Is selling art for gil okay, or against the TOS?

[Risvertasashi]

Sorry to necro a semi-dead thread, but did OP ever post any official documentation of that reply? I just want to know so that if anything ever happens, I can go back and refer to that message.

I've seen people sell commissions for in-game gil and nothing's come of it. But if you really want documentation, put in a support query in game? Those replies stay on your account permanently, AFAIK.

edit: Looks like it's not permitted afterall. See the GMs' response below!

[Oopsy]

Bump. Would a GM or moderator mind responding to this post to prove authenticity?

[jazo]

I would like to know too. Please respond SE

[Enkrateia]

Greetings!

This thread was brought to my attention, because of a link to it in another thread about a similar topic. I wanted to clarify the policies related to real money trading, farming, and power leveling. While the creation of art can carry a different connotation than real money in terms of something to exchange for gil, your skills and the results of their application (in this case, art) are considered something of real world value. When considering it under this view, the exchange of art for in game currency would be considered a violation of the rules and may result in account actions.

We will be taking steps to ensure the correct information is provided to the original poster, since the information that was listed in your updates provides a different view in how this policy would be applied.

I hope that this helps clarify this question about the application of our policies.

LGM Enkrateia

[Aniew]

Posting to confirm that Enkrateia has said-

I got an in-game message today which said that a Senior GM has reviewed the message and overridden the previous response I got in an email from the Game Master Team. I've included screenshots for anyone who is interested to verify that I did actually get GM confirmation at the time of my post, as well the message revoking the original ruling.

Here is a screenshot of the email originally stating it was acceptable dated 12/28/14: http://i.imgur.com/tMqKdE0.png

Here is the more recent in-game message I received overruling that judgement dated 2/12/15: http://i.imgur.com/QUqHOKM.png and http://i.imgur.com/nuILNsF.png

I'll be posting this on the first post since it's an important change!

[Oopsy]

Thanks for the clarification and speedy response.