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Rules for Posting - Please Read!
Do you want to buy or sell something, but you're not quite sure how this works?
**Please post/bump only once per day per folder (ie your membername should show up only once per day in any given folder, regardless of whether it is a new post or a bump) and give descriptions of all items in the body of the post. This makes the board much easier to navigate and keeps anyone from hogging the board.
**If you wish to advertise your Ebay or other online auction listings and Etsy, Bonanzle or other storefront website, you should post under the Auction & Storefront Listings folder. You may share a link to your site, descriptions or pictures of your products are a great idea.
**If you wish to sell a homemade/home business item (what we call an Etsy item which does NOT include things like Home Interiors, MaryKay, PartyLite, Pampered Chef and homebased businesses for which you are a consultant), you should post under the Handmade & Homemade Items folder. If you have pictures available, please be sure to either include a link where they can be seen, or note in your post that if someone is interested, you can send pictures. Also, leave an email address inside your post so an interested party can contact you.
**If you wish to sell or trade an item, or items, you should post under the FSOT (For Sale or Trade) heading. If you have pictures available, please be sure to either include a link where they can be seen, or note in your post that if someone is interested, you can send pictures. Also, leave an email address inside your post so an interested party can contact you.
How to create your post
Click on Start A New Discussion under the appropriate folder.
Enter a title/subject such as "My Items for Sale" or a more specific title like "Kids shoes size 7 & 8".
Then in the body of this post, list all the items or categories of items you have for sale or a website URL where all of your items can be viewed and your email address. DO NOT start a new discussion or a reply to the main post for every item or category you wish to list! This type of "board hogging" will be reported to iVillage as spam.
If you sell some items that you have posted, you can edit your original message and remove the items that have been sold without having to send a new reply to update your list.
As time goes on, your post will slide further down the list as more posts are added. In order to move your items back into a more visible spot, you can "bump" your post by adding a reply that simply says "bump" in the body. We ask that you only "bump" your post up ONCE per day (ie. you may log in on Wednesday to bump your post from Tuesday up to the top of the list). If you bump your post or post a new "these items still for sale" discussion more than once per day, appropriate action will be taken. Editing your original post to update your list and remove items that have sold will not bump you, so this is really the best way to make updates to your lists.
Please follow these simple rules regarding posting on this new board. We would like to keep this a nice, friendly board and do not want to have arguments started over little things like people bumping up their posts or "overposting."
If you are interested in buying something but have not done business with a member before, you may post under the Stay & Chat folder to ask if others have had transactions with that person. Also, if you have successfully completed a transaction with another member, it is always nice to post a small thank you in the Seller/Buyer Feedback folder, for their benefit as well as the rest of the members. Please do not post feedback until transactions are finalized. If you have a bad experience with someone, try to keep it off the board but send it in to the board CL for inclusion on the feedback page of the FAQ.
