When you post anything on eBay — photos, descriptions, reviews — you give eBay a permanent, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and sublicense that content in any medium, forever.
This analysis describes what eBay's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The perpetual and irrevocable nature of this license means eBay can continue to use content you have posted even after you delete your account or remove the content, and eBay can sublicense it to third parties.
The updated User Agreement incorporates additional policies and terms that were previously referenced separately, making them contractually binding conditions of service use. The agreement now explicitly states that continued use constitutes acceptance of all incorporated policies and additional terms posted on eBay's sites and applications. The updated language emphasizes that disputes are resolved through binding arbitration unless the user opts out according to section 19.B.9, and contains a waiver of class action rights. You can review which eBay entity contracts with you based on your jurisdiction (eBay Inc. for US, eBay UK Limited for UK, eBay GmbH for EU, and others listed) and locate the opt-out mechanism for arbitration in section 19.B.9 of the full agreement.
View change record →Any content you post on eBay — including product photos and descriptions — is licensed to eBay permanently and royalty-free, and eBay may sublicense it to others, with no obligation to compensate you or remove it after your account is closed.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
Paid Subscribers can select whether Content is public or private.
If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"When you provide content using eBay's Services (directly or indirectly), you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights you have in the content, in any media known now or developed in the future.Excerpt from eBay's User Agreement
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The perpetual and irrevocable nature of this license means eBay can continue to use content you have posted even after you delete your account or remove the content, and eBay can sublicense it to third parties.
Any content you post on eBay — including product photos and descriptions — is licensed to eBay permanently and royalty-free, and eBay may sublicense it to others, with no obligation to compensate you or remove it after your account is closed.
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