Sellers' Terms and Conditions
WellRabbit
Marketplace Policies and Code of Conduct
All
sellers are expected to adhere to the following policies when listing products
on WellRabbit. Seller offenses and prohibited content can result in suspension
of your WellRabbit account.
Marketplace Code
of Conduct
This
policy requires that sellers act fairly and honestly on WellRabbit to ensure a
safe buying and selling experience. All sellers must:
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Provide accurate information to WellRabbit and our customers at
all times
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Act fairly and not misuse WellRabbit’s
features or services
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Not attempt to damage or abuse another Seller, their listings or ratings
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Not attempt to influence customers’ ratings, feedback, and
reviews
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Not send unsolicited or inappropriate communications
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Not contact customers except through WellRabbit’s
communication tools
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Not attempt to circumvent the WellRabbit sales process
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Not operate more than one selling account on WellRabbit without
written approval from WellRabbit administrators
Violating
the Code of Conduct or any other WellRabbit policies may result in actions
against your account, such as cancellation of listings, suspension or
forfeiture of payments, and removal of selling privileges. More details about
these policies are below.
Accurate
Information
You
must provide accurate information to WellRabbit and our customers and ensure
all information remains up to date. For example, this means that you must use a
business name that accurately identifies your business and list your products
in the correct category(s).
Acting Fairly
You
must act fairly and lawfully and may not misuse any service provided by WellRabbit.
Examples of unfair activities include:
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Providing misleading or inappropriate information to WellRabbit
or our customers, such as by creating multiple product pages for the same
product
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Posting offensive product images
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Manipulating sales rank (such as by accepting fake orders or
orders that you have paid for) or making claims about sales rank in product
titles or descriptions
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Attempting to increase the price of a product after an order is
confirmed
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Artificially inflating web traffic (using bots or paying for
clicks, for example)
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Attempting to damage another Seller, their listings
or ratings
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Allowing other people to act on your behalf in a way that
violates WellRabbit’s policies or your agreement with
WellRabbit
Ratings,
Feedback, and Reviews
You
may not attempt to influence or inflate customers’ ratings, feedback, and
reviews. You may request feedback and reviews from your own customers in a
neutral manner, but may not:
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Pay for or offer an incentive (such as coupons, rewards points,
or free products) in exchange for providing or removing feedback or reviews
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Ask customers to write only positive reviews or ask them to
remove or change a review
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Solicit reviews only from customers who had a positive
experience
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Review your own products or a competitors’ products
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Suppress or remove reviews without written approval from
WellRabbit
Communications
You
may not send unsolicited or inappropriate messages. All communications to customers
must be sent through WellRabbit Messenger and be necessary for fulfilling the
order or providing customer services. Marketing communications are prohibited.
Customer
Information
If
you receive customer information such as addresses or phone numbers to fulfill
orders, you may use that information only to fulfill orders and must delete it
after the order has been processed. You may not use customer information to
contact customers (except through WellRabbit Messenger) or share it with any
third-party.
Circumventing
the Sales Process
You
may not attempt to circumvent the WellRabbit sales process or divert WellRabbit
customers to another website. This means that you may not provide links or
messages that prompt users to visit any external website or complete a
transaction elsewhere.
Multiple
Selling Accounts on WellRabbit
You
may only maintain one marketplace seller account unless there is a legitimate
business need to open a second account and all of your
accounts are in good standing. If any of your accounts are not in good
standing, we may deactivate all of your selling
accounts until all accounts are in good standing.
Examples
of a legitimate business justification include:
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You own multiple brands and maintain separate businesses for
each
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You manufacture products for two distinct and separate companies
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You are recruited for a WellRabbit program that requires
separate accounts
Filing
Infringement Notices as an Agent or Brand Protection Agency
WellRabbit
understands that many brands may choose to have brand protection agencies or
agents report intellectual property infringement on their behalf and accepts
submissions from authorized agents. However, WellRabbit does not permit
individuals with active selling accounts to file infringement notices as an
agent of a brand when the filing of those notices could benefit their own
selling account (through removing competing listings, for example). Any sellers
filing notices as an agent to benefit their own status as a seller may have
their selling account terminated.
Product Page
Rules
Customers
will learn about your products on your product pages. The policies below ensure
each product detail page covers a single unique item. This helps give customers
a clear and consistent buying experience. In general, you will need to:
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Accurately categorize and describe your
products.
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Refrain from creating duplicate pages for
a product that already has a product detail page.
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Create new product pages for new products
or versions. Do not change a product detail page from one product to a
different product.
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Only create valid product “features” that
relate to the primary product. For example, different capsule counts of the
same supplement.
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Listings must include a “Supplement
Facts” panel when applicable.
