Please carefully read this Authorized Use Statements (the "Agreement") between you and Stores Online Inc, and then click either to agree or disagree. By clicking "I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions," you agree to the terms of this Agreement and the license granted hereby. You cannot make use of this Stores Online product without agreeing to this Agreement and the terms and conditions hereof. If you do not agree to the terms of this license, you should exit from this page.
1. General
1.1. Subject to the terms herein, Stores Online offers to permit you to make
use of Stores Online's web site and your storefronts (collectively, the "Stores
Online Site.") according to the licensing agreement which you signed during
the Workshop, which use is defined as:
1.1.1. Storage of your information on a server owned and maintained by Stores Online; and
1.1.2. Your use, direct and indirect, of certain software proprietary to Stores Online or licensed by Stores Online from third parties, but only for the purpose of using the Stores Online Site.
1.2. Stores Online shall, at its option, have the right at any time to terminate this Agreement if you breach any of its terms or do anything contrary to the laws and regulations by which Stores Online is bound.
1.3. You may not at any time permit your storefronts to be utilized for the provision of any services that compete with any Stores Online services, without Stores Online's prior written consent.
2. License; Payment of Fees
2.1. Subject to the conditions herein, Stores Online hereby grants you a limited,
non-exclusive license to store and display information through the Stores Online
Site.
2.2. Nothing in this Agreement shall be understood to give you anything more than a license to use Stores Online's software. Stores Online shall remain the sole owner of the software and components that make up the Stores Online Site. You shall not make copies, decompile or alter the software or any other component of Stores Online's software or the Stores Online Site above and beyond customization of your individual storefronts.
2.3. You understand that if you do not use ECI-Pay for real time online processing and choose to use another processor, additional fees may apply.
2.4. You understand that all changes must be in writing, and that additional fees may apply to changes depending upon type and frequency.
2.5. You understand the first year hosting fee period begins when your storefront is published.
2.6. In consideration for the granting of a license to store and display information through the Stores Online Site, you agree to pay all fees which are set forth on the Stores Online Site, including but not limited to, recurring monthly fees, and the one-time set-up fee, as applicable. Failure to remit any of these fees on a timely basis shall be a breach of this Agreement, which shall constitute grounds for forfeiture of all payments and the termination of this Agreement.
2.7. You will be fully responsible for any charges, costs, expenses (other than those included in this Agreement), and third party claims that may result from its use of, or access to, the Stores Online Site including, but not limited to, any unauthorized use or any access devices provided by Stores Online hereunder.
3. User IDs and Passwords
3.1. You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the security of your Merchant
Account User ID and password, and your storefront License IDs and passwords,
and for preventing their unauthorized use. Should you become aware that any
unauthorized person has obtained or attempted access with your User ID or License
ID or password, you shall immediately notify Stores Online and change your password.
3.2. The User ID and License ID shall be used only by you and you shall not transfer or make the User ID or License ID available to any third party.
4. User Information and Content
4.1. You shall have the sole responsibility for the preparation and maintenance
of the information and data you store or display through the Stores Online Site.
Stores Online shall not be responsible for any damages, fault or error in or
arising from the incompleteness or inaccuracy of your information.
4.2. You shall have the sole responsibility to periodically review your storefront, whether the site was created by Stores Online or yourself, for accuracy and as to whether it is operating as expected, and either notify Stores Online of an operational issue immediately or take corrective action accordingly. Stores Online shall not be responsible for any damages, fault or error in or arising from any inaccuracy or operability issues of your storefronts.
4.3. You shall have the sole responsibility to periodically maintain your contact information, and provide Stores Online with any updates within a reasonable period of time of a change.
