___________________________ (Name of Owner) Web Site User Agreement
The following describes the terms and conditions on which __________________
(Name of Owner) offers you access to our site. These terms and conditions (Terms
and Conditions) describe the policies, terms, and conditions applicable to your use of
our services (Services) at the _____________________________ (Name of Owner)
Web Site (the Site).Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. Your use of our
services indicates that you accept these Terms and Conditions. You
may not use our services if you do not accept these Terms and
Conditions.
________________________________ (Name of Owner) , hereinafter called Owner,
reserves the right to make changes to this Site and these Terms and Conditions at any
time without prior notice. This Agreement may not otherwise be amended except in a
writing signed by Owner.
1.Ownership of Site
The Site is owned by ________________________________ (Name of Owner),
(e.g. a limited liability company) __________________________________________
organized and existing under the laws of the state of ____________________________
(name of state), with its principal office located at ______________________________
___________________________________________________ (street address, city,
county, state, zip code). Owner owns or licenses from third parties all information and
other content as well as all of the software and technology related to the Site, including,
but not limited to, all HTML code, Java applets, graphics, icons, wallpaper, characters,
artwork and text related to or contained in the Site (collectively call the Technology).
You may not use the Site or copy, transmit, publish, modify, distribute, perform, create
derivative works from or reverse engineer any of the Technology except as expressly
permitted by these Terms and Conditions. Owner may, at any time and in its sole
discretion, add, delete or change the Site and any of the Services provided by or
through the Site without notice.2.Eligibility To Use of Our Service
Our Services are available only to users who can form legally binding contracts
under the laws of the United States of America and the country, state and/or territory in
which such user resides. Without limiting the foregoing, our Services is not available to
(a) minors, (b) users whose use of our Services has been temporarily or indefinitely
suspended, (c) nationals or residents of any country restricted by the United States
Government, or (d) any party identified on the list of Specially Designated Nationals
maintained by the United States Treasury Department or the Table of Denial Orders
maintained by the United States Department of Commerce, as such restricted countries,
lists and orders may be amended or modified from time to time by the United States
Government. If you do not qualify, please do not use our Services.
3. The Site Is Only a Venue.
3.1. Online Auction. Although the Site may be commonly referred to as an online
auction web site, it is important to realize that ___________________________ (Name
of Site) is not a traditional “auctioneer.” Instead, the Site acts as a venue to allow
anyone to offer, sell, and buy products in the categories listed on the Site, at anytime, in
a variety of formats, including a fixed price format and an auction-style format commonly
referred to as an “online auction.” ___________________________ (Name of Site) is
not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result,
________________________________ (Name of Site) has no control over the quality,
safety or legality of the items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability
of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items.
____________________________ (Name of Site) cannot ensure that a buyer or seller
will actually complete a transaction.
3.2. Safe Trading. Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult,
_____________________________ (Name of Site) cannot and does not confirm each
user’s purported identity. You assume all risk that you may be dealing with foreign
national, underage persons or persons acting under false pretense. You may wish to
consider using a third party escrow service or services that provide additional user
verification. 3.3. Release. Because ___________________________ (Name of Site) is not involved
in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers, in the event that you have a
dispute with one or more users, you release ____________________________ (Name
of Site) (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries and employees) from claims,
demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and
unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in
any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive
California Civil Code §1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims
which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing
the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the
debtor.” 3.4. Information Control. ______________________________ (Name of Site) does not
control the information provided by other users which is made available through our
system. You may find other user’s information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or
deceptive. Please use caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using
our Site. Please note that there are also risks of dealing with underage persons or
people acting under false pretense. Additionally, there may also be risks of dealing with
international trade and foreign nationals.
