2026 Seller AI-Disclosure Rules
A free, cited checklist for US indie digital and POD sellers — what KDP, Etsy Help, Fiverr, Google, and the FTC actually say about AI disclosure and honesty, with source links you can open yourself.
Not legal advice. Not regulatory advice. Policies change. Verify every rule against the live platform page before you change a listing.
VERIFY notes (read these)
- Etsy handbook / Creativity Standards — fuller legal/handbook AI pages were not fully fetched in the research cycle. Disclosure claims here use Etsy’s Help Center “What Can I Sell on Etsy?” Open Creativity Standards / Seller Handbook in your browser before you scale an AI-assisted shop.
- eBay User Agreement — live UA was captcha-walled during research. eBay points cite a 2023 trade analysis that quotes UA language. Re-read the live agreement yourself.
What’s inside (~5 pages, US Letter)
- Executive checklist: KDP, Etsy, Fiverr, FTC, Google, eBay
- Generated vs assisted on KDP (primary Help text)
- Etsy seller-prompted AI disclosure (Help Center + VERIFY)
- FTC fake-review rule and endorsement disclosures
- Source list with URLs fetched 2026-09-15
Also free on this site
- Listing Checker — paste a blurb, get PASS / WARN / FAIL cues
- KDP Helper — generated vs assisted decision tree
- Policy Watch — public source snapshots
- Weekly email — opt-in Brief
Markdown source: guide.md.
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