What are the requirements for placing external links on eBay?

In order to provide buyers with a safer and better purchasing experience, eBay prohibits the use of links that direct customers to outside of eBay because we can:

Building a safer trading market

It allows buyers to more easily view all the content they need when purchasing, whether on a fixed or mobile device.

eBay does not allow links that direct buyers to websites outside of eBay, except for the following links (see below for specific rules):

Product Video

Freight Services

Other necessary legal information

This policy applies whether the link is clickable or not, and includes all attempts to direct customers to any other page. It applies to all web pages with links, such as listings, store homepages, store titles, seller profile pages, newsletters and images. All links are not allowed to direct buyers to browse, search, or purchase products on non-eBay sites.

Links that direct customers to other eBay pages are permitted. These links can point to eBay Messages, other eBay items, store pages, Follow Seller, or links to sellers with the "Add to My Specials" feature.

Rules details:

one, Product Video

Linking to product videos is permitted as long as the following guidelines are followed:

You must be the owner of the relevant rights, including intellectual property rights, or be authorized to do so.

The video needs to be for the product being sold, such as a product review, demonstration, or installation video

The videos included in your listing must be:

Embedded video, using HTML5 video, while complying with eBay's requirements for dynamic web content,

or

Directly connect to videos hosted on any of the following sites:

Youtube

Vimeo

Brightcove

Ustream

Screencast.com

Kizoa

DailyMotion

The video must not violate any eBay policies. Violations include:

Include contact information such as an email address, phone number, or social media links

Website

Adult Content

Prohibited Content

Payment services not accepted by eBay

Malware or viruses

Malicious scripts not allowed by eBay

two, Freight Services

Links to certain transport services are permitted

Additional Information:

Third-party service provider information

Third-party providers (such as image storage services, etc.) can be displayed in the listing

Store name and logo requirements

The store name cannot be a URL, and the store name and logo cannot contain ".com", ".net", ".org", ".edu" or any words similar to "_com" or "-com". The above instructions do not apply to store names registered before July 1, 2004.

Store names and logos cannot contain phone numbers, email addresses, or other contact information.

The logo cannot be flash, cannot be movable, and cannot be animated.