Vendors of the supernatural can sell tangible items as long as they do not claim objects can induce weight loss or love, the arts and crafts marketplace states

Selling the services of demons on Etsy, from Astaroth to Zagan, is unacceptable to the arts and crafts marketplace. The recently public company had previously done a brisk trade in weight loss spells, ex-lover-shaped voodoo dolls, and philtres of various descriptions, but no more.

“Any metaphysical service that promises or suggests it will effect a physical change (eg, weight loss) or other outcome (eg, love, revenge) is not allowed, even if it delivers a tangible item,” read the company’s quietly rewritten terms of service. The old terms simply made sure nobody claimed without proof to have cast a hex on someone’s new boyfriend by requiring some kind of good to change hands.

The news was first reported by the Daily Dot, which polled thwarted vendors of the supernatural who were upset that the service was still selling “items of certain faiths traditionally used for protection like St Christopher medals” but not a love potion. In Etsy’s defense, you can still buy a lovely priapic wand from WildWizardCrafts as of this writing.

“You may sell astrological charts, tarot readings, and other tangible objects, as long as you are not making a promise that object will effect a physical change or other outcome, such as weight loss, love, or revenge,” said Bonnie Broeren, Etsy’s policy director, in reply to agitated users on the site. “Medical drug claims or claims of a medical cure are also not allowed.”

One poster, Bernadette’s Vintage Jewelry, suggested that “since the IPO I think etsy has been doing a sweep”. Wiccans were particularly unhappy with Etsy’s new broom. Metaphorically speaking.