Last updated: 3 August 2026
Welcome to Bello Art. These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you and Bello Art ("Bello," "we," "us," or "our") that governs your access to and use of the website, mobile-responsive web application, application programming interfaces, wallet and payout systems, chat and support tools, and all related services (collectively, the "Platform" or the "Services"). The Platform operates as an online marketplace connecting independent artists who list and sell original artworks, limited editions, and open-edition prints and digital files ("Artworks") with buyers who wish to purchase, commission, or collect them. Please read these Terms carefully. They contain important information about your legal rights, remedies, and obligations, including limitations and exclusions that may apply to you, a mandatory arbitration/dispute-forum provision in Section 22, and a general prohibition on class actions.
By creating an account, browsing the Platform beyond the public landing pages, submitting an artist application, listing an Artwork, placing an order, submitting a commission request, funding your wallet, requesting a withdrawal, or otherwise using any part of the Services, you affirmatively agree to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and any supplemental terms, guidelines, or policies referenced herein or posted on the Platform (including our Fees & Commission page, our How It Works page, and any category-specific listing rules we publish from time to time), all of which are incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety, you must not access or use the Services in any capacity.
If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a company, studio, gallery collective, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity, and "you" in these Terms refers to that entity as well as to you individually. We may update these Terms from time to time as described in Section 21; your continued use of the Services after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
These Terms apply equally to every category of person interacting with the Platform: prospective and existing buyers, prospective and approved artists, visitors browsing without an account, users of the support chat widget, and anyone submitting a commission request, even if that submission is made without creating an account. Where a provision applies only to a specific category of user, that is stated explicitly; otherwise, a provision binds all users.
For clarity throughout these Terms, the following terms have the meanings given below. Capitalized terms not defined in this section are defined in the section where they first appear.
"Account" means the registered user profile associated with a unique email address, used to authenticate access to buyer, artist, or administrative functionality on the Platform.
"Artist," "Seller," or "Studio" means a user whose Account has role artist and whose application to sell on the Platform has been approved, entitling them to list Artworks, receive orders, hold a wallet balance, and request withdrawals.
"Artwork" means any original work, limited-edition physical print, open-edition physical print, or licensed digital file listed for sale by an Artist, together with its associated metadata (title, medium, edition type, edition label, dimensions, weight, licence terms, and blurb).
"Buyer" means a user, whether registered or, where the Platform permits guest checkout or an unauthenticated action such as a commission request, unregistered, who purchases, attempts to purchase, or requests custom work through the Platform.
"Commission" (capitalized, referring to a custom-work request) means a request submitted through the commissions feature asking an Artist to produce a bespoke Artwork, as distinct from "commission" (lowercase), which refers to the percentage fee Bello retains from a completed sale. Context makes clear which meaning applies in each instance; where ambiguity could arise we use "commission fee" for the monetary sense.
"Collection" means a curated grouping of an Artist's own Artworks, organized and published by that Artist (with Bello's editorial tools) under a single title and slug.
"Exhibition" means a curated, often multi-artist grouping of Artworks organized and published by Bello, which may run for a defined period and may be marked draft, live, or ended.
"Escrow" means the holding mechanism by which a Buyer's payment for an order is retained by Bello, separate from the Artist's available wallet balance, until the conditions described in Section 6 for release are satisfied.
"Order" means a Buyer's purchase of one or more Artworks in a single checkout transaction, together with any selected options such as insurance, paper stock, carrier, or seller-managed shipping.
"Payout Method" means a bank account, payment-service account, or other destination that an Artist has registered and that Bello has approved for the disbursement of withdrawal requests.
"Pro Tier" and "Standard Tier" refer to the two artist commission tiers described in Section 5 and Section 8.
"Wallet" means the internal ledger balance Bello maintains for each Artist, reflecting funds released from Escrow after commission deduction, less any amounts already withdrawn.
"Withdrawal" means a request by an Artist to transfer funds from their Wallet balance to an approved Payout Method.
"Certificate of Authenticity" means the signed document an Artist provides with a physical Order at the time of dispatch, attesting to the Artwork's authenticity, edition status, and, where applicable, edition number.
"Condition Report" means the set of photographs an Artist takes and attaches to an Order on the day of dispatch, documenting the physical state of the Artwork immediately before it enters the shipping chain, used as the evidentiary baseline in any later damage dispute.
"KYC" means "know your customer," the identity- and business-verification process we may require of an Artist before approving a Payout Method, in line with applicable anti-money-laundering law.
"Lifetime-Earnings Cap" means the maximum cumulative Withdrawal proceeds an Account may receive absent enhanced verification, described in Section 9.
"Visitor" means any person who accesses the public-facing portions of the Platform, including through the chat widget, whether or not they ever create an Account; visitor analytics and chat-widget tracking are described in our Privacy Policy.
You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction if higher, to create an Account, list an Artwork, place an Order, or hold a Wallet balance. The Platform is not directed at, and we do not knowingly permit use by, individuals under 18. Section 26 of this document and Section 10 of our Privacy Policy address children's data specifically.
To create an Account you must supply an email address, a password meeting our minimum complexity requirements, and your legal name. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your Account, whether or not you authorized it, except to the extent that activity results from our failure to maintain reasonable security. You must notify us immediately at support@bello.art if you suspect unauthorized access to your Account.
You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep that information updated. We may suspend or terminate an Account that we reasonably believe contains false, misleading, or outdated information, particularly information relevant to identity verification, payout eligibility, or tax compliance.
Every Account is created initially with the buyer role, standard tier, and an approval_status of none. Buyer functionality — browsing, adding Artworks to a cart, checking out, requesting Commissions, and viewing order history — is available immediately upon registration. Selling functionality is gated behind the artist application and approval process described in Section 5. Administrative functionality is available only to Accounts we designate as admin, and is not available by self-service registration under any circumstance.
You may not maintain more than one Account for the purpose of evading a suspension, manipulating reviews, artificially inflating sales figures, or circumventing any limit or restriction in these Terms. We reserve the right to link, merge, or close Accounts we reasonably believe are being used in this manner.
