Craigslist operates multiple sites around the world. You must live in the country you want to put an ad on, otherwise your ad will not go live. Craigslist does this to reduce the amount of spam from people in other countries. What would make people want to post advertisements on countries they don't live in? Simply because there is typically much more traffic and opportunity in countries like the USA compared to posting on classified websites like those found in China. The only way you can post on a website that is not in your country is by using a proxy. However, not just any proxy will work. The reason they typically don't work is because Craigslist is aware of and knows how to detect these free proxies. All they need to do then is automatically remove any advertisements that come from these free proxies. This isn't the only problem with free proxies. Another problem stems from just how slow and painful they can be to use sometimes. Most people aren't prepared to spend money on a proxy and therefore are always on the lookout for ones that are free. This results in what can sometimes be a painful internet experience due to how slow the proxy server is.

So, if you are serious about putting advertisements on Craigslist, do some homework on about getting a Craigslist proxy that you are the only one with access to. You will find that posting your ads is much easier and simpler with your own proxy.