Seller Terms
These Seller User Terms (these “Seller Terms”) govern your access to and use of our Services as a Seller. The Services can be accessed through https://www.blademarket.com. These Seller Terms shall be incorporated into the Terms & Conditions Blade Market, and are collectively referred to herein as the “Terms & Conditions.” All terms used (including capitalized terms) and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use for Blade Market.
- Seller
Registration and Account Approval. Your account must be registered
with and approved by us, in our sole discretion, before you can use our
Services as a Seller.
- Listed
Item(s) and Auctions. You acknowledge and agree to the following:
- We
provide a marketplace platform, but we provide no selling or
auctioneering services, and we are not acting as your employee, agent,
representative, marketing agency, or marketing agent.
- You
conduct the sale or auction and make the sole and final determination
with respect to the sale of Listed Item(s);
- You
are solely responsible for any Listed Item(s) that you place for sales
using our Services;
- You
agree to fully, completely, and accurately disclose all information
relating to your Listed Item(s), including, but not limited to,
brand or other indication of origin or manufacture, or
certification, or information and condition and you shall be responsible
for any such inaccuracies, errors, or omissions;
- You
will not list any Listed Item(s) through our Services that are illegal to
use, possess, auction or sell under any applicable state or federal law,
rule, or regulation;
- Listed
Item(s) will not contain links to or a description of other items that
you may have for sale outside of our Services;
- Listed
Item(s) must be actual items and not mere examples of items. Only one
Listed Item (with multiple quantities, if applicable) can appear on each
listing;
- For
an auction you will make the Listed Item(s) available to the highest
bidder in accordance with the Terms and any User Posted Terms (as defined
below) that you may include with your Listed Item as set forth in Section
4 below; and
- We
reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to: (i) refuse to allow any
item to be listed, at any time and for any reason; (ii) withdraw any
Listed Item(s) from our Services; (iii) review and verify a Listed Item’s
information and description; (iv) amend the information in a Listed Item;
or (v) cancel any proposed bid for Listed Item(s) that we deem to be
suspicious or fraudulent and report such bid to applicable authorities.
- Seller
Confirmation of Listed Item(s). You are responsible for reviewing
the categorization and description of your Listed Item(s) to ensure the
items are categorized and described accurately. While we do our best to
assist Sellers with posting correct information, you are responsible for
reviewing and ensuring that any content displayed on our Services appears
as you intended. We take no responsibility for Listed Item(s) that are
mis-listed or mis-categorized.
- User
Posted Terms. You may post additional terms and conditions of sale for
your Listed Item(s) (“User Posted Terms”). User Posted Terms are between
you and a Buyer/Bidder and are separate from these Seller Terms. You are
solely responsible for creating, reviewing, and understanding any User
Posted Terms prior to placing such terms with your Listed Item(s). We do
not prepare, review, negotiate, or enforce any User Posted Terms. We do
not represent or guarantee that any User Posted Terms will be enforceable
against a Bidder.
- Listed
Item(s) Usage. You represent that once a Listed Item is placed for
auction using our Services, it will not, unless otherwise expressly
disclosed within the listing, be operated, leased, rented, modified, or
altered until completion of the auction, and if sold to a Bidder, until
the Listed Item(s) is removed from its location by or on behalf of the
Bidder.
- Encumbrances,
Easements, and Environmental Conditions and Hazards. You are solely
responsible for making full disclosure to Bidders of any and all
encumbrances, rights and third-party interests that may exist on or
pertain to Listed Item(s). You will, at your own expense, warrant and
defend title to Listed Item(s) on behalf of the Bidder, its successors and
assigns, against the claims and demands of all persons. If required, you
shall be responsible for the payment of any independent appraisals and
documentation fees required to release such Encumbrances and third party interests
and for remediating such environmental conditions and hazards.
- Buyback
and Price Manipulation. You shall not bid or make an offer, directly
or indirectly, nor allow any other person to bid or make an offer on your
behalf, by agency or otherwise, on your Listed Item(s) or any part of your
auctions. In the event of price manipulation or a buyback, we may, in our
sole discretion, ban you from future use of our Services.
- Our
Fees. Our listings and selling services are free (no listing fees or
final selling fees). For an additional fee, you may purchase additional
listing upgrades. All listing upgrade fees paid to us are non-refundable.
- Hyperlinks.
