Marketplace Prohibited Products Policy
Last revised: February 16, 2021
This page identifies some types of products that cannot be listed on Walmart’s Marketplace. Products that are not included in this policy must still comply with all applicable laws.
DX Fair Mall will remove the listing of any product that in its own discretion might be in violation of Law, this Policy, or any other DX Fair Mall policy. In addition, corrective actions may be taken including suspension and/or termination of a seller's account.
Some products referenced in this policy may be listed, due to a seller obtaining written pre-approval. Please review specific products below.
This Prohibited Products Policy is subject to change. .
Alcohol
- Alcoholic beverages; or products of any kind, including powdered alcohol
- Collectible alcohol
- Empty collectible alcoholic container not identified as empty in the description
- Non-alcoholic wine and beer
Animals
- Animal vaccines
- Animal organs or animal corpses that contain organs
- Alaskan Native items with anything from a bear
- Bear traps, steel jaw leg-hold traps and similar items
- Ivory, manufactured items with more than 5% of actual ivory, bones from animals that produce ivory
- Items made from marine mammals
- Live animals, insects, and other wildlife
- Native American items with feather(s) or other parts of protected birds
- Parts or products from endangered or threatened species such as bears, mountain lions, cats, dogs, whales, sharks, dolphins, or porpoises
- Products prohibited from sale under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
- Natural fur products or products trimmed with natural fur
- Products made from the hide of a donkey
Art
- Unauthorized copies or reproductions of artwork that violate any copyright or trademark
Artifacts
- Artifacts
- Fossils
- Geological formations
- Relics
- Remains
- Sacred and tribal items
Auto
- Airbags and modules
- Drivers licenses and other government-issued ID documents
- Motorized vehicles that require registration
- Oxygen sensor simulators
- Products intended to bypass emission control devices or override malfunction indicators
- Toll booth systems
- Vehicle Identification Number plates
- Products intended to conceal or obscure a license plate
- Mini Bikes & ATVs
Collectibles
- Products or compilations using unauthorized photos
- Autographs or signatures of any type
- Unauthorized reproductions
- Any items that violate another’s trademarks or copyrights
Cosmetics
- Any cosmetic products that require a prescription or a medical professional's supervision or direction for their use
- Any opened and used products
- Any products with tampered packaging
- Any products that don't comply with FDA requirements including labeling
- Expired products
- Products containing controlled substances
- Testers
Currency
- Bullion
- Counterfeit coins, bank notes, bonds, money orders, securities, stamps, and equipment use to make those items
- Securities, credit, notes, liens, portions of ongoing business, insurance, non-cancelled collectible stock certificates
- State or federal assistance benefits
- Prepaid access products that provide access to funds, such as physical or digital gift cards
Digital Goods
- All digital products, including, but not limited to, currency, eBooks, games, movies, songs
- All digitally delivered products
Drugs & Medical Devices
- Controlled substances
- Drug paraphernalia
- Illegal drugs and narcotics
- "List I" chemicals or their derivatives as designated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Products that are subject to regulatory action or criminal enforcement
- Drugs, devices, or other products that require prescription or medical professional's supervision or direction for their use
- Pill/Tablet press machines
- Products that do not have the required regulatory approvals
- Products that have been recalled
- Products that contain deer antler velvet or ingredients derived from sharks, whales, dolphins, or porpoises
- Products that simulate the effects of any illegal drug
- Syringes with needles
- Veterinary drugs and devices
- Any drugs that require quantity to be restricted or consumer purchases to be registered
Electronics
- Any products required to be approved under the FCC equipment authorization program that have not been so authorized and labeled, such as:
- LED signs that have not been tested to demonstrate compliance with the FCC’s emissions limits
- Wireless communications devices that must be certified by the FCC and are not labeled with an FCC I.D. number
- Any devices that replace or modify the existing technology in a device without being properly authorized as required under FCC rules, such as:
- Devices that replace or modify technical components in a video game or game console
- Devices that change or allow the user to change the frequency or frequencies in an existing product to operate on unauthorized or restricted frequencies
- Any devices operating on unauthorized frequencies, such as
- Fishing net buoys operating on radio frequencies assigned to Automatic Identification Systems (AIS)
- Drones operating on frequencies that are reserved for Federal Government use
