Free Ad Papers

Melbourne Advertiser - Your Free Ad Paper

The Melbourne Advertiser is Victoria's best free ad newspaper.

You can read our free ads online - and also in print.

There are no charges for free ads. Private advertisers never pay fees, commissions or charges.

As a business, we make money from cover price sales of our newspapers, and from commercial business advertisements.

Free Ad Papers Around The World

Free Ad Papers have spread rapidly around the world.

Mike Abbott founded Buy & Sell in Vancouver more than quarter-of-a-century ago.

In Australia, one example is Quokka which was founded in Western Australia in 1996. www.quokka.com.au 

The paper was purchased by West Australian Newspapers Ltd in November 2002 for $16 million.

CEO Ian Law said: "From our point of view, the free ‘for sale’ classifieds was a market segment we were not in. It’s been a very complementary purchase and a good add-on to our existing business.”

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