4. Bidding and Buying.
If you are the winning bidder at the end of an auction (meeting any applicable minimum
bid or reserve requirements) and your bid is accepted by the buyer (seller in the case of
a posted bid auction), you are obligated to complete the transaction, unless the
transaction is prohibited by law or by these Terms and Conditions. By bidding on an
item you agree to be bound by the conditions of sale included in the item’s description
so long as those conditions of sale are not in violation of these Terms and Conditions or
unlawful. Bids are not retractable except in exceptional circumstances such as when the
seller materially changes the item’s description after you bid, a clear typographical error
is made, or you cannot authenticate the seller’s identity. Bidders may not bid in a way
that pulls other bidders to their maximum bid, retract the high bid, and then re-bid at a
small increment above the legitimate high bidder (“bid siphoning”).
5. Listing and Selling.
5.1. Listing Description. You must be legally able to sell the item(s) you list for sale on
the Site. You must describe your item and all terms of sale on the listing page of the
Site. Your listings may include text descriptions, graphics, pictures and other content
relevant to the sale of that item. All listed items must be listed in an appropriate
category. All uniform price and discriminative price auction items must be identical (not
limited to the size, color, make, and model).
5.2. Binding Bids. If you receive at least one bid at or above your stated minimum price
(or in the case of reserve auctions, at or above the reserve price), you are obligated to
complete the transaction with the highest bidder upon the auction’s completion, unless
there is an exceptional circumstance, such as: (a) the buyer fails to meet the terms of
your listing (such as payment method), or (b) you cannot authenticate the buyer’s
identity (seller’s identity in the case of a posted bid auction).
5.3. Fraud. Without limiting any other remedies, _______________________________
(Name of Site) may suspend or terminate your account if it suspects that you (by
conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have engaged in
fraudulent activity in connection with the Site.
5.4. Manipulation. Neither you, bidders nor sellers may manipulate the price of any item
nor may you interfere with other user’s listings or auctions. Such prohibited manipulation
includes, without limitation, sending emails to bidders in a currently open auction being
run by a different buyer, bid siphoning, or use of any alias or a third party to place bids
on an item listed for sale by you on the Site.
6. Your Information.
6.1. Definition. “Your Information” is defined as any information you provide to
_______________________________ (Name of Site) or other users in the registration,
bidding or listing process, in any public message area, or through any email feature.
You are solely responsible for Your Information, and ____________________________
(Name of Site) acts as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of
Your Information. _______________________________ (Name of Site), however, may
take any action with respect to Your Information as it deems necessary or appropriate if
_________________________________ (Name of Site) believes that any part of Your
Information may create liability for ______________________________ (Name of Site)
or may cause ________________________________ (Name of Site) to lose (in whole
or in part) the services of any of its suppliers.
6.2. Restrictions. Your Information (or any items listed): (a) shall not be false, inaccurate
or misleading; (b) shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen
items; (c) shall not infringe any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or
other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) shall not violate any law,
statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export
control, consumer protection, unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising);
(e) shall not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully
harassing; (f) shall not be obscene or contain child pornography; (g) shall not contain
any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, Easter eggs or other
computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; (h)
shall not create liability for ____________________________ (Name of Site) or cause
________________________________ (Name of Site) to lose (in whole or in part) the
services of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) shall not link directly or indirectly to or
include descriptions of goods or services that: (aa) are prohibited under these Terms
and Conditions; (bb) are identical to other items you have up for auction but are priced
lower than your item’s reserve or minimum bid amount; (cc) are concurrently listed for
sale on a web site other than the Site; or (dd) you do not have a right to link to or
include. Furthermore, you may not list any item on our Site (or consummate any
transaction that was initiated using our Services) that, by paying to
________________________________ (Name of Site) the listing fee or the final value
fee, could cause _______________________________ (Name of Site) to violate any
applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or that violates any applicable United
States laws or the laws of the country, state or territory in which either you or your
trading partner reside or to which the item being sold is to be shipped.
