iLister Classified Software Blog

Having a classified website without a corresponding mobile interface is like having a smart phone without a data package.

It is not enough to offer a regular classified website for mobile users, as a specialized mobile interface is necessary to really take advantage of everything mobile web has to offer.

Read about Mobile Interface for Classified Website

iLister Listing Script Version v.5.3 has been released.

The new version contains a number of new features, enhancements, improvements and bugfixes. Just few of them:

• mobile addon was created for the 5.2 version and above;
• added the ability to generate a QR code for a listing with the setting which specifies the position of the watermark image (middle center, top left, bottom right etc.);
• the ability to view all listings on any browsing level was added;
• payment specifications ware adjusted in accordance with new PayPal Standard gateway settings and standards;
• algorithm to generate thumbnails was modified;
• new language setting was added;
• more then 85 essential enhancements and bugfixes.

Try the new version 5.3 on the online demo:

• General Listing Script
• Pet Classified Script

A changelog is also available for your review: iLister.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We’ll be happy to address your inquiries.

Our interviewee is Amnon Nissan, owner at Deltaforce, member at Triangle Business Connection BNI and host at WKIX Radio. Deltaforce is a WorksForWeb’s partner. We thank Amnon for his time spent answering our questions:

• What are the main challenges your business had faced back when you opened it and now?
• How do you find your customers and how do they find you?
• What makes your business unique and special?
• A couple of recommendations to other readers who intend to start an online business.

Read all questions and answers.

WorksForWeb launches new mod of iLister - iLister Restaurant and Hotel Guide.

Ready-made tool for online business ventures, our iLister Restaurant and Hotel Guide, is a perfect example of how versatile iLister can be to address specific industry needs. A HoReCa guide for your local community is a steady source of income from local businesses lined up to post their ads on your resource.

Unlike a Web 2.0 community website overfilled with spam, visitor/competitor complaints and useless functions that businesses are wary to advertise in, iLister is a clean-cut Yellow Pages-style online directory. It features popular neighborhood locations or tourist hot spots, and serves as a great town/city guide for visitors and locals alike. You can add extra sections (entertainment, sports and recreational activities) to turn your iLister-based website into a veritable city/town community making money on banner advertisements from local service providers and listing fees.

Add custom fields on the spot, tune the website up by modifying its look and feel with your custom template, spice it up with local news and events, add articles and polls, and let your visitors quickly find directions to featured place on GoogleMaps. iLister Restaurant and Hotel Guide is your own crisis-defying small business which is a few clicks away from you.

Take a look at it: http://lifestyle.ilistersoft.com/

WorksForWeb (WFW), a software development team that authored several popular classifieds products, is announcing the release of new versions of iAuto and iRealty with multi-language support. 

Website localization (single language interface) and internationalization (multi-language interface) have been the challenges few classified scripts were able to address until recently. The main issue was to provide a seamless integration of translation mechanisms into the website environment. (more…)

One of the most fast-growing e-commerce sectors is the online classified advertising. Online advertising has grown from being the smallest e-commerce market sector in 2003 to the third largest in 2007, with a new high of 2,812.6 millions. This represents a 38% annual growth, taking online classifieds to a market share of 15.3% in 2007 (up from 11.4% in 2006).

Classified advertising on the web exceeded the most generous forecasts and today the sector is larger than press classifieds and regional newspapers. So what is the classified ads market and why it is one of the best way to earn your e-money? (more…)

There are tons of classifieds script on the web. And each one has its own advantages and disadvantages. So here is a basic list of benefits that gives you iLister comparing to other solutions on the market.

One of the main benefits of iLister is SEO features it has, such as SEO friendly URLs and keyword rich title, description and keywords meta tags. Optimizing your classifieds site for search engines is critical for up-to-date online business. Using iLister, you won’t have to spend money on additional SEO modules, like with most other classifieds scripts. All these features are included and preconfigured for you.

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ILister is a general classifieds software, and this opens up an iListerowner a broadest possibilities to find his niche on a market, to determinean activity which specifically aimed to meet somebody’s individual abilitiesand character.

Small companies can become competitive when struggle for a narrowed part of a prey on the market they’ve chosen themselves The sense to choose a niche of a market is to shift the game to your field, even though the field can be very small.

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So you’ve started your own classifieds site and now want to make money from it. Where you should start from? In this article you can find basic steps on how to make business from your site.

Choose your business model

First of all figure out what business model you’re going to use. There are a few basic models that are used by online classifieds businesses. You can choose the one from this list or mix them, and come out with your own. Here is a list of basic classifieds business models:

Paid ads posting

The easiest way to start earning money from classifieds site is to charge your site users for posting an ad. This business model is usually used by vertical niche classifieds sites such as AutoTrader and Cars.com

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This article describes specific SEO features of the WorksForWeb classifieds software family of products. These functions can be used to optimize your classifieds site for search engines and get better ranking.

Make your ads indexed via Browsing

Since all the above scripts are used to create classifieds web sites, it’s important to have all listings indexed by search engine crawlers. Search engines can not submit search forms and view search results and individual listings, as opposed to human visitors. Therefore, there has to be a way to crawl every listing via a number of links pointing directly to it. The best way to achieve that is through the Browsing functionality. (more…)