If you register on behalf of a studio, atelier, or collective of multiple artists working under one name, one individual must be designated as the Account holder responsible for compliance with these Terms, including the accuracy of listings, the handling of Escrow-related obligations, and Withdrawal requests; internal arrangements among members of a studio for dividing proceeds are the studio's own responsibility, distinct from the Collaboration revenue-share mechanism described in Section 10, which is a Platform feature for splitting proceeds among separate Artist Accounts rather than members of a single Account.
We may, at our discretion, request government-issued identification, proof of address, or other verification documents at any point in the account lifecycle — not only during the artist-application process — where we have a legitimate compliance reason to do so, including in response to a Withdrawal request approaching a Lifetime-Earnings Cap threshold, a payout-method change, or a fraud-review flag raised by our systems. Failure to provide requested verification within a reasonable time may result in suspension of the affected functionality (for example, pausing Withdrawals) without suspending the Account's ability to otherwise browse or, where applicable, continue fulfilling Orders already in progress.
As a Buyer, you may browse listed Artworks, add them to a cart, select optional insurance, and complete a purchase by funding an Order, at which point your payment is placed into Escrow as described in Section 6. You agree to pay the full purchase price shown at checkout, which consists of the Artwork's listed price plus optional transit insurance of 1.5% of that price if you select it. You will never be charged for printing or shipping as part of your buyer-facing total — those costs are borne by the Artist as described in Section 8 — and any attempt by an Artist to solicit separate payment from you for printing, shipping, framing, or handling outside the Platform is a violation of these Terms and should be reported to us immediately.
You are responsible for reviewing an Artwork's listing carefully before purchase, including its edition type, licence terms, physical dimensions and weight (for physical works), and estimated shipping timeline, and for providing an accurate delivery address at checkout. Once an Order enters production, changes to the delivery address may not be possible, and address errors you provide are not grounds for a refund under Section 16.
Upon delivery, you are expected to inspect the Artwork and either confirm delivery (which triggers release of Escrow to the Artist, net of commission) or, if the work is damaged, materially different from its listing, or not received, open a dispute within the window described in Section 15. Silence beyond the confirmation window described on your Order page will be treated as constructive confirmation and Escrow will release automatically, consistent with the mechanics described in Section 6.
You agree not to use the Platform to purchase Artworks with stolen, fraudulent, or otherwise unauthorized payment instruments; to make purchases with the intent to defraud an Artist through a false damage claim or chargeback; or to use the messaging, chat, or commission features to solicit an Artist to transact off-Platform in order to avoid fees. Off-Platform circumvention undermines the Escrow protections this Section describes and is grounds for Account suspension under Section 17.
To sell on Bello, a registered Buyer-tier Account must submit an artist application through the Platform's application flow, providing a portfolio URL, primary medium, legal name, country of residence, years of active practice, and an artist statement. Submitting an application sets your Account's approval_status to pending and places the application in our review queue; it does not itself grant selling privileges.
Our team (or, where we use automated screening as an aid to human review, a hybrid process ultimately overseen by a human reviewer) evaluates applications for authenticity of practice, quality and consistency of portfolio work, and completeness of the submitted information. We may request additional materials, a video call, or documentary evidence of identity or provenance before approving an application. We retain sole discretion to approve or reject any application, and rejection does not require us to state a reason, though we will generally provide general feedback where practical. A rejected applicant may reapply after a reasonable interval, typically no sooner than 90 days, unless we indicate otherwise.
Upon approval, your Account's role becomes artist, your approval_status becomes approved, an artist profile (including a public slug, city, bio, portrait, and other public-facing fields) is created, and a Wallet is opened for you at a zero balance. You may then list Artworks, appear in the public artist directory, and receive Orders.
Every approved Artist begins at Standard tier, which carries an 8% commission fee on completed sales, described further in Section 8. Pro tier, which reduces the commission fee to 3%, is available to Artists who meet criteria we publish and update from time to time on our Pro Membership page — historically these have included a minimum sales history, a clean dispute record, and consistent fulfillment timelines, but we reserve the right to revise the qualifying criteria, and meeting a past criterion does not guarantee Pro-tier status going forward. Tier changes, whether an upgrade to Pro or a demotion back to Standard for cause (for example, a pattern of disputes or late shipments), take effect prospectively on Orders placed after the change; they do not retroactively alter commission already assessed on completed Orders.
An approved Artist remains subject to ongoing compliance with these Terms. We may place an Artist Account under review, temporarily suspend listing privileges, or revoke approval entirely for violations described in Section 14 or Section 17, including repeated disputes resolved against the Artist, failure to ship within represented timelines, misrepresentation of an Artwork's authenticity or edition status, or failure to maintain an approved Payout Method when Withdrawals are requested.
Re-application after rejection or removal. An applicant who was rejected, or an Artist whose approval was revoked for cause, may submit a new application after the waiting period described above, and should use that opportunity to address the specific concerns raised in the prior review (for example, providing a more complete portfolio, or, where approval was revoked for a listing-accuracy issue, demonstrating the practice or process changes made to prevent recurrence). We review re-applications with the same criteria applied to first-time applicants, and a prior rejection is not held against a materially improved re-application, though a prior revocation for serious misconduct (fraud, Escrow circumvention, or repeated dispute losses) will generally weigh heavily against approval.
Studio and multi-artist Accounts. Where an approved Artist Account represents a studio or collective rather than a single individual, the studio remains responsible for ensuring that every listing accurately attributes the work to the individual artist within the studio who created it, where that distinction matters to Buyers (for example, in a collective where different members work in different mediums); Bello's public artist profile is built around a single Account, so studios operating under a shared brand should use the Collaboration feature described in Section 10 where proceeds need to be attributed and split among multiple individual Artist Accounts rather than pooled under one.
Portfolio and profile accuracy. The public artist profile — city, biography, portrait, years active, and typical shipping timeline — displayed to Buyers is expected to be kept reasonably current; a materially stale shipping-timeline representation (for example, claiming a two-day turnaround while consistently shipping in two weeks) is treated as a form of listing misrepresentation for purposes of the consequences described above, since Buyers rely on it when deciding whether to purchase.
