Outgrown — Terms of Service

Last updated: May 23, 2026

Welcome to Outgrown. Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms") carefully before using our service. By creating an account or using Outgrown, you agree to these Terms.

1. Who we are

Outgrown ("Outgrown," "we," "us," or "our") is a community platform that helps parents pass on children's clothing, toys, and gear that their children have outgrown, to other families who need them.

The service is currently operated by Michael LaMaina, an individual ("the Operator"). The Operator intends to transfer operation of Outgrown to a Delaware limited liability company. Upon that transfer, the term "Operator" in these Terms will refer to that company, and your continued use of Outgrown will be governed by these Terms as operated by that successor entity. We will update these Terms to reflect the change in operator when it occurs.

You can contact us at hello@getoutgrown.com.

2. What Outgrown is — and what it is not

Outgrown is a platform that connects parents with one another so they can give and receive second-hand children's items. It is built around a simple idea: what your child outgrew, another child needs.

Outgrown is a gift economy. Items on Outgrown are given freely between families. No money is exchanged for items through Outgrown, and selling items is not permitted. Outgrown is not a marketplace, a shop, or a reseller.

Important — please read this carefully:

Outgrown simply provides the tools that let parents find one another and communicate. Everything that happens between users — including meeting in person and handing over items — is between those users alone.

3. Eligibility

To use Outgrown, you must:

Outgrown is not intended for use by anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly allow minors to create accounts. Outgrown is intended for adults arranging items on behalf of children — not for children themselves.

4. Your account

When you create an account, you are responsible for:

You must verify your email address before you can claim items. You may not create accounts using false information, impersonate anyone, or create multiple accounts to evade limits or restrictions.

We may suspend or close your account if you breach these Terms, misuse the platform, or behave in a way that harms other users or the community.

5. Listing items

When you list an item on Outgrown, you confirm that:

You may not list:

Certain second-hand children's items carry inherent safety considerations — for example, car seats (which may have been in an accident or expired), cribs and sleep products, and helmets. You are responsible for understanding and disclosing anything relevant to the safety of an item you give away. Outgrown does not assess these things for you.

Once another user's claim on your listing has been accepted, you may no longer change the item's key details. This protects the parent who is relying on your listing.

6. Claiming items

When you claim an item, you understand that:

Free accounts may be limited in how many items they can claim within a given period. Details of any such limits, and of any optional paid features, are described in the app.

7. Meeting and handing over items — safety

Outgrown is built around local, in-person hand-offs between families. This is part of what makes it work — but it also means you will arrange to meet other people.

You are solely responsible for your own safety and the safety of your family when arranging and carrying out any hand-off. We strongly encourage you to:

Outgrown is not responsible for the conduct of any user, online or in person, and is not responsible for any interaction, meeting, or hand-off between users. We do not conduct background checks on users.

8. Community conduct

Outgrown only works if people treat each other with the same goodwill that the platform is built on. You agree that you will not:

We may remove content and suspend or remove users who breach these rules.

9. No warranties

Outgrown is provided "as is" and "as available." To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:

Any item you obtain through Outgrown, you obtain at your own risk.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any rights you have that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:

Because Outgrown is currently provided free of charge and operates as a community gift economy, you acknowledge that it would not be reasonable to hold the Operator liable for the independent actions of users or the condition of items the Operator has never seen.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you. Where liability cannot lawfully be excluded, it is limited to the minimum extent permitted by law.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Operator from any claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of: your use of Outgrown; any item you give or receive; any hand-off or interaction with another user; your breach of these Terms; or your violation of any law or the rights of another person.

12. Content you provide

You keep ownership of the photos, descriptions, and other content you post. By posting it, you grant the Operator a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, and use that content for the purpose of operating and promoting Outgrown. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except where the content has already been shared with another user or where we must keep it to comply with the law.

You are responsible for your content and confirm you have the right to post it.

13. Paid features

Outgrown may offer optional paid features (for example, the ability to claim more items than the free tier allows). If and when paid features are offered:

These Terms will be updated with full paid-feature terms before any charges are made.

14. Privacy

Your privacy matters. Our Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why, and what rights you have. By using Outgrown you also agree to our Privacy Policy.

15. Changes to the service and to these Terms

Outgrown is new and evolving. We may change, add, or remove features, and we may update these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change to these Terms, we will take reasonable steps to let you know (for example, by email or a notice in the app). Your continued use of Outgrown after a change means you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree, you should stop using Outgrown and may close your account.

16. Ending your use

You may stop using Outgrown and close your account at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you breach these Terms or misuse the platform. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 9, 10, 11, and 17 — will continue to apply.

17. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence give you additional rights that cannot be overridden by contract.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, nothing in these Terms deprives you of the protection of the mandatory consumer-protection rules of the country where you live, and you may be entitled to bring proceedings in your local courts. The European Commission also provides an online dispute resolution platform at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

We would much rather resolve any problem directly and amicably — please contact us first at hello@getoutgrown.com.

18. General

Thank you for being part of Outgrown — one family helping another.