Table of Contents
1. Terms and Conditions
2. About Us
3. Amendments to These Terms
4. Platform Access
5. Eligibility for Registration
6. Account Registration and Obligation
7. Description of Our Services
8. Premium Ads, Features, and Usage Requirements of Ads
9. Our Rights Concerning Your Content
10. Fees and Payment
11. Intellectual Property
12. Trademarks
13. Liability
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
15. Indemnification
16. Geographic Considerations
17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
18. Severability
19. Termination
20. General
21. The Process of Buying Items Through Us
22. Property Considerations on Yalla Deals
23. The Process of Buying Cars Through Us
1. Terms and Conditions
Together with its subsidiaries and other affiliates, Yalla Deals Marketing LLC, a Dubai company (“Yalla Deals”), makes available the “Site” (yalla.deals and all subdomains), “Services,” and “Platform.” Access to and use of Yalla Deals existing Site, Sevices, and Platform, are governed by this Terms of Conditions Agreement (this “Agreement”).
It includes all terms, policies, and updates posted by us (the “Terms“) to:
– inform you and set out the terms and conditions; and
– browse and make use of the Site, Services, and Platform, including any Content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Site and Platform. This applies whether you are a guest, registered user, or service provider. When we say “you” or “your” or “user,” we mean any user of the Site, be it a viewer, buyer, or seller. When we say “we” or “us” or “our,” we mean Yalla Deals and its affiliates.
In these Terms and Conditions:
“Affiliates” collectively means any company controlled or owned by Yalla Deals and any JBR Labs entity jointly offering the Services.
“Premium Package” means any package of advertising service we agree to provide to you once you purchase such package on our website or mobile app, under these Terms and Conditions.
“Services” collectively means any services, content, features, technologies, or functions, and all related websites, applications, and services offered to the user by us.
“Platform” collectively means the website, mobile application, mobile sites, or other online properties through which we offer our Services to the user.
“Posting Agent” means a third-party agent, service, or intermediary that offers to post Content to the Services on behalf of others.
“Content” or “User Content” collectively means submissions, posts, files, images, reviews, feedback, photos, videos, sounds, text, illustrations, images, suggestions, ideas, logos, hashtags, designs, icons, business listings/information, directory information, or any other material made available through our Services and Platform.
“Agreement” collectively means these Terms and Conditions, which can be updated from time to time.
“Terms” collectively means the terms stated in this Agreement.
Please read this Agreement carefully before using the Site, Services, and Platform. Using our Site, Services, and Platform, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms along with our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, please refrain from using the Site, Services, and Platform. If you violate or do not agree to these Terms, then your access to and use of our Site, Services, or Platform is unauthorized.
THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT OR DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY IT OR OUR YALLA DEALS PRIVACY POLICY REFERENCED HEREIN, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE SITE, AND YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, SERVICES, OR PLATFORM, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, THAT YOU ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT.
2. About Us
Yalla Deals is a registered platform and trademark owned and operated by Yalla Deals Marketing LLC, which is registered in Dubai and is operating from the following address:
Office M05, Makateb Building, Al Maktoum Road, Deira, Dubai.
Telephone: +97142364992
Email: [email protected]
Yalla Deals Marketing LLC is the owner and operator of the online classified advertisements Site, Services, and Platform. We provide services to you according to our Terms and Conditions – hereinafter referred to as “Yalla Deals,” “our,” “we,” or “us” in these Terms and Conditions.
3. Amendments to These Terms
We may occasionally revise, amend, and update these Terms by amending this page at our sole discretion. Your continued use of the Site, Services, or Platform following the posting of the revised Terms means that you accept and agree to such changes.
You are expected to check this page from time to time to notice any changes we made as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these Terms may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Site and Platform. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting on the Site and Platform.
4. Platform Access
Access to the Platform is permitted temporarily. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on the Platform at our sole discretion and without notice (see below). We will not be liable if, for any reason, the Site or mobile application (collectively called Platform) is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site and Platform or the entire Site or Platform, including users who have registered with us.
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third-party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time if, in our opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Platform. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Platform through your internet connection are aware of this Agreement and comply with these Terms.
We do not guarantee that our Site or Platform or any Content (including our content and user content), information, software, text, graphics, links, or communications provided on it always be available, error-free, virus-free, or uninterrupted. You expressly agree to use the Site and Platform at your own risk. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Site and Platform without notice for business and operational reasons at any time. We will not be liable for any interruption to the Services or Platform, whether intentional or otherwise. We recommend that you back up any content and data used in connection with the Platform to protect yourself if you encounter problems with the Platform or Services. We will not be held liable to you if, for any reason, our Site or Platform is unavailable at any time or for any period.
