User Agreement

Introduction

RedBubble is about celebrating creativity. It can help you make a unique purchase, give your art access to a world-wide audience, help you earn money from your artistic talents and make you part of a vibrant and passionate artistic community.

We encourage you to be involved in every aspect of RedBubble - display art, give feedback, write reviews, participate in forums, team up with other members to collaborate on projects, talk to each other and keep an eye out for new services we will continue to add to RedBubble. RedBubble is about expressing yourself - through your art, your comments and your purchases.

To make this online destination for creativity available, it is essential all RedBubble users respect copyright. You must only upload content you have created yourself and have permission to use and authorize others to use. If you are a customer or browser, please respect the copyright of all the works you see or buy on RedBubble. Supporting copyright is an essential principle of RedBubble’s community.

Displaying your work on RedBubble puts it out there for the world to see. You need to be aware that publishing your work in this way attracts legal responsibilities. It is up to you to make sure you are not breaking any laws by publishing your work through RedBubble.

Respect each other and respect the arts you find here and you’ll be helping make RedBubble an inspiring and enjoyable community

It is important you read the agreement below. Using this website means you accept this agreement. If you do not agree with its terms, do not use this website.

Legal Agreement

All visitors (“user”, “you”, “your”) to the RedBubble website at www.redbubble.com (“the website”) are entering a binding legal agreement on the following terms (the “agreement”) when using the website. The agreement is between the user and RedBubble Pty Ltd ACN 119 200 592 (“RedBubble”, “we”, “us”, “our”) and use of this website indicates acceptance of this agreement.

Eligibility

Our services are available only to, and may only be used by, individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Our services are not available to persons under 16 years of age.

Amendment to this agreement

We may amend the terms of this agreement from time to time, and we will let you know about these changes either by sending you an email to the email address you have registered with RedBubble or by displaying information about the changes on our home page, or both. Either way, your continuing use of the RedBubble website will be taken to be acceptance of the new terms.

Our service

RedBubble provides a range of services (the “RedBubble service”) including but not limited to, enabling you to publish, sell, discuss and purchase art; interact with other members; and receive the benefits of RedBubble’s product fulfillment service including payment processing, transaction handling, product manufacturing and customer service. The digital content on the website (“content”) may be information, text, data, graphics, images, photographs, sound, video, music or any other material posted online by users.

Any content that you upload into the portfolio section of your account is described as your “art”. Your art may be viewed by all users of the website once you elect to publish it. You may order a physical product based on your own art or you may offer your art for sale. If you or a customer decides to place an order, RedBubble will manufacture and deliver the physical product in the form specified by you or the customer (“the product”).

Members

A user can become a registered member (“member”) of the website by setting up a password protected account. You will be required to select a username and password when registering to become a member. You must become a member before placing any content on the website, including writing any comments in forums or reviews. RedBubble reserves the right to refuse any user name that it decides at its sole discretion is inappropriate. RedBubble reserves the right to refuse any person that it decides at its sole discretion from becoming member.

Any information you choose to publish in the public section of your profile may be viewed, distributed or linked to within the RedBubble website or in the course of delivering the RedBubble service. We care about your privacy and you can read our privacy policy if you would like to know how we handle your personal information.

Passwords

You are responsible for actions made on the website using your password, including any products purchased or sold and any content displayed or messages sent, even if these actions were not approved or contemplated by you. You are solely responsible for any loss caused by any use of your password by you, or any other person.

You agree that you will not disclose your password to any other person and you will not keep your password where it can be copied or used by anyone other than you. If you suspect someone else knows your password, you must change it immediately.

Putting content on RedBubble

You keep the copyright of any content you submit or upload to the website. In order to receive the RedBubble services you grant RedBubble a non-exclusive royalty free license to use and archive the content in accordance with or as reasonably contemplated by this agreement.

When you submit or upload content on the RedBubble website you represent and warrant that:

RedBubble reserves the right to review and if necessary remove any content from the website or to cancel your account at its sole discretion, either because that content breaches this agreement or any applicable laws, or otherwise.

Offering art for sale

Any member may offer their art for sale on the website by appointing RedBubble as their agent on the terms set out in the Agency Agreement in Appendix A. By agreeing to the terms of this user agreement you expressly agree to the terms of the Agency Agreement in Appendix A, which will apply from the date on which you offer your first art for sale.

