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Terms and Conditions of Business

General Terms and Conditions of Business

Last change: 09. August 2024 

1. Scope

These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter: “GTC”) regulate the legal relationships between Paphos-Places.com represented by DVYZR LTD, 8300 Paphos (hereinafter: “Provider”) and the contractual partner (hereinafter: “Company”) ) in connection with the use of the industry and event directory provided by the provider (hereinafter: “Directory”).

The directory serves to present companies, their products, services and events (hereinafter: “content”). The provider enables the company to create individual content or edit existing content, provided it is authorized to do so.

For all services provided by the provider, in particular the creation and editing of Company entries as well as the promotion of services, products and events, these General Terms and Conditions apply exclusively. Deviating agreements must be in writing.

2. Subject of the contract

The subject of the contract is the provision of a platform for the creation of individual content in the directory for companies. The scope of use and services depend on the service package chosen by the company. Companies must have all necessary rights to publicly use the content they provide such as texts, images, videos and other data (hereinafter: “Content”).

Text-Content should be given in English first to reach a broad target group. Each listing can additional include Greek texts aswell.

Service packages:

  • For free: The company receives a free entry with the following services:
    • Creation of a company or event entry
    • Upload an image
    • Specify the address and geo-location
    • Description of the company or event
    • Collection of reviews
    • Listing Duration: Unlimited

       

  • Standard: The company receives a standard entry with the following services:
    • All services in the “Free” package
    • 1 listing
    • 5 Images
    • Social-Media Module
    • Pricing Module
    • Gallery Module
    • Opening Hours Module
    • Listing Duration: 30 days

       

  • Premium: The company receives a premium listing with the following services:
    • All services in the “Free” and “Standard” packages
    • Upload up to 15 images
    • Booking Module
    • Video Module
    • Coupons Module
    • Listing Duration: 1 year

       

  • Extended: The company receives an agency package with the following services:
    • All services in the “Free”, “Standard” and “Premium” packages
    • Listing is “FEATURED”
    • Upload up to 30 images
    • Listing Duration: 2 years

       

2.1 Booking Module – Payment handling and Commision rate

If the Company uses the Booking Module and get booked via the Booking Module the payment will be handled by Paphos-Places.com and its payment providers. The commision rate for our handling is 5%.

That means the Company receives a 90% of the booked value into its Paphos-Places.com-Wallet. The Company can withdraw its wallet value if the wallet balance is minimum 50 Euro. A lower withdraw value is also possible by arrangement. Withdraw can be received by PayPal or Bank Account (IBAN). Paphos-Places.com will process withdraws every 1st and every 15th of the month.

Example: A Company offers a service with a price of 100 Euro via our Booking Module. The customer pays 100 Euro. The Company receives 95 Euro into its wallet. The commission in value of 5 Euro stays at Paphos-Places.com for handling and administration.

The Companies wallet is available at the Account Dashboard.

3. Contract duration and termination

3.1 Contract duration

The contract duration depends on the validity period of the booked service package.

  • Limited validity period: For service packages with a limited period of validity, the contract ends automatically when this period expires.
  • Unlimited validity period: For service packages with an unlimited period of validity, the minimum contract term is 12 months. After this minimum term has expired, the contract can be terminated at the end of each month.

Service packages with an unlimited period of validity are billed annually in advance and are automatically extended for another year unless canceled by the end of the respective billing period.

3.2 Termination

  • Ordinary termination: Ordinary termination is possible subject to compliance with the deadlines specified in paragraph 3.1.
  • Extraordinary termination:
    • Both contractual partners can terminate the contract for good cause without notice. An important reason exists in particular if a contractual partner culpably violates essential contractual obligations.
    • The right to extraordinary termination expires if the non-terminating contractual partner does not remedy the violation immediately after becoming aware of it.

3.3 Consequences of termination

Becomes a contract terminated, this is how it ends this at the earliest possible date in accordance with paragraph 3.1. There will be no refund of contributions already paid. The customer can use the directory and the services of the booked package without restriction until the end of the contract term. After the contract ends, access to the customer account will be blocked.

3.4 Decommissioning the directory

If the provider stops operating the directory, all rights and obligations under this contract expire with immediate effect. In this case, there is no entitlement to a refund of contributions already paid. The provider will inform customers about an impending closure of the directory within a reasonable period of time.