Parts of the Site and Platform may only be accessible to registered users and not to visitors. To have full access to our services, you will need to register as a user. If there are charges associated with our services, we will make this clear before you incur any costs. Yalla Deals is not responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of your account. You agree that Yalla Deals does bear any responsibility if you lose or share access to your device. Any agreement between you and the issuer of your credit card, debit card, or other payment forms will continue to govern your use of such payment method on the Platform. You agree that Yalla Deals is not a party to any such agreement, nor is Yalla Deals responsible for the content, accuracy, or unavailability of any method used for payment. Your account may be restricted or terminated if we believe you have breached any of these Terms at our sole discretion. If we terminate or suspend your account, we will notify you by email. You are not permitted to re-register either directly or indirectly via a related entity.
5. Eligibility for Registration
Registration to the Platform is not available to any persons under 18 years of age. Yalla Deals requires its users to form legally binding contracts and ensure minors do not purchase unsuitable products. You represent that you are over 18 years of age before registering with the Platform. Yalla Deals reserves the right to block registration or withdraw access to the Platform if it believes a person is under 18 years of age. The Platform is unavailable to anyone whose registration has been withdrawn or suspended.
If you register as a business entity, you represent you have the authority to bind the entity to these Terms and ensure both you and the entity comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
6. Account Registration and Obligation
If you wish to use the Platform as a registered user, you must provide us with complete and accurate information, including but not limited to details such as your name, email address, and contact details, to create an account. For more information on how we use your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy. You agree to ensure the information you provide during registration is complete, accurate, correct, and updated. It is your responsibility to maintain your account details’ confidentiality and accept responsibility for all activities under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or potential breaches of security. You should exercise caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer, device, or network so that others cannot view or record your particular password or other personal information.
Under no circumstances will we be liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage whatsoever from the fraudulent use of your account or breach of its security. You warrant that you will not use another account holder’s details at any time, except under express consent by that account holder, nor use either your own or someone else’s account for any improper, unauthorized, or illegal purposes.
Yalla Deals prevents using “Posting Agents,” directly or indirectly, without obtaining our express written permission. A Posting Agent refers to a third-party agent, service, or intermediary that offers to post Content or use our Services or Platform on behalf of others. Posting Agents are not permitted to post Content on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, or otherwise access our Services or Platform to post Content on behalf of others, except with express written permission or license from Yalla Deals. Failure to present such written authorization does not constitute any evidence against us to hold us liable if an account has been improperly or fraudulently used or utilized without the principal account holder’s consent.
You will be responsible for maintaining and promptly updating the data used for registration with our Platform and ensuring it is true, accurate, and complete. If you provide, or Yalla Deals has reasonable grounds to suspect you have provided any information which is untrue, inaccurate, not current, misleading, incomplete, or not following these Terms, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of Yalla Deals under these Terms or by law, Yalla Deals reserves the right to temporarily or indefinitely suspend, limit or withdraw access to and registration with the Platform.
If you are a business entity registering with the Platform, Yalla Deals may inquire about your identity, and we may ask for your trade license or other relevant documents which demonstrate either your authority to act on the business entity’s behalf or any other person’s authority to act on your behalf. You agree to provide any such information and documentation requested by Yalla Deals. You acknowledge that if you do not comply with these requests, Yalla Deals may, without liability, limit, suspend or withdraw your access to and registration with the Platform.
Yalla Deals also reserves the right to cancel any unconfirmed/unverified accounts that have been inactive for more than three months.
In this section, you must understand the potential legal ramifications whenever you use our Platform and Services. Yalla Deals is not liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss, damage, cost, or expense which may arise out of or in connection with your use of, or the inability to access and use, our ad services package or any of our Services and Platform. You agree to indemnify Yalla Deals against such liability, and Section 7 constitutes a binding contract between you and Yalla Deals that acknowledges such exclusion of liability. You must carefully read these Terms and agree to them before you use any of the Services or Platform. Your use of our Services and Platform constitutes your acceptance of our Terms. As a consequence of these statements, please note that we and/or other persons/parties may file claims against you if we, at our sole discretion, believe that you have misused our Services or Platform. Therefore, these statements are deemed undeniable. Your negligence of these statements will not constitute a valid reason to exclude you from any liability arising out of use or inability to access and use our Service and Platform.
7. Description of Our Services
Yalla Deals is an advanced classified portal for listing items for sale or rent. Our Platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to target the right people who may be interested in your ad. This process is done using real-time social analysis and dynamic audience profiles generated by our driverless, AI-based social media marketing engine, “E-Socializer.”
With E-Socializer’s help, Yalla Deals “targets” the right people looking for something similar to what you are advertising by automatically placing your ad on highly targeted marketing campaigns via different social media platforms.
Our formula works like this:
(Your ad is posted on our website and mobile app)
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(E-Socializer collates your ad’s content with different keywords and audience profiles. The engine automatically includes your ad in highly targeted campaigns on different social media platforms)
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Increase your chances of closing a deal with the right buyer.
