Are these classified submission sites free?

Yes, every site here allows free ad posting. Most also sell paid promotion for higher placement, but none require payment to post.

Do classified sites give dofollow backlinks?

Most are nofollow. Judge this category on the enquiries it produces rather than on link equity, because that is where its actual value sits for an Indian business.

Which classified sites work best in India?

Quikr, OLX, Sulekha, IndiaMART and Justdial have the deepest Indian traffic. Start with those, confirm they produce calls for your category, then work outward through the rest of this list.

How often should I repost classified ads?

Most listings expire between 30 and 90 days, and older ads sink in the listing order regardless. Monthly reposting on the platforms that produce enquiries is a reasonable rhythm.

Can I post the same ad on every classified site?

You can, but rewrite the copy for each. Duplicate ads get filtered by the platforms and perform worse with the people who do see them.

Which classified site gets the most traffic in India?

OLX and Quikr for consumer categories, IndiaMART for B2B sourcing, and Justdial and Sulekha for local services. Which one works depends entirely on what you sell.

How much does classified ad posting cost?

Nothing on every site here. All of them sell paid promotion for better placement, which is sometimes worth it once you have confirmed a platform produces calls for your category.

Why do my classified ads keep getting rejected?

Usually duplicate copy across platforms, a category mismatch, missing photographs, or contact details in a field that does not allow them. Rewriting the ad for each platform fixes most rejections.

Should I include my price in a classified ad?

For products, yes, since ads without a price get filtered out of price-sorted results. For services, a starting price or a range works better than leaving it blank.

How do classified sites help SEO?

Only modestly, since most links are nofollow. They help more as citations, confirming your business details, and most of all as a direct source of enquiries.

Free Classified Submission Sites List 2027 (India)

Classified sites let you post an ad for a product or service, usually free, usually with a link. For an Indian business this is the one submission category that can produce actual enquiries rather than only a backlink.

150 sites listed193 of 465 dead, removed (42%)2026-08-19 last checked

Short answer

For an Indian business, classified sites are a lead channel first and a backlink second.

Classified sites let you post a free ad with a link. Most of those links are nofollow, so the SEO value is modest, but Quikr, OLX, Sulekha and IndiaMART put you in front of people searching with intent to buy right now. Track which platforms produce phone calls and refresh those ads monthly rather than working through every site on the list.

This list has 150 sites live on 2026-08-19, weighted towards platforms with real Indian traffic. Quikr, OLX, Sulekha and IndiaMART belong at the top of your list for the leads, not the links.

Judge these on enquiries, not on backlinks

Most classified links are nofollow, and the SEO value of the category is modest. That is the wrong scoreboard. A Dehradun business posting on Quikr and Sulekha is reaching people who are searching with intent to buy right now, and one phone call from that is worth more than the link ever was.

So treat this as a lead channel. Track which platforms generate calls, keep those ads fresh, and quietly drop the rest instead of grinding through all 150 for the sake of completeness.

How to post classified ads that get responses

Put the city in the title. On Indian classified sites the search is location first, and an ad without a city is invisible.
Use a real phone number and answer it. These platforms drive calls, not form fills, and a missed call is a lost customer.
Write each ad fresh. Identical copy pasted across twenty sites gets filtered, and it reads as spam to the humans who do see it.
Add photographs. Ads with images get several times the views of ads without on every major platform.
Repost when listings expire. Most classified ads drop off after 30 to 90 days, so calendar a refresh rather than assuming they persist.

What did not survive verification

The source data held roughly six hundred classified entries. A large share failed on 2026-08-19: dead domains, parked pages, expired certificates and sites redirecting to unrelated businesses. Classified sites churn faster than almost any other category because they are cheap to start and expensive to moderate.

Everything that failed was removed rather than left in with a note. If it is on this page, it answered.

Free Classified Submission Sites List 2027 (India)

