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The Right House in the Right Location

UsedEverywhere.com has an awesome tool for helping you find accommodation in your ideal location! It’s our ‘Map these ads‘ feature which will show you the location of the ads on a map of your city.

If you’ve ever tried to find accommodation in a specific neighborhood, then you know how challenging it can be to wade through all the listings. The ‘Map these ads‘ feature simplifies the process, as you can go straight to ads for accommodations in your desired location.

‘Map these ads’ works in three simple steps:
1) On the homepage select your category:
2) Select ‘Map these ads‘:

3) Click on a marker in your desired location for specific ad info:

The ‘Map these ads‘ feature is a great tool to help you find what you’re looking for, right where you want it.

3 Ways to Stand Out in a Crowd

courtesy of kalandrakas

The easiest way to stand out of a crowd might be to gel your hair in crazy ways, maybe add some hair dye, and put on something plaid or fluorescent. Likely, the bigger and puffier your clothes are, the more you’ll stand out. And, just to throw it over the edge, you could even stand on a post office box and wave your hands while yelling “look at me!”

People will look!

(see how we did that?)


While we don’t have fluorescent red or plaid for you to use when selling your items on one of our sites in the UsedEverywhere.com community, if you want to make sure your ads stand out in a crowd, we have the next best thing…Yellow! Plus, a handful of other options to help you make sure your used stuff gets sold!

Here are 3 examples of how you can make your ad stand out:
  1. Latest Ad Upgrade - with the highest traffic on the site, listing your ad on this page will give you long-term exposure to a wide cross section of people

  2. Top Ad + Premium Ad Upgrade – This is the best option for big-ticket items like TVs, cars, jewelry, or snazzy electronics. Not only will your ad be listed at the top of its category, it’ll also be highlighted in yellow to make it extra eye-catching.
  3. Category Gallery Upgrade – If you have a number of individual, but related items, such as multiple furniture pieces or autoparts, we can help you make sure they all get sold. Give them longer term exposure in their category by placing them in the gallery where they’ll march along together, like a well oiled machine.
There are other ways to mix and match our upgrades so that your ads will get noticed. Next time you place an ad, these suggestions will be there … We’re here to help you sell your stuff!
And, don’t forget, all of our basic ads are absolutely FREE!
For inexpensive single items, you’ll find that they’ll sell quickly and you probably won’t even need to make them stand out. But for the times you really need to make sure your ad gets noticed, you might want to try out one of these upgrades.
You’ll stand out in a crowd, without ever having to dye your hair.

UsedNorthisland.com & Lion’s Club Community Garage Sale

We had a fantastic time this weekend in Port Hardy, British Columbia. The UsedNorthisland.com & Lion’s Club Community Garage Sale was a ton of fun! There was so much to buy: from saris to kids’ clothes to yummy loaves.
Check out the Facebook photo album here.
The Lion’s Club of Port Hardy would like to hold another sale in March, so let us know if you’d like to be involved: events@usedeverywhere.com
Is your community having a garage sale? Tell us about it; we’d love to help!

Fun for the whole family

Janey, our amazing Community Coordinator!


The Port Hardy Community Garage Sale

Port Hardy is as far north as you can drive on Vancouver Island. It’s a beautiful westcoast community with lots of outdoorsy activities such as whale watching, hiking and kayaking.

This weekend, November 14th and 15th, we will be there hosting a community garage sale with the Lion’s Club.
We’re very excited to be involved with this fun-filled event, meet the community and introduce Usednorthisland.com. Plus, a little birdy told us that there is an amazing local sushi place we have to visit. Can’t wait for the weekend!

Upgrade your ad. But don’t just take our word..

This is Trent Fehr of Ottawa. He just won a $100 Future Shop gift certificate for sharing his experience of buying an upgraded ad.

Upgrading your ad dramatically increases the exposure and the amount of views your item gets. Depending on the type of upgrade you purchase, your ad can receive anywhere from 3 – 112 more views than a basic free ad. Essentially this means that when you purchase an upgrade your item sells faster.

No one knows this better then our users, which is why we put on the contest. Congratulations Trent!