Booth to Ban Products Used Only for Solicitation or Notification
The policy change directly targets a class of listings that cluttered search results without delivering actual goods, a move that could reshape how creators and sellers use Booth as a discovery platform.
Reporting from 1 sources: Denfaminicogamer.
Booth announced a guideline revision on June 23 that adds "products primarily for solicitation or notification" to its list of prohibited items. The change, effective July 8, targets listings that do not distribute goods and only direct users to other product pages. The revision responds to user complaints about searchability and convenience.
The Booth management office announced on June 23 that it will prohibit products whose primary purpose is solicitation or notification, effective July 8. The revision applies to listings published before that date as well. The company cited an increase in products that do not involve actual distribution of goods and only direct users to other product pages, which users reported made it hard to find works. Prohibited items include those primarily intended to solicit or advertise other products, items that only provide guidance or notification to external sites, and other items deemed inappropriate by the company. Products determined to fall under these categories will be made private sequentially.
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