In the terms & conditions you define the legal context for the business relationship with your customers. You should make it easy for them to find this information. For that reason, we've already created the legal page Terms & conditions in the sidebar of your Editor under Legal pages. This page is displayed in the checkout and in the footer of your website. Furthermore, the page is attached as a PDF to order confirmation emails sent to your customers.
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- The content of a terms & conditions agreement
- How to edit the content of your terms & conditions
- How to display your terms & conditions in the checkout
- How to edit the visibility of your terms & conditions in the footer
The content of a terms & conditions agreement
When creating the content for your terms & conditions, you should try to be as short and precise as possible. The following aspects could be part of it:
- Checkout process and contractual relationship
- Information regarding cancelation rights
- Information about limitation of liability (if applicable)
If further aspects are important for your individual business, you can also add them to this page.
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You are struggling with creating the content of your terms & conditions? Our partner Trusted Shops offers a legal text generator that might help you to come up with an appropriate text for your individual website.How to edit the content of your terms & conditions
You can create and edit the text of your terms & conditions in the Editor by following these steps:
- In the sidebar of the cockpit, navigate to Editor.
- In the sidebar of the Editor, you'll now find the section Legal pages. Select the page Terms & conditions.
- In the preview of the page, use the text area ("Type here") to create the initial content or edit your already created content according to your needs. To do so, you can make use of all formatting options that are available for texts. The text and your changes are automatically saved.
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It is not possible to add images or other content elements to legal pages.How to display your terms & conditions in the checkout
You need to enable your customers to access your terms & conditions before they make their purchase. There are two options for you to do so:
- Show a hint above the 'Buy now' button that by making a purchase the customer accepts the terms & conditions
- Show a checkbox above the 'Buy now' button and require customers to actively accept the terms & conditions:
Both options are legally compliant. So, no need to worry about that. By default, the first option (the hint above the 'Buy now' button) is activated for your website. You can change this setting at any time by following these steps:
- In the sidebar of your cockpit, navigate to Settings > Shop.
- From the overview, select Cart & checkout.
- If you'd like to show the checkbox during checkout, select the box next to Show a checkbox and require customers to actively accept the terms & conditions to make a purchase on the card Cart & checkout settings.
- Select Save.
How to edit the visibility of your terms & conditions in the footer
It's up to you to decide whether you'd like to show or hide your terms & conditions in the footer of your website. But keep in mind that it will be attached to order confirmation emails and can't be hidden in the checkout process. Here, it will always be displayed and linked alongside the privacy policy, and your right of withdrawal page.
This is how to edit the visibility of your terms & conditions in the footer:
- In the sidebar of the cockpit, navigate to Editor.
- In the sidebar of the Editor, you'll now find the section Legal pages.
- Select
next to the page Terms & conditions.
- Under Visibility on website, specify whether the page should be visible or not.
- Select Save.