Originally Posted by
CFI Guy
As a commercial pilot you can get PAID for your services but you cannot "hold out" (either by advertising or being known by reputation or word-of-mouth) to the general public. Exceptions are flight instruction. I can provide an airplane and advertise my services. I can also do aerial photography, crop dusting, and aerial tours within 25SM of the airport with a letter from FAA.
Why can't a commercial pilot advertise his services? I think you meant to say a commercial pilot can not provide his services and an airplane without an air carrier certificate except for the flights you list. I can certainly put my card on the wall of the FBO and say I'll ferry light airplanes for $500 a day.