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. unlicensed proprietary content
2. food products and ingredients (including consumer packaged goods, livestock, plants, and seeds)
3. airlines
4. bail bonds
5. bankruptcy lawyers
6. bidding fee or penny auctions
7. age or legally restricted products or services
8. 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)
9. cell phones/pagers
10. centralized reservation services
11. collection agencies
12. chain letters
13. check cashing
14. counterfeit goods/replicas
15. currency exchange (including physical, digital or cryptographic currency exchange)
16. consulting firms
17. 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)
18. billing services (including, but not limited to, accepting payment for services rendered and billing for services to be performed in the future)
19. credit card and identity theft protection
20. cruise lines
21. flea markets
22. drug paraphernalia
23. essay mills/paper mills
24. extended warranties
25. fortune tellers
26. 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)
27. illegal products or services
28. marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
29. money transmission
30. money service businesses
31. multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
32. wire transfers or money orders
33. pharmacies or internet pharmacies
34. pseudo pharmaceuticals (including anti-aging pills, sexual stimulants, weight loss pills, diet pills)
35. quasi-cash or stores of value
36. security brokerage
37. door-to-door sales
38. offering substantial rebates or special incentives that are awarded to the cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
39. negative response marketing techniques
40. deceptive marketing practices
41. reselling private label rights products
42. shipping/forwarding brokers
43. substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
44. telemarketing
45. timeshares
46. tobacco products
47. weapons or ammunition
48. jewelry or beauty products

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.