Prohibited Products and Activities

The following products and activities are not allowed on Gumroad. This is almost always because they violate U.S. federal law, they are prohibited by card network rules, or they are restricted by our payment processing partners. If you are unsure whether your content is prohibited on Gumroad, please contact us at support@gumroad.com with a description or example of the content.

1. age or legally restricted products or services
2. alcohol which includes alcohol or alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, wine, or champagne
3. airlines
4. bail bonds
5. bankruptcy lawyers
6. bidding fee or penny auctions
7. billing services (including, but not limited to, accepting payment for services rendered and billing for services to be performed in the future)
8. bulk marketing tools which includes email lists, software, or other products enabling unsolicited email messages (spam)
9. cell phones/pagers
10. centralized reservation services
11. chain letters
12. check cashing
13. collection agencies
14. consulting firms
15. copyrighted media and software which includes unauthorized copies of books, music, movies, software, video games, and other licensed or protected materials, including OEM or bundled software
16. counterfeit and unauthorized goods which includes replicas or imitations of designer goods; items without a celebrity endorsement that would normally require such an association; fake autographs, counterfeit stamps, and other potentially unauthorized goods
17. credit card and identity theft protection
18. cruise lines
19. currency exchange, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, and other crypto products (like non-fungible tokens or NFTs), prohibited investments for commercial gain or credits that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital goods or services or otherwise exit the virtual world
20. deceptive marketing practices
21. door-to-door sales
22. drug paraphernalia
23. essay mills/paper mills
24. extended warranties
25. flea markets
26. food products and ingredients (including consumer packaged goods, livestock, plants, and seeds)
27. fortune tellers
28. gambling (including legal gambling where the cardholder is not present when the bet is made, lotteries, illegal gambling, internet gambling, sports forecasting and odds making)
29. government IDs or documents which includes fake IDs, passports, diplomas, and noble titles
30. hacking and cracking materials which includes manuals, how-to guides, information, or equipment enabling illegal access to software, servers, website, or other protected property
31. illegal products or services
32. jewelry or beauty products
33. mailing lists
34. marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
35. money service businesses
36. money transmission
37. multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
38. negative response marketing techniques
39. offering substantial rebates or special incentives that are awarded to the cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
40. pharmacies or internet pharmacies
41. pseudo pharmaceuticals (including anti-aging pills, sexual stimulants, weight loss pills, diet pills)
42. quasi-cash or stores of value
43. reselling private label rights products
44. security brokerage
45. services (including, but not limited to, "get rich quick" schemes, business opportunities, investment opportunities, mortgage consulting, real estate purchases, mortgage reduction services and credit repair and protection)
46. sexually-oriented or pornographic content (including but not limited to adult books or video, adult telephone conversations or audio, membership to adult websites or content, companion or escort services, dating services, mail-order brides, massage parlors and prostitution, or content of any format that features characters who are minors, are depicted as minors, or are suggested to be minors in any sexual or sensual context)
47. shipping/forwarding brokers
48. substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
49. telemarketing
50. timeshares
51. tobacco products
52. weapons or ammunition
53. wire transfers or money orders

This list is maintained separately from Gumroad's Terms of Service. Gumroad makes every effort to keep this list as current as possible. However, because of the unpredictable nature of card network rules, legislation and payment processor relationships, this list may change abruptly and without notice. Changes to this list take effect immediately.