Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Communly (“Communly,” “we,” “us,” “our”), including our website, our iOS app, and all related services. Communly is owned and operated by SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC, a California limited liability company.

By creating an account, browsing listings, posting a listing, booking or purchasing anything, joining a club, messaging another user, registering for an event, or otherwise using Communly, you agree to these Terms and to every policy referenced in them, including our Privacy Policy, Payments & Refunds Policy, Safety & Community Policy, and iOS App Addendum. Together these form a single agreement between you and SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC.

If you do not agree, do not use Communly.

Communly is a technology platform. It is a marketplace where students may post, discover, book, buy, sell, and register for lawful campus-related listings, including parties and social events, dinners and food-related offerings, general events, services, and club or organization memberships.

Communly is not a party to any transaction between users. Unless we expressly state otherwise in writing, Communly does not own, inspect, host, organize, supervise, staff, control, endorse, insure, sponsor, or guarantee any listing, event, party, dinner, service, club, venue, ticket, good, seller, buyer, host, attendee, or user. We do not attend, monitor, or control what happens at any event or meeting arranged through Communly.

Users are solely responsible for their listings, their conduct, their legal compliance, their safety, their taxes, their licenses, their permits, their insurance, and all of their interactions with other users.

No university affiliation

Communly is designed for college communities, but Communly is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, approved by, or controlled by any college, university, campus, fraternity, sorority, student government, student organization, athletic program, venue, landlord, restaurant, or business, unless we expressly state otherwise in writing. References to a school, campus, or organization on Communly are for identification and location only and do not imply any relationship, permission, or endorsement.

You may use Communly only if you:

• are at least 18 years old;
• can form a legally binding contract;
• are not barred from using Communly under any applicable law;
• have not previously been suspended or removed from Communly; and
• will comply with these Terms, applicable law, your school's policies, venue rules, Stripe's rules, and app store rules.

Users under 18 may not use Communly for any purpose, including browsing, attending, hosting, or paying. If we learn that a user is under 18, we will terminate the account.

You may need an account to use Communly. You must provide accurate information and keep it current. You are responsible for all activity under your account and for keeping your login credentials secure. Do not share your credentials. Notify us immediately at jpjewell0703@gmail.com if you believe your account has been compromised.

The Verified Student badge indicates only that an account signed up with an email address ending in .edu. It is not an identity check, a background check, an age check, an enrollment check, a criminal-history check, or a verification of a person’s character, qualifications, or trustworthiness. Do not rely on it as one.

Sellers who accept payment must complete Stripe Connect onboarding. Stripe may collect identity, tax, bank, and compliance information directly from sellers under Stripe’s own terms. We are not responsible for Stripe’s separate collection or processing of that information.

When you create a listing, you represent and warrant to us and to buyers that:

• the listing is accurate, complete, lawful, and not misleading;
• you have the legal right to offer the event, party, dinner, service, membership, ticket, or item;
• you have permission to use the venue, property, or location listed, and permission to admit the number of people you list;
• the listing complies with all applicable laws, campus policies, venue rules, organization rules, lease terms, permits, licenses, insurance requirements, health rules, Stripe rules, app store rules, and third-party rights;
• the listing does not involve any prohibited item, service, or content described in Section 10;
• you will honor the price, date, start time, location, capacity, refund policy, and every other promise shown in the listing; and
• you are not using Communly to evade school policy, safety rules, taxes, licensing rules, age restrictions, or applicable law.

We may remove, hide, restrict, reject, reclassify, or require review of any listing at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice.

Every paid transaction on Communly includes a buyer service fee. The fee is 10% of the listing price plus $0.30, and it is charged to the buyer on every paid booking. Prices shown in the app are all-in totals that include this fee, and the fee is itemized at checkout before you pay. Only free listings and free RSVPs carry no fee. We may change our fees at any time; changes do not apply to bookings already completed.

Communly does not currently deduct a separate platform fee from sellers: sellers are paid the full listing price of what they sell, less any discounts they offer and any refunds, and Communly covers payment-processing costs out of the buyer service fee. If we introduce seller-side fees, we will disclose them before they apply to any transaction.

