Terms of Service

1. Account Terms

1. To access and use the Services, you must register for a Nautical Commerce account (“Account”) by providing your full legal name, current address, phone number, a valid email address, and any other information indicated as required. Nautical Commerce may reject your application for an Account, or cancel an existing Account, for any reason, in our sole discretion.

2. You must be the older of: (i) 18 years, or (ii) at least the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside and from which you use the Services to open an Account.

3. You confirm that you are receiving any Services provided by Nautical Commerce for the purposes of carrying on a business activity and not for any personal, household or family purpose.

4. You acknowledge that Nautical Commerce will use the email address you provide on opening an Account or as updated by you from time to time as the primary method for communication with you.

5. You are responsible for keeping your password secure. Nautical Commerce cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to maintain the security of your Account and password.

6. You are responsible for all activity and content such as photos, images, videos, graphics, written content, audio files, code, information, or data uploaded, collected, generated, stored, displayed, distributed, transmitted or exhibited on or in connection with your Account (“Materials”).

7. A breach or violation of any term in the Terms of Service, including the AUP, as determined in the sole discretion of Nautical Commerce may result in an immediate termination of your Services.

2. Account Activation

2.1 Store Owner

1. Subject to section 2.1(2), the person signing up for the Service by opening an Account will be the contracting party (“Store Owner”) for the purposes of our Terms of Service and will be the person who is authorized to use any corresponding Account we may provide to the Store Owner in connection with the Service. You are responsible for ensuring that the name of the Store Owner (including the legal name of the company that owns the Store, if applicable) is clearly visible on the Store’s website.

2. If you are signing up for the Services on behalf of your employer, your employer shall be the Store Owner. If you are signing up for the Services on behalf of your employer, then you must use your employer-issued email address and you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind your employer to our Terms of Service.

3. Your Nautical Commerce Store can only be associated with one Store Owner. A Store Owner may have multiple Nautical Commerce Stores. “Store” means the online store or physical retail location(s) associated with the Account.

2.2 Staff Accounts

1. Based on your Nautical Commerce pricing plan, you can create one or more staff accounts (“Staff Accounts”) allowing other people to access the Account. With Staff Accounts, the Store Owner can set permissions and let other people work in their Account while determining the level of access by Staff Accounts to specific business information (for example, you can limit Staff Account access to sales information on the Reports page or prevent Staff Accounts from changing general store settings).

2. The Store Owner is responsible and liable for the acts, omissions and defaults arising from use of Staff Accounts in the performance of obligations under these Terms of Service as if they were the Store Owner’s own acts, omissions or defaults.

3. The Store Owner and the users under Staff Accounts are each referred to as a “Nautical Commerce User”.

3. General Conditions

You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Service, including the AUP, the Privacy Policy, and, if you operate a E.U. based Store, the EU Terms, before you may become a Nautical Commerce User. Additionally, you acknowledge and agree to the Policies regarding the Sale of COVID-19 Related Products if you sell such products.

1. Technical support in respect of the Services is only provided to Nautical Commerce Users.

2. The Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply to these Terms of Service and is hereby expressly excluded.

3. You acknowledge and agree that Nautical Commerce may amend these Terms of Service at any time by posting the relevant amended and restated Terms of Service on Nautical Commerce’s website, available at https://www.nauticalcommerce.com/legal/terms and such amendments to the Terms of Service are effective as of the date of posting. Your continued use of the Services after the amended Terms of Service are posted to Nautical Commerce’s website constitutes your agreement to, and acceptance of, the amended Terms of Service. If you do not agree to any changes to the Terms of Service, do not continue to use the Service. If the EU Terms apply to your Store, then amendments to these Terms of Service will be provided in accordance with the EU Terms.

4. You may not use the Nautical Commerce Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws), the laws applicable to you in your customer’s jurisdiction, or the laws of Canada and the Province of Ontario. You will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in your use of the Service and your performance of obligations under the Terms of Service.