Also, users can add various chargeable on-site upgrades to let their ad stand out and attract more customers. Upgrades include:
a. Featured and Urgent Badges
b. Highlighted ads.
Users can post or search for anything in real estate, cars for sale, cars for rent, electronics, furniture, jobs, and other categories. Yalla Deals offers built-in advanced features such as 360 virtual tours for real estate properties, embedded videos, five easy ways to communicate (Yalla Chat, Call, WhatsApp, SMS, Email), agents management, and easy-to-use ad performance metrics & scheduled reports.
Our partner, PayTabs, will handle your financial and transactional data securely. Therefore, we are not in control, nor do we handle your financial and transactional data. PayTabs is a leading payment gateway that adheres to industry standards for payment processing, including compliance with The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). For more information regarding their privacy policy, please refer to the link below:
Privacy Policy
You hereby acknowledge that we are not handling your financial data, and therefore are not liable to your financial and transactional data. You agree to use our Site, mobile application, Services, and Platform, including the payment gateway, at your own risk. We are not in any way responsible or liable for any user Content, including ads, descriptions, hashtags, product information, feedback, logos, icons, text, illustrations, listings, postings, messages between you and other users (such as emails, chat, or any other electronic or telecommunication means), comments, images, directory information, files, photos, videos, sounds, business listings/information and or any other content/information found on our Services and Platform. We are also not responsible or liable for any third-party sites which are linked to Yalla Deals. You hereby acknowledge that by using our Services and Platform, you do so at your own risk.
Any Content you upload or post on our Platform is deemed non-confidential. You further agree that Yalla Deals has the right to use any ideas, concepts, feedback, and know-how that you make available in connection with the Platform (“Ideas”) for any purpose we deem appropriate. Yalla Deals may sublicense its rights in user Content and Ideas through multiple tiers of sublicenses. Yalla Deals is, and will be, under no obligation:
– To keep any user Content or idea in confidence:
– To pay any compensation in any form or manner for any user Content or idea.
– To respond to any user Content or idea.
You grant Yalla Deals the right to use any name associated with any user Content or idea that you make available to Yalla Deals. However, Yalla Deals has no obligation to exercise such right or otherwise provide any User Content or idea attribution.
You will be responsible for the legality, the accuracy, the appropriateness, the originality, and your rights in any of your user Content and ideas.
You should also use your best judgment, evaluate, and bear the risks of using any content on our Services and Platform. Although we may pre-screen and evaluate Content for abusive, explicit, and offensive material, we are not, in any way, obligated to perform any pre-screening of any kind. As such, please understand that you may come across Content that is abusive, explicit, offensive, objectionable, inaccurate, and misleading, and you agree to use our Services and Platform at your own risk. We cannot review or pre-screen all User Content before it is posted on the Platform and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third-party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for the performance or nonperformance of the activities described in Section 7.
Under no circumstances can you rely on said Content to hold us liable for any damages or loss of any kind, including direct, indirect, or consequential, which may arise out of or connected with your use of, or the inability to access and use, our Services and Platform. You will be responsible for the legality, accuracy, appropriateness, originality, and rights in any User Content and Ideas. You are also responsible for your actions on our Services and Platform, and you hereby acknowledge that we are not responsible or liable for any of your content. This includes posting, uploading, and linking any of your Content on our Services and Platform.
As such, you hereby confirm and warrant the following:
1) Whenever you post on our Services and Platform, you have and will continue to have all the necessary legal rights for your content. This includes any required licensing, legal permissions, usage rights, patents, proprietary rights, trade secrets, trademarks, and agreements to use and post such content. As a result of posting your content on our Services and Platform, you hereby give us full permission to list, upload, and make any such content available on our Services and Platform.
2) If your posted Content contains names of persons (individual and identifiable) or businesses, you have the written agreement and permission of every person and business to allow for the use of such content according to our Terms.
3) Whenever you submit information and post on our Services and Platform, you still keep all ownership rights to your content. However, you hereby grant Yalla Deals, its service providers, licensees, successors, assigns, and its affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative work from, distribute and display (publicly or otherwise) any of your Content posted or submitted that you make available, in any media or medium, and any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. You further grant Yalla Deals and its affiliate sites a sub-license to use the name submitted in connection with your User Content at our discretion. We require such rights to enable our services by hosting and displaying your Content. You hereby agree that the rights we have been granted due to your posting on our Services and Platform are worldwide, perpetual rights, and therefore cannot be denied or revoked by you.