Every Order on Bello moves through a defined sequence of statuses, and the core protection this structure provides — for both Buyer and Artist — is that funds are held in Escrow rather than transferred directly to the Artist at the moment of purchase. When you complete checkout, your payment (Artwork price plus any selected insurance) is captured and an Escrow hold is created for the full amount; the Order begins in the pending_escrow status while this hold is confirmed, then generally transitions to in_production once the Artist has accepted and begun preparing the work (printing, framing, crating, or otherwise preparing it for dispatch, as applicable to the edition type).
When the Artist dispatches the Artwork, they mark it shipped and are expected to attach carrier and tracking information where available, along with the signed certificate of authenticity and photographed condition report referenced in Section 7. Upon confirmed delivery — whether through carrier tracking, Buyer confirmation, or both — the Order moves to delivered. At this stage, the Buyer has the opportunity to inspect the work and either affirmatively confirm receipt or raise a dispute per Section 15. Confirmation, or the automatic constructive confirmation described in Section 4, moves the Order to released, at which point the associated Escrow hold's status changes from held to released, its released_at timestamp is set, and the sale proceeds — net of the platform commission fee described in Section 8 — are credited to the Artist's Wallet as a transaction.
An Order may also carry a blocked_by marker at any stage, indicating that release is administratively paused — for example, because a dispute has been opened, because our AML or fraud-review processes have flagged the transaction for manual review, or because the Buyer has invoked the "Pause & Release Payment Now" control. That control lets a Buyer who is satisfied with a work before the standard confirmation window elapses proactively unblock and trigger release rather than waiting for automatic constructive confirmation; conversely, if a Buyer has concerns, leaving an Order un-confirmed (or opening a dispute) keeps the corresponding Escrow hold in held status and prevents release until the concern is resolved. Bello does not release Escrow funds to an Artist while a blocked_by marker is present on the Order, regardless of how long the Order has been in delivered status.
Because Escrow is the operative protection mechanism of the Platform, Artists agree not to solicit Buyers to bypass it — for instance, by asking for direct payment outside the Platform in exchange for a discount, or by asking a Buyer to prematurely confirm delivery before a physical work has actually shipped. Any Artist found soliciting Escrow circumvention is subject to Account suspension under Section 17, forfeiture of the transaction's commission-fee waiver if one was offered as an inducement, and, where the conduct is fraudulent, referral to the appropriate authorities.
To make the sequence concrete: a typical physical-Artwork Order might move through pending_escrow (payment captured, hold created — usually a matter of seconds to minutes as the payment processor confirms funds) → in_production (the Artist has accepted the Order and is printing, framing, crating, or otherwise preparing the specific object; for a unique original already completed and in stock, this stage may be brief and consist mainly of packing) → shipped (dispatched with carrier and tracking information, Certificate of Authenticity, and Condition Report attached) → delivered (carrier confirms receipt, or the Buyer manually marks the Order received) → released (Escrow funds move to the Artist's Wallet, net of commission). At any point before released, either party may raise a concern; a Buyer's dispute or an administrative fraud flag applies a blocked_by marker that halts progression toward release until resolved, and an Artist who has not yet shipped may, by mutual agreement with the Buyer, cancel the Order under the terms described in Section 16.
We do not disclose the Buyer's full payment-instrument details to the Artist, nor the Artist's Wallet or banking details to the Buyer, at any stage of this sequence; each party interacts with the other's identity (name, shipping address for physical Orders, and messaging) only to the extent necessary to complete the transaction, consistent with our Privacy Policy.
Artists are solely responsible for the accuracy of every Artwork listing they publish, including title, medium, edition type, edition label, year, dimensions, weight, licence terms, category, and any representations made in the listing's descriptive text. Misrepresenting an Artwork's authenticity, edition status (for example, listing a reproduction as unique, or failing to retire an open or limited edition run at the stated count), medium, or physical condition is a material breach of these Terms and grounds for delisting, Account suspension, and forfeiture of pending Wallet funds tied to the misrepresented listing, without prejudice to any other remedy available to Bello or an affected Buyer.
Edition types. The Platform recognizes three edition types, each carrying distinct licence and provenance implications that must be accurately reflected in the listing: unique (a one-of-a-kind original, typically transferred with full rights per Section 13, unless the listing states otherwise), limited (a numbered, capped print or cast run, where the Artist represents the total run size in the edition label and must not produce impressions beyond that stated count), and open (an uncapped print or digital run, typically licensed for personal display or, where explicitly stated, commercial use, rather than sold with full rights transfer).
Licensing per edition type. Unless a listing explicitly states otherwise, a unique original is sold with full rights transfer to the Buyer for that specific physical object, meaning the Buyer owns the physical work and, absent a separate written agreement, the Artist retains underlying copyright as described in Section 13 while the Buyer owns the tangible item and its display rights. A limited edition print is typically sold with a personal-display licence for that specific numbered impression, again with underlying copyright retained by the Artist. An open edition, whether physical or digital, is sold under whatever licence tier is stated on the listing — commonly "personal display" or "personal use" — and, where the Artist has opted to offer it, a "commercial licence" tier at a listed premium; Buyers must not use an Artwork beyond the scope of the licence tier they purchased, and Artists must not represent a licence tier inaccurately.
Physical versus digital. Listings marked is_physical are fulfilled by the Artist shipping a tangible object and are subject to the printing, shipping, and insurance mechanics described in Section 8. Listings that are not physical (digital files) are fulfilled by the Buyer receiving a downloadable or otherwise deliverable file through the Platform, are not subject to shipping mechanics, and typically ship instantly upon Escrow confirmation subject to the same delivery-confirmation and Escrow-release structure described in Section 6, adapted for digital delivery (confirmation is based on successful file access rather than physical receipt).
Pricing floor. Bello may set and periodically adjust a minimum listing price floor to preserve marketplace quality and to ensure that, after commission and payment-processing costs, a sale remains economically meaningful for both the Artist and the Platform. Artists may not list an Artwork below the then-current floor, and we reserve the right to unpublish listings that fall below it, including as a result of a floor adjustment applied after the original listing was published.
