The new Manage My Ads page provides important information at a glance. The new design introduces improved functionality and efficiency that makes managing your listings faster and easier. To get the most out of the new Manage My Ads page, use these tips and tricks.
To Renew multiple listings from the Manage My Ads page, click in the checkbox on the left for each ad, then click on the “Renew Selected” button. (NOTE: The Renew option will only be available when your listing has 2 or fewer days left for your listing) All the ads that were selected will be place into the cart and the Renew link on the right side of each row will change to a green “In Cart” button that indicates which listing has been added to the cart without taking you away from the page. Clicking on the “In Cart” button will take you to the cart so you can complete the purchase.
E-mail Leads
You can easily see how many e-mail leads you have received from your Rentals.com listing in the Leads column. To view the leads for a particular property, click on the envelope in that property’s row and you’ll see all of the email leads on a separate page.
Pictures
Pictures help showcase your property to potential tenants. The Pics column on the Manage My Ads page shows you how many pictures are in each property listing. If you need to add or edit pictures, you can click on the Ad # or the Manage text link to edit the pictures for that listing.
Action Links
The Action links on Manage My Ads is where you can perform the most used tasks for a property listing without ever leaving the page. Three Action links show at any given time for each listing. The links will be different depending on the status a property listing is in. These are the text links that will display in the Action column depending on your properties status
· Manage – Displays on all properties. Clicking on the Manage text link takes the user to the Manage Listing (Control Panel) page for that listing
· Deactivate – Displays on Active listings. Clicking on the Deactivate text link will immediately deactivate the ad. The status triangle will change from active (Green) to inactive (Red) and the Deactivate link will change to Activate
· Activate – Displays on Inactive listings. Clicking on the Activate text link will immediately activate an ad. The status triangle will change from Inactive (Red) to Active (Green). Activate link text will change to Deactivate
· Renew – Displays when an Active listing has only 2 days to go before the ad will expire. Clicking on the Renew text link on the right side of the listing will place that ad into the cart. After the listing is place into the cart, the Actions list will change to display Edit, Copy and In Cart
· Upgrade – Displays when a listing is Active. Clicking on the Upgrade text link for the listing will take the user to a page that will allow them to upgrade their listing. If the user has already purchased all available upgrades, (Premiere and NOS) this text will be grayed out and non-clickable.
· Edit – Displays when a listing is in the Cart Clicking on the Edit text link in Actions takes the user to the Edit listing page.
· Copy – Displays when a listing in the Cart. Clicking on Copy takes the user to the Copy this ad” page.
· In Cart – Displays when a listing is in the Cart. Clicking on In Cart takes the user to the cart.
To Renew multiple listings from the Manage My Ads page, click in the checkbox on the left for each ad, then click on the “Renew Selected” button. (NOTE: The Renew option will only be available when your listing has 2 or fewer days left for your listing) All the ads that were selected will be place into the cart and the Renew link on the right side of each row will change to a green “In Cart” button that indicates which listing has been added to the cart without taking you away from the page. Clicking on the “In Cart” button will take you to the cart so you can complete the purchase.
Renew Single Listings
If you want to renew one listing at a time, you can click on the Renew text link in the Actions column. The listing will be added to the cart, and the renew text will change into the In Cart button. You will then need to go to the cart to complete the purchase
Deactivate Multiple listings
To Deactivate multiple active listings from the Manage My Ads page, click in the checkbox on the left for each ad that you want to deactivate and then click on the Deactivate Selected button. The listings will be deactivated on the site, the green status triangle will change from green to red, and the text in the action column will change from Deactivate to Activate
Deactivate Single Listings
If you want to deactivate one listing at a time you can click on the deactivate text link in the Actions column. The listing will deactivate and the text will change from deactivate to activate.
Search for a listing
To search for one of your properties currently or previously listed on Rentals.com, you’ll want to enter the address, city, state or a key word in the description and clicking the search button. You’ll receive a list of all your properties that have that attribute. Your results will be displayed in the same format as the MMA page. If you have a large list to sort through from your search results you can further filter by whether an ad is active, inactive, expiring soon or expired.
Sort listings
The default sort in Manage My Ads is by how many days left are left on a listing in ascending order. Those ads coming up on renewal on show on top so you can easily see them and take action on them. From there, ads that have more days left are displayed further down the list.
Listings may be sorted by Ad #, Address, Listing Type, Ad Level, Days Left, E-mail Replies, # of Pictures, and Status. Clicking on the column heading the first time will sort listings by that column in ascending order. Clicking on the column header a second time will sort the listings by that column in descending order.
Sorting by Address
Clicking on the Address column header the first time will sort the listings in ascending order by street name first and then by street address. Clicking on the Address column header the second time will sort the listings by descending order by Street name first and then by street address.
Terms
Active – currently on the site and viewable by prospective tenants
Inactive – currently not viewable by prospective tenants, but there is still time left on the ad should you need to re-activate the listing.
Expired – not viewable on the site and no time left on the listing. The listing will need to be repurchased for it to be viewable by prospective tenants
July 16th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I do not like the “new and improved” rentals.com and considering switching. Why do you keep changing things? I am also trying to renew some ads because I will be out of town when they have only “2″ days left. What a hassle!
July 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am
We received many requests from customers to add additional functionality to the Manage My Ads page. They wanted to be able to renew or deactivate listings right on the page without having to click through to each listing. The redesign was put in front of many customers and their feedback helped shape the current view. The response we have received with the new Manage My Ads has been extremely positive. The favorite feature is being able to renew multiple ads all from the Manage My Ads page simply by clicking in the box to the left of each listing and then clicking on the Renew Selected button on top.
Customers who are on invoice, can simply select Auto-Renew on selected listings and these will automatically renew. No need to wait until the last 2 days.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
How long can an ad be “deactivated” ? Does the listing time continue to run or is it put on hold? Indefinitely?-if the 30 days has been paid for?
August 18th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
When a listing is deactivated, it means that the listing is no longer displayed on Rentals.com for prospective tenants to view and respond to. A Rentals.com listing is good for 30 days from the date purchased, so the time will not be available after the initial 30 days from purchase. I suppose one way to look at this is that you don’t get to use the additional days after a property rents. But the good new is that a listing was so responsive, you were able to find a tenant sooner!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
It would be nice if we could use the extra days like rollover minutes on one of other ads.