5. The Nautical Commerce API License and Terms of Use at https://www.nauticalcommerce.com/legal/api-terms.html govern your access to and use of the Nautical Commerce API (as defined therein). You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs using your API Credentials (as defined in the API Terms) and for keeping your API Credentials secure.

6. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Services, or access to the Services without the express written permission by Nautical Commerce.

7. You shall not purchase search engine or other pay per click keywords (such as Google Ads), or domain names that use Nautical Commerce or Nautical Commerce trademarks and/or variations and misspellings thereof.

8. Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to Nautical Commerce Legal Support.

9. You understand that your Materials (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.

10. The Services allow you to send certain communications to your customers by short message service (SMS) messaging (for example, sending order confirmation notifications via SMS) (the "SMS Services"). You will only use the SMS Services in compliance with these Terms of Service, Twilio Inc.'s Acceptable Use Policy, and the laws of the jurisdiction from which you send messages, and in which your messages are received.

11. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Services, including information transmitted to or stored by Nautical Commerce, is governed by its privacy policy at https://www.nauticalcommerce.com/legal/privacy

12. The Terms of Service may be available in languages other than English. To the extent of any inconsistencies or conflicts between these English Terms of Service and Nautical Commerce’s Terms of Service available in another language, the most current English version of the Terms of Service at https://www.nauticalcommerce.com/legal/terms will prevail. Any disputes arising out of these Terms of Service will be resolved in English unless otherwise determined by Nautical Commerce (acting in its sole discretion) or as required by applicable law.

13. All the terms and provisions of the Terms of Service shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to the Terms of Service and to their respective heirs, successors, permitted assigns and legal representatives. Nautical Commerce shall be permitted to assign these Terms of Service without notice to you or consent from you. You shall have no right to assign or otherwise transfer the Terms of Service, or any of your rights or obligations hereunder, to any third party without Nautical Commerce’s prior written consent, to be given or withheld in Nautical Commerce’s sole discretion.

14. If any provision, or portion of the provision, in these Terms of Service is, for any reason, held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision (or the unaffected portion of the provision) of the Terms of Service, and the Terms of Service will be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision, or portion of the provision, had never been contained within the Terms of Service.

15. Sections 1, 3(2)-(5), 4, 6-8, 14-15, 17(8)-(10), 19, 21 and 22 will survive the termination or expiration of these Terms of Service.

4. Nautical Commerce Contracting Party

If the billing address of your Store is located in the United States or Canada, this Section 4(1) applies to you:

1.  “Nautical Commerce Contracting Party” means Nautical Commerce Inc., a Delaware corporation, with primary offices located at 18 W 21st Street, STE 900, New York, NY 10010.

2. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York with respect to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Terms of Service. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply to these Terms of Service and is hereby expressly excluded.

5. Nautical Commerce Rights

1. We reserve the right to modify or terminate the Services for any reason, without notice at any time unless agreed otherwise in a signed Master Services Agreement ("MSA"). Not all Services and features are available in every jurisdiction and we are under no obligation to make any Services or features available in any jurisdiction.

2. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

3. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Materials and suspend or terminate Accounts if we determine in our sole discretion that the goods or services offered via a Store, or the Materials uploaded or posted to a Store, violate our Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) or these Terms of Service.

4. Verbal or written abuse of any kind (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any Nautical Commerce customer, Nautical Commerce employee, member, or officer will result in immediate Account termination.

5. Nautical Commerce does not pre-screen Materials and it is in our sole discretion to refuse or remove any Materials from the Service, including your Store.

6. We reserve the right to provide our services to your competitors and make no promise of exclusivity in any particular market segment. You further acknowledge and agree that Nautical Commerce employees and contractors may also be Nautical Commerce customers/merchants and that they may compete with you, although they may not use your Confidential Information (as defined in Section 6) in doing so.