Artwork status. A listing may be draft (not visible to Buyers), listed (publicly visible and purchasable), or sold (a unique work that has completed a sale, or a limited/open run that has reached its represented cap). Artists are responsible for keeping status accurate and must not continue offering a unique work for sale after it has sold, whether on or off the Platform.
Listing images and descriptions. The primary image for a listing must accurately depict the actual Artwork being sold (or, for limited/open editions, a genuine representative impression), not a stock photo, a mockup, or an AI-generated image purporting to be the finished work, except where the listing clearly and separately labels supplementary mockup or context imagery as such. Blurb text should describe the work honestly; puffery and ordinary marketing language are fine, but factual claims (medium, working method, dimensions, provenance) must be accurate, as Buyers rely on them in deciding to purchase.
Delisting and edits. An Artist may edit a draft or listed Artwork's details at any time before it sells; Bello reserves the right to require a listing be returned to draft status for correction if we identify a material inaccuracy, and to unpublish a listing outright where the inaccuracy is severe, was not corrected promptly once flagged, or relates to a prohibited-content concern under Section 14. Edits to a listing after an Order has been placed against it do not retroactively change the terms of that already-placed Order; the Order is fulfilled according to the listing details as they existed at the time of purchase.
Bello charges no fee to list an Artwork. Our revenue comes from the commission fee deducted from the sale price when Escrow funds are released to an Artist's Wallet, at the rate corresponding to the Artist's tier at the time of the Order: 8% for Standard tier, 3% for Pro tier, as described in Section 5. These rates, along with the optional insurance rate and any Platform-configured withdrawal fee described in Section 9, are maintained in our platform settings and are subject to change on prospective notice as described in Section 21; the rate that applies to a given Order is the rate in effect at the time that Order's commission is computed, not necessarily the rate in effect when the listing was first published.
Buyers pay the Artwork's listed price, plus optional transit insurance of 1.5% of that price if elected at checkout. Buyers never pay a separate commission fee, listing fee, or platform fee at checkout — the commission fee is deducted from the Artist's proceeds after Escrow release, not added on top of the Buyer's total. Printing and shipping costs are borne entirely by the Artist and are never added to a Buyer's checkout total, regardless of carrier, print method, or paper stock selected; Artists price these costs into their listed Artwork price at their own discretion, and we do not dictate an Artist's cost structure or margins, only the amount the Platform is compensated for facilitating the sale.
Transit insurance, where selected, covers full replacement value of the Artwork if it is lost or damaged in transit before the Buyer confirms delivery, and the insurance premium collected at checkout is held alongside the Artwork price in Escrow and is not commissionable — Bello does not take a percentage of the insurance premium itself. Insurance claims are administered as part of the dispute process described in Section 15 for damaged or lost deliveries.
We may, from time to time, offer promotional commission-fee waivers, reduced rates for specific Exhibitions or Collections, or other incentive programs; the terms of any such promotion will be stated at the time it is offered and will govern over the general rates in this Section for the duration and scope of that promotion.
Worked example. To illustrate how these pieces fit together: suppose a Standard-tier Artist lists a limited edition print at $500.00, and a Buyer purchases it with transit insurance selected. At checkout, the Buyer pays $500.00 for the print plus $7.50 insurance (1.5% of $500.00), for a buyer-facing total of $507.50; nothing is added for shipping, since the Artist has priced their fulfillment cost into the $500.00 listing price. When the Order is later confirmed delivered and Escrow releases, Bello deducts an 8% commission fee computed on the $500.00 artwork price — $40.00 — and credits the Artist's Wallet with $460.00 as sale proceeds; the $7.50 insurance premium is held separately in Escrow against a possible damage or loss claim and is not treated as commissionable revenue. Had the same Artist held Pro tier, the commission fee would instead be $15.00 (3% of $500.00), crediting $485.00 to the Wallet. This example is illustrative only; actual rates in effect at the time of your transaction control, per the rate-timing rule above.
Every approved Artist has a Wallet, an internal ledger reflecting the cumulative net proceeds of released Escrow holds (sale price plus any Artist-favorable adjustments, less commission fee) minus any funds already paid out through approved Withdrawals. Wallet balances are denominated in the smallest currency unit we support for your account (cents) and are not interest-bearing.
Deposited funds are not withdrawable — the AML rule. Bello does not accept, and does not process Withdrawals for, funds deposited into a Wallet by any means other than the release of Escrow from a genuine completed sale on the Platform. This is a deliberate anti-money-laundering (AML) control: the Wallet exists to hold and disburse marketplace earnings, not to function as a general-purpose payment-holding or transfer account, and we do not permit funds to enter a Wallet from an external source and subsequently be withdrawn as though they were sale proceeds. Any transaction that appears designed to route third-party funds through a Wallet for the purpose of disguising their origin, evading currency-transfer controls, or laundering proceeds of unlawful activity is a severe violation of these Terms, will result in immediate Account suspension pending investigation, and will be reported to the relevant financial-crime authorities where required by law. We reserve the right to freeze a Wallet balance, decline a Withdrawal, or reverse a credited transaction where we have reasonable grounds to suspect it does not represent genuine, arm's-length marketplace earnings.
Payout-method approval. Before requesting a Withdrawal, an Artist must register a Payout Method (a bank account or supported payment-service destination) by submitting the relevant details through the Platform. Every Payout Method is reviewed by our administrative team and carries a status of pending, approved, or rejected; only an approved Payout Method may be selected as the destination for a Withdrawal request. We may require identity-verification or tax documentation (for example, a completed tax form appropriate to your jurisdiction) as a condition of approving a Payout Method, consistent with our KYC (know-your-customer) obligations, and we may reject a Payout Method that fails verification, that we cannot adequately verify belongs to the Artist named on the Account, or that is located in a jurisdiction we are unable to service for regulatory or operational reasons.
