Terms and conditions

Last Updated: July 16^th, 2018

1. Preamble

1.1. By logging on to EventKingdom, users accept the following General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter the "GTC") for using EventKingdom.

1.2. We welcome you to EventKingdom, a premium plattform for paper products and paperless communication, including online invitations, cards, save the dates, announcements and event websites (hereinafter "products"), including reply and guest management, check in services & communication operated by EventKingdom and its affiliates.

1.3. This agreement describes the terms and conditions for the use of EventKingdom (which represents several top-level domains, including but not limited to EventKingdom.com). Membership in EventKingdom confirms that you have read and accept these terms of use, and that you agree to be bound by them.

1.4. We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms of use from time to time, for any reason, and without prior notice; use of the website as a member indicates your acceptance of any changes. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms of use.

1.5. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate, at our discretion, a member's account for violations of our rules, guidelines, or terms of use.

1.6. The user enters into this agreement on the use of EventKingdom services with EventKingdom GmbH, Eichenallee 32, 14050 Berlin. Additional contact information, commercial registry data, as well as the name of the authorized representative of EventKingdom GmbH can be found under

1.7. The User can call up, print out, download and or save these General Terms and Conditions at any time, even after the agreement has been closed, under the "Terms & Conditions" link that appears on the EventKingdom site.

2. Conditions of membership

2.1. Members are expected to invite or send online cards to only respected persons within their own real-world communities and not individuals who might bring discredit to or harm the reputation of EventKingdom and our community.

2.2. By having a membership account in EventKingdom, you acknowledge that you meet our requirements for membership. As a member, you may not have more than one membership account, nor may you open an alternative account if your membership is suspended, shifted outside of EventKingdom.com, or terminated for any reason. You may not sell, trade, or transfer a membership account to another person, nor accept or use an account that was not originally yours. If an account violates these conditions, the account will be terminated immediately.

2.3. Your participation in EventKingdom is based upon the assumption that all information you provide regarding yourself is truthful and accurate. Misleading or false information is sufficient reason for us to terminate your account

2.4. You may not use a pseudonym or alias.

2.5. We reserve the right to change or adjust membership criteria and to make changes in the existing membership at any time and without prior notice.

3. Condition of use and service

3.1. Your use of EventKingdom is in accordance with these terms of use, and EventKingdom may deny service or membership without prior notice if you fail to comply with them.

3.2. EventKingdom is made available for personal, individual and business or other legal entity use.

3.3. We provide a platform and environment for creating and sending personal invitations, cards, save the dates and accouncements and websites, managing your address book, creating your network and sharing information with others. If members enter into agreements with other members through EventKingdom, we are not a contracting party to these agreements and cannot be held liable or accountable regarding these agreements.

3.4. We reserve the right to remove any content posted by you or other members at our sole discretion, for reasons including but not limited to that it is unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, fraudulent, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or because it may infringe or violate any party's intellectual property or privacy.

3.5. While we do our best to monitor the content of the website, you understand and agree that you may encounter material with which you disagree or find objectionable, and that you use the website with this understanding and acceptance, and do not hold EventKingdom liable.

3.6 We do not endorse, support, or ensure the accuracy, truthfulness, or reliability of any content posted on our website or cards.

3.7. EventKingdom reserves the right to make changes to the website or our service without prior notice, and to charge for the our services or for particular features, and to modify any fees or services without prior notice.

3.8. By posting or submitting content or information on the website, you automatically grant EventKingdom a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to display such content on our website.

3.9. EventKingdom reserves the right to display EventKingdom promotion links to all guests of events and recipients of cards. EventKingdom will do this discretely. EventKingdom will not send NON-member recipients newletters or other marketing material. The state of a Non-member recipient is respected by EK as the private or business property of the sender.

4. Membership responsibilities

4.1. We wish to have a friendly, intimate and secure community for our members. If anyone receives an EventKingdom invitation or card we want this recipient to feel the same joy as he would feel when finding a large personal letter in his mailbox.We are a community of global diversity, with members from nearly every culture and country. Expectations and behaviour will be equally diverse, so to help provide a comfortable environment for all members, we have rules. Your use of EventKingdom confirms that you understand and accept these rules, and will follow them.

4.2. Please do not use the EventKingdom name or logo for any purpose, event or promotion without our express consent.

4.3. Trust and confidence are paramount within EventKingdom. Falsely misrepresenting your identity, including the use of a pseudonym or alias, or your profile information will result in your member account being suspended or terminated.

