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Create an account with USFreeAds (if you don't already have one).

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TIP: You can create an account with a temporary email address using Temporary Inbox. You can install a Temporary Inbox addon (or widget) for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and/or Opera browsers. You can subscribe to an RSS feed for any temporary email address you create to easily check on incoming emails. This way you don't have to worry about potential spam as you can abandon the Temporary Inbox email addresses when you no longer want to use them.

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Log into your USFreeAds account.

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Open a new browser tab or window and go to eBay.

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Open a new browser tab or window and log into your BANS store's Admin.

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You should now have four browsers tabs or windows open. This will allow you to easily move back and forth between each location as you create your ad.

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While at your BANS site look for a Buy It Now (BIN) item that won't be ending for at least four or five days as your ad will run for up to 40 days.

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TIP: To easily find an item that will be listed for several days change the listings in your store to "Time: newly listed."

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To illustrate here I'm going to create an ad for the listing above titled, "My little Pony Custom *Farfalle" Pasta, Noodle, G3."

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Highlight and copy the title of the auction you want to promote. If you prefer to click the ad be aware that this will inflate the number of clicks your site received in Commission Junction (CJ) stats.

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Go to eBay and paste the auction title into the search box and press "Search."

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Click on the result matching your input. There may be multiple results so choose the one that will be listed on eBay the longest that is a BIN item.

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Look to see where the item is located. In this example the item is located in Ensdorf, Germany.

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Click on the category that most accurately matches the item you are promoting (make sure you read the warning so you aren't violating their policies). In this example I chose 'Toys, Games & Models.'

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Click on a subcategory. You may need repeat this process depending on how depth of the category you chose. Eventually you will get to a screen that asks if you want to choose your own personal categories or go with what you chose. I am not going to explain creating your own categories. Instead I'm continuing with the second option.

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Choose your method for creating your ad. Since I have Dreamweaver (an HTML editor) I chose the third option. Some of the images here may vary slightly from what you see depending on what format you choose.

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Fill in the "Ad Title" and " Description" sections. You can include a link to your store within the description and/or in the "Link" section. Remember to include keyword-rich words and phrases so the ad will show at the top of search engine queries.

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TIP: You can copy the description from the eBay auction listing and paste it in the ad. If you do this, make sure to correct any misspellings or grammatical errors. Also, reword it as needed.

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TIP: Don't mention that this is an auction. If you copied the description from eBay then remove any auction references.

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If you include a link within the description section you can write something like, "For more information click this link:" and enter a link to the category where the BIN item is located within your BANS site. (Make sure you include http:// or the link won't become clickable.) Doing this will look like:

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OR You can make your link an anchor link (where the link says something different than the destination URL). If you do this you will need to use the HTML option. Again, the link you are using is to the category where the BIN item is located. You can write something like, "Click here for more information" (where Click here takes you to your store). Doing this will look like:

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Go back to eBay and copy and save pictures of the item you are promoting to your computer. To save a copy of a picture just right click on it and choose, "Save image as..." and choose a place on your computer to save the image to. You can add up to four images in CL so save the four best images from the auction listing. It is important to save the pictures as opposed to simply linking to them. Linking to them means you are stealing someone's bandwidth and that is a disrespectful thing to do.

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While still on eBay look at the BIN price of the item you chose.

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Go back to USFreeAds and enter the BIN price in the "Price" section. For this example I will enter 50.

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Still at USFreeAds, fill in the "Item Location" and "Available To" sections. Your location will always show in the ads so it's a good idea to show the item's location so people don't think it is the same as where you are. Click on "Continue" to preview your ad.

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You can ignore (leave empty) the "Shipping Options" and "PayPal Options" sections as those are for the actual sellers of items.

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Preview your ad. You will be asked if your ad extends beyond the average ad size. If the box around your ad extends beyond the arrows above and below your ad then you will want to click the box next to "Check this box if you need to use the wide layout option:" If you don't do this and your ad is too wide it won't show properly. If you need to edit the ad before saving it click your back button and make your changes. If the ad looks good click on "Save this classified."