Prohibited Items

This policy is incorporated by reference into the Amaze Live Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, and Host Agreement. When other Amaze Live documents reference “Prohibited Items,” they refer to this policy.

This list is not exhaustive. Amaze Live may update it as the platform grows and as new categories emerge. When in doubt about whether an item is allowed, contact trust@amaze.co before streaming.

Violations may result in immediate stream termination, content and listing removal, suspension of streaming or selling privileges, account termination, withholding of payouts, and — for severe violations including weapons, drugs, content involving minors, or fraud — referral to law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Items are prohibited on Amaze Live for one or more of the following reasons:

• Illegal, regulated, or hazardous. Items that cannot be lawfully sold, that require licensing or verification we cannot perform at launch, or that present meaningful safety risk.
• Risk to users. Items that put viewers at financial risk, expose minors to inappropriate content, or that we cannot vouch for through normal platform operations.
• Intellectual property and authenticity. Items that infringe third-party rights or that are presented as authentic when they are not.
• Platform integrity. Items that, even if technically lawful, would harm trust in Amaze Live as a live-commerce marketplace.

If an item falls into any of these categories, it cannot be presented on Amaze Live — even if it is technically legal in your state or jurisdiction.

Items that cannot lawfully be sold in the United States, or that cannot lawfully be sold without licensing that Amaze Live does not verify at launch.

• Stolen property of any kind
• Counterfeit currency, replica currency presented as authentic, and counterfeiting tools
• Goods imported in violation of U.S. customs, embargo, or sanctions law (including goods sourced from OFAC-sanctioned jurisdictions)
• Government-issued documents and identification (passports, driver’s licenses, social security cards, birth certificates, vehicle titles, visas)
• Academic credentials, diplomas, transcripts, or test answer keys offered for sale
• Items that require specialized licensure (e.g., FFL, state liquor license, DEA registration) that Amaze Live cannot verify at launch
• Any item the sale of which would violate federal, state, or local law

• Illegal drugs and federally controlled substances of any schedule
• Designer drugs, research chemicals, and analogues
• Drug paraphernalia intended or marketed for use with controlled substances (bongs, pipes, vape rigs marketed for THC, etc.)
• Kratom, kava, and similar substances pending federal classification
• Products advertised as “legal highs,” nitrous oxide canisters marketed for inhalation, poppers, or similar

Live demonstration of weapons creates safety and compliance risks that the platform cannot manage at soft launch.

• Firearms of any type, including handguns, rifles, shotguns, and antique/replica firearms indistinguishable from operable firearms
• Air rifles, BB guns, paintball markers, and airsoft guns
• Firearm parts, components, and accessories — including but not limited to lower receivers, uppers, slides, barrels, triggers, magazines, suppressors, sights, optics, holsters, cleaning kits, and gun safes
• 3D-printed firearms, “ghost gun” kits, 80% receivers, and digital files or templates for printing firearms or components
• Ammunition, gunpowder, primers, reloading equipment, and ammunition components
• Explosives, fireworks, pyrotechnics, blasting caps, and incendiary devices
• Tasers, stun guns, pepper spray sold as a weapon, and other incapacitating devices
• Knives presented or marketed as combat, fighting, throwing, or tactical weapons (kitchen, outdoor, and utility knives without combat marketing are generally allowed)
• Brass knuckles, batons, nunchaku, and similar martial-impact weapons
• Body armor, ballistic vests, and ballistic plates

These categories are not categorically illegal but require seller-licensing, age-verification, or jurisdictional controls that Amaze Live has not built into the soft-launch product. They may be reconsidered at general availability with appropriate verification flows.

• Alcohol. All alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, spirits, hard seltzers, and ready-to-drink cocktails, regardless of state legality. Includes alcohol-adjacent items presented for consumption.
• Cannabis and cannabinoids. Marijuana, THC products, hashish, edibles, concentrates, vapes, and cannabis seeds. Hemp-derived CBD products containing more than 0.3% THC by dry weight (including delta-8, delta-10, THCA, THCP, HHC, and similar hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids) are also prohibited. Topical or ingestible CBD products at or below 0.3% THC may be reconsidered post-launch but are not permitted at soft launch.
• Tobacco, nicotine, and vape products. Cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snus, nicotine pouches, e-cigarettes, vape pens, vape liquid, hookah, shisha, and related components and accessories.
• Prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals. Any product requiring a prescription, drugs distributed outside the U.S. supply chain, veterinary prescription drugs, and pet medications requiring prescription.
• Supplements making medical claims. Dietary supplements, vitamins, and nootropics that claim to cure, treat, prevent, or diagnose disease. Compliant supplements making only structure/function claims are allowed but subject to Section 8.
• Lottery, gambling, and games of chance. Lottery tickets, raffle tickets, sweepstakes entries sold for consideration, casino chips, sports-betting products, and skill-game devices.
• Items requiring an FFL, ATF license, DEA registration, state liquor license, tobacco retail license, or cannabis dispensary license.

