This Merchant User Agreement ("Agreement") is between you, the user, together with any company or other business entity you are representing, if any (collectively, "You"), and Big Cartel, LLC ("Big Cartel") – providers of the Pulley website located at pulleyapp.com ("Pulley Site").
Big Cartel provides software programs ("Software") that allow merchants to sell digital files that they own or have rights or licenses to ("Your Files") online. Big Cartel also provides related services to merchants, including hosting online content, email services, delivering digital files and other services as may be offered from time to time (collectively, "Services").
This Agreement is effective upon Your acceptance in registration. By accepting this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Terms of Service for the Pulley Site that are incorporated herein by reference and may be accessed through links in this Agreement, Big Cartel will provide You with a limited license to use the Software and receive the Services. Please note that underlined words and phrases in this Agreement are links to pages on the Pulley Site, or other relevant sites. In the event any terms provided in this Agreement conflict with the Terms of Service the terms provided in this Agreement will govern.
By accepting this Agreement, You further agree to be bound by any amendments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or to such terms and conditions as are incorporated herein by reference.
You authorize Big Cartel to process any and all of Your Pulley account transactions initiated through the use of the password and/or passphrase that You establish through registration on the Pulley Site and You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of such password and/or passphrase.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing, this Agreement will not bind Big Cartel unless You meet the eligibility criteria for entering into this Agreement as set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement.
The Software license and Services are available only to, and may only be used by individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Software and Services are not available to children (persons under the age of 18). If You are registering as a business entity, You represent that You have the authority to bind such entity to this Agreement. Big Cartel may use techniques to confirm information You provide when You register on the Pulley Site. If for any reason, Big Cartel, in its discretion, believes such information to be incorrect, it reserves the right, without provision of any notice to You, to revoke any and all licenses under this Agreement or to refuse to provide the Software license and Services under this Agreement to You.
You acknowledge and agree that, as between You and Big Cartel, all Software and any other content provided by Big Cartel, and all worldwide intellectual property rights therein, are the exclusive property of Big Cartel. All rights in and to the Software not expressly granted to You in this Agreement are reserved by Big Cartel.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Big Cartel grants to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to remotely access and use the Software on servers operated by or for Big Cartel through the Pulley Site solely to store, sell and deliver Your Files.
You acknowledge that the Software and its structure, organization, and source code constitute valuable intellectual property of Big Cartel. Accordingly, except as expressly allowed under Section 2.2, You will not, either directly or through a third party, (a) modify, adapt, alter, translate, or create derivative works from the Software; (b) distribute, sublicense, lease, rent, loan, or otherwise transfer the Software to any third party; (c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software or (d) transfer Your interest in and to Your account to any third party.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and upon Your election to use and pay applicable fees (if any) for certain features of the Software, Big Cartel grants to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, royalty-free license (without the right to grant sublicenses) to use and reproduce those trademarks provided to You by Big Cartel under this Agreement ("Big Cartel Marks"), solely for display in connection with the sale of Your Files as designated by Big Cartel in its discretion, and that Big Cartel may periodically change from time to time. Big Cartel grants no rights in the Big Cartel Marks other than those expressly granted in this Section 2.4. You acknowledge Big Cartel’s exclusive ownership of the Big Cartel Marks and that all use of Big Cartel Marks inures to Big Cartel benefit. You agree not to take any action inconsistent with such ownership and You agree not to adopt, use, or attempt to register any trademarks or trade names that are confusingly similar to the Big Cartel Marks or in such a way as to create combination marks with the Big Cartel Marks. At Big Cartel’s request (in its discretion), You will immediately discontinue all use and display of the Big Cartel Marks. You acknowledge and agree that, except with respect to the trademark license granted herein in and to the Big Cartel Marks, no licenses are granted by Big Cartel to any other trademarks, service marks, or trade names owned by Big Cartel, its parent, or affiliates.
