Competitive self-promotion on ebay

[calbear2000]

Can an ebay competitor put up a listing that is for "information only" which is really a link to the competitor's website?

How does ebay prevent, for example stubhub, from putting up a cheap listing for USC vs Texas tickets that says "this auction is for information on how to get cheap tickets from a marketplace other than ebay" And they can either put a link to stubhub.com right in the auction, or they can do a "Dutch auction" for a ridiculously cheap winning price, and all winners get the stubhub.com link emailed to them?

Just wondering 🙂

 

[Drakkon]

they can do it but sooner or later they will get caught...auction account suspended...ebays user base is so large and so diverse though that it doesnt really matter to them i dont imagine...

 

[calbear2000]

Interesting point.

But I'm not sure its explicity illicit (at least from what I can find through Ebay's policies). I see "information only" auctions abound, and thought this would be a good lowballing way for websites to chip away at some of Ebay's customer base

 

[Ns1]

you can't link to a commercial site via ebay

 

[calbear2000]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
you can't link to a commercial site via ebay

I looked through the FAQ but couldn't find this stated anywhere. But judging from your ebay feedback, you have more experience than I...

 

[DaveSimmons]

Any dodge you can think up, they can block just by changing the terms of service. Their house, their rules.

People run plenty of scams, eBay acts as soon as one becames widespread enough to have a noticeable impact (on them, not on suckers buying MLM schemes or "secret info the Illuminati don't want you to know!!!!").

Short answer: no.