Adult Sex Toys --> Do You Show ID?

[Honeybadger]

I promote fashion items to customers
Target is English-speaking countries
Next year I'll be moving into the adult niche (probably)
So adult-related questions are catching my attention more and more
When Amazon delivers age-restricted products to customers in Great Britain they must show ID
(I've been told, it's not from personal experience !!)
This definitely applies to knives --> but does it apply to adult sex toys as well?
I'm asking mainly about customers in the US but also GB
If you order a vibrating dildo, slave cage or kinky leather whip
Do you need to show ID to the mailperson?
Amazon GB lists ID requirements
But not the list of age-restricted products
More info here

 

[GriD]

Hello @Honeybadger

Legal requirements... Different from country to country... For some items even state to state...
This is a question the seller has to ask himself before shipping an item out to a customer...
When I dropshipped items on eBay US I sometimes deliberately omitted selling in some states because of legal requirements...
(and indeed kitchen knives were among those items)

Legal compliance is the responsibility of the seller...
I suspect you are not going to dropship/sell the items yourself?
So just ask the seller and they should tell you...

Let's say if you promote a knife sold on Amazon, the Amazon seller for sure will have to be aware and comply...
Eventually not even shipping out to some countries/states!

Read the shipping restrictions for the item and ask the seller!

 

[Demii]

Do you need to show ID to the mailperson?

I have never had to show my ID when I got a package delivered at my home. They don't know what's in it, right?

 

[GriD]

I have never had to show my ID when I got a package delivered at my home. They don't know what's in it, right?

You are absolutely right @Demii
But @Honeybadger is concerned about the legal requirements...

Even if the mailman is not aware he is delivering me a gun or another illegal item, he doesn't "know what is in it"
It does not change the fact I am not allowed to ship it to my customer...

I might be allowed to sell an item in a shop...
That does not imply I am legally allowed to ship it...

 

[Graybeard]

In the USA:

1. USPS (Post Office) Will not accept parcels with hazardous items or with firearms or ammunition.
2. Fed-ex will only deliver firearms to licensed FFL dealers
   Any shipment that is in violation of (2) is confiscated by the government (when found) with thesender prosecuted when possible.
3. UPS will deliver some hazardous materials and ammunition to businesses and homes.
   a.) in some cases personal delivery to an adult is specified by the sender
   b.) in some cases signature required
   c.) more for proof of delivery reasons
4. 'sex toys' are normal parcel post Post Office smaller items. Larger items UPS or FexEx --no signature unless sender specified.
5. There is a mail regulation that letters containing pornography unsolicited advertisement sent through the US Mails ave a warning. That's pretty much legacy today. The Internet is for porn

 

[Strickland]

'sex toys' are normal parcel post Post Office smaller items. Larger items UPS or FexEx --no signature unless sender specified.

Same here in the UK, sex toys are not prohibited or restricted.
It's internt porn all the way

 

[Honeybadger]

I'm moving towards testing before promoting
(that doesn't apply to vibrating dildos)
Just wanted to know what to write in product description
More information the customers has
More informed choices
Leads to more sales

But in 2021 I'll start buying things before promoting
Good way to know full cycle
Gives you a head-start over the copy and paste brigade

 

[Demii]

that doesn't apply to vibrating dildos

Why not? Hahahah

 

[GriD]

I'm moving towards testing before promoting
(that doesn't apply to vibrating dildos)

Why not? Hahahah

Maybe @Honeybadger meant toys with batteries included? (batteries are sometimes classified as no-go by postal services)
But I'm sure he will enlighten us

 

[Graybeard]

I'm moving towards testing before promoting

Grease it up and bend over
Better to find a willing 'test subject'

 

[Demii]

Maybe @Honeybadger meant toys with batteries included? (batteries are sometimes classified as no-go by postal services)
But I'm sure he will enlighten us

Most have a charger and not batteries. If they do, they don't come with them at least here in the Netherlands

 

[GriD]

Most have a charger and not batteries. If they do, they don't come with them at least here in the Netherlands

If they have a charger the rechargeable batteries are incorporated inside the item...
Hence no-go for some postal services..
At least in theory...
As you were right earlier when you mentioned 'who knows what's in the package'

 

[Honeybadger]

Genuinely asking
Some internal search intel for the uninitiated
Aside from product and category queries
Google Analytics shows most of my customers ask delivery questions
Looking deeper into Google's black hole of data
The majority of delivery questions are typed on product landing pages
Now I know what's missing
--> That's causing basket abortion, abandonment, whatever
They leave without clicking the f@ckin buy button
Makes sense to provide delivery info
For porn toys I'd imagine delivery info is critical
It seems the enlightened among us have answered
Now I can tell my customers
Your dildo does not require the presentation of ID
Heavens, my adult site isn't even live yet !!
Back to work on fashion now..

 

[Demii]

Your dildo does not require the presentation of ID

Also note that the package is discrete or something like that

 

[Strickland]

I knew a farmer who managed to grow a field of vibrators. Things were going well until he had a problem with squatters

 

[Uerdgoly]

I knew a farmer who managed to grow a field of vibrators. Things were going well until he had a problem with squatters

Wow, are you not bad friends of "dildo farmers"?"

 

[horaceandsons]

AFAIK, you only get 1% commission on adult products at Amazon. Lovehoney 20% et al.

 

[NyasiaTrujillo]

In the US, age restrictions for purchasing adult toys vary by state and locality, so there's no universal answer. Generally, online retailers like Amazon don't require ID for purchasing these items. However, for certain products or locations, there may be age verification processes in place. It's always a good idea to check the specific policies of the retailer you're using.
For a wider selection of adult toys and products, you might consider checking out retailers like , which cater specifically to this niche and may have more detailed information on age verification requirements.

 

[Graybeard]

example:Texas HB1181 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

[a]mended by adding Chapter 129B to read as follows:
129B. LIABILITY FOR ALLOWING MINORS TO ACCESS PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ...
That has nothing to do with sex toys