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Fetish is a naughty word!
Paypal has spoken:
Paypal has spoken:
Your account was found in violation of our Acceptable Use Policy due to your site accepting PayPal as a payment method. Your site is classified as a fetish site which is a violation of our Acceptable use policy.
Yup, and here’s an excerpt from a letter I got last week:
By the way, you have a really nice selection of socks. I was almost scared away by the name of your site though. I just wanted some nice socks, particularly for my Halloween costume, and then I saw those nice cashmere ones, but I’m not into any weird fetish stuff. When ordering online, I hesitated as there is a bit of a correlation between your name and X-rated, weirdo sites on the web. That name is rather intimidating.
Here is the dictionary definition of fetish:
1. An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
2. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence: made a fetish of punctuality.
3. Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
4. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.
I wonder if we’ll still qualify as a fetish site under the name Sock Dreams? I honestly think it’s a shame that fetish is prejudged in this way, but if you had to explain it to nearly everyone you came in contact with for the next 3+ years you’d likely be as tired of fighting it as I am. Sock Dreams has a seperate paypal account, hopefully they won’t put a hold on that one too, I only care for the sake of the people who prefer to buy their socks & such with paypal since we also have a real merchant account that takes most major credit cards & checks and provides better service at a better price. We’ll keep fetishizing socks, nonsexually of course, as long as there are sock dreams to fulfill…
1. An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
2. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence: made a fetish of punctuality.
3. Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
4. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.
I wonder if we’ll still qualify as a fetish site under the name Sock Dreams? I honestly think it’s a shame that fetish is prejudged in this way, but if you had to explain it to nearly everyone you came in contact with for the next 3+ years you’d likely be as tired of fighting it as I am. Sock Dreams has a seperate paypal account, hopefully they won’t put a hold on that one too, I only care for the sake of the people who prefer to buy their socks & such with paypal since we also have a real merchant account that takes most major credit cards & checks and provides better service at a better price. We’ll keep fetishizing socks, nonsexually of course, as long as there are sock dreams to fulfill…
October 29th, 2003 at 5:49 am
poor ‘kita!! that sucks! i’m sure everything will clear up with the new name, and maybe an explanation? i didn’t know paypal was so…restrictive… :S
October 29th, 2003 at 5:49 am
poor ‘kita!! that sucks! i’m sure everything will clear up with the new name, and maybe an explanation? i didn’t know paypal was so…restrictive… :S