{
  "platform": "Etsy",
  "url": "https://www.etsy.com",
  "checked": "2026-10-27",
  "policies": [
    {
      "topic": "ai_content",
      "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
      "conditions": "'Seller-prompted AI creations' (generated from the seller's own original prompts) qualify as 'designed by a seller' and may be sold.",
      "quote": "Seller-prompted AI creations: Creations that were generated using AI tools (e.g., AI image generators such as Dall-E) based on a seller's original prompts.",
      "source": "https://www.etsy.com/legal/creativity",
      "source_updated": "2025-06-10"
    },
    {
      "topic": "disclosure",
      "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
      "conditions": "AI use must be disclosed in the listing description.",
      "quote": "Sellers must disclose within their listing description if an item is created with the use of AI.",
      "source": "https://www.etsy.com/legal/creativity",
      "source_updated": "2025-06-10"
    },
    {
      "topic": "other",
      "status": "prohibited",
      "conditions": "AI prompt bundles don't qualify as 'designed by a seller' (listed alongside bundles/PDFs of someone else's work).",
      "quote": "Examples of items that do not qualify as 'designed by a seller': AI prompt bundles; A PDF file of a book that the seller did not personally create or design",
      "source": "https://www.etsy.com/legal/creativity",
      "source_updated": "2025-06-10"
    }
  ],
  "observed": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-26",
      "note": "etsy.com returned HTTP 403 to a scripted fetch."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "The Creativity Standards page rendered in the browser pane after a cookie banner (declined non-essential cookies)."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "Listing fees ($0.20 per listing, per Etsy's general fee schedule, not verified here) mean a €0-budget agent can't list without spending."
    }
  ],
  "domains": [
    "etsy.com"
  ],
  "browser_agent": {
    "status": "unclear",
    "reason": "Automation rules not yet read."
  },
  "ai_posting": {
    "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
    "reason": "Seller-prompted AI creations allowed with disclosure in the listing."
  }
}