Which boost should I buy?

Find your situation below. For two of them the honest answer is: none.

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There is no best boost, only a right one for the problem you actually have. Work out which of these five you are, then read only that part.

"Almost nobody is seeing my ad"

Step 1: Check the ad is actually Live. An ad still under review, hidden or expired is not visible to anyone, and no boost changes that — open My Ads and look at the tag.
Step 2: Then fix the free things. One daylight photo of the real item as the first photo, and a title that says what it is — make, model and year for a vehicle; the exact item and condition for anything else. This costs nothing and moves more ads than any boost.
Step 3: Only then buy the cheapest boost, Bump Up. It puts your ad back at the top of the list as if it were new. For a good ad that simply got buried, that is usually the whole fix.

"People are looking but nobody calls"

Step 1: No boost will help you. Your view count going up means people are already finding the ad — paying to show it to more people just repeats the same result at a larger scale.
Step 2: Change one thing and wait a few days: first the price, then the description, then the photos. Changing everything at once tells you nothing about what worked.

"It has to be gone this week"

Step 1: Sell Fast Pack is the one built for a deadline — a bump, an urgent tag and a featured badge together, cheaper than buying the three separately, and it runs for a week.
Step 2: Pair it with a price someone can say yes to today. A deadline is far more often a price problem than a visibility problem, and the pack cannot fix an asking price nobody will meet.

"I am selling a vehicle or a property"

Step 1: Switch the tier toggle at the top of the boost page before you compare anything. Vehicles and property are priced on their own tier, and planning around the other set of numbers will only disappoint you.
Step 2: The reserved slots sit at the top of that tier — Feed Spotlight and Car of the Week hold one ad at a time. They are worth considering for a high-value listing you are confident is priced right, and not worth it for a first attempt at a price you are still testing.

"My buyers read Sinhala or Tamil"

Step 1: Reach All 3 Languages will do more for you than any boost. It translates your title and description, so your ad is both readable and findable by buyers searching in Sinhala and Tamil — a boost only shows your ad to more people who still cannot read it.
Step 2: It is not a boost and it does not move your ad anywhere. It is a one-time translation that stays with the listing for a year.

What this cannot do

You cannot complete a purchase yet. Card payment is still in test mode and the bank transfer details on file are not the real ones, so treat the boost page as a price list for now.
None of this changes how the free listing works. Posting, editing and renewing stay free whether you ever buy a boost or not.

Watch out for

Buying the most expensive boost first is the most common and most expensive mistake. Almost every ad that needs help needs a better first photo, not a reserved slot.
Do not run a boost and change the price on the same day. You will never know which one did the work.

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"Almost nobody is seeing my ad"

Step 1: Check the ad is actually Live. An ad still under review, hidden or expired is not visible to anyone, and no boost changes that — open My Ads and look at the tag.

Step 2: Then fix the free things. One daylight photo of the real item as the first photo, and a title that says what it is — make, model and year for a vehicle; the exact item and condition for anything else. This costs nothing and moves more ads than any boost.

Step 3: Only then buy the cheapest boost, Bump Up. It puts your ad back at the top of the list as if it were new. For a good ad that simply got buried, that is usually the whole fix.

"People are looking but nobody calls"

Step 1: No boost will help you. Your view count going up means people are already finding the ad — paying to show it to more people just repeats the same result at a larger scale.

Step 2: Change one thing and wait a few days: first the price, then the description, then the photos. Changing everything at once tells you nothing about what worked.

"It has to be gone this week"

Step 1: Sell Fast Pack is the one built for a deadline — a bump, an urgent tag and a featured badge together, cheaper than buying the three separately, and it runs for a week.

Sell Fast Pack is the one built for a deadline — a bump, an urgent tag and a featured badge together, cheaper than buying the three separately, and it runs for a week.

Step 2: Pair it with a price someone can say yes to today. A deadline is far more often a price problem than a visibility problem, and the pack cannot fix an asking price nobody will meet.

"I am selling a vehicle or a property"

Step 1: Switch the tier toggle at the top of the boost page before you compare anything. Vehicles and property are priced on their own tier, and planning around the other set of numbers will only disappoint you.

Step 2: The reserved slots sit at the top of that tier — Feed Spotlight and Car of the Week hold one ad at a time. They are worth considering for a high-value listing you are confident is priced right, and not worth it for a first attempt at a price you are still testing.

The reserved slots sit at the top of that tier — Feed Spotlight and Car of the Week hold one ad at a time. They are worth considering for a high-value listing you are confident is priced right, and not worth it for a first attempt at a price you are still testing.

"My buyers read Sinhala or Tamil"

Step 1: Reach All 3 Languages will do more for you than any boost. It translates your title and description, so your ad is both readable and findable by buyers searching in Sinhala and Tamil — a boost only shows your ad to more people who still cannot read it.

Step 2: It is not a boost and it does not move your ad anywhere. It is a one-time translation that stays with the listing for a year.