Ablewise.com Classifieds Blog

There is no better customer service than those received immediately. Immediate customer service not only answers any questions that any customer might have, but gives customers the feeling that their questions and opinions matter, that they matter.

“All our users are important to us. And we would like to answer all their questions as quickly as we can, and help them get started with their advertising campaign,” says Chief Executive Officer, William V.L. “We strongly believe that with this feature, we will go one step further from competition, and succeed in providing the best advertising experience for any user.” 

To use Live Help!, all the user has to do is visit the contact us page and look for the blue “Live Help!” button, and click on it. A window will pop out, where the user has to input his/her name. Once a customer service operator has been connected, the interface is just like any other Instant Messaging (IM) software. To end the chat, just click on the “Exit” button.

“Nothing beats having your queries answered immediately. And we at Ablewise.com strive to provide the best customer service available.”

Classified advertising is different from standard advertising in that it allows not only corporate entities or companies, but to individuals as well, to actually be able to reach out to an audience and solicit for business. It is much more affordable to have a classified advertisement in the next issue of newspapers, than have to produce a television commercial, for individuals.

Classified advertising (or classified ads) usually contains just a few lines of text containing details like the nature of a business and contact information. Different from other types of advertising, classified ads are essentially textual and do not contain any pictures.

With the invention of the Internet and World Wide Web, classified advertising, like many other printed media, has progressed online.

Just to compare two points between printed and online media:

Online classifieds ads, unlike conventional printed ones, do not have space constraint. Typically, online classified sites now provide a full-page (the size of your monitor screen) display of ads for a standard fee, compared to printed ads, which has costs directly proportional to the size of the ad.

Whereas printed classified ads (via newspapers, mainly) are only reachable to people who actually buy the newspapers, and more often than not, are only in a small region, online classified ads are available to the entire world; just as long there is an Internet connection, of course.

Popular sites like Craiglist and Ablewise.com provide very easy-to-use systems for posting classified ads. With massive traffic to their sites everyday, users are able to sell their products within days after posting their ads.

We have added a neat javascript help with common page-specific questions and answers to some of our pages. If you see a red tab with a “HELP” word on the left side of your screen, simply put your mouse cursor over it and the help menu will pop out. The “HELP” looks like this:

Once the menu is out, look through it and find the question that best describes the problem you are facing. Click on it and a small pop-up with the answer will appear. It will look like this:

Now, for every survey you complete, you will be given free Credits which can be used to post Ads or Ad enchancements. It is our way of saying thanks! Every survey will be taken seriously and your feedback will help us come out with more useful features in the future.

We will periodically add new surveys to this page. Do check back often and get rewarded!

We love to hear from you!

It has been awhile since we last came out with a new feature for our free classifieds, but here it is - users’ most wanted feature: Block List.

We have successfully implemented a Block List into our Private Messenger (PM) Service where registered users can choose which other registered users to block. It is very simple to use - simply enter the userID of a registered user and click “Block”. Likewise, you can “Unblock” any blocked registered users whenever you wish. For unregistered users, we decided that the best way to do it is to “Block or Unblock all unregistered users” at once. Since it is almost impossible to know who the unregistered users are as individuals, we have no choice but to implement our Block List in this way.

Below is a screenshot of the Block List page under “My Messages“:

Users with tens to hundreds of Affiliates tend to spend a significant amount of time Private Messaging their Affiliates one by one. With our new “Contact All” form, this tedious task will be a thing of the past. Simply login to your account and go to your “My Affiliates“. Under “My Affiliates”, look for the link “Contact All”. For the “Contact All” link to appear, you would need to have at least one Affiliate, and must be either a Silver or Platinum Member.

Why do you need a “Contact All” form?

You can use the form to update all your Affiliates of your latest Ads or promotions (at once). You can also use it to mentor your Affiliates, such as teaching them how to post an Ad here, how to start making money with our Affiliate Program or how to create a successful online business. One form, infinite possiblities.

Take a look at our “Contact All” form below:

Pressing on the “Send Message To All Affiliates” button will send your Private Message (PM) to all your Affiliates at once, together with email notifications informing them of a new PM received. It is like an instant email messenger, only better and faster.

Check it out today.

We have once again improved on our free classifieds! 

As shown above, we have redesigned our Ad Listings layout. Now it comes with a prominent headline, picture (if any), price (if any), available to destination field (if any) and a 100 characters description. This new layout applies to all Power Ads and Free Ads, only that Power Ads’ headlines are of a bigger font size than Free Ads’. The rotation algorithm (Cascading Rotation®) of Power Ads has not been changed. Power Ads will still be displayed throughout the website and above Free Ads in our Ad Listings pages.

Post a Free Ad | Post a Power Ad

Introducing the all new Photo Gallery.

Now, all Ads with pictures are automatically rotated and displayed for free in our photo gallery, with Power Ads having a higher chance of appearing. With our photo gallery in place, Ads with interesting and attention-grabbing pictures will definitely receive more hits than before. In order words, start adding a pic or two to your Ads if you have not done so!

Due to the rapid increase in user volume and other performance issues, we have decided to migrate our server from Hostway to ServerBeach. Our team of engineers have spent the last 2 weeks preparing for this migration and the whole process was completed successfully at 0300AM on 26 July 07 - USA, Chicago time. Kudos to them!

Why ServerBeach? Simply because they have hosted YouTube before, and are currently the chosen host for WordPress, among other major sites. Their rates are not the cheapest, but their service is 1 notch above the rest. Want to be ‘neighbors’ with us? Get yourself a server on the Beach.

A *new* wonderful surfing experience at Ablewise.com awaits you.

Post an Ad on Ablewise.com Classifieds, and have it shown live on Oodle, Google Base and Vast!

We are finalizing our partnerships with Oodle, Google Base and Vast to show our Ads in their search results. It will greatly increase the Ads’ views, along with higher sales and better conversions for our advertisers. All these at no extra cost to you.

Be the first to benefit from this partnership! Post a Free Ad or Power Ad now!