Terms of Service

Who We Are

Various Archives is operated by Various Archives, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with registered office at 131 Continental Drive, Suite 305, Newark, DE 19713, United States.

You can contact us at contact@various-archives.com.

What Various Archives Is

The public marketplace and legal pages are available at https://various-archives.com.

Various Archives is a curated discovery platform for luxury vintage and archival fashion. The platform displays products from professional sellers and directs shoppers to the seller's Shopify store and Shopify checkout.

Various Archives does not hold inventory, process buyer payments, or act as merchant of record for buyer purchases. The seller is responsible for checkout, payment processing, shipping, returns, refunds, taxes, duties, and after-sales support.

Eligibility

You may use the service only if you can form a legally binding contract under applicable law.

If you apply as a seller or act on behalf of a business, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old and have authority to bind that business.

Newsletter, waitlist, and consent-based features may only be used if you are old enough to provide valid consent under the laws that apply to you.

Accounts and Local Features

You can browse Various Archives without an account. Optional buyer accounts let you sign up with an email and password or with Google, keep your wishlist and cart across devices, and manage preferences such as your preferred department and newsletter subscription.

If you browse as a guest, wishlist and cart state may be stored locally in your browser. When you sign in, guest state is merged into your account.

You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for activity under your account. You can export your account data and delete your account at any time from your account settings.

Professional Sellers

Various Archives works with professional sellers only. A professional seller is a person or business operating a professional resale activity, with curation, expertise, and a commercial structure.

Seller onboarding is reviewed manually. We may request business registration information, store documentation, identity verification for authorised representatives, or other materials needed to confirm professional status and marketplace fit.

Sellers who install Various Archives Connector are also subject to the Seller Terms.

Seller Content

Listings shown on Various Archives are based on product information supplied by sellers through their Shopify catalog. Sellers are responsible for the accuracy, legality, condition information, availability, pricing, images, and descriptions they provide.

Sellers grant Various Archives a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, format, display, and promote seller-provided content for the purpose of operating and promoting the service.

Curation, Ranking, and Discovery

The service may organise listings through filters, sorting, search, editorial selections, and marketplace curation. We do not currently offer paid placement, sponsored ranking, or paid prominence.

Where a trending indicator is used, it reflects aggregated on-site signals such as views, clicks, wishlist saves where available, and recency. Payment from sellers is not used to calculate trending placement.

Buyer Responsibilities

Before buying, you are responsible for reviewing the seller's product page, condition details, sizing, pricing, shipping terms, taxes, duties, and return policy.

The transaction takes place on the seller's Shopify checkout under the seller's own terms and policies. For questions about an order, the seller is your first point of contact. If you cannot resolve an issue with the seller, contact Various Archives support and we will assist where we can.

Authenticity and Product Information

Sellers are responsible for verifying authenticity and for ensuring that their items are lawful to sell and ship. We review sellers before onboarding and may review listings at our discretion, but we do not independently authenticate every item.

Any claim about a purchased item, including authenticity, condition, delivery, return, or refund, must be raised with the seller as merchant of record.

Prohibited Uses

• Use the service for unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, or harmful purposes.
• List, promote, purchase, or attempt to sell counterfeit, stolen, illegally sourced, or infringing goods.
• Submit false reports, abuse our notice process, or harass other users or sellers.
• Scrape, crawl, harvest, or extract service data using automated means without prior written permission.
• Use service content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models without prior written permission.
• Interfere with the security, integrity, availability, or performance of the service.
• Reverse engineer, copy, or reproduce substantial parts of the service for commercial use without authorisation.
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with a person, seller, or business.

Reporting Illegal Content

If you believe content on Various Archives is illegal, counterfeit, infringing, or otherwise harmful, email contact@various-archives.com. Include the URL, a description of the issue, why you believe the content is illegal, and any supporting information.

We review reports and may remove content, restrict visibility, suspend a seller, or take other appropriate action based on the evidence available.

Third-Party Websites

The service links to third-party websites, including sellers' Shopify stores. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, terms, privacy practices, availability, or transactions conducted there.

Intellectual Property

The Various Archives service, brand, design, structure, logo, and original content are protected by intellectual property laws.

You may use the service for personal, non-commercial browsing only, unless we expressly authorise another use in writing or a separate agreement applies.

Disclaimers

The service is provided on an as-is and as-available basis. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue parts of the service for maintenance, updates, technical reasons, or business reasons.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Various Archives is not liable for transactions between buyers and sellers, including payment, delivery, returns, refunds, product condition, authenticity disputes, or customer service disputes.

Various Archives is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages. Our total liability for any claim related to the service will not exceed the greater of USD 100 or the amount you paid directly to Various Archives in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability where limitation is prohibited by applicable law, including mandatory consumer protection rules that apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Various Archives, LLC, its officers, employees, contractors, and agents from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your breach of these Terms, misuse of the service, violation of law, or infringement of third-party rights.

Privacy and Cookies

Our processing of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy. Our use of cookies, local storage, and similar technologies is described in the Cookie Policy.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will update the Last updated date and may provide additional notice where changes are material.

Your continued use of the service after updates means you accept the updated Terms.

Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.

If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction whose mandatory consumer protection laws apply to you, nothing in these Terms deprives you of those protections.

Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered under the rules of a recognised arbitration body, with the seat of arbitration in Wilmington, Delaware, unless applicable mandatory law gives you the right to bring a claim elsewhere.

Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact contact@various-archives.com.