Policies for writing listings
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Comply with the WellRabbit product
listing style recommendations as described in this policy.
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Don’t use HTML, JavaScript, or other
types of code in your product pages. As a special case, you can use line
breaks </br> in the description.
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None of the following are allowed in
product detail page titles, descriptions, bullet points, or images:
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Phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, or
website URLs.
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Details of availability, price, or condition.
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Use Capital Letters only for the beginning of
each word. Do not use all Capital Letters throughout the attribute. This
applies for Product Title, Bullet Points and/or Product Description.
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Links to other websites for placing orders, or
alternative shipping offers, such as free shipping.
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Reviews, quotes, or testimonials.
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Obscene or offensive content.
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Requests for positive customer reviews.
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Adverts, promotional material, or watermarks on
images, photos, or videos.
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Time-sensitive information, such as sales
dates, expiration dates, etc.
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Product titles must not have more than
200 characters, including spaces.
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Comply with WellRabbit listing standards
for any product sold on WellRabbit. Failure to do so creates a negative
customer experience and may result in your selling privileges being temporarily
or permanently removed. This includes but is not limited to the following:
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All products must be accurately
categorized. Contact your onboarding specialist with any questions
about product categorization.
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Product titles, product descriptions, and
bullet points must be clearly written and help customers understand the
product.
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Product images must meet WellRabbit image
standards as described in this policy.
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You cannot add details which infringe
upon the IP rights of other parties or individuals.
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You must not use false product
identification information in product pages.
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You must not create a product detail page
for a product already in WellRabbit's catalog without
approval from WellRabbit.
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You must not use product pages to switch-sell
or cross-promote a product.
Policies for editing product pages
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You may only update product pages to
better or more accurately describe the product as originally listed. For
example, permissible updates include additional details, clarifications,
grammatical fixes, or removal of content that violates WellRabbit policy.
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You must not use an existing listing for
a new version of a product. This includes changes in color, size, material,
features, and product name. Instead, create a new product page for each new
version.
Vitamin and
Supplement Product Pages
- Product
pages must include the following information:
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The
name of the dietary supplement
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The
ingredient list, including an image of the ingredient list from the
product label
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The
total quantity or amount of the dietary supplement (e.g.
100 tablets, 5 mg, 6 oz)
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Product
pages must not state that the products cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent a
disease in humans, unless that statement is approved by the FDA
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Product
pages must not include disease names in the keywords
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Product
pages must not state that the products have the same effects as controlled
substances or prescription drugs (e.g.
supplements cannot state that they are alternatives to prescription drugs
or that they are just as effective as a prescription drug)
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Product
pages must not claim that the products produce an effect similar to that of an anabolic steroid, such as
"Legal Steroids"
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Product
pages must not state that the supplements are “FDA approved”
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Images
associated with product pages must not include the FDA logo
WellRabbit
Image Requirements
Image Format
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Images may be submitted in JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), and PNG (.png) formats
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The recommended size of uploaded images ranges from 300x300
pixels to 600x600 pixels
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Images should not exceed 3000 pixels on the largest side
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The image size should not exceed 2 MB.
Image
Standards
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The main product image must be the label art or a professional
photograph or rendering of the product being sold
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The subject of the main product image should fill 85% or more of
the image frame
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The full product must be within the main product image frame
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The main product image should have a pure white background (RGB
255,255,255)
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Images must not contain additional objects unrelated to the
product
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Infographics are permitted as secondary images and must not
contain information with violates this policy
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Secondary images must be of, or pertain to, the product being
represented in the listing
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Backgrounds are permitted in secondary images
Vitamin and
Supplement Product Compliance
If you list products on WellRabbit, you must comply
with all federal, state, local laws, and WellRabbit policies applicable to
those products and product listings, including this policy.
Dietary Supplements covered by
this policy
In the United States, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) regulates the manufacturing, packaging, holding
and labeling of dietary supplements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FD&C Act), and its subsequent amending statutes including the Dietary
Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). The FDA defines a dietary
ingredient as a vitamin, mineral, herb or other botanical, amino acid, dietary
substance for use to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake
or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combination of the
preceding substances. Dietary supplements may not contain articles that are
approved as new drugs, other undeclared drug ingredients, or make disease
claims. Dietary supplements come in different forms such as powders, pills, liquid
drops, and oral sprays. If your product has a Supplement Facts panel, you will
be required to submit compliance documentation. If your product has a Nutrition
Facts panel, this policy does not apply to you.
