Adult Material

What will eBay treat as "adult" or "sexually oriented" material?

"Adult" or "sexually-oriented" material includes, but is not limited to:

Any item that portrays frontal nudity will normally be treated as "adult" material, with limited exceptions.

Material that is not considered "adult" or "sexually oriented" includes but is not limited to:

• A small and insignificant part of a catalog, book, periodical, or other work which is not, as a whole, primarily devoted to sexual matters. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to pieces of artwork that may be considered fine art-such as certain paintings, carvings, figurines and other similar materials. Other examples include, but are not limited to, Michelangelo's David, certain (but not all) vintage pinup art, a renaissance-style painting of a nude female, and paintings like Raphael's, or nude cherubs in the form of human infants.

   

  The majority of the reports we receive about adult/sexually-oriented material are related to magazines and videos. In considering whether to end them, we consider the overall content of the listing, including pictures and text. For example, if an item description leads us to believe the content of the listing is adult in nature as defined by this policy, that item will be ended. Please note that blocking the "risqué" parts of an image will not exempt the item from these standards.

   

  Although these are the most common forms of media on which such material is found, eBay also receives reports about other media. These include drawings, paintings, photographs, sculpture and carvings, and comics (both still and animated). The same standards apply to all media.