DMCA & Takedown Procedure

All notices under this procedure should be sent to our designated agent:

hello@outbid.day

Email is the only valid notice channel at this time. A postal address for the designated agent will be published here once a Form DMCA-1 designation is on record with the U.S. Copyright Office. Until then, do not send notices by physical mail — email is the only channel we monitor.

A valid copyright takedown notice must include all six elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Your notice will be considered incomplete if any element is missing:

1. Physical or electronic signature of the rights holder or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (e.g., a title, registration number, or a URL where the work is legitimately published). If multiple works are involved, a representative list.
3. Identification of the infringing material with enough detail for us to locate it on outbid.day. The minimum is the listing URL on our site (the /product/<slug> page) and, where known, the destination URL or @handle being claimed.
4. Contact information for the complaining party: postal address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A good-faith statement that the complaining party believes the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement under penalty of perjury that the information in the notice is accurate, and that the complaining party is the rights holder or is authorized to act on behalf of the rights holder.

For trademark, trade-dress, publicity-rights, or other intellectual-property complaints that don't fall under copyright, we follow the same expedited procedure (24-hour acknowledgement, 1-business-day action window) and the same six-element notice template. Where your claim identifies a registered trademark rather than a copyrighted work, replace the second element with the trademark registration number and the goods or services for which it is registered.

Impersonation that bypasses our proactive claim-time checks (e.g. typosquats, sub-brand impersonation, or trademark claims we hadn't anticipated) is handled here. Successful takedowns flip the listing's status to inactive in our database — the row is retained for audit and tax purposes but is hidden from every public surface (board, hall, search, sitemap, product page) and cannot be reclaimed without a fresh claim.

1. We acknowledge receipt within 24 hours.
2. We remove or restrict access to the identified listing within 1 business day of confirming the notice is valid.
3. We share the notice (with contact information) with the listing owner so they have an opportunity to respond. We may also share your notice with our payment processor for fraud-review purposes.
4. If the listing owner disputes the takedown, we follow the § 512(g) counter-notice procedure for copyright claims, which includes a 10–14 business-day put-back window unless you file a lawsuit against the lister.

If you believe your listing was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g). A valid counter-notice must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before removal.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or any district in which outbid.day may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice.

Send the counter-notice to hello@outbid.day. If the original complaining party does not file a lawsuit within 10–14 business days of receiving the counter-notice, the material may be restored.

Knowingly false statements in a takedown notice or counter-notice may subject the submitter to liability for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f). We may ignore notices that are abusive, duplicative, or made in bad faith, and we may suspend the submitter's ability to file future notices. Filing a notice does not guarantee removal; we evaluate each notice on its merits.

Users in the European Economic Area can submit notices under Article 14 of the EU E-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC). The same contact (hello@outbid.day) and the same six-element notice template apply. We will act expeditiously on notices that meet the substantive requirements; we do not offer a self-service takedown form at this time.