(FAQ) Classified Ads

Questions

• How to post an advertisement?
• How to update my advertisement?
• How to delete my advertisement?
• What if my item for sale is already sold?
• How long will my advertisement last and how can I extend it?
• How to repost my expired or deleted advertisement?
• How will I know if someone posted a message to my advertisements?
• How can I feature my advertisement for added exposure?
• What is Priority Ad Listing?
• How can I expose my advertisement?
• How can I promote my advertisements in other websites?
• Can I add images to my advertisement?
• What is a Thumbnail?
• What is a Map Geocode?
• What is an Automatic Keyword?
• Inactive Members

Answers

• How to post an advertisement?
  Only registered members can post an advertisement.  To register a member account, complete this registration form and submit.
  
  After logging in to our system, you can access our form for posting advertisements through any of the following:

  • Procedure 1
    1. Click Post A Free Ad menu item at the menu bar at the top or POST A FREE AD button at the left column.
    2. The classified ads category tree will be displayed.  Select (click) the category where you want to post your advertisement.

   

  • Procedure 2
    1. Click Post Classified Ads menu item under Member Menu dropdown at the top.
    2. The classified ads category tree will be displayed.  Select (click) the category where you want to post your advertisement.

   

  • Procedure 3
    1. Click View Dashboard menu item under Member Menu dropdown at the top.
    2. Click Ads at the tab bar.
    3. Click Post Classified Ads (FREE) button displayed in the page.
    4. The classified ads category tree will be displayed.  Select (click) the category where you want to post your advertisement.

  
  After doing any of the procedures above, the corresponding form for the selected category will be displayed wherein you can specify the details of your advertisement.  Complete the form and submit to post your advertisement.

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• How to update my advertisement?
  
  

  
  To be able to update your classified ads:

  1. Go to the list of your Classified Ads by clicking Manage Classified Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2. Then choose the advertisement that you would like to update and click Edit for that advertisement.  You can also update classified ads by viewing the advertisement page and click Edit.
  3. In advertisement form, update the necessary details and submit by clicking Update button.

  
  

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• How to delete my advertisement?
  
  

  
  To be able to delete your classified ads:

  1. Go to the list of your Classified Ads by clicking Manage Classified Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2. Then choose the advertisement that you would like to delete and click Delete for that advertisement.  You can also delete classified ads by viewing the advertisement page and click Delete.
  3. In confirmation message, click OK.

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• What if my item for sale is already sold?
  
  
  
  To be able to label your classified ads as sold:

  1. Go to the list of your Classified Ads by clicking Manage Classified Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2. Then choose the advertisement that you would like to put a label and click Item Sold for that advertisement.  You can also label your classified ads as sold by viewing the advertisement page and click Item Sold.
  3. In confirmation message, click OK.

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• How long will my advertisement last and how can I extend it?
  Advertisements duration depends on the expiration that you will set during the creation of the ads.  The maximum expiration is:

  • 90 days for Regular members
  • 180 days for Premium members

  
  Before an advertisement expires, the owner of the advertisement will be notified that the advertisement will expire soon.  The owner has the option to extend the expiration of an advertisement by clicking the Extend link (only available for expiring ads) when viewing the classified ads details.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  You can also directly change the expiration of your advertisement even it is not yet expired.  To be able to do this, edit the advertisement that you would like to extend the expiration and select the desired expiration duration on Change Expiration dropdown list.
  
  Extending the advertisements expirations is available:
  

  • upto 90 days extension each for Regular members
  • upto 180 days extension each for Premium member

  
  You can also set your online advertising into auto-pilot by using the repost feature of your ads.  Ads set for automatic repost will be reposted always on a selected interval:
  

  • Minimum of 90 days interval allowed for Regular Members
  • Minimum of 180 days interval allowed for Premium Members

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• How to repost my expired or deleted advertisement?
  