Yalla Deals grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access and use our Services and Platform for personal use. This license granted within does not cover any of the following:
a. Posting Agents accessing or using our Services or Platform; or
b. any collection, replication, duplication, display, or derivative use of our Services and Platform, or any use of data mining or collection tools and techniques, including but not limited to scrapers, spiders, and mining robots, for any purpose unless expressly permitted by Yalla Deals or as otherwise outlined in these Terms. Manual extraction of our data and Content for commercial purposes is also prohibited.
Subject to Article 7, general-purpose internet search engines such as Google and Facebook bots and non-commercial public archives that collect information only for displaying hyperlinks to our Services and Platform are allowed to collect our data provided they:
– collect our Content from a stable IP address or range of IP addresses using a clearly identifiable agent, and
– comply with our robots.txt file.
– For the avoidance of doubt and this exception, a “general purpose internet search engine” does not include a website or search engine or other technology or service that specializes in classified listings, including any category of classifieds listings such as cars, properties for sale/rent, jobs, and electronics which otherwise provides classified ad listing services.
– Subject to the license provisions in Section 7, you are allowed to display on or link our individual postings from our Services or Platform to your website only if you use our Content for non-commercial and/or media reporting or news purposes such as personal blogs or other personal online media. The use of data collection tools is still strictly prohibited (no crawling or mining).
Yalla Deals may restrict the number of postings displayed on or linked to your website. Any other use of our Services or Platform outside the scope of the license terms stated herein, including commercial purposes, is prohibited and will immediately terminate any permission or license granted to you by us.
If you want to display, collect, aggregate, replicate, duplicate, or otherwise make derivative use of our Services or any Content made available via Yalla Deals for any other unrelated purposes, including commercial purposes, you need first to obtain written approval from Yalla Deals.
While we do not have an obligation to monitor the content of messages sent using our Services, we reserve the right, at our discretion, to screen and monitor chat messages on Yalla Chat for fraud, phishing messages, and spam prevention. We encourage you to exercise caution whenever you submit any information to another user. Any chat message you send to another user is stored in our systems. This may include your name, address, meeting location, and any other information you voluntarily choose to share with another user or the Yalla Deals community. We do not mine user chat messages for information or pull any such information (such as providing another user your address) and storing it separately. For example, if you chat with another user about your age, expertise, or address, we do not store such data or use it for any purpose, except that we store your chat history (as is) as described in this Policy.
Premium Ads, Features, and Usage Requirements of Ads
Yalla Deals provides a service known as “Premium Ads,” where you can pay a non-refundable fee to select premium upgrades to make your ad stand out and reach interested buyers more effectively.
The upgrades are:
a. Intelligent Marketing
Your ad will automatically be published in our targeted campaigns via our AI marketing engine on social media platforms to reach genuinely interested buyers.
b. Featured
Featured ads increase your ad’s visibility and attract higher-quality viewers. The ads are displayed prominently in the “Featured Ads” section on the home page.
c. Urgent
Make your ad stand out and let viewers know that your listing is time-sensitive.
d. Highlighted
Highlight your ad on the search results page.
Your listing will go live after review.
This section explains how the Platform works as follows:
– You can purchase Premium Ad(s) as a single Ad or as a package. Once you purchase the Premium Ad(s), our third-party payment gateway provider -PayTabs- will process your financial and transactional data securely. PayTabs may have access to personal information provided by users needed to perform their functions but may not use it for any other purpose. Yalla Deals does not have access to or retain any user payment information.
– Once the Premium Ad(s) amount is processed, we will list your Premium Ad(s) on our Platform along with any purchased upgrades.
– If you select the “Marketing” upgrade, we will provide a targeted, AI-based social media advertising service to you. This means that not only do we list your Premium Ad(s) on our Platform, we also deliver it directly to genuinely interested buyers using our social media marketing engine, “E-Socializer.”
– This is our unique way of maximizing your Premium Ad reach to your targeted audience. Ultimately, this means that you do not have to waste any more time and effort by receiving numerous calls from non-serious buyers. You will simply leave the process of reaching targeted buyers to us. We will endeavor to bring you the best-targeted Ad experience possible to maximize your chances of a successful sale with the minimum possible number of phone calls, viewings, etc…
If you purchase a Premium Ad, you agree to abide by the following terms:
1) You agree that any Content you post on our Platform will not be deemed in breach of any confidentiality agreement due to making such Content available on our Platform. You own or are otherwise entitled to any rights in any of your user Content.
2) You agree to comply with all our Terms before posting on our Platform and using our Services. You agree that your Content does not violate any of our Terms and policies.
3) You confirm and warrant that any Content you, or on behalf of you, post on our Platform is accurate, real, and not false, specious, deceptive, misleading, or fraudulent. We have the right to delete your Content without prior notice if we believe that, at our sole discretion, your Content violates our Terms or if we deem such action to be appropriate with regards to your Content. You agree that we have these irrevocable rights, and you cannot object once we remove your Content at our absolute discretion.
