Nope. Featured content and contests are very different from user's posting individual items for sale. If a BYC sponsor was interested in listing individual items for sale on BYC, then yes, we would require them to post those items in our BST section.
As mentioned before:
The articles, contests, etc. in this section of BYC are brought to us by our valued BYC sponsors who help to keep our site alive and growing while also allowing us to have some really fun contests and great content. Sponsors often have a tremendous amount of experience in their respective areas, and we feel that the information being posted can bring some of this industry advice and worthwhile content to our community.
Please note that this topic, as with others, was put in to
this specific section because it is "Sponsored Content" and we intentionally want to demarcate it from the rest of the forum threads. There is no hidden agenda, secret meetings, or plans for world domination... well, not unless promoting happy / healthy chickens in your backyard will lead to the cure for cancer, limitless free energy from cold fusion, and world peace.
As always, we appreciate our sponsors that help keep the site free, allow us to handle the growth we've seen over the years, and have fun contests and prizes. We are very thankful for our members that support our sponsors and let the sponsors know that they appreciate their support of BYC.
We've listened to our members friendly and helpful feedback and we'll be making sure all featured content will have a notice at the top of the first post to the effect of: "The article is brought to you by BYC Sponsor..."
