A fan site dedicated to Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been told to remove advertising from its pages or face legal action.

IkeaHackers.net, which was set up in 2006, features ideas for customising products bought at the retailer, is allowed to maintain its name under an agreement reached with Ikea’s legal team but without revenue to maintain its income the site’s future looks uncertain, according to its founder, Jules Yap.

In a blog post, Ms Yap said: “Ikeahackers.net was set up in 2006 and truly not with the intent to exploit their mark. I was a just crazy fan. In retrospect, a naive one too. It is not an excuse but that was just how it was when I registered Ikeahackers. Over the last 8 years the site has grown so much that I could not juggle the demands of a full time job and managing Ikeahackers. It also costs quite a bit to run a site this large. Since IKEA does not pay me a cent, I turned to advertising to support myself and this site.”