Sell our items in catalogue to other LT users

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Sell our items in catalogue to other LT users

1nadineeg
Apr 1, 5:04 am

I am sure that some of my collection may be wanted by others. As I have some specialist media that I used for research, I am happy to pass them on for postage and low cost. Can LT create a field where an item can be shown as for sale. Then the item can simply be transferred one client to another.

2MarthaJeanne
Edited: Apr 1, 5:57 am

From the Terms of Service:
LibraryThing is not an advertising medium. Egregious commercial solicitation is forbidden.

Why would LT create a field for advertising? Also, the LT entry could not be transferred. LT is not a source.

3paradoxosalpha
Edited: Apr 1, 8:33 am

>1 nadineeg: You could create a "to sell" collection, and reference it via a link from a different online platform, where you would actually make sales appeals and/or transactions. Prices in the Comment field would be innocuous enough.

But >2 MarthaJeanne: is correct that such use is not in line with LT's stated purpose, and you shouldn't expect development to support it.