Terms of Service

1. About rakacars and these terms

rakacars provides vehicle advertising, search and comparison, public seller and dealership profiles, and available assistance, enquiry, reminder and connected account features. These draft terms address the use of those services. The operator's legal identity and address will be completed before final publication.

A vehicle sale ordinarily takes place between the identified buyer and seller. If rakacars or another provider acts as a broker, negotiator, photographer, inspector or contracting party, that role, authority, price and service scope must be stated separately before a commitment is made. An advert or staff-assisted listing alone does not establish a brokerage mandate or a vehicle sale agreement.

2. Eligibility, accounts and authority

Accounts and transaction-related features are intended for adults with legal capacity. A person acting for an owner, broker or dealership must have authority to supply information, approve publication and agree to the relevant service. Identify whether you are a private seller, broker or dealership accurately.

Keep account and contact information accurate, protect passwords and verification codes, and tell us about suspected misuse. A verified phone number indicates a verification step was completed; it is not, by itself, proof of legal identity, ownership, vehicle condition or authority to sell.

3. Seller and listing responsibilities

Advertise only vehicles you own or are authorized to sell. Provide accurate, current information about the vehicle, price, mileage, model year, condition, availability, location and seller. Disclose known material defects, accident or repair history, outstanding finance or debt, title restrictions and relevant registration or import issues.

Use photos that fairly represent the advertised vehicle and that you are permitted to use. Describe the basis and limits of any battery-health, range, warranty or inspection claim, particularly for electric vehicles. Identify unknown or unverified information rather than presenting it as confirmed. Update or withdraw adverts when circumstances change or a vehicle is sold.

Display the asking price, currency, negotiability and any material additional fees or conditions clearly. Do not use an unrealistically low or incomplete price to attract enquiries and then substitute a different vehicle or materially different offer.

4. Buyers, verification and vehicle transactions

Review the seller's identity and authority, inspect the vehicle and relevant documentation, and independently confirm ownership, finance or debt, registration and material condition before paying or entering a sale. Agree the purchase price, payment method, transfer responsibilities and any warranty with the actual seller.

A profile, badge, advert review or payment approval confirms only the particular step described. It does not establish that every vehicle fact has been verified. If an inspection or verification service is offered, its provider, checks performed, date and limits must be identified.

rakacars does not promise a sale, a particular sale price, a buyer response, financing approval or a vehicle guarantee merely because a listing or profile appears. These limits do not remove responsibility for services actually undertaken or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

5. Packages, payments, cancellations and refunds

Before paying, review the stated service, amount, currency, applicable taxes, duration, publication conditions, listing credits, expiry and any promoted placement. Any recurring charge, renewal, cancellation process or additional commission must be disclosed and agreed before it applies. Fees for advertising or another platform service are separate from the price of a vehicle.

A listing may require verification, approval and valid package coverage before publication. Selecting a package preference in an assistance request is not itself a completed purchase. Bank transfers and uploaded payment proof may need review; a proof upload does not by itself confirm that payment has been approved.

Final package renewal, cancellation and refund rules, and any brokerage commission arrangements, remain to be confirmed before final publication. Requests concerning duplicate payments, services not supplied as agreed, cancellation before delivery or a statutory entitlement must be assessed under the relevant agreement and applicable law.

6. Assisted listings, photography and contact requests

Where available, you may submit text, voice messages and photos for staff to help prepare an advert. You remain responsible for the accuracy of the material and approving important details before publication. Assistance does not replace seller authority, payment, content review or publication requirements.

A photoshoot or callback request is a request for arrangements to be confirmed, rather than an automatically booked appointment. Any separate service price, timing, location, deliverables or cancellation condition must be agreed before that service is undertaken. Share private return links only with people you authorize to access the request.

7. Content, public contacts and distribution

You retain rights you hold in your submitted material. You must have permission to supply it and publish any third-party personal information it contains. To provide an approved listing, you authorize the necessary hosting, formatting, translation, display and distribution for that listing and any promotion you have agreed, subject to privacy rights and applicable law.

The permission is limited to those service purposes and necessary retention or removal handling; it does not transfer ownership or grant unrestricted use forever. Any wider reuse of your content requires its own lawful permission. Identify the agreed promotion channels and contact information before publication.

Public adverts and profiles may be seen by other visitors and indexed or copied elsewhere. Review names, phone numbers, locations, number plates and other details before publication. To challenge an imported listing, report an infringement or request removal, contact us with the listing or source link and the reason.

