My Ad Finders
Ad Finders
Ad Finders automatically search for items of interest to you. You create an Ad Finder in much the same way as you perform a search and in fact can save a search as an Ad Finder. You are then notified daily via email of ads posted to the website in the past day that meet your criteria.
- Free Members receive 1 Ad Finder
- Subscribers receive 5 Ad Finders
- Business Subscribers receive 1 Ad Finder
Additional Ad Finders can be purchased using credits at a cost of 1 credit per week per Ad Finder.
Ad Timing
When placing your ad online, please allow an hour for it to show up in search results.
When placing your ad to run in the Printed Edition(s), the ad needs to be submitted before 3:00 pm on Thursday in order to be printed in the following Thursday's book.
All ads from both Printed Editions are included in the search results after 8:00 am on the day the book comes out for all Paid Subscribers.
All ads are subject to review by our editing staff. Any ads selected to run in the Printed Edition(s) are subject to the criteria for that edition.
All Premium Ads are reviewed by our editing staff prior to going live on the site.
Credit Info
Credits are used to purchase additional features such as:
- Placing your ad in the Printed Edition(s)
- Adding additional pictures to your ad based on your account
- More than 1 picture for a Free User
- More than 2 pictures for a Regular Subscriber
- More than 3 pictures for a Business Subscriber
- Adding Highlights to your ad
- Placing Ads over your limit based on your account
- Over 5 ads for a Free User
- Over 10 ads for Regular & Business Subscribers
- Adding a URL to your ad (unless you are a Business Subscriber)
- Adding Bold print to your ad
- Purchasing additional Ad Finders
- Over 1 Ad Finder for a Free User
- Over 5 Ad Finders for a Regular Subscriber
- Over 1 Ad Finder for a Business Subscriber
- Purchasing "Premium Ads" (in addition to the 1 free for a Business Subscriber)
- Purchasing additional Instant Ad Finders (excludes Free Users)
Credits cost $0.55 each and can be purchased in increments of 10. Credits can be purchased as part of a subscription of 26 weeks or greater for an additional discount. Credits purchased as part of an Auto Renew will receive a discount as well.
Credits are different than subscriptions and will remain active up to 18 months even if your subscription lapses. Credits will not be refunded for any partial use of a feature.
You do not need a subscription to purchase credits, just click Purchase Subscriptions/Credits from the Main Menu and follow the steps.
Instant Ad Finders
Instant Ad Finders function like an Ad Finder except are run throughout the day. You are notified by email, within 30 minutes of the ad being posted to the website. Subscribers receive 1 Instant Ad Finder. Additional Instant Ad Finders can be purchased using credits at a cost of 3 credits per week per Instant Ad Finder.
Search Book
Paid Subscribers will see all the online ads and those from both Printed Editions when doing a search. You can Search ads online by a variety of available features:
-Category
-Keywords
-Price Range
-Radius Search
-Attributes such as Year, Make or Model (based on category)
Once you are viewing your search results, you can change any of the search criteria on the left side of the search page and instantly update your list. You can reorder any of your Search results by clicking on the tab in the search bar for that item such as Price or Distance.
By clicking on the body of the ad, you will be brought to the Detail View. This shows all the pictures, full text and contact information for the ad. Only users with a Paid Subscription will be able to view the ads from the Printed Editions.
Search Online
You can Search ads online using a variety of available features:
-Category
-Keywords
-Price Range
-Radius Search
-Attributes such as Year, Make or Model (based on category)
Once you are viewing your search results, you can change any of the search criteria on the left side of the search page and instantly update your list. You can reorder any of your Search results by clicking on the tab in the search bar for that item such as Price or Distance.
By clicking on the body of the ad, you will be brought to the Detail View. This shows all the pictures, full text and contact information for the ad.
Subscription Overview
We offer a variety of Online Subscriptions options for customers who would benefit from additional features and benefits on our website.
Subscription packages and rates are tailored to the needs of three distinct audiences.
Standard Subscriptions are for those customers who go online to search and sell regularly.
Finally, we have Business Subscriptions for small businesses,
including some GREAT features such as a free website link to appear with each included ad,
a Premium Ad and many other unique features!
If you would like, you can
view a comparison
of what each subscription package offers and the rates.