By posting on IguanaSale.com you are agreeing to the Terms of Service.
Basic Rules:
- Posting “discussion” messages or messages of any nature that are not specifically advertisements for products, animals or services, is prohibited, and the post will be removed. This includes “SOLD” ads. If the item is sold, the ad needs to be removed.
- Persons using Iguanasale.com to post warnings or notices about other persons or businesses, whether Iguanasale.com vendors or not, will immediately have their account terminated.
- Anyone using Iguanasale.com, or its other related sites and/or features to post pornography, profanity, possibly libelous or slanderous, racist, or threatening messages will immediately have their account terminated.
Rules Regarding Website Links:
The Iguanasale.com classifieds system is for vendors to sell products and services to their customers. It is not for vendors to use in place of display advertising or directory listings, to drive traffic to their web sites, or to try to boost organic search rankings by creating “back links.”
Too many or repetitive links to a vendor’s website in their classified ads cause search engines to penalize both the vendor and Iguanasale.com’s search engine rankings (SEO), and is not allowed.
– You may include a single link to your website at the bottom of your advertisement or using the field provided in the ad posting
– You may include links to your social media profile at the bottom of your advertisement or using the field provided in the ad posting
– You may include a single linking graphic to your main website in your advertisement
– You may include individual links to the products in your classified advertisement
– You may not have any links that appear in the ad before the product in the advertisement
– You may not use a “toolbar” with multiple links to your website or social media profile
– You may not link to any third party businesses.
Rules Regarding Copyright and Trademarks:
The use of images or photographs or anything else that is the work of other individuals or businesses in your classified advertising without their prior express written permission is strictly prohibited.
Anyone found to be violating trademark or copyright laws, is subject to the immediate termination of this contract for breach, and their access to classified and other account services will be immediately terminated.
Rules Regarding Photos:
– Classified account holders may use their personal images that are intended to be used in their classified ads. You are not allowed to place images intended for commercial use within your ads. For example, no “stock” images of the animal you are selling.
– Advertisements attached to any photo uploaded are not allowed. Any uploaded photo containing sales or other promotional text will be considered advertising and removed. In other words, you cannot have any photo titles, descriptions, or comments which state that the animal and/or item depicted in the photo is for sale, wanted, trade, barter, free to good home, adoption, etc.
General Rules Regarding Classified Ads:
– All items in an ad must have a realistic price or price range listed. Ad cannot just have a starting price.
– No auctions may be conducted or advertised in our classifieds. This includes phrases such as “Best offer above price listed.”
– Ads posted to the incorrect classified site or section will be removed or moved to the most appropriate section.
– Posting ads for a specific animal in multiple sections – You may not cross post an ad to multiple classified sections if there is a section specifically set aside for that animal.
– “Blanket” Ads – There is no one advertisement that can be posted to each and every section of our classifieds. If you have an ad that has 100 animals on it and it is in the gecko section, all the animals listed have to be geckos. An ad that has a boa, a gecko, and a frog in it cannot be posted in multiple sections.
– Product Ads – All product ads belong in the appropriate product section(s). We do not allow non-animal ads in the animal sections. In other words, ads for cages, misters, feeders, books, hooks, probes, gauges, thermometers, supplies, leads, tools, t-shirts, posters, videos, expos, seminars, or any other paraphernalia no matter how closely related, are prohibited in the animal sections.
– “Piggybacking” Products – No “Piggybacking” of items in one ad to get it to show up in an inappropriate section. No “See the Geckos at Bob’s Reptile Expo” in the gecko or lizard sections or putting a cage ad in with your boa and python ad. Once again, the rules are no non-animal ads in the animal sections.
– Trade Ads – “Trade” ads are allowed in the sale-type classified sections, however, no ad can state “For Sale OR Trade” in the subject line. You may mention in the body of your sale ad that you will accept trades and post a limited list.
– Trades of Off Topic Products – Certain off topic items such as computers, telephones, VCRs, cameras, video equipment, and other items are allowed only in the trades section, and only at our discretion. If we review your advertisement and determine the item is inappropriate for our site, it will be removed.
– Event Referencing – Referencing upcoming “Events” in the subject heading, name field or location field, in ads is prohibited. You may mention in the body of an ad that you will be at an upcoming event, but it cannot be the focus of the ad itself. The exception to this is if you are posting an event-only ad in the “Events” classified section.
– Competing Classifieds / Hosting Services / Banner Ads – We do not allow people who sell services that directly compete with our primary business to advertise their competing products on our site. We certainly do not care where else they advertise them, but we do not allow it on our site.
– Negative Advertising – We don’t allow advertising that references other vendors products, businesses, or names in a negative or disparaging manner, whether directly or indirectly. If you can’t sell your product or service without disparaging your competition, then you can’t sell your product here.
– Ads that have no product – Your advertisement must be selling something. It must have a specific product or animal, or group of animals offered in the advertisement itself. We do not allow ads that just say, “come to my web site for details” in the body. While we allow you to post your site URL in the ad, if your ad does not contain the details of the product, including price or a price range, listed in the subject, it will be removed. Our classifieds are not here to “build” your web site traffic; they are here to help you sell products.
