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WHY
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1. Fantastic Google rankings
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6. Image Editing Advice and Help |
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2. Unbeatable Security |
7. Excellent Customer Service |
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3. Outstanding Value for Money |
8. International Exposure |
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4. Advertiser Control Panel |
9. Variety of Payment Options |
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5. Established 2004 |
10. No Other Charges |
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BUYING AN ADVERT
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How do I buy an advert? |
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1. Simply click the 'Advertise' link
on the navigation menu above and choose the type of Advert you would
like. You then have the choice of paying by
credit card, Paypal or by cheque.
2. Once payment has been made, you will be able to log in to The Dressmarket,
add your dress details and publish your advert. The whole process is
very straightforward and takes about 5 minutes from start to finish.
If there are any problems we can be contacted
by phone or e-mail.
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What costs are involved? |
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Only the cost of the advert. That's it.
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What other costs are involved? |
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As far as The
Dressmarket is concerned - none.
Unlike some other sites, we don't ask for a
percentage of your dress sale as commission.
Why should we? Would you pay a commission to your newspaper if you sold
it through them? After all, it's your dress!
The only fee you will ever pay is the cost of the advert itself.
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What if I don't want to pay on-line? |
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In that case simply click
here to submit an advert and send us payment by cheque. Our
address is here
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LOGGING IN
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Why won't the site accept my login details? |
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The password field is case sensitive so check
that your password has been entered correctly.
Another, much less frequent reason, is that there has been a delay in
the e-mail being sent from the payment provider (Worldpay or Paypal).
In this case, give us a call or send an e-mail and we'll sort it out,
usually in a matter of minutes.
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I've paid with Paypal but haven't received
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Unlike the credit card payment option, the Paypal
option isn't fully automated and advert accounts have to be created manually.
This may result in a delay of between a few minutes or a few hours depending
on the time of day or night.
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ADDING AN ADVERT
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How do I add an advert? |
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Once you have made payment, you will
receive an e-mail with confirmation of your username and password. You
use these to log in. Once you have logged in you simply fill in the
details of the item for sale, add the image and then publish your advert.
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I'm not confident about editing
or uploading images. |
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No problem. Just e-mail the images to us
and we'll edit and upload them for you at no extra charge.
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My image is too big. How can I get
it to the right size? |
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The quickest and easiest way is to e-mail
the image to us along with your username. We'll do the rest - usually
within a few minutes of it arriving.
However, if you want to do it yourself, make sure that the following steps
are carried out in this order:
1. reduce the dpi to 72
2. reduce the quality level to 84%
3. reduce the width to 400 pixels
The ideal image should be a 400 pixel wide JPG saved at 72 dpi. To achieve
this, open the image of your dress in the image editing software on your
PC and find out what resolution it is, i.e. how many dpi and what size
it is in pixels. Set the dpi settings to 72 and save the image. Then set
the size of the image to 400 pixels wide. Save the image in .jpg format
and upload it onto the website.
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How do I make my advert look good? |
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1. Don't use
capital letters throughout your text. An advert which contains only
capital letters is very hard to read.
2. Give a good description of the dress to accompany the photos.
3. Use photos which show the dress being worn. It's hard to see how
a dress looks if it is hanging on the back of a door or laid out across
a chair.
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CONTACTING BUYERS
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What's the
best way to make sure that my dress will sell? |
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1. The first - and possibly most difficult-
thing to do is to put yourself in the shoes of the buyer and set the
selling price at a price that's likely to attract buyers.
2. Be aware of what the dress is currently selling for, it may have
reduced in price since you bought it, and price your dress accordingly.
3. Remember that although your dress is probably
much loved and although you'll have spent a lot of time and effort finding
it and a lot of money on buying it, the dress won't yet have the same
emotional investment for its new owner.
Cast your mind back. When you were looking for
a dress would you have paid what you're asking for it?- Try
to price the dress at a level you yourself would be willing to pay for
it if it wasn't yours.
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How do I contact potential buyers? |
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If you have included the designer name
and model in your dress advertisement, you will be notified when someone
posts an advert looking for that dress. |
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Buyers will use the "contact seller" link to
send a message to you. This message comes first to a holding pen, where
we check it to make sure that it's not from a scammer. Once we are sure
it's genuine, the enquiry is forwarded to you and you can then deal directly
with the buyer.
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What do I do when I sell my dress? |
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You can either
log back in and click the delete advert button or drop us a line to let
us know you've sold your dress and we'll stop you getting any more e-mails.
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PAYPAL
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Advertisers who pay using paypal may experience
a slight delay in the creation of their advert accounts, which have to
be created manually. This delay is usually no more than a few minutes
but can sometimes be longer. |
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