I am opening a brand new directory today. We all need links to our eBay sites, right? This is a directory for all you people that have BANS or other eBay affiliate sites. The directory is also for any other eBay sites or sites that somehow has an eBay theme or talks about eBay, also blogs. I will build this directory slowly, not going to put 500 listings in one day so expect your links to be on pages with very few other links. Good for SEO ? Oh yes And yes, I will accept deep links. If you have something nice to offer in return I will give you a free listing So, welcome to http://www.ebayforall.com.
Be very careful on the domain name. I used to run an eBay directory under ebayshopdirectory.com. The site ran OK until ebay's lawyers came knocking on the door and made me take the site down. Basically, any URL that has the word ebay in it is a big no-no.
Ok, its $5 for a listing, but if you have something nice to offer in return I will give you a free listing
ebay is a global brand & they don't care where you are located. Here's the email I received from their lawyers. ---------------------------------------------- We are writing concerning your registration of ebayshopdirectory.com which contains the famous eBay trademark. As you undoubtedly know, eBay is the leading provider of online person-to-person trading services and related goods and services. eBay adopted the name and trademark eBay in September 1995 and, since that time, eBay has actively used the eBay name and trademark in connection with its online trading and related services, including maintaining the web site www.eBay.com. The coined term eBay is one of the most famous trademarks on the Internet. eBay owns exclusive trademark rights to the eBay name in the United States and internationally, including related common law rights. Accordingly, eBay enjoys broad trademark rights in its name. eBay has made a substantial investment in developing and providing its services. As a result of eBay’s pioneering efforts and its devoting substantial effort and resources to providing only high quality services, the eBay name and trademarks are widely known among the consuming public worldwide, and the name and trademarks embody substantial and valuable goodwill. Accordingly, we were concerned when we learned of your registration of the ebayshopdirectory.com. As we hope you can understand, protection of its trademarks is very important to eBay. We have filed several successful federal court actions in the United States against companies and individuals employing the famous eBay trademark in their domain names, as well as more than six proceedings before the United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization's arbitration panel. eBay prevailed in each case and the domain names at issue were all ordered to be transferred to eBay. In addition to the above, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has recently denied registration of the mark "ebaysecurities" by a third party. Like your domain name, "ebaysecurities" incorporated the entire eBay trademark, adding only a generic term to eBay's famous mark. The USPTO recognized that eBay is a famous trademark and denied registration of ebaysecurities. eBay is concerned that any use of the domain name in question, will cause confusion as to whether you or your company’s activities are authorized, endorsed or sponsored by eBay when, in fact, they are not. We understand that you may have registered ebayshopdirectory.com without full knowledge of the law in this area. The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (http://www.patents.com/acpa.htm) provides for serious penalties (up to $100,000 per domain name) against persons who, without authorization, use, sell, or offer for sale a domain name that infringes another’s trademark. While eBay respects your right of expression and your desire to conduct business on the Internet, eBay must enforce its own rights in order to protect its valuable and famous trademark. For these reasons, and to avoid consumer confusion, eBay must insist that you not use the domain name for any purpose, do not sell, offer to sell or transfer the domain name to a third party, and instead simply let the domain registration expire. Please confirm in writing that you will agree to resolve this matter as requested. If we do not receive confirmation from you that you will comply with our request, we will have no choice but to pursue all available remedies against you. Sincerely, Edith eBay Legal Department ---------------------------------------------- Don't say I didn't warn you...
Submitted my site in the first signature link and another blog ONLINE STOCK TRADING for your approval. Thank you
Why did you submit your site? deebee, what has that to do with other countries than USA. USA laws is not almighty, not even global. And in the case ebay comes to Norway and threathen me here I will just redirect the domain and keep the same directory.