Restricted & Prohibited Items
Waiya is a community marketplace for buying, selling and finding everyday goods, produce, handmade products and services.
For the safety of our community, some products cannot be listed or may require additional approval.
✅ Welcome on Waiya
Farm produce and root crops, fish and seafood, kava, plants and seedlings, clothes and sulu, household goods, furniture, phones and electronics, tools, handicrafts like masi, mats and carvings, home baking and food packs, vehicles, and services.
🚫 Can't be listed
Alcohol
Rum, beer, wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks.
👍 Rum cake, wine glasses, a beer fridge and kava are fine.
Tobacco, nicotine and vapes
Cigarettes, suki and other tobacco, cigars, vapes, vape juice and nicotine products.
Drugs
Marijuana and any other illegal or recreational drugs.
Prescription medicines
Prescription-only or controlled medicines, including leftovers.
👍 Vitamins, first-aid kits and a medicine cabinet are fine.
Firearms, ammunition, explosives and weapons
Guns, air rifles, ammunition, explosives, and weapons such as switchblades, knuckle-dusters and tasers.
👍 Tools like glue guns, nail guns, cane knives and farm machetes are fine.
Stolen goods
Anything that was stolen. Only sell what is yours to sell.
Fakes and replicas
Fake or copied branded goods (“1:1”, “replica”, “first copy”).
👍 A replica canoe or a carving is fine: it's not pretending to be a brand.
People and sexual services
Selling or trading people, or sexual services. This is never allowed.
Adult content
Pornographic or sexually explicit products and content.
Official documents
Passports, driver's licences, birth certificates, IDs and immigration papers.
👍 Passport photo services and help with applications are fine.
Accounts, passwords and bank details
Bank or card details, logins, social media or streaming accounts, and personal data.
Fraud and scams
Fake certificates or IDs, counterfeit money, hacking and “money doubling”.
Recalled products
Products that have been recalled because they are unsafe.
⏳ Needs a quick check first
These are held for a moment while someone at Waiya takes a look. Most are approved.
Dangerous chemicals
Poisons and hazardous chemicals. Everyday farm and garden products are fine.
🤝 Please take care
Wildlife and traditional items
Turtle shell, whale's teeth (tabua), sea cucumber and similar items. Please make sure your sale follows Fiji law.
If your listing is held or can't be listed
Nothing is deleted: your listing stays saved, so you can change it or post something else. If you think we got it wrong, contact Waiya Support and we'll take another look.
Rules may change as Waiya grows and as applicable laws and regulations change.