The Do's and Don't's of Replying to HAF and WTB threads

[Fresh Ideas Marketing]

Up to when it was about contact details sharing, or spamming with multiple comments was good. Even stopping use of large text was good. But, now it is amazingly difficult to decide what to respond and what not to.

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

Up to when it was about contact details sharing, or spamming with multiple comments was good. Even stopping use of large text was good. But, now it is amazingly difficult to decide what to respond and what not to.

Respond to those HAF and WTB threads that you can help out with and make money with, and if you respond in a manner where you are actually selling instead of a "drone" comment, you are fine.

The HAF/WTB subforums are gold for those that respond with a decent sales pitch and not the noise we are working to eliminate.

 

[Salamouna]

So I can also comment when I have nothing to offer and tell people that they can find what they want in the marketplace section

 

[dgarar]

That's superb decision, i agreed this!

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

I'm just bumping this as we are still seeing people shoot themselves in the foot by posting in a way that will hurt their opportunity to generate sales.

 

[Funiki]

Lets bump this again, for last time.

Please read the OP or follow the link
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/the-dos-and-donts-of-replying-to-haf-and-wtb-threads.1717908/

 

[Mamba Noir]

So copy and paste responses aren't allowed anymore?

Btw prospects run away the moment they hear about upfront payments. Is there an expectation to accept payments after?

Any plans of making budgets more transparent? A bit of waste of time to reply if prospect has low budget.

Thanks for the golden nugget. When I become Jr.VIP, I will be using escrow.

 

[Funiki]

What day is today? Saturday!
A wonderful day to earn money and enjoy the weekend but the baddest to get a warning for spammy responses.

Please do not reply to the WTB - HAF threads with spammy replies similar to I can help you, I can do that, We can provide. I have quoted below the OP so you can see it again.

Example of a well-written response:

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That Jr. Vip member shared in detail how they can help. No fluff, just straight facts and in this industry straight facts rule the oceans.

When replying, specify your experience, skills, and/or parts of the service you can help the OP (original poster) with.

Spinning a comment or copying a comment posted before yours will incur a warning and using your AI to spin the content is not acceptable either.

These following responses to a Want to Buy or a Hire a Freelancer thread are spammy and do not set you apart from the others offering to help.

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Would you think this is something that will make you stand out from the crowd?

I sure hope you don't think so, because there is no incentive for the buyer to hire them from that post.

It comes off as spam where the seller is trying to differentiate themselves from the crowd with the HUGE font, no meat and potatoes or substance of any kind in the response, and the color change with the other attributes does not give you a leg up on the other guy.

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This one is straight up against the terms and service in a Want to Buy or a Hire a Freelancer thread and the other images I have shared above are in the same boat.

Not only are they violations, they are causing your prospects to have what we call 'Ad Blindness'.

Posting the same message multiple times in huge fonts will cause people to completely ignore your post and it also does not portray a person who is a business professional. To be blunt, it looks completely low rent.

Don't do this unless you want to lose out on sales:

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It offers no value in terms of a sales pitch and has annoyingly huge fonts.

Using that huge font with little value does not stand out above the others trying to sell in the same thread

Rewritten:

"I provide High Quality Trustpilot reviews in the UK with aged accounts that are from real people living in the UK. We have been providing Trustpilot reviews for years and our stick rate is very high and we are sure that you will be pleased.

I'll send you a DM with a link to this thread and share how we can get started putting your business in a better light with well-written content from local users so you can judge the quality."

That took all of about 82 seconds to write and it is significantly more effective when you are trying to sell on the forum.

Take the time to offer something other than a cardboard cutout response and you will make more money!

 

[TuggzOfficiak]

I always see this on BHW. Most of them are just resellers or middlemen. That’s why they post such spammy comments in HAF and WTB threads. What they want to do is quickly get the thread poster’s attention and then share their contact details to take the conversation outside BHW. After that, they sell some service through drop servicing.


For example, if you post something like "I want a guest post in this niche" in a WTB thread, a huge number of people with blue badges will reply with messages like “I can give you links” or “I can offer guest posts.” But if you're careful and ask all of them for samples, then organize the websites they offer into one spreadsheet, you’ll notice that many of them offer the same sites at different prices. That’s how you can identify the resellers and middlemen.

Is dropservicing illegal?

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

Is dropservicing illegal?

No, it's not illegal.

 

[WickednDivine]

Thanks for sharing it man, it's helpful actualy for the newbies and members who still getting warning about the forum rules.

 

[masterminded]

communication is really the key here... do you know what you want? and does that seller have it?

 

[rorgiti]

I've been here for a while, but started posting recently. Sometimes, I got insight from short answers too. I guess, it depends on the topic and even time. I appreciate when people share their thoughts the way they think even with less formalities

 

[Funiki]

Let’s not forget about the spammy responses in the WTB - HAF subforums.

 

[ezasy]

Thank for information, but bruhh