Online file sharing. Which is best?

[mikemcgregor]

I am trying to sell my boat myself by creating a web site and also a pdf document which can be downloaded from a unique url. Any good sites?

Does anyone have any experience of on line file sharing and if so what precautions are advised to limit/prevent scams?

 

[stuartwineberg]

I sold my boat using a free weebly site. www.weebly.com put the boat make as part of the site name and you get to the top of the search engines pretty fast - mine was hardy36.weebly.com

You don't need a file sharing site - that's for things like music and videos. You embed the pdf in the web site and people download from there

I am trying to sell my boat myself by creating a web site and also a pdf document which can be downloaded from a unique url. Any good sites?

Does anyone have any experience of on line file sharing and if so what precautions are advised to limit/prevent scams?

 

[lanerboy]

I sold my old boat myself in 6 weeks I advertised it on ebay and the yacht market then I linked a website to the ads which I designed myself completely free of charge using a site called www.moonfruit.com

All it cost me was a classified add on ebay £15 and buying the domain name for 12 months £12.50 plus the yacht market advert

here is a link to the site I designed http://www.sealines37.com/

I must say at this point that ALL the enquiries I had came through ebay I did not get a single one through the yacht market though

 

[mikemcgregor]

Thanks Stuart and Lanerboy

Your advice is much appreciated and will be actioned.

Cheers

 

[mikemcgregor]

Thanks to Stuart and Lanerboy, as well a those kind people who PM'm me, I now have managed to create a web site to try and sell my Pelican 32.

This forum is the best for friendly and helpful people.... thanks again.

 

[Spi D]

Regarding your specific Q about pdf files for download:

Copy the file to your homepage domain and simply type the domain name (+root folder if any), the add a slash / and the pdf file name (case sensitive) like this example

http://www.spidybot.com/xAQ145A_280.pdf

Works with other file types as well (pics, sounds etc.) Of course the downloading pc must have adequate software to open or execute the downloaded file

 

[mikemcgregor]

Thanks for your suggestion. I have now managed to embed pdf file on my web page. When I say "I" I actually mean my daughter who is far more savvy than me.

Regarding your specific Q about pdf files for download:

Copy the file to your homepage domain and simply type the domain name (+root folder if any), the add a slash / and the pdf file name (case sensitive) like this example

http://www.spidybot.com/xAQ145A_280.pdf

Works with other file types as well (pics, sounds etc.) Of course the downloading pc must have adequate software to open or execute the downloaded file