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Sana List Featured Listings Guide

How to Boost Your Listings and Make Them Featured on Sana List

Featured listings help sellers get better visibility, more buyer attention and stronger exposure across Sana List. This guide explains how to promote your products or services, top up your wallet and activate a featured listing using the Sana List dashboard.
Quick Answer

How do you boost a listing on Sana List?

To boost a listing on Sana List, register or log in, create a listing, open your dashboard, go to your products, choose the Promote option, select the promotion duration, top up your wallet using the displayed M-PESA PayBill instructions and contact Sana List support with your payment confirmation so the featured listing can be activated.

Best For

Sellers Who Want More Visibility

Main Benefit

More Views and Buyer Inquiries

Payment Method

Manual M-PESA Wallet Top-Up

Action Needed

Promote From Dashboard
How to Boost Your Listings on Sana List
Step-by-step guide for promoting Sana List listings, selecting a featured duration and completing wallet top-up using M-PESA.

Steps to Boost Your Listings on Sana List

Follow these steps to make your product or service listing featured and improve its visibility to buyers browsing Sana List.

Step 1: Register or Log In

Create a free Sana List account or log in to your existing account so you can manage listings, promotions and wallet activity from your dashboard.

Step 2: Post Your Product or Service

Create a listing with clear photos, accurate pricing, a detailed description, correct category, location and contact details.

Step 3: Open Dashboard Products

Go to your profile, open your dashboard and select Products to view your active listings in one place.

Step 4: Click Promote

Find the listing you want to boost and click the Promote option attached to that listing.

Step 5: Choose Promotion Duration

Select how long you want your listing to appear as featured, such as a set number of days or months, depending on the available options.

Step 6: Top Up With M-PESA

Use the displayed manual M-PESA PayBill instructions to top up your Sana List wallet before activation.

Step 7: Send Confirmation

After sending the M-PESA payment, WhatsApp Sana List support with your payment confirmation and listing details for faster activation.

Step 8: Listing Becomes Featured

Once the payment and listing details are confirmed, your selected listing can be activated as featured for the chosen duration.

Featured Listing Process Diagram

This simple flow shows how a normal Sana List listing becomes a promoted featured listing.

Create Listing

Add product or service details.

Open Dashboard

Go to your product listings.

Select Promote

Choose the listing to boost.

Top Up Wallet

Use M-PESA PayBill instructions.

Activate Feature

Confirm payment and start promotion.

Why Make Your Listing Featured?

Promoting a listing is useful when you want more attention, faster inquiries or stronger exposure for a product, service, job, property, vehicle or business offer.

More Visibility

Featured listings are designed to stand out better than regular listings and attract more attention from active buyers.

Better Buyer Interest

Boosting can help serious buyers discover your listing faster when browsing relevant categories.

Useful for Competitive Categories

Promotion is especially helpful for cars, property, electronics, jobs, services, fashion, furniture and fast-moving products.

Flexible Duration

You can select a promotion period that matches your selling goal, campaign timeline or stock movement needs.
Sana List dashboard screenshot showing how sellers can promote listings and make them featured

Important M-PESA Payment Reminder

After sending money to the displayed M-PESA PayBill number, contact Sana List support on WhatsApp with your payment confirmation message, account details and the listing you want to promote. This helps the team verify the wallet top-up and activate the featured listing correctly.

Before You Boost: Listing Quality Checklist

A featured listing works best when the ad is already clear, complete and attractive to buyers. Use this checklist before spending on promotion.
Clear title with product, service or offer keyword
Correct category selected
Good-quality real photos uploaded
Accurate price added
Location included
Detailed description written
WhatsApp or phone contact is active
Delivery or pickup options explained

Frequently Asked Questions About Featured Listings

These answers explain how listing promotion works on Sana List and what sellers should do before and after making a payment.

What is a featured listing on Sana List?

A featured listing is a promoted ad designed to receive better visibility and more attention from buyers browsing Sana List.

How do I promote my Sana List listing?

Log in to your account, open your dashboard, go to Products, choose the listing you want to boost and click Promote. Then follow the promotion and payment instructions shown on the platform.

How do I pay for a featured listing?

Sana List currently uses manual M-PESA wallet top-up instructions. Use the displayed PayBill details, then send your payment confirmation to Sana List support for verification.

What details should I send after payment?

Send your M-PESA confirmation message, Sana List account details and the specific listing you want to promote so the team can match your payment to the correct featured listing.

Which listings should I boost?

Boost listings that are complete, well photographed, competitively priced and likely to attract serious buyer interest, especially in competitive categories such as cars, property, electronics, jobs, services and fashion.

Get noticed faster with Sana List featured listings.

Create a strong listing, promote it from your dashboard and reach more buyers across Kenya’s online classifieds marketplace.
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