Terms of Use
Welcome to www.ebaymainstreet.com and any of its local versions.
By accessing the eBay Main Street website (“eBay Main Street”), you agree to comply with the following Terms of Use and all policies posted on our sites, and you acknowledge your review of the eBay Main Street Privacy and Cookie Notice.
- If you reside in the United Kingdom you are entering into a contract with eBay (UK) Limited,1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF, United Kingdom VAT number GB 782 3254 24.
- If you reside outside the UK but within the European Union, you are entering into a contract with eBay GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Ring 26, 14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany (VAT number DE 200081785).
- If you reside within the United States you are entering into a contract with eBay, Inc, 2065 Hamilton Ave, San Jose, CA, 95125, USA
- If you reside in Canada you are entering into a contract with eBay Canada Limited, 155 Queens Quay East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 0W4.
- If you reside in India you are entering in to a contract with eBay Singapore Services Pte Ltd, 1 Raffles Quay, #18- 00, Singapore 048583
- If you reside elsewhere, you are entering into a contract with eBay Marketplaces GmbH, Helvetiastraße 15-17, 3005 Bern, Switzerland.
These entities are individually and collectively referred to as "eBay," "we," or "us." These Terms of Use are effective on October 1, 2026 or upon registration (if registration happens later than October 1, 2026).
Please be advised that these Terms of Use contain provisions that govern how claims you and we have against each other are resolved (see Liability, Legal Disputes, and General provisions below). It also contains an Agreement to Arbitrate for some users, which will, with limited exception, require you to submit claims you have against us or our agents to binding and final arbitration, unless you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate (see Legal Disputes, Section B (“Agreement to Arbitrate”)). Unless you opt out: (1) you will only be permitted to pursue claims against us or our agents on an individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action or proceeding and (2) you will only be permitted to seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) on an individual basis.
Using eBay Main Street
You accept eBay Main Street "as is" and voluntarily choose to participate in eBay Main Street Member Program Events including, without limitation, any eBay Main Street or related events eBay may organize locally ("Events") at your own risk. The eBay Main Street Member Program is intended to keep you informed and help you take action on government regulations affecting your ability to trade on eBay.
eBay Main Street, its employees, affiliates, agents, and other third party partners may arrange for or publicize meetings at a variety of venues for the primary purpose of discussing policy issues and other subjects designed to increase awareness of issues impacting the eBay marketplace. eBay may or may not supervise these Events and may or may not be involved in any way with the actions of any individuals at these Events. As a result, eBay does not exercise any control over the identity or actions of the individuals who are present at these Events. All participants should exercise caution and good judgment when attending an Event.
Abusing eBay Main Street
We may limit or terminate your access to eBay Main Street and its Events and take technical or legal steps to keep individuals off eBay Main Street if we believe they may create problems or act inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.
Personal Information
By using eBay Main Street, you agree to the collection, transfer, storage and use of your personal information by eBay Main Street on servers located in the United States, as further described in our Privacy & Cookie Notice.
Liability
We may or may not control, censor or supervise information or comments provided by participants at Events or communications between participants. You may find other users' comments offensive, harmful, inaccurate or deceptive; therefore, you will not hold eBay responsible for other users' actions or inactions, including any communication between you and other users. You indemnify and hold us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and partners) harmless from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code § 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party."
To the extent legally permitted we expressly disclaim all warranties, representations and conditions, express or implied, including those of quality, merchantability, merchantable quality, durability, fitness for a particular purpose and those arising by statutes. We are not liable in contract or tort (including negligence) for any loss, whether of money (including profit), goodwill, reputation, or any special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of your use of the Site, even if you advise us or we could reasonably foresee the possibility of any such damage occurring. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or exclusion of damages so such disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you.
Nothing in these Terms of Use shall limit or exclude our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or the negligence of our agents or employees or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law.
Despite the previous paragraph, and to the extent permitted by the applicable regulation if we are found to be liable, our liability to you or any third party (whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability in tort, by statute or otherwise) is limited to: fifty US dollars ($50) for US residents, forty pounds (£40) for UK residents, forty-five euros (€45) for EU residents.
Legal Disputes
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON HOW CLAIMS YOU AND EBAY HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED.
If you reside in the United States or outside of Canada or outside of the European Union, You and eBay agree that any claim or dispute at law or equity that has arisen, or may arise, between you and eBay (including any claim or dispute between you and a third-party agent of eBay) that relates in any way to or arises out of this or previous versions of these Terms of Use, your use of or access to the eBay Main Street Member Program, any Events or activities, or the actions of eBay or its agents, or any products, will be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Legal Disputes Section.
A. Applicable Law
You agree that if you reside in the United States, except to the extent inconsistent with or preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and eBay, except as otherwise stated in this User Agreement.
If you reside in the United Kingdom, this agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
If you reside in a country within the European Union, Canada, Australia, or India, any claim, dispute or matter arising under or in connection with these Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in all respects according to the laws as stipulated as governing law in the general User Agreement between you and eBay for the use of the eBay Services.
B. Agreement to Arbitrate
If you reside in the United States, You and eBay each agree that any and all disputes or claims that have arisen, or may arise, between you and eBay (including any disputes or claims between you and a third-party agent of eBay) that relate in any way to or arise out of this or previous versions of these Terms of Use, your use of or access to the eBay Main Street Member Program, any Events or activities, or the actions of eBay or its agents, or any eBay products shall be resolved exclusively through final and binding arbitration, rather than in court. Alternatively, you may assert your claims in small claims court, if your claims qualify and so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement to Arbitrate.
