posted on March 17, 2003 10:53:55 AM new
I got the following email today. The domain is just a photo gallery of ebay listings when I have them. Nothing else. If they would have clicked on the link they would have seen that.
They allow:
- Links to photos of the item for sale.
- Links to your eBay or Half.com listings
EXACTLY what the site has. Geez, these people don't even take the time to look before sending out these messages.
The real doozy is that auction ended nearly 3 weeks ago. They are really on top of things.
We appreciate that you chose eBay to list the following item:
#xxxxxxx
This auction listing has already ended on its own. However, the listing was in violation of eBay's policies. We would like to take this opportunity to let you know what part of your listing is not allowed.
Your listing contained the following information:
mysitename.com"
This is not permitted, as you are providing a link to a site that is not allowed as outlined below.
We realize you may not have been aware of this rule, but including these links on the View Item page is not permitted by eBay. Please remember that a "link" is defined as anything that will allow someone access to a remote or third-party web page.
There are "static" links (written text that may be typed or cut-and-pasted into the address line of any web browser) and "hyper" or "clickable" links (embedded in the HTML code of an auction listing). Both types of links will allow someone to access a web page and are not allowed under eBay's revised Links and Credits policy.
Additionally, our Links and Credits guidelines state the following:
"eBay allows sellers to place the following types of links in your item's description:
- One link to a page that further describes the item being sold in that listing.
- One link to your email address that opens an email client for potential bidders to ask questions about the item in that listing
- Links to photos of the item for sale.
- Links to your eBay or Half.com listings.
- One link to your About Me page (in addition to the About Me icon already provided by eBay).
- Links that provide credits to third parties.
If you have a logo for any of these links, it may be no greater than 88x33 pixels. (Exception - links to your eBay or Half.com listings).
Linking to web sites that offer to trade, sell or purchase goods or services, or including links for any purpose other than those listed above is not allowed. Prohibited links include, but are not limited to:
- Links to web pages that offer to trade, sell or purchase goods or services outside of eBay
- Links to web sites or pages offering merchandise is not permitted on eBay
- Links to sites that solicit eBay User Ids or passwords from bidders
- Links that encourage bidders to place their eBay bids through a site other than eBay"
Please note that the View Item page is meant for describing a specific item, not for general business advertisements. Allowing links to sites off eBay is detrimental to sellers that are listing only on eBay and counting on that traffic. The purpose of the change is to focus on the intent of our View Item page policy, which is to describe an individual item, not a seller's business or other items.
This notice is based solely upon review of the aforementioned listing. We encourage you to review all of your listings to ensure full compliance to our guidelines. If found to be in violation of one or more of our guidelines, your current listings will be subject to further disciplinary action, including the cancelation of your listings.
We would encourage you to review this policy and how it effects the way you list your items on eBay. In addition, the policy and FAQ page may help to further clarify points of the Links and Credits policy. You will find these pages at the following URLs:
For information on infringing or illegal items, as well as information on other eBay listing guidelines, please visit the following URL:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/item_allowed.html
Future listings that demonstrate a pattern of violations may result in the termination of all of your listings, and repeated occurrences may jeopardize your eBay account status. We sincerely value you as a member of our trading community and look forward to a continued successful relationship. To ensure this relationship, we must respectfully ask that you abide by our guidelines and User Agreement in the future.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Regards,
Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc
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posted on March 17, 2003 02:31:35 PM new
If you have an about me page you can put a link on that to your page. At least that is what I was told. But it is definitely against eBay's rules to put a link in your description. To make you feel better there are quite a few sellers that do that and never get caught and probably the only reason you were caught was because you were turned in by another seller or an eBay employee bought your item.
posted on March 17, 2003 03:13:30 PM new
I had the same thing happen a few weeks ago, it said I had a link to one of our web sites, I didn't; but no one checked to see, just took some "flea market mentality person's" accusation -
These happen from time to time - sad little dealers who think they could make sales if they had less competition - so since they aren't selling anything, they have all the time to run around searching out their competition to see whose auctions they can have closed.
It will probably pass when the idiot that reported you, realizes for one auction they close 2 more will pop up......
This is eBay justice - "guilty till you can prove yourself innocent."
