I think this is very much fair enough!

I agree that direct links to shops aren’t appropriate.

We put a link to our publishing site – which has details of our commercial books and cards (which we can’t sell here) and also a link to sign up to our newsletter. We don’t link to our online shop.

How weird, the second half of my response just vanished! Hmm, well, I just pointed out that we also link to our specific tarot sites as appropriate, but those are not direct selling sites and again, are necessary to make it clear that the images we sell o

Baba: Your very welcome to supply your customers with more information about your product. Its blatant linking we’re trying to discourage.

Signing up to a sales venue brings with it a certain amount of obligation and implied loyalty.

I don’t have a website or blog at this time. Is a link to my Flickr photo page/gallery ok?

mea culpa (and I have removed it!).

i wasn’t selling the exact same products on “the other site” but was wanting to reassure potential customers on Mintd wondering about feedback and reliability issues.

(cough) i have removed the link and apologise

Artsy: Flickr links are great! Feel free to join the mintd flickr group. abbandflow:Thanks for your support.

I agree with this rule. I still kept my link to my blog though since I have 3 places on my blog right now for people to visit Mintd and sign up. ;-) Mintd rox

I think that’s totally understandable!

Absolutely agree

Did anybody see the super-massive thread on etsy, which touched on this subject? Was about the EtsyLabs store getting opened on mintd.

Oh yeah.. Saw the entire ‘super massive’ thread… Ended up being a plus for this site. Brought me here anyway. In was interesting to read the twists and turns as the conversation moved along

Yup. Good point. I had mine up, but will remove it now!

Yeah, I saw the supermassive thread on Etsy. It’s how I learned of Mintd!

This is a fair policy. Annnnd, I’m super stoked that you allow creatives to link to our own websites, even if there’s ecommerce going on. Thanks!

thank you for keeping and enforcing the professionalism i love about this place top notch. it’s what wants me to keep my work here. :)

i have got a different name (my studio name) for my mintd store than the ‘other’ site.

its all new here for me and i am still trying to figure out some of the other stuff.

Doesn’t the same problem of taking business away from mindt hold true of personal websites where people sell their work if they’re set up with a shopping cart or other e-commerce set-up as it would on Etsy (just smaller scale)?

Giftbarer: I think people, given the choice, are happier to buy from a community site like mintd because of there is an added layer of protection. If someone is just using their Mintd account as an add for their own page, we’d look into it. I think if you

You know it’s funny because another promotional and store type site opened an account at E. and Posted a link and message on the E. Forum to check them out. E. admin locked it ASAP. They were not happy. Yet here they are on mintd. Ironic I think.