4) We reserve the right to make any changes to our features, ads, services, or other Services on our Platform. We will attempt to make reasonable efforts to notify you of such changes by posting on our Platform, or we may contact you directly – whichever we deem suitable.
5) You confirm that you and any other persons working on your behalf will comply with our Terms as well as the applicable law whenever you upload and use our features ads on our Platform. You agree that Posting Agents are not allowed unless we approve them in writing.
6) You confirm and warrant that you have all the licenses, rights, and agreements relevant to the use of our ad services and features. If at any time, you believe that your security has been compromised or your data has been breached, you will notify us immediately. In such an event, you will indemnify us from any loss or damage which results from any unauthorized access, breach, or disclosure to any third-party.
7) You agree to inform us if you come across, or become aware of, any third-party action that infringes on our Platform.
8) You will indemnify us against any direct, indirect, or consequential loss, damage, cost, or expense which may arise out of, or in connection with your use of, or the inability to access and use, our Ad Services Package or any of our Services and Platform. You agree to absolve Yalla Deals from any such liability.
9) You acknowledge and agree that any Content you upload on our Platform is not, and does not contain, material which is obscene, offensive, abusive, pornographic, defamatory, blasphemous, objectionable or unlawful, and does not infringe, or potentially infringe, the rights of a third-party or any applicable law including, in particular, any intellectual property rights, the laws, and regulations of the UAE or international law.
10) Your Content is original and not copied in whole or in part from any third party and is not protected by or would infringe on the rights of others (including Yalla Deals), including any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or privacy, or any other proprietary right, without the express prior written consent of the applicable owner.
11) Your Content does not contain or constitute software viruses, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, online surveys or contests, raffles, Ponzi or pyramid schemes, spam, junk mail, chain letters, affiliate marketing in any form.
12) Your Content is not derogatory, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity as determined by Yalla Deals at our sole discretion
13) Your Content does not victimize, harass, degrade, or intimidate an individual or a group based on ethnicity, religion, gender, race, age, sect, disability, or other immutable traits.
14) Your Content will not be violent or threaten or promote violence against any individual or group.
15) Your Content does not violate the principles of tolerance, including as set out in the UAE.
16) Your Content will not contain advertisements or solicitations without prior written permission from Yalla Deals or spam links to other websites or individuals.
17) Your Content does not impersonate another business, person, or entity, including Yalla Deals, its related persons including other related entities, its employees, agents, vendors, contractors, or others;
18) You will not upload any Content that is intended to cause harm, damage, disable, or otherwise interfere with the Yalla Deals, the Platform, our partners, affiliates, and associates.
19) You will not impersonate any person or entity or use any false email address, or otherwise mislead us as to the origin of any Content submitted, and you agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless from and against any claims arising from your claims and/or any third-party claims to any rights in any Content.
20) You will not reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell, for commercial or any other purposes, any part of our Site or Platform.
21) You will not frame or utilize framing technologies to endorse any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of our Platform;
22) You will not use any metatags or any other ‘hidden text’ utilizing our Platform’s name or trademarks.
23) You will not access without authority, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any part of our Platform or any software or equipment necessary for the provision of our Services and Platform.
24) You will not submit voluminous ad requests (spam) through the Platform in a given period of time for which it is impossible for a human user to reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional online web browser or mobile application.
25) As described in Clause 7.9, you will not misuse, misappropriate, and take advantage of the Platform and Services to extract any information used by any competitors or third-parties.
26) You will not use the Platform in such a way as to avoid or circumvent your commitment to pay Yalla Deals for access to the Services provided by us on our Platform;
27) You will not use our Platform (including the profile page and username) to offer and promote irrelevant services which are not offered through our Platform.
28) In the unfortunate event a dispute arises between Users, we will attempt to use reasonable means to provide neutral mediation or resolution – as a neutral party. Subject to Clause 28, you acknowledge and agree that we are not, in any way, responsible for providing or imposing a resolution or become involved in such dispute between or among Users or any third-party.
29) You acknowledge that we do not represent or endorse any user (including buyers and sellers) and are not involved in any agreements between users or third-parties. We do not make any claims, representations, or endorsements of our platform’s Content. You hereby agree to use our Platform at your own risk. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any Content you submit or contribute. You, not Yalla Deals, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. We are not responsible or liable to any third-party for the content or accuracy of any User Content posted by you or any other user. You also agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless for any loss, damages, expenses or costs, incurred by us resulting from any third-party claim, action, or demand resulting from your unlawful use of the Platform.
30) Yalla Deals makes no representation or guarantee as to the safety or security of the information transmitted to any third-party website, and your linking to any third-party website is completely at your own risk. Yalla Deals disclaims all liability related thereto.