4.4. You may not monitor, data-mine, or copy our web pages or any content within the site, nor collect, archive, trade or sell any personal data or communications about other members.

4.5. The use of any robot, spider, site search or retrieval application, or any other device to copy, retrieve, archive or index any portion of EventKingdom, is not permitted.

4.6. You may not distribute, display or publish in any form, electronic or print, any content from the website or the names of any members without our express consent, nor can you share, transmit or sell any content on the website with anyone who is not a member of EventKingdom, for whatever reason.

4.7. We want to keep EventKingdom free from intrusions. You will not send or distribute unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, chain letters, spam, pyramid schemes, or any other type of solicitation to other members, nor will you stalk, harass or unreasonably disturb any other member.

4.8 You alone are responsible for the confidentiality and security of your account's username, password and usage. You are also accountable for all activities regarding your account, with or without your knowledge or permission. If you knowingly provide your log-in information to another person, your membership may be suspended temporarily or terminated. EventKingdom assumes no liability for activities of your account accessed through your password and username.

4.9 You may not use EventKingdom for any illegal purpose in any country or jurisdiction.

4.10 You cannot post content or initiate any communications that we consider libelous, scandalous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable.

4.11 It is not permitted to make available any content or initiate communication that infringes upon the patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights of third parties, whether personal, corporate or governmental.

5. Content and data protection

5.1. EventKingdom is based upon trust and privacy. All personal information provided to EventKingdom is treated with the utmost confidence and care.

5.2. We will not disclose any personal data to any third party without being entitled to do so and with your express permission.

5.3. While we make every effort to keep EventKingdom a trusted and safe environment, EventKingdom cannot be held liable should content you have posted on the website that is viewable by your recipients be copied or distributed elsewhere.

5.4. Access to your private account information is limited to webmasters and management of EventKingdom.

5.5. EventKingdom may access, preserve, and disclose the contents of your account if required to do so by law.

5.6. Please see our Data Protection Regulation for more information about how we treate your personal data.

6. Right of cancellation

6.1. You may terminate your plan or account at any time without cause, penalty or explanation by sending us an email to help@eventkingdom.com.

6.2. EventKingdom may, at our discretion and with or without cause, immediately terminate your member account and all access to the website without prior notice. Any account termination by us may take into account the business interests of EventKingdom and the interests of the community as a whole.

6.3. Our proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability and other provisions of these terms and conditions continue after termination of your membership. We will not be liable to you or any third-party for the termination of your member account.

6.4. If EventKingdom decides to terminate your account, while you have a running event, which you have paid for, your website will stay active and your access to EventKingdom will be reduced to having access to your event.

7. Plans and Payments for Online Post

7.1. Payment for Services: You agree to pay EventKingdom GmbH any fees for Services you purchase or use, in accordance with the pricing and payment terms presented to you for that Service. Where applicable, you will be charged using the payment method you select. Fees paid by you are non- refundable, except as provided in this Agreement or when required by law.

7.2. Plans: We offer 3 types of plans: standard, professional and enterprise. Standard is a pay as you go service. Professional and Enterprise plans include special features and offer monthly, quarterly and annual payment plans. The monthly, quarterly and annual plans are billed in advance on a recurring (auto-renewing) basis and are non-refundable. There are no refunds or credits for partial periods of service, downgrade refunds, or refunds for periods unused. If any part of a billing period is included in the Term, then payment is due for the full billing period. Payments are due for any billing period on the same date, or the closest date in that billing period, to the day you signed up for the Services and made your first payment. On the last day of your billing period, your payment method will automatically be charged for an additional billing period unless you downgrade your account to a Free Plan prior to that date by changing your plan in the account settings.

7.3. Payment Method: When purhasing stamps (or paper cards) or as long as you have an outstanding balance with us, you'll provide us with valid credit card information and authorize us to charge the fees (on purhase, every month or every year) against that credit card. You'll update expired or incorrect credit card information as needed. Anyone using a credit card represents and warrants that he or she is authorized to use that credit card, and that any and all fees may be billed to that credit card and won't be rejected. If, for some reason, we're unable to process your credit card to pay for Services, we'll try to contact you by email and suspend your account until your payment can be processed. If payment cannot be processed within 7 days of the first day of the new billing period, your account may be restricted until payment is received.