6.3. License. Subject to the provisions of the _________________________________
(Name of Site) privacy policy for the Site, you hereby grant and agree to grant to
________________________________ (Name of Site) a non-exclusive, worldwide,
perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right to use,
publish, copy and distribute Your Information for any purpose related to the Site, the
listing of items on the Site, the sale or purchase of items listed on the Site and the
marketing and/or promotion of the Site or other products or services of
________________________________ (Name of Site).
7. Breach.
Without limiting other remedies, ___________________________ (Name of Site) may
immediately without notice issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend
or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our Services to you: (a) if you
breach these Terms and Conditions or the documents it incorporates by reference; (b) if
___________________________ (Name of Site) is unable to verify or authenticate any
information you provide to ___________________________ (Name of Site); or (c) if
___________________________ (Name of Site) believes that your actions may cause
legal liability for you, our users or ___________________________ (Name of Site).
___________________________ (Name of Site) shall not be obligated to escalate its
remedies under this provision and may immediately and without notice terminate your
use of the Site.
8. Access and Interference.
The Site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not use any
robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web
pages or the content contained herein without the prior expressed written permission of
___________________________ (Name of Site) . [You agree that you will not use any
device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers, or to interfere or
attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any auction being conducted
on the Site.] You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable
or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on our
Site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to
______________________________ (Name of Site) by our users or third parties. You
agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or
publicly display any content (except for Your Information) from our Site without the prior
expressed written permission of _____________________________ (Name of Site) or
the appropriate third party.
9. Downloaded Content.
If any downloaded content (the “Downloaded Content”) is provided to you by the Site
(i.e., Java applets, Active-X controls, etc.), you may use such Downloaded Content only
as part of your use of the Site in compliance with these Terms and Conditions. You may
not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, display, or otherwise transfer, or modify, adapt,
perform, license, sell, or create derivative works from, or decompile, disassemble, or
otherwise reverse engineer, any Downloaded Content without the prior express written
consent of ___________________________ (Name of Site).
10. User Submissions.
___________________________ (Name of Site) enjoys hearing from users of the Site
and welcomes any feedback and/or input that users may have. Nevertheless, in order to
avoid any disputes, ___________________________ (Name of Site) asks that users
not send any comments unless the user agrees that ___________________________
(Name of Site) will be licensed to use the comments in any way or manner that it
chooses. Specifically, with respect to any design, idea, concept, suggestion, or other
information users communicate to _____________________________ (Name of Site),
whether electronically to the Site or otherwise (collectively the “Submissions”), users
automatically, and without further action or consideration, hereby grant, and agree to
grant, to ______________________________ (Name of Site) a royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive license to, for any and all purposes, use, reproduce, publish,
display, distribute, transfer, modify, license, sell, and create derivative works from such
Submissions (or any part of such Submissions), in whole or in part and in any form,
medium, or technology existing now or in the future.
11. Copyright And Trademark Notices.
_______________________________ (Name of Site) and/or the licensors of
_______________________________ (Name of Site) own the copyrights to all aspects
of the Site. “________________________________ (Name of Site)”,
“___________________________ (Name of Site) Auction Source” and all other names
and designations used by ______________________________ (Name of Site) on or
for any of its products or services referenced on the Site (collectively all the
“_____________________________ (Name of Site) Marks”) are service marks or
trademarks (or registered service marks or trademarks) of
_____________________________ (Name of Site). Other company names and other
product or service names or designations referenced on the Site may be the service
marks or trademarks (or registered service marks or trademarks) of their respective
owners. All rights in the Site, the Technology, the Downloaded Technology and the
______________________________ (Name of Site) Marks are reserved by
______________________________ (Name of Site). You may not use the
_____________________________ (Name of Site) Marks for any purpose whatsoever
without the prior express written consent of ___________________________ (Name of
Site). 12. No Warranty. .
___________________________ (Name of Site) PROVIDES THE SITE AND
SERVICES “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS,
IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. ___________________________ (Name of Site)
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-
INFRINGEMENT. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the
foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you.
