Other restricted products

Examples of permitted listings

• Plants and seeds that are not otherwise restricted
• Badges that are clearly identified and marketed for costumes or play and not for official use (e.g. toy badges)

Examples of prohibited listings

• Confederate flag merchandise
• Coupons
• Domain names
• Drop-side cribs
• Ethanol products that are advertised as not being denatured, advertised as not having a bittering agent, or advertised as consumable
• Event tickets, such as concert tickets and sporting events tickets
• Real or replica government or military-issued items, including badges, identification documents, COVID-19 vaccination record cards, birth certificates, passports, licenses, patches, collars, or tags
• Listings that redirect any customers from the Amazon.com site into any other sales channel with the exception of advertisements that are part of the Amazon Product Ads
• Magic Wine Decanter
• Mailboxes that do not meet USPS requirements
• “Mystery boxes,” “Surprise boxes,” or similarly named products containing items that are not clearly described on the product detail page
• Products intended to be used to produce an illegal product or undertake an illegal activity
• Products made available by digital download, including "codes" that can be used to access content on other websites or services
• Products that contain asbestos, especially corrugated paper, rollboard, commercial paper, specialty paper, and flooring felt
• Products that contain Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), such as some electrical equipment, plasticizers in paint, carbonless copy paper, and other industrial products
• Products that include any likeness of the seals of the President, Vice President, Senate, House of Representatives, or Congress
• Products that infringe upon an individual's privacy, such as the sale of marketing lists and personal information
• Products that are recreational boats without a proper Manufacturer Identification Code (MIC) and do not have a valid Hull Identification Number (HIN)
• Products with the serial number removed or altered
• Real property or real estate
• Solutions manuals intended to be used by teachers, proctors, or official examiners (textbooks and solutions manuals for students are permitted)
• Teacher's editions of textbooks in any format, such as:
  • Hardcopy or softcover books
  • eBook, CD-R, DVD or other electronic versions of teacher's editions
• UPC Barcode Labels and EAN Codes, including EAN Code generators
• Used or refurbished gas connectors
• Video game bundles (e.g., bundles of products sold together, such as the "Sony PlayStation Portable Bundle with 5 Games") without pre-approval by Amazon
• Your Baby Can Read products
• "Washington Redskins" merchandise

Related Amazon help pages

• Listing Restrictions
• Supply Chain Standards

Last Updated: 2/16/2022