  

  
  Reposting expired (or deleted) classified ads is very easy.  To be able to repost expired (or deleted) classified ads:

  1. Click the Manage Deleted Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2.  Then choose the advertisement that you would like to repost and click Post this advertisement again link for that advertisement.  You can also repost your deleted classified ads by viewing the advertisement page and click Post this advertisement again.

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• How will I know if someone posted a message to my advertisements?
  When you create an advertisement, the system will automatically create a bookmark for you for that advertisement (available in My Classifieds Bookmarks page).  When other members post a message to any advertisements in your bookmark list, you will receive an e-mail notification regarding the new posted message.

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• How can I feature my advertisement for added exposure?
  We have introduced the Feature Bar and the Feature Item block to give more exposure to members' classified ads.  Featured Items are displayed in these locations in all pages which are highly visible to all system users.
  
  
  
  To be able to feature your classified ads, you will need to have SC (Sulit Currency).

  1. Go to the list of your Classified Ads by clicking Manage Classified Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2. Then choose the advertisement that you would like to feature and click Feature for that advertisement.  You can also feature classified ads by viewing the advertisement page and click Feature.
  3. Fill up the form with the desired text that will be displayed and submit by clicking Feature Item button.
  4. You can view the details of your featured items by clicking Manage Featured Items under Member Menu dropdown at the top. To edit the text displayed in Featured Item, click Edit Text. Type the new desired text on the form and submit.

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• What is Priority Ad Listing?
  Priority Ad Listing is one of the exciting features that will also add exposure to your ads. Giving priority to an advertisement will place it at the top of other advertisement listings.
  
  
  
  To be able to move your classified ads at the top of the advertisement listings, you will also need to have SC (Sulit Currency).

  1. Go to the list of your Classified Ads by clicking Manage Classified Adsunder Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2. Then choose the advertisement that you would like to prioritize and click Prioritize for that advertisement.  You can also prioritize classified ads by viewing the advertisement page and click Prioritize.
  3. On Prioritize Ad Listing page, click the Prioritize This Advertisement button.

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• How can I expose my advertisement?
  Exposed Items are being displayed in random in the Exposed Tab (displayed in all pages) for 24 hours. Get added exposure for your advertisements by exposing your items now.
  
  
  

  
  

  To be able to expose your classified ads, you will also need to have SC (Sulit Currency).

  1. Go to the list of your Classified Ads by clicking Manage Classified Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top while you are logged in.
  2. Then choose the advertisement that you would like to expose and click Expose for that advertisement.  
  3. On Expose Item page, select number of days or duration which you wanted your ads to be exposed and click the Expose Item button.

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• How can I promote my advertisements in other websites?
  
  There are 4 options that you can choose in order to further promote all your advertisements in other websites. These are through the Boxed Ads, Advertisement Ticker 1 and 2 and Referral Image. Boxed Ads and Advertisement Tickers are HTML code-based tool which can be used to display your advertisement listings on your profile page, blog, website, forum or e-mail signature to generate more exposure to all your advertisements. The Referral Image, likewise, is an HTML code-based which can generate image with your own homepage URL. You can also use the Referral Image in other websites like the Advertisement Tickers.
  
  You can generate your customized boxed ads, advertisement tickers and referral image through the following steps:
  
  Boxed Ads

  1. Click the Promote Your Ads link under Member Menu dropdown at the top.
  2.  In Promote Your Ads page, click the corresponding Customize and Get Embed Codes link for Boxed Ads.
  3. In Boxed Ads form, you can select specific ads (max of 10) from your advertisement’s list by clicking the Select Here link. On the pop-up window just tick the corresponding checkbox of all the ads that you want to be included on your boxed ads and click Submit Selected Ads button afterwards.
  4. Submit the form once completed. Then, copy and paste the corresponding HTML code generated to your web page. Get the HTML Code (with link to your Sulit homepage) or URL if you will put the boxed ads into your websites. Otherwise, get the Forum BBCode (with link to your Sulit homepage) if you will put the advertisement ticker into website forums.