4.4. Stores Online shall have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to refuse to allow you to utilize the Stores Online Site based upon the nature and content of the information which you intend to store, transmit or sell through the Stores Online Site and which Stores Online determines to be promoting hatred, anything illegal, obscene, "adult material," pornographic or defamatory in any respect, or deemed inappropriate by Stores Online management, or used or referenced in any unsolicited or inappropriate bulk email effort, or in any other unacceptable like manner, but not limited to spamming. While Stores Online does not actively monitor the content of those merchants using the Stores Online Site, Stores Online further reserves the right to terminate your rights hereunder in the event it discovers at any time that you are promoting hatred, anything illegal or storing, transmitting or selling obscene, "adult material," pornographic or defamatory information, or deemed inappropriate by Stores Online management, or unsolicited or inappropriate bulk email. This also applies if your storefronts were initially approved and have been in production for some time. Acceptance or the allowance of your storefronts' nature and content is for "suitability" only and does not represent an endorsement by Stores Online for anything presented by or through your storefronts. You accept any and all responsibility arising out of the deactivation of this storefront.
4.5. You agree not to provide Stores Online with any information that would be considered trademark, trade secret, copyright, patent pending, etc. protected.
4.6. Stores Online acknowledges that all your records, data, files, and other input material are confidential and shall take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of such records, data, files, and other materials. Stores Online will provide reasonable safeguards to limit access to merchant's files and records to you and other authorized parties.
5. Interruptions of Service
5.1. You acknowledge that the Internet and related networks may be subject to
unscheduled and unannounced outages and breakdowns, which may not be rectified
promptly. Additionally, Stores Online reserves the right upon reasonable notice
to limit or curtail, late night or early morning, availability when necessary
for system upgrades, adjustments, maintenance, or other operational considerations.
You assume full responsibility for maintaining a copy of all of your own information
and data that you store or display through the Stores Online Site.
6. Limitation of Liability
6.1. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION, MATERIAL AND/OR DATA OBTAINED
FROM Stores Online OR ANY GOODS OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH Stores Online IS
DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANY DOWNLOAD OR OTHER TRANSACTION.
6.2. YOU AGREE THAT Stores Online, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SHAREHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE Stores Online SITE OR FOR COST OR PROCUREMENT OR SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO, THROUGH OR FROM THE Stores Online SITE, OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA OR ARISING FROM ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE Stores Online SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOST OPPORTUNITY OR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF Stores Online HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT Stores Online, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SHAREHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, WHETHER SUCH INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION WAS JUSTIFIED OR NOT, NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL, INADVERTENT OR ADVERTENT.
YOU AGREE THAT Stores Online SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU, OR ANYONE, FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE Stores Online SITE, YOUR STOREFRONT, OR ANY SITE ON THE WORLD-WIDE WEB.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Stores Online'S LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IS LIMITED TO $10 EACH. SOME STATES MAY NOT ALLOW THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, SO THESE LIMITS ON LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
6.3. ANY SUIT OR ACTION BY YOU AGAINST Stores Online, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, BASED UPON ANY ACT OR OMISSION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR SERVICES PERFORMED HEREUNDER, OR ANY ALLEGED BREACH THEREOF, SHALL BE COMMENCED WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH AFFECT THE LIMITATION OF Stores Online'S LIABILITY SET FORTH UNDER SECTION 6 OR ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT.
The Stores Online Site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by Stores Online from its Corporate office within the State of Utah, United States of America. It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of Utah, by accessing this web site, both you and Stores Online agree that the statutes and laws of the state of Utah, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters relating to this Agreement and the use of the Stores Online Site.
You and Stores Online also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Utah County and the United States District Court for the Central District of Utah with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement and the use of the Stores Online Site. Stores Online makes no representation that materials on the Stores Online Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Stores Online Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
7. Negative Covenants and Indemnification
7.1. You shall not obtain or seek to obtain access or interfere with any Stores
Online programs or Stores Online Merchants, information or data maintained by
other users of the Stores Online Site.
7.2. You shall not use the Stores Online Site to infringe or misappropriate any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or any proprietary rights of a third party; constitute false advertising, unfair competition, invasion of privacy, violate a right of publicity, plagiarism, or transmit or store anything obscene, offensive, or defamatory or for any other unlawful purpose.
