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Register / Login:
To place an advertisement on DaltonsProperty.com you will need to register. Click here to register.
When you have registered you will receive an email asking you to activate your account. Click ONCE on the activation link and ensure that the login page you see has a message stating that you have been successful in activating your account. This link will work ONLY ONCE. When you visit the site again, you will need to go directly to www.DaltonsProperty.com and log in.
If you have already registered with DaltonsProperty.com, login using your email address and password.
Please take the time to read our privacy policy which tells you what we need your registration details for and how they are stored.
Placing a new advertisement:
When you have registered and logged in you will be taken to your “My DaltonsProperty” page. This page contains all the essential links you need to use the site. When logged in these links are always available in the site navigation menu under the My DaltonsProperty and My Advertisements headings.
Click on “Place Advertisements”
New Advertisement
First select the type of property you are selling.
Click the image that applies
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Headline and main picture:
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The information requested on this page will make up the main heading and main picture for your ad. Your headline should be short and snappy. Try to describe the main aspects of your property, for example: “4-bedroomed house with double garage near London”. It is this heading and picture that will be shown in search results.
Adding pictures is very simple. Click “Browse”.
This will take you to your computer’s filing system from where you can locate your pictures, either from your hard drive or from a disk or CD in another drive. If you do not have digital/electronic images and you would like us to scan your pictures for you, click "Pictures Help" in the text of the page for instructions.
Click “Save and Continue”.
Next you will be asked if you want to continue placing your ad. Your headline and picture have now been saved into the ad database, however, you will need to finish adding the details of your property including price and location, before you will be able to activate (make live) your advertisement.
Click “Continue” to carry on building your ad.
(or alternatively come back later and finish building your ad by clicking "Edit" in your "Manage Ads" page)
The information on this page, marked with a red *, is mandatory. Visitors to the site will be able to search by these options so you will need to fill them in to allow your ad to appear in as many searches as possible. All other parts are optional, however, research has shown that the more information you give the customer, the more likely you are to get a response. This information will be shown in your full advertisement page. If you have any difficulty with individual parts of this page, use the ‘Help’ tips along the way.
Click “Save and Continue”.
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Sales Contacts:
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Enter your sales contact/s on this page – you can have up to 2 contacts but only one is mandatory. In the comments box, please enter languages spoken and any unusual opening hours. For example, our users will expect “office hours” to mean UK office hours, which will be different to those overseas.
Click “Save and Continue”.
There are three sets of text boxes for you to enter descriptions of your property. You can enter as much information as you like, both about the property and the surrounding area. Remember to keep clicking the "Save" button if you think it will take you more than 30 minutes to enter all the information.
The first box is for your subheading – this appears directly under the main heading of your ad and should expand on the main heading you have already saved or act as a title for the following paragraph of description text. This will also be shown in the search results listings when a buyer searches for a property, so try to write it so it describes your property well when only the main heading and sub heading are shown. Avoid repeating what you have already said in the main heading.
The second box is for your description. You can put as much information in here as you like, but no website addresses or HTML code allowed – sorry!
Click “Save and Continue”
This section is for you to further describe your property and the surrounding area. Each sub-heading will become a bold title for the following paragraph. This makes the text easier to read and is more attractive to the website visitor. Use the sub headings to sum up what the following description paragraph is about, e.g. "About the local area" or "Recent improvements made".
Click “Save and Continue”
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Location selector:
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First choose the part of the world your property is in. Use the drop-down menu and Click “Continue”. Next choose the country and move through the regions until you get to the location of your choice. On the final page you can type in the town, village or development of your choice.
The final page of the Location section lets you enter further details about your property and its location, for example – would you recommend a car for living in the area? Is there a train or ferry port nearby. How close are the nearest shops/restaurants? What local activities are nearby? All this information will enable the buyer to make an informed decision about your property. Only some parts of the page, marked with ‘*’ are mandatory, however the more information you supply the more interested the visitor will be.
Click “Save and Continue”
Upload your pictures in the same way as you did your main
picture. You can add up to 6 photos which will be shown either as a slide show
in your full ad, or the visitor can view all 6 at once and print
the page. You can use any images you wish, not just photos, for example your company logo
or a map of the area. If you do not have digital photographs, click on
the “Mail Pictures” link which will
give you instructions on where to send your original photographs to enable us to scan and upload
them for you. All photos will be screened for suitability.
Click “Save and Continue”.
This is how your ad will appear to the buyer. You can use the links on the right to jump to any part of your ad and edit the section by clicking on the ‘edit’ link which is situated to the right of each section heading.
Click “Preview Ad”
If your ad is complete, its status (see "My Advertisements / Manage Ads" page) will show as "Ready to Activate". In order to activate your ads you will first need to
'purchase ad slots' to enable you to choose which ads to activate or deactivate.
You can amend these or move ads between 'slots' at any time over the duration
of your advertising.
If you wish to permanently delete an ad, select the ad in "My Advertisements / Manage Ads" then click the "Delete" button. Your ad will be permanently deleted from the database. Warning - this action cannot be undone.
Select ad/s then click “Delete”
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