NCHERPS said:
Thanks for that Judy.
Would it be possible to show when ad's are pplaced on 'Herp Trader', just so you can gauge how long they have been there, I know you do place a date when say a photo has been added or price reduction has been added, the red type is great, I just think that it would be good to see when the ad was placed.
What do you think?
Cheers Neil
The ads are listed in Chronological order.
The live on the "Day" page available under the Herp Shop home page:
http://www.herpshop.com.au
They are on the Day page is duplicated on the "Recent Listings" page which holds the recent weeks worth of ads, newest at the top and oldest at the bottom.
Once the ads are a week old they are distributed amongst the the three category listings which are also maintained in date order, newest at the top. These categories are "Snakes", "Lizards" and other (Things like Turtles, Crocodiles, Frogs, second hand enclosures and books, etc.)
The ads are deleted when sold or after 3 months.
Regular visitors to the site go down the listings until they encounter listings they perused on the previous visit.
I would not be concerned about how old the ads are. It is a source of continual amazement to me that old ads often attract a lot of inquiries and sell as if the listing had just gone up.
Because we chase up our advertisers, keep track of the inquiries etc. the listings are maintained in a very up to date state. Very few items on the listing have become unavailable.
Judy usually updates the site about 3 times per day.
regards __daavid (AKA Herptrader #2)