Ad Trader FAQ's - Registration / My Account

Go to the Registration Form and fill in the form with the required details.

You are required to provide a password for your account to keep your information secure. Without a password anyone would be able to access your personal details and even change them, a password ensures that your personal information remains hidden from other site users.

Your password can be a mixture of letters and numbers, in lower or upper case. Minimum of 5 characters.

To change your details you need to be logged in. When you are logged in you can simply click on the 'Account Details' link in the My Ad Trader box in the top left of the screen, there you will be able to change your details and even your password. Check the Terms and Conditions button and save the changes at the bottom of the page.

Yes you can. To do this click 'Account Details' link in the My Ad Trader box in the top left of the screen, then click on the 'Delete Account' button. You will be asked to confirm that you wish your account to be deleted.

You may have forgotton your password or do not have your cookies enabled. If you have forgotten your password you will need to request a new password. Please note users with AOL email addresses may not receive their password reset email. Using an alternative email address will resolve this problem.

To see if you have cookies enabled on your browser follow the instructions below.

If you are using Internet Explorer:
From the Tools menu select Internet Options. Click on the Privacy tab and check the text next to the slider.

If you are using Mozilla Firefox:
From the Tools menu, choose Options. Click the Privacy tab. Make sure that the checkbox "Accept cookies from sites" is checked.

You may have forgotton your password or do not have your cookies enabled. If you have forgotten your password you will need to request a new password. Please note users with AOL email addresses may not receive their password reset email. Using an alternative email address will resolve this problem.

To see if you have cookies enabled on your browser follow the instructions below.

If you are using Internet Explorer:
From the Tools menu select Internet Options. Click on the Privacy tab and check the text next to the slider.

If you are using Mozilla Firefox:
From the Tools menu, choose Options. Click the Privacy tab. Make sure that the checkbox "Accept cookies from sites" is checked.

You need to request a new password. To do this click on this link to request a new one. You will need to enter the email address you use to log in. Your new password will only be sent to this address. Please note users with AOL email addresses may not receive their password reset email. Using an alternative email address will resolve this problem.

When you see an item that you would like to buy, or keep the details of, you can click on the "Add to Clipboard" icon displayed at the bottom of the 'Advert Details' page. To do this you must be logged in. This will keep a record of all these items until you are ready to buy. When you exit the site, your clipboard will be remembered for approximately 7 days unless the advert has expired on the site. To remove items, click on delete on the clipboard page.

Email Alert is a facility to help you find what you're looking for especially if you don't visit Ad Trader on a daily basis. Email Alert stores a search criteria set by you and then emails you daily or weekly with some adverts that have been placed since your last ealert was sent and that meets your criteria.

Example:
If you are looking for a bicycle in the Southampton area and there were currently no matches on the Ad Trader site, you could create an eAlert and as soon as someone places an ad for a bicycle in that area you would be informed via email.

You can only take advantage of this feature if you are a registered user by visiting My Ad Trader. You can set-up your criteria for your e-alert by following 4 easy steps. Firstly you need to create a saved search, you can do this by clicking on the 'Save this Search' button on the adverts listing page. Alternatively add a new Saved Searched by clicking on the Saved Searched link in the 'My Ad Trader' box at the top left of the screen. Once you have a created a saved search you can then convert this to an eAlert by clicking on the eAlert icon on the right hand side of the screen.

It will continue to search for your saved search criteria for 28 days, after this period it will automatically expire. The eAlert can be reset after expiry by going to My Ad Trader.

Once you've found your bargain, or wish to discontinue this feature, simply go to your Saved Searches page and either 'delete' or 'stop' your eAlert.

The Login page is located here and there is a quick login box in the top left hand corner of the screen. If for some reason you cannot access this page or see the quick login box, the registration system may be disabled. From time to time we may disable registration when we are developing sensitive areas of the website. When we have completed any upgrades/changes you will be able to login again and use the website as before.

The Registration page is located here. If for some reason you cannot access this page, the registration system may be disabled. From time to time we may disable registration when we are developing sensitive areas of the website. When we have completed any upgrades/changes you will be able to register and use the website as before.

Yes, your email address is an important part of the registration process as it becomes your username. It also means that we can keep you fully updated of the latest offers and allow you to take advantage of the eAlert feature.