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eBay Auctions Home Business 

What you Can and Cannot Sell on eBay

 

Taking one stop shopping to a new level, eBay has established itself as the most expansive and largest virtual marketplace in the world. You can buy everything from your next car, to baseball cards, to a plate that matches the one you broke in your grandmother’s antique set. The possibilities are nearly limitless. Of course, there are a few exceptions. The sale of any illegal item is obviously forbidden and there are of course international trade laws that have to be obeyed when the buying and selling are taking place in two different countries.
 


There are a number of “eBay forbidden lists” floating around on the internet, but the truth is that the list is liquid. As members of the community work to maintain the integrity of the site more items are added. Some are added for legal reasons (things like drugs and weapons) while others are not necessarily illegal but are added to protect the security and safety of the community at large.
 


Other items, like fine art, are encourage for sale but must be done so within a certain set of guidelines. This is done to protect the integrity of the market as well as the investment of the buyer. Some items are flat out forbidden. It is against the rules to sell any kind of tickets on eBay. The law varies from state to state on selling tickets to things like sporting events and concerts for over face value. Instead of trying to monitor these kinds of laws, eBay simply won’t list tickets for sale. Things like lottery tickets are also banned on eBay. Since they are legal in some states but not others, it would create an administrative nightmare to monitor these sales, so they simply forbid it.
 


One other area that eBay and its community watches closely is the sale of replicated or bootlegged merchandise. Illegally recorded concert footage and movie footage is a huge industry in Asia, but in America is against the law to buy or sell it. Other replicated items like knock offs of famous designers are also discouraged. While it is difficult to monitor, eBay and its community work hard to eliminate these listings because they want to protect the investments of their buyers. Rip off artists are not welcome at eBay.
 


Some other categories of restricted or banned items have to do with eBay’s stance on environmental or health issues. For example, cigarettes cannot be sold on eBay. Animal products that may be made from rare or endangered animals are not allowed to be sold on eBay. Things like ivory, and tortoise shell jewelry are just a few examples. Additionally, you cannot sell live animals on eBay. This may sound like an odd restriction, but the sale of exotic wild animals is a huge black market industry and the eBay community frowns heavily upon such practices.
 


When it comes down to it, use common sense when listing. If it seems like someone may have a problem with something that you want to sell, than take the time to look it up. There are a number of discussion boards on the eBay site itself where you can ask. Additionally, eBay makes available the current list of items that are forbidden or restricted. Remember, just because something is on this list doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t sell it. In some cases it just means that you need to jump through some extra hoops before you can legally list it.

 

 

 

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