Sunday, January 4, 2009

Clean out the basement: North Country Now now offers free 'for sale' ads

Clean out the garage, go through the basement … perhaps you can make some money.

NorthCountryNow.com recently launched another new feature, Items Under $500 .

It’s a free, self-service way to sell unneeded and unused items to your friends and neighbors in St. Lawrence County.

To list an item, click on the “Items Under $500” link below the “Classifieds” heading at the top of the tool bar on the left of most pages on NorthCountryNow.com. Currently posted items for sale will appear.

Then, to submit your ad, click on the “Sell an Item” link in the green bar running across the page. You will be prompted to select a category from a pull-down menu, state the price and provide a description. You’ll also have an opportunity to revise your description if you wish.

After a quick review by our staff, your submission should appear online by the end of the next business day. Currently, our plan is to keep the ads posted for a month, but that may change depending on the number of ads that are submitted.

The new feature was designed by Kristin Shumway of Potsdam, a junior at SUNY Geneseo majoring in computer science. She also created the recently launched “Lost and Found” feature.

Now, do you think there’s value in those Beanie Babies packed away in the attic?

1 comments:

Maureen said...

When I first moved here - there was a show on a local radio station called swap (swop) shop. It ran for an hour, every Sunday morning. If I remember correctly, it was very popular and lasted for a long time. Maybe you could add this feature to the "For Sale" Section?