Purchasing a Product on RedBubble

Users can purchase products on the RedBubble website using a valid credit card or the PayPal system.

You do not have to be a member to purchase a product.

The price you pay is fixed at the time of ordering.

You may not cancel an order once it has been submitted.

It is the customer’s responsibility to ensure the product delivery address is correct. RedBubble takes no responsibility for any product a customer does not receive because of errors in the delivery address given to us.

We do not warrant, endorse, make representations about or recommend any content or art offered or provided by any member.

Paying you after your art is sold

Payment terms are explained in the Agency Agreement.

RedBubble may cancel orders

You acknowledge that despite our reasonable precautions, products may be listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information or may be unavailable. This may be due to an error or similar oversight. We reserve the right to cancel an order in that event.

We may also cancel an order if we believe that it is being made in contravention of this agreement, or in contravention of the rights of any person or any law.

We may cancel an order even if it has been confirmed and the customer’s credit card or PayPal account has been charged. We reserve this right up until the time of delivery of the product to that customer. If a cancellation of this nature occurs after the customer has been charged for the product, we will immediately credit the customer’s credit card or PayPal account for the amount in question.

Delivery

Delivery will be made by postal or courier service and will be paid for by the customer at the price indicated at time of purchase. RedBubble will also charge a handling fee, which will vary depending upon the size and price of the product.

Damaged Goods

If a product is delivered to a customer, whether in electronic or printed format, that is electronically or physically damaged in some way (for example, a file does not download, a framed print has cracked, or there are loose or torn pages in a book) RedBubble will happily issue a replacement copy of the product.

Please email RedBubble customer service within 14 days of receiving the product to tell us about the nature of the damage and to arrange for a new product to be sent to you at our cost.

Please be aware RedBubble is a creator-controlled publishing tool and we do not screen the content on our website. It is the customer’s responsibility to verify the quality of the content (including but not limited to misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting, design or overall appearance) before ordering a product. This damaged goods policy does not apply to content, only to the physical product.

Reporting inappropriate content to RedBubble

RedBubble does not manually screen content before it is displayed on the website so occasionally members may inadvertently or deliberately submit and display content that breaches this agreement.

Inappropriate content includes, but is not limited to, content that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights of any person or company, or that defames or vilifies any person, people, races, religion or religious group, is obscene, pornographic, indecent, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.

Please help us by letting us know straight away about any inappropriate, or potentially inappropriate, content you see on the website.

You can do this by clicking the "report this work as inappropriate" link that will be displayed beside each piece of art.

If you believe your copyright or other intellectual property rights are being infringed, you are able to make a formal complaint, or request an agent to make a complaint on your behalf, by completing the Lodging a formal copyright complaint form.

Specific warnings

You must ensure that your access to this website and the RedBubble service is not illegal or prohibited by laws that apply to you.

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process that you employ for accessing this website and the RedBubble service does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage own computer system. We do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to any computer system that arises in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

We do not accept liability for any losses arising directly or indirectly from a failure to provide the RedBubble service, corruption to or loss of data, errors or interruptions, any suspension or discontinuance of the RedBubble service, or any transmissions by others in contravention of the registered members’ obligations as set out in this agreement.

You acknowledge that we may not be able to confirm the identity of other registered members or prevent them acting under false pretences or in a manner that infringes the rights of any person.

Intellectual Property Rights and license

All intellectual property rights in this website and the RedBubble service (including the software and systems underlying the RedBubble service, and text, graphics, logos, icons, sound recordings and software) are owned by or licensed to us. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under, the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and similar legislation that applies in your location, and except as expressly authorized by this agreement, you may not in any form or by any means:

without our written permission.

Trade marks

If you use any of our trade marks in reference to our activities, products or services, you must include a statement attributing that trade mark to us. You must not use any of our trade marks in or as the whole or part of your own trade marks; in connection with activities, products or services which are not ours; in a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; or in a manner that disparages us or our information, products or services (including this website).

Linked websites

This website may contain links to other websites (“linked websites”). Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites.

Our links with linked websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the owners or operators of those linked websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those linked websites, unless and to the extent stipulated to the contrary.

Disclaimer

We do not represent or guarantee that the RedBubble service or this website, or any other website that is accessible using a hyperlink from this website will be free from errors or viruses. We do not represent or guarantee that access to the RedBubble service or these websites will be uninterrupted.

