SEO and growth
Get found in search, measure traffic and grow your marketplace.
- SEO for your marketplaceWhat Yclas already does to help search engines understand your marketplace, and the handful of things only you can do to rank better.
- Search engine visibility and robots.txtHide your marketplace from Google while you build it, show it again at launch, and change the robots.txt file search engines read.
- Get your site into GoogleVerify your marketplace in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, submit your sitemap and see which searches bring visitors.
- Your sitemapFind your sitemap's address, see what's in it, refresh it and submit it to Google, and how IndexNow tells search engines about changes straight away.
- Redirects and the 404 logSend old addresses to the right page instead of "page not found", automatically when you rename something, and find broken links with the 404 log.
- Tracking codes and analytics pixelsAdd Google Analytics, the Meta (Facebook) Pixel, Google Ads, TikTok, Hotjar or any other tracking code to every page of your marketplace.
- RSS feedsEvery marketplace publishes RSS feeds of its newest listings, per category and location, plus the blog and forum. Use them to share listings automatically.
- Promote your marketplacePractical, mostly free ways to get your first sellers and buyers, and the Yclas features that help you spread the word.
- Recruit your first sellersKeep a list of the people and businesses you want selling on your site, message each one from your own WhatsApp, email or phone, and see who joined and posted.
- Reward members who invite friendsGive every member an invite link and reward them with wallet credit or a coupon when a friend joins and pays or publishes a listing.
- Ways to make money from your marketplaceEvery way to earn from your marketplace, from boosts, paid and featured listings to memberships, commissions and advertising, and when each fits.
- Marketplace ideasYclas isn't only for classified ads. Here's how to set it up as a job board, a business directory, a property site, a rental marketplace and more.
- Help your members avoid scamsThe scams that target classifieds sites, the Yclas settings that make them harder, and a safety page you can give your members.
- The Yclas buyer networkShow your published listings to buyers on other Yclas sites, each linking back to your site, and show their listings on your own search when it finds little.