posted on December 31, 2002 06:20:44 AM new
Hello- I have been with eBay for 3 years. For some reason there are Auctionwatch links on my eBay listings. Does anyone know how to remove them. eBay cancelled almost 300 of my listings from 12/23-12/26 and I think that may be the reason. My last listing went out last night so perhaps someone can take a look before they cancel this one. Thank you for any light you can put on this.Item number: 2802207040
posted on December 31, 2002 06:38:19 AM newYE OLE LINKS POLICY: -- see my bold added -- twas right
"Gives acknowledgement to a company that provided services related to that listing (such as counters, auction management tools, or payment and mediation services). This acknowledgement may contain both a logo (88x33 pixels) and up to 10 words of text (HTML font size 3) but only one of those may be clickable.
Points interested buyers to another Internet page that contains only more information (such as pictures, product specifications or detailed terms and conditions) about eBay items listed by that seller.
Links from the eBay Item page that interfere in any way with the eBay bidding process, or solicit any eBay user information, are not allowed"
posted on December 31, 2002 06:41:23 AM new
NTM: remember, feeBay don't go looking for poopoo! They depend on Pretzel-Chokers to turn ye in...nice, huh??!!
posted on December 31, 2002 06:55:21 AM new
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, tomwii. On the auction 2802207040, It looks like the auctionwatch link is not clickable and the auctionwatch text is 10 words, so perhaps ebay won't cancel it. On listings that were canceled last week, it looks like auctionwatch put a clickable link ("visit my gallery" and/or an eleven-word ad.
The main question is - how can I control what links and ads auctionwatch is putting on my listing?
posted on January 1, 2003 09:32:34 AM new
Maybe the links are not the problem. Some 'watchers' call foul when you use a trademark name, e.g. Coca Cola, a disigner name, etc. Since we sellers can't always prove it is not a knock-off, the 'watchers' simply complain and get it taken off.
It reminds me of those who create viruses, or even the smiley faces. Who has time?
posted on January 2, 2003 07:27:19 PM new
Ok. I don"t know if this is the problem or not but if the Auctionwatch links(the tiny clickabel link and the 11 word link) aren't allowed on eBay, how can I remove them? They don't show up in my template anywhere.
-- twas right 
and/or an eleven-word ad.