Requesting a Withdrawal. An Artist may request a Withdrawal of any portion of their available Wallet balance to an approved Payout Method. Each Withdrawal request carries a status of pending, approved, rejected, or paid, and our administrative team reviews pending requests, applying the AML screening described above, before approving or rejecting them; an admin note may accompany either outcome. Approved Withdrawals are processed to the selected Payout Method within the timeframe stated on the Platform at the time of the request, which may vary by payment rail and jurisdiction.
Admin-configurable withdrawal fee. Bello may apply a withdrawal-processing fee, expressed as a flat amount in cents and configurable by our administrative team through platform settings, deducted from the requested Withdrawal amount before disbursement. The withdrawal fee in effect at the time a Withdrawal request is submitted governs that request; changes to the fee take effect prospectively and do not alter the fee already assessed on a request already submitted.
Lifetime-earnings cap. For regulatory, risk-management, and payment-partner compliance reasons, we may impose a lifetime-earnings cap on an Artist's Account — a maximum cumulative amount of Withdrawal proceeds that Account may receive absent enhanced verification. Where a cap applies and an Artist's cumulative Withdrawals approach or would exceed it, we may require additional identity or business verification before approving further Withdrawal requests, and we may decline a Withdrawal that would exceed the applicable cap until that verification is completed. We will communicate the applicable cap and any required next steps to affected Artists directly rather than publishing a single universal figure, because the cap may vary by jurisdiction, verification tier, and payment-partner requirement.
Wallet transactions of every type (sale-proceeds credits, Withdrawal debits, fee deductions, adjustments, and reversals) are recorded in a transaction ledger visible to the Artist through their dashboard, each carrying a type, an amount, an optional associated Order reference, and a timestamp, so that an Artist can reconcile their balance at any time.
Reversals and adjustments. Where a dispute resolved under Section 15 requires unwinding proceeds already credited to a Wallet (for example, because a resolution directs a refund after Escrow had already been released in error, or because a chargeback is later upheld by a payment processor after release), we may debit the affected amount from the Artist's Wallet as a reversal transaction, clearly labeled and referencing the underlying Order, and, where the Wallet balance is insufficient to cover the reversal, we may net it against future sale proceeds until satisfied, or pursue the amount directly from the Artist where the shortfall persists and the underlying conduct was the Artist's fault (for example, a confirmed case of listing misrepresentation). We will always provide a clear accounting of any reversal so an Artist can see exactly which Order it relates to and why.
Currency. Wallet balances, listing prices, and all monetary values referenced in these Terms are recorded in integer cents of the currency your Account is configured to transact in; where a Buyer's payment method or an Artist's Payout Method operates in a different currency, currency conversion is performed by our payment processor or banking partner at the prevailing rate at the time of the transaction, and Bello does not separately mark up that conversion beyond what our processor applies, though processor-applied conversion spreads are outside our control and are not refundable by us.
The Platform supports multi-artist Collaborations, in which two or more Artists jointly offer a bundle of Artworks under a shared title and description, with sale proceeds split among the participating Artists according to a stated percentage share for each. A Collaboration and its share percentages must be agreed among the participating Artists before the Collaboration is published, and once published, the share percentages that applied to a given sale govern the distribution of that sale's proceeds even if the Artists later agree to change the split for future sales.
Bello facilitates the technical mechanics of a Collaboration — presenting it as a bundle, processing the Order, and crediting each participating Artist's Wallet according to the stated share — but is not a party to, and does not mediate, the underlying business arrangement among collaborating Artists regarding division of labor, materials cost, or any other aspect of their working relationship beyond the revenue-share percentages recorded on the Platform. Disputes among collaborating Artists about matters outside the recorded share percentages are the collaborating Artists' own responsibility to resolve; Bello's dispute-resolution process under Section 15 addresses Buyer/Artist Order disputes, not inter-Artist disagreements.
The standard commission fee described in Section 8 applies to the gross proceeds of a Collaboration sale before the revenue share is divided among participating Artists, computed at a blended or per-Artist rate consistent with each participant's individual tier where our systems support tier-specific commission attribution, or otherwise at a rate we will disclose at the time the Collaboration is published.
Separate from purchasing a listed Artwork, a Buyer may submit a Commission request describing a desired custom work — a title, a description of what they are looking for, and optionally a budget and a specific Artist they would like to target. A Commission request may be submitted without being logged in; where it is submitted by a logged-in Buyer, it is associated with that Buyer's Account, and where it is submitted without a session, it is recorded without a Buyer identity attached to it beyond whatever contact information the request itself contains.
A Commission request that names a specific Artist is visible to that Artist through their dashboard; a Commission request that does not name a specific Artist is treated as open and is visible to any approved Artist who wishes to review and respond to open requests. An Artist may accept a Commission request, at which point its status moves to accepted and the Artist and Buyer are expected to work out the specifics (final price, timeline, materials, and delivery) directly, using the Platform's messaging or chat tools where available; an Artist may instead decline a request, moving its status to declined, or a request may be marked completed once the resulting custom work has been delivered and paid for.
Commissions are not, by themselves, Escrow-protected transactions. Submitting or accepting a Commission request is an expression of interest and a starting point for negotiation, not a binding sale. Once an Artist and Buyer agree on a final scope and price for a commissioned work, the actual transaction — payment, Escrow, production, shipping, and delivery confirmation — is expected to proceed as a standard Order through the Platform's checkout and Escrow mechanics described in Sections 4 through 6, once the Artist creates a corresponding listing or the Platform otherwise supports converting an agreed Commission into a payable Order. Buyers and Artists should not send or accept payment for a commissioned work outside the Platform's Escrow system; doing so forfeits the Escrow, dispute-resolution, and insurance protections these Terms otherwise provide and may violate Section 6's prohibition on Escrow circumvention.
We reserve the right to remove a Commission request that violates these Terms — for example, a request seeking reproduction of another artist's copyrighted work without authorization, a request for content prohibited under Section 14, or a request that is abusive, spam, or clearly not a genuine solicitation of custom artwork.