- Jammers of any kind, including devices that interfere with cell, GPS, radar, or WiFi signals
- Any devices that detect or interfere with law enforcement or public safety equipment, such as:
- Devices that detect police cameras, sensors, or similar equipment
- Products designed to affect the operation of traffic signals or block detection by red-light cameras
- Power amplifiers compatible with CB radios
- Impermissible cell phone devices, such as:
- Cell phone unlocking devices
- Jailbroken cell phones
- Software, hardware and devices (e.g., books) that enable the circumvention of copy-protected digital products, such as:
- Boot disks, cards, emulators, or loaders
- Import converters
- Satellite and cable TV descramblers
- DVD duplicators that circumvent protections against copyright infringement
- Blu-ray players altered to disable region coding
View more information on the FCC policies related to electronic equipment.
Food
- Foods deemed unsafe or adulterated (e.g., recalled food items)
- Expired food
- Foods that contain drug claims
- Infant formula
- Fresh food
- Non-shelf stable food that requires refrigeration
- Dragees or similar inedible food decorations
Funeral
- Any funeral items, including caskets, funeral urns and grave markers
Hazardous/Regulated
- Any chemical substance or compound that is intended for commercial, industrial, or professional use only and is not available for general consumer purchase
- Products prohibited from sale by the EPA or other regulatory agency due to its hazardous status
- Explosive
- Fireworks
- Fully regulated items
- Radioactive or contaminated material
- Pesticides that are not in compliance with FIFRA, including chemical pesticides, pesticide devices, and treated articles. View more information on the FIFRA policies related to pesticides.
- Loose 18650 lithium battery cells
Home
- Padded baby crib bumpers, padded crib liners
- Home Magnetics products
Illegal
- Any products encouraging or enabling illegal activity
- Any products that violate applicable laws
- Any products that contain viruses, trojan horses, spyware or malicious code
- Stolen or counterfeit products
Infringing Products
- Products that violate or infringe upon any intellectual property right or other third party right
Jewelry
- Jewelry that does not comply with applicable laws or regulations
- Jewelry containing clarity-enhanced white diamonds or diamonds that do not comply with the Kimberly Process Certification
- Loose gemstones
- Jewelry that contains conflict minerals
Native American Products
- Any item described as "Native American", or "Indian", or the name of an Indian tribe if the item is not made by a member of a state or federally recognized tribe, or someone certified as an Indian artisan by a recognized tribe. Items must comply with the Indian Arts and Crafts ActOpens in new window and guidance of the Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts BoardOpens in new window. For more information, contact Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB) at 202-208-3773
Offensive
- Products that display explicit nudity or vulgar language
- Products that contain obscene material, sexually suggestive, or pornography
- Products that contain images of nude or partially nude minors
- Products that either portray, glorify or promote in an insensitive way:
- animal cruelty
- any historical or news events
- criminal or illegal activity
- derogatory stereotyping based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or nationality
- hatred
- intolerance
- natural or man-made disaster(s)
- tragedy
- violence
- Products marketed to or targeted at kids or teenagers that are not age appropriate
Plants, Plant Products, Seeds
- Illegal plants, plant products, or seeds
- Plants, plant products, or seeds subject to federal, state, or local government quarantine or other restriction
- Plants, plant products, or seeds that are considered to be a controlled substance
Plastic
- Plastic products, including a product’s plastic package or packaging component, that are labeled or marketed as ‘biodegradable’, ‘degradable’, ‘compostable’, ‘decomposable’ or any form of these terms
Recalled Items
- Any product that has been or currently is subject to a recall
Restricted
- Any product that is age-restricted by law
- Any products that in Walmart’s discretion are not appropriate for sale including, but not limited to:
- adult products
- custom content (e.g. imagery, text) products including but not limited to apparel, home décor, accessories
- gambling products
- government-issued documents and products
- military and police related items
- novelty lighters
- refurbished products that do not comply with DX Fair Mall standards
- specific products or brand names
- surveillance device(s) and equipment
- Any product that cannot be sold in all U.S. states under applicable laws
- Any DX Fair Mall or Sam's Club Private Label or Exclusive product
Software
- Beta codes
- Beta keys
- Beta software
- OEM software
- Recovery software (bundled or stand-alone)
- Refurbished software that is not preloaded on refurbished hardware
Tickets
- Tickets (digital or physical) to events of any kind.