31) Sending unsolicited email advertisements or other unsolicited communications to Yalla Deals addresses or through our computer systems is expressly prohibited by these Terms. You acknowledge and agree that from time to time, Yalla Deals may monitor email usage using employees or automated software to flag certain words associated with spam or scams in emails that are sent between one user to another in Yalla Deals’ email system. Any communication between yourself and any other User utilizing the communication features available on our Services and Platform may be utilized only according to these Terms. Any unauthorized use of our computer systems violates these Terms and certain applicable laws, particularly the UAE Cybercrimes legislation. Such violations may subject the sender and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties. Please note that the UAE Cybercrimes legislation carries significant penalties, including imprisonment. If you attempt to solicit or contact our Users by capturing their email or phone numbers from our Platform, we may report this behavior to the relevant authorities, who then may decide to prosecute you under the relevant UAE laws. Using our Platform and Services, you understand and agree to this section and, by extension, all the Terms mentioned herein and cannot deny your knowledge of such section and terms.
32) You understand and acknowledge that Yalla Deals does not guarantee that our Platform and Services will always be accessible, uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or free from computer virus or other invasive or damaging code or that the Platform and Services will not be affected by force majeure events, including the inability to obtain or shortage of necessary materials, equipment facilities, power or telecommunications, lack of telecommunications equipment or facilities and failure of information technology or telecommunications equipment or facilities. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the Platform for business and operational reasons at any time. We will not be liable for any interruption to the Services, whether intentional or otherwise. We recommend that you back up any content and data used in connection with the Platform to protect yourself in case of problems with the Platform or the Service.
33) Yalla Deals is not liable for any failure regarding its obligations hereunder resulting directly or indirectly from failure or interruption in software or services provided by third parties.
34) Yalla Deals is not responsible for the direct or indirect consequences of a User linking to any other website or for any off-site content from our Platform and has not approved such linked websites or the material or information available from them.
9. Our Rights Concerning Your Content
You acknowledge and agree that Yalla Deals:
– does not, and has no obligation to, review the User Content before it is published on the Platform;
– is not responsible or liable for User Content;
– does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of your Content; and
– cannot assure that harmful, inaccurate, deceptive, offensive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable your Content will not appear on this Platform;
Yalla Deals reserves the right to:
– Moderate all User Content, decline the submission of, edit the content or remove any User Content from this Platform at its absolute discretion. Yalla Deals is under no obligation to inform you of the reasons for such intervention
– Take any action concerning any User Content that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Content violates the Terms, infringes any intellectual property right or other rights of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Platform or the public, or could create liability for Yalla Deals.
– Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party that claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
– Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Platform.
– Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Platform for any violation of these Terms.
Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. You waive and hold harmless Yalla Deals and its affiliates, licensees, and service providers from any claims resulting from any action taken by Yalla Deals or any of the foregoing parties during or taken as a consequence of investigations by either Yalla Deals or law enforcement authorities.
10. Fees and Payment
If you pay for fees in relation to the Services offered on our Platform, you agree to the following Terms:
– All payments to Yalla Deals under these Terms will be made in United Arab Emirates Dirhams (AED).
– Any agreement between you and the issuer of your credit card, debit card, or other payment forms will continue to govern your use of such payment method on our Platform. You agree that Yalla Deals is not a party to any such agreement, nor is Yalla Deals responsible for the content, accuracy, or unavailability of any method used for payment. Your account may be restricted or terminated for any reason- at our sole discretion.
– As mentioned in earlier sections, PayTabs, will handle your financial and transactional data securely. Therefore, we are not in control, nor do we handle your financial and transactional data. PayTabs is a leading payment gateway that adheres to industry standards for payment processing, including compliance with The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
– If applicable, the fees payable under these Terms include any value-added tax (VAT), sales, purchase, or turnover tax according to the relevant jurisdiction. However, Yalla Deals reserves the right to recover separately from you any other amount in addition to the Fees, which is proportional to any government-imposed sales taxes, including value-added tax.
11. Intellectual Property
All content included on our Site and Platform (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, buttons, icons, audio clips, digital downloads, software, data, and content compilations) is the exclusive property and copyright of Yalla Deals and its affiliates. It is protected by all relevant intellectual property legislation and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
These Terms permit you to use our Site and Platform for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Platform, except as follows:
– Your computer or device may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
– You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes.
– You may print (or download) one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
– If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
– If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
You must not:
– Modify copies of any materials from this Platform.
– Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or graphics separately from the accompanying text.
– Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights materials or copies of the materials available on this Platform.
– Access or use the Platform or any part of the Platform or any Services or materials available through the Platform for any commercial purposes.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Platform in breach of these Terms, your right to use the Platform will cease immediately. You must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Platform or any content on the Platform is transferred to you, and Yalla Deals reserve all rights not expressly granted. Any use of the Platform not expressly permitted by these Terms (including reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance of the Platform or its materials) is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
12. Trademarks
“YALLA DEALS,” design, products, and other marks indicated on our Platform are registered trademarks of Yalla Deals or are intellectual property exclusively of Yalla Deals and are protected by trademark and other intellectual property rights laws. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Yalla Deals.
