Trading Advice

Managing your ads - made easy - simples!

Our brightsparks at Ad Trader have tried to make it as easy as possible for you to manage your ads online, but there are occasions when even the savviest of online users have problems. As such, here lies a quick & easy guide to managing your online ads.

NB. It is important to note before we start that ads placed over the telephone or by email cannot be managed online, as they won't appear in your My Ads listing.

How to manage your adverts:-

• Once placed your advert goes live immediately*, however there is a short time between placing the advert and being able to edit the advert (this allows us to verify the advert).
• During this time your advert will be displaying the message "(Subject to Approval)" and no active edit button will be displayed.
• Come back to your advert later refresh (press F5) your screen and the View Live Ad / Edit / Delete links should all then be available to you. You can now go onto edit your advert.
• Pictures can be changed, and wording can be amended - don't forget to check your spelling!
• All the changes that you make will be sent onto the publication, there is no need to contact them separately. However you must make sure that you have edited the PUBLICATION wording as this is the part of the advert that is actually printed. (In the yellow box).
• The Edit link will not be available to you if no longer have any bookings left; in this case your advert will only be open to Rebook.
• Click the Quick Rebook and the same advert will be rebooked in a flash.
• Click the Rebook link and you can go through the Place Ad Process again making changes as you go.
• Delete items that have been sold by using the Delete button, this will immediately remove the advert from the website.
• However ads already gone off to print cannot be deleted from the paper! (Harry Potter doesn't work here).
• NOTE - You won't be able to delete ads that haven't yet been verified, come back later and this link will be available to you.

*In some cases ads are held longer in the verification process and do not go live immediately.

Check out 'Managing your ads - made easy - simples!' on the Ad Trader Blog.

Uploading Images made Easy

Having listened to our customers, we've now updated our image handling code to make it easier and quicker to upload images thus helping YOU sell your items faster. If you haven't tried it before, give it a go.....

• Transfer the photos from your mobile/camera using the cable supplied onto your laptop/pc.
• When prompted save the images into your chosen directory. REMEMBER where you saved them. :-)
• When you need to load your images on adtrader.co.uk, click the Choose Photos button and then find the directory that you saved the photos in.
• Click on the photo you want to upload and then click Open on the box that has opened.
• Next click the Upload photos button. A processing bar will appear on the right hand side and then your photos will appear.
• To upload up to 9 images at once select all of the images that you want to upload from your directory by holding down the shift key and highlighting each photo. Then click Open and then click Upload Photos. (The photos will be listed in the box above).
• You can also use the Simple upload tool which works the same way as above, but only allows you to load one photo at a time.
• To Rearrange your photos click and drag the photo into the position that you want it. The Main photo (one in blue box) is the photo that will appear on the front page and in your Photo Box (if that is the publication style that you choose).
• To delete a photo click on the red symbol in the right hand corner. You can then upload a new photo to take its place.

If you have any problems it could be either the file type, we only accept jpg or gif files. The file size must be less than 4mb. Sadly beyond our control however, a slow network connection may cause the images to take FOREVER to load (onto AdTrader).

Check out Uploading Images made Easy on the Ad Trader Blog.