UsedEverywhere Blog

How To: Place an Ad

Never posted an item on your local UsedEverywhere.com? If you’re looking sell your excess or tell everyone about your service check out our video tutorial and find out how to do just that.



We changed your How To post to Wednesday. Did you notice?

What We’ve Done So Far

We’ve been receiving quite a lot of feedback since we redesigned the UsedEverywhere.com sites, some positive and some negative. In the end we appreciate it all, because our goal is to provide you with a platform to buy and sell your stuff in your community. Here is how we’ve responded thus far:

1. Increased the size of the thumbnail pictures on the ad listing pages.

2. Increased the size of the ad titles on the ad listing pages.

3. Increased the text size in the ad view page.

4. Moved the Contact Poster box above the image on the ad view page.

5. Changed the background color on all of the UsedEverywhere.com sites.

Have a great weekend everywhere. More changes to come.

Are the Jets coming back?

In 1996 the Jets left Winnipeg and moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where they became the Phoenix Coyotes. Now, with recent ownership struggles over the team, there’s been speculation that they will be returning to Winnipeg in the near future. This begs the question: Are the Jets coming back?

What do you think?

How To: Advanced Searching

Curious about your local UsedEverywhere.com site’s advanced search functionality? If you’re looking for a particular something then you’re going to want to check out our video tutorial to find out how to do just that.

Hope that helps!

UsedTube – Sharene

A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to Charmaine from Charmaine’s Past & Present, a local antique dealer that places her inventory on UsedVictoria.com for Vancouver Island to browse through. She’s the perfect example of how a small business owner can leverage the power of their community to make a living. This week we’re sharing an interview with Sharene, a mother of two and UsedVictoria.com power user, to share her experiences with the site and dish out some buying and selling tips. Hope you enjoy!





Thanks Sharene!

Make it Your Everywhere with CSS

We’ve been getting feedback on the new look (here, here, and here), and some of you have strong opinions of what works and what doesn’t. If that’s the case, you have our permission to go ahead and change it.
All it takes is knowing a little HTML, CSS and JavaScript or, knowing someone who does.
Once you’ve made a new look, send us a screenshot and CSS ( or links work too, we’re very open about that ). Then you, or both of you, will get credit because we’ll pick some of the best designs and share your hard work with the community.
How is this Possible?
The redesign of our site, was more then just what it looks like. One of the biggest changes was how we make the page looks the way they look. We moved all the pretty things into the CSS, which means that by changing one file we can alter the look. It also means you can too.
There are add-ons you can install that allow you to override the CSS in your web browser. GreaseMonkey or GreaseKit are just two examples that let you to automatically change the look of any website. Take a look at Helvetireader to see it in action.
Is this a contest?
If you mean, is this an opportunity for mad props and acclaim, then sure.
Is there a prize?
If the praise you’ll get from your peers and the Used Community is a prize, then yes.
Is there an end date to this?
Nope. We’re hoping this can be an ongoing process where you can keep submitting, and we’ll keep sharing. We’re open to evolve this to make it easier for everyone to share looks and themes. If you have any suggestions on making this better let us know.
How do you submit the screenshot and CSS?
Anyway you can get us a screenshot and CSS file. Chances are email is the best contest@usedeverywhere.com, but if you want to give us URL’s, twitter or facebook would work too.
What if all of this is too complicated?
Doing something like this always requires a little hacking, and some technical knowledge, so we understand this challenge isn’t for everyone. But, that’s where friends come in handy. Start making a call to work with folks who know and you can choose to collaborate.
We’re looking forward to what you can do.

How To: Find Seller Information


Need Help finding Seller Information, Sharing a Listing, or Reporting an Ad?

1) Seller Information

Check out the pictures below, seller information is circled in red. Alternatively, you can watch our video tutorial to see the step-by-step process of browsing items in the site redesign and contacting a seller on your local UsedEverywhere.com.

In the new design you no longer need to scroll to the bottom of every listing but can find the information at the top of the listing in the right corner. Check out the video below!

2) Sharing and Reporting an Ad
The “Share Listing” box in red contains links that allow you to share the ad with friends via email, Facebook, or Twitter. You can also inform our moderators of an ad that violates our Terms of Use by clicking on the “Report ad” link.
Thanks, we hope this helps answer some of our recent questions, and keep the feedback coming.

The Used Everywhere Community Team.

What’s in the box?

A couple weeks ago, we launched a new look on UsedSoo

Since then, with the help of your feedback, our designers and programmers have been working non stop around the clock to give every UsedEverywhere site a face lift.

For fun, they’ve packed them in some handy crates and now they are sitting in the middle of the office, just waiting till Tuesday to be opened.

We all have the pre-gift jitters.

Michael and I have been working on new tutorials to help you with getting around the new look. And over the next while, we’ll start rolling them out.

If you’ve noticed that it’s been a little quiet here, on our facebook, and twitter, that’s why.

UsedTube – Charmaine

Are you a buyer or a seller? An individual or a local business? Everyone visits their local UsedEverywhere.com site for a different reason. If you’re a seller, you create content for others to browse, if you’re a buyer, you give sellers a reason to place their items on UsedEverywhere in the first place, and if you’re a business, you share your wares with the community and help to keep the online ecosystem running. We’ve been brainstorming ways that we can capture this diversity to share with you, and here it is: video interviews with people in your community that love buying neat things and making money as much as you do. This week we’re featuring Charmaine from Charmaine’s Past & Present in Victoria, BC. She’s and avid UsedVictoria.com user that uses the site to advertise her inventory to over half the population of Victoria for FREE!



Thanks Charmaine!

Michael’s Top Ten Things To Get Mud On


Earth Week is nearly over, and as a final hurrah to all things “earthy,” I’m going to give a shout out of respect to various used items that embrace the mud, dirt and sand as much as we have.

10) Mud Tires Are Inherently Mud-Friendly
9) A Reminder That The Sun Is Slowly Cooking You On Those Coals You Call “Sand”
8) If Your ToughBook Isn’t Muddy, You Aren’t Tough
7) Enjoy A Mud Bath In Your Barrel Sauna & Spa
6) Spiderman Mud Coat
5) Ten Year Old Willing To Pick Up Your Dog’s Mud
4) You Won’t Get Lost In QuickSand With Your GPS
3) Spread Your Seed (In Mud) And Save The Earth
2) A Clean Electric Car Is A Hypocrite
1) Roll In Mud. Play In Castle.
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