Selling Agreement

Prerode acts as a classifieds platform. Listings are advertisements between two users, not sales by Prerode.
We do not take title to bikes, do not handle payment between buyer and seller, and are not party to the sale contract.
If or when we add payment escrow, this section will be rewritten before that ships.

Current listing fee (£4.99) and boost fee (£9.99) terms, VAT treatment, refund policy if a listing is removed by us versus removed by the seller.
Whether listing fees count as consideration for HMRC reporting purposes (they currently do not, see DAC7 status doc).

Seller must accurately declare whether they are acting as a trader or as a private individual at signup and at listing time.
Definition of trader for bike resale (badges of trade, six-bike rolling threshold, intent to resell).
Our right to reclassify a seller from private to business based on observed activity, and the appeal route.
If declared as a trader: contractual acceptance of Consumer Rights Act 2015 and Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 obligations.
Required trader disclosures on listings (legal name or trading name, geographic address, returns policy).

Seller owns the bike, has the right to sell it, and the bike is not stolen, encumbered, or subject to a finance agreement.
Description, photos, and condition are accurate. Material defects are disclosed.
Replicas, recalled safety items, and bikes that fail UK road or product safety standards are not listed.
Seller will respond to buyer queries in reasonable time and will not engage in off-platform price coordination, fee circumvention, or shill bidding.

Plain-English summary: HMRC trading allowance, chattels relief, when capital gains may apply, when income tax may apply.
DAC7 / UK Platform Operator Reporting: when we are required to collect and verify the seller's tax information, what we collect, when we report to HMRC, what happens if the seller does not provide it.
Seller's own responsibility to declare income to HMRC where required.

Seller's direct liability to the buyer for misrepresentation, faulty goods (where trader), or non-delivery.
Our role if a dispute is reported: mediation route, evidence we will preserve, and the legal-hold on account deletion until the dispute resolves.
Seller's obligation to cooperate with chargeback or Section 75 claims if a future payment route makes that relevant.

Our grounds for removing a listing, suspending an account, or refunding a buyer where we have facilitated a payment.
Permanent ban grounds: stolen goods, fraud, repeated scam reports, sanctions screening.
Appeals process and how long enforcement records are kept.

How either party ends this agreement.
Which clauses survive termination (indemnities, tax retention, dispute defence).
Treatment of in-flight sales when an account closes.

What this document will cover (checklist for review)