Restricting Ads from certain countries

[belvedere +]

What version of 68 Classifieds are you running?
V4.1.9 Designer

What template are you using?

Templatecodes Sigma

I have a classifieds website in Spain aimed at the foreign speaking population. I keep getting users from India placing adverts about web design and working from home jobs and franchises. I started off getting one occasionally, but now I'm getting about 2 or 3 a day. I don't really want my website filling up with adverts from India as it is really meant to be for Spain and Portugal only.Currently I delete them and email the user to tell them. I know I can configure "Advert Approval" but I don't really want to use this option for the time being. Is there a way of blocking users from certain countries for example by IP address?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by belvedere

I know I can configure "Advert Approval" but I don't really want to use this option for the time being. Is there a way of blocking users from certain countries for example by IP address?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Check and see what options your hosting company has for blocking IP's etc. Keep in mind that any spammer worth their salt will go through a proxy to hide their actual location so this will be of limited benefit at best.

Simply charge for ads and that will get rid of people posting spam ads.

[belvedere +]

Originally Posted by Lhotch

Check and see what options your hosting company has for blocking IP's etc. Keep in mind that any spammer worth their salt will go through a proxy to hide their actual location so this will be of limited benefit at best.

Simply charge for ads and that will get rid of people posting spam ads.

Thanks Larry