About

Welcome to the classified advertising website for the Express and Star.

At the Express and Star, we are proud to have helped both our readers and advertisers buy and sell locally in the West Midlands for many years through our printed newspapers. We're now delighted to be able to offer that same first class service through this online platform.

This new site is designed to make your experience with classified advertising as easy, straightforward and pleasurable as possible. Whether you are a tradesman or private advertiser looking to promote your services or goods, a consumer looking to buy or someone in need of a domestic or professional service, our site is designed to be as user friendly and easily to follow as possible, allowing you to fulfil your classified need quickly and with confidence.

Why Classified?

Classified advertising represents delivering a service to a local marketplace that values trust, with a level of personal service that comes from doing business locally. 67% of people prefer to deal and trade locally, enlisting the aid of local professionals when a need arises. Our aim is to provide our advertisers with a quality platform that will help them to promote their services or goods in a clear and logical manner, alongside providing our readers with an easy to search directory that will lead them to a solution. In short, we aim to drive the best possible response for our advertisers and make things as easy as possible for our readers and online users.

Finding what you need

As someone in need of a service, nothing is more important than being able to find what you need quickly and with the minimum of stress. As with our newspaper, our new online classified site is categorised into helpful subsections and categories, designed to make your experience as easy as possible.

The site includes everything from home and services professionals to business and farming, even providing you with the space to buy, sell and rent property in the West Midlands. It might be you're looking to service or sell your car in Walsall, find a product for the family pet in Wolverhampton or take driving lessons in West Bromwich. With our colour coded categories, finding what you need has never been easier. Simply click the category you're interested in and let your search begin.

Placing an Ad

We also pride ourselves on making it as easy and straightforward as possible for our advertisers to place an advert. All you need to do to get started is click on the register link. Within a few button presses, your advert could be running online immediately Whether you are a private advertiser with an item to sell or a trade professional looking to promote your services long term, our new site is designed to fulfil all of your advertising requirements. We can help you deliver your message with confidence to our combined print and online audience. With just one insert in the Express & Star and one week on expressandstar.com, you could see a reach of 399,580 (27%).

Giving you the support we believe in

At the Express and Star we are passionate about helping our advertisers to achieve the best response possible. Nobody knows your business better than you and we are committed to using our expert knowledge to help your message have the impact it needs. If you are a trade professional looking to promote your services, or you run a business and would like to establish a long term advertising campaign, feel free to contact one of our sales professionals. Our experienced advisors are there to help drive the best response possible from your advertising by creating a bespoke advertising package tailored specifically to your needs.

If you are looking for advice or wish to learn more, please click the contact us link and we will be happy to help.