Here at ClassifiedsPH, we regularly try to keep away scam posts, but as an individual, you can also follow these steps to protect yourself:

1. Meetups are always more preferable
2. Ads from foreigners can be potential scams - To determine if the ad is a scam, you can copy the posted email or a portion of the ad and search for it in google. If it’s a scam, chances are google will return results of links pertaining to people complaining about that ad
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKsEf2aPnms shows a useful tutorial on the subject. You can view it below.

Posted: November 20th, 2007 under ClassifiedsPH Development.
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This Christmas season, everyone’s getting into the holiday spirit, as well as the entrepreneurial spirit. With bazaars left and right, from Makati to Alabang, how can one keep up with all the bazaar schedules both as a customer and as an entrepreneur? And most importantly, as the bazaar organizer, how does one tap into the potential market?

An easy tip will be to post a bulletin in our free philippine classifieds site, http://www.classifiedsPH.com. You get to tell a good number of Filipinos about your event with just a few clicks. And best of all, it’s free.

Posted: November 15th, 2007 under ClassifiedsPH Development.
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Here’s some good news. You can, in fact, retire early by saving and investing wisely.

Case in point: The Furbeck Family. A father (Frank) working as a Systems analyst. His fiance (Trudi) working as an office coordinator. $119,000 combined yearly salary. 2 sons. $1,470 monthly expense + $1,200 real estate property tax.

How do they do it?

Frank places $15,500 a year into a savings plan, while Trudi places around $18K. Aside from their savings plan, they also place some of their money in the money market, in a retirement account, and in mutual funds. They also save for their two sons, who now have around 529 plans.

The key is living comfortably, but not extravagantly. They do carpool to save on gas, use coupons, and raise cattle for additional income. Aside from that, Frank saves a percentage of the sons’ allowances.

As a result, they have managed not to carry any debt and can comfortably retire when they reach their 50’s, after they have earned eligibility to get their pension. Their sons’ education will be well provided for as well.

According to a Certified Financial Planner Ric Martin, “Frank and Trudi are well on their way to millionaire status… Frank can retire at age 53 ½ and Trudi can retire at 53. Both of them will have accumulated $1,910,378 of investment assets by Frank’s age goal of 60.”

To view the complete article, go to:
http://millionaires.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2007/10/29/43/

Posted: November 3rd, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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Have you watched the latest advertisement Coca Cola ad on TV? It’s Grand Theft Auto: Happy Coca Cola city. Just when you think that the advertising industry was getting boring, they give you this.

Grand Theft Auto players will especially love this:

Posted: November 1st, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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Do you dread long flights as much as the other person? Singapore Airlines just recently launched their superjumbo A380 which boasts of more space for their passengers. There are 12 Singapore Airlines Suites, 60 business class seats and 399 economy class seats. The suites are enclosed by sliding doors, and have leather seats and a 58cm flat screen, and a foldable bed.

Business class seats have wide beds,  wide aisle space, and mood lighting.

Economy seats have more leg room, USB port and plug for charging, and separate screens for video on demand (not so new, since KLM has that for some of their aircraft already, as far as I know).

Some of the seats of the first flight for this momentous launch were sold for as much as $100,000+.

Posted: October 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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Our second video tutorial is about helpful tips on posting effective classified ads. The main idea is to keep your ads short and simple. In general, people hate reading, so your ad has to make an impact with the least amount of words possible. Having titles that span more than one line is not a good idea, as it bores the users. Another thing that is irksome is the tendency of some posters to repeat details. For instance, the title already states that there is a job opening as a programmer, but the user states it again in the description. This lengthens the ad, and will increase the chances of the user stopping midway through your ad post.

The video tutorial expounds these tips:

Posted: October 4th, 2007 under ClassifiedsPH Development.
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This just in. In an episode of “Desperate Housewives“, Teri Hatcher’s character (Susan) is at a hospital, being told by her gynecologist that she might be hitting menopause. Susan replies, “Can I just check those diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some med school in the Philippines.” If you go to abc.com, you watch the full episode and witness the scene at about 18:50 minutes into the episode.

How could this have possibly passed the producers anyway? People make a big deal about Isaiah Washington’s supposed derogatory remarks against the sexual orientation of his co-star (which, to this day, I am still unsure as to its validity), but this comment - which, clearly, is more obviously discriminatory, is not given enough attention.

If you are insulted by this, please sign: http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/

This is clearly a bad move from the producers since a good majority of Filipinos tune into this TV series. Then again, maybe they feel that they don’t need to bother with their ratings in a “backwater country” like us.

