Policy Overview
Buyers need to compare different items to make a smart, informed purchasing decision. The duplicate listings policy is designed to ensure sellers don't list in a way that clutters the buying experience and hurts the overall marketplace.
Sellers can't have more than one fixed price listing of an identical item at the same time.
Sellers can have more than one auction-style listing for identical items. However, only one duplicate auction-style listing without bids will appear on Milsim Market at a time.
These restrictions on duplicate listings include listing an identical item in different categories or listing an identical item using different user IDs.
If your listings don't follow these guidelines, they may be ended or not displayed in the Milsim Market search results. You may also be subject to a range of other actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges.
What are duplicate listings?
Listings are considered duplicates if they are for items that have no significant difference between them, or if the listings appear to be for the same item in search results. To avoid having your listings treated as duplicates, make sure you clearly show the differences in the title, price, condition, photo, subtitle, item specifics, or in the parts compatibility areas of a listing. We may also look at other parts of the listing, such as the description, to determine whether it's a duplicate.
The following types of listings, if they are for the identical item, will be considered duplicate listings even though the listing format or details may vary:
- An auction-style listing with the Buy It Now option and an auction-style listing without the Buy It Now option for the identical item.
- A fixed price listing and an auction-style listing with the Buy It Now option for the identical item.
What are the guidelines?

Allowed
| - Separate listings for items that are similar but not identical, as long as the differences are clearly reflected in the title, subtitle, price, photos, condition, item specifics, or parts compatibility areas of a listing.
- One fixed price listing with variations.
- One fixed price listing offering multiples of an item.
- Two or more listings to sell bundles or "lots" of items, where the lots or bundles are very different and clearly satisfy different buyer needs. For example, a pack of 10 envelopes meets a different buyer need than a pack of 100 of the same envelope.
- Listings with more than one product number, product name, or brand in the listing as long as the item is specifically made to fit each product and the listing complies with our search and browse manipulation policy.
- Separate listings for items that are identical except for condition, such as 1 new, 1 used, and 1 refurbished item.
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Restricted
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- Separate listings for items made to fit specific products, models, or brands.
This exception does not apply to generic or universal items that fit all or most products (for example, AA batteries).
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Not allowed
| - Separate listings for identical generic or universal items—such as AA batteries, generic lens caps, generic cases, and cables—listed as being compatible with certain products.
- Separate listings for identical items compatible with several products or models where the same compatible models are displayed in all listings.
- More than one listing for items that aren't significantly different or don't satisfy a different buyer need. For example, one listing of a quantity of seven #10 size envelopes and one listing of a quantity of eight of the same #10 size envelopes. In this case, the items should be listed in one a multi-quantity fixed price listing allowing the buyers to select how many they want to purchase.
- Listings for identical items with an additional item of insignificant value added to create a listing that appears different. For example, you can't have one listing for a Dell computer with a mouse pad, and another listing for the same model Dell computer with a package of paper clips.
- More than one listing of an identical item listed separately by the same seller:
- Under another Milsim Market user ID
- In different categories, although you might be able to list an item in a second category.
- A fixed price listing and an auction-style listing with the Buy It Now option for identical items.
- Multiple auction-style listings for identical items can't offer any of the following:
- Buy It Now option
- Different start prices
- Different reserve prices
- Different titles or descriptions
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Follow these guidelines to make sure that your listings follow our listing policies:- List identical items in one multi-quantity fixed price listing.
- List items with variations such as size and colour in one fixed price listing with variations.
- List items that fit multiple guns in parts compatibility listings. Don't include the compatible guns in the title.