Our policy for Dietary Supplements
WellRabbit requires sellers to submit documentation
that reflects compliance with applicable regulations or standard requirements,
including but not limited to the below:
21 CFR 101.36 - Nutritional Labeling of Dietary
Supplements
21 CFR 111 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice
(cGMP) in manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding operations for dietary
supplements
21 CFR 117 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice
(cGMP), Hazard Analysis, and Risk Based Preventative Controls (HARPC) for Human
Food
Required Documentation
For each dietary supplement product, you must submit
the following documents:
A finished product Certificate of Analysis (COA) issued
by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited lab
(in-house or third-party). The valid ISO certificate showing name of accreditation
body and accreditation number must also be submitted.
or
A finished product Certificate of Analysis
(COA) issued by an in-house laboratory that is compliant
with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) per 21 CFR 111 and 117. A
valid GMP certificate of the manufacturing facility must also be submitted. WellRabbit
accepts GMP certificates from the following third-party programs: GRMA 455-2,
NSF (NSF/ANSI 173 Section 8 of NSF/ANSI 455-2), UL GMP, USP GMP, Eurofins, SAI
Global, SGS, Intertek, TGA, and SSCI.
or
Evidence of Product enrollment or participation in
one of the following third-party quality certification programs: NSF/ANSI
173 Product Certification, NSF Certified for Sport®, BSCG Certified Drug Free®,
Informed-Choice/Informed-Sport Program, USP Dietary Supplement Verification
Program, UL Brand Certification Program.
Requirements for the Certificate
of Analysis (COA)
A finished product Certificate
of Analysis to support the amount per unit or per serving
of each dietary ingredient(s) claimed on the Supplement Facts panel must be
submitted. The COA submitted to WellRabbit must have been issued within the
past twelve (12) months; must be in Portable Document Format (.pdf); and must
contain the following information:
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Complete
product name.
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Batch/lot
number and/or date code of the unexpired finished product sample that was
tested.
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Name
and address of the laboratory issuing the COA.
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Results
from a laboratory assay performed to support the amount per unit or per serving
of each dietary ingredient(s) claimed on the Supplement Facts panel.
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Must
include a reference to the test method used for each dietary ingredient listed.
If the test method is novel, not an Association of Official Analytical Chemists
(AOAC) Official Method of Analysis or is a modified version of these, or is
in-house, the principle of the method should be stated (e.g., HPLC, GC, etc.).
Actual data and observations should be recorded rather than non-specific
“passes” or “conforms” statements. For testing “by input”, see FAQ section
below for additional supporting documents.
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The
dietary ingredient name(s) on the Supplement Facts panel should match the
ingredient name(s) on the COA.
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The
unit of measure for each dietary ingredient on the Supplement Facts panel (i.e. g, mg, mcg, etc.) should match the unit of measure on
the COA.
Requirements for Product images
Product Images must
meet the following requirements:
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All
images must be legible.
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Images
must clearly show the entire product label (all sides), including the
Supplement Facts panel, ingredients list, certification logos, and any product
warnings.
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Must
contain the product name.
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Must
contain the name and contact information of the brand owner or manufacturer.
Packaging
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Supplements
must be sealed in the original manufacturer’s packaging
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Supplements
must be new and unused
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Supplements
must clearly display the identifying codes placed on the packaging by the
manufacturer or distributor, such as matrix codes, lot numbers, or serial
numbers
Labeling
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Supplements must be labeled
in English with the following information:
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The
name of the dietary supplement
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The
total quantity or amount of the dietary supplement (e.g.
100 tablets, 5 mg, 6 oz)
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A
“Supplement Facts” panel
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The
ingredient list
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The
name and address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor
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Supplement
labels must not state that the products cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent
a disease in humans, unless that statement is approved by the FDA
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Supplement
labels must not claim that the products have the same effects as
controlled substances or prescription drugs
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Supplement
labels must not claim that the supplements are “FDA approved”
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Supplement
labels must not use the FDA logo
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Supplement
labels must not state “tester,” “not for retail sale,” or “not intended
for resale”
Products and
Ingredients
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Supplements must not be
named in an FDA recall or safety alert (for more information, see: Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety
Alerts)
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Supplements must not
contain ingredients prohibited by the FDA (for more information,
see: Dietary Supplement Products
& Ingredients)
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Supplements must not be
identified as adulterated (e.g. unsafe or lacking evidence of safety) or
misbranded (e.g. having false or misleading information on the label) in
an FDA warning letter (for more information, see: FDA Warning Letters)
- Supplements must be safe for use and must
not be a product that the FDA has determined presents an unreasonable risk
of injury or illness, such as:
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Products that
contain pure powdered caffeine (for more information, see: Pure and Highly
Concentrated Caffeine)
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Supplements must not be
named by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as making untrue marketing
claims (for more information, see: Federal Trade Commission Press Releases)
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Supplements must not contain controlled
substances, such as:
- Anything listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Controlled Substances Act, except Cannabidiol approved by WellRabbit
-
"List I"
chemicals or their derivatives as designated by the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA)
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Supplements must comply with WellRabbit
policies, including:
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Supplements that
contain ingredients derived from sharks, whales, dolphins, or porpoises
are prohibited from sale
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Supplements that
contain more than 12% hydrogen peroxide are prohibited from sale
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Patches that are
marketed as dietary supplements or detox products are prohibited from
sale
Policy
Violations
If you do not provide the required information by
the applicable deadline, we may:
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Remove
the relevant product listings
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Suspend
your ability to add new products and/or listing privileges
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Withhold
any payments due to you
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Pursue
legal action
We reserve the right to take any further actions
that may be necessary in our sole discretion.
