Do I need to worry about FTC?

Yes, 3 letters are too short.

I say just cover yourself and be done with it.

It's not a whole lot more to do IMO.

FTC = Federal Trade Commission. Try typing it out and you might get some results.

Also, go through the next 10 pages or so, and do FTC but use a search the page on your browser. Everything discussed is fairly recent and most of it the posters say FTC in the thread title.

Hehe, that would be an experience, being extradited for making earning claims that aren't typical lol. ( I haven't done that, just an example )

I guess I better read through it *yawn*

It's a legit site with full contact info on the site. I didn't know they give you a warning. From the posts I have read here on WF it seemed like they were a stealth tax designed to catch people out.

LOL Thanks for the laugh.

Deture them for about 2 minutes. You know, long enough to call IT or send a precanned email to the registrar.

Personal or not, if your business breaks the law you break the law.

But dont *have* too.

That is all BAD advice, and WRONG! The FTC goes after the site they go after. It doesn't matter if a million sites do the same thing, or one is worse!

It is IMPOSSIBLE to get a random IP for hosting! Domain names go to ONE IP address. Even if you COULD, it would NOT matter! It is IMPOSSIBLE to hide the whois info! And what does it matter!?!?!? You know what that could buy you, IF you managed to do it? INSTANT judgement, and FORFEITURE of the name! The whois services godaddy and the like offer are for the PUBLIC, it is ILLEGAL to hide it from the government. Read the UDRP and the fine print if you don't believe me.

And there have been sites they have gone after that were NOT on scam websites, or online BBB. The FTC was doing ALL this BEFORE the scam websites or BBB existed. If THEY happen across your site, see you in investigation of another site, or see a problem from ONE complaint they get, you may be hauled into court!

And NOPE, they DON'T necessarily give you a "warning"!!!!! They may give you a SUMMONS! TO COURT! REMEMBER, they are NOT in business to make sure you follow the law! They are in business to make sure you have FOLLOWED the law, and people aren't deceived. What of the guy here that ran chain letters? What of the guy selling an "instant business"? Do you think the FTC told them to stop? NOPE! They said STOP, WE ARE HAULING YOU INTO COURT, PAY BACK EVERYONE, tell THEM to do the same, PROVE IT, Wipe out any gain, and DON'T DO IT AGAIN! If they simply said stop, there would be all those people that were cheated and cheating people. BTW the chain letter guy was not on any websites. I don't think people complained about the other guy either! They were both sued by the FTC, LOST, and had to basically reverse everything.

Steve

and thats what i will be doing mot so much as a cioncern wuth compliance with any rules but more as a security seal type logo to enagge in customer trust.

It's all ethical, I just keep seeing loads of footnotes on sites with stuff for the FTC. Just wondered if it applied to me as I am not based in the USA but will be selling there.

You have to follow the laws of the country you do business in. You can't do business in another country and not follow their laws. Example, eBay, selling Nazi memorabilia, which violated German laws, and the German government went after them, successfully. The FTC does cross border enforcement.

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