Parents and students can sell or buy practically anything, but most of all anything that relates to:
The service has been designed for parents and students to easily trade and recycle their second-hand school items, as such they derive the value and benefit, and therefore pay for the service.
It is important the Sustainable School Shop provides access for all parents and students and no one is excluded, therefore parents and sudents can:
Additionally,
Search the ads and acquire the advertisers contact details for free simply by registering. Make sure you select the correct membership type.
To Register:
To place advertisements:
Other Payment Methods
If you do not wish to submit your details and/or payment details over the internet, but still would like to use our service, you can register and join by posting your details and a cheque or money order made payable to the Sustainable School Shop (make sure not to forget your email address). Upon receipt we will contact you and activate your membership
Finding items on the Sustainable School Shop website is a breeze.
On the main Search Page you can utilise the text boxes to Search by:
Category;
Description;
Distance;
School;
'For Sale' or 'Wanted' advertisement.
Or simply enter the title or full description of the item you require into the Main Search Bar.
Return To TopWithin 'My Ads/Create a New Advertisement' on your Homepage, as you create and describe your Ad, Automated Searching displays any matching results on the righthand side of the page. If there are no matched results for your item, then you can just list an Ad (either Wanted or For Sale) for the item that you have just described.
Return To TopOur system automatically sends an email to you if a listed item matches your "For Sale" or "Wanted" Ad. Exact Match and Close Match emails alerts are both utilised.
Wanted ads are more important than For Sale ads. By utilising a Wanted Ad you can be amongst the first to know an item has become available to purchase.
For Members, the Sustainable School Shop removes the hard work of constantly searching, and saves you time.
Return To TopAnnual Membership enables members to place as many advertisements over a year as they like. This is important as trading occurs year round and not just at the beginning or end of the school year.
Casual Membership enables members to place only 1 ad with up to 2 items.All Advertisements:
To place an advertisement you must already have registered, joined and paid for a membership of the Sustainable School Shop. After that you must:
Placing ‘Wanted Ads is very important for those things you require, as our system will match up items ‘For Sale’ to your ‘Wanted Ad’ and automatically notify you via email when they appear.
Within ‘My Ads’ you can Edit, Remove your Ad, Extend the expiry date, Unlist an Item within an Ad, Re-list your Ad, or View Ad history - its all very easy.
Return To TopYou determine the asking price for the item you wish to sell and any guide will vary significantly across the categories. As a rough guide:
New/Excellent condition 50-70 % new price
Good condition 30-50 % new price
Fair condition 20-30 % new price
Some items on the Sustainable School Shop may be given away to good causes such as Kindergartens, Hospitals etc, particulary if the item has little commercial value but still may be useful to others.
The only Fee charged by the Sustainable School Shop is our Membership Fee and we are not involved in the Sale/Purchase transaction.
Return To TopMessages will appear on your Homepage. These may include:
Within My Profile you can:
The Second-Hand Textbook Trading System makes it easy to buy and sell second-hand textbooks.
The Sustainable School Shop encourages parents and students to advertise their requirements to others by using "For Sale" and "Wanted" advertisements, then automatically matches buyer with seller, and sends email notifications. You can trade textbooks with others at your school or with others from different schools easily.
Notices under the ‘Notice’ button in the Nav Bar on your Homepage can be posted by your nominated:
You can search for past Notices by going into the main Search Page and selecting Notices.
Return To TopYou can learn more about our School Benefit program at our School Benefit page.
Return To TopYou can read more about the Sustainable School Shop on our About Us page.
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