7.4. Fee Changes: We may change our fees at any time, provided that we will notify you in advance of any change affecting a plan you are already enrolled in and new rates will only apply to a new period.

7.5. Taxes: You are solely responsible for any and all taxes associated with the sale of the Services, including any related penalties or interest. Payments for Services are not reduced to account for such taxes.

8. Conclusion of paper order contract

8.1. The presentation of performances in particular in brochures, advertisements and on the internet does not constitute a binding offer by EventKingdom.

8.2. By clicking the button "Order" you place a valid order of the products and are taken to the payment page. The confirmation of the receipt of your order takes place together with the payment of your order.

8.3. When paying in advance manufacturing and delivery of the ordered print products will only proceed when the full amount has been credited on our account. Should we not receive your payment by due date within three weeks after order confirmation, we can withdraw from the contract with the effect that the booking will be cancelled and we are free from obligation of delivery. The order will be terminated without further consequences for both parties.

8.4. We will save the contract and send you the order data and our general terms and conditions per email. You can also see the general terms and conditions here. For security reasons, your order data will no longer be accessible over the internet.

8.5. EventKingdom reserves the right to refuse user proposals in individual cases. User proposals can be rejected if the order deviates from the EventKingdom requirements or if the user is known to be unworthy of credit.

9. Contract services for paper orders

9.1. By agreeing to the conditions of the contract the user authorises EventKingdom to produce and post one or more printed products.

9.2. EventKingdom bestows the user with a simple, untransferable right of utilisation for personal use.

9.3. Should any ordered articles not be available for unexpected reasons, we undertake to inform you that the product is not available before accepting your order. We reserve the right to provide you with a substitute product which is equivalent in price and quality. Should you not wish to accept or keep the substitute item you can send it back to us free of charge within the legal warranty period.

10. User's Liabilities/responsibilities and obligations

10.1. The user is solely responsible for content and information which he provides during the process of creating a printed product or in the process of ordering. By uploading data the user certifies that he has the right to distribute and reproduce content and material of the data.

10.2. The user gurantees that content and material of uploaded data do not violate existing law.

10.3. The user gurantees in particular
(a) that no illegal glorification of violence, race baiting submissions, material, and content, means of propaganda, features of unconstitutional parties or their substitute organisations, violence instructions, pornografic submissions, material, and content regarding sexual violation of children or sexual activities with animals, discriminating remarks or depiction of race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual preferences, and age will be uploaded or transferred;
(b) that no law for the protection of youth or penal law will be violated. This applies in particular to the legal regulations §§ 184 ff StGB (distribution of pornography) , 185 ff StGB (perpetrating threats, insulting or defamatory) as well as the laws regarding the protection of minors.
(c) that the submissions (words and images in particualr), content, and material transferred to bonnyprints does not infringe copyright, trademark law, or any other law regarding protection of a third party, personal right, or any other rights of a third party.

10.4. The user permits EventKingdom a simple right of utilisation for production purposes of print products regarding the transferred data and image products.

10.5. The user guarantees to refrain from the use of mechanisms, software, scripts, or other appliances regarding the use of the website, in particular no automatic order inquiries through Robots, for example.

11. Inspection, Blocking and Deletion of Content

11.1. EventKingdom reserves the right, but dispenses from the obligation, to inspect the content transferred by the user regarding the abidance of law and order and to act accordingly to avoid infringement.

12. Copyright; Advertising; legal guarantee

12.1. The user agrees that content provided by the user, words and images in particular, may be used to complete the respective order. The download and duplication of the website's content (e.g. examples or previews) for purposes other than information and order through EventKingdom services is explicitly prohibited.

12.2. EventKingdom is furthermore entitled to display their logo and/ or name of the designer on their products

13. Terms of delivery and payment

13.1. The purchase is due for payment at contract conclusion.

13.2. The payment of the purchase occurs according to the user's choice of payment enlisted in the payment possibilities. Payment is possible via direct debit, credit card or paypal. EventKingdom reserves the right to restrict possibilities of payment for certain orders (e.g. express orders ).

13.3. EventKingdom can handle its payment procedures through a payment service provider who bears its costs. Billing information (e.g. invoice), confirmation, and other information will be sent to the email address the user provided during the process of ordering.

13.4. All prices are quoted including VAT at current rates (VAT) with the exception of business customers in Germany, for whom prices are quoted netto excluding VAT.

