This means a "Free ad" will now cost something... but look:

We offer up to 3 internet photos with any classified ad for only $2 for the life of the ad

(A business logo is considered to be a photo).

Links to your website or Facebook page are also $2 extra

(Effective October, 2020)

• Items that are being given away
• General Merchandise, Farm & Garden, Automotive or Antiques & Collectible items selling for less than $300. Price MUST be listed in the ad or it will not appear.
• Community or church announcements
• Generalized 'want' ads for merchandise
• Community-organized fundraisers* for a local entity, provided the ad states that ALL proceeds benefit this cause. *Does not apply to county, state or worldwide organizations
• Classes offered when EVERYTHING IS FREE
• Special messages, greetings, Cards of Thanks

EXTRAS FOR YOUR AD:

• Add a photo (up to 3) to your online ad— $2 extra for the life of the ad
• Add a hyperlink to your Facebook page or website — $2 extra for the life of the ad
• PLEASE NOTE: If you wish your email to be included in your ad as a contact method (there is no charge for this), please add the word EMAIL at the very end of your ad information and that way, we will know to include it in contact information

PAID ADS: PLEASE NOTE: Paid Ads are $5 per ad per week, $10 for two weeks, $20 for 4 weeks, (5th week is free)

• Single item selling for $300 or more
• Multiple items (in the same ad OR in the same category) totaling $300 or more
• "Make Offer" ads that do not list a price
• All Hay and Firewood ads
• Christmas Trees (for sale or wanted) and related Items
• Timber (for sale or wanted) and Nursery Plants (for sale or wanted)
• All Farm Produce/Products
• Animal Services, as well as animals for which service fees are charged, (i.e.: "at stud")
• Breeders of dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, horses, etc. (registered or not)
• Single dogs or cats priced over $100 each or litters priced over $100 collectively. This includes "re-homing fees"
• All livestock ads (cattle, horses, sheep, goats, llamas, pigs)
• All yard sales and some** fundraisers **Applies to county, state or worldwide organizations.
• Auctions, Thrift Shops and Flea Markets
• Any and all rentals or leases (per rental or lease)
• Any and all Guns (for sale or wanted), Hunting, Fishing (and related) items, on a per item basis
• Any and all vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers, campers, boats, 4-wheelers, etc.)
• Any and all services offered on a part-time or work from home basis (i.e. Appliance Refurbishing, Lawn & Garden Equipment Refurbishing, Ongoing Yard Sale,Babysitting, Elder Care, Weed Trimming, etc.)
• Business Opportunities offered
• Classes offered for any fee(s)
• Employment (help wanted or service(s) provided)
• Business-related classifieds Business defined as a person or persons, partnership or corporation selling a product or providing a service (including housing) on an ongoing basis, for the purpose of making a profit, as opposed to an individual selling personal property.

Prices in the online ad submission form are calculated based on the information in your ad. Adjustments may have to be made, and if so, we will contact you by email as quickly as possible.

• FREE AD, Up to 8 Weeks:
  • Text Only: No Charge
  • With Photo(s) or "Link": $2
  • With Photo AND "Link": $4

• PAID AD, 1 Week:
  • Text Only: $5
  • With photo(s) or link: $7
  • With photo(s) AND "Link": $9

• PAID AD, 2 Weeks:
  • Text Only: $10
  • With Photo(s) or "Link": $12
  • With photo(s) AND "Link": $14

• PAID AD, 3 Weeks:
  • Text Only: $15
  • With Photo(s) or "Link": $17
  • With photo(s) AND "Link": $19

• PAID AD, 4 Weeks (5th Week is FREE):
  • Text Only: $20
  • With Photo(s) or "Link": $22
  • With photo(s) AND "Link": $24

Renew Your Ad Here!

We have ad packages available to fit any budget! For Display/Box ads, please call 336-846-7469 or email Sales@SHNPlus.com

Contact Us!

• Unlimited weekly exposure on our website for the duration of your "paid for" time

• Exposure in our online PDF version of Secondhand News Plus, available in its entirety from a link on our website.

• Business advertisers with display ads also receive exposure on our FB page: @SecondhandNewsPlus — we invite you to check it out!

Drop a check or cash by our office at 101 N. Jefferson Ave, West Jefferson (across from Black Jack's Pub & Grill, inside Southern Slang

Credit/Debit Card over the phone

Please call our office, 336-846-7469.

By Mail

Mail a check or money order (please DO NOT MAIL CASH) to: Secondhand News Plus, PO Box 979, West Jefferson, NC 28694. To insure proper credit, please be sure to write the phone number you are using on your classified ad in the memo section of your check

Refunds

We DO NOT ISSUE REFUNDS. If you sell your item before the allotted (paid for) time is up (for example, if you pay for a month and sell your item after 2 weeks), you will not be issued a refund. We ask that you please call and let us know as soon as the item is sold so that we can remove it or mark it "sold." If your (paid for) classified ad is inadvertently omitted, we will be happy to run it the following week or issue a credit for future use, but again, you must call us.

Our classified ad deadline is 5 pm on Monday for the current issue. Please submit your ad (with payment if required — please check to see) prior to that time. (See payment options below.) If your ad requires payment, it will NOT appear until the payment is received in our office. Unpublished ads that remain unpaid after 14 days will be deleted from our records.

You can click the "Feedback" link that is to the bottom right of your ad, and let us know through the contact page. That will give us a link to your ad, so we cancel the right one.

Or, just call our office, 336-846-7469, or email: Ads@SHNPlus.com . Please make sure your email includes the phone number used in your classified ad.

Secondhand News Plus, Inc. reserves the right to limit the number of ads placed by a single party. Secondhand News Plus, Inc. will not knowingly accept or publish advertising which is fraudulent or misleading in nature.

Secondhand News Plus, Inc. reserves the sole right to edit, revise or reject any and all advertising with or without cause being assigned.

Secondhand News Plus, Inc. assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisement, but if at fault, will reprint the classified ad (or) that portion of the (display) ad in which the error appears.

Remember: "Free Ads" with picture(s) and/or link(s) to a Facebook page or website DO cost something to run.

A link to our Ad Renewal buttons is located further down the page.

Our Ad Renewal buttons are located at the link below.