When options like "Email Address Verification" (found under Admin panel → Settings → General → Mail) or "Enable Phone Verification" (under Admin panel → Settings → General → SMS) are enabled, users must verify their email address or mobile phone number accordingly. Ads will appear in the "Pending Approval" section until users complete the verification process.
If only the "Email Address Verification" option is enabled, the ad will be published on the website once the user verifies their email address.
If only the "Enable Phone Verification" option is enabled, the ad will be published on the website once the user verifies their phone number via the SMS code.
If both options are enabled, the user must verify both their email address and phone number for the ad to go public on the website.
If none of both options are enabled, the ad go to public on the website after its publication without any verification.
In addition to the above rules, when the "Allow listings to be reviewed by Admins" option (under Admin panel → Settings → General → Listing Form) is enabled, ads will remain in the "Pending Approval" section even after users verify their email address and/or phone number. These ads require admin approval to be published on the website. Once approved by the admin, the ad will go live.
IMPORTANT: When a user selected a promotion package to publish an ad, its publication will bypass the admin approval after payment (i.e. The ads will go public on the website after promotion package payment). More information about packages payments here.