Market Rules

H2C Marketplace Rules

Seller Policy

H2C is a marketplace where you can sell your hemp & cannabinoid products directly to buyers. We want to make sure that you and your buyers have a positive experience on H2C. Please read on to find out more about your rights, as well as what is expected of you, as a seller.

This policy is a part of our Terms of Use. By being listed on the H2C marketplace, you're agreeing to this policy and our Terms of Use.

1. What Can be Sold on H2C

H2C is an innovative, and unique hemp marketplace. Buyers come here to purchase items that they might not find anywhere else. Everything listed for sale on H2C must be hemp-based, hemp-derived, and 0.3% THC content or lower.

Any items that are listed on H2C, you as the brand/seller, agree to the following:

  • 1. You are using your own photographs–not stock photos, artistic renderings, or photos used by other sellers or sites.
  • 2. All handmade, crafted, artistic, or one-of-a-kind items are made or designed by you exclusively. If you work with any additional production partner, you must disclose that production partner in your relevant listings.
  • 3. We encourage you to be transparent about how your products were made and where your materials come from. We encourage you to disclose whether your brands, company, products, services, or items have social or environmental attributes, such as organic, sun/moon/outdoor grown, minority-owned, etc..

2. What Can't be Sold on H2C

Even if they otherwise meet our marketplace criteria, prohibited items, services, and items that violate our intellectual property policies are not allowed to be sold on H2C.

Reselling is not allowed on H2C. Reselling refers to listing an item as handmade, one-of-a-kind, unique, or craft(ed), artisan, when you were not involved in designing or making that item.

Keep in mind that customers may flag listings that appear to violate our policies for H2C's review. H2C reserves the right to remove any listings that violate our policies. Note that fees are non-refundable if your product listing is removed for violation of terms. H2C may also suspend or terminate your account for any violations and you will still be responsible to pay any outstanding fees on your H2C statement even if your product(s), or account is suspended or terminated.

H2C does not allow for third-party selling at this time. Your products must be part of your company, or you must be the representative/owner of the company to list products on H2C's marketplace. No distributorships, charity auctions, auctions, fundraisers, or non-company affiliated products may be listed.

3. Representing Yourself, and Your Listings Honestly

H2C values transparency. Transparency to H2C means that you honestly and accurately represent yourself, your items, and your business.

By selling on H2C, you agree that you will:

  • 1. Provide honest, accurate information in your product and brand pages.
  • 2. Accurately represent your items on product pages and photos.
  • 3. Respect the intellectual property of others. If you feel someone has violated your intellectual property rights, you can report them to H2C.
  • 4. Not engage in fee avoidance.
  • 5. Not create duplicate shops or take any other action (such as manipulating clicks, carts or sales) for the purpose of manipulating or circumventing H2C policies.
  • 6. Not coordinate pricing with other sellers.

4. Communicating with Other H2C Members or Customers Communications may not be used for the following activities:

  • 1. Sending unsolicited advertising or promotions, requests for donations, or spam;
  • 2. Harassing or abusing another person or violating our Anti-Discrimination Policy;
  • 3. Contacting someone after they have explicitly asked you not to; or

5. Interfering with a transaction or the business of another.

Interference

Interference occurs when a member intentionally interferes with another member's shop in order to drive away their business. Interference is strictly prohibited on H2C. Examples of interference include:

  • 1. Contacting another to warn them away from a product, brand, service, or item;
  • 2. Posting in public areas to demonstrate or discuss a dispute with another;
  • 3. Purchasing from a seller for the sole purpose of leaving a negative review;
  • 4. Maliciously clicking on a competitor's H2C ads or Offsite ads in order to drain that member's advertising budget, also known as "click fraud."

Harassment

Any use of communications on H2C to harass others is strictly prohibited. Similarly, any communications may not be used to support or glorify hatred or otherwise violate our Anti-Discrimination Policy. If you receive a communication that violates this policy, please let H2C know right away.

6. Privacy and Protecting Personal Information

You are responsible for protecting your company, brand, products, or representatives personal information through the content you publish on H2C, and you must comply with all relevant legal requirements. This includes applicable data protection and privacy laws that govern the ways in which you can use H2C user information. These laws may require that you post and comply with your own privacy policy, which must be accessible to H2C users with whom you interact. Your privacy policy must be compatible with this policy and H2C's Terms of Use.

In particular, when you sell using our H2C Services (subject to this Policy) or use H2C's API (also subject to the H2C API Terms of Use), you may receive and determine what to do with certain personal information, such as when communicating with customers, the member community, or entering into transactions with buyers. This means you process personal information (for example, buyer name, email address, and shipping address) and, to the extent you do so, under EU law, you are an independent controller of data relating to other users that you may have obtained through the Services. You are responsible for protecting user personal information you receive or process and complying with all relevant legal requirements when you use the H2C Services. This includes applicable data protection and privacy laws that govern the ways in which you can use another's information. Such laws may require that you post, and comply with, your own privacy policy, which must be accessible to H2C and compatible with this policy and H2C's Terms of Use. As a data controller (that is someone who decides what personal data is collected and the purpose you'll use the data for) to the extent that you process user personal information outside of the H2C Services, you may be required under applicable data protection and privacy laws to honor requests received from such users for data access, portability, correction, deletion, and objections to processing. Also, if you disclose personal information without the buyer's proper consent, you are responsible for that unauthorized disclosure. This includes, for example, disclosures you make or unintentional data breaches. For example, you may receive a buyer's email address or other information as a result of entering into a transaction with that buyer. This information may only be used for H2C-related communications or for H2C-facilitated transactions. You may not use this information for unsolicited commercial messages or unauthorized transactions. Without the buyer's consent, and subject to other applicable H2C policies and laws, you may not add any H2C customer to your email or physical mailing list, use that buyer's identity for marketing, or obtain or retain any payment information. Please bear in mind that you're responsible for knowing the standard of consent required in any given instance. If H2C and you are found to be joint data controllers of personal information, and if H2C is sued, fined, or otherwise incurs expenses because of something that you did in your capacity as a joint data controller of buyer personal information, you agree to indemnify H2C for the expenses it occurs in connection with your processing of buyer personal information.

