Overwatch 2 Account for Sale: Why You Shouldn't Buy One

Every Overwatch 2 account for sale you find online is a terms-of-service violation waiting to land on whoever buys it, not just whoever sold it.

What the terms actually say

Battle.net accounts are licensed to one person and are not transferable — Blizzard's terms explicitly prohibit selling, buying or trading them. That's the basis Blizzard uses to ban an account the moment a sale gets reported or detected.

What actually happens when it goes wrong

• The original owner can reclaim it. Battle.net's recovery tools exist for the account holder, not whoever's currently logged in.
• A banned account loses everything. Skins, battle pass progress and Competitive rank all vanish with a suspension, with no refund path for money spent on the account itself.
• Payment disputes have no protection. Most account marketplaces operate outside any buyer-protection scheme, so a scammed payment is usually just gone.

Why people sell them

Rank-boosted accounts and ones with rare cosmetics get listed to cash out progress — buying rank this way is against the rules on its own, separate from the transfer issue. If you want either, the only route that doesn't risk a ban is earning it.