Mentioning an external website.

[burgyeb]

Thank you for your reply Jimbo. What do you mean by "what site it is"? Do you mean if it is your own website? and not a major online competitor like "the bay"?


[Quote By Jimbo750]

Depends what site it is ?

As far as i know it is a legal requirement in the UK for businesses to display there contact details name address email vat number etc. so cant see any problem with non business sellers doing so.

Personally i see no problem with displaying a link to your own shop in your all about me page. as a buyer it gives me more comfort if i also knew the seller runs a web store (some place to go if there is a problem).

Most of the ebay sellers i buy from have there own sites and use them to display there ebay items, every little helps.

as long as it is not abused. [UnQuote]

I just mean not a adult sites or offensive sites , i don't think for one second adding a link to Amazon or ebay will negativity affect eBid.

however, i think the rule last time i checked is eBid do not allow links to ecommerce sites. if its your own site with links to your ebid auctions i dont think they will mind.

Thank you for the clarifications!

[astral276]

As far as i know it is a legal requirement in the UK for businesses to display there contact details name address email vat number etc. so cant see any problem with non business sellers doing so.

Details on a web site are not classed as durable so the provision of contact/business information as part of pre-contractual details under DSRs (which only apply to the UK) are not valid and must be provided in a durable form (e.g. email) before the conclusion of the contract or in 'good time'. Therefore there is no need to display such details on the eBid site.

I would like it clarified or extended that external links to e-commerce enabled sites are not allowed anywhere on eBid and not just banned on actual listings.

I am rather surprised and disappointed if admin have said they are happy for them to appear on users' About Me pages.

[bykimbo]

Yes I am sure.
I sent a copy of the email to ByKimbo
I'll see if I can find it.

I can't see how my street address can be counted as a link ?
I put it there just to re-assure people buying from me, that I do exist and have a return address in case of any problems.

It was a one-liner which doesn't look like much on its own: This information may be posted in the My All About page, but in context it confirmed something completely new at the time, that we are allowed to post full snail-mail details on our about me pages if we wish to.

[suesjools]

Thanks for all the info., especially to astral and kimbo for clarifying this one.

As regards personal info. on the Net, I, for one, wouldn't want my personal contact details floating around in cyberspace for any nutter to get hold of - my e mail address for buyers to contact me, yes, my home phone number and address - I don't think so.

Of course that could just be the NYer in me talking...

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[vibroheaven]

Hi,
I contacted eBid about this late last year as it had been pointed out to me that I may have broken the rules and yes I had by using my website address and email address even though I stated that if anyone had seen anything on my website then to contact me then I would put it on eBid.

At the end of the day all I wanted to do was reassure potential customers that I had a bigger site and more stock but I had to remove these details.

Hope this helps.

[suesjools]

Hi,
I contacted eBid about this late last year as it had been pointed out to me that I may have broken the rules and yes I had by using my website address and email address even though I stated that if anyone had seen anything on my website then to contact me then I would put it on eBid.

At the end of the day all I wanted to do was reassure potential customers that I had a bigger site and more stock but I had to remove these details.

Hope this helps.

No doubt sales have been going up, up, up ever since...

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[Pink_Panther]

I just mean not a adult site or offensive site , i don't think for one second adding a link to Amazon or ebay will negativity affect eBid.

however, i think the rule last time i checked is eBid do not allow links to ecommerce sites. how strict the rule is no one knows, but i expect if its your own site with links to your ebid auctions i don't think they will mind.

That's the way I read it.

I'd say you are allowed links to your own web pages but no 'direct' links to ecommerce sites.

If you happen to have links to ecommerce sites on 'your web pages' that's a different matter as the links are indirect from ebid.

<whatta load of waffel! Hope they understand wot I woz saying!>

[harold69]

It is not helping us as sellers, or eBid, if you take buyers from eBid to another site, for them to buy. Pricing don't matter, when people go to your site from ebid to buy, ebid gets nothing for it, and the rest of us have lost a chance to sell to that buyer. Thats my theory, and i am sticking to it.

[Pink_Panther]

It is not helping us as sellers, or eBid, if you take buyers from eBid to another site, for them to buy. Pricing don't matter, when people go to your site from ebid to buy, ebid gets nothing for it, and the rest of us have lost a chance to sell to that buyer. Thats my theory, and i am sticking to it.

????????????????????? the whole point of selling on the internet is for 'YOU' to make money!

While ebid is a great site and well worth the investment; I use it to make money for myself.

All my stores are inter-linked and if I had a website of my own I would link it to ebid - From my own webspace I would have links to wherever I wanted to!


Ebid is great! But it is only one part of my internet activities!

[Brunwulf]

Details on a web site are not classed as durable so the provision of contact/business information as part of pre-contractual details under DSRs (which only apply to the UK) are not valid and must be provided in a durable form (e.g. email) before the conclusion of the contract or in 'good time'. Therefore there is no need to display such details on the eBid site.

well i did not know that

Also never knew the distance selling regs only apply to buy now fixed price items, online auctions are not included in the DSR's.

It's interesting that the durable medium they suggest is not defined and is just a view "Durable medium is not defined in the DSRs. Our view is that it means a form in which information can be retained and reproduced but cannot be edited, such as an email that can be printed or a letter, fax or brochure that can be kept for future reference. We do not consider that information on a website is durable as it can be changed at any time after the consumer has accessed it. Technological advances may change what we regard as durable in the future."

You see i would disagree with that statement for example what about online email, a html email with an online hosted image of text can be changed just as much as a website ?.

anyway all very interesting reading.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/bus...ral/oft698.pdf