How to Sell Items /
Promote Your Business
Antique Centre Worldwide offers a complete service to the Fine Art and Antiques world.
Antique and Fine Art Dealers can sell items through this website. Dealers, Shops, Galleries, Centres and Restorers can promote their business by advertising in our comprehensive directories.
Below you will find detailed information on:
- How to sell items. click here
- How to advertise your business.
In the Antique Dealers Directory £240 per year click here
In the Antique Centres Directory £240 per year click here
In the Antique Restorers Directory £195 per year click here
- How to add your items for sale onto the website click here
By clicking on the respective 'click here' buttons it will take you by hyperlink to the relevant section of information.
Information and prices for selling items on this site
We provide two packages for Antique Dealers to sell individual items.
Globe Membership -
Sell up to 80 items for £240
Globe Premier Membership -
Sell up to 250 items for £350
For each item the following will be included:
- Up to 4 images per item which super-size to show greater detail
- Your own description of your items
- Indication of your location by county in Britain
- Your choice of including ‘Price’ or ‘POA' (price on application)
- All enquiries will be forwarded straight to you so you can deal directly with the customer
- There are no additional set-up or commission charges.
- Customers can access your items by browsing categories or by using the ‘key word’ search facility.
> Join here to start selling items
Information and Prices for joining the Dealers Directory
We invite you to promote your business with a full page advertisement in our Antique Dealers Directory
Advertise in the Antique Dealers Directory ... £240 per year
Customers will find you quickly and easily in the dealer directory in the following ways:
- By county selection - Potential customers can access your advertisement by clicking on the UK map for ‘County Selection’ Your advertisement will appear within the listing for your county
- By antique category selection - you may select up to five individual categories, (for example: Silver, furniture, paintings, glass and pottery) in which your advertisement will appear.
Your Dealers Directory advertisement will include:
- Your company name and a photograph of your choice relating to your business
- Your business address, email, telephone and fax numbers
- A link to your own website and email address if applicable
- Information about you and your business
- Opening hours, shipping and export details
- The nearest public transport link and directions by road, with a map / location-link
There are no additional set-up or commission charges. Minimum contract 1 year.
By combining an advertisement in the Dealers Directory and Selling Items through the website you will be joining the most cost effective route into the global marketplace, for less than £500 a year.
> Join here to start selling items or advertise in our directories now
Information and Prices for joining the Antique Centres Directory
We invite you to promote your business with a full page advertisement in our Antique Centres Directory
Advertise in the Antique Centres Directory ... £240 per year.
Potential customers can access your advertisement quickly and easily by clicking on the UK map for ‘County Selection’ Your Antique Centre will appear within the listing for your county
Your advertisement will include:
- Your centre’s name and a photograph of your choice relating to your business.
- Your centre’s address, email, telephone and fax numbers.
- A direct link to your own website and email if applicable.
- Information about you and your and antiques centre. ( Please include details of the number of dealers and the range of antiques stocked + any other points of interest .)
- Opening hours, shipping and export details.
- The nearest public transport link.
- Directions by road and a map / location-link
There are no additional set-up or commission charges. Minimum contract 1 year
> Join here to advertise in our directories now
Information and Prices for joining the Restorers Directory
We invite to advertise your business with a full page advertisement in our Antique Restorers Directory.
Advertise in the Antique Restorers Directory …… £195 per year
Your advertisement will include:
- Your name and a photograph of your choice relating to your business
- Your address, email, telephone and fax numbers
- A direct link to your own website and email, if applicable
- Information about you and your restoration business (Your advert can be included in up to 5 different specialist restoration categories)
- New categories for restoration can be added at no extra cost
- Opening hours, carriage and export details
- Your nearest public transport links
- Directions by road, with a map / location-link
There are no additional set-up or commission charges Minimum contract of one year.
Potential clients can access you quickly and easily in two ways:
- By clicking on the UK map for ‘County Selection’
Your advertisement will appear within the listing for your county
- By clicking on a specialist category
Your advertisement will appear in each of your selected specialist restoration categories
> Join here to advertise in our directories now
How to add your items to the website:
(A step by step guide)
1. Take your photographs. 2. Compile your descriptions. 3. Send us your images and descriptions… We’ll take care of everything else.
1. Taking effective photographs
- There is space for up to 4 images (pictures) for each item for sale on the website.
- We suggest you take one image of the whole item and submit further images of any important features, signatures, maker’s marks or different aspects of the item.
- Using a plain, neutral coloured background gives best results.
- If you use a standard film camera, have the film developed and recorded on a CD in Jpeg format.
When using a digital camera:
- Before you send us digital images please check them for sharpness. (To do this and for further tips on digital photography please scroll to the end of this page)
- Send your images in Jpeg format by email to images@antiquecentreworldwide.com
2. Compiling your descriptions:
- Please include details of:
- Condition
- Age/ date/ origin
- Any restoration
- Size / dimensions
- Price or POA
- Clear, concise and honest descriptions are beneficial to sales and maintain both your credibility and that of the website.
- Indicate the main category and sub category in which you would like each item to appear. (e.g. Category: Glass, sub category: Decanters)
- To avoid errors, clearly identify your description for each item with the corresponding images (e.g. images 1-4 correspond with description 1)
3. Sending images and descriptions:
- Images and descriptions should be emailed to images@antiquecentreworldwide.com
- Images on CD can be sent by post with accompanying descriptions, or you can email the descriptions separately.
- On receipt of your images and descriptions, one of our team will add your items to the website.
- You will receive a list of your submitted items with corresponding reference numbers, together with your membership receipt and start-up date.
4. Customer enquiries, sales and support:
- All enquiries will be forwarded directly to you by email or phone.
- You will then deal directly with the client.
- When you proceed to a sale you can arrange for payment and delivery yourself or use our Barclaycard Business online payment service. We can put you in touch with recommended shippers who deliver door to door.
- Please notify us of any sold items (whether through the website or otherwise), so that we can keep the site updated and avoid disappointing prospective customers.
- A member of our team will be pleased to answer any questions you have or help you get started. Email info@antiquecentreworldwide.com
5. Extra Tips for digital photography:
- Blurred or poor quality images will not enhance sales! So please check before you send images.
- Check for sharpness of images by using the magnifying facility on the camera’s review mode
- Pictures may be blurred because:
a) The camera moved – try using a tripod
b) ‘Macro mode’ was not used. ( Macro mode is used for close-ups and is usually employed by pressing the ‘flower’ icon on the camera.)
c) You were too close.
- Take shots with and without flash to see which gives best results, sometimes flash can create too much reflection off shiny surfaces.
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