Ecommerce Legal: Protecting Your Business With A "Terms and Conditions" Policy

[mandy]

So you have your ecommerce website up and running, and you wonder if you need any specific terms and conditions to govern transactions on your site. The answer is yes. Because if a problem should arise, having terms and conditions may help resolve that problem in your favor.

Prior to the customer purchasing anything from you, make sure they check a box agreeing to the terms and conditions. This will bind the customer to any reasonable and legal terms. The purpose isn’t to trap or trick a customer but rather to enable both the customer and company to agree in advance to terms.

The following are examples of the categories (with suggested text) you should consider when drafting terms and conditions...

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