On August 19, 2009, 2Checkout amended its Terms of Use, Supplier Agreement, and Operating Regulations as allowed in the Supplier Agreement and has posted the amended documents to the 2Checkout website. Amendments and modifications are effective immediately upon posting to the website.
Please read this summary of the changes. It is very important that you are aware of these changes.
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I am not sure if “Inactive accounts” are properly defined. So an account is classified as Inactive if the vendor doesn’t login for 6 months? Even if the sales keep coming? That makes no sense, if I run a (fairly automated) website with no problems, the sales keep coming regularly but I don’t login to the account it’s set to Inactive status?
It would make sense to set it to inactive if no sales have been made in 6 months AND no logins in 6 months. I know it’s just a $1 fee, but I am still wondering.
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The Operating Regulations themselves read:
While we encourage our vendors to login regularly, your use should not result in an “inactive” status.
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Regarding:
3.F. This section was added to clarify that all customers must be referred to 2Checkout only by a link 2Checkout provides. This link can be a request for payment created through your vendor administration area or a “Buy from 2CO” button. This section also now details 2Checkout’s right to request a certificate of compliance regarding this obligation. The certificate of compliance is provided as Appendix I, included at the end of the agreement.
1) Is this a clarification of an existing rule? If so, where was this rule previously stated and in what form?
2) This item forces the site to use “Buy from 2CO” as the purchase link. This is potentially restrictive for several reasons:
2a) To maximise click-throughs depending on the site design, “Buy [product name] from 2CO” may be more relevant to the user, with enhanced usability.
2b) The term “Buy” is restrictive. How about links for “Purchase from 2CO”?
2c) How about intangible items such as membership sites. The button doesn’t make sense to “Buy from 2CO” the the action is to “Become a member”.
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Hi Eoin,
1) 3.F is both a new “reminder” that vendors are not to solicit on behalf of 2Checkout and clarification of an existing rule. The existing rule may be found in section 9 of our operating regulations: https://www.2checkout.com/documentation/op_regs.html.
2) If you will refer to section 9 of the operating regulations, you will find some alternative, approved recommendations for button/link language. “Buy from 2CO’ is not the only approved option. In fact, any button or link language that does not confuse or misrepresent the relationship between 2CO and it’s vendors is acceptable.
2a) “Buy {product name} from 2CO” is acceptable.
2b) “Purchase from 2CO” is acceptable.
2c) “Become a member” is acceptable.
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Very good, thanks for the clarification.
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Nice and informative. I really appreciate the clarification.