11. Buying or selling items as a trader.

Members either known to be, or considered by the web team to be traders must be registered as official PassionFord traders and have paid the current fee to be able to enter any sale advertisements whatsoever on the forum or be registered with a business name. Registration is also required in order to place or reply to wanted adverts.

In addition to this, because a Trade user will build up a level of trust and trade recognition within the community, they will no longer be allowed to trade on PassionFord or retain their trade name if they chooses to withdraw their trade status and site support. This is to stop unscrupulous traders registering for a few months and then trading for free on the back of the status built up in that time. The selling ban for ex-traders includes offering items for sale in signatures and posts as well as replying to wanted adverts.