You agree that the nature and quality of all goods and services rendered that You provide in connection with the Big Cartel Marks and all related advertising, promotional and other uses of the Big Cartel Marks by You shall be of a high standard so as to protect and enhance the Big Cartel Marks and the goodwill pertaining thereto. You further agree that all materials bearing the Big Cartel Marks shall conform to the guidelines that Big Cartel may establish from time to time and that You shall obtain Big Cartel’s approval prior to using the Big Cartel Marks in any manner that is inconsistent with Big Cartel’s guidelines.
Certain additional features that Big Cartel may make available to You may require access to and/or installation of additional software (including third party software) that is subject to supplemental or independent terms and conditions (("Additional Software("). Similarly, Big Cartel may make available additional services (including third party services) that are subject to supplemental or independent terms and conditions (("Additional Services("). You agree that You will not use such Additional Software or Additional Services unless You have agreed to the applicable terms and conditions, including Your payment of additional fees as required.
Upon activation of Your account and subject to the payment of applicable fees, Big Cartel will provide You during the term of this Agreement with the hosting, support and other Services as provided on the Pricing page of the Pulley Site and for the Software licensed to You under this Agreement. Your Files will be hosted on an servers operated by or for Big Cartel on which several merchants may share the resources and network capacity.
Big Cartel reserves the right to change, amend and/or otherwise alter the Services provided with equivalent or otherwise equal Services without prior notice to You. You agree to receive administrative communications from Big Cartel in regards to the Software, Services, Your account, policy changes and system updates. If You do not agree to such changes, then You may terminate use of the Services. Big Cartel will not refund any fees or payments in the event of such termination.
Downgrading Your Service may cause the loss of content, features, or capacity of Your account. Big Cartel does not accept any liability for such loss.
You will be solely responsible for the development, promotion, back-up and operation of Your Files, including the handling any customer inquiries, complaints, or disputes arising from orders or sales for Your Files. You agree that Big Cartel has no obligation to back-up any data related to Your Files and You should independently take appropriate steps to maintain such data in accordance with Your needs and requirements.
You will be solely responsible for creating, managing, editing, reviewing, deleting and otherwise controlling the content of Your Files, including all descriptions of the products and services You offer to customers. As a conduit, Big Cartel will give You discretion over Your Files on the following conditions: Your Files are compatible and interoperable with the Software and Services provided by Big Cartel under this Agreement and Your Files and Your use of the Services, Software and Pulley Site comply with all applicable laws and the terms of this Agreement. You retain all right, title and interest in and to all intellectual property rights embodied in Your Files, exclusive of any content provided by Big Cartel. Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing, if You breach any of the terms of this Agreement, Big Cartel is entitled to suspend or terminate Your account, disable or delete Your Files and/or any access to information or data related to Your account in accordance with Section 12 of this Agreement.
You acknowledge that, by only providing You with the ability to publish and distribute Your own or third party products, services or content to which You have a license, Big Cartel and its Software are acting only as passive conduits for the distribution and/ or publishing of such products, services or content. Big Cartel has no obligation to You or any third party, and undertakes no responsibility, to review Your Files, the products or services listed therein or any other content to determine whether any such product, service or content may incur liability to third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if Big Cartel believes in its discretion that Your Files or any products, services, content or other materials provided by You may create liability for Big Cartel or harm other users of Big Cartel’s websites or services, then You agree that Big Cartel may take any actions with respect to Your Files that Big Cartel believes are prudent or necessary to minimize or eliminate Big Cartel’s potential liability or to protect other users of Big Cartel’s websites or services.
During the period that Big Cartel provides Services to You pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Big Cartel and its subcontractors a non-exclusive, irrevocable, sublicenseable, royalty-free, transferable worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, transmit, publicly perform, publicly display and digitally perform Your Files solely to store Your Files, run the Software, provide You with the Services and to otherwise promote and manage the Pulley Site. You understand and agree that copies of Your Files may continue to be stored on servers operated by or for Big Cartel after You terminate Your account. Big Cartel agrees not to use Your Files after You terminate Your account except as is required to comply with legal requests or requirements.
