General Terms and Conditions

Legal disclaimer

The explanations and information provided on this page are purely general and high-level explanations and information on how to draft your own terms and conditions document. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance what specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek advice from a lawyer to help you understand and assist you in creating your own terms and conditions.

General Terms and Conditions - the basics

That being said, the Terms and Conditions (“T&Cs”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&Cs define the legal limits governing the activities of website visitors or your customers when they visit or interact with this website. The T&Cs are intended to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you as the website owner.

What should be included in the general terms and conditions document?

In general, Terms and Conditions often address these types of issues: Who is authorized to use the website; the available payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change their offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner provides to their customers; a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues, if applicable; the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account; and much more. To learn more about this, see our article "Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy."