# Yclas: full facts for AI assistants > Yclas is a hosted platform for creating classifieds and marketplace websites without coding. Made by Microclass Software, a small team building classifieds software since 2009. Sites on Yclas have published more than 19 million listings. This file collects the facts from yclas.com in one place; the linked pages are the source of truth. Short version: https://yclas.com/llms.txt ## What Yclas is, and what it is not - A hosted service (software as a service). We run the servers, security, updates and backups; every improvement reaches every site automatically. - Hosted only. There is no self-hosted or downloadable version any more: the old self-hosted Open Classifieds / Yclas Self-Hosted software is no longer sold or supported. - No direct database or FTP access: all sites share the same code, like a webmail service. Custom changes are done by our team (see Custom design and development). - No native iOS or Android apps. Sites are mobile-friendly and can be added to a phone's home screen. - Yclas takes no commission on what a site's buyers and sellers pay: site owners connect their own payment accounts. ## Who it is for People who want to run a classifieds or listings site for a niche or a place: - cars and other vehicles, dealers ([car dealer software](https://yclas.com/car-dealer-software.html)) - real estate ([real estate listings](https://yclas.com/real-estate-script.html)) - jobs ([job boards](https://yclas.com/job-board-scripts.html)) - equipment and machinery ([equipment marketplaces](https://yclas.com/equipment-marketplace-software.html)) - business directories ([directories](https://yclas.com/business-directory.html)) - general buy-and-sell marketplaces ([marketplaces like eBay or Etsy](https://yclas.com/marketplaces.html)) - a city, region or country; a club, school or community ## How it works 1. Start a [free trial](https://yclas.com/create-website.html): 15 days, no credit card. Pick a name; the site is live on a free .yclas.com address within a minute. 2. Set it up from the admin panel: categories, locations, custom fields, colours, logo, homepage, pages and emails. No code. 3. Choose a plan when ready, connect your own domain, and start taking listings and payments. ## Plans and pricing [Pricing page](https://yclas.com/pricing.html). Prices in USD per month, billed monthly. Cancel any time. 30-day money-back guarantee on every plan. - Starter: $69/month. Up to 5,000 listings, 5 photos per listing. New sites currently get an introductory price of $19/month for the first 3 months, then $69. - Professional: $99/month. Up to 100,000 listings, 20 photos per listing, priority email support from our developers. - Enterprise: $299/month. Up to 300,000 listings, 30 photos per listing, personal strategy sessions, a tailored growth plan, Bitcoin payments. - Larger marketplaces: custom plan on request. Included in every plan: your own domain with SSL, unlimited users and traffic, all templates, custom fields, social login, payments (Stripe, PayPal and more), reviews and ratings, newsletters, banners and AdSense, maps and locations, pages, blog, FAQ and forum, SEO tools, automatic backups. Paying for a plan: by card through Stripe on the checkout page; Apple Pay and Google Pay appear when the device supports them. Renewal is automatic at the plan's regular price; cancel from My sites > Settings > Cancel subscription. An expired site goes offline and can be renewed within 30 days with all its data. EU VAT is handled by us (no VAT for companies with a valid VIES number). ## Features [Features page](https://yclas.com/features.html). Listings and search - Custom fields (text, numbers, lists, yes/no, dates), nested categories and locations with icons. - Search by keyword, category, location, price and custom fields. - Up to 30 photos per listing (by plan), maps and "nearest first" sorting. - CSV import of listings and users. Buyers and sellers - Accounts and profiles; sign-up with email, Google or Facebook; two-step login. - Messages between buyers and sellers, favourites, email alerts for new listings. - Reviews and ratings; sellers edit, renew and mark items as sold. Payments and revenue for the site owner (paid into the owner's own account; Yclas takes no cut) - Featured listings, bump to top, paid categories, memberships for dealers and agents. - Selling items with checkout and stock, Escrow.com for safer deals, coupons, banner