A Collection is a grouping of an Artist's own Artworks that the Artist curates and publishes under a single title, description, and slug, intended to let Buyers browse a coherent body of related work — for example, a series painted from the same field notes or a run of studies around a common theme. An Artist may add or remove their own Artworks from their own Collections at any time; removing an Artwork from a Collection does not affect any Order already placed for that Artwork, nor does it unlist the Artwork itself.
An Exhibition is a curated grouping of Artworks, often spanning multiple Artists, organized and published by Bello's editorial team, with a status of draft (not yet public), live (publicly browsable), or ended (closed to new browsing emphasis but its record retained). Inclusion of an Artwork in an Exhibition does not change the ownership, pricing, or listing status of that Artwork; it is a curatorial and discovery layer on top of the underlying listing. An Artist whose work is included in an Exhibition does not thereby incur any additional fee, nor receive any different commission rate, than would otherwise apply to a direct sale of that Artwork; the standard fee structure in Section 8 applies uniformly regardless of the discovery path (direct listing, Collection, or Exhibition) through which a Buyer found the Artwork.
Bello may, at its discretion, feature, promote, reorder, or remove Artworks, Collections, or Exhibitions from prominent placement on the Platform (for example, the homepage or category pages) without that action constituting removal of the underlying listing, and without creating any entitlement on the part of an Artist to any particular placement.
Artist retains rights. Except as expressly licensed to a Buyer under the edition-type licensing terms described in Section 7, or as expressly licensed to Bello under this Section, an Artist retains all right, title, and interest in and to their Artworks, including copyright, moral rights (to the extent waivable or not waived, as governed by applicable law), and any trademark rights in their artistic name or signature. Selling a physical unique original with full rights transfer conveys ownership of the physical object and, unless the listing states otherwise, the underlying copyright as well, to the Buyer; selling a limited or open edition conveys only the licence rights stated in the listing, with underlying copyright remaining with the Artist. Nothing in these Terms should be read to convey broader rights to Bello or to a Buyer than the Artist has expressly agreed to convey through the listing's stated licence terms.
Platform licence to display. By listing an Artwork, submitting content to a Collection or Exhibition, or otherwise uploading images, descriptions, or other materials to the Platform, an Artist grants Bello a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable licence to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute that content solely for the purposes of operating, marketing, and promoting the Platform and the Artist's work on it — including on the Platform itself, in email marketing, in social-media promotion, and in press or partner materials that credit the Artist. This licence survives the sale of an individual Artwork (so that, for example, a sold work can remain visible in the Artist's public portfolio and sales history) but does not survive termination of the Artist's Account and removal of their content as described in Section 17, except to the extent reasonably necessary to maintain records of completed transactions, honor existing Buyer licences, or comply with law.
Buyer content. Buyers who submit reviews, dispute evidence (such as photographs of a damaged delivery), or chat messages grant Bello a licence to use that content for the purposes of operating the dispute-resolution and support processes described elsewhere in these Terms, and, in the case of reviews, to display them publicly in connection with the relevant Artwork or Artist unless the Buyer requests removal for a legitimate reason (for example, the review discloses private information).
Infringement claims. If you believe an Artwork or other content on the Platform infringes your intellectual-property rights, contact us at support@bello.art with sufficient detail to identify the work and the basis for your claim. We will review and, where appropriate, remove or disable access to the challenged content and may suspend the responsible Account for repeat infringement.
Platform marks. "Bello Art," our logo, and other Platform branding are our trademarks; nothing in these Terms grants you any right to use them except as necessary to accurately reference the Platform (for example, an Artist linking to their Bello profile from their own website).
You agree not to, and not to assist or permit any third party to: (a) list, sell, offer, or request through Commissions any Artwork that infringes a third party's intellectual-property rights, or that depicts, promotes, or facilitates unlawful activity, exploitation of a minor, or content that is obscene, hateful, or discriminatory under applicable law; (b) misrepresent the authenticity, provenance, edition status, medium, or condition of any Artwork; (c) manipulate reviews, sales figures, or dispute outcomes, including through fake Accounts or coordinated inauthentic purchasing; (d) circumvent Escrow as described in Section 6, or otherwise attempt to induce a counterparty to transact outside the Platform to avoid fees or protections; (e) use the Platform to launder funds or to disguise the origin of funds, as described in Section 9; (f) probe, scan, or attempt to breach the security of the Platform, or access data or Accounts you are not authorized to access; (g) scrape, harvest, or bulk-extract Platform content or user data other than through interfaces we expressly provide for that purpose; (h) upload malicious code or attempt to interfere with the availability or integrity of the Platform; (i) impersonate another person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; (j) use the chat, messaging, or Commission features to harass, threaten, or send unsolicited commercial communications unrelated to a genuine transaction; or (k) use the Platform in violation of any applicable export-control, sanctions, or trade-compliance law, including transacting from or with a jurisdiction, entity, or individual subject to applicable sanctions.
We may investigate suspected violations of this Section using information available to us, including transaction records, chat logs, dispute history, and the visitor-analytics data described in our Privacy Policy (device fingerprinting, IP geolocation, and VPN-mismatch detection are among the signals our systems use to flag potentially abusive or fraudulent activity for human review). Confirmed violations may result in content removal, Order cancellation, Wallet freezes pending investigation, Account suspension or termination under Section 17, and, where warranted, referral to law enforcement or civil action.
We also reserve the right to block a Visitor's access to the Platform, independent of any Account action, where our systems or staff reasonably conclude the Visitor's traffic is abusive, automated in a way that degrades Platform performance for other users, or associated with a device or network previously used for fraud, consistent with the blocked flag our visitor-tracking systems support. Being blocked as a Visitor is a network- and device-level restriction distinct from Account suspension and may be applied even to someone who has never registered an Account.
Repeat or severe violations of this Section, including a second confirmed instance of listing misrepresentation, an attempt to circumvent Escrow, or any conduct implicating AML concerns under Section 9, will generally result in permanent termination rather than a warning, at our discretion.
