REMINDER OF COMMERCIAL LINKS IN GALLERY DESCRIPTIONS. - SBB Digital Scrapbooking Forums | Scrapbook-Bytes

~Amy~ · #1 (**permalink**) 11-13-2004

Please remember that this site is for members to share and interact. The gallery is not meant to be a means of self promotion. If you are a commercial member and would like to speak with us about setting up a gallery for your site's layouts that members create we'd be happy to do that and link to your site from the gallery description.

A reminder of terms is posted below:

You will not use our site / gallery / message board / forum for commercial use. We do permit linking in the www area in your profile (through the control panel of the message board) and in your signatures on the web site; but blatant personal ads to any site - whether it is personal or private or commercial (this would entail frequent pushing of a site or sites on a regular basis) are not permitted at Scrapbook-Bytes.com

This does not include links to helpful resources (and as long as it is not "pushing" the link)
i.e.: I found the best Photoshop Filters! (and then a link to your great find).. .it is permitted to post a link like this once but if it is found several times within the forums the thread/s will be removed from the web site.

Some linking issues are at the discretion of Scrapbook-Bytes and pending the amount of complaints and/or reported posts received by members of the message board / forum / gallery.
Linking to other sites is permitted when giving proper credit (I.e. Downloaded background map from site http://www.xxxxxxmaprus.com)

ADDITION TO THE TERMS AS OF 11-12-04
** COMMERCIAL LINKING ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

www sitename dot com (WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THIS ONE LATELY)
www.sitename.com
sitename.com

**PERMITTED**
Tag - sitename website (without the url or "dot com")
Got the kit at sitnema (without the url or "dot com")

Whether it shows up as an actual link or as a copy and paste format; we do not permit this to limit the amount of ads that our visitors need to weed through. The gallery is meant to share creations with others; not posting to promote new kits everytime a post is viewed.

The amount of indirect "marketing" through the gallery has increased significaantly in the last few months via the above means.

Scrapbook-Bytes has many affordable advertising options for our commecial members - please feel free to contact us at marketing@scrapbook-bytes.com

We will be weeding through the gallery the next week removing linked commercial sites within posts and it would be much help if those that have edit their own posts to remove them - with many thanks!

SBB Admin

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~Amy~ · #2 (**permalink**) 12-28-2004

bumping again as we have seen a lot of this occurring again

~Amy~ · #3 (**permalink**) 01-27-2005

new guidelines and designer database is being built and posted to the site by end of next week... please be sure in the meantime to take a moment to visit this thread

Nothing has been changed from it's original post date; but needs to be bumped as a reminder from time to time... we hope to keep Scrapbook-Bytes a pleasurable site to visit for our members and subscribers.

THANKS!

~Amy~ · #4 (**permalink**) 04-23-2005

BUMPING AGAIN...

THIS INCLUDES ALL "DOT COM" ~ ".COM" ~ "WWW.SITENAME.COM" ~ "
SITENAME DOT COM" AND ALL LIKENESSES... .LINKING IS LINKING THANKS!

~Amy~ · #5 (**permalink**) 09-25-2005

bump; we seem to have a lot of "marketing" going on in the gallery... please do not abuse the gallery for this purpose...

~Amy~ · #6 (**permalink**) 02-08-2006

again - marketing... we realize that with new stores opening everyone is "excited" but please keep in mind that things like the following:

This kit will be available at the xxxxx on Valentine's Day and 50% of the kit cost will be donated to the "name of society"!

Please don't abuse the site and if you feel the need to advertise within your gallery posting; we have many advertising optionsn available.

danib · #7 (**permalink**) 02-18-2006

~Amy~ · #8 (**permalink**) 02-18-2006

another sample of what is not permitted.... posting "previews" of kits and/or crop or chat announcements for other sites:

This is the new xxxx kit ; now available at xxxxx.com!