Terms & Conditions
§ 1 Provider and scope
(1) The provider is ledge UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Karolinenstr. 4, 80538 Munich, Germany, registered with the Local Court of Munich under HRB 286218, represented by Zacharias Haeusgen. Email: servus@ledge.eu.
(2) These terms govern use of ledge.eu including the gated area, the user account and ledgeMAG.
(3) A user within the meaning of these terms is any natural person who uses the services ("you").
(4) Deviating terms of the user do not become part of the contract unless we expressly agree to their application in text form.
(5) The relationship between ledge and the brands presented on ledge is governed by separate agreements. Those are not the subject of these terms.
§ 2 Subject matter
(1) ledge is a discovery platform for independent, founder-led brands. We present brands and their products in a curated, editorial format.
(2) ledge is not the seller of the products presented. Purchase contracts are concluded exclusively between you and the respective brand in that brand's online shop. We do not become a party to those contracts.
(3) The respective brand is solely responsible for product information, prices, availability, delivery, warranty, withdrawal and the handling of complaints. That brand's terms and conditions apply.
(4) Use of ledge is free of charge for you.
§ 3 Access to the gated area
(1) Access to the gated area is granted via an access password that we provide to selected individuals.
(2) The access password is intended for personal use. Passing it on to third parties and publishing it are not permitted.
(3) There is no entitlement to access. We may change, restrict or end access at any time.
§ 4 User account
(1) A user account is optional. You can read ledge and ledgeMAG without an account. Insider prices and saving products require an account.
(2) Registration requires a minimum age of 16. By registering, you confirm that you have reached this age.
(3) You are obliged to provide truthful information when registering and to keep your login details confidential. If you have any indication of unauthorised use, please inform us without delay at servus@ledge.eu.
(4) The user contract is concluded when we confirm your registration.
§ 5 Transparency about commercial relationships
(1) We receive a revenue-based commission from the brands represented on ledge when a purchase is concluded via ledge. This does not create any additional cost for you; the price does not change.
(2) A brand is included on ledge according to our editorial criteria. In the ranking and highlighting of brands and products, contractual criteria may be taken into account alongside editorial criteria. Ranking on the basis of payment alone does not take place.
§ 6 Feedback and insider prices
(1) If you answer a brand's questions truthfully and seriously, the brand may grant you special conditions or a discount code.
(2) There is no legal entitlement to the granting, amount or continuation of a discount. The respective brand is solely responsible for providing, validating and redeeming the codes.
(3) Codes are personal, non-transferable and cannot be combined with other promotions unless the brand determines otherwise.
(4) Brands receive your answers exclusively in aggregated, anonymised form. Your name, your email address and individual attributable answers are not transmitted to brands.
§ 7 Saved products
You can save products in your user account. The list is private and is not visible to other users or to brands. We reserve the right to remove products from the list that are no longer available on ledge.
§ 8 ledgeMAG
The editorial content of ledgeMAG is accessible without a user account. It is protected by copyright. Reproduction, distribution or publication beyond private use requires our prior consent.
§ 9 Gift following a purchase
(1) If you make a purchase from a brand via ledge and the brand confirms that purchase to us, you may receive a gift from us.
(2) This requires that you voluntarily provide us with a delivery address. Without an address we cannot send the gift. Not providing one has no other disadvantages for you.
(3) The gift is granted once per person. Claiming it more than once, in particular via different accounts or addresses, is excluded.
(4) We determine the nature and value of the gift. There is no entitlement to a particular gift, to exchange or to payment in cash.
(5) The promotion is voluntary. We may end or change it at any time with effect for the future.
§ 10 User content and grant of rights
(1) You are responsible for content you submit, in particular feedback answers. You warrant that it does not infringe the rights of third parties.
(2) You grant us a simple, unlimited in time and territory, royalty-free right to use your feedback answers, limited to the operation and improvement of ledge and to the creation of aggregated, anonymised analyses for the respective brand.
(3) Publication of your answers naming you or your username takes place only with your separate consent.
§ 11 Obligations when using the services
The following are prohibited in particular: passing on or publishing the access password; using bots, scrapers or automated retrieval procedures without our consent; measures that impair the availability or security of the services; creating multiple accounts in order to claim benefits more than once; meaningless or untruthful feedback answers; the commercial passing on of discount codes; and submitting unlawful, insulting or infringing content.
§ 12 Suspension and termination
(1) In the event of a breach of §§ 3, 6, 9 or 11 we may — proportionate to severity — remove content, restrict functions, temporarily suspend access or terminate the user contract. Before permanent measures we will inform you stating the reasons and give you the opportunity to comment, unless this is exceptionally unreasonable.
(2) You may terminate the user contract at any time without notice by deleting your account or sending us a message at servus@ledge.eu.
(3) We may terminate the user contract with 14 days' notice to the end of the month. The right to terminate for good cause remains unaffected.
(4) After termination we delete your account and the associated data in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
§ 13 Availability and changes to the services
(1) We strive for high availability but do not owe uninterrupted availability. Maintenance, faults and circumstances outside our control may lead to restrictions.
(2) We may change the services where this is reasonable for you and the change is technically, legally or economically warranted. We will announce material changes with reasonable notice.
§ 14 Liability
(1) We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act, and to the extent of any guarantee assumed.
(2) In the event of slightly negligent breach of a material contractual obligation, our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract at the time the contract was concluded. Material contractual obligations are those whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely.
(3) Liability is otherwise excluded.
(4) We are not liable for the performance of purchase contracts between you and a brand, for that brand's products, or for the handling of orders in its shop. Please direct any claims arising from those directly to the brand.
(5) The above limitations also apply for the benefit of our legal representatives, employees and vicarious agents.
§ 15 Right of withdrawal
Use of ledge is free of charge. Where you provide us with personal data and a consumer contract for digital products within the meaning of §§ 327 et seq. BGB exists, you may have a statutory right of withdrawal. Independently of this, you can delete your account at any time without giving reasons (§ 12 (2)) and withdraw any consent given at any time.
§ 16 Changes to these terms
We may amend these terms where this is necessary to adapt to changes in the law, case law or the services, and does not unreasonably disadvantage you. We will inform you in text form at least 30 days before the changes take effect. If you do not object before they take effect, this counts as agreement; we will point this consequence out to you separately in the notification. If you object, you may terminate the contract at any time.
§ 17 Consumer dispute resolution
We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
§ 18 Final provisions
(1) German law applies. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected.
(2) Should individual provisions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected.
This is a translation. In case of discrepancies, the German version prevails.