7. In the event of a dispute regarding Account ownership, we reserve the right to request documentation to determine or confirm Account ownership. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, a scanned copy of your business license, government issued photo ID, the last four digits of the credit card on file, your status as an employee of an entity, etc.

8. Nautical Commerce retains the right to determine, in our sole judgment, rightful Account ownership and transfer an Account to the rightful Store Owner. If we are unable to reasonably determine the rightful Store Owner, without prejudice to our other rights and remedies, Nautical Commerce reserves the right to temporarily disable an Account until resolution has been determined between the disputing parties.

6. Confidentiality

1. “Confidential Information” shall include, but shall not be limited to, any and all information associated with a party’s business and not publicly known, including specific business information, technical processes and formulas, software, customer lists, prospective customer lists, names, addresses and other information regarding customers and prospective customers, product designs, sales, costs (including any relevant processing fees), price lists, and other unpublished financial information, business plans and marketing data, and any other confidential and proprietary information, whether or not marked as confidential or proprietary. Nautical Commerce’s Confidential Information includes all information that you receive relating to us, or to the Services, that is not known to the general public including information related to our security program and practices.

2. Each party agrees to use the other party’s Confidential Information solely as necessary for performing its obligations under these Terms of Service and in accordance with any other obligations in these Terms of Service including this Section 6. Each party agrees that it shall take all reasonable steps, at least substantially equivalent to the steps it takes to protect its own proprietary information, to prevent the duplication, disclosure or use of any such Confidential Information, other than (i) by or to its employees, agents and subcontractors who must have access to such Confidential Information to perform such party’s obligations hereunder, who each shall treat such Confidential Information as provided herein, and who are each subject to obligations of confidentiality to such party that are at least as stringent as those contained herein; or (ii) as required by any law, regulation, or order of any court of proper jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter contained in these Terms of Service, provided that, if legally permitted, the receiving party shall give the disclosing party prompt written notice and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such disclosure is accorded confidential treatment. Confidential Information shall not include any information that the receiving party can prove: (A) was already in the public domain, or was already known by or in the possession of the receiving party, at the time of disclosure of such information; (B) is independently developed by the receiving party without use of or reference to the other party’s Confidential Information, and without breaching any provisions of these Terms of Service; or (C) is thereafter rightly obtained by the receiving party from a source other than the disclosing party without breaching any provision of these Terms of Service.

7. Limitation of Liability

1. You expressly understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, Nautical Commerce shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses resulting from the use of or inability to use the Service.

2. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, in no event shall Nautical Commerce or our suppliers be liable for lost profits or any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with our site, our Services or these Terms of Service (however arising including negligence). You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, Nautical Commerce partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents it incorporates by reference (including the AUP), or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

3. Your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any warranty or condition, express, implied or statutory.

4. Nautical Commerce does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.

5. Nautical Commerce does not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services will be accurate or reliable.

6. Nautical Commerce does not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or other materials purchased or obtained by you through the Services will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the Services will be corrected.

8. Waiver, Severability, and Complete Agreement

The failure of Nautical Commerce to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Service, including all terms and conditions and other documents it incorporates by reference, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law, and the remaining provision of the Terms of Service shall remain in full force and effect.

The Terms of Service, including the documents it incorporates by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Nautical Commerce and govern your use of the Services and your Account, superseding any prior agreements between you and Nautical Commerce (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service).

9. Intellectual Property and Customer Content

1. We do not claim any intellectual property rights over the Materials you provide to the Nautical Commerce Service. All Materials you upload remains yours. You can remove your Nautical Commerce Store at any time by deleting your Account.

2. By uploading Materials, you agree: (a) to allow other internet users to view the Materials you post publicly to your Store; (b) to allow Nautical Commerce to store, and in the case of Materials you post publicly, display and use your Materials; and (c) that Nautical Commerce can, at any time, review and delete all the Materials submitted to its Service, although Nautical Commerce is not obligated to do so.

