Terms & legal

1. Legal notice and provider

Provider information for World for Sale at worldsale.io under section 5 of Germany’s Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG).

For support, placement questions, privacy requests or a content report, email pekkipodev@gmail.com. You can also report illegal content, withdraw from a contract or terminate a contract online without signing in. Do not send passwords, private management links or card details.

These terms apply to use of World for Sale and new ongoing Country and Planet placements. Specific terms shown in your purchase or invitation confirmation also apply. Earlier purchases keep their agreed service and duration; new rules do not rewrite them.

2. Your product and access

You must be at least 18 to buy a placement or redeem an invitation, and authorized to promote the product, business or channel you submit. Give accurate contact details and keep your destination link safe and working. Products may link to a website or a public social or video channel.

Browsing and placement do not require a public signup. When you place a product, a private guest session protects your order access. We ask for an email address for paid contract information and correspondence. Keep receipt and access links private; access to an email inbox does not establish ownership of an unrelated product. We may ask for proportionate evidence before making ownership or payment changes.

3. Country and Planet placement

Each product has a separate total in each country and a separate Planet total. Country selection is a symbolic place on the map. It does not target visitors in that country or certify a product’s origin. A Country purchase does not increase the Planet total, or vice versa.

Higher eligible totals rank higher. Equal totals favor the product that reached its current total first, with a stable identifier used for an exact tie. Planet’s first three places receive the dedicated podium positions; other eligible products remain in its leaderboard. Ranking is commercial placement, not a quality rating or endorsement.

The minimum base ranking contribution is $10 USD. Additional base contributions are at least $1 in whole-dollar increments. These ranking amounts are separate from the final charge, including any applicable tax, shown before you pay. The review states the board, amount being added, resulting total and estimated rank. Estimates can change while another product’s contribution is confirmed. There are no automatic bids, subscriptions or recurring charges.

Totals do not periodically expire or reset. Your eligible listing remains when another product passes it, subject to these terms and continued operation of the service. No purchase guarantees a fixed rank, time at #1, impressions, clicks, sales or other commercial result. There is no 24-hour protection or future auction allocation for new ongoing placements.

4. Payment and confirmation

Checkout displays the final charge and applicable taxes before you pay. Card payment is processed through Stripe. A placement contribution takes effect only after verified payment and successful fulfillment. Returning from checkout alone does not confirm either. Taxes do not increase ranking totals.

Paid checkout asks for a confirmation email. This checkout is for immediate placement and requires a separate express request to start the service during the withdrawal period. An early start request is not a waiver of statutory rights. Keep the applicable contract information and confirmation sent to that address. If you do not receive it, contact us with your order reference.

A receipt records the confirmed contribution and rank at that time. A later contribution, refund or eligibility change can change rank. You pay for the confirmed increase even if another product ranks higher. Being outbid alone is not a refund reason, without limiting your statutory rights.

5. Invitation codes

An eligible invitation grants $10 of placement credit on one board: a chosen Country or Planet. A canonical product can redeem one invitation across all codes. Codes may be bound to an intended startup or product and have an expiry, campaign budget or redemption limit. Creating duplicate listings does not create extra eligibility.

A valid redemption confirms the covered placement without a card charge. This grant contributes to its placement total and rank, but is recorded separately from paid money and revenue. It is not cash, cannot be withdrawn or exchanged for a cash refund, and does not cover an unlimited outbid amount.

Disabling a code stops future redemptions. It does not, by itself, cancel a grant already confirmed. We may correct a duplicate, fraudulent or otherwise ineligible redemption, explaining the reason and offering a human review. Mandatory rights remain unaffected.

6. Content and destination rules

You keep your rights in submitted text and images. You grant us the non-exclusive permission needed to store, format, display and share your listing and its preview while providing the service. You must have the necessary rights to the name, logo, images and destination. Public listings may be shared, cached or indexed by others.

• No unlawful, fraudulent, misleading or impersonating listings.
• No malware, phishing, abusive redirects or attempts to obtain someone else’s credentials.
• No infringing, hateful, exploitative or otherwise unlawful content, or private personal information shared without a lawful basis.
• No ranking manipulation, code abuse, automated payment abuse or interference with the service.