Taxes, if any, may be shown separately where allowed by law. We may change how fees and totals are displayed in order to comply with applicable price-transparency law.

Payments are processed by Stripe. All paid transactions initiated on Communly must be completed through Communly. You may not use Communly to find a counterparty and then move the payment off-platform to avoid fees, safety tools, support, taxes, refund rules, or payment protections.

Cancellations, refunds, payout timing, chargebacks, and dispute responsibility are governed by our Payments & Refunds Policy, which is part of these Terms.

Communly is not a bank, money transmitter, escrow agent, payment institution, insurer, fiduciary, trustee, broker, employment agency, travel agent, transportation carrier, landlord, property manager, ticket broker, event promoter, caterer, or professional services provider. We facilitate payments between users through a third-party payment processor and nothing more.

If you host or post any event, party, dinner, gathering, performance, class, activity, or similar listing, you are solely responsible for planning, staffing, supervising, controlling, and operating it safely and legally.

Hosts must comply with all applicable rules, including:

• capacity limits, fire code, and building rules;
• noise ordinances, nuisance rules, and local law;
• venue permission, property access rights, and trespass law;
• health and food-safety rules for any food or drink served;
• disability access requirements;
• age restrictions;
• security, crowd control, and supervision appropriate to the event; and
• all campus, housing, Greek-life, and student-organization policies.

Communly does not provide security, crowd management, staffing, supervision, emergency response, medical care, substance monitoring, age verification at the door, venue approval, permits, or insurance for any user-hosted event.

Listings, titles, descriptions, photos, tags, messages, club rooms, comments, and reviews may not mention, advertise, promote, include, coordinate, sell, furnish, distribute, or imply the availability of alcohol, drugs, controlled substances, cannabis, nicotine, vaping products, fake IDs, hazing, or intoxication-focused activity. See our Safety & Community Policy.

Some listing categories carry extra legal risk. If you post or buy in these categories, you are responsible for all applicable laws, permits, licenses, approvals, disclosures, insurance, taxes, safety rules, and third-party permissions.

Parties and social events

Hosts are responsible for everything in Section 8. Social host liability laws may make a host personally liable for harm arising at their event. Communly bears no such responsibility.

Dinners and food

Food-related listings must comply with food safety laws, health department rules, permits, cottage food laws, allergen disclosure, and labeling rules. Sellers must accurately disclose ingredients and known allergens on request. Communly does not inspect kitchens, verify food handling, or guarantee food safety.

Services

Listings involving licensed or regulated services are allowed only if the provider holds every required license, registration, insurance, and approval. This includes tutoring, medical, legal, financial, tax, real estate, childcare, security, fitness, beauty, repair, and construction services. Communly does not verify professional qualifications, licenses, or insurance.

Tutoring and academic help

Tutoring listings must comply with the school’s academic integrity policy. You may not sell, buy, request, or provide cheating, plagiarism, ghostwriting, exam answers, unauthorized test materials, impersonation, fake attendance, or any academic misconduct.

Tickets and admission

Ticket listings must comply with the original ticket terms, event rules, resale and anti-scalping laws, and transfer restrictions. Sellers must have the right to transfer the ticket. Communly does not guarantee ticket validity, entry, transferability, or admission.

You may not post, sell, buy, request, promote, arrange, facilitate, mention, imply, or pay for any of the following through Communly:

