1.1 Whereas BEEIMPEX.COM (defined below) possesses and operates the Platform (defined below) using various tools and features designed to help Sellers (defined below) present their offers of various Items (defined below) by enabling them to set up and operate their Seller Stores (defined below) on this Platform.
1.2 BEEIMPEX.COM allows the User to search for and view Items offered by the Seller Stores.
1.3 BEEIMPEX.COM is not the Seller unless otherwise indicated on the Platform. BEEIMPEX.COM does not purchase Items from Sellers and does not re-sell them to Buyers (defined below).
1.4 The offers and sales performed within Seller Stores are made between Sellers and Buyers only, while BEEIMPEX.COM solely provides tools and technology to host, set up, and operate Seller Stores, search and view Items offered by the Seller Stores, manage the purchases made from the Seller Stores, as well as provides certain additional services aimed at improving safety, speed, and certainty of the Transactions.
1.5 These Terms and Conditions define legal relations between BEEIMPEX.COM and Users (defined below).
1.6 These Terms and Conditions do not cover the payment services, including initiating, transferring, and/or receiving payments in connection with Transactions made under Seller Stores. The payment services are provided by payment service providers on separate terms and conditions agreed between such payment service provider and a User.
1.7 These Terms and Conditions do not determine any conditions for Transactions and contracts between Buyers and Sellers, including price, content, quality, safety, and legality of Items, warranty, and liability hereof.
- Definitions
2.1 Account – means an account kept on the Platform for a User.
2.2 Adjustments – mean any and all refunds, reversals, revokes, chargebacks, Penalties, returns, adjustments, fees, surcharges, expenses, interchange fees and similar fees and assessments, and other payments or amounts due from the Seller and/or from BEEIMPEX.COM as a result of the Seller’s breach of these Terms and Conditions, Regulations and/or any Intermediate Body Scheme Rules.
2.3 Affiliate – means a corporation, partnership, or other entity that is controlling BEEIMPEX.COM, is controlled by BEEIMPEX.COM, and/or is under common control with BEEIMPEX.COM. For purposes of this definition, “control” means ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights in such entity (or, in the case of a non-corporate entity, equivalent rights).
2.4 Buyer – means any natural and/or legal person buying an Item from a Seller offered at a Seller Store, or any natural and/or legal person buying BEEIMPEX PLUS.
2.5 Consumer – means any Buyer, who is a natural person and who acts in relation to BEEIMPEX.COM for purposes, which are outside trade, business, craft, or profession.
2.6 External Seller Store – has the meaning given to it in section 5.5.1 herein.
2.7 Export Items to the External Seller Store – has the meaning given to it in section 5.5.1(a) herein.
2.8 Fee – means fees, surcharges, expenses, interchange fees, similar fees and assessments as well as other amounts due to the Services provided by BEEIMPEX.COM to a User, particularly fees and commissions from Sellers related to the Seller’s activity within the Seller Store, and fees related to BEEIMPEX PLUS.
2.9 BEEIMPEX Balance – means a technical service in the scope of, among others, storing data that presents the records reflecting a User’s claim (in addition to the payment outside the Platform option), and BEEIMPEX.COM’s obligation to pay such claim to the User if it is due and undisputed.
2.10 BEEIMPEX Materials – have the meaning given to it in section 11.1.1 herein.
2.11 BEEIMPEX.COM – means one (1) of the following companies that provide the Services according to these Terms and Conditions.
2.21 Privacy and Cookies Policy – means a set of rules regulating the processing of personal data and privacy protection policies implemented by BEEIMPEX.COM and its Affiliates. Privacy and Cookies Policy are available at https://www.beeimpex.com/privacy-policy.
2.24 Seller – means an entrepreneur, operating in any form, including sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other entity, who operates a Seller Store.
2.25 Seller Store – means a dedicated separated space within the Platform with a unique name and unique address operated by a Seller for whom BEEIMPEX.COM provides tools and functionalities to host, create, modify, and operate an online dedicated store within the Platform.
2.26 Platform – means a group of affiliated websites made available on the Internet in the domain beeimpex.com and/or the mobile app where Seller Stores are available.
2.29 Services – mean services described in section 5.1 herein.
2.30 Terms and Conditions – mean these terms and conditions, including attachments, encompassing a set of rules regulating the use of the Platform and rights and obligations of Users and BEEIMPEX.COM.
- APPLICABILITY
3.1 These Terms and Conditions shall apply to relations between BEEIMPEX.COM and the User.
3.2 BEEIMPEX.COM does not set terms and conditions between the Seller and the Buyer, including BEEIMPEX.COM does not determine terms and conditions of the Transaction between the Seller and the Buyer.
3.5 In the case of Services referred to in sections 5.4 (Newsletter), 5.9 (BEEIMPEX Balance), 5.10.8 (Goldmine), and 5.11 (Selected Offer) herein, the User executes the agreement with BEEIMPEX.COM Limited.
- Platform, FORBIDDEN ACTIONS, AND PLACEMENTS
4.2.1 The User may not provide content to the Platform that:
(a) causes work disturbance or overloads of BEEIMPEX.COM online systems, including the Platform;
4.3 Recommendation System.
4.3.2 The main parameters used by the Platform’s recommendation systems to determine the visibility and order of Item offers include the following:
(a) In case of Item rankings within the Platform’s search engine results are determined by the following factors:
(i) paid promotion of particular Seller’s (Seller Store) offers which allows them to place their Items offers higher than the offers of other Sellers (Seller Stores); paid promotion of particular Seller’s (Seller Store) offers enables BEEIMPEX.COM to generate revenue and have the greatest impact on the position of the listed offer.
- Services provided by BEEIMPEX.COM
5.1 General Provisions.
5.1.1 BEEIMPEX.COM provides Users with the following electronic services:
(a) Account,
(b) Seller Store functionalities,
(c) Advertising content and browsing functionalities,
(d) Newsletter,
(e) BEEIMPEX API,
(f) BEEIMPEX Marketplace Rating System,
(g) BEEIMPEX PLUS,
(h) BEEIMPEX Discount program,
(i) BEEIMPEX Balance,
(j) Goldmine,
(k) Selected Offer.
(l) Physical Delivery Service.