A. General Part (applies to all users)
§ 1 Scope of Application; Contracting Party
- These T&C govern the legal relationships between Appilogic GmbH, Bänschstr. 40, 10247 Berlin – hereinafter "screen.coach", "Platform" or "Commission Agent" – and all natural or legal persons who register on screen.coach or book consulting services (hereinafter collectively "Users").
- The contract language is German. Only the German version is legally binding.
§ 2 Definitions
- Commission Agent is Appilogic GmbH, which concludes contracts for consulting services with customers in its own name but for the account of the coaches (§ 3 Para. 11 and 11a UStG).
- Coach / Provider is a self-employed specialist or organization that offers consulting services via screen.coach.
- Customer is any natural or legal person who books consulting services via screen.coach.
- Session is a time-limited video consultation via the WebRTC solution integrated into the platform.
§ 3 Subject Matter – Service Commission
- screen.coach mediates time-limited video consulting services ("Sessions") between:
- Providers (IT freelancers, experts, companies) and
- Customers (companies, their employees, other interested parties).
- The platform operator acts as a service commission agent (§ 3 Para. 11 UStG):
- Towards customers, screen.coach is considered the service provider.
- Towards providers, screen.coach is considered the client.
- The platform integrates search, appointment and payment processing (Stripe Connect) as well as a video conferencing solution.
§ 4 Registration, Account Security
- Use of the platform is only permitted from the age of 18. Accounts will be blocked for false age information.
- Truthful information must be provided during registration; changes must be updated immediately.
- Access data must be kept secret. Loss or misuse must be reported immediately to info@screen.coach.
§ 5 Commission, Prices, VAT
- For each successfully completed session, screen.coach receives a commission of 12% on the net fee set by the coach.
- All prices displayed to customers are final prices (gross) including statutory VAT at the place of service.
- The prices displayed to customers already include all costs (gross prices).
§ 6 Payment and Billing Process (Self-Billing/Credit Note)
- Customers pay to screen.coach via Stripe Connect during the booking process.
- screen.coach creates
- an invoice to the customer for the total fee,
- a credit note (§ 14 Para. 2 S. 2 UStG) to the coach for their net fee.
- Payouts to coaches are made no later than the 15th calendar day of the following month for all sessions completed in the billing month.
- Fees arising from chargebacks or incorrect bookings are borne by the causing party.
§ 7 Complaints, Cancellations and Refunds
- Complaints (e.g., coach not showing up) must be submitted within 24 hours after the end of the session via the support form or to info@screen.coach.
- If the complaint is acknowledged, the customer receives 100% of the paid amount back; the coach bears the platform costs (12%).
- Self-cancellation or rebooking is currently not technically integrated.
- Rebooking requests must be sent exclusively by email to info@screen.coach; there is no right to rebooking.
§ 8 Liability
- screen.coach is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence as well as for damages from injury to life, body or health.
- In case of slight negligence, screen.coach is only liable for essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations) and limited to the contractually typical, foreseeable damage.
- The coach is liable for the substantive correctness and expertise of the consultation as an independent entrepreneur.
- screen.coach assumes no warranty for the actual availability of the platform or the achievement of certain economic results.
§ 9 Usage Rights, Feedback
- Users may only use provided texts, image and audio material of the platform within the scope of platform functions.
- Optionally submitted reviews may be published truthfully and evaluated for quality purposes.
§ 10 Contract Duration & Termination
- The usage contract runs for an indefinite period.
- Ordinary termination: possible at any time with 14 days to the end of the month by email. Outstanding sessions will be processed; credit and outstanding credit notes will be paid out regularly.
- screen.coach may terminate the contract without notice for important reasons (e.g., legal violations, false information, age or payment fraud).
§ 12 Right of Withdrawal for Consumers
As a digital service aimed at a specific appointment (§ 312g Para. 2 No. 9 BGB), there is no right of withdrawal if the session is to take place within 14 days and the consumer expressly agrees to early execution.
§ 13 Changes to T&C
Changes will be communicated by email. If users do not object within 14 days, the new T&C are deemed accepted (note in the change email).
§ 14 Applicable Law, Jurisdiction
- German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
- The place of jurisdiction for merchants and persons without a general place of jurisdiction in Germany is Berlin.
- Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state of residence remain unaffected.
§ 15 Severability Clause
Should a provision be invalid, the validity of the other clauses remains unaffected. The parties will agree on an economically equivalent regulation.