Top 150 of 272 live sites

465 URLs checked on 2026-08-19. 193 were dead or parked and were removed, and the rest are ranked by authority.

Verified sites with authority score, global popularity rank and spam risk band
#	Website	DA	PA	Spam Score	Authority	Spam risk
1	Ioliol.co.za	—	—	—	45	Low
2	Kijijikijiji.ca	—	—	—	44	Low
3	Gumtreegumtree.com	—	—	—	42	Low
4	Expatriatesexpatriates.com	—	—	—	38	Low
5	Autotraderautotrader.ca	—	—	—	37	Low
6	Adsafricaadsafrica.co.za	—	—	—	35	Low
7	Thethaigerthethaiger.com	—	—	—	32	Low
8	Trovittrovit.com	—	—	—	32	Low
9	Bedpagebedpage.com	—	—	—	31	Low
10	Gumtreegumtree.co.za	—	—	—	31	Low
11	Quikrquikr.com	—	—	—	31	Low
12	Adpostadpost.com	—	—	—	30	Low
13	Locantolocanto.com	—	—	—	30	Low
14	Junkmailjunkmail.co.za	—	—	—	29	Low
15	Clazclaz.org	—	—	—	28	Low
16	Expatexpat.com	—	—	—	28	Low
17	Mourjanmourjan.com	—	—	—	28	Low
18	Oodleoodle.com	—	—	—	28	Low
19	Locantolocanto.ca	—	—	—	27	Low
20	Locantolocanto.co.za	—	—	—	26	Low
21	Singaporeexpatssingaporeexpats.com	—	—	—	26	Low
22	Adeexadeex.in	—	—	—	25	Medium
23	Classifiedadsclassifiedads.com	—	—	—	25	Medium
24	Geebogeebo.com	—	—	—	25	Low
25	Tuffclassifiedtuffclassified.com	—	—	—	23	Medium
26	Usnetadsusnetads.com	—	—	—	23	Medium
27	Findinallfindinall.com	—	—	—	22	Medium
28	Freead1freead1.net	—	—	—	22	Medium
29	Jobmailjobmail.co.za	—	—	—	22	Medium
30	Qwikadqwikad.com	—	—	—	22	Medium
31	Adproceedadproceed.com	—	—	—	21	Medium
32	Pennysaverusapennysaverusa.com	—	—	—	21	Medium
33	Allyoucanreadallyoucanread.com	—	—	—	20	Medium
34	Eknazareknazar.com	—	—	—	20	Medium
35	Elclasificadoelclasificado.com	—	—	—	20	Medium
36	Global Free Classified Adsglobal-free-classified-ads.com	—	—	—	20	Medium
37	Muamatmuamat.com	—	—	—	20	Medium
38	Advertigoadvertigo.net	—	—	—	19	Medium
39	Kuglikugli.com	—	—	—	19	Medium
40	Mitulamitula.in	—	—	—	19	Medium
41	Thefreeadforumthefreeadforum.com	—	—	—	19	Medium
42	Ananziananzi.co.za	—	—	—	18	Medium
43	Classifieds4freeclassifieds4free.biz	—	—	—	18	Medium
44	Freeadsonlinefreeadsonline.biz	—	—	—	18	Medium
45	Freebestadsfreebestads.com	—	—	—	18	Medium
46	Getjobgetjob.us	—	—	—	18	Medium
47	Globalclassifiedglobalclassified.net	—	—	—	18	Medium
48	Releasemyadreleasemyad.com	—	—	—	18	Medium
49	Ukadslistukadslist.com	—	—	—	18	Medium
50	Ezclassifiedadsezclassifiedads.com	—	—	—	17	Medium
51	Farangmartfarangmart.co.th	—	—	—	17	Medium
52	Freewebadsfreewebads.biz	—	—	—	17	Medium
53	Getadsonlinegetadsonline.com	—	—	—	17	Medium
54	Hotfreelisthotfreelist.com	—	—	—	17	Medium
55	Posthereadsposthereads.com	—	—	—	17	Medium
56	Trovittrovit.co.za	—	—	—	17	Medium
57	Ukclassifiedsukclassifieds.co.uk	—	—	—	17	Medium
58	Adspostfreeadspostfree.com	—	—	—	16	Medium
59	Freewebadsfreewebads.us	—	—	—	16	Medium
60	Classified4freeclassified4free.net	—	—	—	15	Medium
61	Indadsindads.in	—	—	—	15	Medium
62	Mitulamitula.co.za	—	—	—	15	Medium
63	Showmeshowme.co.za	—	—	—	15	Medium
64	Chaosadschaosads.com	—	—	—	14	Medium
65	Classifiedsforfreeclassifiedsforfree.com	—	—	—	14	Medium
66	Gunafricagunafrica.co.za	—	—	—	14	Medium
67	Mypetadsmypetads.com	—	—	—	14	Medium
68	Bahtsoldbahtsold.com	—	—	—	13	Medium
69	Citynewscitynews.com	—	—	—	13	Medium
70	Clankartclankart.com	—	—	—	13	Medium
71	Itsbharatitsbharat.com	—	—	—	13	Medium
72	Quickfindsquickfinds.in	—	—	—	13	Medium
73	Thisismyindiathisismyindia.com	—	—	—	13	Medium
74	Adfreepostingadfreeposting.com	—	—	—	12	Medium
75	Locantolocanto.ae	—	—	—	12	Medium
76	Olxolx.co.za	—	—	—	12	Medium
77	Usaonlineusaonline.us	—	—	—	12	Medium
78	Buynow Usbuynow-us.com	—	—	—	11	Medium
79	Stclassifiedsstclassifieds.sg	—	—	—	11	Medium
80	Topclassifiedstopclassifieds.com	—	—	—	11	Medium
81	Twaraktwarak.com	—	—	—	11	Medium
82	Helloindiahelloindia.co	—	—	—	10	Medium
83	Indiacatalogindiacatalog.com	—	—	—	10	Medium
84	Obszoneobszone.com	—	—	—	10	Medium
85	Surfindiasurfindia.com	—	—	—	10	Medium
86	10dayads10dayads.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
87	247zoom247zoom.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
88	4ufreeclassifiedads4ufreeclassifiedads.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
89	Abentraabentra.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
90	Ablewiseablewise.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
91	Ad Martad-mart.co.uk	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
92	Adclassifiedadclassified.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
93	Adeexdelhi-city.adeex.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
94	Adeexadeex.co.uk	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
95	Adeexadeex.us	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
96	Admayaadmaya.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
97	Admyadadmyad.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
98	Adpressadpress.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
99	Adrevuadrevu.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