• Items appearing on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recall list, the FDA recall list, NHTSA recall list, or equivalent regulator recall lists
• Hazardous materials, including flammable liquids and gases, corrosives, oxidizers, radioactive materials, and DOT-regulated dangerous goods
• Chemicals subject to EPA restriction, including pesticides and herbicides not registered for consumer use
• Items containing asbestos, lead-based paint, mercury (other than sealed in commercial products), or other regulated hazards
• Used cosmetics, used personal-care items, used skincare, and partially used fragrances
• Used intimate apparel and used swimwear
• Contact lenses and decorative/cosmetic lenses (FDA-regulated)
• Medical devices requiring prescription or FDA clearance (insulin pumps, CPAP machines, dental aligners, etc.)
• Magnets sold as desk toys that fail CPSC ingestion standards, high-powered laser pointers above legal class, and similar items demonstrably dangerous to consumers

Amaze Live enforces third-party intellectual property rights. The following are prohibited regardless of price, condition, or framing:

• Counterfeit, replica, “dupe,” “inspired by,” or knockoff goods bearing or imitating a third-party trademark
• Unlicensed branded merchandise (apparel, accessories, drinkware, prints) using third-party trademarks, logos, team names, mascots, characters, or distinctive trade dress without authorization
• Unauthorized sports and team merchandise, including items using team names, colors, and design elements that indicate a particular team (e.g., MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA marks, college logos, Olympic marks)
• Bootleg, pirated, or unauthorized recordings of music, film, television, software, or video games
• Unauthorized merchandise bearing the name, likeness, or image of a real person (right of publicity), including celebrities, athletes, and public figures, without permission
• Cracked software, software license keys offered outside authorized channels, modded gaming devices, and circumvention devices for DRM or copy protection
• Goods presented as authentic, “graded,” “certified,” or “authenticated” when they are not, or that misrepresent provenance
• Replica luxury goods, “superfake” handbags, and replica watches

Hosts who believe they have permission from a rights holder must be prepared to substantiate that permission on request.

Amaze Live is 18+ at launch but is not an adult platform. The following are prohibited:

• Pornography and sexually explicit content in any format
• Sex toys, adult novelty items, and intimate devices
• Paid intimate content, “fan content” subscriptions, custom video requests with sexual content, and similar
• Escort services, companionship-for-pay services, and sexual services
• Items depicting graphic sexual violence, non-consensual acts, or fetish content presented for arousal
• Sexually suggestive presentation of products in a manner inconsistent with a mainstream commerce platform

Anything Sexualizing Minors — Zero Tolerance

Any content sexualizing or exploiting minors will result in immediate account termination, preservation of evidence, and reporting to NCMEC and law enforcement. There is no warning step and no appeal at the first instance.

• Products claiming to cure, prevent, treat, mitigate, or diagnose any disease or medical condition
• Products marketed as cures or treatments for COVID-19, cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, autism, or other serious conditions
• Unverified or non-FDA-cleared medical devices, including diagnostic devices, therapeutic devices, and “wellness” devices making medical claims
• Hormones, steroids, peptides, SARMs, HCG, and similar performance- or appearance-enhancing substances
• DNA tests, paternity tests, and at-home medical diagnostic tests not cleared for direct-to-consumer use
• Products making weight-loss claims that are not substantiated and FTC-compliant

• Live animals of any species, including pets, livestock, fish, reptiles, insects, and invertebrates
• Endangered or threatened species and any product derived from them, including CITES-listed species (ivory, rhino horn, tortoiseshell, certain corals, certain woods)
• Pelts, taxidermy, skulls, claws, teeth, and other animal parts without clear and lawful authentication and compliance with the Lacey Act, MBTA, ESA, and state wildlife law
• Migratory bird parts, eagle feathers, and other federally protected wildlife items
• Hunting trophies and big-game parts

• Cryptocurrency, digital tokens, NFTs, fractional NFT interests, and crypto-mining contracts
• Stocks, bonds, securities, security tokens, and similar regulated financial instruments
• Bulk resale of gift cards, prepaid debit cards, store credit, and similar stored-value instruments
• Multi-level marketing (MLM) enrollment, downline recruitment, and pyramid schemes
• “Get-rich-quick” programs, forex signal services, day-trading “mentorships,” and similar
• Counterfeit, replica, or “novelty” currency presented as authentic
• Personal data, contact lists, customer databases, leads lists, login credentials, and authentication tokens
• Stolen credit cards, gift cards, payment instruments, account credentials, and any product facilitating financial fraud