If an Order arrives damaged, is materially different from its listing, does not arrive at all, or otherwise gives a Buyer reasonable grounds for concern, the Buyer may open a dispute from the Order page within the window stated on that Order (generally, returns and disputes may be raised within 14 days of delivery confirmation, though the operative window is the one displayed on the specific Order, which may vary for time-sensitive circumstances). Opening a dispute is recorded against the underlying Order, names the user who opened it, states a reason, and immediately places (or keeps in place) a blocked_by marker on the Order that prevents Escrow release while the dispute is open, consistent with Section 6.
Once a dispute is open, our administrative team reviews the evidence submitted by both the Buyer and the Artist — which may include photographs, carrier tracking and delivery records, the condition report and certificate of authenticity provided at dispatch, and the parties' own written statements — and reaches a resolution, which is recorded with a resolution note and a status change from open to resolved. Depending on the facts, a resolution may direct full or partial release of the Escrow hold to the Artist, a full or partial refund to the Buyer, replacement or repair where feasible, or another outcome we consider fair given the evidence.
Bello's role in dispute resolution is that of an administrative mediator applying these Terms and the specific facts of the transaction; we are not a court or arbitrator applying formal rules of evidence, but we conduct our review in good faith and base our determinations on the objective record where one exists (tracking data, photographs, timestamps) rather than on unverified assertions alone. Both Buyers and Artists agree to cooperate promptly and honestly with a dispute investigation, including by providing requested evidence within the timeframe we specify; failure to do so may result in the dispute being resolved based on the available record, which may be unfavorable to the non-cooperating party.
A pattern of disputes resolved against a particular Artist, or a pattern of apparently bad-faith disputes raised by a particular Buyer, is grounds for the account-level consequences described in Section 17, independent of the outcome of any single dispute.
Evidence retention. Both parties are encouraged to retain their own copies of relevant evidence — packaging photographs, carrier receipts, correspondence — for a reasonable period after an Order concludes, even after a dispute is resolved, in case a related concern (for example, a later-discovered chargeback from the Buyer's card issuer) requires revisiting the record. Bello retains dispute records, including submitted evidence and resolution notes, for the period described in our Privacy Policy's data-retention section, both to support any such follow-up and to inform our review of repeat-dispute patterns under Section 17.
Escalation. If you believe a dispute was resolved incorrectly, you may request a second review by replying to the resolution notice with any additional evidence not previously considered; a second review is handled by a different member of our administrative team where practicable. Beyond that internal escalation step, your options are the informal-resolution and dispute-forum provisions described in Section 22.
An Order may be cancelled by mutual agreement of the Buyer and Artist before it enters the in_production status, in which case the corresponding Escrow hold is released back to the Buyer in full. Once an Order enters production, cancellation is at the Artist's discretion and may be subject to a partial charge reflecting materials or labor already committed, disclosed to the Buyer before the cancellation is finalized.
Refunds arising from a resolved dispute under Section 15 are processed according to the resolution reached in that process. Refunds are issued to the original payment method used at checkout where technically possible; where that is not possible, we will work with the Buyer to identify an alternative refund mechanism. We do not guarantee a specific refund timeline beyond what our payment processor's standard settlement times allow, and will communicate expected timing at the point a refund is approved.
A Buyer who simply changes their mind about a purchase after an Order has entered production, in the absence of a legitimate dispute basis under Section 15 (damage, non-conformity, or non-delivery), is not automatically entitled to a refund; because Artworks — particularly unique originals and low-count limited editions — are often produced or prepared specifically in response to a confirmed sale, buyer's-remorse cancellations after production has begun are handled case by case and are not guaranteed.
We may suspend or terminate any Account, at our discretion and with or without prior notice where circumstances warrant immediate action (for example, suspected fraud, AML concerns, or an active safety risk), for violation of these Terms, for conduct described in Section 14, for a pattern of disputes resolved against an Artist, for providing false information during registration or the artist-application process, for failure to maintain compliant Payout Method or tax documentation where required, or for any other reason we reasonably believe protects the integrity of the Platform or the safety of other users.
Where circumstances permit advance notice, we will generally provide the affected user with the reason for the action and, where applicable, an opportunity to remedy the issue before suspension becomes termination. Suspension may be full (blocking all access) or partial (for example, blocking new listings while permitting fulfillment of existing Orders, or freezing Withdrawal requests while permitting continued selling pending investigation).
Upon termination, an Artist's outstanding Wallet balance attributable to genuinely completed, non-disputed sales remains payable to them, subject to standard Withdrawal processing (including AML screening) once any pending investigation concludes, unless the termination arises from fraud or other misconduct that itself implicates those specific funds, in which case we may withhold, offset, or forfeit the implicated amount to the extent permitted by law and necessary to make an affected Buyer or the Platform whole. A Buyer whose Account is terminated for cause remains responsible for any Orders already placed and in progress, subject to the standard Escrow, delivery, and dispute mechanics that would otherwise apply.
You may close your own Account at any time by contacting support@bello.art; closure does not retroactively unwind completed Orders, does not entitle an Artist to bypass standard Withdrawal processing for a final balance, and does not eliminate obligations (such as payment for an Order already placed) incurred before closure.
THE PLATFORM AND ALL CONTENT, ARTWORKS, AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH IT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. Bello is a marketplace facilitator; we do not manufacture, produce, physically inspect before shipment (beyond the condition-report mechanism described in Section 6), or guarantee the quality, authenticity, or fitness of any Artwork, and each Artwork's accuracy of description is the responsibility of the listing Artist as stated in Section 7.
We do not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, that defects will be corrected, or that the Platform or the servers that make it available are free of harmful components. Your use of the Platform, and any reliance on information obtained through it, is at your own risk, without limiting the dispute-resolution protections described in Section 15, which remain available regardless of this disclaimer.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BELLO AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE PLATFORM WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL COMMISSION FEES WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SPECIFIC TRANSACTION GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS (OR THE EQUIVALENT IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY). NOTHING IN THIS SECTION LIMITS LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE LIMITED, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR OUR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR FRAUD, OR FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY OUR NEGLIGENCE, WHERE APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS SUCH A LIMITATION.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you in full; in that case, our liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by the law of your jurisdiction.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Bello and its officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or related to: (a) your breach of these Terms; (b) your Artwork listings, including any claim that a listing infringes a third party's intellectual-property rights or misrepresents the Artwork's authenticity or provenance; (c) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; (d) content you submit to the Platform, including reviews, dispute evidence, chat messages, and Commission requests; and (e) any transaction you conduct through the Platform, to the extent the claim arises from your own acts or omissions rather than Bello's. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.
