ARTICLE: Deadshot’s Short Guide to Making a Trading/Personal Collection Page

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ARTICLE: Deadshot’s Short Guide to Making a Trading/Personal Collection Page

By Kyle (Deadshot)

In collecting, many users want to make pages to show what cards they have for trade and/or to show their personal collection. However, many are lost on where to start and how to do it. I hope to solve part of that problem by writing this article. Enjoy!

How to get started:

First, it is best to find a service to host your site on. You can pay for one, but pretty much everyone uses a free service such as www.freewebs.com or www.geocities.com. Essentially, they work just as well (and you can save yourself some money in the process).

What to include:

On your page, it is better to have the following features –
1) Easy navigation
2) Colors that are easy on the eyes
3) Readable text
4) A way to contact yourself
5) Correct information about the cards (IE numbers, bv, brand, etc)

Other things that might be useful to a page –
1) Scans of your cards
2) Prices you seek for them
3) Cards you want in return (if you trade)
4) A little information about yourself

Here is an example of a good trading site (I recently used it to find a card):

http://www.freewebs.com/rshann/index.htm

If you have any questions, please post them – I’m sure someone here will be able to answer them for you!