Adult items policy

Buyers of sexually oriented adult material on shoppingtown.info must be 18 years or older. The sale of adult items must be conducted in line the applicable legal restrictions, and shoppingtown.info reserves the right to restrict the sale of any adult items even if the sale is legally permitted. Any items which breach the laws of Australia, or the laws of the country where the product is offered, will not be permitted

Please take note that you are not allowed to include any profanity, sexually explicit or overtly sexual content in the listings or product descriptions for any item. Failing to adhere to this policy may result in your listing being removed and your account may be restricted or suspended. Under no circumstances will a listing be allowed which contains:

• Descriptions or images of violence
• Images of nudity or sexual content
• Any contravention of our Profanity Policy
• Listings or products containing material that would be considered R18+

The following categories are subject to the user being pre-approved prior to listing as seller, as per the requirements set out below. To apply for pre-approval, please Contact Us, and ensure your product complies with legal restrictions and that you have your shoppingtown.info username, Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN), registered business name available.

• Sex toys and sex accessories
• Clothing (new or used)
• Images of nudity and nude art
• Magazines and books
• Adult media
• Minors
• Other adult items
• Obscene items

Sex toys and accessories

Sex toys, fantasy or fetish items such as vibrators, male masturbators, sex dolls, and bondage and fetish accessories may be listed subject to the following:

• The items or merchandise must be new and it its original packaging.
• All images on the listing may only show the item being sold, and may not show the item or merchandise being modelled in any form.
• Items may not be listed for international shipping or postage

Clothing (new or used)

Please refer to our Used Clothing Policy.

Restrictions on nudity in fine art

On shoppingtown.info nudity is defined as male/female genitalia, anus or female breasts where the areola or nipple is visible. In the Art Category, frontal nudity is allowed for Fine Art. The description of the art may however not contain any explicit or overtly sexual content, and must specify in the listing ?Subject: Nudes?.

Please note that the following, amongst others, is not allowed:

• Any visual representation of human genitals presented in such a manner as to suggest sexual activity or which represent any form of sexual intercourse;
• Any materials designed to sexually arouse
• Any visual representation of nude images of a celebrity
• Any items depicting bestiality, rape, incest, sadism, masochism, graphic violence or degradation
• Photographs of wives/girlfriends/husbands/boyfriends, even if there's no nudity

Magazines and books

The following magazines and books are allowed if the listing or product does not contain nude images or explicit content:

• Playboy, Playgirl, Mayfair and Penthouse magazines
• Romance novels
• Books on sex, relationships, sexual education and self-help

Not allowed

• Adult magazines that are not included in the Restricted section above
• All other nudist publications or adult anime or manga that include sexually explicit content, nudity or sexual stories

Adult media

Allowed

• Unrated films are permitted if the content of the film isn't sexually explicit.
• Films related to sex education, self-help, relationships and sexuality are generally permitted, but the listing and product can't contain nude images or explicit content.

Not allowed

• Films described as 'strictly for 18+' or 'over 18s only' are generally not permitted;
• Films and video games classified as RC (refused classification), X or created for an adult audience
• Unrated films containing explicit sexual content
• Amateur videos or hidden camera videos
• Adult-only video games
• celebrity sex tapes or films (rated up to 18) with violent sexual scenes

Minors

Child pornography is illegal and not allowed on shoppingtown.info. As such shoppingtown.info may use its sole discretion when investigating and removing items that depict minors, even if the content is not sexual in nature.

Other adult items

At our discretion we may remove adult items not mentioned in this policy.

Illegal and obscene item

Obscene materials, while not easy to define, aren't allowed. For some guidance, at our discretion we prohibit items depicting or describing bestiality, necrophilia, rape, scat and incest (real or fictionalised).

Services that include any sexual/adult activity. This includes the suggestion of any form of prostitution, escort service, sexual relationship or other adult-only activity, including 'virtual' boyfriends or girlfriends