Legal

Marketplace rules

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Buyers and sellers

Page template. Every paragraph marked [LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] is replaced with the client’s approved wording. The line under each heading says what that section must cover.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] An opening paragraph in plain words: the rules every buyer and seller follows on Factory Price, that they are part of the Terms of use, and what happens when they are broken.

Section 1

Who may trade

Covers: the businesses that may buy and sell, and verification before selling.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] That buyers and sellers are registered businesses, that one account belongs to one company, and that a seller is verified before any product goes live.

Section 2

What may be sold

Covers: goods that are allowed, goods that are banned, and goods that need a licence.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] The goods that may not be sold on Factory Price, and the goods that may be sold only with a licence or certificate.

Section 3

Listing a product

Covers: true descriptions, real photos, honest prices, and the check before a product goes live.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] That a product’s name, photos, description, price and minimum order are true and current, and that the photos are the seller’s own.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] That every product is checked before it goes live, and that a product breaking these rules is hidden.

Section 4

Orders and delivery

Covers: confirming orders, packing on time, and handing goods to the delivery partner.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] How quickly a seller confirms an order, the time allowed to pack it, and handing it to the delivery partner booked by Factory Price.

Section 5

Talking through Factory Price

Covers: keeping every conversation on the marketplace, and sharing no contact details.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] That buyers and sellers talk only through Factory Price, that sharing a phone number, email or address is not allowed, and that taking a deal off the marketplace is not allowed.

Section 6

Problems and returns

Covers: reporting a problem, the seller’s answer, and how we decide.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] How a buyer reports a problem within 7 days of delivery, how long a seller has to answer, and how Factory Price decides when they disagree.

Section 7

When rules are broken

Covers: warnings, hidden products, suspended accounts, and asking us to look again.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] What happens when a rule is broken, from a warning to a hidden product or a suspended account.

[LEGAL TEXT FROM CLIENT] How to ask Factory Price to look at a decision again.

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