Complaints, Reporting & Moderation
Bask takes reports seriously. This page explains how to report a problem and how we handle it. It covers all user content on the site: listings, private messages, store reviews, public questions, and feedback.
How to report something
Every listing has a Report button, and so do stores, reviews, questions and chats. Use it to report an advert, message, review or user that you believe is illegal, misleading, abusive, a scam, or a welfare concern. A report reaches our moderators straight away.
If you don't have an account, or the problem isn't about a listing, email support@baskmarket.co.uk with a link to the content and a short description. We log every emailed complaint in the same queue, and the clock below starts when your email reaches us.
What we do about it
- We review every report we receive.
- We remove content that is illegal or breaks our rules, and we act on the accounts responsible, from a warning to a permanent ban for serious or repeated breaches.
- An illegal, misleading or inappropriate advert is taken down within 12 working hours of the report reaching us. Working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.
- We run a three-strikes rule. An account that posts an illegal advert three times is closed permanently. A single serious breach can close an account immediately: an animal we do not allow, a sale to someone under 18, or a scam.
- A listing that breaks a formatting rule rather than the law is taken down and sent back to the seller to fix, with an email and no strike. Only a listing that comes back unchanged counts.
Who is responsible
A named person at Bask is accountable for our online-safety duties and for handling reports. You can reach them at reports@baskmarket.co.uk.
Appeals
If we remove your content or restrict your account and you think we have got it wrong, email support@baskmarket.co.uk and say which decision you are appealing. We reply within 5 working days.
Bask Market Ltd · registered in England and Wales, company number 17430169 · registered office: 124 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX.
Last updated: 23 September 2026.
