Terms and Conditions
Introduction
Welcome to Avolak.com also hereby known as “we", "us" or "Avolak". We are a digital platform and these are the terms and conditions governing your access and use of Avolak along with its related sub-domains, sites, mobile app, services and tools (the "Site"). By using the Site, you hereby accept these terms and conditions (including the linked information herein) and represent that you agree to comply with these terms and conditions (the "User Agreement"). This User Agreement is deemed effective upon your use of the Site which signifies your acceptance of these terms. If you do not agree to be bound by this User Agreement please do not access, register with or use this Site.
The Site reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time without any prior notification. Changes will be effective when posted on the Site with no other notice provided. Please check these Terms and Conditions regularly for updates. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to Terms and Conditions of use constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
The site, application and services comprise an online platform through which a shopper may choose products to buy from overseas and get them delivered through third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder would transport the products upon their mutual consent. You understand and agree that Avolak is not a party to any agreements entered into between third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder and shopper, nor is Avolak an international shipment or transportation agency, retailer or seller of products, agent or insurer. Avolak has no control over the conduct of shopper and third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder and other users of the site, application and services or any negotiations, and disclaims all liability in this regard.
The third-party logistics provider, shipper, or freight forwarder will be given access to a CMS platform for managing key tasks such as accounting, order processing, approving orders, rejecting requests, reviewing prices, providing quotes to shoppers, and charging them. All actions performed by the logistics provider will be updated in real-time on https://avolak.com and are their sole responsibility. Any tasks or decisions made by them will be managed and overseen by their team, and they are fully accountable for their work.
Key Terms
Avolak Content means all Contents that Avolak makes available through the Website, Application, or Services, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding user content.
Collective Content means user content and Avolak Content.
Content means text, graphics, images, music, software (excluding the Application), audio, video, information or other materials.
Shopper means a user who requests products via this Website, Application or Services, or a user who contacts a third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder through Avolak to transport products in exchange for a charge as agreed upon between the respective Shopper and third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder being coordinated, overseen and intermediated by Avolak. Entering into contracts, carrying out the burden of ordering products, making payments are done by the Shopper on his own will and discretion and thereby a Shopper indemnifies Avolak from any liability and excuses Avolak for any mistakes, violations of trusts, and counterfeit actions happened between the time of placing a “Request” and the end of the “link” made via the Website, Application, and Service.
Third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder means a person or business who agreed information and consents that upon the creation of a link with a Shopper, he/she or their business is willing to carry the products listed in that link to transport to the respective location approved and agreed upon by them, in exchange for previously agreed-upon charges and fees quote. A third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder willingly enters into contracts, carries the burden of transporting the products, delivers them to Avolak authorized location or to Avolak authorized operative users on their own discretion, and exempts Avolak from any liability and excuses Avolak for any mistakes, violations of trusts, and counterfeit actions happened between the time of that Shipment Info and Services.
Price Review means posting links of products for verification of price quotation confirmed at https://Avolak.com.
User means a person who completes Avolak.com account registration (signup or login) process.
User Content means all Content that a User posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits to be made available through the Website, Application or Services.
Tax or Taxes means including but not limited to value added taxes (VAT), any sales taxes, services taxes, taxes for goods, other similar municipal, state and federal indirect or other withholding and personal or corporate income taxes. Avolak requires every third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder to understand, be aware of, and careful about tax rules of a country he or she is sending to and from while carrying products, purposefully to transport to Shopper contacted via Avolak Website, Applications, and Services. The third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder is expected to pay the customs fees, tax fees, and other tax-related costs upon accepting a link from Avolak.com Website, Applications, and Services as they occur.
In case of any conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Website, Application, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Website, Application, Services, or Collective Content.
It is agreed by the user that, by accessing or using the website, application or services or by downloading or posting any content from or on the website, via the application or through the services, the user indicates that he/she has read, understood and thereby agrees to be bound by these terms, whether or not the person has registered with the website and application. If such terms and conditions are not agreed upon, then the person does not have any right to access or use the website and/or application and/or services and/or any collective content.
In the event of a return, the shopper must send the product directly to the vendor or the e-commerce site owner’s designated address, which corresponds to the original link provided when requesting the product for shipment to Bangladesh through third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder.
If a product is completely or partially damaged due to mishandling by the third-party logistic support provider/shipper/freight forwarder, they will be responsible for providing compensation, upon submission of proof by the shopper. Avolak will not be held liable for such damages.
Shoppers or users are not allowed to withdraw their earning points; rather, they can use it as a discount which will be automatically applied to their next purchase at the time of checkout. If the shopper does not make any purchase within three months of the earning points having been earned, then the earning points will be considered as expired.
By accepting these terms and conditions, the User for himself or being representative of any company or other legal entity represents and warrants that the User has the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and conditions.
