Listing items, jobs and events
You must be logged on to access this facility.
Click the orange ‘SELL’ tab in the main navigation bar. Then pick an appropriate category from the ‘List a new…’ box e.g. Car, Job, event… and click on that link.
Listing your item for FREE – If your item does not fall in to one of the main categories, for example a T.V. or you want to give your item away for free, click ‘Item’. This takes you to the ‘Freebay’ section of the site where you may be able to list your item for free!
See Freebay for more information.
- Use the drop down boxes to classify your item, job or event and type in information where requested.
- Enter a description into the ‘Description’ box using a maximum of 300 characters.
- For items and jobs, list six key features in the ‘Key features’ box. Use one line per feature, for example for a car:
- ABS
- Alloys
- Sat Nav
- Central Locking
- Power Steering
- Climate Control
For events type the location in to the Location/Address box
(Take a look at Writing good sales copy for your listing for our five top tips.)
Contact details
- If you are happy with the default contact details continue to ‘Photo Upload’.
- If you would like to enter new contact details, ‘tick’ the ‘Enter new contact details’ circle by clicking it, then fill in the boxes provided.
Photo Upload
- Check the photo you wish to upload is 1MB in size or smaller.
- Try to resize / crop your image so that it is 800 x 600 pixels.
- On the find.gg web page click a ‘Browse’ button.
- Navigate through your search screen to find the location of your photo e.g. Your documents > Your pictures > Your photo.
- Select your photo and click on the ‘open’ button. Your photo is now uploaded.
- Click the ‘Title’ box opposite browse and type in the name of your photo.
- To add more photos, click other ‘Browse’ buttons and repeat points 4 to 6
- To remove a photo…
When should your listing run?
- The start date for your listing is always set to to-days date. To change your ’start date’, click the calendar icon to the right of the date box.
- Navigate to the calendar date of your choice by selecting the month and year from the dropdown boxes or by clicking the < > buttons to advance or retrieve a month. Click the number of the exact day you want your advert to start running.
- Select a finish date for your listing, using the instructions described in point 9. The finish date cannot be more than 14 days from your start date. Once your listing has run, you are welcome to list it again.
- If you are happy with the details you have entered, click the orange ‘LIST THIS ITEM’ button at the bottom of the screen.
Congratulations, you have just placed a listing on Find.gg! All items, jobs and events will be listed immediately. Click on the relevant grey tab at the top of the page to see your advert.
Any inaccurately entered information will be flagged. A description of the problem will appear in red text, with a red box around the area in which it has occurred. After you have made the appropriate amends click ‘LIST THIS ITEM’.
If you have insufficient credit to post your listing, click the orange ‘ADD CREDIT’ button at the bottom of the screen and follow instructions. Not sure what to do? Take a look at Buying credits for help.
Don’t want to post this listing after all? No problem, simply click on the orange ‘BACK TO ACCOUNT’ button at the bottom of the screen or continue to another page using the tabs and links at the top of the page. Please note that once you have navigated out of this page, any details you have entered will be lost.
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