Prohibited Products: A Guide for Sellers

This guide aims to help sellers avoid violations related to Prohibited Products. Please note that the policies and examples provided here are not exhaustive. TikTok Shop's policies may change periodically. For the latest updates, please visit TikTok Shop Policy Center
What are Prohibited Products?
Prohibited products are types of products that are not allowed by local laws and regulations. Sellers are strictly prohibited from listing, sharing, selling or promoting prohibited products on the TikTok Shop platform.Best practices before uploading a product
✅ Review the list of unsupported & prohibited products: Sellers should be familiar with the types of products that are not allowed on TikTok Shop platform.
✅ Products that are compliant with local laws and regulations: Only list high-quality and safe products
✅ Check Seller Center announcements: TikTok Shop periodically updates the list of unsupported and prohibited products, check policy updates notifications
📍To learn more, visit the Prohibited Products and Restricted Products GuidelinesExamples of Prohibited Products
Firearms, Ammunition, and Weapons

❌ Replicas, antiques, and other firearms: BB guns, paintball guns, airsoft guns, tear gas guns, cap guns, spear guns, and simulation/metal guns (including toy guns designed to shoot objects)
❌ Deactivated firearms and blank-firing weapons (e.g., starting pistols)
❌ Firearm parts, kits, ammunition, and accessories:
- Knives and bladed products (regardless of size): Switchblades, flick knives, gravity knives, butterfly knives, slasher knives, and any item with a sharp or pointed blade (including kitchen knives, steak knives, craft knives, axes, saws, and sharp gardening tools)
- Weapons designed to cause harm: Stun guns, tasers, batons, telescopic truncheons, tear gas, pepper spray, mace, brass knuckles, knuckledusters, foot claws, nunchucks
- Crossbows, bows and arrows, slingshots, catapults, and other assault weapons
- Items designed or modified to cause harm or that can be used to build firearms, ammunition, or weapons
- Related tutorials or instructional books on making firearms, ammunition, or weapons
- Internal: Bullets, magazines, barrels, conversion kits, firing pins
- External: Silencers, gunstocks, bolts, fire control groups, trigger groups:
Hazardous and Dangerous Items

❌ Oil-based paint, aerosol paint, solvents and thinners
❌ Lighters that are child-attractive (e.g., novelty lighters) or lack a child-resistant mechanism
❌ Products recalled by manufacturers or regulatory agencies
❌ Radioactive materials and equipment for processing radioactive materials
❌ Explosive materials and related equipment, including gases (e.g., hydrogen, petroleum gas), fuses, black powder, and similar substances
❌ Fireworks, including firecrackers, Roman candles, sparklers, skyrockets, aerial bombs, shells, and fountains
❌ Toxic substances and hazardous chemicals, including poisons and carcinogens
❌ Chemicals prohibited by law or requiring special approvals for use
❌ Chemicals intended for commercial, industrial, or professional use only (not for general consumer purchase)
❌ Liquid mercury and mercury-containing products (e.g., thermometers)
❌ Chemical pesticides and insecticides
❌ Products containing large quantities of magnetic balls or cubes (e.g., nanodots, buckyballs)
❌ Piercing tools, ear/nose piercing guns, and tattoo supplies
❌ Hazardous materials ineligible for transport or handling
❌ Dangerous goods that pose a risk to safety, security, or the environment (e.g., extreme sports equipment like skydiving kits)
❌ Tutorials or books on creating hazardous or dangerous items
Human Body Parts and Human Remains

❌ Human waste or bodily fluids
❌ Human remains
❌ Sperm, egg cells, fertilised eggs, embryos, or services related to surrogacy and intermediary arrangements (e.g., buying and selling of sperm, eggs, embryos, or surrogacy services)
Protected Wildlife and Plants

