Sender Policy

Craftart4you is a marketplace where you can sell your handmade goods, vintage items, and craft supplies directly to buyers around the world. We want to make sure that you and your buyers have a positive experience on craftart4you.com. Please read on to find out more about your rights, as well as what is expected of you, as a seller.

This policy is a part of our Terms of Use. By opening an account on craftart4you, you’re agreeing to this policy and our Terms of Use.

1. What Can be Sold on craftart4you
2. What Cannot be Sold on craftart4you 
3. Representing Yourself, Your Shop, and Your Listings Honestly
4. Privacy and Protecting Personal Information
5. Creating and Uploading Content
6. Building a Positive Reputation Through our Reviews System
7. Providing Great Customer Service
8. Responding to Requests for Cancellations, Returns, and Exchanges

 

1. What Can be Sold on craftart4you

Craftart4you is a unique marketplace. Buyers come here to purchase items that they might not find anywhere else. Everything listed for sale on craftart4you must be handmade, vintage, or a craft supply.

Handmade items are items that are made and/or designed by you, the seller. 

If you sell handmade items, you agree that:

• All handmade items are made or designed by you. If you work with a production partner, you must disclose that production partner in your relevant listings.
• You accurately describe every person involved in the making of an item in your shop in your About section.
• You are using your own photographs—not stock photos, artistic renderings, or photos used by other sellers or sites. 

If you are selling personalized or made-to-order items in the Handmade category, you agree that:

• All listings are available for purchase at a set price.
• If you are using photographs of previous work with options for customization (like color choices) included in the listing, it is clear in your description that the photos shown are just examples.

Vintage items must be at least 20 years old. 

Craft Supplies are tools, ingredients, or materials whose primary purpose is for use in the creation of an item or special occasion. Craft supplies may be handmade, commercial, or vintage. Party supplies may also be sold as craft supplies. 

We encourage you to be transparent about how your craft supplies were made and where your materials come from. You can disclose whether your items have social or environmental attributes, such as organic or recycled. You can also select the location of manufacture. 

 

2. What Can’t be Sold on craftart4you

Even if they otherwise meet our marketplace criteria, prohibited items, services, and items that violate our intellectual property policies are not allowed to be sold on craftart4you.

Reselling is not allowed in the handmade category on craftart4you. Reselling refers to listing an item as handmade when you were not involved in designing or making that item.

Keep in mind that members may flag listings that appear to violate our policies for craftart4you’s review. Craftart4you may remove any listings that violate our policies. Note that listing fees are non-refundable. Craftart4you may also suspend or terminate your account for any violations. You’ll still be on the hook to pay any outstanding fees on your craftart4you statement. 

 

3. Representing Yourself, Your Shop, and Your Listings Honestly

At craftart4you, we value transparency. Transparency means that you honestly and accurately represent yourself, your items, and your business.

By selling on craftart4you, you agree that you will:

1. Provide honest, accurate information in your About section.
2. Honor your Shop Policies.
3. Accurately represent your items in listings and listing photos.
4. Respect the intellectual property of others. If you feel someone has violated your intellectual property rights, you can report it to craftart4you.
5. Not engage in fee avoidance.
6. Not create duplicate shops or take any other action (such as manipulating clicks, carts or sales) for the purpose of manipulating search or circumventing craftart4you’s policies.
7. Not coordinate pricing with other sellers. 

 

4. Privacy and Protecting Personal Information

You are responsible for protecting members’ personal information you receive or process, and you must comply with all relevant legal requirements. This includes applicable data protection and privacy laws that govern the ways in which you can use craftart4you user information. These laws may require that you post and comply with your own privacy policy, which must be accessible to craftart4you users with whom you interact. Your privacy policy must be compatible with this policy and craftart4you’s Terms of Use.

 

5. Creating and Uploading Content

As a member of craftart4you, you have the opportunity to create and upload a variety of content, like listings, Messages, text, photos, and videos. In order to keep our community safe and respectful, you agree that you will not upload content that is:

1. Abusive, threatening, defamatory, harassing, or otherwise in violation of our Anti-Discrimination Policy;
2. Obscene or vulgar;
3. In violation of someone else’s privacy or intellectual property rights; or
4. False, deceptive, or misleading. 