We reserve the right to refuse hypertext links to, or addresses of, other
websites and to remove hypertext links or web addresses without notice at
our sole discretion.
- Exclusivity.
To the extent you are only auctioning a Listed Item online, our Services
shall be the exclusive listing for that Listed Item and you shall not
offer for sale or sell the Listed Item in any other manner until the
earlier of (a) the date the Listed Item is auctioned through our Services;
(b) the date you withdraw the Listed Item from our Services as permitted
herein; or (c) the date on which the auction with the Listed Item expires.
- Search
Results. We cannot guarantee that your Listed Item(s) will appear in
any specific order in search results on our Sites and Services. Search
order results will fluctuate based on the search options used, including
but not limited to, price and auction end time.
- Representations
and Warranties.
You represent and warrant that any Listed Item(s) placed by you: - are
owned by you, or you have the legal right and authority to sell such
Listed Item(s) on behalf of the legal owner;
- are
free and clear of any and all registered and unregistered liens,
security interests, tax or duty obligations or other encumbrances or
contrary claims whatsoever, except as expressly disclosed by you within
the applicable listing (the “Encumbrances”);
- are
in good condition, free of material defects unless detailed in listing;
- have
not been modified or tampered with in any manner that would be contrary
to applicable legislation or misleading to a Bidder;
- have
not been fraudulently obtained, and are not stolen or counterfeit;
- only
include descriptions, pictures, and videos that are accurate;
- include
any and all legally required disclosures that may be applicable to the
auction and/or sale of the Listed Item(s) to a Bidder.
You further represent and warrant that: - you
are solvent and have not made, nor are you aware of, any assignment,
proposal or other proceeding for the benefit of your creditors;
- the
offering for sale, advertising and sale of the Listed Item(s) will not
contravene or infringe upon any patent, copyright, trademark, agreement,
title, interest, or easement or similar right of any third party;
- you
are duly authorized to complete and provide all listing information for
Listed Item(s);
- any
User Posted Terms for your Listed Item(s) are legal and do not violate
any applicable laws, rules, regulations; and
- to
the extent applicable, as it pertains to your use of https://www.blademarket.com as
a Seller, you are an authorized dealer and/or auctioneer and have
and shall maintain all applicable and necessary licenses, permits,
permissions, and authorizations to place Listed Item(s) for sale and
conduct auctions using our Services.
- No
Guarantee to Proceeds. We do not guarantee that Bidders will bid on
Listed Item(s), that you will be able to sell Listed Item(s) using our
Services, or that you will be able to collect the purchase price from a
Bidder who has a winning bid for Listed Item(s).
- Purchase
and Sale of Listed Item(s). The actual purchase and sale of Listed
Item(s) following an auction is and shall remain the sole responsibility
of the Seller who placed the Listed Item(s) for auction and the Bidder who
had the winning bid. If you are the Seller, you must coordinate the
purchase and sale of the Listed Item(s) directly with the Bidder who is
the winning bidder for the Listed Item(s). You assume all risk and
liability associated with any agreement(s) you enter into with the Bidder.
We are not a party to, and do not facilitate, the purchase and sale of any
Listed Item(s).
We are not in the business of selling or buying of any Listed Item(s) on a commission basis. We do not take any Listed Item(s) on consignment. All transactions and the terms of any agreements that may occur between the Seller who placed the Listed Item(s) for auction and the Bidder who had the winning bid are determined solely through interaction and agreement between the Seller who placed the Listed Item(s) for auction and the Bidder who had the winning bid. We are not acting as an employee, agent, representative, broker, dealer, marketing agency, or marketing agent of the Seller who places the Listed Item(s) for auction or the Bidder who is the winning bidder of the Listed Item(s) or for any user of our Site or Services. We do not produce, handle, hold, ship, process, distribute, transport, deliver, or take possession of any Listed Item(s) at any time. We do not collect, handle or remit any money, payments, checkoff fees, receivables or proceeds from any transaction that may occur between the Seller. We are not bonded for the protection of the Seller who placed the Listed Item(s) for auction or for the protection of the Bidder who had the winning bid or for the protection of any user of our Site or Services.
- Additional
Seller Indemnity. In addition to the indemnification provisions set
forth in the Terms of Use For Blade Market, you agree to indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and
all damages, costs, claims or liability (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach of your
representations, warranties or covenants set out in these Seller Terms;
and (ii) your User Posted Terms.