You covenant that Your Files and Your related activities shall not violate the Pulley Terms of Service as it may be amended from time to time, or any of the following:
You agree not to publish, offer for sale, sell or otherwise distribute any of the following items on, through or connected with Your Files, the Services or the Pulley Site:
The Pulley Site is intended solely for the distribution of digital files that You own, have all necessary rights or licenses to, or that are in the public domain. You agree not to store, offer for sale, sell or otherwise distribute any content or material that is infringing or otherwise violates the law, including: music; movies; eBooks; games; videos; photographs and software.
You shall pay the fees set forth on the Pricing page for the Software license and Services purchased by You. Big Cartel may change the fees for its Services from time to time. If You do not accept a change in the fees, then You may terminate Your account.
Big Cartel will invoice You via PayPal or another electronic payment vendor and You agree to pay for non-refundable monthly subscription, in advance, including fees for the license of Software and Services to be rendered to You by or on behalf of Big Cartel in the following month.
The Service is billed in advance on a monthly basis and is non-refundable. There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, or refunds for months unused with an open account. In order to treat everyone equally, no exceptions will be made.
Upon non-payment Big Cartel may in its discretion re-attempt to collect the amount due up to 3 times before suspending or terminating Your account or immediately suspend or terminate Your account.
All fees under this Agreement exclude all applicable sales, use, and other taxes and government charges, whether federal, state or foreign, and You will be responsible for payment of all such taxes (other than taxes based on Big Cartel’s income), fees, duties, and charges, and any related penalties and interest, arising from the payment of any and all fees under this Agreement including the access to or license of the Software and performance of the Services hereunder.
BIG CARTEL, ITS SUPPLIERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE, SERVICES, ANY ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES, ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. BIG CARTEL, ITS SUPPLIERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE, SERVICES, AND ANY ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING UPTIME, USE, DATA SECURITY, ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THEIR SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS SECTION 7 IS REASONABLE AND AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT IN ITS ABSENCE, THE ECONOMIC TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL BIG CARTEL, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR THEIR OFFICERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE, SERVICES, ANY ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE). BIG CARTEL’, ITS SUPPLIERS’, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS’, CUMULATIVE LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF THEIR OFFICERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAID TO BIG CARTEL FOR THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND THE SERVICES IN THE ONE (1) YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE MONTH IN WHICH THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY FIRST AROSE. Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to You.
You agree to indemnify and hold Big Cartel, its suppliers, and service providers, and their officers, members, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and expert witnesses’ fees) incurred or arising from: (a) any content provided, stored, sold or otherwise distributed by You, (b) any claims arising from the sale or license of Your Files, or (c) any breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference. Big Cartel’, its suppliers’ and service providers’ indemnity rights shall not be limited or offset by any contributory negligence by Big Cartel. Big Cartel reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by You, and in such case, You agree to cooperate with Big Cartel’s defense of such claim.
Big Cartel treats all personal information collected through the Pulley Site as provided in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference and as it may be amended from time to time.
You must establish and agree to post, maintain and adhere to a privacy policy for any website on which You collect personal information that informs Your customers what personal information is collected, how it is used, the effective date of Your privacy policy and how Your customers can learn of changes to Your privacy policy and otherwise complies with applicable laws and regulations.
You agree to prominently include within Your posted privacy policy a statement notifying Your customers that Your Files are hosted by Big Cartel and that Big Cartel, including its service providers, parent entity and affiliates, may have access to aggregated information related to Your customers in order for Big Cartel to deliver Your Files, analyze performance and make improvements to Big Cartel’s Services and products. You may not use Your customer information to send unsolicited commercial messages (spam) or otherwise in violation of any law, statute, ordinance or regulation.
