Mobile Proxies for Craigslist
Real 4G/5G carrier IPs that Craigslist sees as ordinary phones. Dedicated devices you control, or pay-per-GB pools from $3.99/GB.
- IP type and carrier ASN
- Geo alignment with the posting city
- Posting and account velocity per IP
- Phone verification history
- Pay per GB
- $3.99
- per GB, from
- Dedicated
- $49
- per month, from
- Countries
- 192
- live pools
What Craigslist looks at
The signals that decide whether a session reads as a phone or as automation.
- 01
IP type and carrier ASN
Craigslist weighs the network behind a post. Datacenter and hosting ranges are the fastest route to a ghosted listing, while carrier ASNs behind mobile NAT look like ordinary phone traffic.
- 02
Geo alignment with the posting city
A post placed in a city subdomain from an IP resolving to another metro or country is a mismatch. Local classifieds are geo-bound by design, so the exit IP should sit in the same market as the listing.
- 03
Posting and account velocity per IP
Several accounts posting from the same exit in a short window, or repeated near-identical listings, clusters those accounts together. Rate matters more than volume over the life of an account.
- 04
Phone verification history
Many categories require phone verification, and the number is bound to the account. Recycled or VoIP-flagged numbers get rejected, and a number reused across accounts links them regardless of IP.
- 05
Browser and device fingerprint
Canvas, WebGL, fonts, timezone and language travel with the browser, not the proxy. A US mobile exit paired with a mismatched timezone or a cloned fingerprint undoes the IP work.
- 06
IP flag and abuse reputation
Exits with prior flagging or listing on spam databases carry that history into new sessions, producing instant blocks or silent ghosting before a post ever renders publicly.
- 07
Session continuity across logins
An account that logs in from a stable exit for weeks and then jumps subnets mid-session looks like a takeover. Continuity of the exit IP is treated as part of the account identity.
What a real device clears
A VoidMob session exits through a phone on a consumer carrier, in the country you choose, on an IP you hold for the whole session. The network-side checks above read as a normal handset; the behaviour-side ones stay yours to manage.
Recommended configuration for Craigslist
The four settings that decide whether a session reads as one phone or as traffic. Set them once in the dashboard.
- Account management
- Craigslist posting is stateful work: phone-verified seller accounts, renewals, reply handling and paid categories all sit behind a login that is expected to appear from the same city and the same network week after week. A dedicated 4G/5G device gives you one carrier exit you control, so a legitimate dealer, landlord or recruiter posting in a market can keep exit continuity instead of arriving from a new subnet on every session.
- Plan
- Dedicated device. One phone and one carrier IP that is yours for the term. No other customer ever exits through it, so the account history on that IP is only yours.See dedicated devices →
- Sticky session
- On, one long-lived session per account profile
- Rotation
- Keep rotation off and hold the exit for the life of the account
- Accounts per IP
- One seller account per IP
AI agents
An agent can run this Craigslist setup
Once you create an API key and fund the balance, an AI agent can price the Craigslist setup above, buy it when you say yes, pull the connection details, rotate the IP and watch usage through VoidMob's open-source MCP server. Works with Claude Code, Codex and other local MCP clients.
Common Craigslist problems and their network cause
Post appears in your account but never shows in search or the category list
Ghosting. Usually an exit IP with prior flag history, a datacenter range, or a listing city that does not match the IP location.
Check it: IP Checker
"This IP has been automatically blocked" page on load
The exit or its neighbours were flagged for abuse. Shared pools with heavy reuse hit this first; check reputation before blaming the site.
Check it: Blacklist Checker
Endless captcha loop on posting or login
Proxy is leaking its type, failing on protocol handshake, or the exit is untrusted. Validate the proxy end to end before adjusting the browser.
Check it: Proxy Checker
You see listings from the wrong metro or get redirected to another city
The exit resolves outside the target market, or browser timezone and language contradict the IP location.
Check it: Location Test
Accounts get linked despite separate proxies
Real IP leaking through WebRTC, or reused browser profiles, cookies and phone numbers across accounts.
Check it: WebRTC Test
Scraper throughput collapses after a few thousand requests
Rotation interval too long for the request volume, or all workers sharing one sticky exit instead of per-request rotation.
Check it: IP Checker
Phone verification is rejected at posting time
The number is VoIP-flagged or already used on another account. Craigslist requires non-VoIP carrier numbers and binds them to the account.
Check it: -
Test your current IP against Craigslist's checks
See what Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms can detect about you.
Where to run Craigslist accounts
Match the IP country to the account region. Live device pools per country.
What it costs
Pay-per-GB shared pools, or dedicated devices billed per day, week or month.
Pay-per-GB
HTTP(S) and SOCKS5. Rotate per request or hold a session.
- 1 GB$3.99 ($3.99/GB)
- 10 GB$35 ($3.50/GB)
- 25 GB$81.25 ($3.25/GB)
- 50 GB$149.50 ($2.99/GB)
- 100 GB$250 ($2.50/GB)
- Above 100 GBCustom volume plans
Dedicated devices
HTTP(S), SOCKS5 and OpenVPN on every device. VLESS/Xray on premium tiers.
Prices updated
Why mobile IPs work on Craigslist
Craigslist is a set of city-scoped boards, so most decisions start with where your IP sits and what network it belongs to. Posting into a metro from a hosting range, or an exit two states away, is the most common reason a listing goes live in your account and never appears in the category.
Posting wants one exit that never moves: a dedicated 4G/5G device in the country you post from, rotation off, one account per IP and browser profile. Listing collection wants a pay-per-GB mobile pool with rotation and per-request city targeting. A crawler on a seller's exit gives a clean account a scraper's reputation.
A proxy cannot fix phone verification: Craigslist expects non-VoIP carrier numbers, and a number reused across accounts links them however the traffic is routed. Access after a ban, suspension or termination is outside what these proxies are for. They keep legitimate, geo-correct work from being misread as abuse.
Run Craigslist on real mobile IPs
Pools from $3.99/GB, or a dedicated device for 1 to 30 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about mobile proxies for Craigslist.