8. Imported information, comparisons and AI-assisted content

Listings imported from other sources, asking-price histories, comparisons, valuations, model insights and AI-assisted descriptions may be incomplete, outdated or incorrect. They are information to review, rather than a vehicle-specific inspection, certified valuation or binding offer.

Confirm important facts with the seller, source or a qualified independent provider. Sellers must review generated descriptions before approving them. Report errors or unauthorized use of information so that we can assess correction, removal and the relevant source.

9. Enquiries, communications and reminders

Provide accurate contact information and obtain authority before submitting another person's details. A request to find a vehicle, contact a seller or follow up authorizes only the contact needed for that request; optional promotions require their own applicable permission.

Vehicle, insurance, service or document reminders depend on supplied dates, review status, enabled channels and delivery availability. Keep your records current and independently meet your obligations; a reminder is not proof of renewal, insurance or legal compliance.

10. Socials and connected business accounts

Authorized adult staff may connect accounts or channels they own or are entitled to manage for reporting. Where enabled, Socials uses TikTok, Meta and YouTube API Services to read available account, post, video and reporting data. Grant only permissions you are entitled to approve and authorize the staff who may access the resulting information.

Reports reflect platform information at collection time. Periodic or Live updates may be delayed, incomplete or unavailable; current lifetime totals are not a reconstruction of earlier daily activity. The current reporting connections do not publish posts or retrieve private messages.

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are independently operated. Their account terms continue to apply. By using features that use YouTube API Services, you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Connecting does not transfer ownership of your channel or content or imply an endorsement by the platform.

Use Disconnect or the source platform's app-access settings to end access. TikTok, Facebook and Instagram history remains until separately removed; using Disconnect for YouTube also deletes saved YouTube reporting data. See the Socials privacy section and connected-data deletion instructions.

11. Acceptable use and moderation

Do not post fraudulent or unlawful adverts, impersonate an owner, conceal material finance or condition issues, manipulate mileage or pricing claims, upload forged proof, infringe intellectual property, harvest contacts, send unsolicited promotions, harass people, gain unauthorized access or interfere with the service or platform limits.

We may review, correct presentation, request substantiation, restrict access or remove content for a relevant breach, security issue, rights complaint or legal requirement. Where appropriate, we will explain the action and provide a route to ask for review; urgent protective action may precede notice. Payment or popularity does not exempt a listing from review.

12. Availability, responsibilities and legal protections

Features may be interrupted by maintenance, connectivity, payment providers or connected platform restrictions. We are responsible for services we undertake and for handling information in accordance with applicable law and our final commitments. Users remain responsible for their authority, supplied information and agreements they enter.

Nothing in these draft terms excludes liability for fraud or any liability that applicable law does not permit us to exclude, or waives mandatory consumer or privacy rights. Final responsibility and liability provisions require legal review before publication.

13. Ending services and privacy

You may stop using the website, withdraw an advert, ask to end a service or revoke a connection through the available controls or support. The effect on a paid service and any cancellation or refund must be addressed under its agreed conditions and applicable law. A suspended or closed account does not automatically erase all records.

The Privacy Policy explains information handling. Use the Data Deletion instructions to request removal of account, listing, submission or connected account information, including material supplied by someone else.

14. Review, acceptance and complaints

This version is a draft for review. It does not record acceptance of final terms. Before final terms take effect, users must have an opportunity to review them and a clear explanation of the action that indicates acceptance. Viewing this public page alone is not acceptance. Optional marketing or unrelated processing must not be bundled into acceptance of core service terms.

Send service concerns to rakacars@gmail.com with a relevant account, advert, payment or request reference, without sending secrets. We will review the issue and communicate an outcome. Privacy requests follow the process in the Privacy Policy.

These drafts are prepared for an operation in Ethiopia and are subject to applicable Ethiopian law and any other mandatory protections that apply. Final operator and governing-law arrangements must be confirmed before publication. You retain access to competent courts and regulators; contacting us first is not a condition of a statutory remedy.

15. Changes and contact

The version and revision date appear above. Before material changes to final policies take effect, we will provide affected users appropriate notice through the service or available contact details and seek fresh consent or acceptance where required. An update does not authorize incompatible new uses of previously collected information.

For questions or requests about this document, contact rakacars@gmail.com.