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The 30-day notice requirement gives merchants a defined window to assess the impact of a fee change and respond before it takes effect.
The updated terms clarify the legal identity of the Shopify entity you contract with and establish which courts have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes, depending on your store's billing address. Previously, the terms specified exclusive jurisdiction by region (Ontario for US/Canada, Singapore for Asia Pacific, Ireland for EMEA and other areas). The revised structure presents this information in a table format and adds explicit language stating that disputes can only be brought in the courts listed for your region, with those courts having exclusive jurisdiction. Shopify Inc. may act as a billing agent for other Shopify entities to collect fees and remit taxes in some jurisdictions. You can review the contracting party and forum table in Section 13 to confirm which entity and courts apply to your store based on your billing address.
View change record →Merchants are entitled to at least 30 days' warning before any fee change is applied to their account.
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Google will provide at least 90 days' advance notice for materially adverse changes to any SLAs by: (i) sending an email to the Notification Email Address; (ii) posting a notice in the Admin Console; or (iii) posting a notice to the applicable SLA webpage.
we will not make changes that have the effect of imposing additional fees or charges without providing additional notice.
"We will provide you with 30 days advanced notice prior to any changes in Fees by sending an email to the Primary Email Account, providing notice through the Shopify administrative console, or by similar means.Excerpt from Shopify's Terms of Service
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The 30-day notice requirement gives merchants a defined window to assess the impact of a fee change and respond before it takes effect.
Merchants are entitled to at least 30 days' warning before any fee change is applied to their account.
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