Terms of Service

CARDLESS CLUB – MERCHANT TERMS & CONDITIONS

Last Updated: 21 November 2025

Trading Name: Cardless Club

Legal Entity: Times Six (Pty) Ltd – 2020/072163/07

Location: Randburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2104

Contact: arno@timesixva.com


1. Introduction

These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Cardless Club loyalty system (“Service”) provided by Times Six (Pty) Ltd (“Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

By subscribing, creating an account, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.


2. The Service

Cardless Club provides a digital loyalty system enabling merchants to:

  • Create and manage a loyalty “Place”

  • Issue stamps digitally by scanning customer QR codes

  • Issue and redeem digital reward cards

  • Add staff members to issue/ redeem on behalf of the merchant

  • Access reporting (stamps, redemptions, staff activity)

The Service is delivered solely through our website and related infrastructure.

We do not supply physical cards, hardware, or printed materials.


3. Merchant Subscriptions

3.1 Billing Model
Subscriptions are billed monthly in advance via Paystack through Paid Memberships Pro.

3.2 Minimum Term
Each new subscription has a minimum 3-month commitment.

3.3 Non-Refundable
All payments are non-refundable, except when the Service has a continuous outage for 45 days.

3.4 Discounts & Coupons
At our discretion, merchants may be offered discounts via Paid Memberships Pro coupons.

3.5 Cancellation
You may cancel anytime. Cancellation becomes effective at the end of the current billing cycle.

3.6 Failure to Pay
If payment fails:

  • 7-day grace period

  • After 7 days, your loyalty Place and all staff accounts are suspended until payment resumes.


4. Use of Service

By using Cardless Club, you agree:

  • Not to misuse the system

  • To ensure staff comply with these Terms

  • To use customer QR data only for stamp/redemption purposes

  • Not to attempt to reverse engineer, copy, or replicate our platform

  • To ensure your content, logos, and trade marks are legally yours

We may suspend or terminate access if misuse is detected.


5. Your Content

You may upload:

  • Logo

  • Images

  • Brand colours

  • Loyalty reward titles and descriptions

  • Terms & Conditions for your reward

You confirm:

  • You own all content

  • You grant us permission to display it

  • You understand we do not claim ownership or rights

We do not use your content outside the context of the loyalty platform.


6. Customer Interactions

You acknowledge that:

  • You do not have access to customer email addresses

  • You cannot export customer data

  • All interactions occur strictly through loyalty scans

  • You alone are responsible for honouring rewards you define


7. System Availability & SLA

We strive for 99% uptime, excluding scheduled maintenance or upstream outages.

If our hosting or API providers experience downtime, we are not liable for resulting losses.

A separate formal SLA is included below in Page 8.


8. Liability & Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

  • The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”

  • We do not guarantee uninterrupted uptime

  • We do not guarantee customer conversions or revenue

  • We are not liable for:

    • business losses

    • data loss

    • indirect or consequential damages

    • loss of profits

    • staff misuse

Total liability is limited to the value of one month’s subscription.


9. Termination

We may suspend or terminate merchant accounts immediately if:

  • Terms are violated

  • Fraud is detected

  • Abuse of the system occurs

  • Illegal activity is identified

We may also terminate the service with 30 days’ notice.


10. Dispute Resolution

You agree:

  1. All disputes first go to arbitration (South Africa).

  2. If unresolved, disputes may proceed to South African courts.


11. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms. When we do, we will notify merchants by email at least 7 days before changes take effect.


12. Contact

For support: arno@timesixva.com

 

CARDLESS CLUB – CUSTOMER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Last Updated: 21 November 2025


1. Introduction

Cardless Club provides digital loyalty cards to customers (“Customers”).

By creating an account or scanning any loyalty QR code, you accept these Terms.


2. How Cardless Club Works

  • Each customer receives a unique QR code
  • QR code identifies you to participating merchants
  • Shop owners/staff scan your QR to issue:
    • Loyalty stamps
    • Digital reward cards
  • Rewards are created and honoured by merchants, not Cardless Club


3. Your Responsibilities

You agree to:

  • Provide accurate account details
  • Not share your QR code publicly
  • Use the Service lawfully
  • Not manipulate or attempt to falsify stamp or redemption events


4. No Fees for Customers

Cardless Club is free for customers.
Your account may only be removed if you violate terms.


