Prohibited
Listings that do not offer an item or service for sale are not permitted on USiFF. These listings include but are not limited to:
Listings where the buyer cannot verify the existence of the item.
Signposts – Listings that primarily meant to direct a user to a seller’s store, another listing and/or another site.
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Prohibited Items |
| Adult or Sexually Oriented Material |
This includes DVD's, Adult toys, and any other items that's sexually oriented. |
| Affiliates |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of affiliate sites or products sold through an affiliate marketing relationship. This includes item pages that are made up primarily of advertisements, or pages where advisements obstruct the view of the item. |
| Airline Tickets or Travel Packages |
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| Alcohol - Wine, Beer and other alcoholic beverages. |
Since the sale of certain alcoholic products is prohibited by law, regulated, or may cause harm to members, sellers may not list alcoholic products. |
| Animals |
Live Animals and Pets |
| Anti and Violence |
Items and associated websites may not promote violence or advocate against a protected group. A protected group is distinguished by their:
* Race or ethnic origin
* Color
* National origin
* Religion
* Disability
* Sex
* Age
* Veteran status
* Sexual orientation/Gender identity |
| Bootleg Recordings |
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| Borrowed content |
Posting is not permitted for content borrowed from other websites. You must own the content you submit, or you must be submitting on behalf of the content owner. |
| Bulk marketing tools |
Email Accounts, Mailing Lists, Bulk email software or Bulk messaging.
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| Catalog Sales |
Listing of another websites catalog or direct links to another website. |
| Company Web site |
You can not make your listing an ad for your own web site. |
| Contracts |
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| Copyrighted media and software |
All items must respect copyright law. Posting is not permitted for unauthorized copies of media, software, or other licensed or protected material. |
| Counterfeit and
unauthorized goods |
Posting is not permitted for products that are replicas or imitations of designer goods; items without a celebrity endorsement that would normally require such an association; fake autographs, counterfeit stamps, and other potentially unauthorized goods. |
| Credit Cards |
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| Dialers |
We do not permit items that are associated with dialers in any way. |
| Download Media |
Music, Software, Movies, Etc |
| Drugs - Prescription Drugs |
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| Embargoed Items |
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| Fireworks / Pyrotechnic devices and
hazardous materials |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of fireworks and related goods; toxic, explosive, flammable, and radioactive materials and substances. This includes information on how to create explosive devices. |
| Freon and/or Other Hazardous Materials |
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| Gaming/gambling |
Posting is not permitted for online casinos, sports books, bingo, and affiliates with the primary purpose of driving traffic to online gambling sites. |
| Government-issued identification documents, whether authentic or counterfeit |
(e.g., fake IDs for age verification, fake government credentials, passports, green cards, birth certificates), police badges or insignia, and any other law enforcement items (e.g., FBI identification cards, badges, uniforms, flashing lights/sirens, etc.) generally restricted for sale under federal and state law. |
| Hacking and
cracking materials |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of manuals, how-to guides, information, or equipment enabling illegal access to software, servers, websites, or other protected property. |
| Human Parts or Remains |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of body parts or human remains. |
| Illegal or restricted weapons and related accessories, including the following: |
(e.g., Firearms and firearm accessories, Ammunition, Scopes, and Silencers, Switchblade knives, Any concealed weapon, Any explosive device and/or Martial arts weapons)
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| Links and Credits
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| Lock picking Devices |
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| Lottery Tickets |
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| Mod Chips, Game Enhancer's and/or Boot Discs |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of mod chips or other devices designed to circumvent copyright protection. |
| Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid and Matrix Programs |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of multi-level marking (MLM) businesses or other businesses that recruit members and offer them rewards for recruiting others and/or selling services ("pyramid schemes"). |
| Offensive Material |
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| Personal Information |
You may not post content that includes contact or personal information about another individual without their permission. |
| Pesticides |
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| Pre-Sale Listings |
You must have item in hand to sell. This does not apply to drop shippers. |
| Recalled Items |
Recalled items are prohibited by law and may not be sold. |
| Satellite, cable descrambers and black boxes. |
Posting is not permitted for products that descramble cable and satellite signals in order to get free cable services. |
| Slot Machines |
No Coin-Operated Slot Machines |
| Stock Shares or any other securities |
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| Stolen Items |
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| Tobacco |
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| Travel Vouchers |
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| Used Undergarments |
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| Wholesale currency |
Posting is not permitted for the promotion of discounted currencies or currency exchanges. |
