Rules for Listings – Overview

To promote a safe, fair and enjoyable trading experience, edaccents has established a set of rules and policies for item listings. These restrictions involve how certain items are described, and practices that would provide an unfair advantage or result in a negative buyer experience.

Learning about edaccents's listing policies before you list an item will help you to avoid unintentionally breaking rules.

Violations of these policies may result in a range of actions, including:

• Listing cancellation
• Limits on account privileges
• Account suspension
• Forfeit of edaccents fees on cancelled listings
• Loss of PowerSeller status.

When policy violations occur, edaccents emails the seller, as well as bidders, that a listing has been ended.

In addition to the Rules for Listings, you should also review the rules for Prohibited and Restricted Items and the Protection of Intellectual Property to check if your type of item is allowed or has additional restrictions that would affect your item listing.

The following are the Rules for Listing with links to the specific policy pages that have examples, any exceptions, and a link that you can use to report a violation of that policy.

Listings must not misrepresent items.

Except as noted in the specific policy as exceptions, sellers cannot:

• List items in inappropriate categories.
• Misrepresent the item location from which their item will be shipped.
• Include brand names or other inappropriate keywords in a title or description. This is known as keyword spamming.
• Have misleading titles that do not accurately describe the item for sale.
• Item condition descriptions must be accurate using the the description options and definitions for these options as listed on Educational Accents.
• No items shall be listed on Educational Accents that have an offense odor, such as mustiness or smoke. Such items are unsellable as the buyer may have allergies or other health conditions and such an item may cause an asthmatic attack or other dangerous health related problems.

Listings cannot use techniques to avoid or circumvent edaccents fees.
Except as noted in the specific policy as exceptions, sellers cannot:

• Exceed multiple listing limits.
• List a single item but offer additional identical items for sale in the item description.
• Include separate payment surcharges that buyers pay to use ordinary forms of payment.     
• Charge excessive shipping. . .

Listings must promote a fair and level playing field, and provide an enjoyable and safe experience for buyers.
Except as noted in the specific policy as exceptions, sellers cannot:

• Solicit buyers to mail cash or use other payment methods not specifically permitted by edaccents as accepted payment methods.
• Communicate to buyers that they accept, or will not accept, specific forms of PayPal payment.
• Create a listing that does not offer an item or service.
• Include third party credits beyond what is acceptable.
• Use profanity in a listing, except as allowed in the Mature Audience category and in media titles.

Listings that involve the following situations or types of item, must conform to limitations specified in the policy:

• Compilation and Informational Items
• Home Page Featured Items
• Jewelry, Precious Metals and Loose Beads
• Pre-Sale Listings
• Warranties and Service Contracts