Tobacco
- Cigars
- Cigarettes
- E-cigarettes
- Other tobacco/nicotine products including collectible tobacco and collectible tobacco products
Weapons - Game Guns and Projectiles
- Airsoft, air guns, BB guns, pellet guns, paintball guns, blow guns or dart guns, replica/imitation guns, or any part used to build, update or enhance a game gun
- Blow guns or dart guns
- Sling shots
- Ammunition of any type (including pellets, BBs, darts, paintballs, sling shot ammunition) or any product used to create ammunition
- Accessories used to enhance firepower
- Any accessory containing a visual-spectrum laser
- All varieties of clips and magazines
- Grenades and grenade launchers of any type (including airsoft and paintball)
- Golf ball launchers or toothpick crossbows
Weapons - Firearms
- Firearms of any type or individual parts used to build, update, or enhance a firearm
- Ammunition of any type or any product used to create ammunition
- All varieties of clips and magazines
- Speedloaders
- Any firearm accessory used to enhance firepower including muzzle brakes, bump stocks, rails, barrel shrouds, forward pistol grips, and threaded barrels for semiautomatic pistols
- Bayonets
- Gun powder and explosive targets
- Firearm frames, receivers, firearm kits, assault weapon parts/accessories/instructions/blueprints (even if they can be used with non-assault weapons)
- Any product associated with assault weapons
- Grenades and grenade launchers of any type
- Pistol conversion kits
- Accessories used to conceal sound or sight of firearm shot including silencers, flash suppressors, muzzles, suppressors
- Products commonly used to make silencers
- Inside the Waistband (IWB) Carrying Holster
- Ankle Carrying Holster
- Holsters concealed within handbags, briefcase, purse
- Shoulder Harness
- Concealment Leggings
- Concealment Carry Jacket
Weapons - Non-Projectile
- Axes and machetes marketed as weapons that are not purely ornament and are not designed for home improvement, hunting, camping, or other similar recreational use
- Spring-Assisted, Balisong, butterfly, gravity, automatic, out the front, paratrooper, push dagger, switchblade (and replica/imitation switchblades), stiletto, shobi-zue or slasher knives, boot knives or any knives that are hidden or disguised
- Brass knuckles, leaded canes or other leaded sticks, nightsticks/billy clubs, nunchuks, saps/blackjacks, kunsari-fundo, sansetsukon, throwing stars
- Claws or spikes that attach to the shoe, other clothing item, or any body part
- Sword canes and swords that are not purely ornamental and are marketed as ready for use as a weapon
- Weapons designed to be concealed
Police and Military Grade Products
- Badges of any kind, whether real or reproductions, including concealed weapons permit, government agency or department, TSA, private security company, private investigator, special event, and movie prop badges
- Badge patches
- Law enforcement ID cards or credentials
- Pepper spray/mace
- Stun batons, Tasers, and disguised stun guns
- Tear gas
- Weapons designed to be concealed
- Bulletproof gear
Miscellaneous - Unsafe
- Infant Neck Floats
- Solar Eclipse Glasses