Acceptable Use Policy
What products and services can be sold through Commet.
Commet is the Merchant of Record for your digital products, meaning we operate as the official reseller. Our platform is designed for digital offerings only and does not accommodate physical items or human-delivered services.
Have questions about your specific use case? Contact our support team before starting your integration.
What you can sell
Commet enables you to monetize these digital product and service categories:
- Premium access: Subscription-based content, gated digital experiences, private GitHub repositories, Discord servers, and online courses
- Digital products: Code repositories, templates, eBooks, PDFs, icons, fonts, design resources, photos, videos, and audio files
- Software & SaaS: Mobile applications, desktop software, web applications, and software-as-a-service offerings
Core requirements
For your product to be eligible:
- Compliant — Lawful, ethical, transparent, and consistent with payment provider regulations
- High quality — Something you'd confidently present publicly
- Digitally fulfillable — Deliverable automatically through Commet or instantly available via your service using our APIs
Restricted categories
Certain business types need extra scrutiny and must demonstrate elevated standards:
- eBooks: Must deliver real value and meet quality benchmarks
- Ticket sales: Must comply with regional regulations
- Pre-orders & paid waitlists: Higher risk for MoR operations; exceptions possible for established developers with proven delivery records
- Marketing services: Must emphasize authentic, sustainable value
- Directories & boards: Frequently feature paid positioning that may lack appropriate disclosure
Prohibited products & services
This list is not comprehensive. We may introduce new restrictions at any point. Accounts could be subject to review or suspension if we identify misleading, fraudulent, or high-risk usage patterns.
Compliance violations
- Services that breach terms of service on other platforms
- Counterfeit products
- Items you don't have ownership rights to or lack licensing to resell
- Intellectual property or trademark violations
Restricted business models
- Travel-related services: reservations, travel clubs, timeshares
- Recruitment platforms or job boards
- Paid waitlists or pre-orders (exceptions possible for high-trust scenarios)
- Charitable donations or charity where pricing significantly exceeds product value
Marketplaces & reselling
- Platforms that enable unauthorized resale or distribution
- Unauthorized software license reselling
- Marketplaces that sell products or services from other parties
Financial services
- NFT and cryptocurrency assets
- Financial guidance: investment strategies, trading signals, wealth management, tax advice
- Investment advisory, brokerage, or trading services
- Financial services: account balances, investments, or transaction facilitation
Prohibited service types
- Services designed to bypass rules or terms of other services
- Cheating services: unauthorized modifications, hacks, or unfair advantages
- IP or API cloaking services
- eSIM or telecommunication services
- Malware, spyware, or viruses
- IPTV services
- Products that need special licensing or are heavily regulated
- Wagering, betting, or gambling services
Marketing & outreach services
- Unsolicited marketing or advertising services, including:
- Automation for mass content generation and submission
- Automated outreach that risks spam
- Bulk messaging via SMS/WhatsApp
- Lead selling, scraping, or generation
Other prohibited categories
- Services that could damage the reputation of Commet or our payment processing partners
- "Get rich quick" content or schemes
- Medical services: pharmaceutical products, weight loss, or medical advice
- Pseudo-science offerings: fortune-telling, horoscopes, clairvoyance
Low-quality products
- Deceptive practices: fake social proof, reviews, or testimonials
- Products with low trustworthiness scores or misleading tactics
- Services or products with major bugs or execution problems
- Premium-priced AI-generated content (e.g., $50 eBooks that are only 4 pages)
Adult content & services
- Explicit or adult content, including NSFW content created through AI, services similar to OnlyFans, and adult services or content generated with AI
Data & privacy violations
- Services that undermine user privacy or data security
- Unauthorized distribution or resale of customer data to third parties
Physical goods & human services
- Services that aren't digitally or automatically fulfillable
- Professional services: web development, design, marketing, consulting
- Services that need physical delivery or fulfillment
- Physical items of any type
Illegal & restricted content
- Content that conflicts with payment processor guidelines (e.g., Stripe's restricted businesses)
- Products that break laws in your operating jurisdiction or target markets
- Services or content aimed at minors or that are age-restricted
- Illegal products or services, such as vaping products, tobacco, alcohol, or drugs
Related
- Merchant of Record — How Commet handles taxes and compliance as your MoR
- Finance Overview — Balances, payouts, and transaction history
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