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Tools Marketplace Legal Documents

These documents add to the Platform Terms and Privacy Policy. They apply whenever you buy, sell, or rent a tool through ChefSphere. Sellers and buyers transact peer-to-peer; ChefSphere is the intermediary platform.

Published by ChefSphere OÜ (Estonian registry code 17470129) as the operator of the Tools Marketplace.

Tools Marketplace Legal Documents

Addendums for buying, renting, and selling kitchen equipment

  • Tools Marketplace TermsThe rules that apply when you buy, rent, sell, or ship a kitchen tool on ChefSphere — the parties, the four selling methods (worldwide-shipped, in-person, both, rent-only), the split between Stripe-processed worldwide orders and cash-settled in-person / rental flows, and how this addendum sits alongside the Platform documents.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Seller AgreementThe binding agreement for every user who sells or rents kitchen tools on ChefSphere — the two-tier model (full KYC + Stripe Express for worldwide shipping; lite profile for in-person and rent-only because no money flows through the platform), listing rules, trust levels, warranties, limits, and termination.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Buyer TermsYour rights and responsibilities when you buy a kitchen tool on ChefSphere — Stripe checkout for worldwide-shipped orders, cash at the meet-up for in-person sales, and the consumer-law protections that always apply on top of this document.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Rental TermsThe peer-to-peer rental contract for kitchen tools on ChefSphere — cash payment of price and refundable deposit at pickup (no online escrow), duration units, deposit calculation, damage assessment, late returns, and cancellation.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Fee ScheduleAll fees, reserves, holds, limits, and payout rules for the Tools Marketplace — the 15% platform fee on worldwide Stripe-processed sales, photo / variant fees, instant-payout fees, trust-tier reserves and hold periods, per-order and daily caps, platform-wide safety ceilings, and the zero-fee policy on in-person sales and rentals.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Return & Refund PolicyThe platform return and refund flow for worldwide-shipped Tools Marketplace orders — 30-day return window, NTP-validated deadlines, seller inspection (5-day) and final (7-day) timers, auto-refund on seller abandonment, restocking/shipping fee caps, partial refunds, and the separate path for in-person and rental disputes (no platform-run refund because no money flows through the platform).v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Model Withdrawal Form (Annex I(B))The statutory model withdrawal form required by Annex I(B) of Directive 2011/83/EU, hosted as a standalone durable-medium page and linked from every order confirmation so that EU consumer Buyers can exercise their 14-day right of withdrawal against a professional Seller on the Tools Marketplace.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Chargeback PolicyHow ChefSphere handles card chargebacks on worldwide Stripe-processed Tools Marketplace orders — chargebacks do not apply to cash-settled in-person sales or rentals. Definitions, Seller liability, evidence window, dispute fees, reserve usage, card-on-file recovery, and the platform's right to ban serial abusers.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Shipping PolicyHow worldwide shipping works on the Tools Marketplace — Shippo carrier integration, the Seller Label Wallet, domestic / EU / international hold amounts, high-value signature requirement, customs and import duties, lost / damaged parcel handling. This policy applies only to worldwide Stripe-processed orders; in-person handoff and rentals have no platform shipping.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • In-Person SafetyRequired safety rules for every in-person handoff and pickup on the Tools Marketplace — meet-up locations, cash-payment discipline, counterfeit-note checks, ID verification for high-value orders, liability allocation, and what to do if something goes wrong. Cash is the expected and supported payment method for in-person sales and rentals.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Platform Disclaimer — Tools MarketplaceThe intermediary-role disclaimer and limited warranty for the Tools Marketplace — ChefSphere processes payment and operates the Stripe ledger only for worldwide-shipped sales. For in-person sales and rentals, ChefSphere is a pure information-society intermediary; money flows in cash directly between the parties. Limited liability framework on top of mandatory consumer-law rights.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document
  • Tools Marketplace Tax InformationHow VAT, sales tax, and seller-income reporting work on the Tools Marketplace — Stripe automatic tax calculation at checkout for worldwide-shipped orders, B2B vs B2C treatment, customs and import VAT on cross-border shipments, DAC7 annual seller reporting in the EU limited to Stripe-processed earnings, tax-ID capture, invoicing, and the Seller's direct tax responsibility for cash-settled in-person sales and rentals.v1.9.0 · Effective: June 18, 2026Read document

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