Terms and Conditions

1. Terms of Website Use

Welcome to EquineListings.com ("EquineListings", "we", "us", or "our").

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the EquineListings website, marketplace, services, accounts, advertisements, messaging features, and any other services we may make available through EquineListings.com (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using EquineListings, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Services.

These Terms apply to all users of EquineListings, including buyers, sellers, private users, businesses, dealers, advertisers, and other visitors.

2. About EquineListings

EquineListings is an online equine marketplace that provides a platform through which users may discover, advertise, and communicate about horses, ponies, equestrian equipment, tack, trailers, equestrian properties, and other equine-related goods or services.

EquineListings acts as a marketplace and platform provider. Unless expressly stated otherwise, EquineListings is not the owner, seller, breeder, dealer, agent, veterinarian, transporter, or representative of any horse, animal, product, property, or service advertised by a third party.

Transactions and arrangements between buyers and sellers are generally made directly between those parties.

3. Eligibility and Acceptance of These Terms

By using EquineListings, you confirm that:

• You are legally capable of entering into a binding agreement.
• The information you provide to us is accurate and up to date.
• You will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
• You will use the Services only for lawful purposes.
• You will comply with these Terms and any additional rules or policies applicable to specific Services.

If you are using EquineListings on behalf of a business or organisation, you confirm that you have authority to accept these Terms on its behalf.

4. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time.

When changes are made, we may update the "Last updated" date displayed at the beginning of these Terms. Your continued use of EquineListings after changes have been published constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

You should review these Terms periodically to ensure that you understand the terms that apply to your use of the Services.

5. Changes to EquineListings

We may update, modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of EquineListings or its Services at any time.

We may add, remove, or change features, functionality, categories, advertising options, pricing, listing formats, or other aspects of the platform.

We do not guarantee that EquineListings or any particular feature will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

We may temporarily suspend access to the Services for maintenance, security, technical, operational, or business reasons.

6. Accounts and Passwords

Certain features of EquineListings may require you to create an account.

You are responsible for:

• Providing accurate registration information.
• Keeping your account information up to date.
• Maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
• Taking reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to your account.
• All activity carried out through your account, except where caused by circumstances outside your reasonable control.

You must not share your password or account credentials with another person where doing so is prohibited by the Services.

If you believe that your account has been accessed without your permission, you should notify EquineListings as soon as reasonably possible.

We may suspend or terminate an account where we reasonably believe that the account has been used in breach of these Terms, for fraudulent activity, or for other legitimate security or operational reasons.

7. Using EquineListings as a Marketplace

EquineListings provides a platform for users to advertise and discover equine-related listings.

Unless expressly stated otherwise:

• EquineListings does not own or sell the horses, animals, products, properties, or services displayed in user listings.
• EquineListings does not act as an agent for buyers or sellers.
• EquineListings does not guarantee that a seller owns or is authorised to sell an advertised horse, animal, product, property, or service.
• EquineListings does not guarantee the accuracy, quality, condition, suitability, health, temperament, performance, age, breeding history, ownership, location, availability, or legal status of an advertised horse or other item.
• EquineListings does not guarantee that a transaction between users will be completed.
• Users are responsible for carrying out their own enquiries and due diligence before entering into any transaction or agreement.

Buyers and sellers are responsible for agreeing the terms of any transaction between themselves.

8. Horse and Animal Listings

EquineListings may allow users to advertise horses, ponies, and other equine animals.

Sellers are solely responsible for ensuring that information contained in an animal listing is accurate and not misleading.

Where applicable, sellers should provide accurate information regarding matters such as:

• Age and sex.
• Breed or type.
• Height.
• Location.
• Training and experience.
• Competition history.
• Temperament and behaviour.
• Health information.
• Veterinary history where relevant.
• Ownership and registration information.
• Known defects, injuries, illnesses, or limitations.
• Price and availability.
• Photographs and videos.

EquineListings does not independently verify every statement made in an animal listing.

Potential buyers should conduct appropriate independent checks before purchasing or arranging the transfer of an animal. Depending on the circumstances, this may include an independent veterinary examination, verification of ownership and registration documents, inspection of the animal, references, and appropriate checks relating to transportation and applicable legal requirements.

9. User-Generated Content

EquineListings allows users to upload and publish content, including:

• Photographs.
• Videos.
• Listing descriptions.
• Horse and animal information.
• Product information.
• Property information.
• Reviews or comments, where enabled.
• Messages or other communications.
• Business information.
• Other materials submitted through the Services.

You remain responsible for the content you submit.

By submitting content to EquineListings, you confirm that:

• The information is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
• You have the necessary rights and permissions to use and submit the content.
• The content does not infringe another person's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.
• The content complies with applicable law.
• The content complies with these Terms.
• You are not deliberately attempting to mislead another user.

You retain ownership of content that you own and upload to EquineListings.

However, by submitting content to EquineListings, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, display, format, modify where technically necessary, distribute, and otherwise use that content for the purposes of operating, promoting, improving, and providing the Services.

