Terms of Use

last updated July 2026

As a precondition for creating and utilizing an account with Indieversa, all Users must agree to the terms of this agreement. All Users also commit to truthfully and promptly notifying Indieversa of any concerns for misconduct asap by emailing those concerns to [email protected].

Indieversa, Indieversa, the Indie Shopping Verse, & Swimming Bear, Inc.

Indie Shopping Verse and Indieversa are brands owned by Swimming Bear, Inc.. Indieversa is a separate entity not owned by Swimming Bear, Inc.. Swimming Bear, Inc. provides technology services to Indieversa and Indieversa is responsible for curating the community created with those technology services consistent with local law and these terms of use. Users of Indieversa agree to release Swimming Bear, Inc. from liability resulting from misuse of the technology services provided by Swimming Bear, Inc..

Indieversa Services

Indieversa and Swimming Bear, Inc. do not grow, make, or sell products. To businesses that grow, make, or resell products and services, i.e. Vendors, Indieversa provides the Service of permitting them to list their products and services for sale and to accept orders to purchase those products and services. To all Users, Indieversa provides the Service of permitting them to browse and order products and services that are made available for purchase by Vendors. These Services are provided at the discretion of Indieversa and with the precondition that all Users agree to the terms and conditions stated in this agreement. Indieversa requires that all Users be at least 18 years of age, or be supervised by the owner of the Indieversa account who is at least 18 years of age.

The Relationship between Indieversa, Vendors, and all Users

All orders placed by Users are contracts between the Vendors and the User. Indieversa does not validate or guarantee the truthfulness or legality of items listed by Vendors. Disagreements between Vendors and Users should be resolved between the Vendors and Users. Users should notify Indieversa of any such disagreements so that we may learn, potentially assist with mediation at our discretion, and remove Users from Indieversa whose actions are in conflict with the spirit and purpose of Indieversa, including but not limited to the terms and conditions stated here.

Cancellations & Refunds

Please email the Vendors if you need to cancel your order. Vendor contact info is provided on the order confirmation emails. When Users make a purchase online with a card, their credit cards are billed by Stripe, Inc. on behalf of the individual Vendors and all sale proceeds are remitted to Vendors’ bank accounts directly by Stripe, Inc. Indieversa does not manage Vendor accounts with Stripe, Inc. and Indieversa cannot process refunds on behalf of Vendors.

Users agree to honor their purchase agreements subject to the following guidelines for refunds, subject to policies of individual vendors:

1. Refunds are at the discretion of the selling Vendor.
2. User credit cards validated at the time the user places the order, but are at times not charged until the Vendor processes the order. If the order has been processed and the customer’s card charged, the refund may be the purchase amount less the fees charged by Stripe, Inc. to the Vendor for accepting the credit card. Those fees are 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. If the User’s order has not yet been processed, the order should be cancelled without the User’s card having been charged.

Liability and Legal Responsibility

Users must release Indieversa and Swimming Bear, Inc. from any claims related to items sold by Vendors on Indieversa as a precondition for using Indieversa.

Any concerns over inappropriate behavior or product and service listings should be reported to Indieversa at [email protected] urgently, please. Indieversa does not accept any liability or provide any recourse of any sort, but will seek to remove bad actors.

Vendors must accept responsibility for truthfully representing their products and services and for knowing and adhering to the local laws that govern the advertisement and sale of their products and services. Vendors agree to indemnify Indieversa and Swimming Bear, Inc. if either is sued or fined due to the Vendor’s actions.

Indieversa will cooperate and share data with law enforcement to the extent that there are concerns about illicit behavior.

All Users of Indieversa share a responsibility for safeguarding the trustworthiness of Indieversa.

Content

Vendors create and are responsible for their own Content. Content in the context of this agreement pertains to all product information and photography. Vendors own their content, but implicitly and explicitly provide Indieversa with the rights to store, view, and publish that content in perpetuity so long as doing so accurately reflects the relationship between the Vendor and Indieversa at the time the content was created on Indieversa.

Photography must be highly representative of the product sold. Stock photography not accurately reflective of the product is not permitted. For example, if a Vendor is selling heirloom tomatoes, a generic photograph of tomatoes is not permitted, while a professional photograph of heirloom tomatoes is permitted.

Indieversa reserves the right to remove content that Indieversa believes to be in conflict with the spirit and purpose of Indieversa, including but not limited to the terms and conditions stated here.

Vendors are responsible for the legality of the content that they post on Indieversa, including ensuring that no laws are broken and that no copyrights have been infringed upon.

Vendors may not list for sale or accept orders for THC-based products, or any substances that are illegal to the United States Government, even if those products are legal in the local municipality of the User.

Vendors may not list any pornographic or explicit material for sale and may not post product images that contain nudity.

Any concerns over inappropriate behavior or product and service listings should be reported to Indieversa at [email protected] urgently, please. Indieversa does not accept any liability or provide any warranty or recourse of any sort, but will seek to remove bad actors and bad content.

Third-party Services

Indieversa enables Vendors to link to their own websites. Vendors are responsible for ensuring all content at such websites is family-friendly and truthful. Users understand and accept that Indieversa has no control over the content on third-party websites and agrees to access any such links at their own risk. Those third-parties may require Users to accept their terms of use. Indieversa is not a party to any such agreements.

Security

Users are responsible for safe-guarding their passwords and access to the email addresses that can be used to change a User’s password. Users are responsible for orders placed using their credentials, subject to the guidelines on order cancellations and refunds.

Regarding payments, credit card information is encrypted and sent to Stripe, Inc. directly such that Indieversa and Swimming Bear, Inc. do not view or store any credit card information.

Indieversa employs encryption and User access restrictions to protect access to User data. However, Indieversa cannot guarantee that it will never be the target of illicit hacking or fraud. Users agree to release Indieversa of any liability associated with the risk of nefarious activities by parties other than Indieversa.