– Banned Products/Services – We do not ever want to see ANY advertisements for long distance service, pornographic materials, weapons, multi-level marketing schemes, mortgages, gambling of any nature or anything else that is not directly related to pets. We have no place for these ads and they will not be tolerated.
Rules Regarding Technical Aspects:
– Broken Images – Advertisements with broken images will be removed. Please use the preview ads feature to verify that your images work prior to posting the ad. After posting your ad(s), please re-check to verify that your images work. If not, please remove them and try again.
– Trampling – If an advertisement you post has backgrounds, graphics, images, text, or any other features that distort, alter, change, manipulate, modify, or hide any of our sites’ advertising, text, links, graphics, or images, or affect the general look, feel or operation of our web site, that is considered “trampling” and your advertisement will be removed.
– Off-shoring – If an advertisement you post has the main text information on the product you are advertising delivered via a third party system or web site that allows you to change, alter, or manipulate your advertisement after it has been posted, or that prevents our archiving system from archiving the advertisement, it is considered “off-shoring” and your advertisement will be removed.
– Auto jump Scripts in ads – We do not allow the posting of advertisements with any type of “Auto jump” that re-directs users off our web site automatically or opens another browser window, or any other type of “POP-UP.”
– Multiple/consecutive special characters in the subject heading or the text of the ad – The use of multiple/consecutive special characters is banned. This includes the use of !@#$%^&*()_+~?><,.-{}[]\|/.
– Ad position “Jockeying” – It is a violation of this TOS to “jockey” your ads for position by posting an advertisement, removing it, and then reposting it later that day to improve its physical position on the page. You may only post the same advertisement (for the same product) once per 24-hour period.
– Multiple posts – You may post up to SIX (6)ads per day per section. You cannot post the same ad six (6)times. The ads must be for different animals or products. Items may only be posted once per day. You cannot post the same item in multiple ads.
– Time and Date – In respect to time and date, it should be common sense that the times and dates stamped on the advertisement when posted are the times and dates used in enforcing the six (6) posts per day rule, and/or any other rules that are based on time and date.
Rules Regarding Abuse and Violations:
– In the event that you see any violations or abuse to the site or any activity that directly violates these Terms of Service please contact us to resolve the situation.
– DO NOT post anything in any category that pertains to a complaint or violation of any kind. Doing so will result in your termination from the site.
Rules for Account Violations:
– Be aware that we are require people filing vendor complaints to file a complaint at the FBI’s Online Fraud Center, so before you add that “extra” couple of inches to that tortoise, lizard, or snake, ask yourself, “Is it really worth it to have the FBI show up at my house?” As for scammers and fraud artists – we do prosecute and will not hold back in any way until you are brought to proper justice.
– Anyone who has had their account terminated for complaints, violations of our terms of service, or any other site bans may NOT re-register in any format, under any circumstances. Attempting to circumvent this system by registering under the name of a friend, family member, or any form of alias, will cause that account to be immediately terminated, and you will be prosecuted for fraud. Anyone who knowingly assists someone in fraudulently obtaining an account will have their site services canceled and will themselves be banned, and prosecuted for fraud.
– Intentional / Repeat Violations of TOS – Anyone intentionally violating this TOS, or continuing to violate this TOS after receiving notice/warning of a TOS violation is subject to having their account privileges restricted or terminated with no warning or notice. If you receive a TOS violation notice, take no corrective action, and violate the same section of the TOS again, your account privileges may be restricted or terminated with no warning or notice.
Please keep in mind that by registering and using our sites and services, you are agreeing that you have read, and will abide by, our Terms of Service. Iguanasale.com reserves the right the right to edit, move, or remove any advertisements posted to our classifieds at our discretion.
Being Abusive/Belligerent/Argumentative – All of the services we provide, whether in classifieds or other locations, we provide as a service, and is a privilege for you to use them. If you violate that privilege, either knowingly or unknowingly, we may contact you and ask you to stop. If you persist or become abusive, belligerent, or argumentative, we have the right and the ability to revoke your classified account and other site privileges and cancel your services.
Legal Issues:
Please note that we take all reports of criminal activity very seriously and work will with law enforcement agencies, local, state, and federal, depending on which is necessary. If you know of criminal activity occurring on this web site, we encourage you to contact the proper law enforcement agency, file a formal complaint, and ask the agency involved to contact us.
Any violations of the terms listed above that cause your account to be terminated will cause any and all registration or advertising fees paid to be forfeit to Iguanasale.com
Be aware that if you violate our Terms Of Service, Iguanasale.com, may delete or edit your messages, contact your internet service provider, have your account terminated, cancel your advertising, and/or block your access to our web site. Iguanasale.com and its affiliates reserve the right to terminate any account, refuse service, or limit access at our discretion.
Registration and use of our online communities is considered a contract between the registrant and Iguanasale.com under the laws of the State of Texas, and United States federal law. This contract is not transferable nor may it be reassigned to any individual or business.
By agreeing to the classified terms of service contract terms listed above and registering for a classified account, you are agreeing that any and all legal conflicts with Iguanasale.com will be resolved in the Texas court system.
As per the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 “the user is accessing a private computer” and “unauthorized access or use is not permitted and constitutes a crime punishable by law”.
By posting on IguanaSale.com you are agreeing to the Terms of Service.
