Composing Your Ad for the V7N Marketplace

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Each section of the Marketplace has it's own sub rules you are to follow in addition to the general Marketplace rules. Please familiarize yourself with the rules you are to follow before composing your ad.

As per the General Rules and Guidelines of the Forum

The following are not allowed
-urls shorteners
-affilliate/referral links
-adult sites
-gambling sites

A couple of other notes:
- No special characters can be used to make your thread title stand out on the page.
- Bumping your thread for the purpose of bringing it to the top of the page again is not allowed and will result in your thread being removed.
- No hijacking someone else's ad.


Composing Your Ad - Selling
One thing that is typical to all sections is, your offer is to be in your ad here. i.e. No posting an ad something like "I offer SEO services, have a look at my site here" (with here linked to your site) All details of your offer/request are to be detailed in your ad here at V7N. After providing the details, linking to the page on your site to actually make the purchase is ok.

Composing Your Ad - Buying
The more details you provide with your ad to purchase something, the less time you and those responding will waste sorting through not suitable candidates and jobs to respond to.

e.g. If you are looking for a writer:

-what is the theme of the articles you want written
-how often do you want them to write for you
-what is your budget for this work
-how will they be paid. How often and through which payment processor(s)

Composing Your Ad - Links, Websites and Domains
If you wish to not disclose where the link is/is going to be or the name of your website or domain, that's fine but you have to at least provide the theme.

Composing Your Ad - Ad Copy
As described above, the best way to get results from your ad is to write effective ad copy. Provide all the information the purchaser/buyer/applicant will need to

a ) reply to your ad and
b ) be the right person you were looking for.

Subject Lines

When you wish to post an ad select the appropriate prefix for your ad from the dropdown menu at the beginning of the subject line when available. For all subject lines:

1. No fancy art symbols in the subject line
2. Clear and consise titles, no over doing the selling hoopla Clear and consise titles will get the best replies.

Note: some sections do not require this. e.g. Want to Sell Links In these cases the dropdown before the subject box when composing your ad is not available.

You Have Something to Sell:

1. The subject of your ad needs to start with [WTS]

You Want to Buy:

1. The subject of your ad needs to start with [WTB]

You Want to Giveaway

1. The subject of your ad needs to start with [Free]

You Want to Trade

1. The subject of your ad needs to start with [WTT]

Your Existing Ads
If you have an existing ad for the same thing, report the old ad and request it be closed before placing a new ad.

It would also be appreciated if your offer is no longer available or your need has been fullfilled that you report your ad and request it be closed. This way the forums are not clogged up with people replying to ads that are not applicable anymore.

We want everyone to be successful in the V7N community. To do this, just follow the rules posted and compose effective ads.