Question
I thought that having your web address as your user ID is prohibited. If it is, then how does this seller get away with it?
Answer
The last I heard, you couldn't create a NEW eBay ID that was a URL. If you already had one when they changed the rule, they didn't make you change it.
They did make everyone change their ID if it was their email address, but I believe the old URL folks were grandfathered.
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
Answer
As MelBay stated, new users can't choose a URL as their username but those who already had a URL ID before the new rule was implemented have grandfather status. However, this could change at any time like the email address ID's and I suspect that URL ID's will eventually be banned for ALL users.
You can't use .com, .net, etc. but I think you CAN spell them out...XXXdotcom. I created a new ID after the ban on email addresses and I wasn't allowed to use the * symbol so I spelled it instead...XXXatXXXdotcom.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/new/user_id.html
Remember that User IDs:
May contain letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and/or some symbols
Must be at least two characters long
Can't contain spaces
Can't be obscene, profane, or violate eBay's guidelines
Can't be an email address or Web site
Can't be the same as another sellers' eBay Store name
Things you can't include:
The *, &, ', <, or > symbol
URLs (for example xyz.com)
Consecutive underscores "__"
An underscore "_", dash "-", or period "." at the beginning of a User ID
Spaces or tabs
The word "eBay"-only eBay employees may use "eBay" in their User IDs
The letter "e" followed by numbers
Note: If you received the message: "User ID Invalid," you may have included a character that is not allowed in a User ID, such as !, #, $, %, and &.
Blanche