Categories and brands of goods
There are a large number of categories available on the Monstroplace marketplace website. Most of the goods and services in these categories can be sold without additional permits, some categories of goods and services require certification or permits for sale, and there are brands and categories of goods that cannot be sold by other sellers. Monstroplace does not allow the sale of goods and services that are illegal. Each seller must familiarize himself with the list of goods prohibited for sale, strictly comply with the requirements of the site and the law regarding such goods.
The list of regulated professions in Austria is available at the link for the sale of services and goods of which additional documents are required (Befähigungsnachweis).
Items prohibited for sale
- excisable goods, tobacco products, including hookah tobacco;
- sets of tobacco heating systems and tobacco for them, electronic cigarettes and capsules for them, components and accessories for electronic cigarettes, liquids for electronic cigarettes and components for them, electronic vitamin cigarettes, accessories for heating tobacco;
- counterfeit goods (copies, replicas) that contain a trademark or logo that is identical to the trademark or logo of another product, or practically indistinguishable from it;
- illegal and stolen goods;
- Goods prohibited for resale, for example, marketing samples of products - testers, probes.
- products with an expired expiration date;
- mislabeled products, as well as products with misleading descriptions and product names. It is forbidden to include links such as "no Gucci" or mention something like that, which can fool the search function. Source indications must be true.
- goods containing materials that promote hostility, hatred, violence, aggression, racism, intolerance on sexual, religious or political grounds, as well as information about organizations with similar views; materials of shocking content; materials containing information of a speculative nature, allowing to obtain an unfair advantage to the detriment of the interests of other persons;
- poaching tools and equipment: hunting traps, poaching gear used in fishing ponds, electrical equipment, including its components, used for electric current fishing;
- skins and products from the skins of rare and endangered species of animals;
- mole catchers (except for tunnel ones) and other trap-like tools for catching animals;
- stun guns, rubber truncheons, handcuffs and special equipment containing tear and irritant preparations, which are special active defense equipment used by law enforcement agencies;
- weapons, ammunition for it, explosives, cartridges, explosives, gunpowder, instructions for the manufacture of explosives or other dangerous devices and materials;
- drugs of chemical or plant origin, psychotropic substances or their substitutes, dangerous chemicals, devices for drug use;
- medicinal drugs and pharmaceutical preparations;
- veterinary drugs;
- goods containing the Monstroplace logo or its elements;
- programs and instructions for hacking computer systems, software containing viruses or other harmful or destructive elements;
- software without a license;
- hidden or covert surveillance devices;
- special technical means of secretly obtaining information;
- television decoders of random sequences;
- seat belt adapters;
- official identification documents and licenses, fake or falsified certificates or ID cards, bank cards;
- banking, financial, insurance products that require special permission;
- Precious stones without a certificate of authenticity, precious metals without legally required hallmarks
- securities and banknotes that are legal tender, as well as bonds and related documents (e.g. listed shares, documents proving a financial interest in a company);
- articles from the field of gambling and lottery;
- hazardous substances and other regulated materials (e.g. radioactive substances, poisonous substances, explosives and other noxious chemicals; also applies to chemicals suitable and intended for the production of explosive or other noxious substances; Class II, III and IV fireworks and pyrotechnic articles for technical purposes (Class T1 and T2));
- archaeological finds;
- multi-level marketing, pyramid, and matrix programs
- recalled, questionable and dangerous items (e.g. electrical items without a CE certificate)
- items subject to a trade embargo or economic sanction
- x-ray equipment, devices, and equipment using radioactive substances and isotopes, radioactive substances;
Monstroplace has the right to hide any seller’s goods from the site, and change the list of prohibited items for placement of goods at its sole discretion at any time, without the consent of the sellers. Sellers are solely responsible for the goods and services sold.