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Until now, running a shop on Multiply has technically been a violation of our terms of service. As long as you didn’t spam anyone though, we simply looked the other way and let you go about your business. I know that this policy didn’t exactly give you all a lot of comfort, so I’m happy to announce that we’ve updated our terms of service to reflect the fact that running a shop on Multiply is now an officially endorsed activity.

If you would like to run a shop on Multiply, all you have to do is identify yourself as an online seller. To do this, click on “my account” at the top of any page and then on “My Account Info”. In the Account Type field just check the box to indicate that your account is an online shop. That’s it! Once you make this change, you’ll see “Online Seller” appear below your headshot on your site (or “Premium Seller” if you have a Premium account).

Please help us spread the word on this. You will need to check this box in order to continue to run your shop on Multiply, but we understand that it will take time for everyone to get the message.

Also, please continue to be mindful of our spam policy. Sending unsolicited personal messages, or posting to groups, for the purpose of promoting your shop is considered spam and could result in the cancellation of your account.

Being officially supported and having the ability to identify yourself as an online seller is a great first step, but we have more to come. In the near future we’ll start adding features designed explicitly for you to help you better run your business on Multiply. The reason for this group is to allow you to help guide us in those efforts.

For now, thanks for your continued support of Multiply and I’ll be back in touch soon with many, many questions.

From Multiply.com

SHOP AND SHARE

Shop and Share is a project conceptualized by Filipino actress and Red Cross Ambassador Angel Locsin. Along with her fellow Filipino celebrity friends-Ann Curtis, Kris Aquino, Ruffa Guttierez, Luis Manzano and Pokwang, Ambassador Locsin has posted several designer items up for auction. Proceeds of the sales will go to the Philippine National Red Cross’ disaster relief efforts.

Typhoon ONDOY (Ketsana)

Facts & Figures:

• Hit the Philippines Saturday afternoon, September 27, 2009
• 85 kph with gustinness of 100 kph
• In 6 hours, Metro Manila had a month’s worth of rainfall.
• Over 26 regions submerged under water
• Ondoy’s death toll has been placed at 341, mostly from floods
• Over 500,000 people displaced
• Damage to infrastructure and agriculture was placed at P10.45 billion

Typhoon PEPENG (Parma)

• • • Made landfall thrice since October 3, 2009
    • Affected at least 662,274 families or 3,106,978 people in 4,585 villages in 361 towns and 35 cities and 27 provinces
    • 4,040 houses were destroyed while 34,843 were damaged
    • Damage to property was estimated at P10.437 billion, including P3.402 billion in infrastructure and P7.032 billion in agriculture.
    • Death toll now at 419

These figures do not do justice to the shattered lives of the Filipinos affected by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

With all the damage that these typhoons have brought upon the people of the Phillipines, help from unexpected people and places was soon to be found. As grateful as we are for this help, there is more that needs to be done. In a matter of moments lives were destroyed, and it is going to take a lot to rebuild them.

Visit http://www.shopandshare.ph to shop (and to share).