Rules Submitting Miscellaneous Listings

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In addition to the general rules of the Trading Post in the quote below, there are also some service-specific rules depending on what kind of misc service you're considering offering here.

Chapter 2: General Rules​

Section 1: Prohibited Products & Services
Before you submit a listing, you should know that products and services mentioned in the No-Tell Registry are automatically banned from The Trading Post.

Additionally, the following types of products and services are prohibited from The Trading Post:

Product/Service​

Reason​

TrustPilot/Google/Yelp/Other Review Platform Reviews	2024 FTC Ruling banning fake reviews.
Any Services You Don't Own	You must own the product or service you're listing.

Section 2: Basic Listing Requirements

1. All content must be in English.
2. Services must be completed; please do not submit half-finished products and services to The Trading Post to get us to beta test them.
3. We allow reviews from third-party review sites (i.e., not your own website) and reviews from Office Outlaw.
4. Any joint venture partners who are members of this forum must also have Sapphire Status and be mentioned in your listing.
5. Related services can be lumped together, but garage listings filled with unrelated services are not permitted.
   • Example: Reddit accounts and graphic design services should be separate threads
6. You may not create duplicate listings for the same product or service that you offer.
   • This includes duplicate listings across any alt accounts you have here.
7. You may not copy the listing of another trader.
8. Traders may not request IDs or legal documents to fulfil their service.
9. Please do not resubmit a listing that has already been rejected.
   • This includes listings that were rejected for quality issues.
10. You may not use brand names, celebrity names, or other copyrighted or trademarked material in your thread titles or sales copy in a promotional or misleading way.
    • Permitted exceptions include neutral, factual use such as “Instagram accounts for sale.”
    • This rule exists to reduce the risk of secondary liability under Safe Harbour provisions.
11. At no point can listings make claims about staff or Office Outlaw itself.
    • Example 1: statements such as being the most trusted, most popular, or best-rated service on the forum are prohibited.
    • Example 2: claiming that the service is loved or vouched for by specific staff members.

Section 3: Review Requirements

1. Any downloads must be uploaded to an approved file hosting site and scanned with an approved virus scanner.
2. Traders may not request IDs or legal documents from staff.

Section 4: Rules For Customers

1. You may leave up to 1 negative review or 1 positive review per listing
2. You may not hijack a listing by attempting to sell your own product or service in a listing you do not open.

Section 5: Rules For Managing Listings

1. You may post a promotional advertisement or a grouped quote response in your listing once every 24 hours.

Section 6: Recommendations For Traders
The following are not strictly rules, but rather recommendations to ensure that you provide the best experience possible to prospects.

1. Check your sales copy against both the light and dark theme.
2. Ensure that your sales copy does not have any text that's difficult to read (this includes text that's the same colour as the background)

Section 7: Listing Bumping
Our listing bumping rules in The Trading Post are simple:

1. After your initial review has been completed, you may post your first response whenever you're ready.
2. Every response after should only be posted after 24 hours.
3. In your promotional bump, you can use the charge tag to charge credits for others to view content, like a coupon code. You can see an example of it here.

Chapter 13: Miscellaneous​

Section 1: Affiliate Programs
If you're looking for affiliates for your website, product, or service; then the rules below must be followed.

1. Access to affiliate tools must be provided during the review.

Section 2: Business Listing Optimisation
These services improve the way business listings read or appear in search results.

1. A report must be provided going over what changes you made.

Section 3: E-mail Lists
Some people sell e-mail lists, and if you're one of them, then please read the rule below.

1. Because of the CAN-SPAM act, we legally require you to have explicit permission to sell the list from every individual on your e-mail list.

Section 4: E-mail List Cleaning Services
E-mail list cleaning services remove bad or invalid submissions from e-mail lists.

1. No extra rules

Section 5: GPL services
These services offer plugins, themes, or software that have GPL licensing.

1. No extra rules

Section 6: Google Business Pins
If you offer to create pins for Google business listings, the rules below apply.

1. A report must be provided.

Section 7: VCCs/VBAs
VCCs and VBAs are useful when someone doesn't want to use their regular card numbers or banking information. If you offer this kind of service, read the rules below.

1. These cannot use real people's information in any regard. This is identity theft and against the rules here.

Section 8: Video Services
If you make or edit videos, the rules below apply.

1. No extra rules

Section 9: Virtual Assistants
Whether you set people up with a VA or you act as a VA yourself, the rules below apply.

1. Be sure to state if you're the VA or if you have a team of VAs.