3. You retain ownership over all Materials that you upload to the Store; however, by making your Store public, you agree to allow others to view Materials that you post publicly to your Store. You are responsible for compliance of the Materials with any applicable laws or regulations.

4. Nautical Commerce shall have the non-exclusive right and license to use the names, trademarks, service marks and logos associated with your Store to promote the Service.

10. Communication and Compliance

You may generate or send email from your Account using the Sendgrid email services (the “Email Services”). In addition to SendGrid Terms of Use applicable to the Services generally (including Nautical Commerce’s Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy), the following terms apply to your access and use of the Email Services:

1. Nautical Commerce employs certain controls to scan the content of emails you deliver using the Email Services prior to delivery (“Content Scanning”). Such Content Scanning is intended to limit spam, phishing, or other malicious content that contravenes these Terms of Service, or Nautical Commerce’s Acceptable Use Policy (collectively, “Threats”). By using the Email Services, you explicitly grant Nautical Commerce the right to employ such Content Scanning. Nautical Commerce does not warrant that the Email Services will be free from Threats, and each Nautical Commerce merchant is responsible for all content generated by their respective Stores.

2. BY GENERATING OR SENDING EMAIL THROUGH THE EMAIL SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS (THE “EMAIL SERVICES REQUIREMENTS”). NAUTICAL COMMERCE, OR ITS THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, MAY SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE EMAIL SERVICES IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE EMAIL SERVICES REQUIREMENTS.
   
   

1. Your use of the Email Services must comply with all applicable laws. Examples of applicable laws include laws relating to spam or unsolicited commercial email (“UCE”), privacy, security, obscenity, defamation, intellectual property, pornography, terrorism, homeland security, gambling, child protection, and other applicable laws. It is your responsibility to know and understand the laws applicable to your use of the Email Services and the emails you generate or send through the Email Services.
   
   
   
2. Your use of the Email Services must comply with Nautical Commerce’s Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to read and understand the Privacy Policy applicable to your use of the Email Services and the emails you generate or send through the Email Services.
   
   
   
3. You will use commercially reasonable efforts not to send sensitive personal data, including information regarding an individual’s medical or health condition, race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or other sensitive data (collectively, “Sensitive Data”) through the Email Services. It is your responsibility to read and understand your obligations in relation to Sensitive Data.
   
   
   
4. Your use of the Email Services must follow all applicable guidelines established by Nautical Commerce. The guidelines below are examples of practices that may violate the Email Services Requirements when generating, or sending emails through the Email Services:(i) using non-permission based email lists (i.e., lists in which each recipient has not explicitly granted permission to receive emails from you by affirmatively opting-in to receive those emails); (ii) using purchased or rented email lists; (iii) using third party email addresses, domain names, or mail servers without proper permission; (iv) sending emails to non-specific addresses (e.g., webmaster@domain.com or info@domain.com); (v) sending emails that result in an unacceptable number of spam or UCE complaints (even if the emails themselves are not actually spam or UCE); (vi) failing to include a working “unsubscribe” link in each email that allows the recipient to remove themselves from your mailing list; (vii) failing to comply with any request from a recipient to be removed from your mailing list within 10 days of receipt of the request; (viii) failing to include in each email a link to the then-current privacy policy applicable to that email; (ix) disguising the origin or subject matter of any email or falsifying or manipulating the originating email address, subject line, headers, or transmission path information for any email; (x) failing to include in each email your valid physical mailing address or a link to that information;
   including “junk mail,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” incentives (e.g., coupons, discounts, awards, or other incentives) or other material in any email that encourages a recipient to forward the Email to another recipient.

3. If You or a customer knows of or suspects any violations of the Email Services Requirements, please notify Nautical Commerce at abuse@Nautical Commerce.com. Nautical Commerce will determine compliance with the Email Services Requirements in its discretion.

4. Nautical Commerce’s Email Services utilize Third Party Providers, including SendGrid (a Twilio Company). Your use of the Email Services is subject to SendGrid’s Acceptable Use Policy as it may be amended by SendGrid from time to time.

