[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":162},["ShallowReactive",2],{"products-classifiedscout":3},{"id":4,"audienceSection":5,"beforeAfterSection":26,"extension":47,"faqSection":48,"finalCta":88,"hero":94,"liveDemoSection":104,"meta":114,"pricingCallout":115,"seo":121,"stem":136,"useCasesSection":137,"__hash__":161},"productsClassifiedscout\u002Fmarketing\u002Fpages\u002Fproducts-classifiedscout.yml",{"title":6,"subtitle":7,"cards":8},"Both sides of the counter.","The same order serves the person placing the ad and the person who has to bill it - which is the whole reason it is worth putting on your own site rather than renting a form.",[9,17],{"eyebrow":10,"icon":11,"bullets":12},"For your readers","Users",[13,14,15,16],"Post it from the driveway. Photograph the truck, upload straight from the phone, done","Pay at the point of order. Card or ACH, with surcharge compliance handled","See it without waiting for Monday. The ad goes live as soon as it clears approval, not when the office opens","Upgrade while they order. Packages and add-ons are offered during placement, not chased afterwards",{"eyebrow":18,"icon":19,"bullets":20},"For your staff","Building2",[21,22,23,24,25],"Orders land in AccountScout instantly. No export, no import, no sync window","Nothing goes live without you. Staff review and approve ads before they publish","Take a phone order in the same system. One tool for every classified, however it arrives","You set the rules. Categories, packages, rates and section names are all configured in AccountScout","It arrives billable. The order is already on the account, so invoicing, statements and collections run from the same record",{"title":27,"cards":28},"Stop exporting CSVs",[29,38],{"eyebrow":30,"icon":31,"theme":32,"bullets":33},"The old way","X","light",[34,35,36,37],"Classified orders arrive through a separate tool","Orders export as CSV, without the images","The images get handled by hand, somewhere else","Nothing appears online until somebody finishes the import",{"eyebrow":39,"icon":40,"theme":41,"bullets":42},"With ClassifiedScout","Check","dark",[43,44,45,46],"Readers place the order on your site, in your section","The order and the payment land in AccountScout as they happen","The images come with it, uploaded by the customer","The ad is live once it clears approval, not once the import finishes","yml",{"eyebrow":49,"title":50,"items":51},"FAQ","Common questions about online classified ordering.",[52,55,58,61,64,67,70,73,76,79,82,85],{"question":53,"answer":54},"How can a newspaper accept classified ads online?","Embed ClassifiedScout on your website and readers place classified ads themselves - select a category and package, upload images, enter text, and pay by card or ACH. Each order, image, and payment syncs live to AccountScout, so there is no CSV export and no manual re-entry by your staff.",{"question":56,"answer":57},"How can a newspaper publish obituaries and celebration announcements online?","Run them as their own section in ClassifiedScout. The family chooses the package, writes the notice, uploads a photo from a phone, and pays at the point of order, so nobody is calling the office in the evening asking how to send a picture. The section carries your name for it - Celebrations, Milestones, In Memoriam - and every order lands in AccountScout ready to bill.",{"question":59,"answer":60},"Can a newspaper run a local business or service directory?","Yes. A directory listing is a classified with a longer run, so it is built the same way in ClassifiedScout - you set the categories, packages and rates, businesses place and pay for their own listing, and readers browse the directory on your site. The listing revenue stays with the publication instead of going to a national directory site.",{"question":62,"answer":63},"How do publishers collect legal notices from law firms online?","Firms and government offices can enter legal notice text in ClassifiedScout's text editor. The section can be headed Public Notices rather than Classified Ads, and the order arrives in AccountScout, where tearsheets and affidavits are generated.",{"question":65,"answer":66},"What software lets advertisers pay invoices and approve proofs online?","ClassifiedScout handles self-serve classified ordering and payment, and its companion AccountScout module - the Advertiser Portal - lets display and retail advertisers view invoices, pay by card or ACH, and approve proofs online. Both write back to the same AccountScout record, so