The Birmingham News

Placing an ad is easy! Just fill out the form below and submit. A customer service representative will then contact you with pricing and to confirm your order. Credit card payments are gladly accepted by telephone. Your ad will appear in print in The Birmingham News, the Birmingham Post-Herald, and online at al.com.

For assistance or to place your ad by phone, call us anytime 24/7 at
205-321-1411 or 1-800-283-4015

Online Classified Order

Use this form only for private-party classified ads. Commercial advertisers please contact us by phone.

Where do you want your ad to appear?

What do you want your ad to say?

For tips on writing a classified ad, click here.

Type your ad copy exactly as you want it to appear. Don't forget to include the phone number you want to have published.

On a classified ad column, there are approximately 25 characters and spaces per line. The display below is an approximation. The text will wrap automatically. Please do not type returns.

Make My Ad Stand Out:

Use bold type

Use larger type

Use screened background

Add a graphic element (Stars, Checkmarks, etc.)

When would you like your ad to start?

Next Available Day

Next Available Sunday

Give Me Price Options

For copy deadlines, click here.

How many days should the ad run?

Best value is 7 or 10 days. Number of days:

Special instructions:

If there is anything else we need to know about this ad, please tell us here:

Who is the party responsible for the charges?

Area codes are required. Your home telephone number is required. This may - or it may not - be the same telephone number that appears in your ad.

Please be sure to give us a daytime phone number (cellular or pager number is ok) where you can be contacted during normal business hours.

Home Phone:
area code phone number

Daytime Phone: (Please do not use cellular or pager numbers for billing.)
area code phone number extension

Name:

Email:

Address: (If billing address is a P.O. box, please provide a street address.)

Street Address:

City: State: Zip:

Your Name: (If different from responsible party)

Method of Payment:
Visa / Mastercard
American Express
Discover

That's all there is to it. Please check to see that all the information is typed correctly then press the send button. We will call you back to verify your order.

Your ad will appear in the newspaper after it has been verified with you and reviewed to see that it meets our advertising acceptance guidelines.

Information entered on this form is for Classified billing purposes only and is not posted or given to anyone outside this company. If you prefer to place your ad by phone, please call Customer Sales at 205-321-1411 or 1-800-283-4015.

For adjustment and policy information click here.

Local: 205-321-1411
Toll-free: 1-800-283-4015

Business hours:
Monday-Thursday 7:30 - 8:00
Friday 7:30 - 5:30
Saturday 8:00-12:00