11. Payment of Fees

1. You will pay the Fees applicable to your subscription to Online Service and/or POS Services (“Subscription Fees”) and any other applicable fees, including but not limited to applicable fees relating to the value of sales made through your Store when using all payment providers other than Nautical Commerce Payments (“Transaction Fees”), and any fees relating to your purchase or use of any products or services such as Nautical Commerce Payments, POS Equipment, shipping, apps, Themes, domain names, Experts Marketplace, or Third Party Services (“Additional Fees”). Together, the Subscription Fees, Transaction Fees and the Additional Fees are referred to as the “Fees”.

2. You must keep a valid payment method on file with us to pay for all incurred and recurring Fees. Nautical Commerce will charge applicable Fees to any valid payment method that you authorize (“Authorized Payment Method”), and Nautical Commerce will continue to charge the Authorized Payment Method for applicable Fees until the Services are terminated, and any and all outstanding Fees have been paid in full. Unless otherwise indicated, all Fees and other charges are in U.S. dollars, and all payments shall be in U.S. currency.

3. Unless otherwise defined in the Master Services Agreement ("MSA"), Subscription Fees are paid in advance and will be billed in 30 day intervals (each such date, a “Billing Date”). Transaction Fees and Additional Fees will be charged from time to time at Nautical Commerce’s discretion. You will be charged on each Billing Date for all outstanding Fees that have not previously been charged. Fees will appear on an invoice, which will be sent to the Store Owner via the email provided. As well, an invoice will appear on the Account page of your Store’s administration console. Users have approximately two weeks to bring up and settle any issues with the billing of Subscription Fees.

4. Unless otherwise defined in the Master Services Agreement ("MSA"), if we are not able to process payment of Fees using an Authorized Payment Method, we will make a second attempt to process payment using any Authorized Payment Method 3 days later. If the second attempt is not successful, we will make a final attempt 3 days following the second attempt. If our final attempt is not successful, we may suspend and revoke access to your Account and the Services. Your Account will be reactivated upon your payment of any outstanding Fees, plus the Fees applicable to your next billing cycle. You may not be able to access your Account or your storefront during any period of suspension. If the outstanding Fees remain unpaid for 60 days following the date of suspension, Nautical Commerce reserves the right to terminate your Account.

5. All Fees are exclusive of applicable federal, provincial, state, local or other governmental sales, goods and services (including Goods and Sales Tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act, Chapter 117A of Singapore), harmonized or other taxes, fees or charges now in force or enacted in the future (“Taxes”).

6. You are responsible for all applicable Taxes that arise from or as a result of your subscription to or purchase of Nautical Commerce’s products and services. To the extent that Nautical Commerce charges these Taxes, they are calculated using the tax rates that apply based on the billing address you provide to us. Such amounts are in addition to the Fees for such products and services and will be billed to your Authorized Payment Method. If you are exempt from payment of such Taxes, you must provide us with evidence of your exemption, which in some jurisdictions includes an original certificate that satisfies applicable legal requirements attesting to tax-exempt status. Tax exemption will only apply from and after the date we receive evidence satisfactory to Nautical Commerce of your exemption. If you are not charged Taxes by Nautical Commerce, you are responsible for determining if Taxes are payable, and if so, self-remitting Taxes to the appropriate tax authorities in your jurisdiction.

7. For the avoidance of doubt, all sums payable by you to Nautical Commerce under these Terms of Service shall be paid free and clear of any deductions or withholdings whatsoever. Other than Taxes charged by Nautical Commerce to you and remitted to the appropriate tax authorities on your behalf, any deductions or withholdings that are required by law shall be borne by you and paid separately to the relevant taxation authority. Nautical Commerce shall be entitled to charge the full amount of Fees stipulated under these Terms of Service to your Authorized Payment Method ignoring any such deduction or withholding that may be required.

