Instructions for setting up different products that users can purchase.

The Listing Packages area is where you will create the ad packages that you offer to your customers. 68 Classifieds comes with three ad packages already created which you can use as they are, modify or delete. You can also create additional ad packages by clicking on the “Add New” button.

Title

Enter the name for your package.

Internal Name

The internal name is a name you can insert which will be used in the administration to help you separate similar products.

Description

Enter a description for your package.

Active

Whether the package is active and can be used. Checked for Yes. (Since v4.1.0)

List Price

Enter a “Suggested Retail Price” or the “Regular Price” (if you're running a sale). The value in this field will be “striked out” and is mainly used as a marketing tool. Entering a value is not required.

Price

This is the actual price that the ad package costs.

Renewal Price

You can set up your site so that your customers are emailed a notification of pending expiration. Enter the price that you would like your customer to be charged for renewing their ad here.

Maximum number of title characters

Enter the maximum number of characters a customer's ad title can contain.

Maximum number of short description characters

Enter the maximum number of characters a customer's ad's short description can contain.

Maximum number of description characters

Enter the maximum number of characters a customer's ad's description can contain.

Allow External URL

If you would like to allow your customers to enter a link to another site within their ad, place a check in the “Allow External URL” box.

Allow Photos

Place a check in the “Allow Photos” box if you want to give your customers the ability to upload photos. If you are allowing photos with this package, enter the maximum number of photos your customer can upload in the adjoining textbox.

Expiration

Select the number of days this package will display your customers ad before expiring.

Allow Featured

When the customer is placing an ad, you can give them the opportunity to designate the ad as “featured” by placing a check in the box. A featured ad will stand out from normal ads as designated by your template's stylesheet. The ad will also be included in the “Featured Ads” area on your site. Enter the amount you would like to charge when the customer chooses to make the ad featured.

Allow the user to bold the ad

Allow the user to bold the ad - when the customer is placing an ad, you can give them the opportunity to designate the ad as “bold” by placing a check in the box. A bold ad will stand out from normal ads as designated by your template's stylesheet. Enter the amount you would like to charge when the customer chooses to make the ad bold.

Allow the user to highlight the ad

When the customer is placing an ad, you can give them the opportunity to designate the ad as “highlighted” by placing a check in the box. A highlighted ad will stand out from normal ads as designated by your template's stylesheet. Enter the amount you would like to charge when the customer chooses to make the ad highlighted.

User Groups

This allows you to specify the package to a usergroup. So only people in this specific usergruop can use the package. (Since v4.1.0)

Please select which categories use this package

When a customer decides to place an ad at your site, their first step is to choose the category where their ad will appear. You can designate which ad categories use the listing package here. To choose multiple categories, use the “Ctrl+click” method (hold down the CTRL key while choosing the categories the package is associated with).