Website Terms of Use

1. About these terms

Padvat is operated by Chris Plus Co, trading as Padvat, registration 2026/206974/07, at 2 Saltus Street, Galloway, Irene, Pretoria, South Africa. “We”, “us” and “our” mean this operator.

We make these terms available before you submit a form and ask for your express acceptance. Our forms are for people aged 18 or older. You must use accurate contact details and have authority to submit information on behalf of a business. The age declaration does not verify anyone’s age.

You can browse without submitting a form. The site notices about sample content, ownership and lawful use explain how the website may be used. We do not treat browsing as consent to marketing.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle information. Email permissions are requested separately from acceptance of these terms.

2. Joining the launch list

Joining the launch list is free and requests an email when the app launches. Please confirm ownership of the email address through the confirmation email. You can unsubscribe at any time.

We have not committed to a launch date. Features, areas covered and availability may change during development. Joining the list does not reserve access, create an app account, or require you to buy anything.

3. Business interest & founding offers

The business form starts a conversation with Chris. It is not the full branch listing application, approval of a listing, an advertising booking or authority to charge you. We will explain the full application and applicable commercial agreement before you decide whether to proceed.

The advertised first month free applies once per eligible new physical branch. The free period is one calendar month from approved listing activation after public launch and completion of the required onboarding, including any separately agreed external billing authorisation. This interest form does not activate that period or authorise payment. Deleting, re-registering, transferring or reactivating the same branch does not create another free month.

Founding-rate eligibility is separate: a completed full branch application submitted within 60 days after the public app launch qualifies, subject to eventual approval and billing authorisation. An early-interest form alone does not satisfy that requirement. A qualifying application retains its founding eligibility without an onboarding expiry; each additional branch must qualify separately.

An eligible founding branch receives the free month, then six months at the agreed founding rate, followed by the standard rate. A non-founding branch receives the free month, then the standard rate. We will give you the actual prices, applicable taxes, billing dates, cancellation process and full offer terms before you accept a paid service. No paid renewal or charge is authorised by this website’s interest form. Any proposed change to the offer will be explained before acceptance and will not override an existing entitlement or agreement.

We do not promise approval, a particular launch position, exclusive territory, a fixed search ranking, views, visits, bookings or revenue. Paid or sponsored exposure, if agreed later, will have its own clearly described placement terms. Registering interest does not reserve sponsorship inventory.

Future listing agreements will also cover ownership/permission for photos and descriptions, accuracy of listings, fees, cancellation and any statutory refund rights. Nothing here removes rights that the law gives you.

4. Mockups, venues & external links

The app screens, venue cards, distances, prices, ratings and “open” indicators shown on this website illustrate the proposed experience. They are not a live directory or real-time information. Do not rely on a sample card when deciding where to travel.

Padvat is intended to help people discover independent places. A listing or sponsored placement is not a certification of safety, quality, accessibility or suitability. Before visiting or booking, check current opening times, prices, directions, accessibility, age restrictions and any dietary or safety requirements directly with the venue.

Where you follow a link or contact a venue, your booking, purchase and payment are with that provider on its terms. Venue cancellations, delivery, refunds and service complaints should be raised with that provider. External websites have their own terms and privacy practices.

These distinctions do not excuse Padvat’s own unlawful conduct or remove a remedy you have against us under applicable law.

5. Using the website fairly

Please do not impersonate someone, submit details without permission, send spam or unlawful content, infringe others’ rights, attempt unauthorised access, introduce malicious code or interfere with the service. Do not scrape personal information or bypass reasonable access protections. This does not restrict acts that applicable law expressly permits.

We may reject abusive submissions or restrict access where reasonably needed for security, legal compliance or a material breach of these terms. We will act proportionately and, where practical and lawful, explain the reason. You can contact us if you believe a restriction was mistaken.

6. Content & intellectual property

Padvat branding, website design, text and artwork belong to us or their respective licensors. You may view the website, share links and keep a copy of these terms for your records. Other copying or commercial use requires the relevant owner’s permission unless the law allows it.

You retain rights in the information you submit. You give us the limited permission needed to receive, store and use it to handle your enquiry as described in the Privacy Policy. An enquiry does not give us an unrestricted licence to publish a business’s photos, logo or a person’s details. Publication permissions will be addressed during full onboarding.

7. Availability & changes

We take reasonable care of the website, but cannot promise uninterrupted availability or that every transmission will arrive. Maintenance, faults and services outside our control can affect it. Please contact us if a form fails or a message does not arrive.

We may correct errors and change or discontinue prelaunch features. Where reasonably possible, we will notify affected subscribers of a material change to the launch service. Ending a feature does not remove existing legal rights or justify retaining information indefinitely.

8. Responsibility & limits of liability

Subject to those protections, we are not responsible for losses caused solely by an independent venue or external service where Padvat has not contributed through a breach of its own duties.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for indirect or consequential losses, including lost business opportunities or anticipated profits, arising from use of this free prelaunch website. This does not exclude direct loss for which the law holds us responsible.

Any limitation applies only so far as it is lawful, fair and applicable to the circumstances. No monetary liability cap applies under these website terms. Any future paid service will have separately agreed commercial terms.

9. Queries, disputes & governing law

For website or listing enquiries, email chris@padvat.co.za. For privacy matters, contact Chris at chris@padvat.co.za. Give us enough information to understand the issue without sending unnecessary sensitive details.

South African law governs these terms. Disputes may be brought before a competent South African court, subject to any mandatory jurisdiction or other rights that apply. You remain free to approach a competent regulator, tribunal, ombud or court; contacting us first is not a condition of exercising a statutory remedy.

If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to the extent lawful. Delay in exercising a right does not waive it. These website terms do not replace a separate signed commercial agreement or mandatory law.

10. Updates to these terms

We will date revised terms and make them available here. Updates apply prospectively and will not retrospectively remove accrued rights or authorise charges. Where a material change requires fresh agreement, we will ask for it before applying that change to the relevant service.

The future app and any paid business listings will have terms suited to their actual features. Joining a prelaunch list does not automatically accept those future terms.