8. You must maintain an accurate location in the administration menu of your Nautical Commerce Store. If you change jurisdictions you must promptly update your location in the administration menu.

9. Nautical Commerce does not provide refunds.

12. Modifications to the Service and Prices

1. Prices for using the Services are subject to change upon 30 days’ notice from Nautical Commerce. Such notice may be provided at any time by posting the changes to the Nautical Commerce Site (Nautical Commerce.com) or the administration menu of your Nautical Commerce Store via an announcement.

2. Nautical Commerce reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue, the Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice (unless otherwise required by applicable law).

3. Nautical Commerce shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

13. Third Party Services

1. Nautical Commerce may from time to time recommend, provide you with access to, or enable third party software, applications (“Apps”), products, services or website links (collectively, “Third Party Services”) for your consideration or use, including via the Nautical Commerce App Store, or Experts Marketplace. Such Third Party Services are made available only as a convenience, and your purchase, access or use of any such Third Party Services is solely between you and the applicable third party services provider (“Third Party Provider”). In addition to these Terms of Service, you also agree to be bound by the additional service-specific terms applicable to services you purchase from, or that are provided by, Third Party Providers.

2. Any use by you of Third Party Services offered through the Services, Nautical Commerce Experts, Experts Marketplace or Nautical Commerce’s website is entirely at your own risk and discretion, and it is your responsibility to read the terms and conditions and/or privacy policies applicable to such Third Party Services before using them. In some instances, Nautical Commerce may receive a revenue share from Third Party Providers that Nautical Commerce recommends to you or that you otherwise engage through your use of the Services, Nautical Commerce Experts, Experts Marketplace or Nautical Commerce’s website.

3. We do not provide any warranties or make representations to you with respect to Third Party Services. You acknowledge that Nautical Commerce has no control over Third Party Services and shall not be responsible or liable to you or anyone else for such Third Party Services. The availability of Third Party Services on Nautical Commerce’s websites, including the Nautical Commerce App Store or Experts Marketplace, or the integration or enabling of such Third Party Services with the Services does not constitute or imply an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation by or with Nautical Commerce. Nautical Commerce does not guarantee the availability of Third Party Services and you acknowledge that Nautical Commerce may disable access to any Third Party Services at any time in its sole discretion and without notice to you. Nautical Commerce is not responsible or liable to anyone for discontinuation or suspension of access to, or disablement of, any Third Party Service. Nautical Commerce strongly recommends that you seek specialist advice before using or relying on Third Party Services, to ensure they will meet your needs. In particular, tax calculators should be used for reference only and not as a substitute for independent tax advice, when assessing the correct tax rates you should charge to your customers.

4. If you install or enable a Third Party Service for use with the Services, you grant us permission to allow the applicable Third Party Provider to access your data and other Materials and to take any other actions as required for the interoperation of the Third Party Service with the Services, and any exchange of data or other Materials or other interaction between you and the Third Party Provider is solely between you and such Third Party Provider. Nautical Commerce is not responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of your data or other Materials, or for any corresponding losses or damages you may suffer, as a result of access by a Third Party Service or a Third Party Provider to your data or other Materials.

5. You acknowledge and agree that: (i) by submitting a request for assistance or other information through Experts Marketplace, you consent to being contacted by one or more Experts at the Store Owner’s registered email address (or such other email address provided by you) as well as the applicable user email address; and (ii) Nautical Commerce will receive all email communications exchanged via Experts Marketplace or in any reply emails (each a “Reply”) that originate from Experts Marketplace (directly or indirectly) between yourself and Experts. You further agree that Nautical Commerce may share your contact details and the background information that you submit via the Experts Marketplace with Experts. Experts may require access to certain admin pages on your Nautical Commerce Store. You choose the pages that the Experts can access.

6. The relationship between you and any Third Party Provider is strictly between you and such Third Party Provider, and Nautical Commerce is not obligated to intervene in any dispute arising between you and a Third Party Provider.

