Terms of Service
Please note: This is a courtesy translation. Only the German version of these Terms of Service is legally binding. In case of any discrepancies, the German version prevails.
1. Scope and Contracting Parties
These Terms of Service (hereinafter “Terms”) govern the use of the Shopify app “Idealo EasyConnect” (hereinafter the “Service”) between the provider and the customer.
The provider and contracting party is:
UCX Media - Sergei Gaponik
c/o Online-Impressum.de #6171
Europaring 90
53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany
Email: info@gaponik.com
The Service is directed exclusively at businesses (Unternehmer) within the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code (BGB) that use the Service in the course of their commercial or self-employed professional activity. It is not directed at consumers within the meaning of Section 13 BGB. By using the Service, the customer confirms that it is a business.
These Terms apply exclusively. Conflicting, deviating, or supplementary terms of the customer shall not become part of the contract unless the provider expressly agrees to their application in text form.
2. Description of Services
Idealo EasyConnect is a tool for transmitting offer data from the customer’s Shopify store to the price comparison platform idealo. The Service generates a product data feed from the product data maintained in the Shopify store (in particular prices, shipping costs, availability, and product attributes) and makes it available to idealo.
Depending on the booked plan, the feed is provided either as a CSV feed retrieved by idealo via a feed URL, or via a direct connection to the idealo Partner Web Services (PWS), through which offer, price, and inventory changes are transmitted to idealo in a timely manner. The scope of services may also include functions for selecting and filtering products, mapping product attributes, and configuring shipping and delivery information.
The specific scope of the respective plan (including any quantity limits) is set out in the description in the Shopify App Store or on the provider’s website at the time of booking. The provider is entitled to further develop and adapt the Service and to modify individual functions, provided that the typical contractual benefit for the customer is preserved.
3. Conclusion of Contract; Relationship to Shopify and idealo
The contract between the provider and the customer is concluded upon installation of the app via the Shopify App Store or upon booking a paid plan. By installing and using the Service, the customer accepts these Terms.
Use of the Service requires an active Shopify store and a functioning connection to the Shopify platform. The respective terms of Shopify apply in addition. To the extent that Shopify blocks, restricts, or terminates the customer’s store or the app, the corresponding obligations of the provider end accordingly, without this constituting a defect of the Service.
Use of the Service further requires the customer’s own contractual relationship with idealo internet GmbH (hereinafter “idealo”). The provider is not a party to this relationship and is not affiliated with idealo, either corporately or commercially. Whether and in what form idealo approves, lists, or displays the transmitted offers is decided solely by idealo; the provider assumes no warranty in this respect. The terms of idealo apply in addition to the use of idealo.
Individual agreements may be concluded in a separate written or text-form agreement; such agreements take precedence over these Terms to the extent of the provisions made therein.
4. Prices, Payment, and Billing
The applicable prices and plan features are set out in the plan overview in the Shopify App Store or on the provider’s website at the time of booking. Unless stated otherwise, prices are in euros (EUR) and are net prices plus any applicable statutory taxes.
The Service may include a free basic plan with a limited scope of features as well as one or more paid plans. Paid plans are billed via Shopify’s billing system. The customer authorizes Shopify to collect the applicable fees on behalf of the provider. Refunds, chargebacks, and payment processing are governed by Shopify’s procedures and terms.
5. Responsibility for Offer Data; No Guarantee of Success
The customer is solely responsible for the content, accuracy, and legality of the offer data transmitted via the Service. This applies in particular to price information, unit prices, shipping costs, delivery times, availability, and product descriptions, as well as to compliance with the applicable regulations, in particular the German Price Indication Ordinance (PAngV), competition law, and the terms of the connected platforms (Shopify, idealo).
The Service transmits the offer data as maintained in the customer’s Shopify store, where applicable modified by the filters, mappings, and settings configured by the customer. Transmissions may be delayed; the offers displayed on idealo may therefore temporarily deviate from the current state of the Shopify store (e.g., in the event of price or inventory changes). The customer remains obliged to monitor its offers on idealo appropriately.
The provider does not owe any specific outcome. In particular, the provider assumes no warranty for the approval or listing of offers by idealo, for any specific placement, visibility, or presentation on idealo, or for any specific revenue or sales volume.
6. Rights of Use and Intellectual Property
For the duration of the contract, the provider grants the customer a simple, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable right to use the Service for its own business purposes within the scope of these Terms.
All rights to the Service, in particular to the software, the interfaces, the user interface, and the feed, mapping, and transmission logic, remain with the provider or its licensors.
The data contributed by the customer (e.g., product data, filter and mapping configurations, shipping settings) remains with the customer. The provider is entitled to process this data exclusively for the provision of the Service and in accordance with the privacy policy.
