Classified Ad Websites

Our classified ad website come with all the needed features to launch a successful paid or free, membership-based enterprise. Although most commonly used for real estate listings, job listings, auto ads, and miscellaneous items for sale, our Classified Ad solutions can be adapted to community websites, business directories, personal ads, and much more.

The following details the advanced features of our classified ad websites.

Overall Functionality Highlights:

• Comprehensive management area to control all aspects of the site functionality. Manage users, registration specifics, categories, ad rules, site rules, email rules, payment options, user groups, discount codes, and much more.
  
• Unlimited categories, subcategories, and ads.
• User Group functionality. You can assign different payment plans and functionality to different user groups. You can also manually control a the functionality for individual users.
• Highly configurable payment plans.
• Display "Featured Ads" on homepage, ordered randomly.
• Display "Newest Ads" on homepage.
• Display "Hottest Ads" on homepage.
• PayPal and/or credit card configuration.
• Discount code capabilities.
  
• Basic and advanced ad search functionality.
• Search Engine Friendly URL's.
• Maintenance Mode capability. Temporarily shut down the site when doing maintenance.
• Email notification settings to administrator. Can select to be notified when new ads are placed, new users are registered, etc.
• Emails sent to user when an ad is about to expire. Can set the duration to send emails.
• Disable/enable user registration.
  

Ad Specific Highlights:

• Every ad comes with networking quick-links: "Tell a Friend", "Add to Favorites", "Printer Friendly Version", "View Map", "Other Ads by Seller", "Contact Seller". The tell a friend and printer friendly are especially useful for real estate sales and leases.
  
• Optional built-in mapping feature. The user enters the mapping address, and a "view map" icon is generated in their ad.
• Certain fields can be required or optional.
• Can put a limit on the item description, a commonly used number is 2000 characters.
  
• Can enable or disable HTML in ad descriptions.
• Can enable a "website" field that automatically displays as a clickable link in the ad.
• Can set the number of photos allowed per ad. Also have the option to charge for additional photos.
• Photo thumbnails can be rearranged by the user, and popup into a stylish photo slideshow with user controls when clicked.
• Option to allow users to upload videos as well as photos.
• Built-in messaging system to allow buyers to contact sellers without revealing email addresses. Email addresses are not displayed in ads.
• The number of times an ad is viewed is automatically displayed with each ad.
• Just about any custom ad field can be defined, and can differ from category to category.
• "next" and "previous" links with each ad for easy browsing.
• Optional Twitter incorporation. A user can enter their twitter username to have their feeds displayed within their ad.
• "Featured Ads", "Ad Bolding", "Attention Getters", and "Priority Placement" ad upgrades available.
• User can enter tags, or keywords, used for searching and refining.
• Automatic thumbnail image resizing.

User Account Highlights:

• User can add, cancel, modify, mark as sold, renew ads from their account.
• User can collect ads in their "favorites", which are stored in their account.
  
• Expired ads are kept archived and can be renewed, so the user does not have to enter the ad all over again.
• User can communicate through the website messaging system, rather than using their own email account.
• User can create "search filters". User defines a search filter for their ad, and is notified anytime someone searches uses the exact search filter. It's sort of like Google Analytics, in that it helps the user to define how they are being found by viewers. And allows the user to better tailor their ads using keywords and descriptions that people are actually searching for.
• Multiple product checkout feature. If a user is going to place more than one ad at the same time, he/she can create all of the ads and checkout just once, instead of having to do them all individually.
  

Security Highlights:

• Option to moderate ad publication.
• Option to moderate new user registration.
  
• Custom obscenity word filters for ads.
• Option to suspend users if they abuse the system.
• Option to ban ip addresses or domain names.
• CAPTCHA image included for all contact forms, including registration.
  
• Email verification for new users.

Available Payment Options & Details:

• Flat fee per ad, in any category, and with a specific expiration date.
• Specific pricing for different categories. For example, real estate for sale might be more costly than autos for sale, etc.
• Subscription based plans.
• Ad duration specific pricing.
• Built-in "upgrade features", where you define the cost of each upgrade. Upgrades included are: "featured ad", "ad bolding", and "attention getters".
• Account balance/starting balance functionality. A user can have a running balance of credits, from which they can place, renew, and upgrade listings.
• Ability to charge for additional photos.
• Storefront capabilities. Similar to eBay, where a seller can have their own storefront built into your website.
• Recurring billing functionality for subscriptions.