There are certain types of products which are not permitted for sale across the Fruugo platform. Therefore you should ensure these are excluded from submission in your inventory feed or integration set-up.
The examples provided are not exhaustive but provides the general areas where restrictions apply and the types of products which are affected. Even if a product is not covered under our prohibited product list, all products and listings must adhere to the applicable laws for each country. We would advise you to consult legal advise for regulations concerning your products.
Fruugo reserves sole discretion to make the judgments on whether an individual listing is appropriate.
The following product types are prohibited from sale on Fruugo:
| Prohibited Product Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Adult Material | Material of a sexual or explicit nature |
| Alcohol | All alcohol products including wine |
| Animal & Wildlife Products | Examples include live animals, fur, mounted specimens & ivory |
| Artifacts | Examples include Native American crafts, cave formations & grave-related items |
| Catalytic Converts & Test Pipes | |
| Certifications & Identification | Examples include passports, I.D. cards, birth certificates, death certificates etc. |
| Coins | |
| Counterfeit Products | |
| Currency | |
| Custom-made & Personalised Products | |
| Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia | Including drug-like substances |
| Electronics Equipment | Examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners & traffic signal control devices |
| Electronic Surveillance Equipment | Examples include wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices |
| Fine Arts | Examples include artist signed paintings |
| Gaming & Gambling | |
| Hazardous, Restricted & Perishable Items | Examples include fireworks and freon |
| Hunting & Animal Traps | Examples include knives, animal traps & snares |
| Items Encouraging Illegal Activity | Examples include a book describing how to create methamphetamine |
| Medical Devices | Examples include contact lenses, pacemakers and surgical instruments |
| Non-prescription Products | Examples include personal "enhancement" and weightloss products or supplements, herbal remedies & body building substances/steroids |
| Offensive Products | Examples include ethically or radically offensive material & Nazi memorabilia |
| Perishable Food | Any food which has a short shelf life or requires chilled/frozen transit |
| Pesticides | |
| Pharmaceutical Products | Including prescription drugs and prohibited veterinary medicines |
| Police-related Items | |
| Political Memorabilia | Including religiously sensitive material such as Muhammed pictures |
| Real Estate | |
| Stamps | Including postage meters |
| Stock & Other Securities | |
| Store Value Loads | Examples include gift or pre-paid cards, gift vouchers and manufacturers' coupons |
| Tickets | Examples include event tickets and lottery tickets |
| Tobacco | Including cigarettes, ecigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff tobacco and lighters |
| Used Products | Any used or second-hand products |
| Weaponry | Including guns/firearms, swords, knives, replicas & pepper spray |
The following brands are prohibited from sale on Fruugo:
| Prohibited Brands |
|---|
Azzaro |
| Clarins |
| Loris Azzaro |
| Tamiya |
| Thierry Mugler |
| Bravecto |
| Carson |
| Tamiya Carson |
| Brita Intenza |
| Audi |
| VW |
| Volkswagen |
| A. Vogel |