payments auto-credit and approvals are tracked without a phone call.",{"question":68,"answer":69},"What software do newspapers use to manage advertising?","Newspapers use AccountScout by Fake Brains to manage advertising - CRM, ad sales, order entry, production, billing, and collections on one platform. ClassifiedScout is the add-on that brings online classified ordering into that same system, so self-serve classified orders land alongside retail, legal, and digital ads in one database.",{"question":71,"answer":72},"What is the best ad management software for community newspapers?","For community newspapers the strongest fit is software built specifically for publishing rather than a generic CRM, and that is what AccountScout and ClassifiedScout were made for. Fake Brains has built newspaper software, and only newspaper software, in-house in Colorado since 1991, with no per-seat fees so a small staff is not penalized.",{"question":74,"answer":75},"How do small newspapers handle ad billing and collections?","Small newspapers bill and collect from the same order data, so there is no re-keying. AccountScout invoices directly from the booked order, then collects by card, ACH, payment link, or the Advertiser Portal, with surcharge-compliant card payments and electronic tearsheets to speed up collections. Classified orders placed through ClassifiedScout flow into that billing automatically.",{"question":77,"answer":78},"What software handles surcharge-compliant credit card payments for newspapers?","ClassifiedScout and AccountScout process card and ACH payments with automatic surcharge compliance built in. Self-serve classified buyers pay at the point of order, payments auto-credit to the AccountScout account, and the surcharge handling keeps card acceptance compliant without your staff calculating fees by hand.",{"question":80,"answer":81},"Can advertisers approve ad proofs online without calling the office?","Yes. Classified buyers see their ad immediately after placing it through ClassifiedScout, and display advertisers approve proofs through the AccountScout Advertiser Portal. Approvals and payments are tracked in AccountScout, so your office is not fielding calls to confirm a proof or take a payment.",{"question":83,"answer":84},"What should I look for when choosing newspaper advertising software?","Look for software that connects sales, classified ordering, production, billing, and collections in one database instead of stitching together separate tools. Confirm it understands publishing-specific work like rate cards, run schedules, classifieds, legal notices, and tearsheets, and check the pricing model - AccountScout has no per-seat fees and is delivered from the Fake Brains cloud.",{"question":86,"answer":87},"How does a publisher generate tearsheets and legal affidavits?","Publishers generate electronic tearsheets directly from AccountScout to document that an ad ran, which speeds up collections and gives advertisers proof of publication. Legal notice text can be entered in ClassifiedScout's text editor.",{"headline":89,"body":90,"ctaLabel":91,"ctaHref":92,"phone":93},"Your readers are already online. Your classified counter should be too.","Bring us the way these orders reach you today - the form, the inbox, the phone, the spreadsheet - and we will show you what placing one directly on your site looks like.","Book a Demo","\u002Fcontact","Or call us at 303-791-3301",{"headline":95,"subheadline":96,"primaryCta":97,"secondaryCta":98,"image":101,"imageZoomSrc":102,"imageAlt":103,"variant":32},"If your readers submit it, you can sell it online.","ClassifiedScout by Fake Brains is self-serve classified ad software that brings online classified ordering to every section your readers submit to - classifieds and marketplace listings, a local service directory, celebrations and obituaries, legal notices. They pick a category and a package, write the ad, upload photos from a phone, and pay. The order lands in AccountScout already paid, with the images attached. Built for community newspapers that sell more than one kind of listing.",{"label":91,"href":92},{"label":99,"href":100},"What you can sell with it","\u002Fproducts\u002Fclassifiedscout#use-cases","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fclassifiedscout-marketplace.png","\u002Fimages\u002Fproducts\u002Fclassifiedscout-marketplace-flat.jpg","The ClassifiedScout marketplace on a desktop monitor: a Local Marketplace directory with a category rail down the left listing categories