All shops must be approved prior to opening. PM or VM a Admin with your request.
Unapproved shops will be deleted without warning or explanation. If you already have a shop and it is over 1000 posts, please flag it so it can be closed prior to opening a new shop.
Titles must include your BI name, shop name, and offerings. The more specific your title, the more business you are likely to get.
You may have one graphics shop ONLY - you may only create another thread when your first reaches 1000 posts. If you open a duplicate thread, all of your shops will be closed and you will not be allowed to have a graphics thread.
If you chose to open up a shop with a friend, that is counted as your one thread. You cannot have one solo thread and one with a partner. Consequently, if you have are a partner in a shop, you must drop out of that shop in order to have one of your own.
You may only have ONE friend helping at your shop.
If your shop closes due to inactivity, you must ask a staff member to reopen it as opposed to starting a new thread.
All graphics must be original - you may not use other members' images or images from other sites that have not been properly credited. If the original creator of the graphic is not known and the graphic appears to be commonly distributed, do not take credit for it.
You must also not use graphics that you do not have permission to use. A partial list can be found here although this list is NOT all inclusive. It is ultimately your responsibility to find out a graphics specific term of use.
Do not advertise your shop on another shop or any thread (including the DCT), profiles or in PMs. The only place you may advertise it is in your signature.
No polls may be added to any shops.
All orders should be acknowledged and taken in the order in which they are received. Consider giving an estimated time to delivery. No skipping orders.
No rude behavior will be tolerated. Some orders may take longer than others - be patient when placing an order.
No fighting between shops. This will result in both shops being closed pending admin review.
No hotlinking. You must use an image hosting site, like photobucket or tinypic.
If your shop is found in violation of any of these rules, it will be closed and you will not be able to open it again.
Subject: Graphic Shop Rules! 
Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:21 am
