Terms of Service

Last updated: 21 July 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the GAC platform ("GAC", "the Platform", "we", "us"), operated by BuyCar.tech OÜ, a company registered in Estonia under registry code 17094494, with its registered address at Narva mnt 5, 10117 Tallinn, Estonia.

By creating an account or using the Platform, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.

1. What GAC is

GAC (Global Auto Chain) is a technology platform that lets users buy, sell and rent vehicles across borders using blockchain-based escrow. Each deal is recorded in a smart contract on the TRON network, and settlement happens in USDT (TRC-20).

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into contracts to use the Platform. When you register you must provide accurate information and keep it up to date.

You are responsible for everything that happens under your account, including keeping your login credentials and your crypto wallet secure. We cannot recover a lost wallet, a lost private key or a lost seed phrase. Notify us at b.car.tech@proton.me if you believe your account has been compromised.

Accounts come in two types:

• Personal — for buying and renting vehicles. Free.
• Dealer — for businesses listing vehicles for sale or rent. Paid subscription (see Section 6).

3. Listings and dealer obligations

If you list a vehicle, you confirm that:

• you own the vehicle or are authorised to sell or rent it;
• the description, photos, condition, mileage, documents and availability are accurate and not misleading;
• the vehicle may lawfully be sold, rented and, where relevant, exported and imported;
• you hold every licence, registration and insurance required for your activity in your jurisdiction.

You are responsible for your own tax and regulatory compliance, including VAT, customs duties and any dealer licensing.

We may remove, pause or refuse any listing that we reasonably believe breaches these Terms or applicable law.

4. Deals, escrow and settlement

Deals on the Platform run through smart contracts on the TRON blockchain. Settlement is in USDT (TRC-20).

You acknowledge and accept that:

• The blockchain is the source of truth. The state of a deal is determined by the smart contract, not by what any interface displays.
• Blockchain transactions are irreversible. Once a transaction is confirmed on-chain, neither you nor we can reverse, cancel or refund it.
• We do not hold your funds. Funds locked in escrow are held by the smart contract. We cannot unilaterally release, freeze or redirect them.
• You are responsible for your own transactions. Sending funds to a wrong address, using an unsupported network, or approving a transaction you did not intend is not something we can undo.
• Blockchain networks may be congested, delayed, forked or otherwise unavailable, and we are not responsible for network-level failures.

Where a deal involves optional partners — inspection, logistics, insurance — those services are provided by independent third parties under their own terms. We coordinate them; we do not perform them and do not guarantee their results.

5. Rentals

Rental bookings are made for a date range and are subject to availability at the moment of booking.

• A security deposit is held on-chain and released back to the renter at the end of the rental in accordance with the contract.
• A platform fee of 9% of the rental price is non-refundable and is payable to the Platform.
• Early return is not calculated automatically on-chain. If a rental ends earlier than booked, any refund for unused days is settled by the landlord directly, through support.
• If a defect is reported, the vehicle is paused and stays unavailable until the dealer marks it ready again.

6. Dealer subscription

The Dealer plan costs USD 89 per month, billed by card through Stripe. Prices are exclusive of any applicable taxes unless stated otherwise.

• The subscription renews automatically each month until cancelled.
• You can cancel at any time through the Stripe billing portal available in your dashboard.
• Cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you have already paid for. There is no partial refund for the remaining days.
• Where a free trial is offered, cancelling before the trial ends means no charge is taken.
• After a subscription ends, you can no longer publish or re-publish listings, and your listings are removed from the public catalogue. Deals and rentals already in progress are not affected and run to completion.

Full details are in our Refund & Cancellation Policy.

We may change subscription prices with at least 30 days' notice before the change applies to your next renewal.

7. Fees on deals

Beyond the subscription, the Platform charges per-deal fees, which are shown to you before you confirm a deal and are collected on-chain as part of the transaction. The 9% rental fee described in Section 5 is one of these fees.

8. Acceptable use

You may not:

• use the Platform for money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, fraud, or any other unlawful purpose;
• list stolen, encumbered or misrepresented vehicles;
• impersonate another person or business, or create accounts to circumvent a suspension;
• attempt to break, overload, scrape at scale, reverse-engineer or otherwise interfere with the Platform;
• use the Platform if you, your business, or your counterparty are subject to EU or international sanctions.

9. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your account if you breach these Terms, if we are required to do so by law, or if we reasonably suspect fraudulent or unlawful activity. Where possible, we will tell you why.

You may stop using the Platform and ask us to close your account at any time. Obligations arising from deals already in progress survive account closure, as do on-chain records, which cannot be deleted.

10. Disclaimers

The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available". We do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure, and we do not guarantee the conduct, solvency, identity or performance of any user, partner or counterparty.

We do not verify vehicles ourselves. Inspection reports, where used, come from third-party partners. You are responsible for your own due diligence before entering a deal.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or any mandatory consumer rights you have under Estonian or EU law.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, loss of profit, loss of business, or loss of data.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any claim relating to the Platform is limited to the greater of (a) the fees you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose, or (b) EUR 100.

In particular, we are not liable for losses caused by blockchain network behaviour, by the loss of your wallet keys, by the acts or omissions of your counterparty, or by third-party services such as inspection, logistics or insurance partners.

12. Intellectual property

The Platform, its software, design, trademarks and content are owned by BuyCar.tech OÜ or its licensors. You get a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Platform as intended, and nothing more.

Content you upload — photos, descriptions, documents — remains yours. By uploading it you grant us a licence to host, display and distribute it as needed to run the Platform, including in public listings.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. If a change is material, we will notify registered users by email or in the app before it takes effect. Continuing to use the Platform after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Estonia, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes that cannot be resolved amicably will be submitted to the competent courts of Estonia.

If you are a consumer resident in the EU, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of your country of residence and may also use the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform.

15. Contact

BuyCar.tech OÜ
Narva mnt 5, 10117 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia
Registry code: 17094494
Email: b.car.tech@proton.me