Post by GT on Jan 9, 2018 20:17:17 GMT 10
Vendors - suppliers and others with a commercial interest ( this includes backyard business's selling e-liquid or any hardware NOT manufactured by yourself as a modder)
* Currently undergoing re-vamp will be finalised soon but these apply for now and check back for changes!
The following additional rules apply to all suppliers and other users with a commercial interest in the Electronic Cigarette Industry or associated industries. This also includes anyone selling anything that is not an item they purchased for personal use.
It is totally at the discretion of ViA admin or moderators as to whether a vendor participates on ViA.
ViA is a totally privately funded site, run by unpaid Admin and Moderators. As a BUSINESS you are here as a guest of the forum, and as such you have little to NO input on your "rights" to advertise your services or product. This is OUR home and you are the guest in it, please act accordingly!
You will be placed under the Vendor membership category if you are a supplier, manufacturer, affiliate or have any other vested commercial interest related to personal vapourisers (electronic cigarettes).
1. Commercial Interest: If you have any commercial interest in the personal vapouriser (electronic cigarette) industry, you must notify us by using the Contact Us forum. Failure to do so may result in the removal of your account. You will be placed in a special usergroup which will notify other members that you have a commercial interest. Any vendors advertising on the forum before completing the process and gaining vendor status will be suspended for 7 days with no exceptions, and any repeat offences will result in a permanent ban.
2. Posting rights: Commercial members have the same posting rights as regular members and are not restricted to certain areas of the forum with the following exceptions:
You may not post new threads in the review sections (including e-liquid reviews), but may reply to existing ones IF you are asked by a member i.e a direct question.
You may not post new threads in the classifieds sections, However if you have old stock that you want to offer at a markedly reduced price EXCLUSIVELY to ViA Members, Contact Admin or a Moderator with the deal and THEY will post it for you .
You may not post at all in the Introductions or Absolute Beginners sections
You may not post a reply in another vendor's forum .
Commenting on members gear choices etc and making recommendations is NOT allowed due to possible conflict of interest. ( even if you don't stock the product openly yourself)
However please use common sense and discretion when responding to threads or posts, and remember that direct advertising is not permitted.
3. Where to post: Your sub-forum is a place where you may post about your products and special offers. You will be unable to post new threads there until you're a member of the Vendors usergroup. Again, please use discretion - one or two posts a week is fine, several posts per day is not. (* Ad Posting frequency is currently under review by staff. It is envisioned that there will be post limits applied that are relevant to the discount level you give ViA members and how a vendor "pays back" the community by running things like forum specific comps etc )
4. Replying to other vendors: ViA Vendor Members may NOT post in threads started by other vendors or subforums belonging to other vendors. Any vendor having concerns about something posted by another vendor in these forum areas should contact ViA management via Contact Staff
5. Promotion: Advertising anywhere apart from in your own sub-forum without prior arrangement is absolutely forbidden and is considered to be spam
Spamming will not be tolerated, whether via forum posts, private messages or emails to members and will be instantly removed. Repeat offenders (and obvious spam bots) will have their accounts terminated. Any vendors posting adverts on ViA's social networks will be banned from both the social network page and the forum. Any vendor using shill accounts to promote their company will be permanently banned. Unsolicited contact by means of abusing the PM system or email will result in immediate cancellation of your account if reported by a member receiving them.
6. Links: You are permitted one single link in your signature which points to your business website. If there is more than one link present your signature will be edited by a member of staff.
7. Competitions: Any competition or giveaway posted on ViA must be open to all forum members and must NOT REQUIRE people to have accounts on other platforms, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Any post requiring such things will be removed and those posting it will be subject to warnings and possible suspensions.
All of the above is subject to change at any time. A community is not a static entity and our rules will reflect that. If the rules change at any time a post will be made below informing members that there have been changes.
If you are unsure whether the content of your post is likely to break the rules, please contact us before posting to the forums.
