Terms of Sale.

1. Who you are contracting with

The ledger is operated by IP Strategy UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Neuss (“we”), whose details are in the Impressum.

Dodo Payments acts as our merchant of record. That means Dodo is the seller of record for the transaction: it takes the payment, handles VAT and sales tax, and issues your receipt. Dodo's own buyer terms apply to the payment itself alongside these terms. Everything about the listing, the ranking and the crest is between you and us.

2. What is sold

A single purchase buys, together:

• A ranked listing on the public ledger for one year, showing your name, your link and your one-line description, positioned by total capital deployed.
• A title corresponding to your total, as set out in the Rules.
• A numbered digital crest — a gold-embossed rendering of your logo bearing the regalia of your title, supplied as image files for social use.

Delivery

The listing appears on the ledger once payment is confirmed. The crest is sent to the email address on your payment automatically, typically within minutes of confirmation and no later than 24 hours. No physical goods are shipped.

What is not included

No guarantee of traffic, clicks, exposure, business outcome or return of any kind. The click counts shown on the ledger are indicative.

3. How a contract is formed

Submitting a bid is an offer. The contract is formed when the payment is confirmed and your listing is placed. We may refuse or reverse any entry, refunding it in full, at our discretion — in particular where the content standards in clause 6 are not met.

You must be at least 18 and legally able to enter a contract. Where you bid on behalf of a business, you confirm you are authorised to do so.

4. Price and payment

You choose your own amount at or above the minimum, in increments of €100. The full amount is charged at once when you pay. Amounts you enter are stated exclusive of VAT; the tax actually applied is determined and shown by Dodo Payments at checkout based on your location, and appears on your receipt.

5. Term, and the annual Tribute

A seat is held for one year from the date of purchase.

To keep the seat beyond that, an annual Tribute of €1,000 falls due on each anniversary. It counts toward your cumulative total in the same way as any other payment.

If the Tribute is not paid, your listing simply stops being shown. Titles already earned and crests already issued remain yours; the seat does not. There is nothing to cancel — not paying is the cancellation.

6. What you supply, and our standards

You provide a name, a link, an optional one-line description and a logo. You confirm that you own or are licensed to use all of it, and you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide licence to display and reproduce it on the ledger, in the crest, and in our own promotion of the ledger, for as long as your listing runs.

We refuse and refund entries that are unlawful or deceptive, that impersonate another party, or that promote malware, adult content, gambling, weapons, pharmaceuticals, hate material, or anything Dodo Payments' acceptance policy prohibits. Logos should be supplied as PNG or SVG with a transparent background; marks we cannot render legibly in gold may be declined.

7. Right of withdrawal

Consumers in the EU have a statutory right to withdraw from a distance contract within fourteen days, without giving a reason. For digital content supplied immediately, that right expires once supply has begun with your express consent and your acknowledgement that you thereby lose it.

Because the listing goes live and the crest is minted on confirmation, you are asked for exactly that consent when you bid. The full detail of how this works, how to withdraw, and what happens if you do, is in the Refund & Cancellation Policy, which forms part of these terms.

8. Availability and liability

We aim to keep the ledger available but do not guarantee uninterrupted service. We may change the design, the tier thresholds or the mechanics; changes do not reduce a title already earned.

We are liable without limit for injury to life, body or health, for intent and gross negligence, and under mandatory statutory liability. For slight negligence we are liable only for breach of an essential contractual obligation, and then only for foreseeable damage typical of this kind of contract, capped at the amount you paid. Nothing here limits rights that cannot be limited by law.

9. Governing law and venue

These terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, you keep the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence. For merchants, the place of jurisdiction is Neuss, Germany.

Should any provision be invalid, the remainder stands.