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To ensure your ad is published online or in the paper, read the ad rules below and our Terms of Use.
These rules tell you what you can and cannot put into your ad, including titles, descriptions, photos and other extra details, such as payment and delivery information.
Joining words together in your ad titles and descriptions is prohibited. Trading Post® reserves the right to cancel or alter an ad where words have been combined or altered inappropriately.
Ad Titles, descriptions and images must not include contact information such as your name, address (street, suburb, town), telephone numbers (landline or mobile) or email addresses.
With Classified ads, your details will automatically be populated from the details you enter in the contact details fields.
Auctions and Buy Now ads must not display contact details. Read supplying contact details for further information.
Ads must not contain any of the following:
Please refer to the HTML guidelines for further details.
You must include a price in the 'selling price' field.
You must not include pricing information within ad titles or descriptions.
This includes:
Categories exempt from this rule are identified in Categories Rules. However these service-related catagories allow the seller to include a price in the ad description if a price is required.
Trading Post bans the sale or advertising of certain items and illegal activities. Be sure to read our policy on prohibited items for a detailed list if you're uncertain about your item.
You must not use offensive language or profanities. Trading Post® may withdraw or alter an ad that contains inappropriate language or information. Read the Usage Rules in the Terms of Use for more information.
Ads must not infringe third party intellectual property rights. Infringements include, but are not limited, to the following:
Sellers must not make reference to sales or advertising with third party organisations or websites that offer to trade, sell or purchase goods or services outside of the Trading Post®.
Seller must not communicate to buyers to mail cash or use payment methods that are cash transfer services, such as Western Union.
The item must be described accurately and honestly in the ad.
Misrepresentation can include:
Sellers must be prepared and willing to sell their item at the time of placing their ad. They must not advertise an item which is not intended to sell.
Read business obligations for details on how to display ads as a business.
Sellers who do not select to display their Classified ads as a business are prohibited from including references to their business in their ad description, including but not limited to:
When you select to display your Classified ads as a business, your ad:
A seller may only list a limited number of ads for identical items, unless the items differ in attributes, such as colour and size.
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A seller can relist the same ad after they have sold an item or use Trading Post’s advanced selling tools to set ads to automatically relist when items sell.
As a general guideline, you should only advertise one item per ad and every ad must only have one selling price.
The advantage of selling only one item in your ad is that buyers will be able to find your item easier when you:
You may sell multiple identical items in one ad when you:
You may sell multiple non-identical items in one ad only if the items are closely interrelated and you must:
Garage sales are excluded.
Can I sell…? |
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Auction |
Buy Now |
One item per ad |
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Multiple items in the same ad |
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DVD recorders x10 – $2000 |
| 80GB dual layer, dual tuner, USV, new condition, $2000 for the lot. | |
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Giant TCR Road Bike and gear – $1600 |
| Bike Med/Large, Shimano Ultegra 10 Groupset, D-lock, front and rear lights, helmet. All good condition. $1600 for the lot. |
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Furniture- coffee table, couch, dining table – $250 |
| Moving overseas and selling all my furniture. IKEA couch $500, coffee table $250 and dining table $700. Will sell separately or all for $1300. | |
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Chloe Paddington handbags – $900 |
| Ladies handbags, bronze colour, all bags new, latest designs for all age groups. $900 each. | |
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Golden Retriever puppies – $800 |
| Six Golden Retriever puppies for sale. 4 males 2 females $800 each | |
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Golden Retriever puppies – $800 |
| 6 Golden retriever puppies. 3 males $750 ea, 2 females. $800ea. 1 runt male $600 | |
Trading Post may withdraw your ad if we consider your ad to be inappropriately advertising multiple items or if the price listed for the multiple items is undervalued. See Terms of Use for details.
Breaching our advertising rules & policies may result in ad cancellation, account suspension and the loss of fees on cancelled ads.