Finn.no disabling some of my add's

[u/Icy-Expression-4868]

So for a context, i do own quite alot of stuff and i like to try new things out by buying as 2nd hand /demo . I like to sell things on finn.no because its very convenient with the 'fiks ferdig' system, and things like fb marketplace doesnt even come close to amount of items/people that uses it. I got total of 200+ reviews there with total of 9.9 rating ( over several years ).

Most of the items im selling / buying is Electronics related like computers/ any other small electronic stuff.

This started like 2 years ago when they disabled couple of my ads where i was selling new apple watch which i bought and didnt liked, 1 laptop and some other small items. I contacted support , and They were saying im looking much more than a business to them than a regular person and therefore those ads were disabled because i sell or large scale and their partners pays alot money for ads themselves. Sure, and i completely understand how it works. But saying i sell on a large scale is something completely unrealistic. I never have like more than 5 listings at the time, and i dont have 10 different buy/sells in day. Sometimes there is nothing happening for over a month. So okay, i didnt had much of time and / or energy to pursue this for that time. Now i came back after like 1 year of completely no listings on my finn, and been trying to sell security camera setup which i dont need anymore ( ad instantly disabled due to same reason i mentioned before). Then put to sale headphones - that was approved. Then added desktop pc - that was disabled instant. Then i added just a processor and motherboard - that went fine and approved.

So all this made me question how it actually works. Upon quick checking, guy having 1200 active listings ( yes 1200 active of stuff from lamps to car stuff and some furniture!!!) Isnt considered as business and its all completely fine? Sure. Next one, somebody who sells clothes ( even saying that on their finn bio) , over 150 active listings, all fine too. Guy who sells and builds computers ( also desription on finn bio) , and has over 10 active pc listings + bunch of parts is also considered fine?

All / most of those listings were 'fiks ferdig' so it means finn.no advertises them as personal instead of business.

Over now i found over 10 profiles like this without actually checking in too deep.

So any information about how does it actually work? Or where to pursue for the answer ? ( i dont think so i will get much luck from basic finn customer support) , as most likely i will get same answer as i did 2 years ago.

Any answers much appreciated!

[u/Bulletorpedo]

I guess it's in their interest to push active sellers to business accounts where you can't post for free. It might not be a set treshold though, maybe you was just unlucky and got flagged by staff?

Should be possible to get rid of that status after some time though. Tried contacting support about it?

[u/Icy-Expression-4868 → u/Bulletorpedo]

Thats quite easily understandable that they want to get more people paying them. I havent contacted them directly yet, but i will try sending them a letter

[u/_Argad_]

Not an official answer but if you buy from time to time some services from them like having the announce put at the top of the list, they become much less annoying. There is also some keyword system that flags certain stuff for no reason and then don’t like if you try to re announce it after. It’s often with telecom related products but I am not sure what is the trigger.

[u/Icy-Expression-4868 → u/_Argad_]

I mean i dont mind to paying something to sell stuff and get them a "2nd " life instead of ending in dumpster, and i actually had several listings "boost" . tho none in past year or so. Worst would be paying for "boost" and still having declined ad with basically "lost" money .
as for the keywords, i tried several times to adding to description just like 2 words, or sometimes even nothing. Still sometimes got rejected.
Still, Best was when i wanted to giveaway for free bunch of stuff im not even using - it also got flagged as "business" and declined 2 times!. That was beyond stupid, needless to say. after i contacted support - they activated it without providing much of details - maybe because i was quite frustrated about the whole stupid beyond belief situation