Terms of Use

Last updated: August 2025

1. Subject of the Terms of Use

The present Terms of Use (the "Terms") are an agreement between you ("you" or "your") and VINYLS LIMITED ("we", "our", or "us") intended to establish the legal framework of your use of the functionality, features, and services available for use on the domain vinyls.pro and any related subdomains and applications, via a mobile app or Progressive Web App (the "Platform") which are all owned by us.

These Terms comprises the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all prior agreements regarding the subject matter contained herein.

By using the Platform, you are indicating your agreement to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms, as well as supplementary policies and guidelines issued by us, including our Privacy and Cookies Policy.

You must be at least 18 years old to use or access the Platform in any manner, including to register an account on the Platform.

We may at any time revise the Terms by updating this posting as well as revise Fees and Subscriptions page by updating its posting. If you use our Platform in any way after a change to the Terms is effective, that means you agree to all changes. You should therefore from time to time visit this page to determine the then-current Terms to which you are bound. Your continued use of the Platform constitutes an affirmative: (1) acknowledgment by you of the Terms and modifications to it; and (2) agreement by you to abide and be bound by the Terms and Terms modifications. We shall not be liable to you or any third party should we exercise our Terms right to modify or discontinue the Platform.

The Terms and your use of the Platform are governed and interpreted in accordance with the law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong) without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

Occasionally there may be information on the Platform that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to descriptions, troubleshooting guidance or instructions, customer support, offers, etc. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information on the Platform is inaccurate at any time without prior notice. We have no obligation to update, amend, or clarify information on the Platform or on any related website, including without limitation pricing information, except as required by law.

We will provide you with certain legal information in writing. By using our Platform, you are agreeing to our communication methods which describes how we provide that information to you. This means that we reserve the right to send you information electronically (by email, etc.) instead of mailing you paper copies.

2. Description

The Platform is a service for managing your personal collection of vinyl records.

Release data is provided by the Discogs community under CC0 license. The Platform is using the Discogs API to retrieve your personal collection data after you authenticate with your Discogs account. We are not responsible for any lack or inaccuracy of information.

On the Platform you are able to:

  • Create your collection of vinyl records by either importing data from your Discogs account by linking and authenticating it to your profile, or manually adding your vinyl records.
  • Search for a vinyl record using the database and, if available, add it to your personal collection;
  • Add notes, tags and properties regarding the vinyl record in the available fields or by creating new custom fields.
  • See the statistics and charts of your collection and the vinyl records you have in your collection.
  • Apply filters to your collection and see the results in a list or a grid.
  • Apply bulk actions to your collection, such as adding tags or setting properties.

3. Subscription

The Platform operates on a subscription model. Access to the Platform with all its advanced features requires a Pro subscription.

We offer a 2-day trial period that allows you to learn the service and all Pro features without providing credit card information. After the trial period expires, continued access requires an active Pro subscription.

Subscription fees are charged on a monthly basis. Current pricing is displayed during the subscription process. The subscription is automatically renewed until you cancel it. You can cancel the subscription at any time.

We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee from the date of your first payment. You can request a refund by contacting us at support@vinyls.pro within 14 days of your initial purchase.

We may save your credit or debit card information at our payment processor and use it for all future payments.

By making a payment through the Platform, you are confirming that you are legally entitled to use the means of payment tendered and, in the case of card payments, that you are either the cardholder or have the

We may refuse to process a transaction for any reason or refuse specific services to anyone at any time at our sole discretion. We will not be liable to you or any third party by reason of refusing or suspending any transaction.

You acknowledge that financial transactions may be facilitated by a third-party payment processor (the "Processor"), and agree that we may share your information, including information about your financial accounts, with the Processor for this purpose.

4. User Account

You are required to create a Vinyls.Pro account, if you do not already have one, to use the Platform. In order for you to create an account you are required to provide your email address.

While using the varied features of the Platform you may provide additional information (such as name, contact information, or other information) to us. We may use this information and any technical information about your use of the Platform to tailor its presentations to you, facilitate your movement through the Platform, or communicate separately with you. To provide you with our services, we may work with third parties with whom we may share your information.

We will use, process and share the provided data for the purposes and in the manner described in our Privacy and Cookies Policy.

You are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any activities that occur under your account by you or someone you authorize to use your account.

You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security known to you.

5. Termination and Suspension

Termination of your access to the Platform can be initiated by us or by you.

You agree that we, in our sole discretion, may terminate your account (if applicable), and remove and discard any of your content within the Platform, for any reason, including and without limitation, a lack of use for over 6 (six) months, or if we find that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms or any other policy related to the Platform. You agree that any termination of your access to the Platform under any provision of this Terms may be affected without prior notice, and also acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account and any or all related information and files. We reserve the right to bar any further access to such files or the Platform. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Platform.

Should you object to any terms and conditions of the Terms or other policies related to the Platform, or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with the Platform in any way, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Platform and close your account to terminate our relationship with you.

6. License and Site Access

We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of the Platform and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with our express written consent. Except where we provide you with express written consent, this license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Platform, including its contents; any reuse of the Platform contents (including database information) for cross-listing items on third-party marketplaces or other non-personal use or commercial purposes on third party marketplace or database platforms; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the Platform, including its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, scraping, harvesting, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. The Platform, including the content therein, may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent.

We strictly prohibit (1) the development of any software program, including, but not limited to, training a machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) system using the Platform content and (2) providing archived or cached data sets containing any Platform content to another person or entity. Violation of the Terms may result in legal action by us against you, including but not limited to claims for damages, injunctive relief, and legal costs.