Listings do not require routine pre-publication approval. We may review a listing or destination when resolving a report or protecting the service. Display does not endorse the product. External products have their own providers, terms and privacy practices.

7. Reports and moderation

Use Report illegal content to send the exact listing or URL, a substantiated explanation and the required declaration and contact information. You can also email pekkipodev@gmail.com. A report is a request for review; it does not automatically remove a listing or refund a purchase.

We may restrict an unsafe or unlawful listing, destination or access while investigating. We preserve relevant records and assess any payment or service correction separately. Where permitted, we explain a material action and you can request human review by email. We do not treat every content report as proof of a breach.

The online form records the notice and provides a receipt. An acknowledgment confirms receipt, not a finding that the content is illegal. We assess the notice and explain the resulting decision through the contact details supplied, subject to legal restrictions.

8. Problems, corrections and refunds

Contact pekkipodev@gmail.com if a charge is duplicated, a paid placement is missing, or the service differs from what was agreed. Include the order reference, but no card details or private management link. We investigate and provide an appropriate correction or refund where required. A refund is complete only when confirmed by the payment provider; confirmed refunds reduce the affected paid ranking total.

Ordinary refund requests are reviewed manually. This does not make statutory refunds optional or delay a legal deadline. Technical recovery for an unfulfillable payment remains separate. A submitted withdrawal or termination does not itself confirm a refund.

We do not silently transfer a failed purchase to another board or charge you for a different service. Low traffic or losing a rank alone does not establish a service failure. Your statutory remedies for a defective or undelivered service remain available.

9. Consumer withdrawal

If you buy as a consumer and have a statutory right of withdrawal, you can withdraw within 14 days from conclusion of the contract without giving a reason. Tell Aleksei Petukhov at the address below or email pekkipodev@gmail.com with a clear statement before the deadline. You can also use Withdraw from a contract without signing in. You may use the model below, but do not have to.

I hereby withdraw from my contract for the following service: [placement and order reference].

Ordered on: [date].

Consumer name and address: [your details].

Date: [date]. Signature: [only if sent on paper].

Following a valid withdrawal, we reimburse the payments due to you without undue delay and within 14 days after receiving your notice, using the same payment method unless we agree otherwise, without a reimbursement fee. Where the law allows it, an expressly requested early start may require a proportionate payment for service already provided, after the required information has been given.

Starting a placement does not, by itself, waive withdrawal rights. Any legally required early-performance request or acknowledgement must be obtained separately. These terms do not limit a longer period or other mandatory rights that apply to you.

The online form lets you review and confirm your declaration, records its receipt time and provides a downloadable receipt. Receipt of a notice does not depend on the later review or delivery of an email. Keep your confirmation; contact us if the acknowledgment does not arrive. Submission does not instantly move money or remove a listing.

10. Ending an ongoing placement

You can send a termination declaration using Terminate a contract without signing in, or contact us by email or post. Identify the contract and your requested ending date. You may give a reason where relevant, such as a reason for extraordinary termination.

We record your declaration and review the contract, authority and effective date. The acknowledgment is proof of receipt, not a decision about a refund or the requested date. Termination is distinct from withdrawal and does not create recurring charges or automatically remove another person’s product. Mandatory termination rights and deadlines remain unaffected.

11. Availability and responsibility

We work to keep World for Sale available but cannot promise uninterrupted operation. We may make reasonable changes for maintenance, security or legal requirements. A material change or closure does not erase an existing payment obligation or remedy for an unfulfilled service.

Nothing here excludes responsibility or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded, including mandatory consumer rights. The map is illustrative; borders are not a political statement or a sale of territory. Placement gives no ownership interest in a country, company or World for Sale.

12. Changes and contact

We publish the current terms with their update date. Material changes will be brought to your attention, with agreement requested where required. A change does not retroactively replace the service you already purchased. For questions or a complaint, contact pekkipodev@gmail.com. Mandatory protections under the laws applicable to you remain unaffected.