7.3. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Stores Online, its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, shareholders and affiliates against any loss, damage or liability (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may be sustained or incurred as a consequence of your breach of or failure to comply with this Agreement, whether the failure is attributable to yourself or to some other person using your account with or without your permission.
7.4. YOU SHALL NOT USE THE STORES ONLINE SITE TO ENGAGE IN INTERNET SPAM. Stores Online does not condone nor support any type of abuse of the Internet, whether through Spam of email, or Usenet, etc. In fact, we tolerate no such abuse.
Stores Online defines Spam as mass email sent to recipients who have not requested mail from you, and/or with a fake return address.
Please note that while we host web sites, and Auto Responders, we DO NOT provide any email services for any of our customers.
It is contrary to Stores Online policy for any Stores Online Merchant to affect or participate in any of the following activities:
7.4.1. To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, email mailing list or other similar group or list articles that are off-topic according to the charter of that Newsgroup, forum, email mailing list or other similar group.
7.4.2.To send unsolicited email to more than twenty (20) email users, if such unsolicited email could reasonably be expected to provoke complaints.
7.4.3. To falsify user information provided to Stores Online or to other users of the service in connection with use of a Stores Online service; and
7.4.4. To engage in any of the foregoing activities by using the service of another provider, but making reference to a Stores Online Address or channeling such activities through a Stores Online account, Remailer, or otherwise through a Stores Online service or using a Stores Online account as a mail drop for responses or otherwise using the services of another provider for the purpose of facilitating the foregoing activities if such use of another party's service could reasonably be expected to adversely affect a Stores Online service.
Stores Online considers the above practices to constitute abuse of our service and of the recipients of such unsolicited mailings and/or postings, who often bear the expense. Therefore, Stores Online's terms and conditions of service prohibit these practices. Engaging in one or more of these practices will result in termination of the offender's account and/or access to Stores Online services.
In addition, Stores Online reserves the right, where feasible, to implement technical mechanisms which block multiple postings as described above before they are forwarded or otherwise sent to their intended recipients.
7.5. This policy addresses only the kinds of network abuse specifically enumerated above. In addition to these activities, Stores Online's terms and conditions of service also prohibit other forms of abuse such as harassment and the posting of illegal or unlawful materials, and Stores Online will respond as appropriate to these other activities as well.
Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed to limit Stores Online's actions or remedies in any way with respect to any of the foregoing activities, and Stores Online reserves the right to take any and all additional actions it may deem appropriate with respect to such activities, including without limitation taking action to recover the costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them from the Stores Online service, and levying cancellation charges to cover Stores Online's costs in the event of disconnection of dedicated access for the causes outlined above. In addition, Stores Online reserves at all times all rights and remedies available to it with respect to such activities at law or in equity.
8. Limited Warranty
8.1. THE Stores Online SITE AND YOUR STOREFRONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND TITLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
8.2. Information on the Stores Online Site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without notice. Stores Online may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this information at any time without notice. Stores Online recommends that you periodically review the information on the Stores Online Site to ensure that you are current.
8.3. Stores Online makes no representations or warranties whatsoever about any content which you may access through the Stores Online Site. When you access a non-Stores Online web site, you affirm that it is independent from Stores Online, and that Stores Online has no control over the content on that storefront or web site. In addition, a link to a non-Stores Online web site does not mean that Stores Online endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items and viruses, worms, trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.
8.4. Stores Online does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content or advertisements (collectively, the "Materials") contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on your storefronts (the "Service"), nor the quality of any products, information or other materials displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of any advertisement or any other information or offer in or in connection with the Service (the "Products"). You hereby acknowledge that any reliance upon any Materials shall be at your sole risk.
8.5. Stores Online does not and cannot control the flow of data to or from Stores Online's Site and other portions of the Internet. Such flow depends in large part on the performance of Internet services provided and controlled by third parties. At times, actions or inactions caused by these third parties can produce situations in which Stores Online's Site connections to the Internet (or portions thereof) may be impaired or disrupted. Although Stores Online will use commercially reasonable efforts to take actions it deems appropriate to remedy and avoid such events, Stores Online cannot guarantee that they will not occur. Accordingly, Stores Online disclaims any and all liability resulting from or related to such events.
