Hi Jimi,
Sorry for any confusion there. All ads that include an image have a shot of appearing on the forum index "featured ads". I guess that should be named "random ads" Ads that appear in that section are pulled at random from those that have images. no image = no shot of appearing on the forum index
If you go under Eb trumpets you will notice your ad is both highlighted and bold (that is what you paid for) It stands out more. Just like if you were to pay for those options on eBay
To place an ad in our classifieds is always free. When we first used this software we had the ability to bold and highlight free as well. We noticed everyone was doing it and it made the classifieds look like a mess and nothing stood out. We decided to set it up so that it is $1 to bold and $1 to hgihlight. Things look a lot better now because not everyone wants to do it. Those who do choose to pay $1 might notice higher click throughs because their ad is more eye catching.
Thanks,
Mike
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Originally Posted by Jimi Michiel  Mike-
How exactly do "TM Featured Ads" work? I thought that's what I was paying my 2 dollars for when I clicked "highlighted" in my posting. Some of the ads on there are months old. Maybe you could charge a couple extra bucks to be a featured ad. Overall, I like the TM Classifieds. Although I'll like it a lot better after my E3L and Bach/Larson Conversion sell 
-Jimi |