Terms of Service
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1. Acceptance
By creating an account on Seed, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use Seed.
2. What Seed is
Seed is a marketplace and commodity-exchange platform that connects farmers, buyers, traders, and suppliers across Africa. Seed helps users list products, post buy requests, and message each other to arrange a deal.
Seed does not process payments and is not a party to any sale. All pricing, payment, and delivery arrangements happen directly between users, off-platform. We don't guarantee the accuracy of any listing, the identity or reliability of any user, or the outcome of any transaction.
3. Accounts
- You must provide accurate information when you sign up and keep it up to date.
- You're responsible for keeping your password secure and for activity on your account.
- You must be legally able to enter into agreements to use Seed for business purposes.
4. Your content
You keep ownership of what you post (listings, photos, messages, community posts), but you give us the right to store, display, and distribute it within the app so the service can work. You're responsible for making sure your content is accurate, legal, and doesn't infringe anyone else's rights.
5. Prohibited conduct
You agree not to:
- Post false, misleading, or fraudulent listings or buy requests.
- Harass, deceive, or scam other users.
- List anything illegal to sell or trade.
- Attempt to bypass, disrupt, or abuse the platform (scraping, automated abuse, circumventing rate limits or account restrictions).
We may suspend or remove accounts and content that break these rules, using the review process built into the app.
6. Verification badges
"Verified" and "Premium Verified" badges reflect that we reviewed a verification request — they are not a guarantee of a user's reliability, honesty, or the quality of their goods.
7. No warranty; limitation of liability
Seed is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent the law allows, Bia'net Tech isn't liable for losses arising from transactions between users, inaccurate listings, service interruptions, or third-party services (AI diagnosis, market data, weather) that Seed relies on.
8. Termination
You can delete your account at any time from Profile → Privacy & Data. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
9. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of [jurisdiction, e.g. Federal Republic of Nigeria].
10. Changes
We may update these Terms from time to time; continued use of Seed after a change means you accept the update.
11. Contact
Questions about these Terms: [contact email].