Your suggestions and ideas can help us improve your experience and our Platforms. Any unsolicited ideas or other materials you submit to us are considered non-confidential and nonproprietary to you. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, non-irrevocable, sub-licensable, perpetual license to use and publish those ideas and materials for any purpose, without compensation to you at any time.

If you use any of our trademarks in reference to our Platform, you must include a statement attributing that trademark to us. You must not use any of our trademarks in or as the whole or part of your own trademarks; in connection with activities, services or platforms which are not ours; in a manner which may be confusing, misleading, or deceptive; or in a manner that disparages us or our information, Platform.

7. Content on the Platform

You are solely responsible for the contents of your transmissions through the Platform.

You agree:

  • to comply with Hong Kong or any other applicable state, federal, or international law regarding the transmission of technical or other data exported from your country through the Platform;
  • not to violate any laws in connection with your use of the Platform. This includes any local, state, federal, and international laws that may apply to you or us. For example, you must not engage in fraud, theft, anti-competitive conduct, threatening conduct, or any other unlawful acts or crimes against us, another user of the Platform, or a third party;
  • not to interfere with or try to disrupt our Platform, for example by distributing a virus or other harmful computer code into our platforms. You agree that we reserve the right to audit our platforms (systems) to ensure integrity and compliance with these Terms, at our sole discretion; and
  • to comply with all laws, regulations, policies and procedures of networks connected to the Platform.

The Platform makes use of the Internet to send and receive certain messages; therefore, your conduct is subject to Internet laws, regulations, policies and procedures. You will not use the Platform for fraudulent activity, chain letters, junk mail, spamming or any use of distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process.

You agree not to transmit through the Platform any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, or harmful content or language of any kind or nature. You further agree not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems are prohibited.

We may, in our sole discretion, immediately suspend or terminate your account should your conduct fail to conform with the Terms and to take action against your account at any time.

8. Third Party Terms

You understand that by using the Platform, you may be exposed to content that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful. You agree that we are not responsible for others' (including other users') content. We cannot always prevent misuse of the Platform, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse.

You are responsible for deciding if you want to access or use third party sites or apps that link from our Platform, including but not limited to any content or services made available via the Discogs APIs. Third party sites and apps have their own legal terms and privacy policies, and you may be giving others permission to use your information in ways we would not. When using the YouTube embedded player on our Platform, you are agreeing to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Platform.

Because we have no control over such websites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such third-party website or resource.

You agree that the fact that Discogs and YouTube APIs or content is available on the Platform does not constitute a sale offer or a transfer of rights to such content to you, nor does the fact of such availability suggests that we are giving you access to such API or content. Moreover, you agree that the Discogs API and YouTube API content that is available on the Platform is available free of charge, and that no fee for the use or access to such API Content is directly or indirectly set for you.

You agree that we, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents are not liable for any potential or realized infringement of any third-party intellectual property rights through the use on the Platform of Discogs API and embedded YouTube videos or audios, as we do not have any control upon any such infringement that may occur or has occurred on such platforms.

You agree that we do not make use of YouTube content independently from YouTube, but only embed its content into the Platform, including via usage of YouTube API, on the basis of the license provided by YouTube. Moreover, you fully understand and agree that, in accordance with YouTube's Terms of Service, you are prohibited to use any content of embedded YouTube videos on the Platform to view or listen to such content other than for personal, non-commercial use (for example, you may not publicly screen videos or stream music from embedded YouTube videos on the Platform).

9. Privacy Policy

Your use of the Platform is subject to our Privacy and Cookies Policy, as applicable. Information about privacy and data protection can be found in this policy.

10. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us, and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any alleged claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Platform, your violation of the Terms, or your violation of any rights of another, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right, or any claim that your actions or inactions caused damage to a third party, whether you are a registered user or not. You are solely responsible for your actions when using the Platform, including, but not limited to, costs incurred for Internet access.

This defense and indemnification obligation will survive the Terms and your use of the Platform.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

You expressly understand and agree that your use of the Platform is at your sole risk. The Platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

You expressly understand and agree that we make no warranty that: (i) the Platform will meet your requirements, (ii) the Platform will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Platform will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material available through the Platform will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the software will be corrected.

You expressly understand and agree that any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Platform is done at your own discretion and risk, and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data or other liability that results from the download of any such material.

You expressly understand and agree that no advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through or from the Platform shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the Terms.

12. Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that we shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Platform; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services obtained or messages received through or from the Platform; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; or (iv) any other matter relating to the Platform.

13. Claims

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to the website or services must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

14. Copyright and DMCA

Videos. All videos on our Platform are embedded from YouTube and are provided to you by YouTube and from YouTube servers.

If you believe that any video visible on our Platform infringes your copyright or if you have any concerns about content, please:

Images. All record cover images shown on our Platform are loaded by your browser directly from Discogs and Discogs servers. These images are made and uploaded by the Discogs users or publicly distributed.

If you believe that any image visible on our Platform infringes your copyright or if you have any concerns about content, please:

  • contact us at copyright@vinyls.pro and we will review your request promptly
  • contact Discogs directly regarding their user-uploaded content policies

15. Miscellaneous

Our Relationship

No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, franchiser-franchisee relationship, etc. is intended or created by these Terms.

Headings

Headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit the scope or extent of such section.

Waiver

If we fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms, it will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by the relevant party.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms or Privacy and Cookies Policy is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from these Terms and Privacy and Cookies Policy to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Assignment

To the extent permitted by applicable law, these Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of these Terms of Use shall be void.

Survival

Upon termination of these Terms of Use, any provision which, by its nature or express terms should survive, will survive such termination or expiration, including, but not limited to, Sections 5, 6, 11 and 14.

Contacts

On any matter related to the use of the Platform, account settings, these Terms and any of our other guidelines and policies you are free to contact us through our email address: support@vinyls.pro.