Posted: October 3rd, 2007 under Buzz in the Philippines.
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I’m not a Plastic Bag has hit the Philippines like a storm! Let me correct that: It has hit the whole world like a storm! This creation of anyahindmarch is a canvas shopping bag that was made as a statement against plastic. Tree huggers everywhere love this creation, as well as fashionistas who want to get in on the trend. This isn’t an entirely new fad in other countries, but based on my observations in the Multiply world, this bag is still making its waves here in Manila.

The bag is such a hit that the official site states:

“Due to the unprecedented demand for I’m Not A Plastic Bag in South East Asia and our concerns for our customers safety we will be cancelling the launches at the following stores: Anya Hindmarch Beijing, On Pedder in Shanghai and On Pedder in Jakarta”

People REALLY lined up for this! It sold limited stocks at only £5 and the profits went to an environmental group. However, because of the huge demand, some people were reselling it as high as £225 on EBay! That’s 20,000 pesos people!

There is, however, some controversy shadowing this ethical bag. The bag is actually NOT organic, as the supermarkets claimed it to be, and was made in China, using cheap labor! Not to mention all the resources consumed to have these things shipped all over the world! Kind of hypocrital if you ask me, don’t you think?

My main question and concern is this: Are the people buying this bag really for the fight against plastic or has this become such a fad that people have forgotten the main point? And those who are selling imitation “I’m not a Plastic Bag” bags here in the Philippines -> do you think they were done with the same goal in mind?

To read the whole argument online, visit these URLs:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/anya_hindmarch.php

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/04/i_am_not_an_eth.php

Posted: September 24th, 2007 under Fashion.
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Our first and foremost goal in ClassifiedsPH.com is to make our site EASY TO USE. This is why we are launching a series of video tutorials to help you even more in our site. Below is our video tutorial to teach you how to post an ad:

Hope this helps! We’ll be launching some more classifieds site video tutorials soon so stay tuned!

Posted: September 19th, 2007 under ClassifiedsPH Development.
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I have observed a sudden boom in the pendant trend in the Philippines lately. You might have noticed it yourself when you walk along the malls or go to a concert and see girls sporting a huge cherry on their shirt, or a swarovski-studded piece. When you look at all the Multiply shopping sites, a lot of them are selling the same thing. Here are some of the top-selling pendants based on my Multiply-hopping:

1. fruit pendants - and lots of them. Strawberry pendants claiming to look like KJL’s (the one that Mischa Barton wears), cherry necklaces, some with swarovski studs, some without, some transparent…

2. puffy hearts - 3d hearts - metallic colors, primary colors, plastic, glittery ones.

3. owl pendants - again popularized by Mischa Barton, the most common owl piece I see on the net is the one with the swaying legs. I think there are at least 6 sites selling the exact same piece.

4. polymer clay pieces - mostly of food - from shortcakes to sushi. The possibilities are endless! At least in this case, there are more variations to this, because creators can just let their creativity run wild.

5. anything that screams bling - studded stuff. anything with swarovskis to make it twinkle.

What then is the only way to get into the Philippine market? Say you already have the supplier, the marketing strategy, and the look and layout of your page? Personally, I feel that it’s all about online presence. You may be selling the best things out there but if no one has heard of you, then it’s no use.

This is one of the reasons why we decided to open up classifiedsPH. Aside from advertising your site in Multiply, it’s always good to post in Philippine online classifieds sites like classifiedsPH. The benefit is that you tap into non-Multipy users, you increase your presence in search engines, and you allow users to get a bird’s eye view of what you’re selling, especially now that we have launched our image upload functionality.

Furthermore, and more importantly, we’ve made our search functionality useful enough so that people who are looking for a sushi necklace can easily go to the Products category, type in sushi on the search bar and see all sushi-related products being sold. In the near future, we will be improving even further our search functionality to make it even easier for you guys.

In Multiply, searching can be difficult because we have other users (and hundreds of thousands of them may I emphasize, coming from all different parts of the world) who post about other non-business-related things with so many varied content. Search for sushi on Multiply, and you get thousands of pages of multiply users going to a sushi restaurant date with her long-time crush or multiply users talking about their dislike towards raw fish.

Sure, you can try typing in sushi necklace but the results won’t purely about people selling sushi necklace - it can be a blog about a girls’ night out, which involved a sushi dinner and shopping for necklaces after. And, you can be sure that some sites with sushi necklaces won’t show up.

Posted: September 16th, 2007 under Fashion.
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