Walmart seller glossary
Walmart Restricted Categories
Three tiers of category restriction: prohibited (cannot list), gated (need pre-approval), conditional (sellable with rules).
Walmart suspended ~7% of 3P seller accounts in 2025 for restricted-category violations. Most were caught on listings the seller didn't realize were restricted.
ShelfSEO scans every audit against the restricted-category dataset inline. /tools/walmart-compliance-check runs the same scan against a paste-in draft listing.
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Last reviewed May 13, 2026.
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