Pine Belt Classifieds
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Pine Belt Classifieds?
- The Pine Belt Classifieds is a FREE, local, easy-to-use classifieds website and magazine for buying, selling and exchanging items.
- 5000 copies of the Pine Belt Classifieds Magazine is published every week and distributed throughout Hattiesburg and the surrounding area.
- Non-business ads are always free. Business/commercial ads begin at $7.95. Please contact us for more information.
- The Pine Belt Classifieds Magazine is free and can be found at many locations throughout the Hattiesburg area.
- Click on the "Post A Classified Ad" button at the top left of the page. We will then walk you through the very simple process of posting your ad online and in the magazine.
- You can also call our 24 hour ad taker at 601-620-0104. Please keep your ad brief or we may have to edit your ad for space.
We highly recommend using our website to place your ad though. Our website provides many additional features such as the ability to upload pictures and video, use Google maps, edit, re-list, or cancel your ad at your convenience, provide an extended description of your item, provide multiple contact methods to buyers, as well as additional features.
- If you feel comfortable using other sites by all means take advantage of them. To make using other selling sites easier we even provide you links to your uploaded media files for use on those sites.
- It's FREE!!
- We not only have a website, but also print 5000 magazines weekly.
- No shipping and no fees.
- The Pine Belt Classifieds caters to the local community, is absolutely free, and is safer.
- Your ad will appear online almost immediately, and in the next issue of our weekly magazine.
- We make it simple for you to upload pictures and videos.
- We provide you links to your uploaded media files for use with other selling websites.
- We have a system in place that makes every effort to block all countries except for the United States.
- We review every classified ad to identify potentially fraudulent postings.
- Before any phone number is shown online a human verifier must be completed.
- Email addresses never appear online. Interested parties use our private messaging system.
- Commercial ads paid via credit card are processed through 128 bit SSL encryption.
- You choose how much information to provide about yourself and the item you're selling (i.e. location, phone number, email address, name, etc.)
- Your classified ad will appear online immediately after it is reviewed and approved by a member of our staff.
- New issues of the Pine Belt Classifieds magazine hit the stands each Friday. The deadline for classified ads to appear in the next print issue is 6pm Wednesday.
- Posting a non-business ad with the Pine Belt Classifieds is free for all users and will appear both online and in print.
- A commercial line-item classified ad is $7.95 for one print issue and will also appear on PineBeltClassifieds.com for no less than seven days.
- Your classified ad will appear on our website almost immediately and run for no less than seven days.
- Your classified ad will be printed in the Pine Belt Classifieds Magazine for one issue. There is a new issue every Friday. The deadline for print ads is 6pm Wednesday.
- 48 hours prior to your ad expiring you will receive an email allowing you to re-post the ad for another week if necessary.
- If you choose to re-post your ad it will appear in both the magazine and online for one week. You can re-post your ad as many times as necessary.
- Yes, you can upload up to 16 photos and 3 videos with your listing.
- Yes, you can edit your ad after it is posted. Saved edits of your online ad will immediately be updated.
- Edited magazine classified ads to appear in the next issue must be submitted by the 6pm Wednesday deadline.
- We store all previous copies of your ads under your account for future reference.
- Login into your account.
- You will see your current ad(s). Right above the ad title you will find four links. Click the "Remove" link.
- Login into your account and click on "Delete Your Account".
- Website classified ads appear online for no less than seven days unless cancelled earlier.
- Magazine classified ads appear for one issue (one week).
- 48 hours prior to your ads expiration you will receive an email to re-post your ads if desired.
- Post your ad to your Facebook or MySpace profile, list it on Digg and Delicious, or 30+ other social networking sites. We make this easy for you by providing a "Share" button under your listing image.
- Click on the "Share" button on the classified ad page to share it with your friends via email, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, or other social networking sites.
- Click on the "Email This Person" button if it appears on the classified ad posting.
- Click on the "View Phone Number" button if it appears on the classified ad posting.
- While only you can fully protect yourself from scammers we have implemented several features to help protect buyers and sellers.
- The PineBeltClassifieds.com staff reviews every ad to identify potentially fraudulent postings.
- Sellers email addresses are not directly posted on our site. Initial contact from any buyer is made through our private messaging system.
- Sellers phone numbers are not directly posted on our site. In order to view the phone number one must complete a human verifier. This stops automated interent bots from harvesting your phone number.
- The best thing you can do to ensure a safe buying and selling experience is to deal with local users. The Pine Belt Classifieds is focused on the Pine Belt area.
- Please visit http://www.PineBeltClassifieds.com/general/contactus.php.