Prohibited items

  • Here is the short list with all prohibited items which are NOT allowed for selling:

    • Adult only items, including movies, video games, and photographs
    • Alcohol, beer, spirits, and wine
    • Bullion
    • Coins, paper money, and virtual currency (only Publications, Supplies/Equipment, and Historical Medals/Medallions are allowed)
    • Downloadable products and virtual items
    • E-cigarettes and vaporizers
    • Gift cards, coupons, and vouchers
    • Inhalers
    • Lodging, timeshares, vacation packages, and car rentals
    • Motor vehicles
    • Real estate
    • Services
    • Tickets for travel, events or experiences
    • Weight loss supplements, sports supplements, appetite control suppressants, and sleeping pills
    • Masks and Hand sanitisers or any products which are currently forbidden by the country laws because of the pandemic.


    Detailed Information for all products which are NOT allowed for selling


    Alcohol 

    Alcohol are not allowed for selling


    Animals and wildlife 

    Any kind of live creatures are not allowed for selling


    Adults only

    Sexually-oriented adult material are not allowed. This includes the following:

    • Adult films and video games with a rating of X, XXX, R18, or unrated for an adults-only audience
    • Sexually explicit anime, comics, books, films, animation etc.
    • Adult magazines, nudist publications, or adult anime/manga that include sexually-explicit content, nudity, or sexual stories
      • Magazines and books can be listed as long as the listing and product don't contain nude images or explicit content

    Counterfeit Items

    We don't allow counterfeit items or unauthorised copies to be listed on Lowbid

    • Counterfeit products are illegal and not allowed on Lowbid. Examples include:
      • Fakes, copies, or replicas of brand name items (for example, a shoe with the Nike name or logo that wasn't made by Nike)
      • Electronics or accessories that use or bear the brand name, logo, or trademark of a company that didn't manufacture the item
      • Bootleg recordings from concerts or other live shows
      • Unauthorised or pirated copies of movies, videos, or software
    • Listings with photos that hide or blur trademarks are not allowed
    • If you're not certain that your item is authentic, or if an authenticator has been unable to confirm its authenticity, it may not be listed
    • We may remove listings if we receive buyer complaints that the item is not authentic. These items may not be relisted


    Credit and debit cards

    The sale of credit cards, debit cards, and money orders is restricted or not allowed on Lowbid.


  • Drugs 

    • Narcotics, steroids, and other controlled substances (as classified by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (UK))
    • Items that claim to provide a "legal high"
    • Pipes, or any item marketed as for use with marijuana or illegal drugs
    • Tobacco pipes, and other smoking accessories not intended for drug use, are allowed
    • Vaporizers intended to be used with alcohol, marijuana, or illegal substances
    • Event Tickets

      Any kind of tickets are not allowed for reselling


    Firearms, weapons and knives 

    • Firearms of any type 
    • Parts and accessories for assault weapons, including blueprints and instructions
    • Any part or accessory in violation of local law
    • Firearm receivers, even if incomplete
    • Ammunition for firearms, including bullets, cartridges, casings, shells, and hulls 
    • The following firearm accessories are not allowed:
      • Gun parts, including, but not limited to, barrels, firing pins, trigger assemblies, and magazines
    • The listing cannot show a picture of an actual firearm


    Food products

    Any kind of food products are not allowed for selling


  • Government items 

    The following or similar items are not allowed:

    • Government, private transit, or shipping company uniforms and accessories such as hats, pins and scarves. Vintage or collectable uniforms and accessories may be listed if they meet all these requirements: 
      • The item is 10 years old or older 
      • It’s no longer in use 
      • It doesn’t look like a current uniform or accessory 
    • Government, transit or shipping company property such as vehicles, license plates, keys for vehicles, postbags, company decals and transit documents
    • Fake documents, government issued documents or official certificates or diplomas
    • Government-issued IDs, passports, birth certificates or license plates
    • Government-issued medals and certificates for medals
    • Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plates or rivets
    • V5, logbook or similar vehicle registration documents
    • Law enforcement and other government-issued uniforms, badges, or accessories, such as hats, jackets, or shirts,or replicas of these items
    • Official emergency lighting systems or sirens, including lenses or LEDs for these systems
    • Uniforms, military items, clothing, identity cards, decorations, awards or flags, which are not promotional items of Red Cross, Red Crescent or Red Crystal organisations and which contain the Red Cross, Red Crescent or Red Crystal emblems


    Recordable media 

    Only copyright owners or their licensees are allowed to list copies of their products on recordable media, such as MP3s, flash drives, CD-Rs, and DVD-Rs.


