Terms of Use

1. Platform & Community Overview

VendPost is a marketplace, directory, communication, and community platform that connects clients, customers, businesses, service providers, and vendors. Users may register as:

• Vendors: To promote, advertise, and manage listings for their products and services.
• Clients: To browse listings, communicate with vendors, and engage vendors directly.
• Community Members: To participate in discussions, share content, ask questions, provide feedback, and engage with other users through the VendPost Community page.

Marketplace-Only Platform

VendPost serves solely as a technology platform that enables users to discover and communicate with one another.

VendPost does not: Sell products listed by vendors; Provide services offered by vendors; Employ vendors; Act as an agent, broker, contractor, reseller, or representative of vendors; Control vendor operations; Supervise vendor performance; Guarantee products or services; Guarantee the legitimacy, licensing, qualifications, experience, or reliability of vendors.

All vendors operate independently and remain solely responsible for their products, services, listings, representations, communications, pricing, qualifications, licenses, certifications, and compliance with applicable laws.

VendPost is not a party to any agreement, contract, transaction, negotiation, booking, service arrangement, or commercial relationship entered into between users. Users are solely responsible for conducting their own due diligence before engaging any vendor, including reviewing qualifications, credentials, references, reviews, pricing, licenses, insurance coverage, and other relevant information.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least eighteen (18) years old to access or use the Services.

By registering for an account, you represent and warrant that:

• You are at least 18 years old;
• You possess the legal capacity to enter into binding agreements;
• The information you provide is accurate, current, and complete;
• You will keep your information updated.

VendPost reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account that provides false or misleading information.

3. User Accounts

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity occurring under your account.

You agree to: Maintain accurate account information; Protect your login credentials; Notify VendPost immediately of unauthorized access; Accept responsibility for activity occurring through your account.

VendPost reserves the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or present security, fraud, legal, or operational risks.

4. User Conduct & Community Rules

Users agree to act lawfully and respectfully while using the Platform and Community features. You agree not to:

• Violate any applicable laws or regulations;
• Post false, misleading, fraudulent, or deceptive content;
• Spam, excessively self-promote, or distribute unauthorized advertisements;
• Harass, bully, threaten, intimidate, or impersonate others;
• Publish hateful, discriminatory, abusive, obscene, or offensive content;
• Upload malware, malicious code, or harmful software;
• Infringe intellectual property rights;
• Interfere with platform functionality;
• Collect user information without authorization;
• Circumvent security features or account restrictions;
• Manipulate reviews, ratings, or engagement metrics.

VendPost reserves the right, but not the obligation, to review, edit, remove, restrict, or moderate content that violates these Terms.

5. Amendments

VendPost reserves the right to modify, update, revise, replace, or discontinue any aspect of the Services or these Terms at any time, subject to applicable law.

Updated versions shall become effective upon publication on the Platform. Your continued use of the Services following any modification constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you disagree with any amendment, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Services.

VendPost may assign, transfer, or delegate its rights and obligations under these Terms without notice or consent.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, VendPost, Baycarl LLC, their affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers shall not be liable for:

• Any indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or special damages;
• Lost profits, revenue, business opportunities, goodwill, or data;
• Service interruptions or downtime;
• Unauthorized access to user accounts;
• User-generated content;
• Vendor conduct or performance;
• Disputes between users;
• Off-platform transactions;
• Third-party products or services.

Baycarl LLC shall not be liable for disputes between vendors, clients, customers, community members, or any other users. We shall not be liable for any loss, damage, theft, delay, destruction, or mishandling of products by any delivery company, logistics provider, courier service, or other third party.

We shall not be liable for any insurance products, policies, coverage, claims, denials, limitations, exclusions, or disputes accessed through or referenced on the Platform. All vendors remain solely responsible for the products they sell and services they advertise through the Platform.

6A. Direct Transactions & Payment Disclaimer

VendPost does not process, receive, collect, hold, transfer, transmit, escrow, safeguard, insure, guarantee, or facilitate payments between users and vendors unless expressly stated otherwise.

