What can / can’t be listed on Olio
What you can list on Olio
🥦 Free food & drink
No matter if it's loose, raw, cooked, opened, unopened, or past its best-before date (but never past its use-by date). For more guidance on safe sharing of food click here but, generally speaking, if it’s food you would eat, then it’s okay to share on Olio.
- Alcohol - It’s your responsibility to ID check requesters
🛼 Free Non Food
You can give, lend or sell your stuff but, please, put it in the correct section (don’t sell stuff in the free part 🤬). There are guidelines but, generally speaking, if you think someone can put it to good use then it’s okay to list on Olio.
- Kitchen knives (not designed as weapons) - It’s your responsibility to ID check requesters
- Used cosmetics - Within date, go for it
- Pet food - Lucky pup
- Tobacco - It’s your responsibility to ID check requesters - never for sale!
What you cannot list on Olio
All sections
💊 All medicines including “over-the-counter”, prescription or pharmacy-approved medication, and COVID tests
💰 Stolen items
🧺 Items that other people left on the street (Unless you take them home and coordinate their collection)
📫 Anything requiring postage
📅 Food that is past its use-by date
👓 Prescription glasses or contact lenses
🔮 Services (tutor, dog walker, hairdresser, etc.)
🪙 Money
©️ Fake or counterfeit goods
📢 Recalled products
💸 Coupons, vouchers, discount codes
🎟️ Tickets and experiences
🚓 Illegal drugs (see here)
☢️ Weapons & controlled items (including, but not limited to knives, solvents, weapons or fireworks)
💽 Digital content (PDF files, music, games, videos, etc.)
📅 Subscriptions
🩺Healthcare items (thermometers, first-aid kits, etc.)
💄 Homemade cosmetics
🧪️ Homemade detergents and chemicals
🦌 Animals, pets or animal parts (leather is OK)
🔞 Violent or graphic content, sexually explicit content (nude and graphic pictures are not allowed but it's fine to share condoms, sex toys, art, etc.)
🚫 Banned literature/ artefacts (ivory items, nazi memorabilia, etc.)
For sale section:
There are some things you can give for free but can’t sell. This often relates to local licensing requirements, including:
🏬 You cannot sell as a business - only individuals can sell on Olio
♻️ Items must be second hand - it can still be new, but no job lots
👨🔧Homemade products
🍾 Alcohol
🥦 Food, drink or anything edible
🎍 Plants
🐶 Pet food
🚬 Tobacco/ Vape liquid/ Nicotine products
💱 Items labeled “not for resale”
🔢 Items listed for “£123” or speculative pricing
Wanted
🤔 Non-specific requests (e.g. “I need clothes” or “Help needed”)
🥦 Food
Borrow
🎥 Only lend low value, non-sentimental items
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