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"Mega March Sourcing" Rules, Terms & Conditions (the "Official Rules")

These Terms & Conditions apply to the "Mega March Sourcing" promotional campaign, game, or event (each, a "Promotion") being run on the Alibaba.com website (www.alibaba.com) ("Alibaba.com").
1. The Promotion: During the Promotion Period (see Clause 2 below), Eligible Members (as defined under Clause 5) who satisfy the requirements under Clause 6 shall be entitled to receive the promotion offers given away under each Promotion (see Clause 6 for details).

2. Promotion Period: The promotion begins on March 6, 2017 at 00:00:00 AM PST and ends on March 24, 2017 at 11:59:59 PM PDT (the "Promotion Period").

3. Promoter: Alibaba.com Singapore E-Commerce Private Limited, a company incorporated in Singapore with registered office address at 10 Collyer Quay # 10-01, Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore 049315 (the "Promoter").

4. Availability: This Promotion is available on the Alibaba.com website, Alibaba.com iPhone and Android App, as well as Android Pads, iPads and the mobile site of Alibaba.com.

5. Eligible Member: You must be a registered member of Alibaba.com, except that employees, officers and directors of the Promoter and their respective immediate family members, affiliated and subsidiary companies, any company involved in the Promotion, together with their agents are not eligible to enter.

6. Promotion-specific Rules:

  1. In the event of discrepancies between the Eligible Member's records (or records that Eligible Member has taken from a third party) and Alibaba.com's record, Alibaba.com's records in relation to the confirmation of Trade Assurance Purchase Contracts (each, a "Purchase Contract"), execution of Purchase Contracts, payment of any amounts under any Purchase Contracts, discount of any amounts, and the automatic disqualification of any offers, shall prevail.

Instant Discount on Initial Payment

  1. During the Promotion Period, Eligible Members entering into a Purchase Contract for the first time with an Initial Payment of US$1000 and above ("Applicable Order") will enjoy a 3% (capped at US$200) instant discount on the Initial Payment ("Instant Discount").
  2. For the purpose of Clause 6.b), Eligible Members entering into a Trade Assurance Services Purchase Contract for the first time shall refer to those Eligible Members who have never made a payment for a Trade Assurance Purchase Contract on Alibaba.com before.
  3. Instant Discounts are awarded on a first come first served basis to Eligible Members who place an Applicable Order.
  4. Each Eligible Member may enjoy the Instant Discount only once during the Promotion Period. Alibaba.com shall be entitled to regard (as determined in its sole and absolute discretion) Eligible Members that use the same or similar personal or technical information (including without limitations, identification documents, delivery recipient name, account address, communication details, IP address) as a single account; should this be the case, Alibaba.com shall be able to disqualify one or both of the Eligible Members’ Applicable Orders.
  5. To enjoy the Instant Discount:
    i. Eligible member must make full payment of the Initial Payment of the Applicable Order during 6 March 2017 (00:00:00 AM PST) and 31 March 2017 (11:59:59 PM PDT)
    ii. Initial Payments made via T/T (telegraphic transfer) and e-Checking must be received by the designated beneficiary bank Citibank, N.A., by March 31, 2017 at 11:59:59 PM PDT. For the avoidance of doubt, Eligible Member shall not be eligible to receive the Instant Discount if payment (of the Initial Payment of otherwise) is received outside of the Promotion Period.
    iii. The Applicable Order must be shown on the Alibaba.com system to have been shipped by 31 July 2017 11:59:59 PM CST, and the value of goods cleared at customs shall not be lower than 70% of the Initial Payment, failing which Alibaba.com reserves the right to chargeback the Instant Discount.
  6. Instant Discount cannot be refunded, transferred, or exchanged for any gifts, cash, any other cash equivalents in any value.
  7. In the event an Applicable Order is cancelled, closed or terminated for any reason or a dispute arises between the Eligible Member and the supplier, the Instant Discount will automatically become void.

