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eBay's Listing Policy Limitations and Allowances.
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There are a few things that are banned on eBay and if you try to sell these items, eBay will remove your auction, all bids will be void and you will have to find another, more suitable product to sell.
Below is a comprehensive list of prohibited or questionable items on eBay:
- Academic Software
- Airline and Transit Related Items
- Alcohol (also see Wine)
- Animals and Wildlife Products
- Anti-circumvention Policy
- Artifacts
- Authenticity Disclaimers
- Autographed Items
- Batteries
- Beta Software
- Bootleg Recordings
- Brand Name Misuse
- Catalog Sales
- Catalytic Converters and Test Pipes
- Celebrity Material
- Charity or Fundraising Listings
- Comparison Policy
- Compilation and Informational Media
- Contracts and Tickets
- Counterfeit Currency and Stamps
- Counterfeit Items
- Credit Cards
- Downloadable Media
- Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia
- Electronics Equipment
- Embargoed Goods and Prohibited Countries
- Encouraging Infringement Policy
- Event Tickets
- Faces, Names and Signatures
- Firearms, Ammunition, Replicas, and Militaria
- Fireworks
- Food
- Freon and Other Refrigerants
- Gift Cards
- Government IDs and Licenses
- Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Items
- Human Parts and Remains
- Importation of Goods into the United States
- International Trading - Buyers
- International Trading - Sellers
- Lockpicking Devices
- Lottery Tickets
- Mailing Lists and Personal Information
- Manufacturers' Coupons
- Mature Audiences
- Medical Devices
- Misleading Titles
- Mod Chips, Game Enhancers, and Boot Discs
- Movie Prints
- Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid and Matrix Programs
- OEM Software
- Offensive Material
- Pesticides
- Plants and Seeds
- Police-Related Items
- Political Memorabilia
- Postage Meters
- Pre-Sale Listings
- Prescription Drugs and Devices
- Promotional Items
- Real Estate
- Recalled Items
- Recordable Media
- Replica and Counterfeit Items
- Satellite and Cable TV Descramblers
- Slot Machines
- Stocks and Other Securities
- Stolen Property
- Surveillance Equipment
- Tobacco
- Travel
- Unauthorized Copies
- Used Clothing
- Warranties
- Weapons & Knives
- Wine (also see Alcohol)
Obviously illegal things like drugs, pyramid schemes or stolen goods may not be sold on eBay. Most items on the list are named because there is law against selling it. Delving deeper, some of the reasons are slightly strange such as the 'autographed items' entry. It doesn't mean that you can't sell anything that's been autographed, but it has a condition that this autographed items can only be sold if it comes with a certificate of authenticity.
The 'artifacts' entry prohibits the seller from selling Native American graves and the 'embargoed goods' prohibits the seller from selling anything that comes from Cuba. Selling unauthorised pictures of celebrities is banned under the 'celebrity material' listing and there are other examples that explain these prohibitions.
If you are anxious because your chosen kind of item may be on the list, and this will prevent you from selling, be safe before you are sorry by checking the full list at http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html. You will soon assess whether the item is banned entirely or there are just a few restrictions that will make the sale possible.
eBay states that it reserves the right to remove any items that may violate copyright law, but there is not enough manpower to monitor the site. Generally your auction item will mainly get removed if someone reports you and this may not lead to expulsion.
Trading on eBay can feel more complicated after reading the rules surrounding it, but these technicalities can be understood better once the jargon is mastered. Our next video is a 'jargon translator', which will help with learning the language of eBay.
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