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.
- unlicensed proprietary content
- food products and ingredients (including consumer packaged goods, livestock, plants, and seeds)
- airlines
- bail bonds
- bankruptcy lawyers
- bidding fee or penny auctions
- age or legally restricted products or services
- 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)
- cell phones/pagers
- centralized reservation services
- collection agencies
- chain letters
- check cashing
- counterfeit goods/replicas
- currency exchange (including physical, digital or cryptographic currency exchange)
- consulting firms
- 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)
- billing services (including, but not limited to, accepting payment for services rendered and billing for services to be performed in the future)
- credit card and identity theft protection
- cruise lines
- flea markets
- drug paraphernalia
- essay mills/paper mills
- extended warranties
- fortune tellers
- 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)
- illegal products or services
- marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
- money transmission
- money service businesses
- multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
- wire transfers or money orders
- pharmacies or internet pharmacies
- pseudo pharmaceuticals (including anti-aging pills, sexual stimulants, weight loss pills, diet pills)
- quasi-cash or stores of value
- security brokerage
- door-to-door sales
- offering substantial rebates or special incentives that are awarded to the cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
- negative response marketing techniques
- deceptive marketing practices
- reselling private label rights products
- shipping/forwarding brokers
- substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
- telemarketing
- timeshares
- tobacco products
- weapons or ammunition
- 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.