Free Inspection Service

  1. During the Promotion Period, Eligible Members entering into a Trade Assurance Purchase Contract with an Initial Payment of US $5000 and above ("Eligible Order") will enjoy on that order a one-time free inspection service ("Free Inspection Service") provided by Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Service Co., Ltd. (the "Inspection Company").
  2. Free Inspection Service is available on a first come first served basis Eligible Members who place an Eligible Order.
  3. The Free Inspection Service is only available on Alibaba.com Trade Assurance orders prior to shipment of the relevant goods and will only be conducted in Mainland China (excluding Chongqing, Guizhou, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Tibet, the Gansu, Sichuan and Xinjiang Provinces as well as such other regions which the Promoter may from time to time determine and announce on Alibaba.com). The Free Inspection Service is not applicable to inspections relating to Alibaba.com Trade Assurance disputes.
  4. To enjoy the Free Inspection Service, Eligible member must make full payment of the Initial Payment of the Eligible Order during 6 March 2017 (00:00:00 AM PST) and 31 March 2017 (11:59:59 PM PDT). Initial Payments made via T/T (telegraphic transfer) and e-Checking must be received by the designated beneficiary bank Citibank, N.A. by March 31, 2017 at 11:59:59 PM PDT. . For the avoidance of doubt, any payment received outside of the Promotion Period will not enjoy the Free Inspection Service;
  5. Once an Eligible Member places an Eligible Order and makes full payment of the Initial Payment, an order for Free Inspection Service will be automatically placed at http://inspection.alibaba.com. Alibaba.com will contact such Eligible Members via email within 30 days of the last day of the Promotion Period in respect of follow-up procedures regarding the delivery of the Free Inspection Service.
  6. The Free Inspection Service is valid between 6 March 2017 at 00:00:00 AM PST and 31 July 2017 at 11:59:59 PM PDT (“Service Period”), after which it will expire. Failure by Eligible Member to arrange or confirm the inspection with the Inspection Company will be deemed as the Eligible Member’s forfeiture of the Free Inspection Service. Unused Free Inspection Service orders will lapse and cannot be refunded or exchanged for anything.
  7. In the event an Applicable Order is cancelled, closed or terminated for any reason or a dispute arises between the Eligible Member and the supplier, the Free Inspection Service will automatically become void.

7. General Rules:

  1. By participating in this Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules.
  2. Any fraud and/or abuse of the offers (eg, Alibaba.com discounts) awarded/ received under the Promotion ("Offers") by you (as determined by the Promoter at its sole discretion) will result in forfeiture of your eligibility to the Offers and/or cancellation of all or part of your account(s) with the Promoter. The Promoter reserves the right to deduct the value of any Offers awarded inappropriately to you directly from your account(s) with the Promoter without prior notice and/or take legal action in such instances to recover any outstanding amounts.
  3. In the event that the Promotion is ceased or suspended by the relevant authorities or due to serious network attack or system fault, the Promotion may be terminated prematurely. Such situation shall constitute a force majeure event and the Promoter shall not be liable for any damages or claims that arise out of the event.
  4. The Promoter is not responsible for any late, lost, delayed, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or undeliverable entries, responses, or other correspondence, whether by e-mail or otherwise.
  5. In the event that the Promotion becomes inoperable due to any computer network related reasons, you agree that the Promoter shall not be held liable for any damages.
  6. Time and validity of any transactions and/or your eligibility to the Offers shall be determined by the Promoter at it sole discretion based on the Promoter’s record. If there is any discrepancy between the record of transaction held by you and that held by the Promoter, the Promoter’s record shall be conclusive and binding on you.
  7. The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Official Rules as well as to vary or terminate any of the Offers without prior notice. In the event of disputes, the decision of the Promoter shall be final and binding.
  8. The Promoter reserves the right and absolute discretion to cancel or revoke your right to participate in a Promotion or use any Offers, upon discovery of your dishonest, malicious, fraudulent, unlawful or, in the opinion of the Promoter, inappropriate acts in its participation in any Promotion without liability to you.

8. Conflict of Terms and Conditions:

  1. In case of any discrepancy in the content between the English and other non-English language versions of these Official Rules, the English version shall prevail.
  2. In the event that any of the terms under these Official Rules conflict with rules and/or any such related information displayed elsewhere on Alibaba.com, the terms under these Official Rules shall prevail.

9. Disclaimer:

  1. THE FREE INSPECTION SERVICES ARE PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE INSPECTION COMPANY AND NOT BY ALIBABA.COM. ELIGIBLE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTS WITH THE INSPECTION COMPANY IN RESPECT OF THE DELIVERY OF THE FREE INSPECTION SERVICES. ALIBABA.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO ELIGIBLE MEMBER AND/OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY INJURIES, HARMS, LOSSES AND/OR DAMAGES CAUSED TO ELIGIBLE MEMBER AND/OR ANY THIRD PARTIES ARISING FROM THESE PARTIES’ USE OF THE FREE INSPECTION SERVICES. ALIBABA.COM MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE OF THE FREE INSPECTION SERVICES BY ELIGIBLE MEMBER IS AT THE ELIGIBLE MEMBER’S OWN RISK.
  2. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE PROMOTER BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROMOTION, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT SPONSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.

10. Disputes: You acknowledge and agree that the Promoter or any of its affiliates shall not be responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else for any dispute or claim that arises out of the your participation in the Promotion.

11. Governing Law: You agree that this Promotion is governed, interpreted and enforced by the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any and all legal actions, claims or proceedings arising out of, or in connection with this Promotion must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Hong Kong.