Trade and advertising

Well Ronald has not been on for over a week, as also Valentina, so perhaps we are all left to do what we want!!!!!!!!!!

Surely its pretty clear in the Rules "No one is allowed to start a new thread or post with the sole reason of saying: I have a villa for rent or a flat to rent or anything else to sell or buy. Your community profile can be enhanced to include information about your business and that can also be tied to advertising in the rest of the website - please contact us for futher information. You cannot create profiles with the names of a company, villa or other commercial activities '- the community is about the people which can then advertise their business under appropriate clearly marked spaces in agreement with ITALY Magazine." It seems simple - no overt advertising of accommodation etc in the threads - otherwise 'Italy's' paying advertisers could get a bit umpty, and the forums could end up flooded with adverts

Have read Al, hence the post!, perhaps from a distance it is clearer?.

My interpretation of the wording, in respect of property rentals, is;- "No one is allowed to start a new thread or post with the sole reason of saying: I have a villa for rent or a flat to rent or anything else to sell or buy. You can respond to requests on the forum for help finding accommodation with something like “I have a property – PM me for details/costs etc”, but you cannot just start a thread to advertise your property [Responding in this way to a request on the Forums is subtle advertising on your part, as you could PM the requester and not post anything - so its a 'bit of a fudge' in the Rules]. Also – the last bit of the Rule [about buying or selling] has been overtaken by the 2 [very underused] Groups that now cover these areas Your community profile can be enhanced to include information about your business and that can also be tied to advertising in the rest of the website . You can put in your Profile that you have a property to rent, and if you take out paid advertising on the website you can put a link to it. You cannot create profiles with the names of a company, villa or other commercial activities '- the community is about the people which can then advertise their business under appropriate clearly marked spaces in agreement with ITALY Magazine." You can choose any name for your postings/profile, [like Angie and Robert], as long as it isn’t an advert [like Angie and Robert’s Holiday Home Rentals] The purpose of the Rules seem to be to protect the website's income from Advertising. and this makes sense, [to me at least]. Hope this helps

I have seen in the past members adding a line after their signature, saying home for sale in.... Then, other members may send a PM to them if they are interested.