The policy requires merchants selling through the Shop sales channel to comply with separately published merchant guidelines and product eligibility criteria, and discloses that most product eligibility and takedown disputes originate from third-party sources such as regulators and IP rights holders rather than from Shopify directly.
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This provision incorporates by reference a separate set of channel-specific requirements for the Shop sales channel, and establishes that Shopify will provide notice and self-management tools when third-party disputes arise, though the scope and timing of those tools are not specified.
Interpretive note: The Shop channel merchant guidelines and product eligibility criteria are not reproduced in this document; their full content cannot be assessed from this policy alone.
Under this clause, merchants selling on the Shop channel are bound by additional merchant guidelines and product eligibility criteria that are published separately from this policy, and are responsible for managing product eligibility disputes with third parties including regulators and IP rights holders.
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Compare across platforms →"Shop sales channel comes with its own merchant guidelines and product eligibility criteria. If you sell on Shop, you need to respect these requirements. The most common product eligibility disputes originate from outside of Shopify. We are a commerce platform: most product eligibility or takedown disputes that entrepreneurs may encounter originate from outside Shopify, including from regulators and third-party IP rights holders. In these circumstances, we'll give you notice and tools to self-manage your risks and disputes when appropriate.Excerpt from Shopify's Acceptable Use Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Product eligibility disputes originating from regulators may implicate the FTC, Consumer Product Safety Commission, or sector-specific agencies depending on the product category.
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This provision incorporates by reference a separate set of channel-specific requirements for the Shop sales channel, and establishes that Shopify will provide notice and self-management tools when third-party disputes arise, though the scope and timing of those tools are not specified.
Under this clause, merchants selling on the Shop channel are bound by additional merchant guidelines and product eligibility criteria that are published separately from this policy, and are responsible for managing product eligibility disputes with third parties including regulators and IP rights holders.
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