Below is a list of prohibited or restricted categories and the rules that accompany them - if you received an error stating that your listing contains improper words or is in violation of eBay policy - please consult the rule guide below relevant to your listing and make sure that it complies to all the rules.
If it does comply, you should make an inquiry with eBay Seller Support explaining to them the situation and include SureDone support on the communications.
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- Adult Only category
- Alcohol
- Animals and wildlife products – examples include live animals, mounted specimens, and ivory
- Art
- Artifacts, grave-related items, and Native American arts and crafts
- Catalytic converters and test pipes
- Cell phone (wireless) service contracts
- Charity and fundraising
- Clothing, used
- Contracts
- Cosmetics
- Counterfeit currency and stamps
- Credit cards
- Currency, selling
- Drugs and drug paraphernalia
- Electronics equipment – examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, and traffic signal control devices
- Electronic surveillance equipment – examples include wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices
- Embargoed goods and prohibited countries – examples include items from Cuba
- Event tickets
- Firearms, weapons, and knives – examples include pepper spray, replicas, and stun guns (see also military items)
- Food and healthcare items
- Gift cards
- Government documents, IDs, and licenses
- Government, transit, and shipping-related items – examples include airplane operations manuals, subway employee uniforms, and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mailbags
- Hazardous materials – examples include batteries, fireworks, and refrigerants
- Human remains and body parts
- Importation of goods into the US – examples include CDs intended only for distribution in a certain country
- International trading
- Items encouraging illegal activity – examples include an eBook describing how to create methamphetamine
- Lockpicking devices
- Lottery tickets
- Mailing lists and personal information
- Manufacturers' coupons
- Medical drugs, devices, and healthcare – examples include prescription drugs, contact lenses, pacemakers, and surgical instruments
- Military items (see also firearms, weapons, and knives)
- Multi-level marketing, pyramid, and matrix programs
- Offensive material – examples include ethnically or racially offensive material and Nazi memorabilia
- Pesticides
- Plants and seeds
- Police-related items
- Political memorabilia (reproduction)
- Postage meters
- Prescription drugs
- Prohibited services
- Real estate
- Recalled items
- Slot machines
- Stamps
- Stocks and other securities
- Stolen property and property with removed serial numbers
- Surveillance equipment
- Tobacco
- Travel
- Weeds (see plants and seeds)