All Platform graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade codes of Yalla Deals and will not be used in connection with any products or services not provided by Yalla Deals. All other trademarks not owned by Yalla Deals or its affiliates that may appear on the Platform or affiliate sites are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, associated with, or sponsored by Yalla Deals or its affiliates.
13. Liability
You agree to the following terms concerning liability:
– You acknowledge and agree that, to the fullest extent provided by applicable law, Yalla Deals will not be liable to you or any other person under any circumstances or any legal or equitable theory, whether in tort, contract, strict liability, or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential losses or damages of any nature (without limitation legal expenses) arising out of or in connection with the use of or inability to use our Site, Services, and Platform, including the Ad services and packages.
– To the fullest extent provided by applicable law, this disclaimer applies to any damages or injury arising from any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defects, delay in operation or transmission, lost profits, loss of goodwill, loss of data, work stoppage, the accuracy of results, computer failure or malfunction, computer viruses, file corruption, communication failure, network or system outage, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, loss of use of any record or data, and any other tangible or intangible loss.
– You specifically acknowledge and agree that, to the fullest extent provided by applicable law, Yalla Deals will not be liable for any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any user of the Site, Services, and Platform.
– We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents, or subcontractors, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, and for any other liability that may not otherwise be lawfully be excluded or limited.
– You acknowledge that the use of our Platform and Services may not be technically error-free. In the event of such errors, delays, or interruptions, we agree that we will not be responsible or liable to you under any circumstances. Such error, delay, or interruption of our Services and Platform does not constitute a breach of these Terms. We do not guarantee the security of any data transmitted to or through our Services and Platform.
– You agree to indemnify us against any claims made by any third-party regarding any Content uploaded to our Platform, which infringes on any intellectual property or proprietary rights of such a third-party.
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
Our Site, Services, Platform, all Content, materials, products, services, functionality, and other items included on or otherwise made available to you are provided by Yalla Deals on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Yalla Deals does not make any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the Platform or the content (including user Content), materials, products, services, functionality, or other items included on or otherwise made available to you through the Platform.
To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, Yalla Deals disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, Yalla Deals disclaims any warranties, express or implied, for any merchandise (including products and services) offered on our Platform. You acknowledge that your use of the Platform is at your sole risk to the fullest extent provided by applicable law. This section does not limit the terms of any product warranty offered by the manufacturer of an item that a user sells to you through the Platform. This disclaimer constitutes an essential part of these terms.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you assume full responsibility for your use of the Platform. You agree that any information you send or receive during your use of the Platform may not be secure and may be intercepted or otherwise accessed by unauthorized parties. You agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Yalla Deals is not responsible for any loss or damage to your property or data that results from any materials you access or download from the Platform. Some jurisdictions do not limit how long an implied warranty lasts, so the foregoing limitations may not apply to you.
15. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Yalla Deals, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal fees and costs) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use (or misuse) of our Platform and Services including, but not limited to, your User Content, any use of the Platform’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Platform.
Yalla Deals reserves the right, at our expense, to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and, in any case, you agree to cooperate with Yalla Deals if and as requested by Yalla Deals in the defense and settlement of such matter.
16. Geographic Considerations
The owner of the Platform is based in the UAE. Although we provide this Platform for use by persons located in the UAE and other countries, including the EU, and have attempted to comply with GDPR standards, we make no claims that the Platform or any of its content is accessible, appropriate outside of the UAE.
Access to the Platform may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Platform from outside the UAE, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws and Regulations.
17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms will be construed according to the laws of the UAE. Any disputes arising out of, in connection with, or concerning these Terms or any other conditions and policies on our Platform will be referred to the Courts of Dubai, which will have exclusive jurisdiction over such disputes and to whose jurisdiction yourself and Yalla Deals hereby submit.
Many disputes can be resolved without resorting to litigation. As such, you can give us a chance to communicate and resolve any disputes amicably by reaching us at [email protected].
18. Severability
If any of our Terms are deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that term will be deemed severable. It will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining Terms.
19. Termination
These Terms are effective unless and until terminated by either party- you or Yalla Deals. You may terminate these Terms at any time, provided that you discontinue any further use of our Site, Services, and Platform. All rights and obligations of the parties concerning the ad Services and Packages will cease to have effect immediately upon termination of this Agreement, except for any rights or liabilities which have accumulated up to the date of termination.
