Terms of service - Wedshare by Wedshed.
*Important
Wedshare by Wedshed is an online subsidiary website of www.wedshed.com.au owned by Wedshed Pty Ltd. On this platform users create accounts and listings, on these listings they share goods which range from fashion to homewares and beyond. These sellers may accept money via paypal or physical cash.
WEDSHED PTY LTD does NOT own the goods sold via Wedshare and is not in control of the information the user provides and cannot depict the truth of claims made by the seller or buyer. We are not involved or in control of the sale and CANNOT validate the information provided upon the exchange.
Wedshed is limited to the online service of providing the connection to another peer and any user of Wedshare by Wedshed is entirely responsible for the exchange of money or goods between parties and third-party agreements and additional fees that might be incurred.
1. About the Website
1.1. Welcome to www.wedshare.com.au (the 'Website'). The Website allows you to buy, sell and swap physical items from peer to peer. (The Website provides this service by way of granting you access to the content on the Website (the ‘Services’).
1.2. This Website is operated by the team at Wedshed, a product of Wedshed Pty Ltd, herein referred to as Wedshed. Access to and use of the Website, or any of its associated Services, is provided by Wedshed. Please read these terms and conditions (the 'Terms') carefully. By using, browsing and/or reading the Website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage of the Website and any of the Services, immediately.
1.3. Wedshed reserves the right to review and change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. When Wedshed updates the Terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with notice of updates to the Terms. Any changes to the Terms take immediate effect from the date of their publication. Before you continue, we recommend you keep a copy of the Terms for your records.
2. Acceptance of the Terms
You accept the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you by Wedshed in the user interface.
3. Registration to use the Services
3.1. In order to access the Services, you must first register for an account through the Website (the 'Account').
3.2. As part of the registration process, or as part of your continued use of the Services, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself (such as identification or contact details), including:
a. Email address;
b. Mailing address;
c. Telephone number;
d. Password;
e. First and last name; and
f. Wedding Date
g. Wedding participant details
h. Wedding venue and wedding related details
3.3. You warrant that any information you give to Wedshed in the course of completing the registration process will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
3.4. Once you have completed the registration process, you will be a registered member of the Website ('Member') and agree to be bound by the Terms. As a Member, you will be granted immediate access to the Services.
3.5. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
a. you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Wedshed; or
b. you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of Australia or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Product Services.
4. Your obligations as a Member
4.1. As a Member, you agree to comply with the following:
a. you will use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by:
i. the Terms; and
ii. any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practises or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions;
b. you have the sole responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of your password and/or email address. Use of your password by any other person may result in the immediate cancellation of the Services;
c. any use of your registration information by any other person, or third parties, is strictly prohibited. You agree to immediately notify Wedshed of any unauthorised use of your password or email address or any breach of security of which you have become aware;
d. you will not use the Services or the Website in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by the management of Wedshed;
e. you will not use the Services or Website for any illegal and/or unauthorised use which includes any attempt at using the Services for money laundering, creating fictitious accounts, or collecting email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorised framing of or linking to the Website;
f. you agree that commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from the Website without notice and may result in termination of the Services. Appropriate legal action will be taken by Wedshed for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Website; and
g. you acknowledge and agree that any automated use of the Website or its Services is prohibited.
5. Payments via the Website
5.1. In order to establish the account you will need a PayPal account in your name. To establish this account you will be required to provide various documents including:
a. ID Documents (within Paypal or Stripe)
b. Bank Details (within Paypal or Stripe)
5.2. All payments made via Paypal or Stripe account are made using this third party platform. In using the Website, the Services or when making any payment in relation to your use of the Services, you warrant that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the third party terms and conditions which are available on their website.
5.3. You will not have direct access to the Paypal or Stripe account established through our Website.
5.4. Where the option is given to you, you may make upfront payment by way of credit card payment. If upfront payments are made the commission charges as indicated on our website will be will be deducted at the time of payment.
5.5. You acknowledge and agree that where a request for payment via our Website is returned or denied, for whatever reason, by your financial institution you are liable for any costs, including banking fees and charges, associated with the failed payment.
5.6. You agree and acknowledge that Wedshed can vary the commission rates and fees at any time and all changes will be updated on our Website.
5.7. All currency referred to on the Website is in Australian Dollars ($AUD).
6. Refund Policy
Wedshed will only provide you with a refund of fees or commission charges in the event they are unable to continue to provide the Services or if Wedshed makes a decision, at its absolute discretion, that it is reasonable to do so under the circumstances.
7. Copyright and Intellectual Property
7.1. The Website and the Services of Wedshed are subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and compilation of the Website (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, Website, code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by Wedshed or its contributors.
