User Guide

FloatMarket.com

FloatMarket.com is a marketplace for buying and selling floating equipment - ships, yachts, boats and other such vessels. If you are a buyer, browse through our listings, select equipment of interest to you and contact the seller directly. If you are a seller, list your equipment for sale on our site to find a buyer. Listings are made Free of Cost for the present.

Registration

To make listings on the site you need to register. It only takes a minute or so to complete the registration. As soon as you fill-up the registration form and click Register, an e-mail is sent asking you to verify your e-mail address. The e-mail contains a link which you need to click or copy and paste in your browser address bar. Once done, you are verified and your registration is enabled.

Login

Your e-mail address is your login ID which, along with your password you selected while registering, will enable you to get access to the Member's Area of the site. From here you can create a new listing, upload pictures to your listings and edit existing ones. You can also change your password if you so wish and update your preferences for newsletter and e-mail address.

Categories

Category headings convey broad meaning as to the type of equipment for sale or wanted. Suggest a new category or sub-category if your listing so requires. Listings are made free of cost for the present.

Listing Submission

When you wish to create a new listing, login to the Member's Area via the User Login link at the top. Inside, click on the link New Listing in the left side menu. This will bring you to the category selection drop-down menu. You will note that most of the categories have an asterisk * mark while a few do not have this mark. You can publish a listing only in a category or sub-category which has an asterisk * mark. Please select a category most appropriate to your listing. As soon as you do, you will be taken to the listing form automatically. You can always go back and select another category if you made an incorrect choice.

In the listing form, items marked with a red * asterisk are compulsory, those unmarked are optional. There is no restriction on the length of your listing description but please be reasonable. If you don't wish to state the price, you can fill-up Make Offer or Best Offer. Once you have submitted the form, you can upload upto 5 pictures to your listing - maximum size 250KB each - .gif or .jpg format. The submitted listing remains hidden from the public until the Site Administrator approves it. Approvals take about 24 hours. Do not use all caps in the listing title - it will be rejected.

Listing Searches

While one can browse through the listings by category, people often search with keywords. The keyword based searches are confined to words appearing in the Listing Title and Description. So keep in mind while creating your listing to include keywords for which you would like your listing to be found by others. For example, if you are selling a fork lift and wish that others looking for such a 'lift' find your listing, you should include the word 'fork lift' in your listing. In addition to keywords, advanced search enables you to filter search results based on category and location.

Favorites Link

At the bottom of the detailed listing page is the link to bookmark, Add-to-Favorites, listings you wish to short-list or contact later. To use this feature you must be a registered user at the site and logged-in. Click on Add-to-Favorites link to bookmark any listing. Links to bookmarked listings can be seen inside your Member Area from the Favorites link in the left-side menu. If you wish to delete any bookmark, click on the bookmarked listing link - you will see that the bottom of the detailed listing page is now showing Remove-from-Favorites. Click on the remove link to remove the bookmark for this listing.

Multiple Listings

If you are selling multiple products or services, you can make multiple listings. Do not, however, list the same product in multiple categories unless you have a really strong reason to do so. Make sure multiple listings do not have exactly the same title; our system will reject it. Do not make any frivolous or fake listings for products or services that are not available.

Listing Duration

Listings are made for 180 days and deleted automatically after this period. You can make a new listing for 180 days if your equipment is still for sale. You can edit and update your listing anytime and as many times as necessary. However, every time you update it, it will have to wait for the Site Administrator's approval before being visible again on the site. You can mark it as Sold if you have sold the equipment. You can certainly delete it if it is no longer required.

Site Navigation

We have tried to keep the navigation of the site as simple and intuitive as possible. The links at the top and the bottom will appear on all pages enabling you to go to any of these pages from anywhere on the site. The detailed listing page has the links to contact the person making the listing, tell a friend about a listing, bookmark it, print it, and more. The name on the header is linked to the Home Page and clicking on it will bring you to the front page from anywhere on the site. Listing stats are shown on the detailed listing page. In addition, your Member Area will have information on the number of people who contacted you via the Contact Form. Do give your suggestions on improvement - it will be appreciated.

Membership Privileges

Do not misuse or abuse the site - you may loose your membership. Spamming is strictly prohibited and will result in instant termination of membership. Membership privileges are granted and can be terminated solely at our discretion.

There is no way for us to verify the accuracy of listings posted on our site although we do take general precautions to filter out listings that, in our opinion, may be fake or frivolous. Do exercise due-diligence before buying or selling anything. You are solely responsible for your decisions. Our services are provided "As Is" without any warranty or guarantee of any kind.

Do contact us if you have further questions or require any assistance.

Privacy Policy

Information Collected

We require your name, e-mail address, company name, physical address and telephone number to be submitted while registering and will be published with your listing on our site so that people interested in your equipment can contact you. We may communicate with you occasionally in connection with the services provided by us.

Sharing Information

We do not share information with third parties. Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.

Business Transition

In the event FloatMarket.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes here so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.