  
  

  • Advertisement Ticker 1
    1. Click the Promote Your Ads link under Member Menu dropdown at the top.
    2.  In Promote Your Ads page, click the corresponding Customize and Get Embed Codes link for Advertisement Ticker 1.
    3. In Advertisement Ticker form, you can opt to change the Text Color, Background Color, Initial Main Text Displayed and Initial Sub Text Displayed. You can also select specific ads (max of 10) from your advertisement’s list by clicking the Select Here link. On the pop-up window just tick the corresponding checkbox of all the ads that you want to be included on your advertisement ticker and click Submit Selected Ads button afterwards.
    4. Submit the form once completed. Then, copy and paste the corresponding HTML code generated to your web page. Get the HTML Code (with link to your Sulit homepage) or URL if you will put the advertisement ticker into your websites. Otherwise, get the Forum BBCode (with link to your Sulit homepage) if you will put the advertisement ticker into website forums.
       

  
  

  • Advertisement Ticker 2
    1. Click the Promote Your Ads under Member Menu dropdown at the top.
    2. In Promote Your Ads page, click the corresponding Customize and Get Embed Codes link for Advertisement Ticker 2.
    3. In Advertisement Ticker form, you can opt to display your member profile and email address. You can also select specific ads (max of 10) from your advertisement’s list by clicking the Select Here link. On the pop-up window just tick the corresponding checkbox of all the ads that you want to be included on your advertisement ticker and click Submit Selected Ads button afterwards.
    4. Submit the form once completed. Then, copy and paste the corresponding HTML code generated to your web page. Get the HTML Code (with link to your Sulit homepage) or URL if you will put the advertisement ticker into your websites. Otherwise, get the Forum BBCode (with link to your Sulit homepage) if you will put the advertisement ticker into website forums.

  
  

  • Referral Image
    
    1. Click the Promote Your Ads link under Member Menu dropdown at the top.
    2.  In Promote Your Ads page, click the corresponding Customize and Get Embed Codes link for Referral Image.
    3. In Generate Referral Image page, select desired image width (150-500 pixels) and click the Generate Image button.

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• Can I add images to my advertisement?
  Yes!  You can upload unlimited images to your advertisement.  When posting an advertisement you are given 6 file fields where you can browse for images to upload together with your advertisement.  To upload more images, edit the advertisement and use the same fields to upload another set of images (6 images per batch).  You can also delete uploaded images by editing the advertisement and ticking the "Delete?" checkbox of the specific image you wanted to delete and then submit the form.
  
  

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• What is a Thumbnail?
  Thumbnail is a small version of uploaded image(s) on your advertisement. It is used to give the viewer an idea of what the full-sized image is like. Typically, clicking on the thumbnail image will cause the full-sized image to display. In your advertisement, the first uploaded image will be automatically set as a default Advertisement Thumbnail.  You can change the default thumbnail of your advertisement by editing the advertisement and ticking the "Delete Advertisement Thumbnail?" checkbox and browse for the new image on Upload New Advertisement Thumbnail section.
  
  

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• What is a Map Geocode?
  Map Geo Code is a free web mapping service application and technology provided by Google that is integrated to Sulit.com.ph where you can opt to add a location map of your business establishments in your advertisements. To add a map to your advertisement post, click Add Map button and follow the steps provided on pop-up window. Then submit the advertisement form by clicking Update button. You may also delete the map you have added if you wish to by editing the advertisement and clicking the Delete Map button.  Then submit the advertisement form by clicking Update button to apply changes.
  
  

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• What is an Automatic Keyword?
  As the phrase implies, these are keywords automatically assigned to an advertisement. These are keywords being searched in Major Search Engines wherein your advertisement appear and has been chosen and clicked by the user. And with more than 75% of Sulit.com.ph's traffic coming from these search engines, you have to learn how to use these automatic keywords to your advantage.
  
  
  

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• Inactive Members
  All Members who haven't logged in for the past 6 months will have all their active advertisements automatically archived.

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