Terms & conditions on website?

[Daniel J. Bertelsen]

Hi guys,

I am about to write and develop the terms and conditions for a website which sells online services.
The website is about to be build, and we need to construct the terms and conditions policy.
I do not personally have any knowledge or experience in the area of legal or law, so I actually do not know where to start?

Is it crucial to hire a lawyer to do it for me, or is it possible to just use a template from another website or online service somewhere?

Thanks

[BusinessAdviser]

Just pull them from another website.

[Daniel J. Bertelsen]

Is that legal? There won't be any catch if I do it that way you reckon?

[ukevents]

You could hire someone to do it for you. There are freelancers advertising on websites such as guru.com and elance.com who could do it for you.

[BusinessAdviser]

Yes, you can do it. Or you could pay someone else to do it, but that doesn't make much sense if another set of Terms & Conditions fits your company's needs.

[cybergift]

I think you should peruse other website's terms and conditions to get some inspiration and make your own that will fit your needs best.

Or you you can hire professional lawyers to create them for you.

[e.k]

Having a terms & conditions page is unnecessary in most cases, in my opinion. If people are going to be paying you for a service, simply lay out in very clear terms what that service is, what people are getting, and how much they are paying. Make it clear when they are expected to pay and when you are expected to ___. Just say what you need to say. Copying a terms & conditions from another website seems a bit pointless in my opinion.

[BusinessAdviser]

Having a terms & conditions page is unnecessary in most cases, in my opinion. If people are going to be paying you for a service, simply lay out in very clear terms what that service is, what people are getting, and how much they are paying. Make it clear when they are expected to pay and when you are expected to ___. Just say what you need to say. Copying a terms & conditions from another website seems a bit pointless in my opinion.

Wow. Pointless...unless you want to protect yourself legally.

[Daniel J. Bertelsen]

All I am thinking about is - if I create my own terms and conditions that fits my and the websites criteria, does that make it a real "statement of law"?

I mean, am I legally allowed to create my own terms and conditions without any lawyer or other recognized legislative publisher to accept it before it is taken into use?

[Iamnotsatisfied]

Find a similar website to yours... take their Terms and conditions, privacy policy and etc... and then modify it to suite your needs. Simple.

But make sure your covered, and there are no loopholes in the terms and condition or don't even bother with it.

[discountedclothing]

Research Online on how it was done and start making a draft.You can probably ask somebody to help you out to review the conditions you've made. Or Hire somebody who knows how to do it. Thanks.

[mike95910]

just wanted to say great post this helped me out alot as well. i am just going to alter someones elses terms and conditions until i make some money and can hire someone to write one tailored specifically for me.