This licence may continue for as long as reasonably necessary for these purposes, including where content has been shared through the Services.

10. Images, Videos and Media

You must only upload photographs, videos, and other media that you have the right to use.

You must not upload media that:

• Belongs to another person without permission.
• Misrepresents the horse, animal, product, property, or service being advertised.
• Contains illegal or abusive material.
• Infringes intellectual property rights.
• Is intentionally manipulated in a way that materially misleads potential buyers.

To protect the Services and identify the source of advertisements, EquineListings may add branding, logos, watermarks, or other identifiers to uploaded images or media.

Where technically necessary, we may resize, compress, crop, convert, or otherwise modify media so that it can be displayed effectively on the platform.

11. Advertising Standards

All advertisements published through EquineListings must be accurate, lawful, and relevant to the category in which they are placed.

Advertisements must not:

• Contain materially false or misleading information.
• Advertise an item that the advertiser does not have the right to sell or advertise.
• Use another person's photographs or content without permission.
• Contain fraudulent or deceptive information.
• Advertise prohibited or illegal goods or services.
• Contain inappropriate, offensive, abusive, or discriminatory content.
• Attempt to circumvent EquineListings' fees or restrictions.
• Contain malicious software or harmful links.
• Use misleading pricing or availability information.
• Be duplicated excessively where duplication is intended to manipulate search results or visibility.

We may review, reject, edit, restrict, suspend, or remove advertisements that we believe may breach these Terms or applicable laws.

12. Prohibited Activities

You must not use EquineListings to:

• Commit fraud or facilitate fraudulent transactions.
• Impersonate another person or business.
• Create accounts using false or misleading information.
• Attempt to obtain another user's passwords or account information.
• Harvest, scrape, copy, or collect information from the Services through automated means without our prior written permission.
• Circumvent technical restrictions or security measures.
• Interfere with the operation of EquineListings.
• Upload viruses, malware, malicious code, or other harmful material.
• Use the platform to distribute spam.
• Manipulate listings, rankings, reviews, views, enquiries, or other platform metrics.
• Use EquineListings for unlawful activities.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, databases, servers, or accounts.
• Use information obtained through EquineListings to harass, threaten, or harm another user.

We reserve the right to investigate suspected misuse and take appropriate action.

13. User Communications and Messaging

Where EquineListings provides messaging or communication functionality, users are responsible for the messages and information they send.

Users must not use messaging features to:

• Send spam or bulk unsolicited messages.
• Harass or threaten another person.
• Request or provide information for fraudulent purposes.
• Distribute malicious links or software.
• Misrepresent a horse, animal, product, property, or service.
• Attempt to circumvent platform rules or fees.
• Send abusive, discriminatory, or unlawful content.

We may use automated systems and/or human review to detect spam, fraud, abusive behaviour, malicious links, or other violations of our policies, subject to applicable law and our Privacy Policy.

14. Content Moderation and Removal

We may, but are not required to, monitor content published on EquineListings.

We may remove, restrict, edit, suspend, or refuse content where we reasonably believe that:

• It breaches these Terms.
• It may be unlawful.
• It is fraudulent or misleading.
• It infringes another person's rights.
• It presents a security or safety risk.
• It is spam or abusive.
• It negatively affects the operation or integrity of the Services.
• It is otherwise inappropriate for the platform.

Where appropriate, we may also suspend or terminate the account responsible for the content.

15. User-Generated Content and Third-Party Information

Content published by users has not necessarily been verified or approved by EquineListings.

Opinions, descriptions, claims, statements, photographs, videos, and other materials published by users are the responsibility of the users who provide them.

EquineListings does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of user-generated content.

You should independently verify important information before relying on it or entering into a transaction.

16. Buyer and Seller Responsibilities

Buyers and sellers are responsible for conducting appropriate due diligence.

Before purchasing a horse, animal, product, property, or service, users should consider obtaining appropriate professional advice or carrying out relevant checks.

For horse and animal transactions, this may include:

• An independent veterinary examination.
• Verification of ownership.
• Verification of registration documents.
• Checking identification documents where applicable.
• Reviewing health and veterinary information.
• Inspecting the horse or animal.
• Confirming the seller's identity.
• Confirming transportation arrangements.
• Confirming any applicable legal requirements.

EquineListings is not responsible for the outcome of transactions or arrangements made between users.

17. Fees and Paid Services

Certain EquineListings features may require payment, including advertising packages, listing upgrades, promotional services, subscriptions, or other paid Services.

Where applicable, the price and applicable payment terms will be displayed before you complete a purchase.

You agree to provide accurate billing and payment information.

We may change our fees and paid Services from time to time. Changes will generally apply to future purchases or renewals unless otherwise stated.

Where a paid listing or service is removed because it violates these Terms, any refund will be handled in accordance with the applicable refund policy and applicable law.

18. Third-Party Services and Links

EquineListings may contain links to websites, services, payment providers, social networks, advertising platforms, or other resources operated by third parties.

These links are provided for convenience and information only.

EquineListings does not control third-party websites or services and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, or terms.

