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How to write a livestock ad that gets replies
Lead with clear daylight photos of the whole animal, state the breed, age and weight plainly, give a real price rather than “call for price”, and name your area. Buyers on Qasvah filter by breed, city and price, so an ad missing any of those is invisible to the people most likely to buy.
What photos should I take?
Take at least three in daylight: the whole animal side-on, a close shot of the head and teeth, and one showing legs and hooves. Side-on tells a buyer the size and condition at a glance, which is the first thing they judge. Avoid night photos, heavy filters and pictures cropped so tightly that the animal's build cannot be seen. Buyers read those as something being hidden, and message the next seller instead.
What belongs in the description?
Answer the questions you would be asked on a call, in the order you would be asked them: breed, age, weight, whether it is vaccinated, what it has been fed, and why you are selling. Write plainly in the language your buyer reads. Qasvah serves the same ad in English and Urdu, and a description written naturally in either reads better than one translated word for word.
Which fields actually matter?
The structured fields (category, breed, city, price) are what the filters use. A buyer narrowing to “Beetal goat in Lahore under Rs 120,000” only sees ads that filled those in. Free text cannot rescue a missing field: the search engine matches the field, not the sentence. Fill every field the form offers, even the optional ones.
Why does a real price beat “call for price”?
Price is a filter and a sort key. An ad with no price is excluded from every price-bounded search and ranks nowhere in a price sort, so the buyers who would have paid your number never see it. If you expect to negotiate, list the number you would accept and say in the description that there is room. That gets the conversation started rather than preventing it.
Should I say why I am selling?
Yes, in one honest sentence. Buyers ask this on every call, and an ad that already answers it skips a round of suspicion. “Herd reduction”, “moving city”, “surplus male” are ordinary reasons. A story that does not match the animal (a “family pet” described in one line with no photos of it being handled) does the opposite of what you intend.
What happens after I publish?
The ad is reviewed, then it appears in search and on the type and city pages that match the fields you filled. You manage it from My Ads: edit, pause, renew, or mark sold. How long it stays live is shown on that screen, because it is a platform setting rather than a number this page should quote.
Key facts
| What | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fields that feed search | Category, breed, city and price; free text cannot replace a missing field | Qasvah search filters |
| Photos | At least three daylight shots: whole animal, head, legs and hooves | Seller guidance on this page |
| Price on the ad | A listed number is a filter and a sort key; “call for price” is excluded from price search | Qasvah browse |
| Language | Write in the language you write naturally; Qasvah indexes Urdu and English | Qasvah platform |
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