Partner Terms

1. Launch territory and future expansion

The Marketplace is initially made available for sales and deliveries within the Republic of South Africa. Partner coverage, shipping options, and service levels may vary by location within South Africa.

LAWLiS may expand the Marketplace to additional countries or regions in future. Where we do so, country-specific Partner terms, tax rules, operational requirements, or policies may apply. Those terms will be published and, where required, accepted before the relevant market is opened to Partners.

2. Partner status and independence

Partners are independent businesses and are not employees, agents, or joint venturers of LAWLiS. Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, agency, partnership, or franchise relationship.

Trading access is subject to LAWLiS verification, approval, and ongoing compliance. You must keep business, contact, banking-verification, and other verification information accurate and current, and promptly notify LAWLiS of material changes.

3. Catalogue, offers and product responsibility

LAWLiS maintains the canonical marketplace catalogue. Partners may submit products and create approved offers against catalogue products (or under any other listing process LAWLiS makes available).

You are responsible for the accuracy of your product descriptions, fitment information, stock levels, condition, pricing, and offer details. You must not list prohibited, counterfeit, unsafe, recalled, or unlawful goods, or goods that breach the Marketplace prohibited- products rules.

Unless LAWLiS expressly states otherwise for a specific product, you are the seller of the goods offered under your Partner account and are responsible for fulfilment, product quality, and applicable consumer- law obligations in respect of those goods.

4. Pricing and marketplace economics

LAWLiS applies the marketplace pricing, commission, and margin rules configured in the platform. Shipping is accounted for separately from product margin unless the platform states otherwise for a specific offer type.

You must not manipulate prices, inventory, reviews, or transactions to circumvent marketplace rules, commission structures, or ranking systems. LAWLiS may adjust or suspend offers that breach these rules.

5. Inventory and fulfilment

You are responsible for maintaining accurate inventory and for fulfilling accepted orders promptly and in accordance with the order details and any service levels published by LAWLiS.

Under the current Marketplace model, Partners arrange their own courier or delivery service (unless LAWLiS offers a different fulfilment option for specific categories). You must update shipment, tracking, exception, and delivery information through LAWLiS so Riders and LAWLiS can monitor progress.

You must not cancel or fail to fulfil orders without a valid reason recorded in the platform (for example genuine stock error after reasonable diligence, or force majeure). Repeated unfulfilled or late orders may result in performance measures, reduced visibility, or suspension.

6. Returns, refunds and consumer obligations

You must cooperate with the LAWLiS return and dispute workflows, review Rider evidence fairly and in good time, and comply with applicable South African consumer rights (including under the Consumer Protection Act where it applies).

LAWLiS operates the Marketplace settlement and dispute workflow and may determine and record final marketplace outcomes. Partner refund or chargeback liability may include the product amount and, where applicable, shipping, according to the transaction, the reason for the return, and applicable law and policies.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits non-excludable consumer rights or the corresponding obligations that fall on you as the seller of the goods.

7. Payouts, fees and records

LAWLiS records Partner proceeds, fees, liabilities, and payout history through the Marketplace. Production payout timing, payment methods, and payment-provider mechanics will be confirmed with the live payment implementation.

You are responsible for your own tax, accounting, invoicing, and business regulatory obligations. LAWLiS may withhold or adjust amounts where required by law, where there is a reasonable suspicion of fraud or material breach, or to cover legitimate refunds, chargebacks, or other liabilities arising from your activity.

8. Data, confidentiality and Rider information

Partner access to Rider personal information is limited to legitimate marketplace purposes such as order fulfilment, delivery, returns, support, and related compliance. You must handle that information in accordance with applicable data-protection law (including POPIA) and our Privacy Notice.

You may not harvest, sell, share, or use Rider information for unrelated marketing or other purposes without an independent lawful basis and any required consents. Confidential Marketplace operational information must not be disclosed except as required by law or with LAWLiS’s prior written consent.

9. Marketplace integrity and acceptable use

You must not:

• create false, artificial, or manipulative transactions or reviews;
• misuse Rider or other Partner information;
• bypass LAWLiS systems to evade fees, policies, or obligations;
• interfere with platform security or attempt unauthorised access;
• list or supply prohibited, counterfeit, unsafe, or unlawful goods;
• engage in fraudulent, abusive, or other unlawful conduct; or
• damage the reputation or integrity of the Marketplace.

10. Intellectual property

You retain ownership of your own product content and branding that you supply, subject to the licence needed for LAWLiS to operate the Marketplace (including displaying, promoting, and fulfilling offers). You warrant that you have the rights necessary to list and sell the products and to grant that licence.

The Marketplace platform, software, branding, and compilation of content remain the property of LAWLiS or its licensors. You may not copy, scrape, reverse engineer (except to the extent permitted by law), or commercially exploit the platform outside the intended Partner use.

11. Suspension, restriction and termination

LAWLiS may suspend, restrict, or terminate Partner trading access where reasonably necessary for verification failures, marketplace risk, security, fraud prevention, material breach of these Terms or related policies, poor performance that harms Riders, or legal compliance.

Existing Rider orders, returns, refunds, and lawful record-retention duties survive suspension or termination to the extent necessary to complete those obligations and protect Rider rights.

12. Liability

You are responsible for your products, stock accuracy, fulfilment, and compliance with applicable law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, LAWLiS is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from Partner conduct, product defects, or fulfilment failures, except where liability cannot legally be excluded.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, gross negligence, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded.

13. Changes to these Terms

LAWLiS may update these Terms as the Marketplace develops. Material changes may be issued as a new version and may require renewed acceptance before continued trading. The effective date and version will be shown at the top of this page.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Subject to any non-waivable rights, courts of South Africa will have jurisdiction in connection with these Terms during the South African launch phase.

15. Contact

For Partner onboarding, account, or policy questions:
Email: support@lawlispowersport.com