milliefive
Hi all, delurking for a moment to ask a quick question re selling readings on Ebay. (Sorry if this is the wrong forum and please point me to the right one)
I used to sell short readings on Ebay. It was more to keep my hand in and because I love helping people rather than for profit - when I earned £10 or so over a month or two I spent the money on a crystal, so we are not talking big business. I always offered 100% refund if someone didn't connect with their reading (and never had to give one). I had a small but satisfied group of repeat clients.
Now Ebay has changed the rules and no longer allows "downloadable media" to be sold. This is to try to stop people selling dodgy software, but they have also taken it to mean emailed tarot readings. They've not applied it to all readers either, which has annoyed me. But anyway . . . I relisted my service, this time saying I would post a paper reading instead, not sure how I'd do against the email competition, but still repeat clients who know and like me would probably be fine. However, Ebay have removed this listing too, saying it still counts as "downloadable media" (huh?) and they cannot tell me why because "We cannot specify exactly how we came to this
conclusion as to do so could assist members in avoiding detection in
future listings. "
What on earth am I to do? I am happy to comply with Ebay rules, but how do I follow secret ones? I enjoyed my little readings and my clients liked it too. Anyone else fallen foul of this change in Ebay rules yet? It will probably affect all Tarot readers on there soon - it seems a very large hammer to crack a nut.
Millie
I used to sell short readings on Ebay. It was more to keep my hand in and because I love helping people rather than for profit - when I earned £10 or so over a month or two I spent the money on a crystal, so we are not talking big business. I always offered 100% refund if someone didn't connect with their reading (and never had to give one). I had a small but satisfied group of repeat clients.
Now Ebay has changed the rules and no longer allows "downloadable media" to be sold. This is to try to stop people selling dodgy software, but they have also taken it to mean emailed tarot readings. They've not applied it to all readers either, which has annoyed me. But anyway . . . I relisted my service, this time saying I would post a paper reading instead, not sure how I'd do against the email competition, but still repeat clients who know and like me would probably be fine. However, Ebay have removed this listing too, saying it still counts as "downloadable media" (huh?) and they cannot tell me why because "We cannot specify exactly how we came to this
conclusion as to do so could assist members in avoiding detection in
future listings. "
What on earth am I to do? I am happy to comply with Ebay rules, but how do I follow secret ones? I enjoyed my little readings and my clients liked it too. Anyone else fallen foul of this change in Ebay rules yet? It will probably affect all Tarot readers on there soon - it seems a very large hammer to crack a nut.
Millie