Marketplace Guidelines

CityGuideSite.com ("CGS"), owned and operated by Slick Website Development, Inc. ("SWD"), collectively referred to as ("SWD-CGS") has established the following Guidelines to help maximize the quality of and set forth the type of information, products and services that may be placed or sold on Your City Guide Site Marketplace ("Marketplace"). All CGS Managers turning ON the option to open their Marketplace must comply with these Guidelines, in addition to the City Guide Site Consolidated Terms of Service.

SWD-CGS, in its sole discretion, may remove any product or service or information about a Marketplace listing from the City Guide Site network that does not comply with these Guidelines or any other applicable agreement or terms and may terminate Your Manager's account (including Your City Guide Site License) and/or hide the City Guide Site Marketplace from viewing for numerous violations in which You do not respond by taking care of the appropriate action on Your own to procure any violation. SWD-CGS reserves the right to change these Guidelines at any time without notice.

Please help us maintain the quality of information, products and services sold on the City Guide Site Marketplace network. If You see a product or service or information that violates our guidelines or terms, please complete the Contact Us form.

General Information

SWD-CGS provides the Marketplace as a platform for managers to allow their community to buy and sell goods or services or post announcements or classifieds on the World Wide Web. CGS Managers should be aware that:

• They are responsible for the appropriateness of information placed on their Marketplace.
• They are responsible for resolving any disputes that may arise from the information, goods or services displayed on their Marketplace.
• They are responsible for researching and complying with any applicable laws, regulations or restrictions on information, or manner of sale or exchange that may pertain to transactions in which they participate on their Marketplace.
• They are responsible for all applicable taxes and for all costs incurred by participating in the Marketplace.

General Rules

1. Fraud. You may not use or manipulate this Service for any fraudulent activity or purpose, including collecting payment from customers on Your own listings and not providing the item purchased, or collecting payment from customers on listings by another seller and not providing the item purchased.
    
2. Interference. You may not spam our system and/or impose an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on our system. You may not put any material on Your Marketplace that contains any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
    
3. Passwords. You are solely responsible for actions taken under Your password and should not disclose it to anyone else. You cannot use Your password for any unauthorized purpose.

Manager Guidelines

Marketplace Managers must:

1. Comply with applicable laws. You may not offer for sale or sell a service, good or information to any customer in a jurisdiction where the item violates applicable laws or regulations. You also may not offer for sale any service, good or information that violates SWD-CGS's policies as described below in "Items that are Prohibited by SWD-CGS."
    
2. Provide accurate information. You must accurately describe Your Marketplace which is Licensed and ONLY the city or area You have Licensed to target while dealing with Customers, Support and/or other Managers through Your Marketplace. You may not include any language in Your sites description or content, including Your name or city, which may confuse Visitors to Your site, Support or other managers or cause Your Marketplace to be included in search results that don't accurately describe Your Marketplace which is Licensed.
    
3. Provide accurate contact information. You must provide an accurate email address on the contact us form section of Your Marketplace.
    
4. Maintain a Privacy Policy. Every Marketplace Manager must post, maintain, and adhere to a privacy policy. The privacy policy must inform customers what personal information is collected and how it is used. For more information about adding a privacy policy to Your Marketplace please see Your Managers Control Panel.
    
5. Engage in ethical marketing practices: Marketplace Managers must not engage in practices that are in any way connected with the transmission of "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," unsolicited advertising, or other unsolicited mass distribution of email. Please see the Spam Policy detailed below for more information.
    
6. Avoid listing any items in Your Marketplace that are "adult oriented" in nature or marketed in an objectionable manner, as determined in SWD-CGS's sole discretion.
    

Items that are Prohibited by SWD-CGS

It is the responsibility of the Manager to ensure that the information, goods or services listed for sale or displayed on Your Marketplace are appropriate for sale or display under all applicable laws and regulations. In addition, every listing on Your Marketplace must be consistent with SWD-CGS's policies, as determined in SWD-CGS's sole discretion. SWD-CGS, expressly reserves the right to, but has no duty to, reject or remove any item or listing in SWD-CGS's sole discretion.

