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No doubt, times are tough. We’d like to help out any way we can by making it easier for job posters to staff that position they have available now that they gave that overpaid Steve from accounting the axe. Or help the down-on-their-luck find that second job to pay down their mortgage, Van Halen tribute bands (DLR era only – none of that pansy Hagar crap) book that sweet Bar Mitzvah gig or help you sell that car or truck before the bank repo’s it. Whatever the case may be, Backpage is here to help.

• …lowering the price on sponsor ads by 25% in select categories in all cities indefinitely (or until the IRS recognizes our clearly tax deductible contributions to the “Backpage.com Foundation”).
• …improving the auto repost feature in most categories to allow users to repost ads more frequently. Categories that are effected will see the durations fall from 7 days to 3 days.
• …currently testing a feature that will allow users to instantly repost their ads to the top of the listings. This will allow users to attract more visibility to their ads.
• …launching a promo code, good in all markets, for all ads and ad upgrades for 10% off all purchases. In celebration of how clever we are, we’ve named that promo code BAILOUT (expires 3/31/2009).

Another reason to support the Backpage Bailout Movement? This year we’re aiming to build more fuel efficient and green, Earth-friendly ads and with your help, we can get there. Additionally, January has proven to be a strong month for us. As the the Alexa.com Traffic Rank Trend graph below illustrates, even in a tough economy users are still posting ads and using backpage.com regularly.

Any paid upgrades help us pay for staff and start new cities.  The following promo code is good for a 15% discount: SAVE15. This promotion will expire Sept. 30th, so you’d better jump on it!

You can now get a 5% to 50% discount by running your sponsor ad for multiple weeks. The discount varies by category.

Sponsor ads increase results, increase referrals to your web site, can not be removed by the community, allow full use of html, and are targeted by category with high conversion rates. They also help pay for our staff and servers.