Prohibited items

1. Weapons and dangerous items

• Firearms, firearm parts, frames, receivers, magazines, suppressors, conversion devices and anything designed to attach to a firearm, whether working or not.
• Replica weapons that could be mistaken for real ones, including realistic toy guns without the bright orange tip federal law requires.
• Knives, blades, brass knuckles, throwing stars and other items designed to injure. Prop swords and props that are clearly decorative and blunt are allowed when listed as display pieces.
• Explosives, fireworks and their parts, and hazardous materials.
• Items that have been recalled, or that copy a recalled design.

2. Nudity and sexual content

• Nudity, sexual or pornographic content, and sexual products of any kind, including figures sculpted to be sexual.
• Anything that sexualises minors is banned and reported to the authorities.

3. Hate and violence

• Items that promote, support or glorify hatred against people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation, including hate symbols.
• Items that promote or glorify violence, terrorism, mass shootings or violent extremist groups, or that mock tragedies or their victims.

4. Drugs, health and regulated items

• Drug paraphernalia, including pipes, grinders and bongs, and anything marketed for illegal drug use.
• Items that make medical claims, medical devices, and safety equipment people rely on to protect them, such as helmets, respirators and car seat parts.
• Items claimed as food safe, unless the maker can show the material, process and finish meet food contact rules.
• Lock picks and devices to defeat security, and anything illegal where the buyer or the maker lives.

5. Other people's rights

• Pieces based on a film, game, team, character or brand outside our licensed catalogue.
• Copies of another maker's original design, or prints of downloaded files whose licence doesn't allow selling.
• Real people's likeness, names or signatures without their permission.

Rights holders can report a listing on our rights and takedowns page.

6. Pieces made for children

Under US law, a piece designed or intended mainly for children 12 and under is a children's product. When a maker marks a listing as made for children, we ask for:

• A Children's Product Certificate based on testing by a CPSC accepted lab, renewed as the law requires.
• A permanent tracking label on the piece and its packaging.
• The age grading and any choking hazard warning, shown on the listing as well as the packaging.

Makers registered as small batch manufacturers with the CPSC can say so and may be exempt from some tests, but still need a certificate. We review these listings before they go live. Collectibles, decor and fan pieces for older fans should be listed for everyone or as collectibles for ages 14 and up.

7. What happens if a listing breaks this policy

• We remove the listing and tell the maker why. A first mistake is usually just a warning.
• Repeated or serious breaches can pause or close a store and hold payouts while we review.
• Anything illegal or harmful to a child is reported to the authorities.
• Makers can appeal any decision through Help & Support.

8. Questions

Ask us any time through Help & Support. We would rather answer a question than remove a listing.