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Listing & Content Guidelines

Last Updated: October 2026 • Effective Date: Platform Launch

1. Core Listing Principles

CampusGhar was built to provide honest, transparent, and student-first discovery for accommodation, marketplaces, food, and local student amenities. Every listing published must adhere to three non-negotiable principles:

1. Truthful Pricing

All monthly rents, security deposits, food mess charges, and item prices must reflect genuine costs without hidden surprises or false bait rates.

2. Authentic Photos

Photos must depict the actual premises, room, item, or kitchen. Stock photos, rendered mockups, or photos of unrelated properties are strictly prohibited.

3. Real Location

Listings must accurately specify their distance, landmark, and locality relative to the associated college or coaching cluster.

2. Prohibited Content & Behaviors

• Discrimination & Bias: Content that discriminates, excludes, or demeans individuals on the basis of religion, caste, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or regional origin is strictly forbidden.

• Fake / Bait-and-Switch Listings: Advertising a vacant single room only to redirect students to an unauthorized shared space upon contact is grounds for immediate account suspension.

• Duplicate Spam: Posting identical or near-identical listings across multiple localities or accounts is prohibited.

• Illegal Services & Prohibited Goods: Alcohol, tobacco, vaping devices, prescription medicines, counterfeit books, pirated study material, or any illegal services cannot be listed.

• Impersonation & Unauthorized Representation: Claiming affiliation with coaching institutes, universities, or third parties without legal authorization is prohibited.

3. Stay Availability Reconfirmation (7-Day Cadence)

To eliminate phantom listings and wasted student inquiries, all accommodation listings (Stay) require regular availability reconfirmation:

• Reconfirmation Prompt: Stay operators receive a reconfirmation prompt every 7 days from their last confirmation date.

• Warning State: Listings unconfirmed for 7 days are flagged in search results with an overdue confirmation notice.

• Auto-Unavailable: Listings unconfirmed for 14 days are automatically hidden from student discovery until the owner clicks “Reconfirm Availability” in their dashboard.

4. Moderation Lifecycle & Platform Action States

CampusGhar employs human and automated moderation to protect the community. Listings progress through clear lifecycle states:

PENDING_APPROVALSubmitted listing undergoing initial compliance review by the moderation team.

CHANGES_REQUESTEDListing returned to owner with specific notes (e.g., photo re-upload required, clarify rent breakup).

APPROVED_AWAITING_PAYMENTApproved listing awaiting activation fee or zero-price Founding Free Campaign activation.

ACTIVEPublicly searchable and discoverable by students across launch markets.

REMOVED_BY_ADMINTakedown action taken due to policy violation, verified safety report, or fraud.

5. Community Reporting & Safety Enforcement

Students and platform users can report any listing directly using the “Report this listing” action on the listing detail page. Reported listings are queued immediately for administrative investigation. Verified violations result in listing removal and, in severe cases, permanent owner banning.