We also may terminate these Terms at any time. We may do so immediately without notice, and deny you access to the Platform, if in our sole discretion, you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms, including but not limited to, the following:
– If you, the client, fail to pay any fees by the due date and within thirty (30) days of Yalla Deals’ notice of a failure to pay;
– If you breach any of the terms in the Terms and Conditions;
– If you post any Content without obtaining the necessary legal rights, licenses, consents, and agreements;
– If we no longer have the right to provide ad services and packages or any of our Services;
– In our absolute discretion, we decide to terminate the agreement if we deem such action to be needed, sensible, or suitable.
You hereby agree that Yalla Deals will have no liability towards you if the agreement is suspended or terminated along with any Services or Platform. You will indemnify us against any losses or damages suffered as a result of such termination. If we decide to suspend or terminate this agreement or any Service for any reason, you will still be required, and are liable, to pay the fees in full up to the effective date of termination. However, this is without any prejudice to any of our rights or remedies.
If you decide to terminate the agreement once your current subscription period expires, you will no longer be able to list any additional premium ads or package Content on our Platform. Upon deactivating a prepaid listing account, we will be under no obligation to offer you any refund regarding any unexpired period or unused listings.
20. General
These Terms represent the complete agreement and understanding between you and Yalla Deals and supersede all prior agreements and representations between the parties concerning the subject matter of these Terms. These Terms do not, and will not be construed to, create any partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency, or franchiser-franchisee relationship between you and Yalla Deals. Headings used in these Terms are for reference purposes only and in no way define or limit the section’s scope. If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the other terms of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. Yalla Deals’ failure to act concerning a breach of these Terms by you or others does not constitute a waiver and will not limit Yalla Deals’ rights concerning such breach or any subsequent breaches.
You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense any or all of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our express prior written consent. We may assign, transfer, or sublicense any or all of our rights or obligations under these without restriction. Any use of the term “including” or variations thereof in these Terms will be construed as if followed by the phrase “without limitation.” Notices to you (including notices of changes to these Terms) may be made via posting to the Platform or by email (including in each case via links). Without limitation, a printed version of these Terms and any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions as other business documents records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
Any amendments to this Agreement’s terms will be agreed in writing between Yalla Deals’ General Manager and an authorized representative of you- the client. Any amendments to these Terms will be agreed in writing between the Yalla Deals Account Manager and an authorized representative of the client and recorded. If this Agreement is translated into any other language, and there is a discrepancy between the English text and the other language’s text, then the English text will prevail. All notices under this Agreement, including any termination or breach of Terms, will be in the English language and sent by the registered email address. Such notice will be deemed delivered upon receipt. If applicable, the receipt will be verified by automated receipt or by an electronic log.
21. PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONS ON YALLA DEALS
If you are a broker listing a property on our Platform, you warrant the following:
– You warrant that you have a valid, legitimate license from the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) or its equivalent in the Emirate in which you are advertising.
– If an off-plan project hasn’t been built or is under construction, you warrant that it is registered with RERA.
– If you are engaging in subleasing activities, you warrant that you hold a license for the activity of “Leasing and Management of Other People’s Property” from both the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA).
– In the case of short-term or Holiday Home leasing activities, you warrant that you hold a license for the activity from Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).
– According to the RERA regulations, you must obtain approval for every sale or leasing advertisement (located within or outside of Dubai) and display the RERA Permit Number, Office Registration Number, and Broker Registration Number on all advertisements.
If you are a developer, you warrant the following:
– You possess a valid license from RERA or its equivalent in the Emirate in which you are advertising.
– If a project is off plan (under construction), you warrant that it is registered with RERA and hold a RERA-approved Escrow Account for the project.
– As per RERA regulations, you must obtain approval for every property advertisement (located within or outside of Dubai) and display the RERA Permit Number on all advertisements.
If you are an owner or a landlord, you warrant and represent the following:
– You are the Owner/Landlord of the property or otherwise possess valid authorization to list the website’s property.
– If you are engaging in short-term or Holiday Home Leasing, you possess a license for the activity from Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).
– If you are a tenant, you warrant that you possess valid, written consent from your Landlord before advertising on the Website and that you are legally entitled to publish such advertisement.
For listing under the “Cars” category, as a User of our Platform, you must not attempt to sell any type of car, motor vehicle, or motorcycle (“Vehicle”) that is subject to the following:
– located outside of the UAE, unless you can prove ownership of the Vehicle upon request;
– is not immediately available for sale;
– is not properly and accurately described by the category in which it is advertised;
– that you are not the owner of, or in all other cases, which you do not have the rights to sell; or
– without true and accurate pricing of the Vehicle displayed within the listing.
We may request that you provide proof of ownership and that the Vehicle is located in the UAE or has been cleared by UAE customs. If you do not provide us with proof within 48 hours of the request, we may immediately remove the relevant advertisement/content without further notice, and no refund will be made.