7. Under no circumstances shall Nautical Commerce be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, extraordinary, exemplary or other damages whatsoever, that result from any Third Party Services or your contractual relationship with any Third Party Provider, including any Expert. These limitations shall apply even if Nautical Commerce has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing limitations shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

8. You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, Nautical Commerce partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of a Third Party Service or your relationship with a Third Party Provider.

14. Beta Services

From time to time, Nautical Commerce may, in its sole discretion, invite you to use, on a trial basis, pre-release or beta features that are in development and not yet available to all merchants (“Beta Services”). Beta Services may be subject to additional terms and conditions, which Nautical Commerce will provide to you prior to your use of the Beta Services. Such Beta Services and all associated conversations and materials relating thereto will be considered Nautical Commerce Confidential Information and subject to the confidentiality provisions in this agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that you will not make any public statements or otherwise disclose your participation in the Beta Services without Nautical Commerce’s prior written consent. Nautical Commerce makes no representations or warranties that the Beta Services will function. Nautical Commerce may discontinue the Beta Services at any time in its sole discretion. Nautical Commerce will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with a Beta Service. The Beta Services may not work in the same way as a final version. Nautical Commerce may change or not release a final or commercial version of a Beta Service in our sole discretion.

15. Feedback and Reviews

Nautical Commerce welcomes any ideas and/or suggestions regarding improvements or additions to the Services. Under no circumstances shall any disclosure of any idea, suggestion or related material or any review of the Services, Third Party Services or any Third Party Provider (collectively, “Feedback") to Nautical Commerce be subject to any obligation of confidentiality or expectation of compensation. By submitting Feedback to Nautical Commerce (whether submitted directly to Nautical Commerce or posted on any Nautical Commerce hosted forum or page), you waive any and all rights in the Feedback and that Nautical Commerce is free to implement and use the Feedback if desired, as provided by you or as modified by Nautical Commerce, without obtaining permission or license from you or from any third party. Any reviews of a Third Party Service or Third Party Provider that you submit to Nautical Commerce must be accurate to the best of your knowledge, and must not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable. Nautical Commerce reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit Feedback of Third Party Services or Third Party Providers, but does not regularly inspect posted Feedback.

16. DMCA Notice and Takedown Procedure

Nautical Commerce supports the protection of intellectual property and asks Nautical Commerce merchants to do the same. It’s our policy to respond to all notices of alleged copyright infringement. If someone believes that one of our merchants is infringing their intellectual property rights, they can send a DMCA Notice to Nautical Commerce’s designated agent using our form. Upon receiving a DMCA Notice, we may remove or disable access to the Materials claimed to be a copyright infringement. Once provided with a notice of takedown, the merchant can reply with a counter notification using our form if they object to the complaint. The original complainant has 14 business days after we receive a counter notification to seek a court order restraining the merchant from engaging in the infringing activity, otherwise we restore the material. For more information, see our DMCA Notice and Takedown Procedure.

17. Rights

Save for Nautical Commerce and its affiliates, Nautical Commerce Users or anyone accessing Nautical Commerce Services pursuant to these Terms of Service, unless otherwise provided in these Terms of Service, no person or entity who is not a party to these Terms of Service shall have any right to enforce any term of these Terms of Service, regardless of whether such person or entity has been identified by name, as a member of a class or as answering a particular description. For the avoidance of doubt, this shall not affect the rights of any permitted assignee or transferee of these Terms.

18. Privacy

Nautical Commerce is firmly committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and the personal information of your customers. By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that Nautical Commerce’s collection, usage and disclosure of this personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy.

Additionally, if: (a) you are established in the European Economic Area (EEA); (b) you provide goods or services to customers in the EEA; or (c) you are otherwise subject to the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Nautical Commerce’s collection and use of personal information of any European residents is also subject to our Data Processing Addendum.

Nautical Commerce Inc.

18 W 21st Street, STE 900

New York, NY 10010

United States of America