Marketplace rules

MoonNod connects people offering or looking for items and rooms. Members arrange their own meetings and transactions. MoonNod does not collect payments, hold deposits, inspect items, or approve leases.

Accounts are for adults

Anyone can browse public listings. MoonNod requires account holders to declare that they are at least 18 before posting or pasting a listing, keeping drafts, messaging (blocking, unblocking and reporting stay open), contacting a seller, saving listings or searches, changing a listing or using AI assistance. Existing members must acknowledge the current policy. We do not verify age or collect birth dates or identity documents. Account access, data deletion and sign-out remain available.

Post honestly

Only offer things you own or are authorized to offer. Use your own photos, describe damage, give the actual asking price, and mark a listing sold or unavailable when it is gone. Do not post copied personal messages without permission.

Keep it safe and respectful

No scams, harassment, discrimination, impersonation, spam or prohibited items. Do not expose another person's private information. Moderators may hide listings and review reports. Not a member? Report a listing or a person by writing to support@moonnod.com.

Prohibited items

Do not offer, give away or ask for:

• weapons and ammunition;
• drugs, including cannabis, and drug paraphernalia;
• alcohol;
• tobacco, nicotine and vaping products;
• prescription medicine;
• recalled products: check the CPSC recall search before you post, especially for children's products, helmets, heaters and anything with a battery;
• counterfeit goods;
• stolen goods;
• animals;
• anything else that is illegal to sell in Maryland.

Items and rooms

Item listings may use on-campus or off-campus locations. Housing listings on MoonNod are limited to off-campus locations; residence halls and on-campus apartments are not eligible.

Check an item's condition and any applicable recall before paying. For housing, see the room, confirm who is authorized to rent it, read the agreement, and confirm any required landlord approval. A listing or email badge is not a guarantee.

Meet in a public location. Never share a door code, and never pay or sign anything for a room before you have seen it, in person or on a live video call. No wire transfers, gift cards or crypto. Read the safety guidance and privacy notice.

Fair housing

Describe the place and the house rules, not the people you want. A housing post must not say who may or may not live there because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability or familial status (children or pregnancy), which federal law protects everywhere, or because of marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income (such as a housing voucher) or military status, which Maryland law adds. A preference for a language can read as one about national origin.

For places in Prince George's County, county law also protects age, occupation, citizenship and immigration status, political opinion and personal appearance. A few listing areas are in Montgomery County or in Washington, DC, which has its own list, including age, source of income and student status.

Federal guidance generally allows a post for a room in a shared home, where people share a kitchen or bathroom, to say whether the room is for men or women. Maryland's exemption is narrower: it covers rooms in the owner's own home. When you review a room or a housing request, MoonNod points out wording that can read as a preference. It is a check of words, not legal advice: it can miss things, and what you publish is your decision.

Trips, pickups and moves

Trips, pickups and moves are shared between members, not a ride or moving service. Contributions only cover a fair share of fuel, tolls and parking; offering or asking for paid rides is not allowed. Drivers need a valid license and insurance, and everyone agrees the plan before going. Meet somewhere public and keep the conversation on MoonNod until you have met.