How To Advertise

To Advertise your business follow these simple steps:

1. Register as either Business Owner or Independent Business Broker by clicking the register link or by clicking here

2. Fill in all your details and click the submit button

3. You will receive an e-mail confirming your registration, click on the link in the e-mail and go to the login page.

4. Once you have logged in you will be taken to the Member Console Page, there will be a “Yellow Member Bar” visible on all pages with the following links:
Edit My Details | Place A New Ad | View My Adds | View Enquiries

5. To advertise your business, click on Place a New Ad.

a. Enter the details of your business, make sure they are the correct details. Please note you will not be able to modify your advert once live.
If you do however spot a mistake after your ad has been published and paid for please contact admin@businessforsale.co.za to correct it.

b. Select your advert type, if you click on “read more” it will give you all the details of each type.

c. Upload the photos of your business: click on the “browse” button, select your image and then click the upload button.
You can then click the browse button again and upload another one. The maximum number of images is 5 .
The images will appear as thumbnails on your ad with a main picture.

d. Click on “Save and Pay” if you are ready and you want to pay now, or “Save and Pay Later” if you are not yet sure.

e. If you have clicked on “Save and Pay” you will be redirected to our secure online payment facility PayFast, you will need to create an account there.
For help on how to create your PayFast account click here

f. Once you have paid you will automatically be redirected back to the site.

g. Your ad should soon be visible on the Listings page under the Country or Region you selected.

h. If you chose to pay later and are ready to pay, find the ad under your list of ads click on it and you can then make the final changes and then click on “Save and Pay”.

6. Anybody can enquire about your listing, if there is an enquiry you will be notified via e-mail.
You can view all your listings on the View Enquiry tab on your Yellow Member Bar.

a. Choose the Ad you have placed then choose whether it is read or unread or just choose all and then enter a further specific criterion if you wish
and click the Submit button.

b. The enquiries will be listed and you can click on them to view.

7. Once your ad has reached its expiry date it will be automatically removed from the site.

8. To keep track of your ads click on the “View My Ad” link on the Yellow Member Bar, your ads will be listed.