9. Encryption
9.1. Stores Online assumes no responsibility for any encrypted data that is
sent to, stored on, or retrieved from the Stores Online Site. The technology
used to encrypt data being transmitted to or from Stores Online's server is
licensed by Stores Online and Stores Online makes no representations, claims
or warranties regarding the viability, integrity or robustness of the encryption
used. Further, Stores Online shall not be responsible for the success or failure
of the server to properly encrypt data. By using the Stores Online server, you
assume the risk that the encryption algorithm may be broken so that the data
being transmitted is visible to others.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1. In addition to any and all other agreements that you have entered into
with Stores Online, this Agreement sets forth the terms hereof shall control
notwithstanding any variance with this Agreement of any order submitted by you.
10.2. You understand that the success of your storefronts is dependent upon the salability of your products and services, the amount of time and effort you spend promoting your storefronts, and following the marketing strategies outlined in the Merchants Services section and it is updated from time-to-time. You affirm that you have all rights and authority to direct the representation, offering and sale of the product, service and/or information to be included on your storefront. In addition to the above, you accept any and all conditions governing the use of this website as published. Given the changing nature of the Internet, you understand no guarantees or representations regarding the sales or market suitability of your products/services are offered by Stores Online, nor does Stores Online offer any guarantees associated with this specific advertisement.
10.3. You are fully responsible for any and all transaction-related federal, state, and local taxes.
10.4. You understand that if you have a domain name and choose to have such hosted by Stores Online, that you must contact your domain registration provider and request to have your domain transferred. You understand that the transfer time is dependent upon the registration provider and the propagation time throughout the Internet, and not dependent upon Stores Online.
10.5. You understand that the Stores Online trailer may be added to the end of your storefront.
10.6. If you have Stores Online program your storefront, you agree not to advertise your storefront, either online or in any traditional marketing method, until you have received written confirmation that your storefront is completed and available for Internet traffic, and you have personally confirmed such.
10.7. You understand that if you have Stores Online program your storefronts, that the actual time to program depends on the size and complexity of your storefronts, receipt of all of your information, the amount of other storefronts that are under-development, and your timely review and cooperation working with the Stores Online programmers.
10.8. Stores Online Site information is subject to change without notice. In an effort to provide our customers with the most current information, Stores Online will, from time to time, make changes in the contents and in the products or services described on the Stores Online Site. Stores Online recommends that you periodically review this information to ensure that you are current
10.9. Stores Online Site information is subject to change without notice. Stores Online may revise these terms and conditions of use by updating this posting at any time. By using the Stores Online Site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current terms and conditions of use to which you are bound. You agree that, in the event any portion of these Stores Online Site terms and conditions of use are found to be unenforceable, the remainder of the Stores Online Site terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect. Stores Online recommends that you periodically review the terms and conditions to ensure that you are current.
10.10. Stores Online does not screen, review or control the listings and items being offered to users in the various storefronts, nor does it screen, review or control any of the merchants or other people who utilize Stores Online storefronts (your "Buyers"). Stores Online does not have any involvement in the completion of your transaction, including but not limited to, any refunds or warranties offered. When you use the Stores Online Site, you and your Buyers are completely responsible for working out the sale and exchange. Stores Online does not have authority to act for either you or your Buyer.
10.11. Because Stores Online is not involved in the transactions between you and your Buyers, you hereby release Stores Online, its directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, shareholders and affiliates from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual or consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of, or in any way connected with, listings, uncompleted or completed transactions or items offered or actually sold.
10.12. Except for the obligation to pay money, neither you or Stores Online will be liable for any failure or delay in its performance under this Agreement due to any cause beyond its reasonable control, including act of war, acts of God, earthquake, flood, embargo, riot, sabotage, labor shortage or dispute, governmental act or failure of the Internet, provided that the delayed party: (a) gives the other party prompt notice of such cause; and (b) uses its reasonable commercial effort to correct promptly such failure or delay in performance.