Terms & Conditions for ecommerce stores.
Unlike a Privacy Policy that is required for all ecommerce stores, a Terms and Conditions agreement isn’t required for an ecommerce store, but it’s extremely important to have it.
It doesn’t matter if your ecommerce store is self-hosted (ie. WooCommerce, PrestaShop, custom) or that you use a cloud-based provider (i.e. Shopify, Wix, Big Cartel), a Terms & Conditions agreement remains a very important legal agreement to have for your store.
For example, the T&C agreement for an ecommerce store is useful to set the rules on:
- Payments when customers pay for their orders
- Abusive behavior and language when dealing with customer service in regards to an order
- Attempting to infect your ecommerce store with malware
- Posting defamatory content in the comments section of your ecommerce store blog posts
Terms & Conditions for apps.
A Terms and Conditions agreement can act as a legal contract between you, the mobile app owner or developer, and the users of your app.
A Terms & Conditions agreement is especially important if you have user generated content showing on your app. For example, app stores such as Apple App Store require you to have the proper user generated content provisions in your legal policies.
Here are a couple of reasons why you’ll want to have a Terms & Conditions agreement for a mobile app:
- You can stop abusive users from using your app
- You can terminate or block accounts at your sole discretion
- Liability to users will be limited
- And much more