Website Terms of Sale - Sale of Goods (B2C)
These E-Commerce Sale of Goods Website Terms of Sale are designed for use by online retailers on e-commerce websites providing goods to consumers. They should be "accepted" by purchasers before or at the time/point of sale.
This document is designed for use alongside our E-Commerce Sale of Goods Website Terms of Use. The Terms of Use template covers the use of the website, while this Terms of Sale template covers the sale and purchase of goods. It is important to ensure that both documents are used together.
Legal and Compliant
This template has been drafted by lawyers with many years of practical experience with internet businesses. All these website terms and conditions have been updated and reviewed to comply with current regulations.
Online sales to consumers need to comply with the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013. The E-commerce Distance Selling Guidance Notes assist sellers navigate complex consumer rights, comply with legal obligations and apply best practice for consumer protection. It will help the selection and editing of terms and conditions to ensure compliance with the Regulations.
What type of Goods and Businesses use these Website Terms of Sale?
These terms are sufficiently broad to cover virtually any kind of goods sold online to consumers on a single-transaction basis. "Goods" are tangible goods, not services or downloads/digital content. Website Terms and Conditions provides the full selection. Using consumer-friendly language this terms of sale template is especially useful for start-ups and small businesses handling setting up their terms and conditions in-house.
What are the Key Provisions of these Website Terms of Sale?
The e-commerce terms of sale (B2C) guide customers through the order process, explaining the formation of the contract between them and the retailer, also setting out details on goods, pricing and availability (with particular regard for the accuracy of, and changes to such information), payment, delivery, risk and ownership.
Of particular importance is the customer’s right to cancel. In some cases this may arise because the goods do not comply with the contract. In other cases, the customer may wish to cancel under the 14-day cooling off period granted to them under the 2013 Consumer Contracts Regulations (extendable using the optional goodwill guarantee provisions). Detailed clauses deal with both avenues of cancellation providing guidance to customers on their rights and the appropriate steps to take.
Further key provisions deal with guarantees (including options both for guarantees provided by the retailer and for those provided by third party manufacturers), liability, events beyond the retailer’s control, customer complaints (with reference to complaints handling policies and procedures, templates for which are also available from Simply-Docs), contact information, and data protection.
These Website Terms of Sale contain the following clauses:
1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. Information About Us
3. How to Contact Us
4. Access to Our Site and Use of Our Site
5. Changes to these Terms of Sale
6. Business Customers
[7. International Customers]
8. Goods, Descriptions, and Changes
9. Pricing
10. Orders and How Contracts Are Formed
11. Payment
12. When You Own the Goods
13. Delivery
14. Faulty, Damaged, or Incorrect Goods
15. Your Rights to Cancel and End the Contract
16. Cancelling and Ending the Contract if You Change Your Mind
17. Cancelling and Ending the Contract Because of Something We Have Done or Will Do
18. Returning Goods After Cancelling and Ending the Contract
19. Refunds
20. Our Liability to Consumers
21. Complaints and Feedback
22. How We Use Your Personal Information
23. What Happens if We Transfer this Agreement to Another Party
24. Other Important Terms
[25. Alternative Dispute Resolution]
26. Law and Jurisdiction
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