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

Before submitting a listing to The Trading Post, ensure you read chapters 1 and 2 as well as whichever chapter pertains to your specific service.

For instance, if you want to list your web hosting service, chapter 1, 2, and 10 are what you would want to read.

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. Miscellaneous
  14. Partnerships
  15. Trading Post Review Copies
  16. 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.

If your service type isn't listed or if you'd like to know what the listing price will be beforehand, you may ask the reviewing moderator before beginning the review or contact an administrator to inquire about this.

Pricing​
Type of Product or Service​
$10Signature rental threads only.
$25For listings that are quick to review and carry little to no risk.
$50For listings that require an average amount of time to review and/or involve a low to moderate level of risk.
$75For listings that are more time-consuming to review, moderately complex, or involve a medium level of risk.
$100For listings that are lengthy or difficult to review and/or come with a higher level of risk.
$100+ (Custom)This is for unique products and services that require significantly more time to review than what we're used to deal with

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.

Section 6: High-Risk Products & Services
Some products & services have been identified as being high-risk based on our team's many years of internet marketing services both here and on other platforms.

Because these services are considered too risky or low quality overall, they are prohibited from 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 Reviews2024 FTC Ruling banning fake reviews.
Blog Commenting Services
Facebook Business Manager and Meta Ad accounts
SMM PanelsHigh-risk/Too many scams based on our experience
Third-Part Products
E-mail Lists
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)
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.
 
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Chapter 3: Signature Rentals​
Signature Rental Listing Information
Price Per Listing: $10

There are no extra rules for signature rental threads.
 
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Chapter 3: SEO Services Rules​

Section 1: Guest Posting Services
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If you advertise a list of potential guest posting websites, we will need to see the full list during the review process.
  2. You must provide us with a report, even if you don't normally provide one to customers.
Section 2: Niche Edits
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. Injected links are not permitted.
  2. The article that's edited must be done so in a way we can verify. For example, we must see the article before and after the edit is done.
  3. We must be able to verify that the article existed prior to the service being delivered (e.g., through web caching services).
  4. You must provide us with a report, even if you don't normally provide one to customers.
Section 3: Private Blog Networks
Price Per Listing: $75
  1. We thoroughly scrutinise PBNs, especially if you advertise it as "footprint-free".
  2. You must provide a report on the backlinks you used to the reviewing moderator, even if you don't normally provide a report to customers.
Section 4: Third-Party Metric Services
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. You must provide a report on the backlinks you used to the reviewing moderator, even if you don't normally provide a report to customers.
Section 5: Web 2.0s
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. We expect Niche-relevant claims to actually be relevant to the niche of the website we send you.
  2. You must provide a report on the backlinks you used to the reviewing moderator, even if you don't normally provide a report to customers.
 
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Web Design Services Rules​

General Web Design Services
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. Websites cannot have any plagiarised content. This is a liability for the customer, and is therefore not allowed.
  2. Websites cannot use any copyrighted images or logos. This is a liability for the customer, and is therefore not allowed.
    • Bespoke web design services must be made from scratch and not use themes.
 
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Software Services Rules​

General Software
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. We will need a VPS to test software. We will not need access to the VPS after the review.
  2. As with all downloads on Office Outlaw, a clean VirusTotal (or equivalent) scan is required. If you believe there are any false-positives, you can submit proof of this so that we can take it into consideration.
Link Indexing Software
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If your software requires proxies, you will need to provide these to us just for the sakes of the review.
  2. If your software requires a 2Captcha API key, we will need this for the review.
Social Media Account Management Software
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If your software requires proxies, you will need to provide these to us just for the sakes of the review.
  2. We will need a handful of test social media accounts you have on hand. We will not keep these social media accounts after the review.
 
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Social Media Services Rules​
As a general rule for social media accounts, accounts cannot be cracked/hacked or compromised in any way. This will result in an automatic rejection.

Facebook Accounts
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If the Facebook account requires a proxy in a specific location, you will need to provide this for us. We will not need to keep the proxy after the review.
Instagram Accounts
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If the Instagram account requires a proxy in a specific location, you will need to provide this for us. We will not need to keep the proxy after the review.
Reddit Accounts
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If the Reddit account requires a proxy in a specific location, you will need to provide this for us. We will not need to keep the proxy after the review.
YouTube Accounts
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If the YouTube account requires a proxy in a specific location, you will need to provide this for us. We will not need to keep the proxy after the review.
Social Media Growth Services
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. You must state somewhere in your sales listing whether or not you're building the account with real or fake followers. If you're using a mixture of both, you can also just state that.
  2. We require you to track the growth of the account.
 
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Content Services Rules​

AI Content Writing Services
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. Even if your content only partly uses AI, we expect it to be listed under this category.
  2. Excluding quotes, we expect a plagiarism score of 99%+
  3. You are welcome to use your favourite AI detector tool to show that this content passes any checks.
Human Content Writing Services
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. If any part of your content is written with AI, it should not be advertised as human-written content.
  2. Excluding quotes, we expect a plagiarism score of 99%+
Spun Content
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. Your sales listing must state if your content is spun by hand or through software.
SEO Content
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. Excluding quotes, we expect a plagiarism score of 99%+
Copywriting Services
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. Excluding quotes, we expect a plagiarism score of 99%+
 
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Proxy Services Rules

Proxies
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. VPNs must not leak the real IP of the user.
  2. If specific use-cases or websites are advertised as working with these proxies, be aware that these will be checked.
VPNs
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. We expect the VPN to be fully-functional
  2. VPNs must not leak the real IP of the user.
  3. If specific use-cases or websites are advertised as working with your VPN, be aware that these will be checked.
 
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Hosting Providers Rules​

Shared Hosting
Price Per Listing: $75
  1. The OS of the server must be specified.
Dedicated Hosting
Price Per Listing: $75
  1. No additional rules
Virtual Private Servers
Price Per Listing: $75
  1. If managed, the OS of the server must be specified.
 
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Domain & Website Listings Rules​

Single Domain
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. Proof of ownership over the domain must be provided to the reviewing moderator.
Bulk Domains
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. Proof of ownership over the domains must be provided to the reviewing moderator.
Full Websites
Price Per Listing: $100
  1. Proof of ownership over the domain must be provided to the reviewing moderator.
  2. Monetary claims will need to be verified
  3. Traffic claims must be verified
  4. Images, videos, and content must be original; ownership must be demonstrated for any images or videos that have been purchased.
 
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Graphic Design Services Rules​

Logo Design
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. You must have created the logos.
  2. Text logos must use non-copyrighted font, such as Arial.
AI Image Editing
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. We expect these to be of professional quality. Streaks or other obvious errors will count against you.
Human Image Editing
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. We expect these to be of professional quality. Streaks or other obvious errors will count against you.
 
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Miscellaneous​

Affiliate Programs
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. Access to affiliate tools must be provided.
Business Listing Optimisation
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. A report must be provided going over what changes you made.
E-mail List Cleaning Services
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. No extra rules
GPL services
Price Per Listing: $50
  1. No extra rules
Google Business Pins
Price Per Listing: $25
  1. No extra rules
VCCs/VBAs
Price Per Listing: $100
  1. These cannot use real people's information. This is identity theft and against the rules here.
Video Services
Price Per Listing: $100
  1. No extra rules
Virtual Assistants
Price Per Listing: $100
No extra rules
 
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Partnerships Rules
 
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Trading Post Review Copies
 
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The Tribunal Rules
 
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