Our marketplace offers you different types of ads which you can select during ad posting or reposting. It is not possible to switch between different ad types while it is live. Available types are:
- Sell
- Auction
- Buying
- Exchange
- Gift
- Job Offers / Requests
In order to participate in any auction, first you need to register an account. Once you have an account, visit any auction, in the sidebar you will notice the bidding box.
Before entering your bid value, you will see the minimum value you must place. Once the auction is finished and if you’ve won it, you will receive a confirmation mail.
List of all auctions in which you are or have participated in will be displayed on your profile under Auctions.
In order to promote your ads, first you must navigate to your submitted ads and from the action menu, select the last option. It will open a modal with the list of all available promotions on the marketplace as well as your currently active promotions for the particular ad.
List of available promotions are:
- Bump Up Ad (this will update creation date while expiry time remains and can be used only once per ad)
- Highlight Ad (this will make your ad stand out from other ads on the platform)
- Top Ad (make your add in the first XX positions of listing as well as in it’s regular listing position)
- Urgent Ad (display a urgent ribbon on your ad box)
- Home Map Ad (have your ad appear on the landing page)
With an exception of Bump Up promotion, all of them have multiple packages available.
Once you have selected promotion type and period, you can proceed to the payment screen. Once the payment is confirmed, your promotion will be active. Promotion starts from the time when payment is confirmed and not when the promotion is requested.
From dropdown, you are selecting a general location for your advert, while selecting it on the map means you are being more precise. Also if the location result of the marketplace is set to geolocation, people who search by location will find your ad more easier. Location search of the marketplace can also be set as list of predefined values, in which case value from the dropdown is being used.
Depending on the settings of the marketplace you can have:
- Packages (in the packages time for submitting ads is unlimited while number of ad is final)
- Subscriptions (time for submission is limited while number of ads is not)
Number of different packages and subscriptions is unlimited and it all depends on the preferred settings of the administrator
In order to retrieve phone number of a seller, go to their profile page or any of their ads and you will notice a block with phone number.
If you wish to start a conversation with the seller, first create an account. Once you have created your account navigate to any of their ads and you will notice a button for sending messages. List of your messages is available on your profile. There you have AJAX messaging system where you will be able to continue conversations.
There are two types of reviews – buyer and seller. First step is to register on our marketplace. Next you need to send a message to a seller. Once the seller responds to your message you will be able to review seller and in the same manner, seller will be able to review you.
When users visit your profile, they will be able to see your overall reviews, complete list of your reviews and also filter them by type.
Once you post a review, it can not be changed. Both buyer and seller have the option to respond to reviews.
If you have found some ads which you want to visit later or contact seller later, etc. you can mark it as Favorite and it will be saved to the list of your favorite ads which you can access from your profile dashboard.
If you feel that the ad is breaking some rules, you can report it directly from the ad page by clicking on the Report button and provide a detailed reason. The Ad will however remain active until an administrator confirms the claim and takes it down.