WellRabbit Seller
Disbursements
Income
·
WellRabbit will collect the sales revenue, estimated sales
taxes, shipping and delivery fees, and any other applicable fees at the time of
sale
·
WellRabbit will collect payment prior to authorizing fulfillment
of the order
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WellRabbit will issue refunds, credits, etc. for approved
returns. Returns will be charged to the seller’s account
Disbursement
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WellRabbit will distribute payments to
sellers by the fifth business day of each month for the previous month’s sales
activity
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Distributions will consist of sales for
the seller’s store less WellRabbit commissions, inventory storage, shipping
fees, pick and pack fees, returns, sales taxes withheld, coupons and
promotions, and any other applicable fees according to the sellers’ marketplace
vendor plan
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The seller’s account balance is a
running total of orders, returns,
Marketplace
Commission
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WellRabbit’s marketplace commission
will be calculated based on the “Transaction Fee” established by the seller’s
Vendor Plan
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The Transaction Fee is a percentage of
each order’s subtotal (total product cost) plus a fixed per-transaction cost,
if applicable
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Shipping charges, sales tax, discounts,
promotions, etc. are not considered when calculating marketplace commission
WellRabbit
Preferred Seller Program
Vendor Plans
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WellRabbit
has established certain vendor plans to which sellers can enroll which will
allow the enrolled sellers’ products to be featured prominently on the
WellRabbit home page, marketing materials, search results, and more
Marketing and
Promotion
·
WellRabbit
may develop marketing materials to promote its marketplace featuring products
from sellers enrolled in a Preferred Seller vendor plan
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Preferred
Seller products may be featured prominently on the WellRabbit home page and
throughout the site in the form of banners, sliders, pop-ups, etc
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Preferred
Seller products may be featured in relevant Doctor Researched blogs, videos,
landing pages, newsletters, and other content
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Preferred
Seller products may be featured in pay-per-click and other advertising and
marketing campaigns
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Preferred
Seller products may be featured prominently in WellRabbit search results
Discounts and
Promo Codes
·
WellRabbit
may create limited-time discount offers, promo codes, and the like of up to 20%
off the sale price of Preferred Sellers’ products.
·
WellRabbit
may create these promotions at its discretion to promote the Preferred Sellers
and the marketplace
Fulfillment
by WellRabbit
Vendor Plans
·
WellRabbit
has established certain vendor plans to which sellers can enroll which will
allow the sellers’ products to be fulfilled by WellRabbit marketplace
fulfillment
Inventory
Handling and Storage Fees
·
Products
stored for fulfillment by WellRabbit will incur monthly storage fees per cubic
foot according to the seller’s vendor plan
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Products
received by WellRabbit for fulfillment will incur a receiving fee per cubic
foot according to the seller’s vendor plan
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Product
Codes and SKUs will be assigned by WellRabbit and should not be changed by the
seller
Shipping and
Fulfillment Fees
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Orders
fulfilled by WellRabbit will incur a pick and pack fee according to the
seller’s vendor plan
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Packaging
materials and shipping cost will be charged to the seller
Inventory Levels
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Sellers
must maintain adequate stock at WellRabbit to ensure products remain in stock
in the marketplace
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Listings
which have sold out may be hidden or removed by the marketplace
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Stock
level warnings may be configured in the seller administrator panel of the
marketplace
Fulfillment
by Seller
Vendor Plans
·
WellRabbit
has established certain vendor plans to which sellers can enroll which will
make the seller responsible for its own order fulfillment
Marketplace
Fees and Commission
·
Marketplace
fees and commissions will be determined by the seller’s vendor plan
Fulfillment
and Communication
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Sellers
must fulfill all orders received by 1:00PM local time on the same business day
·
Sellers
must integrate their fulfillment systems with the marketplace to ensure timely
transmission of shipment details
·
Sellers
must integrate their inventory management systems with the marketplace to
ensure inventory levels remain accurate in the marketplace to prevent
over-selling and backorders