5. Privacy

  • Merchants cannot see your email address
  • Merchants cannot message you
  • Merchants only see:
    • Display name
    • Number of stamps
    • Redemption history at their own place

Full Privacy Policy is in Page 3.


6. Rewards

Rewards are provided solely by the merchant.

Cardless Club is not responsible for:

  • Reward availability
  • Reward value
  • Redemption experience
  • Merchant behaviour
  • Merchant business continuity


7. Liability

We do not accept liability for:

  • Lost rewards
  • Incorrect scans
  • Merchant disputes
  • Service outages
  • Account misuse
  • Device issues


8. Account Termination

We may suspend or terminate customer accounts for:

  • Fraud
  • Abuse
  • Security threats
  • Fake accounts


9. Contact

arno@timesixva.com

Availability

  • Target uptime: 99%
  • Scheduled maintenance: emailed 24 hrs in advance

Response Times

  • General support replies: within 48 hours
  • System issues: priority escalation within 12 hours

Exclusions

SLA does not cover:

  • Merchant devices
  • Merchant WiFi
  • Hosting provider failures
  • Third-party plugin failures
  • Google Maps API failures

Compensation

Only compensation offered is:

  • Extension of subscription if outage exceeds 45 consecutive days

Non-Refundable Policy

All subscription payments are final and non-refundable.


Exception

Refunds only apply if the Service experiences a continuous 45-day outage caused by Cardless Club infrastructure.

Refund does not apply if the outage is caused by:

  • Hosting provider outages
  • Google Maps API issues
  • Third-party plugin failures
  • Merchant WiFi/device issues

PRIVACY POLICY – CARDLESS CLUB

Effective: 21 November 2025

Controller: Times Six (Pty) Ltd

Location: Randburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2104


1. Information We Collect

1.1 Customers

  • Email address
  • Display name
  • Login activity
  • Loyalty activity (stamps, redemptions)
  • Device/browser data

1.2 Merchants

  • Name
  • Business details
  • Email address
  • Payment details (via Paystack – we never store bank/card info)
  • Staff names created by the merchant


2. How We Use Your Data

  • To operate the loyalty system
  • To authenticate logins
  • To generate stamps & rewards
  • To track redemption history
  • To provide support
  • To comply with South African law

We do not sell or share personal data with third parties for marketing.


3. Data Sharing

We may share data with:

  • Hosting providers
  • Google Maps API
  • Paystack (for payments)
  • Plugin providers that process data as part of WordPress functionality

All third-party processors comply with data protection requirements.


4. Merchant Access to Customer Data

Merchants only see:

  • Display name
  • Activity on their own place only

They cannot see:

  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Login details


5. Data Retention

We retain account data as long as the account is active.

If you delete your account, we remove personal identifiers within 30 days.


6. Your Rights

You may:

  • Request your data
  • Request deletion
  • Request correction
  • Request restriction

Email: arno@timesixva.com

Cardless Club uses:

  • Essential cookies (login, session)
  • Performance cookies (analytics)
  • Security cookies (fraud protection)

We do not use advertising cookies.

You can disable cookies in your browser but the loyalty system may not function.

(Between Times Six (Pty) Ltd and Merchants)

We act as:

  • Controller for customer accounts
  • Processor for loyalty interactions on your Place

We process:

  • Customer display name
  • Stamps & redemptions
  • Staff actions
  • Place branding

We do not process customer email addresses on your behalf.

We implement:

  • Encryption
  • Secure hosting
  • Access control
  • Regular security updates

Merchants must:

  • Ensure staff comply
  • Not misuse data
  • Not export or attempt to gather customer emails

You may not:

  • Attempt to manipulate stamp counts
  • Create fake customer accounts
  • Use bots/scripts to scan QR codes
  • Attempt to breach system security
  • Scrape or copy loyalty system code
  • Upload illegal or copyrighted images
  • Abuse customer data
  • Misrepresent rewards

Violations result in immediate termination.