An "auction" module for phpnuke?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:18 pm

Wow, looks like I'll have to go over their terms again as I wasn't aware of that.

Client Joined: Apr 15, 2003 Posts: 466 Location: FL

That's right. Someone who's a member here had it happen to them. I don't recall who at the moment, but I do remember it happening. I'm trying to do fund raising for my site now and have alot of neat stuff for a "giveaway" but can't do it because of that. I'm looking to find something small for them to purchase, and that purchase make them elgible for the drawing, maybe you could do something like that.

registered · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:34 am

I'm surprised, a major tech site I visit often did that for their holiday raffle. Of course all the $10 entries were considered a donation to something.. so I guess maybe it was non-profit?

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:36 am

I'm not sure if they were not profit or not, I don't even remember for sure who they were. I just figured they were trying to raise funds to keep their site going, which is what I wanted to do with an auction mod...give people an incentive to donate. But payapal has something in their TOS that prohibits you form having any type of raffle.

Theme Guru Joined: Nov 01, 2003 Posts: 1006

Yes, that was me. I had to disable my module and put in one without the paypal payments. It was really a shame. Paypal will immediatly suspend your account if you use your paypal for anything called raffle or giveaway. It is strictly prohibited by their TOS. I did not know that until it was too late. It was quite a mess to fix.

Evaders, that site you mention most likely did get past it by calling the entry fee a donation but even then, I would be careful as if someone went to paypal to complain it can be terminated.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:51 pm

I know I ain't taking any chances. Last giveaway I did was for free, I just added a page after they signed up saying that by making a donation it would continue to allow me to have such things for giveaways, but that making a donation in no way increased your chance of winning. I picked up a few donations that way, and figured that it was not accepting money for a raffle.

New Member Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 20

so basically this means if i wanted my own site for my buisness and say i wanted my own auctions on it with stuff like computer specials such as cpu's motherboards and so on for ppl to bid on i would not be able to use paypal because of their tos and ebay if so i dont think thats right . what i wanted is having my site with link to my auctions for specials using phppro bid anyone now of anyother online payment
form besides paypal?

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:34 am

That is about right. I would not take the chance again. You can try BidPay or Authorize.net
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-msgr&p=online%20payments

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:17 pm

Yes thats correct. Paypal have had several large cases in the past for users doing this. Its actually a big thing for them.

New Member Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Posts: 8

There is an auction module for nuke that's working.

http://www.6gun2.com/NukeAuction/