keyword scamming question

luvvlyjubbly

I have a couple of ladies fred perry t-shirts i want to sell. I want to put in the descrition as seen on Amy Winehouse.....is this classed as keyword scamming?

pinkgem

it's called keyword spamming, and yes that would be classed as keyword spamming unfortunately.

luvvlyjubbly

I've had a few auctions pulled recently so want to be extra careful. Without realising I have been keyword spamming for years, I always thought it was ok to write it in description but not title!!!

pinkgem

oh sorry i didn't read that you said description. yes i believe you can put it in the description just not in the title.

StaffsSW

"As worn by Amy Winehouse"...?

That's a selling feature?!!! :rotfl:

luvvlyjubbly

stevew8975 wrote: »

"As worn by Amy Winehouse"...?

That's a selling feature?!!! :rotfl:

Ha ha yes it is:p
So anyone know for definate?

Premier_2

Sorry, not allowed (unless possibly the actual items you are selling were worn by Amy Winehouse)

Example not allowed:

• “Striped dress shirt as worn by Brad Pitt” because Brad Pitt is not directly relevant to the item being sold.

Source: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/keyword-spam.html

luvvlyjubbly

Ok thanks all

frivolous_fay

I can say with reasonable certainty that you've allowed to put it in the description. Title's definitely out.

luvvlyjubbly

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I can say with reasonable certainty that you've allowed to put it in the description. Title's definitely out.

When I read through the link that Premier has posted its looks like i can't....

pinkgem

they must have changed it. in the ebay help pages they used to have an example of someone listing some boots that weren't dr. martens so it said they couldn't put that in the title but they were allowed to say similar to dr. martens in the description.