4. Payment Terms

The remuneration for using the directory depends on the service package selected and must be paid in accordance with the currently valid price list.

  • Maturity: Paid service packages must be paid in full before use begins. Payment is therefore due in advance for the entire term.
  • Payment method: Unless otherwise agreed, payments are made exclusively in cash and digitally. The provider provides appropriate payment options such as PayPal, Stripe or credit card. If booked service packages are not paid for within 48 hours of conclusion of the contract, the services will be discontinued and the contract will be terminated without notice.
  • Discount: No discount is granted.
  • Payment in installments: Payment in installments is not possible.
  • On Bill: Offsetting against the company’s claims is excluded.

5. Obligations of the company

The company is obliged to fulfill the following obligations:

  • Content accuracy: The Company ensures that the content it provides is complete, accurate, current and truthful.
  • Legality: The company’s content must not violate any rights of third parties, in particular copyrights, trademark rights or personal rights. The company is solely liable for the legality of its content.
  • Contract compliance: The company must observe the general terms and conditions and make its use of the directory consistent with the contract.
  • Participation: The company supports the provider in fulfilling its obligations, in particular by submitting information in a timely manner and answering inquiries.
  • Release of liability: The company releases the provider from all third-party claims that are asserted against the provider because the company has breached its information obligations or violated the rights of third parties. This includes, in particular, the reimbursement of legal representation costs.
  • Blocking: If a company violates this agreement, the provider is entitled to remove individual content or entire entries without prior notice. This particularly applies to legal violations. In the event of repeated violations, the provider is entitled to temporarily or permanently block all of the company’s access to the directory.

6. Liability

Basically:

  • Company liability: The company is liable to the provider and third parties for all damages resulting from the breach of its obligations under these terms and conditions. This applies in particular to damage caused by illegal content.
  • Liability of the provider: The provider is only liable to the company in the event of intent or gross negligence on the part of its legal representatives, employees or other vicarious agents. Liability for slight negligence is excluded unless it involves a breach of an essential contractual obligation.

Detailed regulation:

  1. Company liability:
    • The company releases the provider from all third-party claims that are asserted against the provider because the company has breached its information obligations or violated the rights of third parties. This includes, in particular, the reimbursement of legal fees.
    • The company is liable for all damages that arise from the use of the directory, provided that these damages are due to an intentional or grossly negligent act by the company, its legal representatives, employees or other vicarious agents.
  2. Liability of the provider:
    • The provider is only liable for damage caused by intent or gross negligence on the part of its legal representatives, employees or other vicarious agents.
    • Liability for slight negligence is excluded unless it involves a breach of an essential contractual obligation. Essential contractual obligations are those whose fulfillment is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on whose compliance the contractual partner can regularly rely. 
    • Liability for consequential damages, lost profits and other indirect damages is excluded unless these are due to intent or gross negligence on the part of the provider, its legal representatives, employees or other vicarious agents.
  3. Limitation of liability:
    • The liability of the provider and its legal representatives, employees or other vicarious agents is limited to the amount of foreseeable damage that is typical for the contract.

7. Data protection

The processing of personal data under this agreement is subject to the terms of our separate privacy policy. You can view this at [link to data protection declaration]. By using the directory, the company agrees to the data protection regulations and confirms that it has been informed about the processing of its personal data.

8. Final provisions

  1. Severability clause: Should a provision of this agreement be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions will not be affected. Instead of the invalid provision, a regulation applies that comes closest to the economic purpose of the invalid provision.  
  2. Change of agreement: Changes to this agreement must be made in writing. This also applies to changes to this written form requirement.
  3. Place of performance and jurisdiction: Place of performance and exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with this agreement is Paphos, Republic of Cyprus.
  4. Applicable law: This is the only thing that applies Law of the Republic of Cyprus. If individual provisions of this agreement contradict the law of the Republic of Cyprus, the invalid provisions shall apply instead those legal regulations that come closest to the economic purpose of the invalid provision.
  5. Change in legal regulations: Changes to the legal provisions that come into force after the conclusion of the contract are deemed to have been agreed from the time they come into force.
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