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vFlyer Releases Image Enhancements "Watermark Plus" So Sellers Can Turbocharge Photos For Improved Advertising
Graphics, Text, Logos and Watermarks Can Be Added To Sellers' Photos With Simplicity, Bypassing Need for Professional Software or Designer Skills

San Francisco, CA, June 12, 2007-- vFlyer, the first comprehensive classified ad and content creation, management and submission platform, today announced its latest releasea new image editing service, "Watermark Plus" that enables sellers to turbocharge the their merchandizing efforts with enhanced photos of the products and services they are selling. In three a few easy steps, users can enhance, protect or brand their digital photos by adding graphics, images, watermarks or text ("Only 10 in stock," "Just Listed," "Price Reduced") to help their advertisements and messages pop out and attract buyers more successfully. Professional photographers will also welcome vFlyer's new image capabilities as they can now easily drop in transparent watermarks or logos to protect their copyrighted photographs.

vFlyer's image enhancements capabilitiesWatermark Plus image editing service can be used by anyone for free, without requiring any advanced registration or sign up. Once users have spruced up their photos to their liking, they can simply download their images for use on any website, blog or flyers, including popular social networking sites such as MySpace and services like craigslist or eBay. For those who want to use vFlyer's image services for free, the enhanced images will come with vFlyer branding, or with a vFlyer Premium account, one can use the image services without any vFlyer mark.

The company's new image enhancements come with a range of design options, including:
  • Graphic elements: Users can select from a range of attention-grabbing graphical shapes, including stars, circles, banners, boxes, bands and more. For example, "Just Listed" text could be dropped onto a red banner that embellishes a new home listing, or an eBay seller could add a colorful band across an item for sale, informing prospective buyers that there is a limited supply, driving a faster call to action.
  • P-I-P (Picture-in-a-Picture): Sellers can easily command more attention with their ad by including a personal photo within another photo of the item for sale, such as a house or car or commercial building.
  • Watermarks: Sellers can now readily include transparent watermarks of their logo or other brand attribute directly onto their photos. Professional photographers can use this feature to easily introduce an added layer of protection from the unlicensed use of their photography.
  • Logos: Sellers, companies, realty companies, auto dealers and other service providers can incorporate their corporate branding, personal branding or logo into the photos of their classified ads.
  • Customization: Users can choose from a palate of different colors to customize their graphics and fonts and can also adjust the transparency for logos and watermarks to their liking.
  • Text: Sales, product or brand information can easily be dropped into a photo to give prospective buyers important details.
Aaron Sperling, vFlyer's CEO commented, "This latest vFlyer enhancement demonstrates our commitment to becoming a leading marketing partner for online sellers. Our image enhancementWatermark Plus release extends the marketing capabilities, efficiency, and value that vFlyer continues to provide to our customers. We believe these new capabilities will be welcomed not just by our loyal customers but by an even broader audience of users."

For vFlyer image examples click here, or go to http://www.vflyerwiki.com/wiki/doku.php?id=marketing_watermarkplus or email info@vflyer.com.

About vFlyer, Inc.
Based in San Francisco, California, vFlyer is the first comprehensive online classified ad creation, management and syndication platform. For sellers, vFlyer accelerates the time it takes to sell items and generate income faster by maximizing the ad's exposure. Using vFlyer, sellers benefit through unprecedented timesavings in the creation and distribution of any online classified ad. For the first time and with a click of a button, sellers can create professional, eye-catching classified ads to better promote the sale of any product or service. vFlyer has also raised the baron the distribution of a seller's online ad with its "create once and post everywhere" capabilities coupled with RSS-based distribution to relevant blogs, websites, classified search engines and ad networks. For more information, please visit www.vflyer.com.

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