You acknowledge that the RedBubble service or this website may be affected by outages, faults or delays. Such outages, faults or delays may be caused by factors, including technical difficulties with the performance or operation of our or another person’s software, equipment or systems, traffic or technical difficulties with the Internet or infrastructure failures.

We do not warrant that any members’ uploads to this website will be protected against loss, or misuse or alteration by third parties. We do not warrant that all uploaded content will be available on our website. If we elect in our sole discretion to make available content on our website, we do not warrant that it will be available within a certain time frame.

We do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), that you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of this website or any linked website, nor do we accept any responsibility for any such loss arising out of your use of or reliance on information contained on or accessed through this website.

To the extent permitted by law, any condition or warranty that would otherwise be implied into these terms and conditions is hereby excluded. Where legislation implies any condition or warranty, and that legislation prohibits us from excluding or modifying the application of, or our liability under, any such condition or warranty, that condition or warranty will be deemed included but our liability will be limited for a breach of that condition or warranty to one or more of the following:

  1. if the breach relates to goods:
    • the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
    • the repair of such goods;
    • the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or
    • the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and
  2. if the breach relates to services:
    • the supplying of the services again; or
    • the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again

This disclaimer set out in these terms and conditions does not attempt or purport to exclude liability arising under statute if, and to the extent, such liability cannot be lawfully excluded.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs (including reasonable legal fees) or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from: (i) your breach of this agreement; (ii) any allegation that any materials that you submit to us or transmit to the website infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party; and/or (iii) your activities in connection with the website. This indemnity will be applicable without regard to the negligence of any party, including any indemnified person.

Privacy policy

Your privacy is very important to us. Users of our website should refer to our privacy policy – which is incorporated into this agreement by reference, for information about how we collect and use personal information.

Security of information

No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. We strive to protect such information, however we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information that you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information that you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk.

Termination of access

Access to this website may be terminated at any time by us without notice. Our disclaimer will nevertheless survive any such termination.

Governing law

This agreement is governed by the laws in force in Victoria, Australia. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that jurisdiction.

Arbitration

Any controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement may, at our discretion, be settled by binding arbitration under the rules for the Conduct of Commercial Arbitration of the Institute of Arbitrators of Australia applicable at the time of submission. You agree to be bound by the ruling arbitrator. Each party is entitled to legal representation at any arbitration.

General

We accept no liability for any failure to comply with this agreement where such failure is due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

If we waive any rights available to us under this agreement on one occasion, this does not mean that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion.

If any of the terms of this agreement are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions shall nevertheless continue in full force.

You may close your account at any time by logging into your account, clicking on the hyperlink titled 'cancel your account', which appears at the following address: http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/account, and by clicking on the button titled 'Yes, really cancel my account' that appears on the subsequent web page.

APPENDIX A - Agency Agreement

You appoint RedBubble Pty Ltd ACN 119 200 592 (“RedBubble”, “we”, “us”, “our”) as your non-exclusive agent to market and sell your art and manufacture and deliver a physical product (“your product”) once an order has been made through www.redbubble.com ("the website"). RedBubble accepts the appointment as agent, on the terms set out in this Agency Agreement.

1. Agency Appointment

1.1 You appoint RedBubble as your agent to market to and obtain orders from customers for the purchase of your products over the website and to fulfil those orders by manufacture and delivery of your products (“appointment”) and we accept the appointment and will carry it out with regard to your interests.

1.2 The appointment is valid from the date of this Agency Agreement until termination in accordance with its terms.

1.3 You agree that RedBubble is free to act in any capacity for any other person interested in promoting, marketing and obtaining orders from members of the public for the purchase of their arts over the website, including any art that is the same as, or similar to, your products.

2. License

2.1 For the duration of the appointment, you grant RedBubble a non-exclusive royalty free license to use your intellectual property in your products for the purpose of enabling us to carry out the appointment.

3. Sale of your products

3.1 The retail price charged to customers who purchase your product is made up of the base price, your creator margin (“your margin”), and GST where relevant. RedBubble will also charge the customer a postage and handling fee. The base price is the fee RedBubble charges to manufacture the product (inclusive of tax). When making each individual work available for sale you are able to select any percentage markup you wish, greater than or equal to 0, above the base price. The percentage markup selected by you on the website for each of your products is used to calculate the dollar value of your margin for each sale.

