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**1. About these terms**
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of blessingofchina.com and any order you place with Blessing of China (“we”, “us”, “our”), operated by [YOUR_NAME_OR_ENTITY], [ADDRESS], China. By using this site or placing an order, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
We may update these Terms from time to time. The version in force when you place your order applies to that order.
**2. Eligibility**
You must be at least 18 years old, or have the permission of a parent or guardian, to place an order. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you give us, including your shipping address.
**3. Our products**
Every piece we sell is made by hand, by an artisan or a small workshop. Small variations in colour, pattern, brushwork, texture and dimensions are normal and are part of what you are buying — they are not defects. We photograph and describe pieces as accurately as we can; screen settings differ, so colours may look slightly different in person.
Product descriptions, availability and prices may change without notice. Some pieces are one of a kind; once sold, they may not be available again.
**4. Orders and acceptance**
Your order is an offer to buy. A contract is formed only when we send you an email confirming that your order has been accepted and dispatched. We may decline or cancel an order — for example, if an item is out of stock, if a pricing error is obvious, or if we cannot verify the payment or address. If we cancel an order after you have paid, we will refund you in full.
Please check your confirmation email immediately and tell us at once if anything is wrong, especially your shipping address. Once a parcel has been dispatched we cannot change its destination.
**5. Prices, currency and payment**
All prices are shown and charged in US dollars (USD). Prices exclude any import duty, VAT or other taxes charged by your country, which are the buyer’s responsibility. Shipping is charged as shown at checkout and on our Shipping & Delivery page.
Payment is taken through PayPal at the time you order. We never receive or store your card details. We are not responsible for any fees, currency conversion charges or exchange rates applied by PayPal or your bank.
If a product is listed at an obviously incorrect price due to a clear error, we are not obliged to supply it at that price; we will contact you and offer either the corrected price or a full refund.
**6. Shipping, delivery and risk**
We ship worldwide from China. Processing takes 1–3 business days; delivery estimates are 7–15 days to the United States and Canada, 8–18 days to Europe, and 10–25 days elsewhere. These are estimates, not guarantees. Full details are on our Shipping & Delivery page.
Risk passes to you when your order is delivered to the address you provided. Title in the goods passes on delivery, once payment has been received in full.
**7. Returns and refunds**
Our Returns & Refunds policy forms part of these Terms. In short: most items can be returned within 30 days of delivery; custom and personalised orders and digital products are not returnable; damaged items are replaced or refunded at your choice.
**8. Courses and digital products**
The Chinese Paper Cutting for Beginners course is delivered by Payhip. Buying it gives you a personal, non-transferable, lifetime licence to access the lessons for your own use. You may not share, resell, publish or redistribute the lessons, videos or downloadable templates, or use them to teach commercial classes.
**9. Intellectual property**
All content on this site — including text, photographs, product designs, artwork, patterns, logos and course materials — is owned by us or by the artisans who made the work, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may view, print or share links to pages for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, reproduce, republish or commercially exploit any content without our written permission.
**10. Reviews and user content**
If you send us a review, photo or message, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use it on our site, in our emails and on our social media, with or without attribution, for the purpose of showing our work to other customers. You confirm that what you send is your own and does not infringe anyone else’s rights. We may remove any content that is unlawful, abusive, misleading or infringing.
**11. Prohibited use**
You may not use this site in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent; attempt to gain unauthorised access to it; introduce viruses or malicious code; scrape or copy substantial parts of the site; or use our content to train or build a commercial dataset without permission.
**12. Limitation of liability**
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue or opportunity, arising from your use of the site or your purchase. Our total liability in connection with any order is limited to the amount you paid for that order.
Nothing in these Terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited. **Nothing here affects the statutory consumer rights you have under the law of your country of residence.**
We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including customs clearance, carrier delays, extreme weather, epidemics, or industrial action.
**13. Third-party services**
Payments are processed by PayPal and course delivery is handled by Payhip. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and policies, and we are not responsible for their acts or omissions.
**14. Governing law and disputes**
These Terms, and any dispute arising out of them or out of your order, are governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China. We will always try to resolve a complaint by talking to you first — email hello@blessingofchina.com and we will respond within 24 hours on business days. This clause does not remove any right you have to bring or defend proceedings in your country of residence, or any protection you have as a consumer under local law.
**15. Severability**
If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the rest remains in force.
**16. Contact**
Blessing of China — hello@blessingofchina.com — [ADDRESS]. We aim to reply within 24 hours on business days.