Selling - taking pictures

[empori10]

Hi everyone,

So I know that having a brand logo or watermark is not allowed on your product photos but what about having it physically in the background of your pictures? For example if I had a business card with my logo or a back drop with my logo on it?

[albertabrightalberta]

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@empori10 wrote:

Hi everyone,

So I know that having a brand logo or watermark is not allowed on your product photos but what about having it physically in the background of your pictures? For example if I had a business card with my logo or a back drop with my logo on it?

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I wouldn't do it. 

Showing a business card with your logo and contact information can be construed as attempting to take sales off ebay as a means to circumvent fees. 

And ebay frowns on that, for obvious reasons.

[empori10]

Thanks a lot for your advice 

[chapeau-noir]

About the watermark - that hasn't been enforced for as long as I remember.  Simply make it discreet and not across the middle of the item or in bold font, which one seller I know used to do - ruined the photo completely.  Nothing but your ebay account or store name.

You can have your eBay account name or store name somewhere in the listing, but I agree nothing that would take anyone off eBay.

[momdadsstash]

As well as the fact that anything in the background can easily be cropped out  if someone wants to use your photos.