Bello Art is presented as a global marketplace, with Artists and Buyers located in numerous countries, and Orders that frequently cross international borders for shipping. If you access the Platform from outside the jurisdictions in which we primarily operate, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local law, including import, export, customs, and tax obligations applicable to your purchase or sale.
Cross-border shipments of physical Artworks may be subject to customs duties, import taxes, or clearance delays outside our control; Artists are responsible for accurately declaring shipment contents and values as required by applicable customs law, and Buyers are responsible for any import duties or taxes assessed by their own country's customs authority, unless we or the Artist have expressly stated at checkout that such costs are pre-paid or included.
You represent that you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, a country or region subject to comprehensive trade sanctions administered by the jurisdictions from which Bello operates, and that you are not on any restricted-party or denied-persons list maintained by such jurisdictions. We may decline to process an Order, Withdrawal, or Account registration where we have reason to believe it would violate applicable sanctions, export-control, or anti-money-laundering law, consistent with the AML provisions in Section 9.
Certain physical Artworks may be subject to export restrictions in the Artist's home country (for example, cultural-property export controls applicable to certain mediums or subject matter in some jurisdictions) or import restrictions in the Buyer's destination country (for example, restrictions on materials such as certain woods, pigments, or framing components). Artists are responsible for representing accurately, to the best of their knowledge, any material or medium that might be subject to such restriction, and Buyers are responsible for confirming that a purchase can lawfully be imported into their destination country before completing an Order; Bello does not provide legal advice on import or export compliance and is not responsible for a shipment refused, seized, or delayed by customs authorities, though we will assist in good faith with documentation reasonably needed to resolve such an issue.
Where local consumer-protection law in a Buyer's jurisdiction provides mandatory rights beyond those described in these Terms — for example, statutory cooling-off periods for online purchases, or mandatory minimum warranty periods — those mandatory rights apply in addition to, and are not diminished by, these Terms, to the extent applicable law requires.
We may revise these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, legal or regulatory requirements, or our business practices. When we make a material change, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this document and, where the change is significant, provide additional notice such as an email to registered users or a prominent notice on the Platform. Immaterial or clarifying changes may be made without separate notice beyond the updated date.
Your continued use of the Platform after a revised version of these Terms takes effect constitutes your acceptance of the revision. If you do not agree to a revision, your remedy is to stop using the Platform and, if you wish, close your Account as described in Section 17; revisions do not apply retroactively to change the substantive terms (such as the commission rate) already fixed for an Order placed before the revision took effect.
These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or your use of the Platform, are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Bello Art is established, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, except where a mandatory local consumer-protection law grants you rights that cannot be waived by choice of law, in which case those mandatory rights are preserved.
Before initiating a formal proceeding, you agree to first contact us at support@bello.art and attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally; most disagreements, including transaction disputes, are appropriately handled through the dispute-resolution process in Section 15 rather than through litigation. Where informal resolution is not possible and formal proceedings become necessary, you and Bello agree that such proceedings will be brought in the courts of competent jurisdiction where Bello is established, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts, except where applicable law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your own jurisdiction of residence, in which case that right is preserved to the extent it cannot lawfully be waived.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you and Bello each waive any right to a jury trial and any right to participate in a class, collective, or representative action against the other; each party may bring claims only in an individual capacity.
Notices to Bello under these Terms should be sent to support@bello.art or to any postal address we publish on the Platform for legal notices. Notices to you may be sent to the email address associated with your Account, or displayed within the Platform itself; you are responsible for keeping your Account email current so that notices reach you.
For general questions about these Terms, contact support@bello.art, or use the chat widget available on any page of the Platform.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable or invalid by a court or other body of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the remaining provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect.
Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Bello regarding the Platform, and supersede any prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral, regarding the same subject matter, except where a separate signed agreement between you and Bello expressly states that it supplements or overrides these Terms.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to enforce that or any other provision later.
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms, or any rights or obligations under them, without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of substantially all of our assets, without your consent, provided the assignee agrees to be bound by these Terms.
Force majeure. Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay in performance under these Terms resulting from causes beyond that party's reasonable control, including natural disaster, act of government, labor dispute, internet or telecommunications failure, or other similar cause; obligations affected by such an event are suspended for its duration, and each party will use reasonable efforts to resume performance once the event concludes.
Relationship of the parties. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between Bello and any Artist or Buyer; Artists sell as independent sellers, responsible for their own tax and business obligations arising from sales made through the Platform.
Tax responsibility. Each Artist is solely responsible for determining, collecting where required, and remitting any income tax, value-added tax, sales tax, or other tax obligation arising from their sales on the Platform, in their own jurisdiction and in any jurisdiction their Buyers are located, except to the extent we are legally required to collect or withhold tax on a transaction ourselves, in which case we will disclose that requirement at checkout or at the point of Withdrawal, as applicable. We may issue tax-reporting documents (such as an annual earnings summary) where required by law in your jurisdiction, and providing accurate tax information as part of KYC verification is a condition of maintaining Withdrawal eligibility.
Feedback. If you send us feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Platform, you agree that we may use them without restriction or compensation to you, and that doing so does not create any obligation of confidentiality on our part.
Survival. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination of your Account or these Terms — including Sections 13 (to the extent stated), 18, 19, 22, and this Section 24 — survive any termination or expiration of these Terms.
Language. These Terms are drafted in English; any translation provided for convenience is not authoritative, and the English version governs in the event of a conflict.
Headings. Section headings in these Terms are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.
If you have questions about any part of these Terms, please reach out at support@bello.art before using the Platform, so that we can help make sure you understand exactly what you are agreeing to.