Rules for advertising

Private ad

1. Private classified ads on alamghaib.com are for non-commercial individuals who are entitled to engage in a legal contract.

Company ad

1. Company classified ads on alamghaib.com are for companies. alamghaib.com reserves the right to decide whether an ad resembles a company ad.

Solely marketing

1. It's only allowed to advertise sales, rentals, jobs and services. To use the ad for pure marketing purposes, i.e. not offering any concrete goods, jobs or services, is not allowed.

Services

1. Services offered or wanted must follow applicable law and regulations of Malaysia for each given profession.

Description

1. The ad heading has to describe the item or the service advertised, no company names or urls are allowed. No unnecessary characters are allowed in the heading. The item or service has to be described in the ad text, it is not allowed to merely link to another page. Ad texts are not allowed to be copied from other advertisers, these are protected under copyright laws. It's not allowed to use search words or keywords in the ad text. Only ads in Bahasa Malaysia and English are allowed.

Categorising

1. The ad has to be placed in the category that describes the item or service the best (the ad will be moved to the right category when possible). Good and services that do not fit in the same category must be placed in separate ads. For sale-ads have to placed under "For sale" and wanted-ads under "Wanted to buy". "To let" and "Wanted to rent" are available under certain categories. In other categories, to let-ads should be placed under "For Sale" and wanted to rent-ads under "Wanted".

Only one item per ad is allowed

1. It is not allowed to place more than one item such as vehicle, property or job vacancy in a single ad, except if they are to be exchanged. (e.g. 2 against 1).

No duplicates

1. It is not allowed to place ads with the same item, service or job more than once. Delete the old ad before you place the new one. Consequently, it's not allowed to place ads with the same items, services or jobs in different categories or regions.

Links

1. Links in the ad have to be relevant to the item or service advertised. Same general rules for the ad applies also for the link. It is not allowed to link to another auction or classified site.

Images

1. Images in the ad have to be relevant to the item or service advertised. Company logotypes are prohibited as images except for categories "Services", "Jobs" and "Businesses for Sale". It is not allowed to use images from other advertisers without consent. These are protected under copyright laws. Images showing models displaying underwear or bathing wear are not allowed.

Pirated goods and forgeries

1. It is not allowed to advertise pirated goods and forgeries of e.g. branded products, CD/VCD/DVD, computer/game-consol software. All applicable products must be certified originalby the advertiser.

Rules for pets and animals

1. Animals traded on alamghaib.com have to follow the Wildlife Protection Act of Malaysia 1972, Fisheries Act 1985 and CITES.

Illegal goods

1. Ads featuring goods that are prohibited from sale according to Malaysian law are not allowed on alamghaib.com. For a list with examples of illegal product, click here.

Offensive content

1. Ads or images that can be perceived offensive to ethnic groups, individuals or public figures are not allowed.

Prohibited goods and services

1. alamghaib.com has restrictions against certain goods and services to be advertised. For a list of examples, click here.

Unrealistic offers

1. alamghaib.com reserves the right to deem what's unrealistic.

Services

1. Services offered or wanted must follow applicable law and regulations of Malaysia for each given profession. Services should always be placed in the services category.

Bidding and auction

1. We do not accept any ads related to auction or bidding. We only accept ads with fixed priced and negotiable terms.