--- title: eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of... description: eBay updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party AI agents and chatbots from making purchases without permission, effective February 20, 2026. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ebay-bans-illicit-automated-shopping-amid-rapid-rise-of-ai-agents-enz11cwvb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents | daily.dev og:description: eBay updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party AI agents and chatbots from making purchases without permission, effective February 20, 2026. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ebay-bans-illicit-automated-shopping-amid-rapid-rise-of-ai-agents-enz11cwvb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eNz11CwvB.png og:image:alt: eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary eBay updated its User Agreement to explicitly ban third-party AI agents and chatbots from making purchases without permission, effective February 20, 2026. The policy targets "agentic commerce" tools that browse and buy products autonomously, reflecting the rapid emergence of AI shopping assistants like ChatGPT's Instant Checkout feature. The update expands previous prohibitions on automated tools to specifically address LLM-driven bots and end-to-end purchasing flows that bypass human review. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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