Breach of eBay selling policy?

[tgillan01332]

Why can't eBay just tell you not to add brand names in the title description instead of removing the whole listing. It would of taken me less than 1 minute to comply if they had asked. Now we've both lost out as I have deleted the listing they removed.

[red_magpie · Accepted solution]

You can include the brand name in the title description - provided it's actually that brand.

What you can't do is keyword spamming, i.e. using a brand name that's similar to what you're selling to fool buyers who are searchimng for that brand by name.

In other words, terms like "inspired by" or "in the style of" a brand that you're not actually selling is not allowed. When this is reported to eBay by the brand owner, you're not seriously suggesting that they should just leave it to selelrs to remove it when it suits them to?

[tgillan01332 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for that red_magpie. I don't know why the others couldn't just say that instead of trying to be clever.

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

we might have, but you didn't ask what, you asked why, and you were told why.