13.5. Should customer fail to settle, and in particular reverse an effected payment, or should circumstances come to the attention of EventKingdom that question customer's creditworthiness, EventKingdom is entitled to demand immediate payment of all outstanding amounts.

13.6. In case of returned debit notes in direct debit transactions, or reversed credit card transactions, EventKingdom reserves the right to charge a reasonable handling fee in each case, except in cases where the customer is not responsible for the returned debit note or reversed credit card transaction.

13.7. All prices and additional costs will be calculated according to the price lists supplied at the point of ordering.

13.8. Should EventKingdom be billed for additional shipping costs due to customer quoting an incorrect delivery address, or an incorrect addressee, said costs are to be borne by customer, except where customer is not liable for the incorrect statements. If a delivery to the user is not possible because the user is not present at the declared delivery address, despite the user having been duly informed of the time of delivery, the user must cover the costs of a failed delivery.

13.9. Deliveries into non-Eu countries require additional additional tolls, taxes and fees.

14. Reservation of property; compensation; right of retention

14.1. Should the customer be in default of payment of the purchasing price, EventKingdom reserves the right to repossess the items subject to retention of ownership. If the customer is a business owner following terms and conditions of business, or a legal person of public law, we will claim the right to ownership of the item until all outstanding debts that resulted from the business contract with the purchaser have been settled. The corresponding safety rights may be transferred to a third party.

14.2. You are entitled to setoff only with legally effective counterclaims or when these are undisputed with us. You only have the right of retention if your claim is based on the same contractual relationship.

14.3. If our customer is behind with payment obligations, outstanding claims will be due immediately.

15. Warranty

15.1. Information, drawings, figures, technical data, weights, measures and descriptions of features published in brochures, catalogues, circular letters, advertisements or price lists are for information purposes only. EventKingdom accepts no liability for the accuracy of these details. The type and scope of delivery are subject only to the details specified in the order and confirmation of order.

15.2. EventKingdom guarantees the manufacturing of the print products according to the user's design and specifications and will deliver the appropriately stamped print products duly and immediately within the delivery time stated in the order to a mail-order firm selected by EventKingdom.

15.3. For technical reasons, minor differences between the preview and the end product may occur (e.g. colour deviation, margins etc).

15.4. No guarantee is given against fading or for the waterproofing capability of printed products.

15.5. In case of justified and timely complaints by the user, EventKingdom may for the time being supply before the user can claim his/ her rights of reduction and change after a failed delivery.

16. Limitation/ Duty to inspect and duty to claim

16.1. The limitation period for claims against warranty for defects is 24 months and begins with the handover of the product. If the customer is a business owner (Sect. 14 BGB), the period is 12 months after handover of the product.

16.2. For business owners, the legal provisions, duty to inspect and duty to claim apply in line with HGB German Commercial Code.

17. Liability

17.1. Except in cases of damage to life and limb, and serious breach of contract, EventKingdom shall be liable only for damage caused by deliberate act or gross negligence. This applies also to immediate consequential damage such as lost profits.

17.2. The liability towards consumers, except intentional or negligent breach of duties or damage to life and limb and infringement of fundamental contractual obligations (cardinal obligations) is limited to the damages that can be reasonably foreseen at conclusion of the contract but only up to the amount of average damages and indirect consequential loss, in particular loss of profit.

17.3. Liability towards companies, except in cases of deliberate act or gross negligence, or damage to life, the body or health, and serious breach of contract and infringement of fundamental contractual obligations (cardinal obligations), is restricted to damage typically foreseeable on conclusion of the contract, and limited to the average amount of damages typical for this form of contract. This applies also to immediate consequential damage such as lost profits.

18. User indemnity against liability

18.1. The customer will free EventKingdom from all claims, which other users or third parties enforce due to a violation of their rights by the customer regarding content, data, statements, information or abusive behaviour towards EventKingdom. The user thereby bears the costs of the neccessary legal defence of EventKingdom. This doesn't apply if the infringement is not caused by the user.

19. Involvement of third parties

19.1. EventKingdom is authorised to commission third parties with the provision of parts or the whole business activities.

