Used Machines Site - Should I delete sold machines pages?

[SeoMartin1]

I´ll start posting in a wordpress blog used machines (excavators and wheel loaders) from a local company. They buy used machines every day and sell machines every day also.

When They sold a machine should I:

A) Edit the page with a sold machine text and show similar machines?

B) Change the category of the post ( to something like sold machines)?

C) Make a 301 redirection to one similar machine?

D) Keep the page and Make a 301 redirection to one similar machine?

E) Delete the page and Make a 301 redirection to one similar machine?

F) Keep the page and Make a 301 redirection to top10 machines?

G) Delete the page and Make a 301 redirection to top10 machines?

F) Any Suggestions are welcome

[SeoMartin1]

I´ve just tought to delete the pages and redirect because It could "transfer" some PR to a new page, (a new machine to sell) and keep the server clean (with less pages and pictures).  Thanks for your toughts

[Robert_G]

Basically, you want to keep your pages and their permalink structure.

So, C, D, E, F, G - are excluded.

As for B, could be a viable solution, but it depends on your WP permalinks:

1. If your URLs are like: domain.com/category/post.-name.html - you can assign a new category to your post (like "Sold Machines") but your URL will change:

domain.com/unsold/post.-name.html -> domain.com/sold/post.-name.html

2. If your permalinks are like: domain.com/post.-name.html - B is a good option.

A is ok for your users. When someone searches for some king of machine, it is disappointing to find one that has been sold, so it's nice to offer them alternatives.

So, mixing A with B (if possible) is the way to go.

Moreover, B permits you make use of some nice category based widgets like "Just sold" or "New arrivals" etc.

[MoosaHemani]

Create a page that says the machine is sold and here is the list of similar machines... when a machine is sold you can delete the page and redirect 301 to the new page that you have created!

The reason why you should do this is because this will help you make lesser pages and do more work and you will stay away from duplicate content as well.