100	Adsandclassifiedsadsandclassifieds.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
101	Adsblueadsblue.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
102	Adscitiadsciti.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
103	Adsfreeadsfree.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
104	Adsglobeadsglobe.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
105	Adsnityadsnity.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
106	Adswanadswan.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
107	Adtoadadtoad.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
108	Advertisingfluxadvertisingflux.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
109	Adway24adway24.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
110	Adwayeradwayer.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
111	Adycartadycart.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
112	Afribabaafribaba.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
113	Alclassifieds.al.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
114	Alltheweballtheweb.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
115	Anunicoanunico.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
116	Azclassifiedadsazclassifiedads.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
117	Azindiaazindia.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
118	Bahtlistbahtlist.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
119	Bavunbavun.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
120	Bestclassifiedsusabestclassifiedsusa.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
121	Bhartiadsbhartiads.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
122	Boocbooc.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
123	Budubudu.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
124	Bunchbaybunchbay.ca	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
125	Buysellcommunitybuysellcommunity.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
126	Chaosads Singaporechaosads-singapore.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
127	Cheapwbcheapwb.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
128	Chennaiclassicchennaiclassic.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
129	Cityclassifycityclassify.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
130	Classadsclassads.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
131	Classi4uin.classi4u.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
132	Classi4uae.classi4u.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
133	Classifiedadsuaeclassifiedadsuae.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
134	Classifiedadsunlimitedclassifiedadsunlimited.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
135	Classifiedexpertclassifiedexpert.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
136	Classifiedpostsclassifiedposts.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
137	Classifieds4meclassifieds4me.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
138	Classifiedsciticlassifiedsciti.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
139	Classifiedsdekhoclassifiedsdekho.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
140	Classifiedssouthafricaclassifiedssouthafrica.co.za	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
141	Classifiedzooclassifiedzoo.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
142	Classtizeclasstize.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
143	Coimbatoreclassifiedcoimbatoreclassified.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
144	Cooteracootera.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
145	Craigslistdubai.craigslist.org	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
146	Craigslistlondon.craigslist.org	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
147	Craigslistbangkok.craigslist.org	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
148	Craigslistsingapore.craigslist.org	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
149	Dewalistdewalist.co.in	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
150	Digitalbhoomidigitalbhoomi.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium

How to read this table. DA, PA and Spam Score are real Moz figures from our own bulk checks. A dash means we have not run that domain yet, not that it scored zero, and we would rather show the gap than guess. Lower Spam Score is better. Authority is our own 0 to 100 score derived from global popularity rank, and spam risk is Low for sites with a measurable audience and valid TLS. Every site here was also confirmed to load on 2026-08-19, which is the check DA cannot make: Moz still reports a healthy DA for services that shut down years ago.

For a local service business, four or five classified platforms posted well and refreshed monthly will out-produce forty posted once and forgotten. Track the phone, not the link count.

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