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.

Article Source: http://www.auctionwebsite.net

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