posted on June 21, 2001 06:06:41 PM new
There is NOTHING at the link that ebay gave to MrBusinessMan that could apply to this situation.
The closest it comes is:
"Sending spam - Sending unsolicited (without prior permission), commercial email. Examples:
Sending unsolicited offers to bidders for the same or similar products that they have bid on in the past "
clearly sendin an EOA is not an "unsolicited email." And making any other offer within an EOA cannot make the EOA spam.
ALSO this part of ebay's statement: "This also includes sending End of Auction emails that offer price upgraded products." is pure bullcrap -- it is not included in their Spam definition, nor could it reasonably and logically be included. Like most of their rules, it was made up on the fly.
posted on June 22, 2001 01:08:10 AM new
One thing I haven't seen anyone mention, (This is how I decided to sidestep the issue alltogether), is the sent a short email that says:
Thanks for bidding!
Your custom invoice is located at:
http://www.-------.---/invoices/123456789.htm
If you've already paid, please stop by and take a look around our web store, as we always combine shipping on multiple purchases.
thanks
blah blah
This brings the customer to your site for a look see.
Also, you can create your own auction gallery, 6 current cool auctions would be plenty, you can put that link in your auctions, and again you've got the customer at your site for a look see.
posted on June 22, 2001 01:26:36 AM new
eBay would call it spam because eBay doesn't get any fees from your sales web site. That's the definition of "spam", no fees.
posted on June 22, 2001 01:32:04 AM new
Only if you don't directly offer different items on that page. They're very clear. You can link from your auction to a page with more information about that auction or a gallery of other auctions, from there you can link to your store but not items directly for sale.
