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HELP TOPICS

What you get when you place your AD

How to search for specific items

How to place a new AD

AD fee

How to prepare your photo for your AD

How to Upload or Change your photo for your AD

How to Change the Text in your AD

How to delete your AD

How to email your photo to us

Pay for your Classified AD

What you get when you place your Classified AD

• Includes: Listing in our searchable classifieds database, with a clickable link to a full web page AD for your item.

 
• Includes: One full web page AD for your item.

 
• Includes: Color photo of your item or you may use a banner AD image.

 
• Includes: Up to 300 words of text to describe item, etcetera.

 
• Includes: A clickable link to your web site (if you want it), so that visitors can easily visit your web site.

 
• Includes: A "blind email" link (to protect the privacy of your email address) so legitimate buyers can contact you directly regarding your AD - and email spammers are prevented from viewing your actual email address..

 
• You can upload or change the photo as often as you like, right from your desktop.

 
• You can edit your AD as often as you like, at any time. The only thing you can't change is the Category that your AD was placed in, or the Caption of your AD.

 
• You can delete your AD at any time prior to it's expiration date. There are no refunds for advertising charges if you delete your AD before the expiration date..

 
• All changes to your AD are in real time - which means the changes are made as fast as you click the submit button!

 
• You get all of the above for only $4.99 for each full month of advertising. (One month = 31 days). You pay no commissions and there are no hidden fees. Fees are non-refundable even if you cancel your AD prior to it's expiration date.

 
• To post a new Classified AD click here.

Searching the Classified ADs database for specific "Keywords"

You can search the Classified ADs database using keywords of interest to you and go right to the ADs containing those keywords. Type the words you want searched into the Search text box and click on the Search ADs button.

Example: If you're searching for a Bass Boat in Florida, type "bass boat florida fl" in the Search box, and use the "find ALL words in ADs option." You can narrow the search by selecting either "Exact words in AD" or "All words in AD." The reason I added "fl" is just in case the person posting the AD used an abbreviation.

Example: If you're searching for a all tack ADs in Oklahoma, you might enter "oklahoma ok tack" and use the "find ALL words" Search option. You can narrow the search by selecting either "Exact words in AD" or "All words in AD." The reason I added "ok" is because the person listing the AD may have abbreviated with OK. To narrow the search even further, you could enter a city name, like "Tulsa".

TIP: Keep in mind that sometimes the advertiser may be using abbreviations, and/or he/she may have used incorrect spelling.

How to post a Classified AD in our system

Go to the post new Classified AD page. Fill out the form. Preview your AD. Approve your AD. After you approve your AD, click on the PayPal link, and pay for your AD with your credit card. All new Classified ADs are placed in a temporary file until PayPal has notified us that payment has been accepted for your AD. After we receive Payment verification from PayPal, your AD will appear in the main Classified ADs database. Sometimes, it can take up to 24 hours for us to receive the notification from PayPal, and for your AD to appear in the main Classifieds database.

AD fee: We charge $4.99 per month for your AD. One month = 31 days. You can place your AD one Category. To place your AD in additional categories, you will need to place different AD in each of the desired categories. We no longer allow AD Renewals. Rather than renew your AD you must place a new AD. There is no fee to delete your AD. You can delete your AD at any time. AD fees are non-refundable - even if you delete your AD prior to it's normal expiration date.

Uploading your photo: You can upload your photo from your computer to ours for your AD. You do not have to wait for us to add or change your photo. Click here to upload or change your photo.

Your photo image must be in an jpg or gif format. (Anything else gets rejected). You can also use a banner AD for your image, or perhaps a great photo scanned from product literature. You may want to use the banner AD as an image if you are placing your AD to generate traffic to your web site where you offer many more items that what would be in a single AD.

Your photo may not be larger than 400 pixels wide by 400 pixels high. (This is approximately 5 1/2 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches high. The file size may not be larger than 72kb.

You change your photo image and the text for your AD as often as you desire. The only thing you can't change in your AD is: The Category you selected when you first posted your AD, and the Caption.

How to prepare your photo for your AD

If you have a scanner or digital camera: Use the photo editing software that came with your scanner or digital camera to save your image as a "jpg" or "gif" image type.

First, check the resolution of your image to be sure that it is 72 dpi resolution. Use the "Resample or resize image" feature in your software to resize the photo 72 dpi. Then, resize your image to: 400 pixels wide (or less) by 400 pixels high (or less).

Prior to resizing your image, you may want to custom crop the image. Use the "Mask" feature in your image editing software to select only the part of the photo that highlights what you are selling in your AD. Then select "crop to mask." (What that means is: cut out everything in the photo that is not related to what you are selling. This creates a focal point for the item to be sold).

TIP: Remember where you saved your image before you upload it! If you are using "Windows" on your PC, make a folder in the "My Documents"e; section titled "e;My Photos"e; and save your image in this file. It will make it much easier to remember where your photo is, if you have a standard folder on your PC where you keep your photo image files.

TIP: If you are having trouble uploading your photo, you can email your photo to us as an attachment, and we will place your photo in your AD. To email your photo, click here and complete the contact form, including your name, and AD Number. We will send you complete details to email your photo to us.

If you are emailing your photo: Prepare your photo image as a .jpg or .gif file. ALL other file types are automatically deleted.

Click here to contact us. Include your name and AD number, along with your ADs Password

How to Mail Your Photo to us

When you place your AD you will choose a password for your AD and a AD number will be generated by our web site. You will need to include the AD number and the AD password in your email.

We hope you enjoy your visit to our site and we welcome you to return often and tell your friends about us. If we can be of assistance to you please contact us.

Dallas Bowman
iBoatShop.com - Internet Boat Shop

Good luck with your AD!

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