7. Creating and Uploading Content

As a brand in the H2C marketplace, you have the opportunity to create and upload a variety of content, like listings, messages, text, photos, and videos. In order to keep our community safe and respectful, you agree that you will not upload content that is:

  • 1. Abusive, threatening, defamatory, harassing, or otherwise in violation of our Anti-Discrimination Policy;
  • 2. Obscene or vulgar;
  • 3. In violation of someone else's privacy or intellectual property rights; or
  • 4. False, deceptive, or misleading.

8. Providing Great Customer Service

We expect our sellers to provide a high level of customer service. By selling on H2C, you agree to:

  • 1. Honor your shipping and processing times. Sellers are obligated to ship an item or otherwise complete a transaction with a buyer in a prompt manner, unless there is an exceptional circumstance. Please be aware that legal requirements for shipping times vary by country.
  • 2. Respond to communications in a timely manner.
  • 3. Honor the commitments you make.
  • 4. Resolve disagreements or disputes directly with the buyer. In the unlikely event that you can't reach a resolution, our Dispute Resolution team can help through our case system.
  • 5. If you are unable to complete an order, you must notify the buyer and cancel the order.

As a seller, you must provide great customer service and maintain trust with your buyers.

9. Responding to Requests for Cancellations, Returns, and Exchanges

Please be aware that in addition to this policy, each country has its own laws surrounding shipping, cancellations, returns, and exchanges. Please familiarize yourself with the laws of your own country and those of your buyers' countries.

Cancellations

If you are unable to complete a transaction, you must notify the buyer and cancel the transaction. If the buyer already submitted payment, you must issue a full refund. You are encouraged to keep proof of any refunds in the event a dispute arises. All cancellations are subject to our Cancellation Policy.

H2C's Case System

We ask buyers to contact sellers directly and attempt to resolve any outstanding issues. For this reason, it is important that you list your fulfillment policies on your brand and product pages and regularly respond to communications from your buyers.

Buyers may contact us with a non-delivery or a not-as-described item. You must respond to any open communications about fulfillment issues within three days. H2C may request your assistance in resolving an issue. H2C reserves the right to escalate any/all issues for circumstances such as seller inactivity, harassment, refusal of service, manipulation, and undermining the integrity of our fulfillment system.

By using the H2C marketplace, you understand that H2C may use your personal information for the purpose of resolving disputes. Disputes can be filed in the following circumstances:

Non-Delivery

A non-delivery occurs when a buyer places an order but does not receive the item. The following are examples of non-delivery cases:

  • 1. There is no proof that the item was shipped to the buyer.
  • 2. An item was not sent to the address provided on H2C.

Not as Described

An item is not as described if the buyer can demonstrate that it is significantly different from your listing description or your photos. The following are examples of not as described cases:

  • 1. The item received is a different color, model, version, or size.
  • 2. The item has a different design or material.
  • 3. The seller failed to disclose that an item is damaged or is missing parts.
  • 4. The buyer received the incorrect quantity of items (e.g., the buyer purchased
  • three items but only received two).
  • 5. The item was advertised as authentic but is not authentic.
  • 6. The condition of the item is misrepresented (e.g., the item is described as new but is used).

Not as Described can also be filed for late delivery. In order to qualify as late delivery, the buyer must provide proof that all of these conditions have been met:

  • 1. The item(s) were ordered for a specific date or event.
  • 2. The item(s) are rendered useless after that date.
  • 3. The seller did not ship the item(s) according to their processing time listed or the date agreed upon.

If H2C determines that an item is not as described, you will be required to refund the order, including original shipping and return shipping.

Ineligible Transactions

Some disputes don't qualify for H2C's dispute system. These include:

  • 1. Items that are damaged by the shipping carrier (if properly packaged by the seller).
  • 2. Items that have been altered, used, worn, washed, or discarded after receipt.
  • 3. Items that are received after the agreed-upon delivery date due to shipping delays.
  • 4. Items that are returned without a return agreement.
  • 5. Items that are accurately described but don't meet a buyer's expectations.
  • 6. Cost of shipping disputes.
  • 7. Items that are purchased in person.
  • 8. Items prohibited from sale on H2C, including services and intangible goods.
  • 9. Transactions where payment is not made via H2C's checkout system.

When a dispute is ineligible for H2C, we encourage both parties to work together to come to an amicable solution.

If H2C has reason to believe you, Your Content, or your use of the H2C Services violate our Terms, including this Seller Policy, we may deactivate Your Content or suspend or terminate your account and your access to the H2C Services. H2C will notify you that Your Content or account has been suspended or terminated unless you've repeatedly violated our Terms or we have legal or regulatory reasons preventing us from notifying you.

Last updated on Jul 13, 2020