Frequently Asked Questions

What is the catch with the "Totally FREE" ADs?
There's no catch, posting the ADs is FREE, we make our revenue from Banner Advertising.
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How do I post a FREE AD?
At the top hit the "Register" link
Once you register, you?ll receive an email to confirm your account was created. Use the link within that email to activate your account.
After your account has been activated, you can start posting your ADs for FREE ? you?ll receive 10 credits, and each credit is good to post one AD
If you run out of credits, just email us back using the ?More Credits? button and we?ll be glad to give them to you.
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What is the difference between a credit and an AD?
Credits are what you receive when signing up; each credit is equal to one AD, every time you post an AD you use one credit.
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If it's "Totally FREE" why do I have to pay for Premium Ads?
It's totally FREE to post the regular ADs with or without photos. PREMIUM ADs are displayed on the top of every page, and therefore, they are more noticed and offer better results and for a small fee it offers users an extra edge.
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Why do I get only 10 credits when I sign up?
The reason you only get 10 credits at sign up, is to prevent abuse of the system, if we gave a large number or unlimited credits some users would in fact abuse this site. We monitor the site very closely, but this was the best decision to keep it under control.
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How do I turn my regular AD into a PREMIUM AD?
If you're setting up a new AD,  after you hit the "Register" button you'll be given a few options;
If you already posted your AD, then you need to access it just as if you're editing it by clicking the word "AD", then just click the "Register" button;
At the bottom you'll see the option to turn your AD into a PREMIUM AD.
Click the Credit Card/paypal button, it will take you to paypal. When the payment center (paypal) notifies the site administrator of payment, your account will be updated and that specific AD will be converted to a PREMIUM AD. Please allow up to 24Hrs, as the administrator will have to MANUALLY accept/deny your request -- if your request is denied, you'll receive a full refund. PREMIUM ADs are very limited!
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Is there a way to get more than 10 credits?
Yes. You can sign up with another email account and get an additional 10 credits, if you have used your 10 credits you can delete your account, sign up again and receive 10 credits again. WARNING deleting your account will also delete ALL your previous ADs and any photos.
The best way is just to ask us, click on the button More Credits at the top of the page. FREE for the asking! The reason you only get 10 credits at sign up, is to prevent abuse of the system, if we gave a large number or unlimited credits some users would in fact abuse this site. We monitor the site very closely, but this was the best decision to keep it under control.
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I have a business, can I post my items for sale?
No! The only way to be authorized to sell your items as a business is if you have an Advertising Banner contract with us. Sorry, but if you have a business, you should pay for our service. This service is FREE for users and NOT businesses. This is the same as if setup my business stand at the front door of the mall without paying for the space.
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What if I only have one email account but I need more than 10 credits?
You can purchase more credits using Paypal, the cost is $0.10 per credit or you can just click the button More Credits and ask for more credits. FREE for the asking! The reason you only get 10 credits at sign up, is to prevent abuse of the system, if we gave a large number or unlimited credits some users would in fact abuse this site. We monitor the site very closely, but this was the best decision to keep it under control.
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I just signed up and have not received the confirmation email, why?
Unless you're having issues with your email you should have received the confirmation.
If you're a Yahoo or Hotmail email user -- read below

Most Yahoo Email account users are NOT receiving our emails because the Yahoo filters perceive our emails as SPAM.
Below is the main reason(s) why.

If you have "SpamGuard" activated in your account, all emails from our website will go to your BULK folder OR will get automatically DELETED and you'll never see them. This is dependent on your "SpamGuard" setup.
If you have setup "SpamGuard" to automatically delete all SPAM, then our emails are DELETED automatically.
If "SpamGuard" is not deleting our messages, you'll receive our emails in your BULK folder. If so, you'll have to tell your "Filter" that our email is not SPAM so that in the future it will show up in your INBOX folder.

