastreet when I started before I had my website, and I did get some work through it. Another dog walker who was advertising on there gave up and because she'd seen me advertising told her clients where to look for me.

I still advertise on there, but more for puppy& dog training simply because so many dogs get advertised on there, and some of that work comes my way - although I more frequently get calls asking to buy a puppy from me, a service I don't offer!

I use Vivastreet more because I just have to hit one button to relist my ads, Gumtree I only do early in the mornings when I haven't anything else to do because I have to fill them in each time. Because they don't like links in the ads I can't see if I get much traffic, but I do get a few calls, and it's all exposure to get my name into the minds of people! I wouldn't rely on it as a marketting tool for my business really though.

 

[the locksmith]

I have a couple of ads running on Gumtree which produce a bit of work now and again. For a couple of free ads that took me 5 minutes to compose, any work out of them is a bonus. I have noticed a slight increase in enquiries recently and my conversion rate is pretty good. Sure beats the hell out of YP !

 

[Moody Alex]

As title say, Anyone using gumtree as a marketing tool, free or paid ad?

Please share your experience with gumtree.

Thanks

Gum tree doesn't do it for me.
It really depends on what business you're offering.
I find oDesk.com and Elance.com more useful.

 

[sitandstay]

yes, I have been posting a few adds on Gumtree for the past year, and it has seemed to have really help my business

 

[gilchrist]

I wont recommend them. Had some worst experience with that.

 

[tony84]

Ive used it, not worth the effort. You get a few hits but nothing worth spending 10 minutes submitting your ad on

 

[the locksmith]

As said previously by another poster... it depends what you are selling / advertising. The last job I got out of Gumtree was worth about £95.00 for less than 1/2hr's work. If that's not good ROI I don't know what is.

 

[Frenchsalesadministrator]

I wont recommend them. Had some worst experience with that.

Sorry but that's not a very constructive answer. Could you develop why it was such a bad experience.

For future posts, could people let me/us know the industry you are in, in which category did you post your ad (free or paid ad) and in which town did you post your ad.

I am sure those elements will help us to understand for who gumtree could be useful or not

 

[webstore]

That takes me to a site called pet sitter.biz which when I try to join changes the URL to the same, then states :

"The Investment for Pet Sitter Membership is US$24.00 for 12 months advertising." That's hardly free.

Please try again our http://dog-walkers.com website as our site does not re-direct and it is completely FREE to list.

Many thanks

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[Lazar-CG]

Sometimes to advertise some products, but a lot of spams have received...stupid questions such as "what's the price" although the price has been shown in the ads.

 

[BlazeWHMJames]

I've purchased of guntree but I don't think putting web service for sale on gumtree would work.

 

[Deleted member 70659]

Turns out if you post a keyword in the job title, you have a good chance of seeing that ad ranked rather highly on Google pretty soon after...

 

[Frenchsalesadministrator]

For those gumtree works for them, how often do you post your ad? Everyday, once a week?

Do you think there are better days to post like for ebay? Eg: weekend