13. Disclaimer Of Liability.
IN NO EVENT WILL ___________________________ (Name of Site) BE LIABLE
UNDER ANY THEORY OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT
OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, OR
DAMAGE OF ANY KIND ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR
SERVICES AND THE SITE, EVEN IF ___________________________ (Name of Site)
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH INJURY, LOSS, OR DAMAGE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, YOU AGREE THAT
___________________________ (Name of Site) , ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO: (1) THE DENIAL
OR INTERRUPTION OF ACCESS TO THE SITE, (2) ANY INACCURACIES IN ANY
OF THE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH OR WITH THE
SITE, (3) THE PURCHASE OR USE OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE LISTED ON
THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY DEFECT IN ANY SUCH PRODUCT OR SERVICE, OR
(4) YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE. YOU AGREE THAT THIS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS COMPREHENSIVE AND APPLIES TO ALL DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL DIRECT, INDIRECT,
COMPENSATORY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or
consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
14. Controversy.
14.1. Choice of Law. The laws of the State of ____________________ (name of state) ,
United States of America, without regard to its choice-of-law rules, will govern the
instruction, interpretation, and enforcement of these Terms and Conditions.
14.2. Arbitration. Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating to these
Terms and Conditions or our Services, excluding legal action taken by
___________________________ (Name of Site) to collect our fees and/or recover
damages for, or obtain an injunction relating to, the Site operations, intellectual property,
and our Services, shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the
commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such
controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The
arbitration shall be conducted in ___________________________ (name of county),
______________________________ (name of state), and judgment on the arbitration
award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either you or
___________________________ (Name of Site) may seek any interim or preliminary
relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in ___________________________ (name
of county), ______________________________ (name of state) , necessary to
protect the rights or property of you or ___________________________ (Name of
Site) pending the completion of arbitration. Should either party file an action contrary to
this provision, the other party may recover attorneys’ fees and costs.
15. Fees and Services.
Currently, ___________________________ (Name of Site) does not charge a user for
registration on the Site or for bidding on items listed on the Site. However,
___________________________ (Name of Site) does charge a monthly subscription
fee for the listing of items for sale on the Site. The current “Fees and Credit Policies” for
listing items for sale on the Site are available [here]. All fees are quoted in United States
Dollars and the Fees and Credit Policies are incorporated into these Terms and
Conditions by this reference. When you list an item you have an opportunity to review
and accept the fees that you will be charged for the use of our Services.
___________________________ (Name of Site) may in its sole discretion change
some or all of our Services at any time. In the event ___________________________
(Name of Site) introduces a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the
launch of the service. You are responsible for paying all applicable taxes related to or
arising from the purchase or sale of items listed on the Site and for all other costs
incurred by you to bid, buy, procure a listing from the Site or access the Site’s servers.
Your use of the Site and Services evidence your acceptance of the fees and your
commitment to payment of all applicable fees.
16. Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold ___________________________ (Name of Site) and
its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to
or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by
reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
17. Legal Compliance.
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes,
ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our Services and your bidding on,
listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of items.
18. No Agency.
You and ___________________________ (Name of Site) are independent
contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or
franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
19. Notices.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given by postal mail to
___________________________ (Name of Site) , Inc., Attn: ____________________
(Name of officer/representative), ____________________________________ (title) ,
__________________________________________ (department),
______________________________________________________________________ (street address, city, state, and zip code) or to the email address you provide to
___________________________ (Name of Site) during the registration process.
Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is
notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, __________________________
(Name of Site) may give you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, to the address provided to ___________________________ (Name of Site)
during the registration process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given 3 days after
the date of mailing.
20. General.
___________________________ (Name of Site) does not guarantee continuous,
uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation of the Site may be
interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. If any provision of these
Terms and Conditions are held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be
struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You agree that these Terms and
Conditions and all incorporated agreements may be automatically assigned by
___________________________ (Name of Site) , in our sole discretion, to a third party
in the event of a merger or acquisition. Headings are for reference purposes only and in
no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
___________________________‘s (Name of Site) failure to act with respect to a
breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or
similar breaches. These Terms and Conditions sets forth the entire understanding and
agreement between you and ___________________________ (Name of Site) with
respect to the subject matter hereof. Sections 3.3 (Release), 6.3 (License), 8 (Access
and Interference), 12 (No Warranty), 13 (Disclaimer of Liability) and 14.2 (Arbitration)
shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms and Conditions.