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kev2me
10-29-2010, 02:03 PM
I ported this over from INDMAS for those of you here that are having trouble with Fragswapper :) Just imagine the pictures with CR logos instead of INDMAS.

1. Register
Head to Fragswapper.com (http://www.fragswapper.com) and click the login button at the top. On the following page click the "Register Now" button.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/01_register.jpg

2. Create an Account
Fill out the form with the username and password. The enter a valid email address. Fragswapper will send a confirmation email to this address.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/02_create_account.jpg

3. Choose an Organization
Your page should be blank unlike mine, but once you are logged in, click the Organizations button at the top.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/03_organizations.jpg

4. Pick a State
Choose the state your organization is in. In our case Indiana :)
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/04_state.jpg

5. Register with Organization
If you are a member of Captive Reefs, click the "Click Here to Register". Otherwise skip to the next step.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/05_organization_register.jpg

6. Current Frag Swaps
From the organization page, click the link for the Current Available Swaps.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/06_current_frag_swaps.jpg

7. Register for Event
Click the register button to attend this event.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/07_register_for_event.jpg

8. List New Item
Now let's get to listing our items! Click "My Listings" at the top. Then choose "List New Item" on the following page.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/08_list_new_item.jpg

9. Listing Info
Here you enter information about the item you want to sell. You can take a look at what I've entered to get an idea of what to do. If you don't know what something means you can click the little question mark boxes in the section titles to get more help about that section. Make sure to be as descriptive, and honest, as possible. You can also list up to 10 pictures for your listing. If you have a photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com), flickr (http://www.flickr.com), or other photo sharing account (http://www.google.com/search?q=free+photo+sharing) you can directly link to your images in your listing. If you don't have a photo sharing account, I suggest you sign up for one since it's hard to sell something without pictures! Click the direct link checkbox if the url you put into the textbox goes directly to the image, that way you will have the image show up in the listing, or thumbnails for everything after the first image.
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10. Your Listing!
Click "Listings" at the top, then under "Trade Lists" on the left hand side choose "All (New First)". Your listing should be right there at the top of the next page. There are a lot more options to view listings under "Trade Lists" that you can play with to get the hang of finding listings on Fragswapper. You can also choose someone's name under "Swappers" to view only items listed by that person.
http://kevintoomey.com/images/fragswapper/10_listed.jpg

Congrats, you listed your first item on Fragswapper! Now this is just a basic overview to get you started. Once you start using the site you will find some more listing features I have not gone over.

Now go and post your corals and other items, start requesting other peoples' items, and try not to get too addicted to it will you :)

jimsflies
10-29-2010, 02:25 PM
Kev - Is fragswapper your site?

kev2me
10-29-2010, 02:33 PM
No it's not, although I know the owner is also named Kevin :)

weimers75
10-29-2010, 07:38 PM
Great tutorial! Makes it sound difficult if you just read it, but believe me these steps take minutes...and then you're good to go forever.

ReeferRob
10-29-2010, 07:49 PM
Thanks Kev!

Sir Patrick
10-29-2010, 09:57 PM
will Fragswapper work to list faffle items??? I wouldnt mind practicing this way, along with advertising the swap a bit to others interested, but without info yet.

weimers75
10-30-2010, 09:22 AM
No, it wouldn't work for raffle items. You'd promote the swap the same way you promote every swap - through the forums and lfs. Those threads could list sponsors and raffle items. Then, you would state that the event was on fragswapper, and people would go there to list items. Fragswapper is only for people selling/buying/trading frags.