A while ago before ebay allowed video uploads I had a few listings where I had included a link to a youtube video of the item. The youtube page is literally just a short video of the item. This morning these listings were ended and I received the email pasted below suggesting that they violated the 'Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay' policy. I guess it would technically be possible for someone to contact me through the youtube page.
Is this a new implementation of the policy, a rogue bot or should these links never have been allowed?
In these cases I can upload the videos to ebay instead, but for longer videos would there be a way to include youtube videos that is allowed?
Key part of message:
Your listing didn't follow our Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay policy. Offering to buy or sell outside of eBay, including sharing direct contact information prior to an eBay purchase, is not allowed.
What is the policy
Buyers and sellers can’t:
- Engage in any action with a user on the site designed to complete or facilitate a transaction outside of eBay
- Share or request direct contact information prior to completing a sale. This includes:
-- Name
-- Addresses
-- Phone number
-- Email address
-- Social media ID
-- Instant messenger ID
-- External website addresses (URLs)
-- Payment information
-- Bank details
- In any communications with another eBay member, refer to or promote external websites that facilitate sales outside of eBay
- Use contact information obtained through an eBay transaction to offer to buy or sell an item outside of eBay
- List an item and then mention or link to additional identical or related items for sale outside of eBay
- Offer catalogues or other items that are used to order items directly outside of eBay