 

6. Building a Positive Reputation Through our Reviews System

Reviews are a great way for you to build a reputation on craftart4you. Buyers can leave a review, including a one to five star rating and a photograph of their purchase, within 100 days after their item’s estimated delivery date. If an estimated delivery date is not available, the review window opens after the order’s processing time and shipping time have elapsed. Buyers can edit their review, including the photograph, any number of times during that 100 day period.

On the rare occasion you receive an unfavorable review, you can reach out to the buyer or, if the review is less than 3 stars, leave a response.

Reviews and your response to reviews may not:

1. Contain private information;
2. Contain obscene, racist, or harassing language or imagery;
3. Violate our Anti-Discrimination Policy;
4. Contain prohibited medical drug claims;
5. Contain advertising or spam;
6. Be about things outside the seller’s control, such as a shipping carrier, craftart4you or a third party;
7. Contain threats or extortion;
8. Include shilling or otherwise falsely inflate a shop’s review score; or
9. Undermine the integrity of the Reviews system. 

 

7. Providing Great Customer Service

We expect our sellers to provide a high level of customer service. By selling on craftart4you.com, you agree to:

1. Honor your shipping and processing times. Sellers are obligated to ship an item or otherwise complete a transaction with a buyer in a prompt manner, unless there is an exceptional circumstance. Please be aware that legal requirements for shipping times vary by country. 
2. Respond to Messages in a timely manner.
3. Honor the commitments you make in your shop policies.
4. Resolve disagreements or disputes directly with the buyer. In the unlikely event that you can’t reach a resolution, our Dispute Resolution team can help through our case system. 
5. If you are unable to complete an order, you must notify the buyer and cancel the order. 

As a seller, you must provide great customer service and maintain trust with your buyers. 

 

8. Responding to Requests for Cancellations, Returns, and Exchanges

Please be aware that in addition to this policy, each country has its own laws surrounding shipping, cancellations, returns, and exchanges. Please familiarize yourself with the laws of your own country and those of your buyers’ countries.

Cancellations

If you are unable to complete a transaction, you must notify the buyer via one of the two cooperatives in North Macedonia or Kosovo or via craftart4you Messages and cancel the transaction. If the buyer already submitted payment, you must issue a full refund. You are encouraged to keep proof of any refunds in the event a dispute arises. 

European Union Right of Withdrawal

Buyers in the European Union (EU) may be entitled to a 14-day “right of withdrawal” after receiving an item, during which they may return an item for any reason. The details of this right vary by EU member state. The right of withdrawal does not apply to custom items or certain perishable goods. Rights with respect to digital items vary by EU member state. 

Craftart4you’s Case System

We ask buyers to contact sellers directly and attempt to resolve any outstanding issues before opening a case on craftart4you. For this reason, it is important that you fill out your shop policies and regularly respond to Messages from your buyers.

Buyers may file a case for a non-delivery or a not-as-described item. You must respond to any open cases within three days or the time frame noted by craftart4you in the case.  Craftart4you may request your assistance in resolving a case opened against your shop. Craftart4you reserves the right to escalate a case early for circumstances such as seller inactivity, harassment, refusal of service, case manipulation, and undermining the integrity of the case system.

By using craftart4you’s case system, you understand that craftart4you may use your personal information for the purpose of resolving disputes with other members. Cases can be filed in the following circumstances:

Non-Delivery

A non-delivery occurs when a buyer places an order but does not receive the item. The following are examples of non-delivery cases:

1. There is no proof that the item was shipped to the buyer.
2. An item was not sent to the address provided on craftart4you.

Not as Described

An item is not as described if the buyer can demonstrate that it is significantly different from your listing description or your photos. The following are examples of not as described cases:

1. The item received is a different color, model, version, or size.
2. The item has a different design or material.
3. The seller failed to disclose that an item is damaged or is missing parts.
4. The buyer received the incorrect quantity of items (e.g., the buyer purchased three items but only received two).
5. The item was advertised as authentic but is not authentic.
6. The condition of the item is misrepresented (e.g., the item is described as new but is used).

Not as Described cases can also be filed for late delivery. In order to qualify as late delivery, the buyer must provide proof that all of these conditions have been met:

1. The item(s) were ordered for a specific date or event.
2. The item(s) are rendered useless after that date.
3. The seller did not ship the item(s) according to their processing time or the date agreed upon in Messages.