Template — have a lawyer review before launch.
Prepared November 6, 2026. These policies describe the proposed Westside Alley marketplace at westsidealley.com.
DRAFT, pending lawyer review.
Banned items
These items may not be listed, sold, promoted, shown in a live sale or offered at a market booth through Westside Alley, even where they are legal:
- Alcohol of any kind, including beer, wine, spirits and alcohol kits.
- Cannabis, CBD and THC products, including edibles, oils, flower, delta-8 and hemp-derived cannabinoids.
- Sexual and adult products, including sex toys, adult content and sexual services.
- Guns, ammunition and weapons, including firearm parts, kits, knives sold as weapons, tasers, explosives and fireworks.
- Tobacco, nicotine and vapes, including e-cigarettes, e-liquids, hookah tobacco and pouches.
- Drugs and paraphernalia, including illegal drugs, prescription medicines, pipes, bongs, grinders and rolling papers sold for drug use.
Listings that break these rules are removed. Repeat or serious violations lead to suspension and loss of selling access.
Keep the marketplace safe
Vendors must follow applicable laws, product-safety rules, intellectual-property rights and payment-provider restrictions. A product being legal somewhere does not automatically make it permitted here. When in doubt, do not list it; ask for review first.
Items and services not allowed
- Illegal goods, stolen property, counterfeit products, pirated media and items that infringe trademarks, copyright or other rights.
- Firearms, ammunition, explosives, weapon components intended to make regulated weapons, and instructions or materials sold to facilitate serious harm.
- Controlled substances, illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia, recreational cannabis products, tobacco/vaping products and alcohol unless a future category is expressly approved with required legal controls. No such approval exists at MVP.
- Prescription medicines, unapproved medical devices, hazardous chemicals and products making unsupported treatment or cure claims.
- Recalled, unsafe, contaminated or otherwise unlawful goods; dangerous batteries or hazardous shipping materials offered without required compliance.
- Human remains or body parts, live animals, protected wildlife products and goods prohibited by wildlife or environmental law.
- Sexual services, exploitative content, child sexual content, nonconsensual intimate content, hate-promoting goods and items facilitating violence or abuse.
- Personal data, stolen credentials, financial accounts, payment cards, forged documents, hacking services and tools offered for fraud or unauthorized access.
- Gambling products/services, financial investments, money-transfer services, deceptive fundraising, pyramid schemes and counterfeit currency.
- Misleading listings, undisclosed replicas, fake reviews, fake market tickets or booth spaces, and products with materially false origin, safety or authenticity claims.
Restricted categories
Food, cosmetics, children’s goods, vintage items and other regulated categories may require permits, labeling, testing, age controls or geographic restrictions. Vendors must obtain approval where requested and provide evidence of compliance. Homemade does not mean exempt from safety rules. No regulated category is automatically approved by account registration.
Enforcement and reporting
We may decline or restrict listings, request documentation, suspend selling and cooperate with lawful investigations. Repeat or serious violations can lead to suspension. A listing review is not certification or legal advice. Report suspected unsafe or prohibited goods with the listing URL and reason; do not buy an item to prove a violation. Existing order and refund obligations continue after enforcement.
Contact Westside Alley
Email thewestsidealley@gmail.com for marketplace support, policy questions, privacy requests or dispute escalation. Include your order or listing reference, not passwords or complete payment details.