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Virtual items in online video games, is it possible to sell them or not?
Summary: The discussion revolves around the topic of selling virtual items in online video games. There are no explicit details in the participants' content, but the theme could concern the legal and practical possibilities or limitations of this practice.
I had 2 digital items for sale related to an online game (specifically Pokémon Pocket cards)...
One of these was reported by a user who, within 20 minutes, expected me to be online to make the trade right away, but oh well, good for him.. The fact is that my listing was removed for "This listing was removed because it violates our rules on digitally delivered items".
I went back to reread the rules linked in the removal notice, and I read:
Digitally delivered items must be listed in listing format in the category Other > Informational products:
- If the listing format is not available on the seller's eBay site, digitally delivered items are not allowed
- The following digitally delivered items are excluded from these rules:
- Tickets
- Domain names
- Digital figurines
- Virtual items from online video games
So if my understanding of Italian isn't failing me, virtual items from online games are excluded from these rules, right?
And why then was my listing removed (by the way, only one of the two)? I reported some identical to mine, and the reply was that they did not violate any eBay rule. So mine yes, the others no, why? Unknown.
The category Other > Informational products does not exist, and eBay appeals doesn't even bother replying, what am I supposed to do??
Thanks for the help
bogny
OP10 months agoEbay replied that there was no violation and unblocked the listing.
Thanks everyone for the help
marioelegio
Mentore10 months agoConsider this.
You offer, on your sales of digital-format items, only a fake handoff with local pickup, because ebay doesn't allow you to sell with email delivery.
As proof of delivery, you would need the scan of the QR that is sent to the buyer.
If the buyer sends it to you before receiving your email, he’s the one taking all the risk, and I don’t think you can always find such idiots.
If instead you send the email before having received the QR, you’re forced to refund even in the case of false claims of item not received.
bye
mario
sika700
Mentore10 months agoYou left out the first line of the help page, which says:
"Items delivered in digital format must be put up for sale in listing format in the category Other > Informational products."
Do you see that category?
No??
Then you can't sell them... seems simple and very clear to me, without any effort to understand.
Best regards.
bogny
OP10 months agoActually, if you reread it, I did point it out, and again, if it then says "The following items delivered in digital format are excluded from these rules: [...], Virtual items from online video games" forgive me, but in Italian if it says the digital items must be in category X and then you write that for a type of virtual items they are excluded from these rules, it means that that rule does not apply to that type of item..........
Also, it’s not that I can’t see that category to list the items there, that category does NOT exist on eBay, because if I search for it to make a purchase, it doesn’t even come up..
And then, why does mine violate the rules, and why do dozens of other listings (that I tried to report) like mine not?
marioelegio
Mentore10 months agoThe other category exists on ebay. You can't find it from the app, but it's on the PC.
That said, I don't find your reading correct either. You left out the previous paragraph ....
Items delivered in digital format must be listed in ad format in the category Other > Informational products.
Due to the nature of products delivered in digital format, particular care must be taken to avoid violating intellectual property and to minimize risks for buyers.
The problem with these products is precisely the difficulty of checking whether whoever sells them is authorized to do so: particular care must be taken to avoid violating intellectual property.
So in the event of a report, made by someone who can prove they have the sales rights, they are removed.
hi
mario
bogny
OP10 months agoSorry, but I still can’t find it, not even on PC (see photo)...
I understand the point about reducing risks for buyers, but virtual items from online games are obtained by users by playing the game, so they do not violate intellectual property rights precisely because they are “virtually” obtained and held by me, so excluding this type of virtual item from the rules makes sense..
The two sentences you quoted do not define a sales rule, they’re just an indication of where to put them and a description of the reason they exist..
The permitted/forbidden rules are listed below, and it says that virtual items from online games are excluded from them.
And I was not reported by whoever has the selling rights (because nobody does) but by an impatient and dissatisfied buyer.
And the fact remains that the exact same listing from others does not violate the rules, while mine, created as “sell similar item” and therefore identical except for the description where I had explained things a bit better, violates the rules, absolutely nonsensical.
sika700
Mentore10 months agoBesides, you have to find it as a seller... not as a buyer... and you can't find it because first of all you're a private individual and second of all you don't have eBay approval... which is obtained with certain requirements... only by professionals.
Have a good evening.