Your use of third-party services may be subject to separate terms and privacy policies.

19. Intellectual Property Rights

EquineListings and its original content, branding, logos, graphics, designs, software, databases, interfaces, and other materials are owned by or licensed to EquineListings and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may access and use the Services for their intended purpose.

You must not, without our prior written permission:

• Copy or reproduce substantial portions of EquineListings.
• Republish platform content commercially.
• Reproduce our branding or logos.
• Create derivative versions of the platform.
• Scrape or systematically collect listings or other platform data.
• Reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code, except where permitted by applicable law.
• Use EquineListings content to create a competing database or marketplace.

All rights not expressly granted under these Terms are reserved.

20. No Reliance on Information

Information provided through EquineListings is intended for general informational and marketplace purposes.

We make reasonable efforts to maintain the Services, but we do not guarantee that information supplied by users or displayed on the platform is complete, accurate, reliable, current, or suitable for your particular circumstances.

You should obtain appropriate professional advice where necessary.

21. Availability of the Services

We aim to keep EquineListings available and functioning effectively, but we do not guarantee that the Services will always be available or uninterrupted.

Access may occasionally be affected by:

• Maintenance.
• Software updates.
• Hosting or infrastructure issues.
• Internet or telecommunications failures.
• Security incidents.
• Third-party service interruptions.
• Events beyond our reasonable control.

We may suspend or restrict access where reasonably necessary.

22. Viruses and Security

We do not guarantee that EquineListings will always be secure or free from bugs, viruses, or other harmful components.

You are responsible for using appropriate security measures on your own devices.

You must not knowingly introduce viruses, malware, ransomware, worms, trojans, logic bombs, or other harmful material into EquineListings.

You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, servers, databases, accounts, systems, or networks.

You must not conduct denial-of-service attacks or distributed denial-of-service attacks against EquineListings.

Any suspected unlawful or malicious activity may be reported to relevant authorities where appropriate.

23. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how EquineListings collects, uses, stores, and processes personal information.

By using EquineListings, you acknowledge that your personal information may be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Please review our Privacy Policy before using the Services.

24. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, EquineListings will not be responsible for losses arising from:

• Transactions between users.
• The condition, quality, health, ownership, suitability, or performance of a horse or other item advertised by a user.
• False, incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate information supplied by another user.
• A user's failure to carry out appropriate due diligence.
• Unauthorised conduct by third parties.
• Third-party websites or services.
• Temporary or permanent unavailability of the Services.
• Loss of content uploaded by users.
• Events outside our reasonable control.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

This includes, where applicable, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or other liability that applicable law does not permit us to exclude or limit.

If you are a business user, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, EquineListings will not be liable for indirect or consequential losses, loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, or business interruption arising from your use of the Services.

25. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless EquineListings and its owners, operators, employees, contractors, and service providers from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses arising from:

• Your breach of these Terms.
• Your unlawful use of the Services.
• Content you upload or publish.
• Your violation of another person's rights.
• Your transactions or dealings with other users.

This provision does not apply to the extent that the relevant claim results from our own unlawful conduct or liability that cannot legally be transferred to you.

26. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account or access to EquineListings where we reasonably believe that:

• You have breached these Terms.
• You have provided false or misleading information.
• Your account has been involved in fraudulent or abusive activity.
• Your use of the Services creates a security or legal risk.
• Your activity may harm other users or the operation of EquineListings.

You may stop using the Services at any time.

Termination of an account does not necessarily remove obligations or rights that arose before termination.

27. Reporting Problems or Content

If you believe that a listing, account, message, image, video, or other content on EquineListings:

• Is fraudulent.
• Violates these Terms.
• Infringes intellectual property rights.
• Contains illegal content.
• Misrepresents an animal or product.
• Creates a safety or security concern.

you may report it to us using the reporting functionality provided on the platform or by contacting EquineListings through the contact details published on our website.

We may investigate reports and take action where appropriate.

28. Linking to EquineListings

You may link to the EquineListings homepage provided that the link:

• Is lawful and fair.
• Does not misrepresent your relationship with EquineListings.
• Does not imply endorsement or approval where none exists.
• Does not damage our reputation.

You must not frame EquineListings within another website without our prior written permission.

We may withdraw permission to link to EquineListings at any time.

29. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and any additional terms applicable to particular Services, form the agreement between you and EquineListings regarding your use of the Services.

If a particular service has additional terms, those terms will apply to that service in addition to these Terms.

30. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be modified or removed to the minimum extent necessary, while the remaining provisions will continue to apply.

31. No Waiver

If we do not immediately enforce a provision of these Terms, this does not mean that we waive our right to enforce that provision later.

32. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and your use of EquineListings will be governed by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction specified by EquineListings in its business and legal documentation.

Where permitted by applicable law, disputes relating to these Terms or your use of EquineListings will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of that jurisdiction.

Nothing in this section removes any mandatory consumer rights or protections that apply to you under the laws of the country or jurisdiction in which you reside.

33. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, content on EquineListings, or the Services, please contact us through the contact information provided on EquineListings.com.