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Draft. This is a short summary of how Gadabuy works, in plain words. It isn't the legal terms yet: those come after the legal check, before Gadabuy takes real money. Gadabuy is in testing, and no real money is taken.
Your account
- You sign in with your phone number. You must be 18 or over.
- Your gender and date of birth can't be changed by you after sign-up. Ask Gadabuy to fix them if they're wrong.
- Gadabuy can suspend an account that breaks these rules, e.g. scams, fake listings or abuse in chats.
Buying
- Prices shown are the seller's own. The Gadabuy service fee is added when you pay, and shown in the bill first: 4% for Buy now (at least ₦200) and 6% for groups (at least ₦200). Free passes have no fee.
- Joining a group costs a joining fee. If the group doesn't fill in time, you don't pay the rest. Your joining fee (₦200) goes back to your wallet.
- When a group is full, everyone has 2 hours to pay the rest (the clock stops from 10pm to 7am). If you don't pay in time, you lose your spot and your joining fee.
- If a group can't complete, everyone gets back everything they paid, in their Gadabuy wallet.
- A private group has 1 hour to fill. If it doesn't, everyone gets their money back in their wallet.
- Your wallet only holds money given back to you. It pays for a purchase when it covers the whole amount.
- Pay only on Gadabuy. Money paid to a seller directly isn't protected.
Passes
- Every purchase gives a pass. It works on its date, or until its use-by date for listings you can use any time. An unused pass expires after that.
- You can send a paid pass to a friend. Their new code replaces yours. Refunds still go to the person who paid.
- For Men only and Women only spots, the seller decides at the door.
Cancellations
- If a date is cancelled, its buyers get everything back in their wallet.
- A seller can ask to cancel a whole listing. Gadabuy decides, and if it's cancelled, everyone who hasn't used their pass gets everything back in their wallet.
- Gadabuy can pause a listing or take it down. When it's taken down, buyers are refunded the same way.
Selling
- Gadabuy checks every seller (NIN or CAC, and a bank account) and every new listing before it goes live.
- Sellers pay no fee: they get exactly their price.
- Listings must be real, described honestly, with real photos.
- Sellers check passes with Gadabuy (Check a pass, or Scan a pass on a listing's dashboard).
See also Privacy.