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Terms and Conditions for New E-commerce Site

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  • 08-08-2012 3:06pm
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    riveratom
    Registered Users Posts: 964 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I am launching a new website soon. It is an e-commerce website / platform where we will be taking payments from customers. The payments will represent a 'deposit' of sorts, or part-payment for a product or service that a vendor will then deliver. In practice, the customer will pay us an amount, they will then get a coupon code which they bring to the business in question to redeem a deal. Think Groupon, or similar sites (although this is not another Groupon!).

    Just wondering what kind of terms and conditions - and privacy policy - we will need here? The site goes live very soon. How have people managed this on their own sites?

    Budget is tight and not really up for going to a solicitor and paying a few hundred quid for a consultation - plus it would need to be one who is comfortable with internet law / regulations.

    We are thinking a good approach may be to draft generic terms and get them signed off by a qualified solicitor.

    Thanks


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    Have a look at what similar sites / services are using.
    Customise it for your own service and then get a solicitor to go over it

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    riveratom
    Registered Users Posts: 964 ✭✭✭riveratom


    Blacknight wrote: »
    Have a look at what similar sites / services are using.
    Customise it for your own service and then get a solicitor to go over it

    Yeah that's pretty much what the plan would be.

    There is a company in the US called Snapterms which operate in this area, they look pretty good and probably cheaper than a solicitor. Not sure if it makes any difference that they are US based? We'll be registered as a business in Ireland, naturally enough.

    If you (or anyone else) can recommend a solicitor for this purpose, either on-thread or via PM, I'd really appreciate it, especially as we are quite close to launch.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    US law is not the same as Irish law - there are *some* similarities, but you'd be better off looking at a UK based service than a US one

    As for solicitors we use and recommend: http://www.carlowsolicitors.com/

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    oddsoxrocks
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭oddsoxrocks


    I'm having a similar issue myself at the moment and was wondering if anyone has ever used

    http://www.netlawman.ie/??


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