| Feature |
Description |
| User Accounts |
User's of your system create and maintain their own account information. The
accounts are password protected. If a user wishes to create an account, there
is a link on the login page that provides for this.
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| Forgotten Password |
Users can easily have their password sent to them via email by entering
the email address they used in creating their account.
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| My Classified Ads |
Each classified ad owner has the ability to create and maintain his/her
own listings.
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| Search |
Ads can be searched by state, city, category, and keywords.
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| Locale Codes |
In creating your site, you can choose to only display ads from specified
cities rather than share all public listings. For example you can include
the main city and surrounding towns/cities.
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| Photos |
Each classified ad can support one image to be displayed.
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| Search Preferences |
Each user can specify default search criteria. Specify the state, city,
category, keywords, and the sort order. The preferences are used when the
user clicks the 'Search' button. The user can always change the search
criteria to display different listings.
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| Sort Listings |
In setting the desired preference for sorting, the user can sort by ad title
or by state/city/ad title.
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| Add Listing |
Users can add their listing by entering/selecting a category, providing a title,
price, and contact information.
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| Email Correspondence |
Classified Ad owners are contacted directly by potential buyers/sellers. The
email addresses are not made public. This prevents people from freely collecting
addresses for spamming purposes. Anyone interested in contacting the ad owner
must fill out a web form and provide their own email address. The ad owner can
respond to the visitor once the email is received.
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| Ad Rates |
As the owner of the web site, you set your own rates for listings. If the rate is
greater than $0.00, then the ad owner must go through the payment process.
If the price is zero, classified ads are automatically displayed on the site
without any verification.
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| Ad Payments |
As the owner of the web site, you decide how your customers will pay for their
listings. By default, there are two methods: 1) email, 2) PayPal.
When paying for ads, your customers can select one, multiple, or all ads. This
will create an order that you must process before ads will appear on the site.
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| Customer's Ads |
As the site owner, you can display all ads per customer using the administration
web pages.
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| Customized web messages |
As the site owner you can display custom messages on the search page of the site.
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| Sales Tax Rate |
When setting up your site, you can enter the rate and select the state to be
used in calculating the sales tax for orders.
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| Display Duration |
The length of time that an ad will be displayed is determined by the site owner.
The length is specified in number o days.
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| Reports |
There is a number of reports that are provided to help process your customer's
orders.
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