❌ Aquatic products containing toxic or hazardous substances exceeding legal limits
❌ Products containing plants or wildlife protected by local laws and regulations
❌ Aquatic products with natural toxins harmful to human health
❌ Livestock breeds prohibited by law for production or trade
❌ Livestock breeds that pose risks to human health, the environment, ecosystems, or livestock genetic diversity
❌ Plant varieties prohibited by law for production or trade
❌ Plant varieties harmful to production, human health, or the environment
Adult Products and Services
❌ Products or services designed for sexual or adult activity, including but not limited to sex toys and games, erotic clothing and wellness products, bondage gear and accessories, fetish wear, sexual enhancers, and other adult products suggesting or depicting sexual activity, dating, escort, or prostitution services (both online and in-person), sexual wellness items (e.g., contraceptives, lubricants, etc.)
❌ Sexually explicit content, including adult video games, films, anime, comics, manga, hentai, and yaoi with an X, XXX, R18 rating or unrated for adults-only audiences
❌ Sexually explicit content involving minors
❌ Sexually explicit content depicting violence, non-consensual acts, or illegal activities
Discriminatory and Offensive Products

❌ Products that discriminate against individuals based on race, ethnicity, skin colour, citizenship, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, marital status, disability, or medical/genetic condition
❌ Products deemed inappropriate by local cultural or social norms (e.g., religious or political elements)
❌ Products related to terrorism or terrorist organisations
❌ Products that encourage hate, crime, prejudice, rebellion, or violence
❌ Products containing violent or offensive material
❌ Products that glorify suicide or self-harm
❌ Products that glorify individuals convicted of violent or sexual crimes
❌ Products related to human tragedies or natural disasters
❌ Products containing racially derogatory language
❌ Products promoting abuse or harassment, including violent threats, sexual harassment, or disparaging remarks about personal traits or hygiene
❌ Materials that promote religious or racial discrimination, including books, audio, videos, and documents
❌ Any materials prohibited by local laws and regulations
Illegal Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia

❌ Chemicals, ingredients, or raw materials used to manufacture drugs or addictive substances, including but not limited to marijuana, opium, and poppy seeds
❌ Drug paraphernalia intended for the production, preparation, or consumption of controlled substances, such as bongs, glass pipes, and vaporisers
Security and Privacy

❌ Software or products designed to collect or steal personal, institutional, or confidential data
❌ Computer viruses or hacking software that:
- Hidden or disguised surveillance devices (e.g., spy cameras)
- Any products that may infringe upon or enable the infringement of an individual’s privacy
- Claims or can compromise personal data (e.g., phone locations, resumes, consumption records)
- Claims or can compromise internal corporate data (e.g., telephone lists, bank account queries, internal communications, or proprietary documents)
Official Government or Military Items and Other Restricted Equipment

❌ Items intended for impersonating government, police, or military personnel
❌ Government-issued certificates or official documentation
❌ Emergency lighting systems or sirens intended for unauthorised use
❌ Mobile phone repeaters and signal boosters
❌ Odometer modification devices
❌ Products designed to evade or impair traffic safety laws and requirements
❌ Unauthorised devices for descrambling or accessing cable or satellite services
Financial Products and Services

❌ Replica or counterfeit coins, stamps, banknotes, bond certificates, or other financial derivatives
❌ Equipment or materials designed to produce counterfeit coins, stamps, paper money, or virtual currency
❌ Services that facilitate or are related to money laundering
Prohibited Services
❌ Services that provide or facilitate falsified documents, certificates, official seals, or anti-counterfeiting labels, including identification documents, passports, immigration papers, driver’s licenses, degree certificates, and business licenses
❌ Services acting as agents for customs declarations or commodity inspections
❌ Services related to exam answers, exam-taking, or ghostwriting
❌ Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
❌ Services acting as agents for customs declarations or commodity inspections
❌ Services related to exam answers, exam-taking, or ghostwriting
❌ Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
Prohibited Ingredients or Substances

- Triclosan
- 5-Bromo-5-Nitro-1,3-Dioxane
- DMDM Hydantoin
- Sodium Butylparaben
- Di(N-hexyl) Phthalate
- Dioctyl Phthalate
- Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate
- Butyl Benzyl Phthalate
- Melanotan/Melanotan II
Miscellaneous Products

❌ Single-use plastic straws, cotton buds, and drink stirrers
📍 For more information, visit Single-use Plastics Bans and Restrictions
Rough Diamonds
❌ Rough Diamonds