Without limiting other remedies, Big Cartel may limit Your activity, issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate Your account or Your Files, in whole or in part, and refuse to provide some or all of the Software functionality or Services to You if: (a) You fail to pay any fees in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement; (b) You breach this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference in any other manner; (c) Big Cartel is unable to verify or authenticate any information You provide to Big Cartel; or (d) Big Cartel believes that Your actions may harm, cause financial loss or legal liability for You, Your customers, Big Cartel or Big Cartel’s users or affiliates.
At the discretion of Big Cartel, Big Cartel may suspend Your account or any part of Your account by deactivating any access by You or by Your customers to Your account and/or Your Files. Suspension may include the disabling of Your Files and/or any access to information or data related to Your account. In the event of any such suspension, You will be notified and given ten (10) days to correct such breach. In the event that such breach is not corrected within ten (10) days of the receipt of such notice the account may be terminated under Section 12.2 of this Agreement. Fees under this Agreement will continue to accrue on suspended accounts as if they were not suspended. You will remain responsible for the payment of any such fees during any such period of suspension.
This Agreement may be terminated by Big Cartel either (a) immediately if you breach any provision of this Agreement or (b) after a period of suspension as set forth in Section 12.1 of this Agreement. You may terminate this Agreement and Your account at any time via the Pulley Site or via the PayPal or other electronic payment vendor site.
In the event of expiration or termination for any reason, the licenses granted under Section 2 of this Agreement shall automatically and immediately cease and You shall stop using the Site and Software and destroy all copies of the Software in Your possession, if any. Upon termination, there will be no refund provided to You except as otherwise agreed in writing by Big Cartel and all outstanding fees owed by You shall become immediately due and payable. Termination shall not affect the rights of Big Cartel to recover from You losses, damages, indemnity, defense costs, expert costs, collection costs and/or attorneys fees or expert witnesses’ cost or other costs of any kind under this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement that by their nature are ongoing, or as explicitly provided, will survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason.
This Agreement will be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Utah without giving effect to any conflicts of law principles that would require the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under this Agreement or in connection with Your use of the Software or Services will be commenced and heard only in the appropriate court having jurisdiction over Salt Lake City, Utah. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in such courts.
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding Your use of the Software, the Services, Your account and all of Your Files.
You and Big Cartel are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
Except for the payment of any fees due and payable under this Agreement, neither party’s delay in the performance of any duties or obligations under this Agreement will be considered a breach of this Agreement if such delay is caused by a labor dispute, shortage of materials, fire, earthquake, flood, terrorist act, governmental act or order, act of God, failures in electric power or telecommunications services, or any other event beyond the control of the party.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given via email to Big Cartel, LLC at support (at) bigcartel.com or (in Your case) to the email address You provide to Big Cartel during the registration process. Notice shall be deemed given twenty four (24) hours after email is sent, unless Big Cartel is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, Big Cartel may give You notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the address, if any, provided to Big Cartel during the registration process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given three (3) days after the date of mailing.
You shall not assign, transfer or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder. Any assignment, transfer or delegation in contravention of the foregoing provision will be null and void. You agree that this Agreement may be assigned by Big Cartel, in Big Cartel’s discretion without Your consent.
You acknowledge and agree that nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or will be construed to confer upon or give to any person, other than the parties, any interests, rights, remedies or other benefits with respect to or in connection with any agreement or provision contained herein or contemplated hereby.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Big Cartel’s failure to act with respect to a breach by You or others does not waive Big Cartel’s right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. When used in this Agreement, the term "including" means "including but not limited to," and "discretion" means the sole discretion of the applicable party unless expressly stated to the contrary.
Sections 2.4 (Ownership), 6 (Fees) with respect to any outstanding fees owed for the Services, 7 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 8 (Limitation of Liability), 9 (Indemnity), 10 (Customer Data, Your Data, & Privacy Policy), 12.3 (Rights Upon Termination), and 13 (General) shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
This Agreement, together with the agreements and policies that are incorporated herein by reference, sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between You and Big Cartel with respect to the subject matter hereof.