All transactions, including but not limited to: Deposits; Invoices; Payments; Refunds; Chargebacks; Reimbursements; Retainers; Milestone payments; Service fees; are conducted solely between users and vendors.

VendPost is not responsible for: Non-payment; Failed transactions; Refund disputes; Chargebacks; Pricing disputes; Service quality disputes; Product defects; Delivery failures; Incomplete projects; Fraudulent transactions.

VendPost does not provide buyer protection, seller protection, payment guarantees, escrow services, or financial recovery services.

Any dispute concerning payments, refunds, products, services, pricing, contracts, or performance must be resolved directly between the parties involved.

6B. No Vendor Guarantee

VendPost does not guarantee, certify, verify, endorse, investigate, monitor, or warrant: Vendor legitimacy; Vendor qualifications; Vendor licensing; Vendor insurance coverage; Vendor experience; Vendor performance; Vendor reliability; Vendor trustworthiness; Vendor availability; Vendor compliance with laws.

Reviews, ratings, portfolios, profile information, credentials, certifications, descriptions, references, and other information displayed on the Platform may be provided by users or third parties and may not always be accurate, complete, or current.

Users assume all risks associated with engaging vendors discovered through the Platform.

6C. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE PLATFORM, SERVICES, COMMUNITY FEATURES, LISTINGS, CONTENT, COMMUNICATION TOOLS, REVIEWS, RATINGS, PROFILES, AND ALL RELATED FEATURES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VENDPOST DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF: MERCHANTABILITY; FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; NON-INFRINGEMENT; TITLE; ACCURACY; RELIABILITY; SECURITY; AVAILABILITY; UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION.

VENDPOST DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, DELAY, ERROR, OR SECURITY INCIDENT.

6D. Limitation of Liability Cap

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF BAYCARL LLC AND VENDPOST ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE PLATFORM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD $100); OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY THE USER TO VENDPOST DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

7. Prohibited Uses

Your use of the Services must comply with all applicable laws. You may not use the Platform for:

• Unlawful Activity: Any activity that violates laws, regulations, sanctions, or governmental requirements.
• Fraud: Any activity involving deception, misrepresentation, scams, impersonation, or fraudulent conduct.
• Intellectual Property Infringement: Uploading, publishing, distributing, or using content that infringes copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, publicity rights, privacy rights, or other proprietary rights.
• Abuse of Other Users: Defamation, harassment, extortion, threats, stalking, intimidation, discrimination, or violations of user privacy.
• Platform Abuse: Attempts to bypass security controls, scrape data, reverse engineer systems, automate unauthorized access, or interfere with platform operations.

8. Termination & Content Removal

VendPost reserves the right to: Suspend accounts; Restrict access; Remove content; Disable listings; Permanently terminate accounts; for violations of these Terms or for conduct that may expose the Platform, its users, or its business operations to legal, reputational, financial, or security risks.

You may not attempt to circumvent any suspension, restriction, or termination by creating additional accounts.

9. Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

Before filing any legal claim, users agree to first attempt to resolve disputes informally by contacting VendPost.

If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, the parties agree that disputes arising from or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall be resolved through binding arbitration, except where prohibited by applicable law.

Users waive any right to participate in: Class actions; Collective actions; Representative actions; Consolidated proceedings. All claims must be brought individually.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State in which Baycarl LLC is organized, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Subject to any arbitration provisions, users agree that legal proceedings shall be brought exclusively in the courts having jurisdiction over Baycarl LLC's principal place of business.

11. Safety Notice for Off-Platform Transactions

Users acknowledge that interactions initiated through VendPost may continue outside the Platform through: Email; Telephone; SMS; Social media; Video conferencing; Invoicing systems; Payment applications; Third-party communication platforms.

Because VendPost does not supervise, control, or monitor these interactions, users assume all risks associated with off-platform communications and transactions.

Users are encouraged to: Verify identities and credentials; Review references and portfolios; Confirm pricing and deliverables; Obtain written agreements where appropriate; Exercise caution when making advance payments; Use reputable payment methods.

VendPost does not guarantee the safety, legitimacy, conduct, performance, or reliability of any user and shall not be liable for losses resulting from off-platform interactions.