You may not sell the following items under any circumstances:

1. Any item that is harmful to minors, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
    
2. Illegal or restricted weapons and related accessories, including the following:
   • Firearms and firearm accessories, including ammunition, scopes, and silencers (Note: SWD-CGS allows the posting of antique firearms made before 1898 and replicas of antique firearms that have matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar ignition systems, subject to removal in SWD-CGS's sole discretion. All other firearms are prohibited.)
   • Switchblade knives.
   • Any concealed weapon.
   • Any explosive device.
   • Martial arts weapons.
      
3. Cigarettes, illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia (including items to grow, manufacture, or distribute the same), prescription drugs, and medical devices, including any medical device that requires fitting by a certified practitioner or licensed seller.
    
4. Any item that violates any U.S. export law or regulation, including any items subject to the terms of the U.S. embargoes against Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, and Sudan.
    
5. Any item that infringes the rights of a third party, including items that violate copyrights, trademarks, publicity, or privacy rights of third parties. Examples include, but are not limited to:
   • Unauthorized copies of software, music, video games, movies, photos, or other media.
   • Bootleg recordings of concerts, movies, or other performances.
   • Sale of back-up copies of software.
      
6. Any item that is counterfeit or stolen, including items that are:
   • "Replicas," "knock-offs," in the same "style" as, or "fake" versions of a name brand product.
   • Counterfeit, or for the purpose of producing counterfeit, currency, stamps, government identification.
   • Inauthentic sports collectibles, celebrity autographs, or otherwise inauthentic versions of memorabilia or other items with inauthentic signatures.
   • Any item for gaining unauthorized entry to a place or vehicle including lock-picking devices, vehicle master keys, and other devices.
      
7. Any item that promotes, glorifies, or is directly associated with groups or individuals known principally for hateful or violent positions or acts, such as Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan. Official government-issue stamps and coins are not prohibited under this policy. Expressive media, such as books and films, may be subject to more permissive standards as determined by SWD-CGS in its sole discretion.
    
8. Any item that has been the subject of a product recall by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, other government agency, or product manufacturer.
    
9. Any item used for hacking, intercepting, jamming, descrambling, or otherwise obtaining unauthorized access to wire, electronic, or other types of communications.
    
10. Bodies, body parts, bodily fluids. For example: cadavers, organs, "clean" urine for drug tests, sperm, eggs, blood, breast milk.
     
11. Fireworks, explosives, or any hazardous material or restricted chemical.
     
12. Government-issued identification documents, whether authentic or counterfeit (e.g., fake IDs for age verification, fake government credentials, passports, green cards, birth certificates), police badges or insignia, and any other law enforcement items (e.g., FBI identification cards, badges, uniforms, flashing lights/sirens, etc.) generally restricted for sale under federal and state law.
     
13. Stocks and securities.
     
14. Gambling items (lottery tickets, sweepstakes, pyramid schemes, grab bags, raffles, slot machines, etc.).
     
15. Event Tickets may only be sold in accordance with applicable state and local law. All Event Ticket descriptions must contain the location of the event (venue, city and state), and date of the event.
     
16. Non-packaged food items and other food or beverage items sold in a manner inconsistent with federal, state, or legal regulations.
     
17. Any used goods not appropriate for resale for safety, health, or other reasons, including any clothing items that have not been appropriately cleaned.
     
18. Any other item that violates any applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation or which SWD-CGS determines, in its sole discretion, is inappropriate for sale through the services provided by Your Marketplace.

Spam Policy

SWD-CGS explicitly forbids spamming. Prohibited spam or otherwise impermissible marketing activities in Your Marketplace may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Sending mass email to recipients who haven't requested email from You, and/or sending email with a fake return address
    
2. Promoting Your Marketplace with inappropriate links, titles, descriptions, or use of any content for which You do not have the appropriate rights.
    
3. Promoting Your Marketplace by posting multiple submissions in public forums that are identical.

If You're not sure if something constitutes spam, please exercise caution. SWD-CGS may take action, at our discretion, if we believe Your Marketplace has engaged in impermissible marketing activities, spamming, or other violations of these Guidelines or any other applicable agreement or terms

Other Important Rules

1. Other Rules Regarding Your Marketplace. Additional rules for Your Marketplace may be posted at various places within Your Marketplace or the Managers Control Panel, including, but not limited to, the News Section or the Managers Forum. SWD-CGS, in its sole discretion, may change these rules without notice.