wightbay - Latest News - Thursday April 10th 2008

Important news for Traders!

We have decided to make an important change aimed at improving response for Trade advertisers, as well as providing easier access to content for buyers. Trade ads will no longer be placed in a separate ‘TRADE ADS & LOCAL SERVICES’ CATEGORY, they will now just be amongst the normal ad categories. For example, if you are a Trader selling a Ford focus, rather than book the ad under ‘Trade cars’, you will now be able to book your car under the normal ‘Ford Cars’ section. All we require you to do is select Trade on the drop down when you are placing your advert, which will allow users to filter by private and trade. We closely monitor all ads being placed, so any traders trying to pose as a private advertiser will have their adverts deleted.

We hope this change will make the site better for both buyers and sellers.

wightbay.com joins the Friday-Ad group

I am delighted to inform wightbay users that Friday-Ad, have today purchased wightbay.com. They are delighted that they the new owners of this great local classifed website,
Marketing Director Joe Kidger commented:

"We’re delighted to have added Wightbay to our successful group of classified websites. Wightbay is the number one marketplace on the Isle of Wight, and we plan to use our experience in classified advertising to make the site even better in the future, making it easier for the island community to buy and sell for free."

Martin Potter the previous owner commented:

"I'm delighted that Friday-Ad have purchased wightbay. I had offers on the table from several companies, however I was confident Friday-Ad ad possessed the vast experience and resources to take wightbay forward and give it the time the site so rightly deserves. I wish Friday-Ad all success. I have been assured that the site will continue unchanged and the members of wightbay will continue to benefit from free ads."

If you see ads that you think should NOT be on the site, ie: duplicate ads, naughty ads and finally trade ads that are not placed within the trade section. please call Jodie Oliver (Friday-Add) on the number below:-

Marketing Director JOE KIDGER 01273 837709 (MON-FRI 9AM TO 5PM) - email: joe.kidger@wightbay.com

Jodie Oliver - Operations - 01273 837557 (MON-FRI 9AM TO 5PM) - email: jodie.oliver@wightbay.com

General Information

How to get quick results on wightbay ?
It's simple, always sell an item with a photo especially cars, bikes and boats etc. Sell at the right price. Everyone looks at Newest Ads, so they have seen your ad, if you have not sold your item within 7 days you are asking too much money for it, REDUCE THE PRICE TO SELL!

Do we charge for ads?
It's completely Free to place ads on wightbay, you have nothing to pay when placing an ad, and no commission on sale. It's completely free to use.

Trade Ads!
TRADE USERS, please display your ads within the new Category "NEW! TRADE ADS & LOCAL SERVICES". All trade ads placed in the public section will be moved or deleted.

Deleting your ads! -
From now on I will delete Closed Ads on a daily basis which will ensure the database continues to run fast. However you can delete your own ads by:-
(a) Logging then:-
(b) Select "Edit/Delete my Ads from the Orange toolbar just below the wightbay banner."
(c) Click "CLOSE" on your chosen AD from within the "Open Ads" Tab
(d) From within the "Closed Ads" Tab click DELETE on chosen ad.

Duplicate Ads -
Please, please do not place duplicate ads or similar ads within the same category, if you happen to do this by mistake then please follow the steps above.

Any problems please call Jodie Oliver (Friday-Ad) on 01273 200 320 between 9am and 5pm Mon - Fri

Tony Stone - 07732 447681

Barrie Hughes - 01983 403008
Daren Sorrel - 01983 553022 or 07964 520327
Russel Keeling - 01983 868850
Colin Webb - 01983811220 or 07967330871
Ricardo Silva - 07912 666581
Adam Cox - 01983 532959 or 07999 119269