and their ad counts, a search box, a Place Your Own Ad button, and a grid of full-colour display ads for local trades - handyman, appliance repair, beauty salon, HVAC, landscaping, legal services, movers, cleaning, and home services - each carrying its own phone number.",{"eyebrow":105,"title":106,"body":107,"bullets":108,"cta":112},"See it working","A classified product with a section called Public Notices.","We run a working two-title publication set up the way a publisher would run it - four sections through ClassifiedScout and the Advertiser Portal behind its login. It is not a slide deck and it is not a mockup. We walk you through it on a call, including the parts a visitor would never get into, like the advertiser login and what your staff sees when an order lands.",[109,110,111],"It is embedded, not linked away. ClassifiedScout sits inside the publication's own page, under its branding, its categories and its packages - or runs as a standalone page instead.","The section name is yours. On that site the legal section is headed Public Notices and the classified section carries the paper's own name - labels are set per site, not hard-coded to the word classifieds.","It works on a phone. Mobile-responsive out of the box, which matters because that is where a reader-placed ad usually starts.",{"label":113,"href":92},"Ask for a walkthrough",{},{"eyebrow":116,"lead":117,"body":118,"cta":119},"Pricing","No per-seat fees.","ClassifiedScout is an add-on to AccountScout, and AccountScout has no per-seat fees - putting classifieds online does not mean paying for every person who touches an order. We quote against your volume on a demo call.",{"label":120,"href":92},"Get a quote",{"title":122,"description":123,"ogImage":124,"ogImageAlt":125,"keyFacts":126},"Self-Serve Classified Ad Software | Fake Brains","ClassifiedScout by Fake Brains is self-serve classified ad software: classifieds, marketplace listings, celebrations and legal notices, ordered and paid on your site.","\u002Fimages\u002Fog\u002Fclassifiedscout.png","ClassifiedScout by Fake Brains - self-serve classified ad software",[127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135],"Self-serve online classified ordering that syncs live to AccountScout","One ordering engine for classifieds, marketplace and service directories, celebrations and obituaries, and legal notices","Section labels are configured per tenant and per site, so a section can read Public Notices or Celebrations rather than Classified Ads","Add-on module for the AccountScout publishing platform","Customer Order Entry (COE) and classified presentment in one tool","Card and ACH payments with surcharge compliance","Custom fields display as cards on the listing page - price, mileage, acreage, bedrooms","Text editor for entering legal and public notice text","Built in-house in Colorado for newspaper and media publishing since 1991","marketing\u002Fpages\u002Fproducts-classifiedscout",{"title":138,"subtitle":139,"items":140},"Five revenue lines, one engine.","This is not only the autos-and-garage-sales page. Any section where a reader submits something and you charge for it runs through the same ordering, the same payment and the same AccountScout record - under your name for it, not ours.",[141,145,149,153,157],{"icon":142,"title":143,"description":144},"Store","Marketplace and listings","Autos, real estate, equipment, livestock. Custom fields show up as cards on the listing - price, mileage, acreage, bedrooms - so buyers scan and filter instead of reading paragraphs.",{"icon":146,"title":147,"description":148},"Wrench","Service directory","Local trades, professionals and businesses in a directory readers browse by category. You set the categories, the packages and the rates; a directory listing is a classified with a longer run.",{"icon":150,"title":151,"description":152},"PartyPopper","Celebrations, obituaries and weddings","Families submit the photo and the text themselves, from a phone, and pay at the point of order. Nobody calls the office at seven in the evening asking how to send a picture.",{"icon":154,"title":155,"description":156},"Scale","Legal and public notices","Enter legal and public notice text directly in the text editor.",{"icon":158,"title":159,"description":160},"Newspaper","Traditional classifieds","Jobs, rentals, garage sales, services, announcements - the section you already run, now placed and paid for without a phone call to the office.","-9SF2FX4VmtB3cJzqZ4DJQwoW-kjw9Cg18g_tupMuWw",1791402835887]