How to use the TT classified adverts

Choose an effective title and subtitle

Titles such as "for sale" or "assorted furniture" are not that great. A title such as "Table and four chairs for sale" is much better. Including "for sale" at the end is good because it makes it more obvious to people scanning the View New Posts list.

Include photographs

If you don't post pictures you will nearly always get at least three people asking you for pictures. Don't offer to send them by email, just include them in your post. Instructions are here: How to post images to the forum

Describe your items in intimate detail

If anyone wants to buy it, they'll want to know all about it, and if you post it once you don't have to email it to everyone who asks about it. This is especially important for hi-tech equipment like computers.

Why you're selling it

Include this information. If you don't, then suspicious people like me will assume there's something wrong with it that you're not telling us.

Computers

Please go to an online computer shop, configure a computer that has all the stuff yours has (including the power supply and keyboard and mouse and monitor!), and then list all those prices added up so that the users have a fair basis for comparison. Otherwise our very tech-savvy crowd will eagerly tell you how your computer is overpriced and why. Don't bait them, they're hungry and bored at work. Don't forget, if you have installation cds for your software, that's an important plus.

Close your advert

Close your advert when your things are sold, the job is taken, whatever. This prevents people from asking about it later, calling you, and so on. To close an advert simply click the "Close ad" button to the top right of your advert posting. Adverts are automatically removed from the system approximately 24 hours after being closed.

Summary

Following these steps will save you trouble and repeated checking back. People should then only post to the topic or PM or call you if they're really interested in the item. That makes our classifieds more efficient and more useful for buyers and sellers. See also the tips for a good advert on eBay - the same principles apply to TT and everywhere else on the Internet.

Do NOT use the gallery for adverts

The TT Gallery is intended for your personal photos of Germany. For example photos from TT events or stuff you've seen in and around Germany. The TT gallery is not for classified advert photos. Advertising photos should be posted to the advert in the forum topic. Advertising photos posted to the gallery may be removed without warning!

Resizing of photos

Photos published to the classifieds section and indeed throughout the forum must be less than 80kb in file size. If your photos are larger than this, read the instructions for reducing image sizes.

Spelling

The correct short form of the word "advert" is "ad". Note that this only contains one letter "d". The word "add", although frequently used, is wholly incorrect.

Now post your ad

Click to return to the for sale classifieds and post your advert.

Hi!

I posted an ad this afternoon, but can't find it in any of the lists. Wonder why!

Best,
Ednc

Did you try this link? It exists just for you.

I read the explaination about how to post pictures, but I am not sure how to downsize my pictures so that they fit... I am not so computer savy. Is there someone who could help me with that?

Thanks!

Amy

Info on resizing images.