MarketLister Free Classifieds Posting Policy

Welcome to MarketLister's free classified posting service. To ensure a safe, respectful, and lawful marketplace for everyone, we have established the following guidelines. These rules help maintain the integrity of our platform and protect our community. Please review the list of prohibited content and adhere to our policies when posting your advertisements.

Restricted Categories:

1. Adult Content: Including pornography, nude photos, videos, erotic products, prostitution, escort services, and accompanying services.
2. Alcohol: Restrictions on promoting the sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages.
3. Bodily Fluids and Body Parts: Including organs and surrogacy, fertility, or donor services.
4. Burglary Tools: Such as code grabbers and key fob programmers.
5. Cannabis Products: Including extracts, edibles, oils, and related paraphernalia.
6. Child Adoption Services: Restrictions on advertisements for child adoption services.
7. Combustible Items: Including certain flares and other items that pose a fire risk.
8. COVID-19 Related Items: Such as tests and proof of vaccination.
9. Counterfeit Items and Copyright Material: Including currency, stamps, coins, digital items, and accounts.
10. Embargoed Goods and Event Tickets: Specific restrictions apply.
11. Government IDs and Uniforms: Including transit, military, police, postal uniforms, and related items.
12. Hazardous Materials: Including certain chemicals and fireworks.
13. High-Powered Laser Pointers.
14. Identity Documents and Personal Financial Records: Restrictions on the sale and advertisement of personal information.
15. Illegal Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia: Including narcotics, steroids, and related items.
16. Illegal or Unauthorized Wildlife Products: Restrictions on bear traps, moss ball products, and other unauthorized wildlife products.
17. Knives: Restrictions apply except for collectibles and kitchen utensils.
18. Lottery Tickets and Gambling: Including coin-operated slot machines.
19. Massage Services: Restrictions on how these services can be advertised.
20. Offensive and Obscene Material: Including Nazi-related artifacts and other offensive materials.
21. Prescription Drugs and Devices: Restrictions apply, especially to devices requiring prescriptions.
22. Radio Equipment Violating Laws: Including devices that violate the Radiocommunication Act.
23. Recalled Items and Restricted Food Products: Includes certain unpasteurized dairy products.

Additional Posting Policy Guidelines:

1. Spelling and Grammar: Ensure your ads are free from spelling or grammatical errors to maintain professionalism and readability.
2. Clear Presentation: Ads must accurately represent the advertiser and the product or service, without ambiguity or misleading information.
3. Intellectual Property Compliance: Advertisers are responsible for ensuring they have the appropriate rights to utilize all content in their advertisements, including text, images, and any branded material.
4. User Privacy Compliance: Ads must respect user privacy and adhere to applicable data protection laws. This includes securing proper consent for data collection and not engaging in deceptive practices.
5. Appropriate Targeting Practices: Ensure that all ads are targeted to avoid presenting content that could be considered inappropriate or offensive to specific audiences.
6. Ad Functionality and Security: All ads must function as advertised and must not lead to malicious websites. They should not contain or link to malware, attempt to install unauthorized software, or engage in phishing.
7. Competitor Fairness: Advertisements must not engage in practices that unfairly target or disparage competitors. Ads should focus on promoting the advertiser’s own products or services positively.

Policy Enforcement:

• Ad Review and Approval: Before publication, all ads must undergo a review and receive approval from MarketLister. We reserve the right to reject or remove any advertisements that do not adhere to our established guidelines.
• Guidelines Updates: Our advertising guidelines may be updated at any time to reflect new legal requirements or changes in our policies. It is the responsibility of advertisers to regularly review these guidelines to ensure ongoing compliance.

By following these guidelines, you help us create a trustworthy and effective marketplace for everyone. Thank you for using MarketLister!

May 22, 2024