Terms of Use

Etsy · agreement dated Sep 30, 2026 · Official agreement

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Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

No crawling, scraping or reverse engineering without Etsy's express permission

You agree not to crawl, scrape or spider any page of the Services, or to reverse engineer or try to obtain the source code of the Services, including both Etsy Intellectual Property and Seller Content, without Etsy's express permission. If you want to use Etsy's API, the Terms point to the separate API Terms of Use.

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You agree not to crawl, scrape, or spider any page of the Services or to reverse engineer or attempt to obtain the source code of the Services (including both Etsy Intellectual Property and Seller Content) without our express permission. If you want to use our API, please follow our [API Terms of Use](https://www.etsy.com/legal/api).

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The prohibition is lifted only by Etsy's express permission.

Not stated here

  • The API Terms of Use are linked, not supplied.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You agree not to interfere with or disrupt the Services

You agree not to interfere with or try to disrupt the Services, for example by distributing a virus, sending excessive requests to the site or platform, or spreading other harmful computer code.

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You agree not to interfere with or try to disrupt our Services, for example by distributing a virus, excessive requests to our site or platform, or other harmful computer code.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Etsy does not guarantee security, availability, error correction, freedom from viruses or results

Etsy does not guarantee that the Services will be secure or available at any particular time or location, that defects or errors will be corrected, that the Services will be free of viruses or other harmful materials, or that the results of using the Services will meet your expectations. You use the Services solely at your own risk. The Terms add that some jurisdictions do not allow limits on implied warranties, so these limits may not apply to you.

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WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT: (I) THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE OR AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; (II) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; (III) THE SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MATERIALS; OR (IV) THE RESULTS OF USING THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU USE THE SERVICES SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Some jurisdictions do not allow limits on implied warranties, so the limits may not apply to you.