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The eBay Item Listing Rules
It could not be truer that by selecting eBay, you actually
have selected as one of the world’s largest marketplaces. It
is the industry where 40 million dollars a day travels through
each day. EBay is such a huge marketplace, with members from
all walks of life, in almost every single country around the
world. Over 63 million people cruise through eBay in a month
so it is not something surprising that there are many scammers
lurking about round the clock. To promote a safe, fair and
enjoyable trading experience, eBay has enforced some strict
policies and procedures. We need to follow these strict rules
concerning the items we are auctioning off. A person not
following the policies and procedures while posting the items
for auctioning can be banned from ebay's website.
There are various categories to put up for auction which may
result in a range of actions by eBay from listing cancellation
to account suspension. These categories include Prohibited,
Questionable, Potentially Infringing, and Approved.
* Approved category can be understood easily and does not fall
into any of the other three categories. This category is very
simple to distinguish.
* Prohibited items are the items, which cannot be auctioned on
eBay for any reason, under any circumstances. Prohibited items
include alcohol, drugs, animals, tobacco, human remains or
body parts of any type, lottery tickets, and governmental
property drugs, animals, tobacco etc.
* Questionable items Are not prohibited, but are not
necessarily infringing. Adult material, tickets of any type,
law enforcement related equipment, guns, knives, and other
weapons are questionable items. Artifacts, food items,
batteries, all hazardous chemicals and materials falls under
the ‘questionable’ category. Adult material also falls under
the same category.
* Potentially infringing are those items that violate
copyrights, trademarks, and other legal acts. Most of theses
items are media related, such as soft wares, DVDs, and CDs.
The list also contains some other items such as counterfeit
items and illegal recordings. You can be found items from the
eBay website.
If you are uncertain as to which category your item falls
into, you should contact eBay help desk before putting your
item into auction. This information can easily be gleaned from
the website. Available resources include eBay Pulse,
merchandising calendar, sales reports, marketplace research,
buyer behavioral report, and the eBay solutions directory.
These tools are quite easy to use, and the information is
extremely valuable.
We should be aware of the consequences of buying items that
fall one of the three categories. In many circumstances,
possessing certain item is quite illegal no matter how you
posses it. So before bidding we have to be very careful to
research rules & legalities.
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