Posting rules

These aren’t allowed on MarketSafe, even if they’re legal to sell somewhere else.

• WeaponsFirearms, ammunition and their parts, replica and air guns, explosives, fireworks, and anything made to hurt people.
• Drugs and medicinesIllegal drugs and anything for using them, cannabis (dagga) and CBD products, and all medicines, including over-the-counter ones.
• AlcoholAny alcoholic drink, including home-brewed.
• Tobacco and vapesCigarettes, tobacco, hookah tobacco, e-cigarettes, vapes and e-liquids.
• Live animalsPets, livestock, birds, fish and insects. Pet things like beds and cages are fine.
• FakesCounterfeits, copies and replicas of branded goods, however they’re described (“inspired by”, “AAA”, “1:1”).
• Stolen goodsAnything stolen, including phones that are blacklisted or locked to someone else’s account.
• Adult contentPornography, adult toys and adult services.
• IDs and official documentsID books and cards, passports, driver’s licences, licence discs, number plates, certificates, and anything made to look official.
• Tickets and vouchersEvent and travel tickets, gift cards, vouchers, airtime and data.
• Financial productsLoans, investments, insurance, cryptocurrency, and bank cards or accounts.
• Anything else illegalAnything that’s against South African law to sell or to own.

Vehicles, property, services and jobs. MarketSafe is for buying and selling things, so listings like these are removed.

• Use your own photos of the actual item. No stock photos or pictures from the internet.
• Describe it honestly, including marks, faults and missing parts, and choose the right condition.
• One item per listing. A set that’s sold together, like a table and its chairs, counts as one.
• Put it in the right category, and list it only once.
• Show the real price, not R1 or a made-up number to get attention.
• No phone numbers, email addresses, links or social media names in the title, description, photos or video. Buyers message you on MarketSafe.
• Only sell things you own and are allowed to sell.
• Videos must show the item you’re selling. A person checks every video before it goes live.

Our safety checks hold some listings for a person to look at before they go live. Members can also report a listing, and when several established members report the same one, it’s hidden until our team has checked it.

If a listing breaks these rules, we remove it. For serious or repeated breaks, or anything illegal, we can suspend or close the account, and we pass information to the police when the law requires it. A person makes these decisions; reports never suspend anyone automatically.

Think we got it wrong? Ask us to look again.