How to Post an Ad

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1. First create an account on the www.myagclassifieds.com site by clicking on "Create New Account" link over in the User Login box on the right hand side of the page. An email will be sent to you that will have further your username and password.

2. Fill out the form presented.
Below is a description of the information you will need for the advertisement. The asterisk (*) means the field is required.

Login or Register As A New User: This section is required if a person is new to the site. You need a username and password so you can easily login and renew you ad in the future. We require an email address so we can contact you if necessary.

Listing Title*: The title of advertisement (example: ‘John Deere 4020 Tractor’)

Classified Listing Category(s)*: Select which category the listing best belongs. You must at least pick one, but you can choose up to 4 different categories by holding the ‘Ctrl’ key down on your keyboard and selecting other categories with your mouse.

Tutorial Publications Cost*: Publication cost is the price you’ll have to pay for the categories selected. The price is automatically configured for you and will appear a few seconds after you select your categories.

Classified Description*: Type in the description of the item being listed, should include as much detail as possible. Try to write in paragraph style rather than lists, try and avoid one or two word descriptions. The description can be up to 300 characters long. (Ex. This John Deere tractor was manufactured in 1966. Has new ignition wiring and tires. Has mountings for an additional loader bucket. OBO )

Phone*: A phone number is required and should be typed in the following format(xxx-xxx-xxxx).

Email: An email address can optionally be entered if available.

Location Fields: The location fields are not required but should be filled in almost all cases.

  • Location Name: Fill in with the locations title (i.e. Spring Creek Farm, McDonald Enterprises, etc.)
  • Street - Fill in the address of the item
  • Additional – For any additional information that did not fit in the street field
  • City- Enter city name
  • State/ Province – Can only choose one state
  • Country- Can only choose one country

Listing Image: An advertisement can have up to 4 images associated with the listing. Images must be in the jpg or jpeg format (no gifs, png, bitmaps, tiffs, pdf) Before images are attached they must be saved in a folder on your computer. Images then can be uploaded by clicking the browse button and locating the images on your computer and uploading the pictures to the listing.

After clicking the upload button the computer application takes care of resizing the image and placing it in the ad. You should see a small picture of your image after attaching it. The images are not saved to the listing until the listing is submitted, so if you preview the listing before submitting, the images will not show up, but they will be viewable when the listing is submitted. Tutorial

3. Click the preview button to review your listing. Remember if you added images you will not see them in the preview. If everything is good, click the submit button.




4. After the submit button is selected. The lister will be presented with a redirect page telling them they are being sent to PayPal.com to pay for their listing. The must click the Proceed to PayPal button to go to the PayPal site.




5. When at the PayPal site they can either pay with a credit card or if they have a PayPal account login into their account and pay that way.Tutorial




6. Once they have paid they will click the return to the website button on PayPal and be directed to the Thank You page on the MyAgClassifieds.com site for submitting and paying for an ad.




7. At that time a listing will be put into a moderation queue on the MyAgClassifieds system for a publisher to approve the ad. Once the ad has been approved it will be added to the site. If there is a problem with the ad MyAgClassifieds.com will contact the poster by either email or phone.







8.Once approved the listing will be automatically added to the front-page of the website and in the appropriate ad categories. After 85 days the poster of the ad will receive an email notice asking if they would like to keep the ad posted on the site for another 90 days. If the ad is to stay posted, instructions will be given on how to keep the ad posted free of charge. If the poster does not want to keep the ad posted, the email notification can be ignored and the ad will be automatically deleted from the system after the 90 day period. This 90 day cycle will continue as long as the poster wants the ad to be published. Tutorial