How can you fix these problems?
1. Check to see if "SpamGuard" is not automatically deleting all SPAM email.
Click on "Options" at the top right of your Yahoo window.
Choose "Spam Protection" and check all your settings, make sure to un-select deleting all messages.
2. Now you can fill out the Registration form at our website, but then do the following:
Once you receive our email in your BULK folder, open it and click the button "Not Spam" this way it will send all emails from us to your INBOX folder.
For HOTMAIL users -- just check your "Junk" email folder. Open the email and click on "Mark as safe" at the top. From now on emails from YokotaADs will be delivered to your "Inbox"
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I had my password re-send and I get this:
Validation - To log in, you must use the link emailed to you by the system.
The reason you're getting the "Validation" message is because you did not use the "Confirmation" link sent to you to verify your account settings. This usually happens with Email accounts (such as Yahoo & Hotmail) that have some kind of spam guard; the confirmation email is looked at as being spam and is deleted of forwarded to another email folder -- Read the question/answer above!!
So when you try to ask for a new password before you confirm your settings, you get the "Validation" email. If you did not get the "Confirmation" email, please use the Contact Us form linked at the bottom of the site, so that we can help you get your account activated.
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My text is getting cut-off before the 700 characters, why?
Usually this happens when you copy and paste from another source to the AD description window. This is due to certain characters not being accepted, see where your text is being cut off and it will tell which character is not being accepted, then just retype it in the description window. Here are some of characters that we've noticed will not paste from copied text ( ' " -- " ) The thing to remember is, if you can type it in the AD description window it will work!
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I tried to log in but my account does not exist anymore?
If you have not used your account in over two months and you don't have any active ADs, your account was deleted due to no activity. This is to keep the server and the database free of clutter and therefore preventing the website from getting sluggish and slow. Please just start another account, you'll still get 10 credits for signing up.
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Sometimes when I click on the AD listed a new window opens up, some other times it just opens in the same window. Why is this?
It all depends where on the listing did you click. If you click on the wording for the AD, it will open in the same window. If you click the it will open a new simpler window. This is helpful when you're trying to look at several ADs. If you have dual screens, you can slide the new window to the opposite screen and as you click the ADs, they are automatically ALL displayed in that same new window.
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I signed in, and was trying to edit my ADs, but it said I'm not the owner and cannot edit the ADs?
The reason you get the message ?you?re not the owner? is usually when users changes their email address. If you changed your email recently, or plan on changing it, make sure you type your new email ALL in lower case. The system converts all emails to lower case when you log in regardless of how you type the email. But when you change your email, it updates all your ADs with the exact way you typed the new email. So when you log in next time to update/change your ADs if you did not input the new email in lower case, it will give you the error.
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How do I edit/change my AD, Images or mark it Sold?
Here is how it works
Log in
You'll automatically be directed to the "Member Area" page
On the left Click on Edit ad(s)
Then under the Change column you'll see the following choices Ad | Images | Sold | Delete
Click on AD to edit anything
Click on Images to change or add an image
Click Sold if you're on the process of selling
Click Delete is you're done with that item and have sold it or changed your mind
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How do I extend the time on my AD?
When you first post an AD you can choose from 15, 20 or 30 days. Thirty (30) Days is the maximum amount of days you can have on your AD before it expires and gets automatically deleted. Seven (7) days before your AD expires, you will be sent an email letting you know that your AD is about to expire and that if you do not renew it, the AD will be deleted. So during the last 7 days of your AD, you have to Log in and click the word "Renew" next to your AD to add another 30 days. The word "Renew" is ONLY displayed during the last 7 days before your AD expires.
We figured, if your AD has not sold within 30 days, maybe something needs to be changed on it to generate more interest, for the most part, there aren't that many ADs that are "permanent" therefore 30 days is a reasonable time period.
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How can I receive notification when new ADs are posted?
Just Log in
You'll automatically be directed to the "Member Area" page
On the left Click on Subscribe for new ads
Select the Categories you're interested in receiving email notifications for when new ADs are posted in those categories
Make sure you click the SAVE button at the bottom anytime you make any changes.
If you decide to remove certain categories from your list, just uncheck them -- Make sure you click the SAVE button
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How can I save some of my Favorite ADs?
Just Log in
Then browse any AD, when you're looking at the detailed description, you'll see "Add to your Favorites" at the bottom.
Just click it and it will place the AD in your favorites
TO view your favorites, just go the the "Member area"
There you can view/remove ADs from your list
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I have seen some AD titles with different colors, how can I do that to my ADs?
Currently you can get that feature if you select your AD to be a PREMIUM AD, this is not a FREE feature. If you buy this feature your AD title will become Bold & red.
Other colors are only an ADMIN feature and can only be performed by the site Administrator.
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I would like to have a small banner advertising my Yard Sale. How do I get one?
The small banners you see below the main banners at the top of the page are mostly used to advertise Yard Sales, Events or just for a short time advertising period, and usually run for one week or less. If you're interested in having one, we can design it and post it for one week or less for $25.00 -- 4 weeks or more $20.00/week. This will be paid using Credit Card or Paypal ONLY. Since we only use one spot and do not rotate these banners (it will be the only banner there for the entire time it was paid for) are on a first come first serve basis.
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I have a photo for my AD but it says it's too large. How do I resize it?
You can use our Image Resizer
Just click here to open the Image Resizer

Here are a few others online in case ours does not work for you:
---Resizing using Windows XP
or using FREE online tools similar to ours:
---Tool #1
---Tool #2
You can find more tools online or use your own software, just ensure the photos are no larger than 600x400 Pixels or less then 200KB in size.

If you're going to take a new picture with your digital camera, you can save yourself some time by just putting your camera in the Email photo setting. This will take a photo large enough to post and you don't have to resize it before uploading the photo to your AD.
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I can't remember my Password, how do I get it back?
Just click Log in at the top right corner of the site, enter you email address in the Forgot your password? window, and a new password will be sent to you.
Make sure you change the password after you log in to something you'll remember later.
Read the following question on how to change your password.
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How do I setup "Contact seller" instead of my email?
Just Log in
You'll automatically be directed to the "Member Area" page
On the left Click on Change info
Check the box "Hide my email address (a contact form will be provided instead)"
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How do I change my password?
Just Log in
You'll automatically be directed to the "Member Area" page
On the left Click on Password
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How do I delete my Account?
Just Log in
You'll automatically be directed to the "Member Area" page
On the left Click Change info
At the bottom on the right you'll see
Delete my registration and delete my ads. Click on it, confirm that you want to delete your account, then click the SAVE button
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Is this website run by the US military?
No. This is a privately owned website on a private server, furthermore items or messages displayed on this website should NOT be taken as a reflection of the views of the United States military or Department of Defense.
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