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Ok to link to other retailers like Amazon

In an ebay auction? I'm selling a lot of books so wanted to link to Amazon in the listings, is this ok or is it a no no? :confused:
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  • soolin
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    I thought links where goods were for sale was not allowed, but I can't find anything on ebay (their help pages are useless) so I might well be wrong.

    I sell books though and have never found a need to link to any Amazon page, just use key words (assuming they are true of course) like 'rare' book or out of print title. If you start at the price you want you can't lose out. I do sometimes achieve a higher pric eon ebay than I owuld on Amazon anyway so would prefer not to draw attention to the fact that they can purchase a book cheaper elsewhere.
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  • RFW
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    Paws wrote: »
    In an ebay auction? I'm selling a lot of books so wanted to link to Amazon in the listings, is this ok or is it a no no? :confused:
    You can't link to any external page in an Ebay listing. You can put links on your 'about me' page and post a link to that page on your auction.
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  • Paws
    Paws Posts: 306 Forumite
    ok thanks :)
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  • NeilJung
    NeilJung Posts: 322 Forumite
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    I thought that any links to an external sales site had to be two clicks away from the listing page.
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