Conditions of Use
A. Your Account
To access certain services offered by the platform, we may require that you create an account with us or provide personal information to complete the creation of an account. We may at any time in our sole and absolute discretion, invalidate the username and/or password without giving any reason or prior notice and shall not be liable or responsible for any losses suffered by, caused by, arising out of, in connection with or by reason of such request or invalidation. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your user identification, password, account details and related private information. You agree to accept this responsibility and ensure your account and its related details are maintained securely at all times and all necessary steps are taken to prevent misuse of your account. You should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorized manner. You agree and acknowledge that any use of the Site and related services offered and/or any access to private information, data or communications using your account and password shall be deemed to be either performed by you or authorized by you as the case may be. You agree to be bound by any access of the Site and/or use of any services offered by the Site (whether such access or use are authorized by you or not). You agree that we shall be entitled (but not obliged) to act upon, rely on or hold you solely responsible and liable in respect thereof as if the same were carried out or transmitted by you. You further agree and acknowledge that you shall be bound by and agree to fully indemnify us against any and all losses arising from the use of or access to the Site through your account. Please ensure that the details you provide us with are correct and complete at all times. You are obligated to update details about your account in real time by accessing your account online. For pieces of information you are not able to update by accessing Your Account on the Site, you must inform us via our customer service communication channels to assist you with these changes. We reserve the right to refuse access to the Site, terminate accounts, remove or edit content at any time without prior notice to you. We may at any time in our sole and absolute discretion, request that you update your Personal Data or forthwith invalidate the account or related details without giving any reason or prior notice and shall not be liable or responsible for any losses suffered by or caused by you or arising out of or in connection with or by reason of such request or invalidation. You hereby agree to change your password from time to time and to keep your account secure and also shall be responsible for the confidentiality of your account and liable for any disclosure or use (whether such use is authorised or not) of the username and/or password.
B. Privacy
Please review our Privacy Agreement, which also governs your visit to the Site. The personal information / data provided to us by you or your use of the Site will be treated as strictly confidential, in accordance with the Privacy Agreement and applicable laws and regulations. If you object to your information being transferred or used in the manner specified in the Privacy Agreement, please do not use the Site.
C. Platform for Communication
You agree, understand and acknowledge that the Site is an online platform that enables you to purchase products at the price indicated therein at any time from any location using a payment method of your choice. You further agree and acknowledge that we are only a facilitator and cannot be a party to or control in any manner any transactions on the Site or on a payment gateway as made available to you by an independent service provider. Accordingly, the contract of sale of products on the Site shall be a strictly bipartite contract between you and the sellers on our Site while the payment processing occurs between you, the service provider and in case of prepayments with electronic cards your issuer bank. Accordingly, the contract of payment on the Site shall be strictly a bipartite contract between you and the service provider as listed on our Site.
D. Continued Availability of the Site
We will do our utmost to ensure that access to the Site is consistently available and is uninterrupted and error-free. However, due to the nature of the Internet and the nature of the Site, this cannot be guaranteed. Additionally, your access to the Site may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or services at any time without prior notice. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.
E. License to Access the Site
- We require that by accessing the Site, you confirm that you can form legally binding contracts and therefore you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age or are accessing the Site under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. We grant you a non-transferable, revocable, and non-exclusive license to use the Site, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions described herein, for the purposes of shopping for personal items and services as listed to be sold on the Site. Commercial use or use on behalf of any third party is prohibited, except as explicitly permitted by us in advance. If you are registering as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind that entity to this User Agreement and that you and the business entity will comply with all applicable laws relating to online trading. No person or business entity may register as a member of the Site more than once. Any breach of these Terms and Conditions shall result in the immediate revocation of the license granted in this paragraph without notice to you.
- Content provided on this Site is solely for informational purposes. Product representations including price, available stock, features, add-ons, and any other details as expressed on this Site are the responsibility of the vendors displaying them and are not guaranteed as completely accurate by us. Submissions or opinions expressed on this Site are those of the individual(s) posting such content and may not reflect our opinions.
- We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of this Site, but not to download (excluding page caches) or modify the Site or any portion of it in any manner. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this Site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this Site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another seller; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- This Site or any portion of it (including but not limited to any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information) may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, distributed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent by us as may be applicable.
- You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) without our express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other text utilizing our name or trademark without our express written consent, as applicable. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by us to you for access to the Site with no prior notice. You may not use our logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of an external link for commercial or other purposes without our express written consent, as may be applicable.
- You agree and undertake not to perform restricted activities listed within this section; undertaking these activities will result in an immediate cancellation of your account, services, reviews, orders, or any existing incomplete transaction with us and in severe cases may also result in legal action.