If you do not agree to these rules or future changes / additions, you may request deletion of your account. The owners will not however, in accordance with the above, remove any messages already posted under your account and said posts will still have your account name attached to them.
* Currently undergoing re-vamp will be finalised soon but these apply for now and check back for changes!
The following additional rules apply to all suppliers and other users with a commercial interest in the Electronic Cigarette Industry or associated industries. This also includes anyone selling anything that is not an item they purchased for personal use.
It is totally at the discretion of ViA admin or moderators as to whether a vendor participates on ViA.
ViA is a totally privately funded site, run by unpaid Admin and Moderators. As a BUSINESS you are here as a guest of the forum, and as such you have little to NO input on your "rights" to advertise your services or product. This is OUR home and you are the guest in it, please act accordingly!
You will be placed under the Vendor membership category if you are a supplier, manufacturer, affiliate or have any other vested commercial interest related to personal vapourisers (electronic cigarettes).
1. Commercial Interest: If you have any commercial interest in the personal vapouriser (electronic cigarette) industry, you must notify us by using the Contact Us forum. Failure to do so may result in the removal of your account. You will be placed in a special usergroup which will notify other members that you have a commercial interest. Any vendors advertising on the forum before completing the process and gaining vendor status will be suspended for 7 days with no exceptions, and any repeat offences will result in a permanent ban.
2. Posting rights: Commercial members have the same posting rights as regular members and are not restricted to certain areas of the forum with the following exceptions:
You may not post new threads in the review sections (including e-liquid reviews), but may reply to existing ones IF you are asked by a member i.e a direct question.
You may not post new threads in the classifieds sections, However if you have old stock that you want to offer at a markedly reduced price EXCLUSIVELY to ViA Members, Contact Admin or a Moderator with the deal and THEY will post it for you .
You may not post at all in the Introductions or Absolute Beginners sections
You may not post a reply in another vendor's forum .
Commenting on members gear choices etc and making recommendations is NOT allowed due to possible conflict of interest. ( even if you don't stock the product openly yourself)
However please use common sense and discretion when responding to threads or posts, and remember that direct advertising is not permitted.
3. Where to post: Your sub-forum is a place where you may post about your products and special offers. You will be unable to post new threads there until you're a member of the Vendors usergroup. Again, please use discretion - one or two posts a week is fine, several posts per day is not. (* Ad Posting frequency is currently under review by staff. It is envisioned that there will be post limits applied that are relevant to the discount level you give ViA members and how a vendor "pays back" the community by running things like forum specific comps etc )
4. Replying to other vendors: ViA Vendor Members may NOT post in threads started by other vendors or subforums belonging to other vendors. Any vendor having concerns about something posted by another vendor in these forum areas should contact ViA management via Contact Staff
5. Promotion: Advertising anywhere apart from in your own sub-forum without prior arrangement is absolutely forbidden and is considered to be spam
Spamming will not be tolerated, whether via forum posts, private messages or emails to members and will be instantly removed. Repeat offenders (and obvious spam bots) will have their accounts terminated. Any vendors posting adverts on ViA's social networks will be banned from both the social network page and the forum. Any vendor using shill accounts to promote their company will be permanently banned. Unsolicited contact by means of abusing the PM system or email will result in immediate cancellation of your account if reported by a member receiving them.
6. Links: You are permitted one single link in your signature which points to your business website. If there is more than one link present your signature will be edited by a member of staff.
7. Competitions: Any competition or giveaway posted on ViA must be open to all forum members and must NOT REQUIRE people to have accounts on other platforms, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Any post requiring such things will be removed and those posting it will be subject to warnings and possible suspensions.
All of the above is subject to change at any time. A community is not a static entity and our rules will reflect that. If the rules change at any time a post will be made below informing members that there have been changes.
If you are unsure whether the content of your post is likely to break the rules, please contact us before posting to the forums.
If you do not agree to these rules or future changes / additions, you may request deletion of your account. The owners will not however, in accordance with the above, remove any messages already posted under your account and said posts will still have your account name attached to them.
