How to Easily Verify Your Craigslist PVA

If you use Craigslist, then there is a good chance you are familiar with the services section and the phone verification requirement. Creating an account at Craigslist is easy, but if you don't phone verify your account you can't post ads in the Services section. This might sound simple, but in fact it can be quite frustrating. There are only two types of phone services that are compatible with Craigslist and you must use one of these two in order to verify your account.

The first type of phone service that is compatible with Craigslist are cellphone or mobile phone services. There is a slight catch though. Not all types of cellphone services are compatible. The two most predominant cellphone services on the market today are pre-paid and subscription. Subscription cellphone services will work perfectly with Craigslist, this isn't the case for pre-paid. Pre-paid cellphones will not work with Craigslist and if you attempt to use your prepaid cellphone number to verify your account, you will receive an error message stating that your phone number is not compatible. If you find yourself in this situation, then your next best bet at verifying your account is to use a standard land line.

Land lines, or traditional phone lines, are the second type of phone service you can use to verify your account. However, just like cellphones, it isn't quite as simple as it may sound. 10 years ago, a phone line was a phone line. However, over the years technology has brought about the creation of VOIP. VOIP phone lines tunnel all your phone calls through the internet before they are delivered to the party you are calling. The problem is, however, that VOIP lines are not compatible with Craigslist. The only type of phone line that is compatible with Craigslist is the traditional or standard land line.

If you are a Craigslist user, then verifying your account will allow you to post ads in the Services section. The only two types of phone services that are compatible are subscription cellphone and traditional phone lines. If you are unsure as to which phone line (cell phone or standard) you currently use, give your telephone provider a call and double check before you try and verify your account. Using one of these two phone services will save you time and energy when verifying your Craigslist phone verified account.