Terms of Service & Licensing Agreement

1. Sovereign Operating Entity

Global Fashion Suppliers (“GFS”, “the Platform”) is engineered, operated, and billed by Ribbsaeter Systems. All transactions, subscription memberships, token allocations, and enterprise procurement concierges are governed by these Terms of Service. By accessing or utilizing the Platform, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by these provisions on behalf of yourself and the commercial entity you represent.

2. Professional B2B Sourcing Scope

The Platform provides an audited, direct-sourcing database indexing over 20,259 apparel manufacturers, textile mills, tanneries, and artisan ateliers across 61 production nations. GFS operates strictly as an intelligence, discovery, and introduction system. Commercial production orders, letters of credit, technical packs, sample approvals, and delivery milestones are negotiated directly between the member fashion brand and the respective manufacturing facility.

3. Memberships, Tokens & Unlocks

Access to sovereign contact dossiers (including unmasked legal entity credentials, commercial director emails, direct factory telephone lines, and certified audit dossiers) is granted via subscription tiers (Studio, Atelier) or one-time Token Packs:

• One Token per Dossier: Unlocking an individual manufacturer consumes exactly one (1) member token. Once unlocked, the dossier remains permanently accessible in the member’s Private Rolodex.
• Non-Transferability: Tokens and account credentials are tied to the subscribing company and cannot be resold, sub-licensed, or shared across unaffiliated third parties.
• Renewal & Billing: Monthly subscription tiers renew automatically on their billing cycle through Stripe unless cancelled prior to the renewal date via the Member Dashboard.

4. Strict Anti-Scraping & Database Protection

The GFS manufacturer database, industrial cluster mappings, proprietary data taxonomies, and verified contact registries represent substantial intellectual property protected under European and international database regulations (including the EU Database Directive 96/9/EC).

Automated data extraction, web crawling, reverse engineering, screen scraping, bulk API querying, AI training dataset harvesting, or unauthorized directory republication is strictly prohibited and subject to immediate account termination without refund, alongside legal statutory damages.

5. 100% Verifiable Contact Guarantee

GFS enforces an absolute contact integrity policy. In the rare event that an unlocked commercial email or direct telephone line is returned as permanently undeliverable, disconnected, or no longer associated with active factory management, the member may file a one-click dispute through the Guarantee Desk within thirty (30) days of unlock. Upon automated verification, the consumed token will be immediately reissued to the member’s vault.

6. Limitation of Liability

Ribbsaeter Systems and GFS exercise rigorous editorial verification over all listed entities. However, GFS makes no guarantee regarding production timelines, fabric colorfastness, minimum order quantities (MOQs), fabric defect rates, or contractual execution of third-party manufacturers. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Ribbsaeter Systems shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of commercial manufacturing disputes.

7. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Sweden and the European Union, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal dispute arising under this agreement shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Stockholm, Sweden.

8. Corporate & Legal Inquiries

For enterprise licensing, governance inquiries, or contract amendments, contact our legal team directly at legal@globalfashionsuppliers.com or the membership desk at membership@globalfashionsuppliers.com.