I thought you had to be 18 to be a member!

[imastawka]

This kid seems to have ignored ebay policies altogether and even goes public!!

A 14-year-old entrepreneur has built up an online toy shop from his family's milking parlour - and now turns over £15,000 (AU $26,927 and NZ $ 28,296)) a year.

Schoolboy Tommy Howard officially launched shop Dog In A Box on eBay last year - named after his pet pooch Oreo.

Stocking 1,000 products that he ships all over the world when he gets home from school, he never takes a day off.

More here -

https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/personalfinance/how-boy-14-has-built-up-£15k-a-year-ebay-empire-from...

Did ebay stuff up, did he lie when joining....what?

[countessalmirena]

Perhaps he does not do the actual listing and responding to questions, etc, but his parents do that...? No, having read that article, he does all the work himself.

❝“They had a couple of scratches on so I gave them a clean up before I took pictures and listed them online.❞

He has fibbed. I imagine his budding online business will receive the eBay evil eye and be shut down. He's going to be extremely sorry that he allowed himself to be interviewed for that article...

From eBay UK's User Agreement:

❝Using eBay

In connection with using or accessing the Services you will not:

• post, list or upload content or items in inappropriate categories or areas on our sites;

• breach or circumvent any laws, third party rights or our systems or policies;

• sell any counterfeit items or otherwise infringe the copyright, trademark or other rights of third parties;

• use our Services if you are not able to form legally binding contracts (for example if you are under 18)❞

[imastawka]

Yeah, I figured it would be a legal thing, not just an ebay policy.

Hope they do a follow up on the article.

I'd like to know what happens.

Spoiler

[maranock]

I love seeing entrepreneurial spirite in kids, but with that comes a need to understand laws and regulations. Might be a tough lesson for him but I hope he doesn't give up if his Ebay store is closed down.

[imastawka]

I say good on him too, but he and his parents should have known the law.

He clearly ticked the box that said he was confirming that he was 18.

The ebay ID must be registered in his name.

Now that he's established his niche market, if they shut him down, others will fill that gap.

He may not come back from this in four years time.       Hard lesson learned.  

But only if he gets shut down

That's why I'd like to see how much teeth ebay does have.

They sure come down hard on everybody else for the slightest infringement.

[imastawka]

Searching for the store name mentioned in the article, brings up an italian ID

selling coffee stencils.

What the?

Tried variations - no luck

[imastawka]

Found him

Lordy, I'm like a dog with a bone.

[imastawka]

Even worse.

Newspaper artticle puts him at age 14.

ID was registered in 2016 making him 12 at the time.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

his store name is just one “word” with no - or _  or *

**link removed by me**

Edit: too slow, again

Spoiler

noah will be jealous

[imastawka]

I know that now.

But I wasn't gunna put the store out there.

Thought it might be a no-no