• illegal goods, services, or activities of any kind;
• alcohol, or any alcohol-related promotion, whether paid or unpaid, including open bars, BYOB coordination, drinking games, and "drinks included" offerings;
• drugs, controlled substances, cannabis, prescription medication, drug paraphernalia, tobacco, nicotine, vapes, or any age-restricted substance;
• hazing, initiation rituals, forced consumption, humiliation, coercion, or pledge activities;
• firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, weapons, weapon parts, or weapon accessories;
• stolen goods, counterfeit goods, replicas presented as authentic, or anything violating intellectual property rights;
• hazardous materials, chemicals, poisons, recalled items, or unsafe products;
• sexual services, escort services, pornography, intimate content, exploitation, trafficking, or adult-only services;
• gambling, betting, lotteries, raffles, or games of chance requiring legal approval;
• fake IDs, forged documents, academic cheating services, test answers, or unauthorized access credentials;
• hacking tools, malware, spyware, credential theft, surveillance tools, or cyber abuse services;
• licensed or regulated services offered by anyone who is not properly licensed;
• hate speech, harassment, extremist, threatening, violent, discriminatory, or abusive content;
• anything prohibited by Stripe, an app store, a bank, a card network, your campus, a venue, or applicable law; or
• anything we determine creates unacceptable legal, safety, financial, reputational, payment, app store, or platform risk.

You agree not to:

• violate any law, campus policy, venue rule, third-party right, Stripe rule, app store rule, or these Terms;
• harass, threaten, stalk, dox, bully, exploit, discriminate against, or harm any person;
• post false, misleading, deceptive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, violent, sexually explicit, or illegal content;
• impersonate another person, school, organization, business, or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with one;
• use Communly for fraud, scams, fake listings, fake bookings, chargeback abuse, money laundering, or payment manipulation;
• move transactions off-platform to avoid fees, safety tools, support, refund rules, or taxes;
• interfere with our security, payments, systems, moderation, reviews, check-in, or platform operations;
• scrape, copy, reverse engineer, overload, or misuse Communly or its data;
• collect other users' information without their consent;
• send spam, unsolicited promotions, or unauthorized commercial messages;
• upload malware or malicious code;
• manipulate reviews, ratings, search results, visibility, referrals, or rankings; or
• encourage or help anyone else do any of the above.

Communly lets users create club and organization listings with memberships, dues, member chat rooms, polls, forms, events, and a treasury view. If you create or co-host a club, you additionally represent and warrant that:

• you are authorized by that club or organization to collect money, admit members, and act on its behalf;
• the club complies with its school's recognition, registration, hazing, financial, and student-organization policies;
• dues, fees, and member charges are accurately described, lawfully collected, and used as represented to members;
• any form, poll, or roster you use to collect information from members complies with privacy law, is limited to what you actually need, and is kept secure; and
• you will not use club rooms, forms, or member lists to harass members, coerce participation, run hazing, or distribute prohibited content.

Communly is not the treasurer, banker, escrow agent, fiduciary, accountant, or agent of any club or organization. Treasury and revenue figures shown in the app are informational summaries of Communly activity only. They are not audited financial statements, they may not reflect Stripe balances, fees, refunds, chargebacks, or timing, and they must not be relied on for accounting, tax, or reporting purposes.

Disputes between a club and its members, between co-hosts, or over club funds are between those parties. We may, but are not required to, freeze payouts or restrict a club listing while such a dispute is unresolved.

Communly may let users message each other, ask questions on listings, and post in club rooms. You are responsible for everything you send.

You may not use messages, questions, or rooms to harass, threaten, exploit, scam, spam, send sexual or illegal content, promote prohibited items, move payments off-platform, evade moderation, or violate these Terms.

Messages may not be deletable by you once sent. When content is reported, we may review the information provided in the report, including screenshots, descriptions, account details, and metadata, and we may review the reported content itself where it is technically available to us.

You keep ownership of what you post or send, including listings, photos, descriptions, messages, reviews, questions, club content, usernames, and profile information (“User Content”).

By posting or sending User Content, you grant SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, promote, moderate, and otherwise use your User Content to operate, improve, market, protect, and provide Communly. This license ends when you delete the content, except for copies retained in backups, in records we must keep, or already shared with other users.

You represent that you have all rights necessary to grant this license, and that your User Content does not violate any law, these Terms, or anyone else’s rights — including the rights of people who appear in photos you upload.

Reviews and ratings must be honest, accurate, based on a real experience, and not manipulated. You may not post fake reviews, pay for reviews, threaten users over reviews, review your own listing, coordinate review manipulation, or post confidential, private, defamatory, discriminatory, or abusive content in a review.

Communly may issue QR tickets, check-in codes, and mobile wallet passes. These are a convenience for sellers to manage entry. A ticket or pass issued by Communly is not a guarantee of admission, safety, venue access, or that an event will occur as described. Entry decisions are made by the host and the venue, not by us.

Do not share, duplicate, forge, or resell tickets or check-in codes in violation of a listing’s terms. We may invalidate any ticket we believe is fraudulent, duplicated, or connected to a violation.

Using Communly involves interacting with strangers, attending in-person events and parties, visiting unfamiliar locations and private residences, eating food prepared by other users, receiving services from other users, joining organizations, buying used goods, and relying on information provided by users.

These activities carry real risks, including personal injury, illness, food-borne illness, allergic reaction, death, property damage, theft, fraud, harassment, assault, exposure to alcohol or drugs despite our prohibitions, unsafe locations, legal violations, disciplinary action by your school, cancellation, and loss of money.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you voluntarily and knowingly assume all of these risks arising from your use of Communly, your interactions with other users, your attendance at any event, your consumption of any food, your purchase or sale of anything, and your reliance on any listing or User Content.

Badges, verification, reviews, ratings, moderation, recommendations, search placement, and promotion are not guarantees. We do not guarantee any user’s identity, age, campus status, enrollment, character, qualifications, licensing, criminal history, legal compliance, ability to pay, ability to perform, event safety, listing accuracy, item quality, food safety, ticket validity, or the outcome of any transaction.

We may provide safety features, reporting tools, blocking tools, moderation, and support. We cannot control every user or every in-person interaction, and we do not attempt to.

Communly is not an emergency service. If there is an emergency, immediate threat, crime, injury, overdose, fire, assault, or other urgent safety issue, call 911, campus police, or local emergency services immediately.

You can report any listing from its page and block any user from their profile. We commit to reviewing reports of objectionable content and abusive behavior, and we aim to act on them within 24 hours. We may remove content, restrict or suspend accounts, preserve records, contact users, and report serious matters to law enforcement, campus authorities, payment processors, or app stores.

We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. Our review commitment is a good-faith operational practice, not a warranty, and it does not make us responsible for user content or for harm caused by another user.

Communly — including our name, logo, design, software, code, features, text, graphics, and platform content — is owned by SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, reverse engineer, scrape, frame, or exploit Communly except as these Terms allow.

If you believe content on Communly infringes your copyright, email jpjewell0703@gmail.com with: your name and contact information; identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the allegedly infringing material and where it appears; a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner; and your physical or electronic signature.

We will remove infringing content where appropriate and terminate repeat infringers.

Communly integrates with third parties including Stripe, Google Firebase, Apple, Vercel, and mapping providers. We are not responsible for third-party services, and your use of them may be governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account or any listing at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, created risk or legal exposure, abused the platform, violated Stripe or app store rules, or harmed Communly or others. We may also stop offering Communly, in whole or in part, at any time.

You may stop using Communly at any time. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, as described in Section 36.

You may delete your account from the Profile page or by emailing jpjewell0703@gmail.com.

Deleting your account removes your profile, your listings, and your social activity, and anonymizes your name and email on bookings you made. It does not delete records other users need or records we must keep. See “Deleting your account” in our Privacy Policy for exactly what is removed and what is retained.

We may add, change, suspend, or remove features at any time. We are not liable to you for doing so.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Communly is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. We disclaim all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, safety, availability, accuracy, reliability, quality, legality, and uninterrupted operation.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC, Communly, and our owners, members, managers, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, service providers, and licensors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, for lost profits, or for loss of data, goodwill, reputation, business, opportunity, or revenue — even if we have been advised of the possibility.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to Communly, these Terms, or any transaction will not exceed the greater of: (a) the total amount you paid us in Communly service fees in the three months before the event giving rise to the claim; or (b) $100.