• Items that promote, glorify, or recruit for hate groups, terrorist organizations, or violence against any group based on age, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or veteran status
• Memorabilia and merchandise from designated foreign terrorist organizations and U.S.-designated hate groups
• Nazi, KKK, and other recognized hate-group symbols, except where clearly presented in a documented historical, educational, or artistic context with appropriate framing
• Items promoting self-harm, suicide, or violent acts against identifiable individuals

• Surveillance equipment marketed, demonstrated, or intended for covert recording, stalking, or non-consensual monitoring (hidden cameras in everyday objects, GPS trackers marketed for covert tracking of persons, audio bugs, etc.)
• Devices designed to intercept communications (IMSI catchers, RF jammers, signal blockers in jurisdictions where unlawful)
• Lock-picking tools, bump keys, and entry tools marketed for unauthorized or malicious use (locksmith and hobbyist sets sold without such marketing may be permitted subject to review)
• Skimming devices, card readers, and tools designed for payment fraud
• Devices designed to circumvent DRM, copy protection, anti-cheat, or access controls

• Human remains, human bone, human tissue, cremains, and bodily fluids
• Human organs, blood, plasma, and other materials regulated under NOTA
• Items represented as containing human DNA, hair, teeth, or similar without lawful provenance

• Recalled vehicles, salvage-title vehicles sold as clean-title, and tampered odometers
• Police, military, and emergency-services credentials, badges, and uniforms presented in a way that would enable impersonation
• Items requiring a license to ship interstate (certain plants, seeds, agricultural products) where the host cannot demonstrate compliance
• Items expressly prohibited by U.S. Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, or DHL shipping rules that the host intends to ship via those carriers

The following categories are not prohibited but carry elevated risk. Hosts should expect heightened review and may be asked to substantiate claims at any time.

• Trading cards, sneakers, watches, handbags, and other collectibles. Be accurate about grading, authentication, provenance, and condition. Do not claim certified, graded, or authenticated status that is not true.
• Plants and seeds. Subject to USDA APHIS and state agricultural restrictions, including interstate shipping limits and noxious-weed lists.
• Electronics. Be accurate about condition, original packaging, prior use, refurbished status, and authenticity. Carrier-locked or stolen-IMEI devices are prohibited.
• Coins, currency, and numismatics. Comply with applicable counterfeit-currency and numismatic laws.
• Items shipped across state or international borders. Comply with customs, export controls, and destination-jurisdiction restrictions.
• Knives without combat marketing. Kitchen, outdoor, and utility knives are generally allowed; presentation must not frame the item as a weapon.

If you are unsure whether an item is allowed, do not stream it. Instead:

• Self-check against this policy. Read the relevant section above. If your item plausibly fits any prohibited category, treat it as prohibited until cleared.
• Submit a pre-stream review request. Email trust@amaze.co at least 48 hours before your planned stream with: (i) a description of the item; (ii) photos or video; (iii) the section of this policy you are unsure about; and (iv) any licensing, authentication, or provenance documents.
• Wait for written confirmation. A verbal or implied OK from anyone other than Trust & Safety is not authorization. Streaming before written confirmation is at the host’s risk.
• Ask in-app where available. The in-app “Ask Trust & Safety” channel (rolling out post-launch) will surface common questions and prior decisions.

When in doubt, the answer is don’t stream it.

If you see an item that violates this policy:

• In-app: Use the report button on the stream, listing, or host profile.
• Email: trust@amaze.co
• Imminent harm or emergency: Contact local emergency services first (911), then notify Amaze Live.
• Child safety: Suspected child sexual exploitation material is reported by Amaze Live directly to NCMEC. You may also report to the CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org.

For copyright complaints, see the DMCA section of our Terms of Service.

When Amaze Live identifies prohibited items in a stream, listing, or host profile:

• We may end the live stream in progress without warning.
• We will remove related recordings, listings, links, and clips.
• We may issue a warning, restrict streaming privileges, restrict selling privileges, withhold pending payouts, suspend the account, or permanently terminate the account, depending on severity and history.
• For severe violations — weapons, drugs, content involving minors, fraud, or items posing imminent harm — we may take immediate action without prior warning and may report to law enforcement, NCMEC, and relevant regulators.
• Repeat or willful violations of any section will result in escalated action up to and including permanent ban.
• Hosts whose accounts are terminated for prohibited-items violations are barred from creating new accounts.

Amaze Live’s enforcement decisions are made in our sole discretion and are not subject to appeal except as expressly provided in the Host Agreement.

Amaze Live updates this policy as we learn what works and as new categories emerge. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this document reflects when the most recent change took effect. Material changes will be communicated to hosts and flagged in our public changelog.