|
  |
|
|
Little me V BIG eBay ...
I am in the process of setting up an eBay Info Store that will be offering EVERYTHING anyone who wants to participate in the Online Auction Arena could EVER want PLUS a little extra from me. (No, this isn't an Ad.) I chose an appropriate name - ebaytoday - and contacted eBay to get approval that it would be OK to use this as part of my subdomain. I didn't want to infringe any Copyright or Trademark issues. Better to be safe than sorry, right? FIRST eBAY RESPONSE: Sorry John, you are not allowed to register a domain name that contains our name. HELLO! I never asked if I could register a domain name containing their name. GRRRRR number 1. I emailed them a courteous reply pointing out that they didn't answer the original question that I had asked, but gave me an answer that was irrelevant to the question. SECOND eBAY RESPONSE: Sorry for the confusion John. We have investigated your enquiry and advise that you would be infringing our copyright if you used our Logo on your website or on any advertising material. GRRRRR number 2. I wasn't asking permission to use their logo! If the email was in hard copy form, I would have screwed it up and tossed it! OK - no more Mr Nice Guy. My email back advised of my frustration that I was receiving garbage answers to a quite straight forward question. "Can I please use ebay in part of my subdomain name?" How much clearer could I possibly be? Bearing in mind that this all started 6 weeks ago, you can appreciate I was getting a little 'fragile' towards anything eBay. I FINALLY received an answer from yet another Customer Service Representative that was very happy to be in a position to assist me with my enquiry. THEY SAID NO!! HUGE GRRRRR number 3! Well, sorry folks, but I am not prepared to accept their NO for a final answer, at least not without a fairly detailed explanation as to how and why they had reached that decision. I have read and reread every page on their website concerning their Policies re the use of their name, etc. NOWHERE does it specifically refer to subdomains. The thing that peeves me the most, is that I am quite within my rights to use a page name of ebaytoday, as in myriad2020.com/ebaytoday.html but not allowed, in their opinion anyway, to use ebaytoday.myriad2020.com. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? (Refer update below)
|
Contributor's Note
This article appeared in my online ezine on the 2nd December 2005. UPDATE: I gave up the battle and didn't proceed with the website OR the ezine.
|
|
|
 |
|
No reactions yet.
Please login or sign up to rate this intel.
Please login or sign up to add a comment.
The copyright for this content entitled "Little me V BIG eBay ..." has been specified by the contributor as:
All Rights Reserved
This content may not be copied, distributed or adapted by anyone under any circumstances.
|
|
May, 2012
2008
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2009
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2010
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2011
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2012
January, February, March, April, May
|
|
Not a member yet?
Qondio is a powerful network for making it online. If you have a website to
promote, we can help.
Sign up and get in on the action.
|
|
Welcome to Qondio! Discover the awesome power this network can deliver by going to our About page. Or you could skip straight to the Sign Up form.
|
|
