The registration process is very simple on Ahwooga.com and so are the swap meet rules.
Take a moment to view both videos below to familiarize your self with the registration related items on the site.
The content in the Help Center is subject to change as input from you will determine the lessons we put into it, so check in regularly. If you have any questions or suggestions please submit them to ahwooga@gmail.com Thank You, and enjoy.
The registration process for Buyers and Sellers is identical with one exception.
We require selling members to enter a valid credit card. this helps us reduce spam and fraud and also helps with our billing process.
To begin, click Register on the blue menu bar.
On the Registration page, fill in all required fields.
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Note: After you fill in the left side, if your billing information is identical to your personal/mailing information, click the copy button on the right side. The system will populate the appropriate fields for you.
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The credit card information section is required for selling members.
Enter your card number (numbers only, no dashes).
Enter the expiration date of your card (2 digit month, 4 digit year format).
Select your card type (Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express).
Enter the security code on the back of your card (The 3 or 4 digit number after the card number on the back).
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Check to Agree to the terms and privacy policy.
Note: We recommend you read our terms and privacy policy.
Click Register
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IMPORTANT
After you click register a verification code will be sent to you via email.
If you do not see the verification code email from Ahwooga.com in your inbox, check your spam box.
There are a number of ways to search on ahwooga.com. You can search by Quick search box, catageories, browse, stores and bread crumbs. In this lesson we will take a closer look at each option and throw in a couple extra bits here and there.
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Title page Quick search - If you know what you're looking for this is the way to search for it. Just type in your search term and click Go. For best results use singular terms. For example, search tire instead of tires. or Packard instead of packards because listings are mostly done by individual item. capture hilite box with term in it and go box
If you know the listing number or seller name you can select the radio button and search by that.
You can click The advanced search button which will allow you to narrow your search using a variety of criteria. capture show advanced search button and page
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Title page catagories - On the left side you will see a top level category list. capture
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To search a category just click the category name and all listings in that category will come up. capture
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Notice how the menu on the left now shows the sub catagories of (cars and trucks). capture
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The catagory menu will continue to show you the sublevels as you drill-down. capture
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Browse -By clicking the browse button on the main menu you can browse through the featured listings and categories. capture
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If you click on a catagory you will see that in this mode, the browse feature only goes 2 levels deep. You get the main cataegories and the first level sub categories. capture
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You could at this point go to more sub levels by using the categories menu on the left. capture
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Stores - After clicking the stores button you will see the featured stores and their store logos. capture
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This is a rotating area so it's not the same every time. You can also see additional stores and their descriptions below. capture
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Just click on the store logo you want to visit and you can see that stores listings as well as find out more about that store. capture
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In the stores listings you can click this little double arrowed icon and sort that store by when a bid ends for example. capture
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You can tell which are auctions by the hammer, the fixed price items have this price tag icon and the classifieds have this newspaper icon capture
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All the information I need about the store is here. If I am on this store page and I wanted to contact the store owner I can click the owners name and I can then send them a message. capture
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other things to note. If I click the stores button you will see a store search on the left. This search box will only search items that are within a store so single listings will not be returned. capture
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Bread Crumbs - Throughout ahwooga.com as you are viewing pages you will notice this text across the grey bar. As you can see these are actually links we call bread crumbs. capture
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The bread crumbs can help you move back to a previous level instead of using your browser back button. (show ac example go 3 or 4 levels) You can easily step back to where you were and take another path if you like. capture
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OK, that's about it for searching. At ahwooga.com we tried to make searching easy and full of options for you. If you have any questions you can ask in our forum and there are folks there that are always ready to lend a hand. keeping it simple, that's Ahwooga! capture show forum button