Acceptable Use Policy

Effective Date: October 16, 2026 · Part of the Herd Yard Terms of Service

This Acceptable Use Policy applies to everyone who uses Herd Yard: buyers, sellers and producers, genetics sellers, and visitors. It adds detail to Section 10 (Prohibited Activities) of the Terms of Service.

1. Listings

• List only cattle, genetics, beef, or other approved products you own or are authorized to sell, and that may lawfully be sold.
• Describe animals and products honestly, including breed, age, weight, sex, breeding status, health, vaccinations, registration, and location.
• Use your own photos and videos, or ones you have permission to use. No stock or copied images presented as your animals.
• Mark sold or unavailable items promptly. Do not post duplicate or placeholder listings.

2. Messaging and contact

• Use Herd Yard messaging and contact details only for genuine questions and offers about listings.
• No spam, bulk messaging, chain messages, or unsolicited marketing to other users.
• No harassment, threats, hateful content, or unlawful discrimination.
• Do not ask users to pay outside Herd Yard in order to evade the Platform Fee on a transaction that began in Herd Yard's e-commerce checkout.

3. Payments and fraud

• No fake buyers or sellers, shill offers, payment fraud, overpayment scams, or chargeback abuse.
• Provide truthful identity, business, tax, and banking information to Stripe and Herd Yard.

4. Platform security

• No scraping, crawling, or bulk collection of data except by public search engines following robots.txt.
• No attempts to access other accounts, admin tools, or non-public systems, and no malware, probing, or overloading the service.
• No circumventing account approval, suspensions, or listing limits.

5. Enforcement

Herd Yard may remove content, limit features, decline or suspend accounts, or terminate access for violations, and may report unlawful activity to authorities. Report a problem to [email protected].