These limits apply to all theories of liability, including contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, and statute. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC, Communly, and our owners, members, managers, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, service providers, and licensors from all claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses of every kind arising out of or related to: disputes with other users; listings; events, parties, and dinners; goods; services; club matters; payments; cancellations; injury; illness; death; property damage; fraud; the conduct of any user or third party; tickets; messages; or anything that happens at an in-person meeting arranged through Communly.

If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which reads: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.” You waive any comparable law in any other jurisdiction.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC, Communly, and our owners, members, managers, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, service providers, and licensors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, fines, penalties, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to:

• your use of Communly;
• your listings, events, parties, dinners, goods, services, clubs, User Content, messages, or transactions;
• your violation of these Terms;
• your violation of any law, campus policy, venue rule, Stripe rule, app store rule, or third-party right;
• your negligence, misconduct, fraud, misrepresentation, or unsafe conduct;
• injury, illness, or damage occurring at or arising from any event or meeting you host, attend, or arrange;
• taxes, permits, licenses, insurance, or approvals related to your listings; or
• any dispute between you and another user or third party.

We may assume exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at your expense, and you will cooperate with us.

Communly is operated by SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC, a California limited liability company. All obligations under these Terms are solely those of the company.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the company’s members, managers, officers, employees, and agents — including its sole member individually — have no personal liability for the company’s obligations, acts, or omissions, and you agree to look solely to the assets of SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC for satisfaction of any claim. You agree not to name any member, manager, officer, employee, or agent of the company individually in any claim, arbitration, or proceeding arising out of or relating to Communly or these Terms, and you waive any right to pierce the corporate veil or seek alter-ego liability, except where a court finds such a waiver unenforceable.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the arbitration agreement in Section 33.

For any dispute not subject to arbitration, you and we agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and you waive any objection to that venue.

First, contact us

Before filing any claim, you agree to email jpjewell0703@gmail.com and try to resolve the dispute informally. If we cannot resolve it within 30 days, either party may proceed as described below.

Small claims

Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court if the claim qualifies and remains only in small claims court.

Binding individual arbitration

Except for small claims, intellectual property claims, and requests for emergency injunctive relief, any dispute arising out of or relating to Communly or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by AAA or JAMS under that provider’s consumer arbitration rules. If the parties cannot agree on AAA or JAMS, the provider will be selected under applicable law or by a court with authority to appoint one. Arbitration will take place in San Diego County, California, or by videoconference or on the papers where the rules allow.

Jury trial and class action waiver

You and SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC waive the right to a jury trial and agree to bring claims only on an individual basis — not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any class or representative proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim alone proceeds in court and the rest of this section still applies.

How to opt out

You may opt out of arbitration by emailing jpjewell0703@gmail.com within 30 days after you first accept these Terms. Your email must include your name, your account email, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.

Time limit

To the extent permitted by law, any claim arising out of or relating to Communly must be filed within one year after it arises, or it is permanently barred.

If you use the Communly iOS app, the iOS App Addendum also applies. Apple is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for Communly.

We may update these Terms. If we make material changes, we will provide notice by posting the updated Terms, updating the effective date, or another reasonable method. Your continued use of Communly after the updated Terms take effect means you accept them. If you do not agree, stop using Communly and delete your account.

• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest of these Terms remain in full force.
• Survival. Sections 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 17, 18, and 27 through 36 survive termination of your account or these Terms.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms. We may assign them, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets.
• Entire agreement. These Terms and the policies they reference are the entire agreement between you and us regarding Communly and supersede any prior understanding.
• Force majeure. We are not liable for any delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including outages, natural disasters, epidemics, labor issues, government action, or third-party service failures.
• Notices. We may send you notices by email, in the app, or by posting on the website. You may send notices to us at jpjewell0703@gmail.com.
• No agency. These Terms do not create any partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise, or agency relationship between you and us.

SIGMA SIGMA HOLDINGS LLC d/b/a Communly
8952 Caminito Fresco, La Jolla, California 92037
jpjewell0703@gmail.com