Rules The Trading Post: General Rules & Guidelines

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The rules and guidelines of The Trading Post will be here once our marketplace is ready to go.

Index

1. Basic Information
2. General Rules
3. Signature Rentals
4. SEO Services Rules
5. Web Design Services Rules
6. Software Services Rules
7. Social Media Services Rules
8. Content Services Rules
9. Proxy Services Rules
10. Hosting Providers Rules
11. Domain & Website Listings Rules
12. Graphic Design Services Rules
13. The Tribunal Rules

 

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Chapter 1: Basic Information​

There's some basic information you should about The Trading Post before you submit a listing.

Section 1: Prerequisites To List In The Trading Post
The requirements to list in The Trade Post are as follows:
Founding Member Status: This was only given to a handful of people who helped build up this forum. OR...
Sapphire Status: This costs $100/annually.

Section 2: Trading Post Listing Fees
The Trading Post has a one-time listing fee depending on what your service is. Our reasoning for this can be explained in an example: a signature rental thread is generally a very easy one to approve. Since it does not take long to review, we feel that it should not cost as much as something more complicated, such as a bespoke web development service.

Section 3: Review Process
I'll fill this in later once we have a standard for the review process.

All I'll say for now is that it's follow a more enhanced version of the "premium review process" I used briefly on the other forum.

Section 4: Escrow Required For Specific Services
For services we've identified as being high-risk or one-off expensive transactions (i.e., whole websites), we'll require the trader to use an escrow service to complete the transaction.

Unfortunately, we can't do escrows ourselves, but as time goes on, we'll try to include more options.

Section 5: No-Tell Registry: Prohibited Services
Any products or services in our No-Tell Registry are prohibited in The Trading Post.

 

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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.

Section 2: Basic Listing Requirements

1. All content must be in English
2. We allow reviews from third-party review sites (i.e., not your own website) and reviews from Office Outlaw.
3. Any joint venture partners who are members of this forum must also have Sapphire Status and be mentioned in your listing.
4. 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
5. 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.
6. You may not copy the listing of another trader.
7. Traders may not request IDs or legal documents to fulfil their service.
8. Please do not resubmit a listing that has already been rejected.
   • This includes listings that were rejected for quality issues.
9. 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.
10. 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 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)