Whatnot Terms of Service

This document is Whatnot's Terms of Service, last updated March 13, 2026, governing use of Whatnot's live-stream shopping platform, marketplace, and related services by buyers, sellers, and other users under a binding legal agreement between the user and Whatnot, Inc. The agreement states that users grant Whatnot a royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and display user-generated content; the terms authorize Whatnot to suspend or terminate accounts at its discretion; and the terms establish that sellers are subject to Whatnot's fee and commission structures as a condition of marketplace participation. The agreement includes a mandatory arbitration clause with a class action waiver, requiring individual dispute resolution through binding arbitration under AAA rules, with a 30-day opt-out window for new users, and a shortened limitation period requiring claims to be filed within one year; the terms also assert a broad intellectual property license over user content that may extend beyond platform operation purposes, though applicable law may constrain the scope of certain asserted rights. The document engages the FTC Act (consumer protection and unfair/deceptive practices), CCPA (California consumer privacy rights), COPPA (the terms prohibit users under 18 and explicitly restrict those under 13), and state consumer protection frameworks; sellers operating as businesses may face additional regulatory obligations depending on jurisdiction, and the mandatory arbitration and class action waiver provisions may interact with consumer protection statutes in certain states.