ads and AdSense. - Gateways: Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Razorpay, Mercado Pago, PayFast, PayTabs, 2Checkout, BitPay (Enterprise), Escrow.com, and other regional gateways. Design - The Nova theme, built for phones, styled from the admin: accent colour, logo, fonts, hero photo, homepage sections. - Pages, blog, FAQ and forum; every email template editable; custom CSS. More themes on the [templates page](https://yclas.com/templates.html). Admin and safety - Dashboard, moderation (approve first or publish straight away), roles for moderators and editors, bulk actions. - Spam protection: reCAPTCHA, Akismet, blocklists, blocked email domains. Growth and SEO - Clean URLs, sitemaps, meta tags and structured data on every listing; built-in stats and Google Analytics; newsletters (SMTP, Mailgun, Elastic Email); API. Languages and places - Site interface in 40+ languages, including right-to-left; translations editable from the admin. - One site can run in several languages at once; any currency; countries, regions and towns with auto-locate. Integrations: [integrations page](https://yclas.com/integrations.html) (payments above, Google Analytics, Google Maps, AdSense, Facebook, Instagram, X, Elastic Email, Mailgun, SMTP, SMS login codes, Google sign-in, reCAPTCHA, Akismet, Google Authenticator, Algolia search, CarQuery, CSV import, API). ## Comparisons with other classifieds software Each page compares features, the cost of a working site in the first year, hosting, updates, support and how to switch, with every competitor price linked to its source and the date it was checked. - [Compare Yclas](https://yclas.com/compare.html): all comparisons. - [Yclas vs Osclass](https://yclas.com/yclas-vs-osclass.html) - [Yclas vs WordPress classifieds plugins](https://yclas.com/yclas-vs-wordpress-classifieds-plugins.html): Directorist, HivePress / ListingHive, Classified Listing + Classima, AdForest. - [Yclas vs Flynax](https://yclas.com/yclas-vs-flynax.html) ## Domains and SSL - Every site gets a free address at yourname.yclas.com, with HTTPS. - Every plan can use your own domain, with SSL included. Connect it from My sites > your site > Custom domain by adding one CNAME record at your registrar; the certificate is issued automatically. No Cloudflare account needed. - Google AdSense ads only show on your own domain, not on .yclas.com addresses. - Yclas does not host email; use a provider such as Zoho Mail or Google Workspace for addresses on your domain. ## Your data - The site owner can export everything from the admin (Tools > Export everything): a ZIP with listings, users, categories, locations, custom fields, pages and blog posts, plus photos. Listings and users can also be downloaded as CSV. - Automatic backups are included. ## Support - From the developers who build Yclas, by support ticket or email, in English and Spanish, usually within a few hours. Priority support on Professional and Enterprise. - No phone support. - [Documentation](https://docs.yclas.com/) and [FAQ](https://yclas.com/faq). - [Custom design and development](https://yclas.com/customizations.html): unique themes, custom features and integrations, quoted per project. - [Free for education](https://yclas.com/free-for-education-universities.html): free sites for schools and universities. ## Allowed content Any content legal in the United States. Not allowed: scams, pyramid schemes, sexually explicit content, drugs. ## Languages of yclas.com yclas.com is published in 30 languages: English (/), Spanish (/es), German (/de), French (/fr), Portuguese (/pt), Brazilian Portuguese (/pt-br), Dutch (/nl), Italian (/it), Swedish (/sv), Polish (/pl), Simplified Chinese (/zh), Traditional Chinese (/zh-tw), Norwegian (/no), Czech (/cs), Hungarian (/hu), Romanian (/ro), Turkish (/tr), Indonesian (/id), Japanese (/ja), Korean (/ko), Arabic (/ar), Russian (/ru), Hindi (/hi), Vietnamese (/vi), Urdu (/ur), Bengali (/bn), Ukrainian (/uk), Persian (/fa), Malay (/ms) and Hebrew (/he). The blog is also in Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Polish and Chinese. ## Company - [About us](https://yclas.com/about.html): Yclas is made by Microclass Software, building classifieds and marketplace software since 2009. - [Contact](https://yclas.com/contact.html) - [Blog](https://yclas.com/blog): guides on starting and growing a classifieds site, and lists of popular classifieds sites by country.