3.2 You may change the percentage markup above the base price at any time by changing your selection on the website. We may change the base price at any time without specific notice to you and this will affect the dollar value of your margin, which is calculated as a percentage of the base price (e.g. if we increase our base price, your margin will also increase). The retail price will not change on an individual sale after a customer has submitted an order to the website.

3.3 RedBubble will send you an email to the email address you registered in your account after an order has been placed for your products.

3.4 You agree that RedBubble makes no representation that it will be able to procure an order for your products at the retail price or at all, nor that you will obtain any benefit by making the appointment and entering into this Agency Agreement.

4. Payment terms

4.1 You authorize RedBubble to collect, hold and distribute the retail price and postage and handling fees (“sale proceeds”) from customers on the terms set out in this clause 4.

4.2 You authorize RedBubble to deduct the base price and the postage and handling fee from the sales proceeds for your products before distributing your margin, and tax where relevant, to you.

4.3 We will either post you a check, initiate a direct bank deposit or initiate a PayPal deposit before the 7th day of the month for sales made in the previous month, in accordance with the payment method you selected on the website.

4.4 If your elected payment method is by direct bank transfer or PayPal transfer and you have earned less than 20 United States of America Dollars (hereafter 'US$') during the month, or equivalent in Euros, British Pounds or Australian Dollars, RedBubble reserves the right to roll that amount over to the following month and continue to roll it over until you have earned at least US$20.

4.5 If your elected payment method is by check and you have earned less than US$100, RedBubble reserves the right to roll that amount over to the following month and continue to roll it over until you have earned at least US$100.

4.6 Despite clauses 4.4 and 4.5, you may request payment at any time for the full amount in your account and a US$5 administration fee will apply. RedBubble will pay this amount to you within 7 days of your request.

4.7 RedBubble will not be liable for any loss suffered by you if you provide us with incorrect details in relation to the payment method. It is your responsibility to ensure RedBubble has current details of your postal address and bank account details. If we are unable to pay you because you have given us incorrect details or your details are out of date, we will hold your margin for up to 12 months from the payment date. If you have not notified RedBubble of any amendment to the payment method details in that time, you authorize us to donate your margin proceeds to a charity of our choice.

5. Taxation responsibility

5.1 Each party is responsible and will account for any taxes imposed by governments or governing authorities, and related accounting or audit requirements arising out of, as a result of, incidental to, or in connection with obligations under this Agency Agreement.

5.2 If you have an Australian Business Number (ABN) you may submit your ABN to the website where requested. If you do not have an ABN, or if you elect not to submit your ABN to the website, you will be required to give us more information about the circumstances under which you are offering your products for sale on the website, including whether any of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) exemptions apply to you. In some circumstances we may be required to withhold 46.5% of your margin and pay this money to the ATO and you authorize us to do this if we decide, at our sole discretion, that this is required by the ATO guidelines.

5.3 You will indicate to us on the website whether you are registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST). If you are required to add GST to your products, that amount will be added to the price charged to the customer. We will collect that amount on your behalf and distribute it to you with your margin using the payment method you have selected on the website. All GST payment and reporting responsibilities by you to the ATO are entirely your responsibility.

6. Indemnity

6.1 You hereby indemnify and will keep RedBubble indemnified from and against all claims, debts, accounts, expenses, costs, liens, actions and proceedings of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown by any person, arising from, incidental to, or by virtue of, the appointment, or any breach or non performance of your obligations under this Agency Agreement or arising out of your wilful act, neglect or default in the performance of such obligations.

6.2 This clause 6 will survive the termination of this Agency Agreement.

7. Limitation of liability

7.1 In no case will RedBubble be liable for any consequential loss or damage suffered by you arising from the appointment from this Agency Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, all warranties and conditions implied by law are hereby expressly excluded.

8. Terminating this agency agreement

8.1 You can give notice of termination of this Agency Agreement by closing your account in the method described in the User Agreement.

8.2 RedBubble may give notice of termination of this Agency Agreement to you in writing at any time.

8.3 After notice of termination in the manner described in either clause 8.1 or 8.2, you authorize us to complete any transactions in progress in relation to your products, which we will do on the terms of this Agency Agreement. Termination of this Agency Agreement will take effect once these transactions have been completed.

8.4 Upon termination of this Agency Agreement by either party, RedBubble will pay you any accrued member margin proceeds from your account, less a US$5 administration fee.