The provider is entitled to use anonymized and aggregated usage data that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the customer for the operation and improvement of the Service. If the customer submits suggestions or feedback, the provider may use them free of charge and without restriction.
7. Customer Obligations and Permitted Use
The customer is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the data and configurations it provides, in particular for the correct maintenance of its product data in the Shopify store and the correct configuration of filters, mappings, and shipping information in the Service.
The customer undertakes
- to ensure that its offers and its use of the Service comply with applicable law, in particular competition law, price transparency regulations, and the terms of the connected platforms (Shopify, idealo);
- to treat the feed URL provided to it as confidential and to share it exclusively with idealo;
- to keep any credentials for the idealo Partner Web Services (PWS) stored in the Service correct and up to date; the customer permits the provider to use these credentials exclusively for the provision of the Service;
- not to reverse engineer the Service, not to place loads on it beyond the permissible extent or to read it out in an automated manner, and to keep access credentials secret and not to pass them on to third parties;
- not to use the Service to develop a competing product.
8. Availability
The Service is provided with reasonable care based on the standard of commercially reasonable efforts. A specific availability (service level / uptime) is not warranted and not owed.
The provider is entitled to carry out maintenance work and to modify, temporarily suspend, or discontinue functions, with prior notice where reasonable. Outages, maintenance windows, and disruptions of dependent services (in particular Shopify, idealo, and hosting providers) do not give rise to any liability or refund claims. During an outage, the transmission of offer data is merely paused; offers already transmitted to idealo may become outdated during this time. The customer’s monitoring obligation under Section 5 remains unaffected. No warranty is given that the Service will function without errors or interruptions.
9. Liability
The provider is liable without limitation
- in cases of intent and gross negligence,
- for injury to life, body, or health,
- for fraudulently concealed defects, and
- under the German Product Liability Act.
In cases of simple negligence, the provider is only liable for the breach of an essential contractual obligation (cardinal obligation), i.e., an obligation whose fulfillment is a prerequisite for the proper performance of the contract and on whose observance the customer may regularly rely. In such cases, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract and capped at the fees paid by the customer to the provider in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the damage.
In all other respects, liability is excluded. In particular, liability is excluded for indirect damage, consequential damage, and lost profits, as well as, to the extent legally permissible, for damage arising from incorrect, incomplete, or outdated offer data, from the lack of approval or listing by idealo, from lost sales, or from decisions made by idealo or Shopify.
The above limitations of liability also apply in favor of the provider’s vicarious agents and legal representatives.
10. Term, Termination, and Suspension
Paid plans run as a subscription with a billing period of 30 days and renew automatically for the respective period unless terminated.
The customer may cancel a paid plan at any time within the app. The cancellation takes immediate effect: the store switches to the free basic plan, and feeds connected via PWS are switched to CSV delivery. The customer is responsible for informing idealo about the switch so that the integration is not interrupted. Any refunds for unused periods are governed by Shopify’s procedures and terms.
The contract as a whole ends upon uninstallation of the app via Shopify.
The provider is entitled to suspend access to the Service or to terminate the contract for good cause, in particular in the event of a material breach of contract (above all a breach of Section 7), default of payment, or abuse, with immediate effect in the case of serious breaches and otherwise after reasonable notice. Suspension or termination is also permissible to the extent that Shopify requires it or terminates the underlying relationship.
Upon termination of the contract, the right of use ends. After uninstallation of the app, all associated data is automatically deleted and irretrievably lost, unless statutory retention obligations apply; this concerns in particular feed configurations, filters, mappings, and settings. There is no export function. The product data itself remains unchanged in the customer’s Shopify store.
11. Data Protection
The provider processes personal data in accordance with the applicable privacy policy. To the extent that the provider processes personal data on behalf of the customer, a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR applies in addition.
12. Changes to These Terms
The provider is entitled to amend these Terms for good reason, in particular in the event of changes to the legal situation, case law, technical conditions, the scope of services, or the terms of Shopify or idealo, as well as for security reasons.
Changes will be announced to the customer in text form (e.g., by email) and/or via a notice within the Service with reasonable notice of at least 30 days before they take effect. The changes are deemed accepted if the customer does not object or terminate before they take effect. If the customer continues to use the Service after the changes take effect, this is deemed consent. The provider will specifically point out the significance of silence or continued use in the announcement.
Changes to fees apply from the next billing period. The customer may reject a fee change by terminating before it takes effect.
13. Final Provisions
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with this contract is, to the extent legally permissible, the provider’s place of business; the courts in Bonn (for Sankt Augustin) have local jurisdiction.
The German version of these Terms is authoritative and legally binding. Any English version is a non-binding translation; in the event of discrepancies, the German version prevails.
Should any provision of these Terms be or become invalid in whole or in part, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.
Amendments and side agreements to this contract require at least text form (email suffices). This also applies to the waiver of this text form requirement.
Last updated: July 2026