1. Waiver of Class and Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief
EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE, OR COLLECTIVE BASIS, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING, NOR OTHERWISE TO SEEK RECOVERY OF LOSSES OR DAMAGES (WHETHER FOR YOURSELF OR OTHERS) INCURRED BY A THIRD PARTY, AND THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE BE BROUGHT, HEARD, ADMINISTERED, RESOLVED, OR ARBITRATED ON A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE BASIS. ONLY INDIVIDUAL RELIEF IS AVAILABLE. Subject to this Agreement to Arbitrate, the arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the party’s individual claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement to Arbitrate, if a final decision, not subject to any further appeal or recourse, determines that the limitations of this Section are invalid or unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief (such as a request for public injunctive relief), you and eBay agree that that particular claim or request for relief (and only that particular claim or request for relief) shall be severed from the arbitration and may be brought in court, subject to your and eBay's right to appeal. All other Disputes, aside from those explicitly exempted above, shall be arbitrated. This section does not prevent you or eBay from participating in a class-wide settlement of claims.
2. Arbitration Procedures
Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, and court review of an arbitration award is very limited. However, an arbitrator can award the same damages and relief on an individual basis that a court can award to an individual. An arbitrator should apply the Terms of Use as a court would. The arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to resolve any Dispute, including, without limitation, disputes regarding the interpretation or application of the Agreement to Arbitrate, including the enforceability, revocability, scope, or validity of the Agreement to Arbitrate or any portion of the Agreement to Arbitrate, except that all Disputes regarding Waiver of Class and Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief (including any claim that all or part of that Section is unenforceable, illegal, void or voidable, or that such Section has been breached), shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator..
The arbitration will be administered by National Arbitration & Mediation ("NAM") in accordance with the NAM Comprehensive Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedure (the "NAM Comprehensive Rules") in effect at the time of arbitration, except as supplemented, where applicable, by the NAM Supplemental Rules for Mass Arbitration Filings (the "NAM Mass Filing Rules"; together with the NAM Comprehensive Rules, the "NAM Rules"), and as modified by this Agreement to Arbitrate. The NAM Rules are currently available at https://www.namadr.com/resources/rules-fees-forms/. To initiate an arbitration, please consult the NAM Rules or contact commercial@namadr.com.
3. Severability
With the exception of any of the provisions in Section 1 of this Agreement to Arbitrate ("Prohibition of Class and Representative Actions and Non-Individualized Relief"), if an arbitrator or court decides that any part of this Agreement to Arbitrate is invalid or unenforceable, then such specific part or parts shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed and the remainder of the Agreement to Arbitrate shall continue in full force and effect.
4. Opt-Out Procedure
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REJECT THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ("OPT-OUT") BY MAILING US A WRITTEN OPT-OUT NOTICE ("OPT-OUT NOTICE"). YOU MUST MAIL THE OPT-OUT NOTICE TO EBAY INC., ATTN: LITIGATION DEPARTMENT, RE: MAIN STREET OPT-OUT NOTICE, 339 W 13490 S, 5TH FLOOR, DRAPER, UT 84020.
5. Future Amendments to the Agreement to Arbitrate
You and we agree that if we make any amendment to this Agreement to Arbitrate (other than an amendment to any notice address or site link provided herein) in the future, that amendment shall not apply to any claim that was filed in a legal proceeding against eBay prior to the effective date of the amendment. The amendment shall apply to all other disputes or claims governed by the Agreement to Arbitrate that have arisen or may arise between you and eBay. We will notify you of amendments to this Agreement to Arbitrate by posting the amended terms on https://www.ebaymainstreet.com/ at least 30 days before the effective date of the amendments.
C. Judicial Forum for Legal Disputes
Unless you and we agree otherwise, in the event that the Agreement to Arbitrate above is found not to apply to you or to a particular claim or dispute, either as a result of your decision to opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate or as a result of a decision by the arbitrator or a court order, you agree that any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and eBay must be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court located in Salt Lake County, Utah. You and eBay agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Salt Lake County, Utah for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes
If you reside in the United Kingdom you and eBay both agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
If you reside in a country within the European Union, Canada, Australia or India, you and eBay both agree, for any claims or disputes under this agreement, to the jurisdiction of the respective courts as stipulated in the general User Agreement between you and eBay for the use of the eBay Services.
General
These terms and the other policies posted on eBay Main Street constitute the entire agreement between eBay and you in connection with eBay Main Street, superseding any conflicting parts of any prior agreements.
If we do not enforce any particular provision, we are not waiving our right to do so later. If a court strikes any of these terms, the remaining terms shall survive. We may automatically assign this agreement in our sole discretion in accordance with the notice provision below. We will send notices to you via the email address that you provide, or by registered mail to the address you provide. Notices sent by registered mail will be deemed received five days following the date of mailing. We may update these terms at any time, with updates taking effect after 30 days of posting on https://www.ebaymainstreet.com/ or other notice to you. No other amendments to these terms will be effective unless made in writing, signed by you and eBay.
No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by these Terms of Use. If you reside in the United Kingdom, a person who is not a party to these Terms of Use has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms of Use but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party specified in these Terms of Use or which exists or is available apart from that Act.
Any translation of these Terms of Use and all related documents is done for local requirements and in the event of a dispute between the versions, the English version of these Terms of Use and all related documents shall govern.