SaintElsewhere Hosting Account Request

Saint Elsewhere!

Hello. My name is Lynn. I often go by some variation of "concho" on eBay boards and elsewhere. Over the years I have tinkered with quite a number of web sites and gadgets (mostly) used by eBay sellers. If you have sold actively at eBay, you may have used one of my web tools some time or another (Zonalyzer, AuctionRepair, PracticeWriter, Thumly.com or others)

Last summer when eBay began to reveal it's aggressive behavior, I reserved the SaintElsewhere domain. It seemed at the time, and has become increasingly obvious, that eBay is determined to "purge" many small sellers, and drive them to other sites or out of business entirely. My original goal was to use SaintElsewhere to list alternate venues and create some type of interactive discussion or resource for these sellers after leaving eBay.

eBay is not known for sharp management but I never dreamed they would mandate such total anarchy! As a result, now, I really don't even know where to start, so, I came up with this idea. Why not just invite these displaced sellers to actually create "Saint Elsewhere" The term has been bandied about the eBay boards for years, has a nice ring to it, and if everyone that is interested can build their own part of it, disagreement about content should be minimal.

Here is how it will work for now:

SaintElsewhere will provide free hosting for anyone interested in the current eBay situation in the form of a folder or subdomain at the saint. There will be no charge, few restrictions, and we will promise continuing availability of your content through January, 2009 (There are no plans for change, but the project needs to have a review date)

Users are encouraged to create an account, then publish content relative to the namesake domain. This gives you a permanent web address for your views and accessibility for surfers and search engines, and it gives the Saint a mix of content to insure continuing interest. (your documents will normally be indexed by the crawlers within a day or two)

Access to your folder is via FTP (file transfer protocol) If you have ever uploaded files to web space provided by your ISP, you may be familiar with this process. FTP can be accomplished using Windows or any of several free client programs. A comparison of client programs is available from WIKI - http://wikipedia.org

REQUEST AN ACCOUNT

	Your Name:
	Your Email:
	Selling ID:
	Primary Venue:
	Requested folder/subdomain name:	Type: folder - http://saintelsewhere.com/folder subdomain - http://folder.saintelsewhere.com
	Requested password:
Double check all information and press submit. You will receive a response within 48 hours.

Have a question? click here!

You can test your ability to transfer files before requesting an account using the login information below. Files uploaded this way are immediately accessible to the web at the URL: http://saintelsewhere.com/public_test/your_file_name (this test folder is automatically emptied every night)

Login URL: FTP:SAINTELSEWHERE.COM

User ID public_test@saintelsewhere.com

Password: public

Q. WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS WEB SPACE?

A. Just about anything you can think of provided it meets the general guidelines below. Here are some examples:

Tell your own story. What you sell, how you got started, your future goals.
Start a blog of your experience moving to new venues or starting your own web store.
Promote your sales directly or create a teaser page to direct customers and search engines to your selling venue.
Publish an article or e-book to promote your favorite cause or initiative.
Create a favorites list of links to other venues, selling tools or online services.
Share scripts or templates you have developed for other venues.
Archive important discussions which may be deleted by eBay.

CONTENT GUIDELINES

At least 50% of your landing page should be devoted to information about selling on-line. We encourage details of your own experience plus any tips or cautions you can share with others. Remember, you are welcome to sell from your free space at the Saint but the overall site philosophy is one of sharing and encouragement for all sellers.
Please keep links on topic. links to porn, gambling or other inappropriate content are not allowed. You may devote up to 50% of landing page content to promotion of your other selling venues including your own web site.
You may also offer items for direct sale from documents in your folder. Each such page should contain a disclaimer that SaintElsewhere.com is not a party to the transaction.
Simple rants about eBay are permitted of course, but keep in mind that the public is seldom interested in this type of content.
Anything in this list is absolutely prohibited.
- Linking images to any off-site discussion board or auction (The Saint is not free image hosting)
- Porn of any nature, even the so-called "soft" type.
- eBay affiliate links. (non-eBay owned affiliate links and adwords are permitted)

Login URL:	FTP:SAINTELSEWHERE.COM
User ID	public_test@saintelsewhere.com
Password:	public