7.2. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or licensed by Wedshed, who grants to you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence whilst you are a Member to:
a. use the Website pursuant to the Terms;
b. copy and store the Website and the material contained in the Website in your device's cache memory; and
c. print pages from the Website for your own personal and non-commercial use.
7.3. Wedshed does not grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the Website or the Services. All other rights are expressly reserved by Wedshed or its contributors.
7.4. Wedshed retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer any:
a. business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright, or
b. a right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark or industrial design, or
c. a thing, system or process that is the subject of a patent, registered design or copyright (or an adaptation or modification of such a thing, system or process), to you.
7.5. You may not, without the prior written permission of Wedshed and the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Services or third party services for any purpose, unless otherwise provided by these Terms. This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Website, which are freely available for re-use or are in the public domain.
8. Privacy
Wedshed takes your privacy seriously and any information provided through your use of the Website and/or the Services are subject to Wedshed's Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website.
9. General Disclaimer
9.1. Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be limited or excluded.
9.2. Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:
a. all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in the Terms are excluded; and
b. Wedshed will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable Consumer Guarantee), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms (including as a result of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services), whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.
9.3. Use of the Website and the Services is at your own risk. Everything on the Website and the Services is provided to you "as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of any kind, except as otherwise indicated herein. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contributors and licensors of Wedshed make any express or implied representation or warranty about the Services or any products or services referred to on the Website, includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:
a. failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;
b. the accuracy, suitability or currency of any information on the Website or any of its Services or related products (including third party material and advertisements on the Website);
c. costs incurred as a result of you using the Website or any of the Services of Wedshed; and
d. the Services or operation in respect to links which are provided for your convenience.
10. Liability
10.1. Wedshed's total liability arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, however arising, including under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.
10.2. You expressly understand and agree that Wedshed, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors and licensors shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.
10.3. Wedshed is not responsible or liable in any manner for any site content (including Third Party Content) posted on the Website or in connection with the Services, whether posted or caused by users of the website of Wedshed, by third parties or by any of the Services offered by Wedshed.
10.4. Wedshed is not responsible for the accuracy of information entered by you on the Website including the provision of bank details. It is your responsibility to ensure that all information provided on the Website and for purposes of establishing the Paypal account is accurate. You acknowledge that the information including names or photographs you upload to our Website are accessible to and may be viewed by the public.
11. Termination of Contract
11.1. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by Wedshed as set out below.
11.2. If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:
a. providing Wedshed with 30 days' notice of your intention to terminate your account; and
b. closing your accounts for all of the services which you use, where Wedshed has made this option available to you.
11.3. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Wedshed via the contact details provided on the Website.
11.4. Wedshed may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:
a. you have breached any provision of the Terms or intend to breach any provision;
b. Wedshed is required to do so by law;
c. the partner with whom Wedshed offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Wedshed or ceased to offer the Services to you;
d. Wedshed is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
e. the provision of the Services to you by Wedshed is, in the opinion of Wedshed, no longer commercially viable.
11.5. Subject to local applicable laws, Wedshed reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your membership to the Website at any time and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Website or the Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts Wedshed name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.
11.6. When the Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Wedshed have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of this clause shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
12. Indemnity
12.1. You agree to indemnify Wedshed, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers and licensors from and against:
a. all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or arising out of or in connection with your content;
b. any direct or indirect consequences of you accessing, using or transacting on the Website or attempts to do so; and/or
c. any breach of the Terms.
13. Dispute Resolution
13.1. Compulsory
If a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory relief is sought).
13.2. Notice
A party to the Terms claiming a dispute ('Dispute') has arisen under the Terms, must give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.
13.3. Resolution
On receipt of that notice ('Notice') by that other party, the parties to the Terms ('Parties') must:
a. Within 14 days of the Notice endeavour in good faith to resolve the Dispute expeditiously by negotiation or such other means upon which they may mutually agree;
b. If for any reason whatsoever, 14 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has not been resolved, the Parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or request that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the President of the Australian Mediation Association or his or her nominee;
c. The Parties are equally liable for the fees and reasonable expenses of a mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation and without limiting the foregoing, undertake to pay any amounts requested by the mediator as a precondition to the mediation commencing. The Parties must each pay their own costs associated with the mediation;
d. The mediation will be held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
13.4. Confidential
All communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the extent possible, must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.
13.5. Termination of Mediation
If two (2) weeks have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the Dispute has not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and the mediator must do so.
14. Governing Law
The Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in relation to the Website, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be in the courts of New South Wales, Australia. Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.
15. Independent Legal Advice
Both parties confirm and declare that the provisions of the Terms are fair and reasonable and both parties have taken the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice and declare the Terms are not against public policy on the grounds of inequality or bargaining power or general grounds of restraint of trade.
16. Severance
If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.