- Refusal to comply with the Terms and Conditions described herein or any other guidelines and policies related to the use of the Site as available on the Site at all times.
- Impersonate any person or entity or to falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
- Use the Site for illegal purposes.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to or otherwise interfere or disrupt other computer systems or networks connected to the Platform or Services.
- Interfere with another’s utilization and enjoyment of the Site.
- Post, promote, or transmit through the Site any prohibited materials as deemed illegal by The People's Republic of Bangladesh. Use or upload, in any way, any software or material that contains, or which you have reason to suspect that contains, viruses, damaging components, malicious code, or harmful components which may impair or corrupt the Site’s data or damage or interfere with the operation of another Customer’s computer or mobile device or the Site and use the Site other than in conformance with the acceptable use policies of any connected computer networks, any applicable Internet standards, and any other applicable laws.
F. YOUR CONDUCT
You must not use the website in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the Site or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You must not engage in activities that could harm or potentially harm the Site, its employees, officers, representatives, stakeholders or any other party directly or indirectly associated with the Site or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You understand that you, and not us, are responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to us and you must use the Site for lawful purposes only. You are strictly prohibited from using the Site for fraudulent purposes, or in connection with a criminal offense or other unlawful activity to send, use or reuse any material that does not belong to you; or is illegal, offensive (including but not limited to material that is sexually explicit content or which promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm), deceptive, misleading, abusive, indecent, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, libellous, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic or menacing; ethnically objectionable, disparaging or in breach of copyright, trademark, confidentiality, privacy or any other proprietary information or right; or is otherwise injurious to third parties; or relates to or promotes money laundering or gambling; or is harmful to minors in any way; or impersonates another person; or threatens the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of Bangladesh or friendly relations with foreign States; or objectionable or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatsoever; or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any "spam” Use the Site for illegal purposes to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety for any other purposes that is other than what is intended by us.
E. YOUR SUBMISSION
Anything that you submit to the Site and/or provide to us, including but not limited to, questions, reviews, comments, and suggestions (collectively, "Submissions") will become our sole and exclusive property and shall not be returned to you. In addition to the rights applicable to any Submission, when you post comments or reviews to the Site, you also grant us the right to use the name that you submit, in connection with such review, comment, or other content. You shall not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself or otherwise mislead us or third parties as to the origin of any Submissions. We may, but shall not be obligated to, remove or edit any Submissions without any notice or legal course applicable to us in this regard.
K. DISCLAIMER
You acknowledge and undertake that you are accessing the services on the Site and transacting at your own risk and are using your best and prudent judgment before entering into any transactions through the Site. We shall neither be liable nor responsible for any actions or inactions of sellers nor any breach of conditions, representations or warranties by the sellers or manufacturers of the products and hereby expressly disclaim and any all responsibility and liability in that regard. We shall not mediate or resolve any dispute or disagreement between you and the sellers or manufacturers of the products.
We further expressly disclaim any warranties or representations (express or implied) in respect of quality, suitability, accuracy, reliability, completeness, timeliness, performance, safety, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or legality of the products listed or displayed or transacted or the content (including product or pricing information and/or specifications) on the Site. While we have taken precautions to avoid inaccuracies in content, this Site, all content, information (including the price of products), software, products, services and related graphics are provided as is, without warranty of any kind. We do not implicitly or explicitly support or endorse the sale or purchase of any products on the Site. At no time shall any right, title or interest in the products sold through or displayed on the Site vest with us nor shall Avolak have any obligations or liabilities in respect of any transactions on the Site.
We shall neither be liable or responsible for any actions or inactions of any other service provider as listed on our Site which includes but is not limited to payment providers, instalment offerings, warranty services amongst others.
L. Communication with us
When you visit the Site, or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You will be required to provide a valid phone number while placing an order with us. We may communicate with you by e-mail, SMS, phone call or by posting notices on the Site or by any other mode of communication we choose to employ. For contractual purposes, you consent to receive communications (including transactional, promotional and/or commercial messages), from us with respect to your use of the website (and/or placement of your order) and agree to treat all modes of communication with the same importance.
M. EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond our reasonable control. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.
N. TERMINATION
In addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, we may, without prior notice to you, immediately terminate the Terms and Conditions or revoke any or all of your rights granted under the Terms and Conditions. Upon any termination of this Agreement, you shall immediately cease all access to and use of the Site and we shall, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, immediately revoke all password(s) and account identification issued to you and deny your access to and use of this Site in whole or in part. Any termination of this agreement shall not affect the respective rights and obligations (including without limitation, payment obligations) of the parties arising before the date of termination. You furthermore agree that the Site shall not be liable to you or to any other person as a result of any such suspension or termination. If you are dissatisfied with the Site or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices in operating the Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.