Monday, September 05, 2005
Tips: Naming Your eBay Store
The name you choose determines your Store's Web site address (or "URL"). For example, if your Store's name is "Fine Jewelry", your Store's URL is: http://stores.ebay.com/fine-jewelry. eBay will take out special characters (apostrophes, spaces, &, !, $, etc.), add hyphens between words, and make all letters lowercase.
Your Store name:-
- Must start and end with a letter or number
- Cannot start with four or more consecutive letter A's
- Cannot start with an "e" or "E" followed by a number
- Cannot contain the following characters: <, >, or @
- Cannot be the username of another user on eBay
- Cannot contain "www" anywhere in the name
- Cannot contain two or more consecutive spaces or non-alphanumeric characters
- Cannot end with a top-level domain abbreviation used on the Web (.decom, .net, etc.)
- Cannot be a name that is identical or confusingly similar to another company's name which is protected by trademark law. Also, you may not use a name that contains the word eBay , Half.com, or PayPal, or which is confusingly similar to those names.
- See our Trademarked Items and Domain Name policies in the eBay Help Center.
- Your Store name can be your eBay User ID, as long as it meets the requirements above.
Tip:-
Choose a name that immediately tells buyers what you sell. For example, a straightforward name such as "Ben's Computers" will be more helpful to buyers than a creative name such as "Zebra Park." This will also help Web search engines find your Store when buyers are looking for the kinds of products you sell.