20. Withdrawal rights and instructions

20.1. You may revoke your contractual statement within 14 days, without stating reasons, in writing (e.g. letter, e-mail, fax) or by returning your order, if your order is dispatched to you within the withdrawal period. The withdrawal period commences after receipt of these instructions in written form, however, not before receipt of goods by the customer (for repeat deliveries of similar goods, not before receipt of the first partial delivery) and not before we have fulfilled our obligation to instruct pursuant to Art.246 Section 2 in combination with Section 1 (1,2) of the Introductory Law to the German Civil Code and our obligations pursuant to Section 312e (1) para. 1 German Civil Code in combination with Art. 246 Section 3 Introductory Law to the German Civil Code. The timely dispatch of the withdrawal or the goods shall be deemed sufficient for compliance with the withdrawal term. The withdrawal must be sent to:

20.2. In case of valid withdrawal, all considerations received by either party and any utilisation (e.g. interest) shall be returned. If you are unable to return the goods/services provided in full or in part, or only in impaired state, you may be obliged to provide compensation for lost value. In the case of goods surrendered this does not apply if the deterioration of the goods is brought about solely by a tryout thereof - such as would have been possible e.g. in a retail shop. You can avoid being held liable to provide compensation for lost value in case of orderly use of an item, by not using the item as if it were your own property and avoiding any actions that could impair the item's value. Goods which can be returned as packages are to be returned at our cost and risk. Goods which cannot be returned as packages will be picked up from your address. Obligations to refund payments must be fulfilled within 30 days. This period commences for you when you issue notice of withdrawal, or dispatch the goods, and for us on receipt of the same.

21. Destruction of transferred data

21.1. All originals and documents sent by customer to EventKingdom for performance of the order, and especially digital storage media, are not returned by EventKingdom, but destroyed after fulfilling the contract. On express request by the customer, EvntKingdom will return the documents submitted by the customer to the customer. The customer must bear the costs of return shipment.

21.2. EventKingdom reserves the right to create a backup copy, especially of customer’'s originals, materials and content submitted by digital means, in order to comply without delay with customer’'s request for remedying of defects. The data in the backup copy will be used by EventKingdom only for the purpose of remedying defects. After the warranty period has expired, EventKingdom will immediately destroy the backup copy.

22. Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Severability

22.1. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply to the exclusion of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. This does not affect mandatory provisions of the state in which the customer has his/her place of abode.

22.2. If the customer is a business owner, a body corporate under public law, or a special fund under public law, or does not have a general court of jurisdiction in Germany, or moves his/her/its abode to a foreign country after conclusion of the contract, or if the place of abode is unknown at the time of bringing an action, the court of jurisdiction and place of performance shall be EventKingdom's registered offices.

22.3. If any provision of this agreement should be invalid or inapplicable or become invalid or inapplicable after the contract has been concluded, this shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

23. Disclaimers and limitations

23.1. Disclaimer of Warranties: EventKingdom Ltd and its affiliates, licensors, partners, suppliers, consultants and agents ("EventKingdom") disclaim any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability, or availability of information or materials displayed on any of our websites. EventKingdom disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for the conduct of any member. The EventKingdom service, and all materials, information (including, without limitation, any information or materials obtained or accessed through the EventKingdom websites), products and services included therein are provided "as is," with no warranties whatsoever. EventKingdom expressly disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary rights. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties, so the above disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you. You agree that your use of the EventKingdom is entirely at your own risk. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify EventKingdom from and against any third-party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of our services and website, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature.

23.2. Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will EventKingdom be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection with your use of EventKingdom, whether or not EventKingdom has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Such limitation of liability shall apply (i) whether the damages arise from use or misuse of and reliance on the EventKingdom service, from inability to use EventKingdom, or from the interruption, suspension, or termination of the EventKingdom website (including such damages incurred by third parties), and (ii) notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy and to the fullest extent permitted by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation and exclusions may not apply to you.

23.3. Miscellaneous Provisions: These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. The parties agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Berlin, Germany. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of these terms and conditions to be unenforceable, the remainder of the terms and conditions will continue in full force and effect. You shall not assign these terms and conditions or assign any rights or delegate any obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, without our prior written consent. Any such purported assignment or delegation will be null and void and of no force or effect. Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall EventKingdom be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, software failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning. These terms of use constitute the entire agreement between you and EventKingdom with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and replace all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any provision of the terms and conditions by a party will be effective only if in writing and signed by a party.

23.4. Copyright and Trademarks: EventKingdom GmbH and its affiliates and licensors own and retain all rights in the EventKingdom website and service, which contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. "EventKingdom" and "EventKingdom.com" are trademarks of EventKingdom GmbH. All content on EventKingdom.com is copyright EventKingdom GmbH.