    Hazardous materials 

    • Poisons and carcinogenic substances
    • Dinitrophenol (DNP) in any of its forms, either as a pure substance or active ingredient of any product (such as weight-loss supplements)
    • Fire extinguishers that contain carbon tetrachloride
    • Non-government-approved refrigerants
    • Radioactive materials
    • Combustible materials like black powder, caps for toy guns, explosive fuses, fireworks, exploding targets, flares, flash paper, red phosphorous, gasoline, thermite
    • Explosives precursors including aluminium powder, ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide above 12% weight by weight (carbamide peroxide above 34% by weight), magnesium nitrate hexahydrate, magnesium powder, nitric acid, nitromethane, nitro-fuel, potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate, potassium perchlorate, sodium azide, sodium chlorate, sodium nitrate, sodium perchlorate, sulphuric acid and urea nitrate.
    • Hazardous materials banned by a selected delivery provider (Sellers should check with them before listing an item)
  • Human body parts

    Human body parts or items containing body parts are not allowed.

    Items encouraging illegal activity 


    Items or information that might encourage illegal activity are not allowed. Examples include:

    • Kill switch-activated electronic devices
    • Items that can enable illegal activity, such as:
      • Pill presses
      • Blank rain checks
      • Selling Royal Mail shipping materials
      • Products designed to fake the results of drug tests
    • Information on how to use or make illegal drugs, bombs, or explosives
    • Lockpicking tutorials
    • Bump keys
    • Slim jims
    • Devices to make or duplicate keys
    • Devices designed to pick a lock
    • Code-grabbing devices


  • Medicine products and devices

    Any kind of drugs, medical products or devices which requires prescription are not allowed for selling.


    Motor Vehicles

    Any kind of motor vehicles(cars,vans,motorcycles,trucks,scooters and etc) are not allowed for selling


    Offensive materials

    Listings that promote, perpetuate or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination, including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender or sexual orientation, aren't allowed.

    • Slurs or epithets of any kind
    • Slavery items, including reproductions, such as tags, shackles, documents, bills of sale, etc.
    • Items with racist, anti-Semitic, or otherwise demeaning portrayals, for example through caricatures or other exaggerated features, including figurines, cartoons, housewares, historical advertisements, and golliwogs
    • Black Americana items that are discriminatory
    • Confederate battle flag and related items with its image
    • Historical Holocaust-related and Nazi-related items, including reproductions
    • Any item that is anti-Semitic or any item from after 1933 that bears a swastika
    • Media identified as Nazi propaganda
    • Listings that imply or promote support of, membership in, or funding of a terrorist organization


    Property

    Any kind of property's are not allowed for selling


    Stolen items

    The sale of stolen property is not allowed on Lowbid

    The sale of stolen property violates state, federal and international law, and we will work with law enforcement in any attempts to sell stolen property on Lowbid

    Slot Machines

Slot machines are not allowed for selling


  • Tobacco and e-cigarettes

    Any items containing tobacco or e-cigarettes are not allowed 


    Used Clothing

    Used underwear and socks are not allowed

    • Used underwear and socks are not allowed, even if they are clean. Examples include boxer shorts, panties, briefs, nappies, and athletic supporters. Bras are not considered underwear
    • Used clothing must be properly cleaned and include a statement that the item has been properly cleaned
    • Listings for used clothing can't include language or images that fetishise the item, such as personal statements about the person modeling the item
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