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A buy and sell group doesn't take ordinary posts

Some Facebook buy and sell groups are built around listings, with no ordinary post. How to check a group, and what to do with one AutoGP can't post in.

What it means

Facebook's buy and sell groups are made for selling, and some are built around Facebook's listing format rather than ordinary posts. A post run publishes ordinary group posts, the kind you'd write in "Write something". When a buy and sell group keeps ordinary posts in a Discussion tab, AutoGP posts there. This group showed no place for an ordinary post, so AutoGP couldn't post in it.

It isn't a problem with your account, and the group isn't refusing you. AutoGP skips the group and carries on posting to the others.

What to do

  1. Open the group from the Results tab (its name is a link) and look for a Discussion tab or a "Write something" box. If there's neither, the group takes listings only.
  2. List the item instead. Switch from Post to Listing, fill in the listing and run it for your buy and sell groups: AutoGP fills in Facebook's listing form for you, and a listing can go to several groups at once.
  3. Leave it out of your ordinary post runs and bundles, so each run spends its time on groups that take ordinary posts.

Our page on posting to buy and sell groups explains how group posts and listings differ.

When to contact support

Email support@autogp.ai if the group has a Discussion tab or a "Write something" box and you can post there by hand, but AutoGP keeps giving this reason. Include the group's link and what Run Diagnostics shows.

More about the group

You're not a member of the group

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The group doesn't let you post

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"This group is paused": the group is paused or archived

"This group is paused": while a Facebook group is paused or archived, no one can post in it, admins included. What it means for your runs, and what to do.

The group isn't available

Facebook said the group isn't available: it may have been deleted, hidden from your account, or not loaded. How to tell which, and when to try again.

This group takes an ordinary post, not a listing

A listing run needs Facebook's listing form, which only buy and sell groups offer. Why a discussion group can't take one, and what to do with it.

Two of your groups have this name

Facebook's listing form identifies your groups by name only, so two groups called the same thing can't be told apart. How to fix it in a minute.

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