Terms & Condision

 

      You should adapt your Terms of Service to suit your specific business needs. That said, there are certain clauses that you should always include to protect your interests.

 

These clauses are:

The effective date of your document

Introduction

Contact details

Links to other important documents

Whole agreement clause

IP declaration

User behavior, or rules of conduct

Your rights

Disclaimers

Limitation of liability

Amendments

Governing laws

Depending on your business, you might also include clauses on other topics such as:

 

Licensing agreements

Shipping

Payment and subscriptions

Returns and refunds

Data handling

To keep it simple, we'll stick to the clauses you'll find in just about every Terms of Service agreement. Then, you can branch out to other clauses once you have your template base started.

Let's break down the key clauses mentioned above.

Effective Date 

You need to specify what date your Terms of Service agreement applies from. This is the date the agreement came into force. You should modify this date whenever you update the Terms.

     It's recommended to put the date at the start of the agreement like Walmart does here: