Products not permitted on Trendsales

In order to keep Trendsales a safe place to trade for our users, we have drawn up a guide for the products that are not permitted to be sold on our platform. It is important to notice that the list is not exhaustive and if in doubt, please contact Trendsales Support.

Please notice that not abiding by the Trendsales rules for safe products can lead to a warning from Trendsales Support and eventually a quarrentine or ban from the platform.

Items not allowed on Trendsales

Illegal items

On the Trendsales platform, it is not allowed to create listings with illegal items, including stolen goods and defamatory material, under applicable legislation in your country of residence. This section summarizes items that cannot be sold on Trendsales.

Items that may be described as untrustworthy or inappropriate etc, including:

• Listings that Trendsales find to be untrustworthy, offensive, or that are otherwise deemed inappropriate.

• Listings used to search for or offer labor from persons below the age of 15.

Equipment or material that violates copyrights, other intellectual property rights or applicable legislation in general, including:

• Items that can be described as illegal copies or counterfeits of a company’s copyrighted design (counterfeit goods), including branded goods such as bags, clothes, jewelry, makeup and designer furniture.

• Listings that make use of a registered trademark for marketing purposes, even if the item sold is not actually of the brand in question. Nor is it permitted to use the registered trademark, even if you specify that the product is not of the brand in question (false marketing).

• Text or images taken from another individual or company without prior permission (eg from a company’s website) and used on a listing, as such material is protected under copyright.

• Resale of products or services that violate an existing exclusive distribution agreement:

• An exclusive dealership agreement is an agreement between the manufacturer of a product and one or more dealers, providing these dealers with the exclusive right to buy and resell products from the manufacturer in question. Although such is an exclusive dealership agreement exist, it is of course always allowed to sell individual secondhand items goods or items of the brand purchased by mistake. Shares, securities, currency

• All types of founding companies

• Black market trading

• Sale of tickets for entertainment etc, which were originally handed out free of charge.

• Tickets for concerts, festivals, etc., sold at overprice

• Free samples, including samples of lotions and cosmetics, perfume samples and testers

Counterfeit copies etc, including:

• Copy of material protected by the copyright act, such as:

• Illegal software: Counterfeit copies

• Illegal music, movies, games and e-books

• Instructions for using websites or programs containing illegal downloads of the above material

Goods with potential adverse health effects, including:

• Euphoriants and similar as well as remedies for their use

• All forms of medicine (both prescription and OTC drugs)

• All types of medicines for animals

• All types of contact lenses

• Slimming pills

• Various transdermal patches, eg nicotine patches and slim patches.

• Teeth whitening agents

• Equipment for tattooing or piercing

• E-cigarettes

• All products containing nicotine

• Eye drops

• Products from the brand ‘Sina’ and Gellack products from the brand ‘Depend’

• Squishy toys

Selling bought goods for resale

• This applies to purchases from pages such as Wish, eBay, Alibaba, Light in the Box etc.

• Buying and selling of surplus stock

• Bulk purchasing from stock sales etc.

We reserve the right to ask for documentation that goods have been purchased for private use and not for resale, if this is suspected.

Own production of goods for sale in large quantities

Drawing / making / building goods in large quantities with the intention of resale and / or direct ordering, including posters, plank tables, jewelry, knitted items etc.

Nutritional supplements as well as food and beverages including:

• All kinds of foods, including rye bread, fruit, candy etc

• All kinds of beverages, such as wine, beer, soft drinks etc

• Supplements

• Herbalife products

• Including animal food

Animals and some plants, including:

• Live animals, including give-aways

• Preserved animals of endangered species, cf CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).

• Endangered plant and animal species (such as ivory), parts thereof and products or objects made from such endangered species, cf CITES.

• Wireless fence receiver collars for animals

Weapons and explosives, including:

• Fireworks

• All kinds of explosives as well as chemicals and remedies for their manufacture

• All kinds of firearms and small arms, including softgun / hardball / paintball firearms

Materials / products from associations and the military, including:

• Merit badges (scouts)

• Military equipment

• Police effects, including police uniforms, signs, etc

• Material belonging to relief organizations

• Official uniforms (police, hospital, etc)

• All types of decorations

Items with a commitment to further purchase, including:

• The right to purchase a product with an obligated to buy more a later date.

• Promotion of pyramid schemes

By pyramid schemes, we are referring to events in which participation requires payment of money or other monetary values. Participants are lured in by the prospect of a financial gain. The potential profit is based on payments from participants, who are gradually enrolled in the scheme. Pyramid schemes are therefore not permitted, cf the Danish Public Collections and Pyramid Schemes Act.

At the same time we do not allow:

• the creating of new listings with the same product more than twice, even if you delete the original listing - nor if the listings are created in different areas of the country.
• listings containing services, advertisements for the user’s own Trendsales shop, existing listings or listings used to search for items.

Should you notice a listing on the platform that does not comply with our rules, we'd appreciate it if you would report it to us. Then we can quickly remove the ad and contact the seller. 

You can report an item by clicking on the icon in the top right corner and choosing "Report item". We thank you in advance :) 
Please notice: We do not get back to you in relation to a reported item. If you need to get in contact with us, reach out by reporting the user or reporting the conversation with the user.