Marketplace Safety
Buy and sell locally with confidence.
Warrinly is a local marketplace designed to help residents and businesses buy and sell safely across the WA postcode area. Warrinly provides the platform — you remain responsible for your own decisions, so please use reasonable care when buying, selling, communicating and arranging delivery or collection. The guidance below helps you do that.
If you believe you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact the appropriate emergency service. Warrinly is not an emergency service.
Report a Listing, User or Safety Concern
Reports go directly to Warrinly's moderation team through the existing reporting system and are reviewed in the admin dashboard. You can add a category, an optional description and a reference to the listing or user.
Buying Safely
- Check the listing carefully before purchasing — review the photos, description, condition and price.
- Ask the seller questions through Warrinly messaging before committing.
- Do not share unnecessary personal information with other users.
- Be cautious of unusually low prices or suspicious requests.
- Keep communications and transaction information within Warrinly where possible.
- Never send money outside the agreed Warrinly payment process when Warrinly payment is being used.
- Report suspicious listings or users using the buttons above.
Selling Safely
- Provide accurate descriptions and use genuine, recent photographs.
- Clearly state the condition of the item, including any defects.
- Do not sell prohibited or unsafe products.
- Do not misrepresent products.
- Keep evidence of transactions where appropriate.
- Respond honestly and promptly to buyer questions.
- Follow applicable consumer and product-safety laws when acting as a trader or business.
Meeting in Person
- Meet in a public place where appropriate.
- Consider bringing another person with you.
- Tell someone where you are going.
- Avoid giving unnecessary access to your home.
- Do not put yourself at risk to complete a transaction — a sale is never worth your safety.
Payments and Fraud
- Never share passwords, PINs, verification codes or full payment credentials.
- Warrinly will never ask you to reveal your account password.
- Be alert to fake payment confirmations.
- Verify payment inside the Warrinly system before releasing an item.
- Do not rely solely on screenshots or messages claiming that payment was made.
- Report suspected fraud immediately using the buttons above.
Prohibited Products
The following categories of products are not permitted on Warrinly:
- Illegal goods
- Stolen goods
- Counterfeit goods
- Weapons and ammunition
- Explosives
- Illegal drugs
- Products prohibited by UK law
- Unsafe consumer products
- Products subject to restricted-sale requirements where Warrinly does not support the required compliance controls
- Fraudulent documents
- Items intended to facilitate illegal activity
- Any other products prohibited by Warrinly’s Terms and applicable UK law
This list is not exhaustive. Products may be removed or restricted where required by law, regulation, safety concerns or Warrinly's policies.
Full Prohibited Products policyProduct Safety
- Products offered for sale on Warrinly must comply with applicable UK product-safety requirements.
- For products sold directly by Warrinly through the Warrinly Shop, product compliance is checked through Warrinly’s internal product-compliance system before sale.
- Third-party sellers acting as traders or businesses must provide applicable product information and comply with relevant legal requirements.
Where a product is suspected to be unsafe, Warrinly may temporarily restrict or remove the listing, flag it for admin review, record the incident, prevent re-listing where necessary and escalate where appropriate. Warrinly does not claim that any product has been independently certified unless that has actually happened.
Seller Information and Platform Compliance
Warrinly may need to collect seller information for legal, tax, fraud-prevention, safety or platform-compliance purposes. Where legally applicable, this may include:
- Full legal name
- Address
- Date of birth
- Tax identification information
- Business/legal name and business address
- Company registration details
- Contact details
Only information that is actually required is collected, and the reason it is needed is explained at the point of collection. Sensitive verification information is stored in an admin-only seller verification area and is never exposed publicly.
Privacy and Your Information
- Private seller information is never displayed publicly on listings or profiles.
- Sensitive verification information is accessible only to authorised administrators.
- You can manage your privacy, cookie and account settings at any time.
Online Safety and User Content
Because Warrinly hosts user-generated listings, images, videos, comments, reviews and communication, the platform operates a safety and moderation framework that includes:
- Report mechanisms for listings, users and safety concerns
- Content moderation and admin review
- User blocking where available
- Account restrictions
- Escalation of illegal content
- Safety incident logging
- Repeat-offender controls
- Admin audit logs
Warrinly monitors applicable UK legal and regulatory requirements and may update its safety controls when required.
Moderation and Enforcement
- Reports submitted through Warrinly are reviewed by the moderation team.
- Where necessary, listings may be hidden or removed, and accounts may be suspended or restricted.
- Moderation reasons and safety incidents are recorded, and repeated violations are reviewed.
- Content may be restored where appropriate, and every action is kept in an audit trail.