ADOPT TERMS OF SERVICE 🐱
THIS TOS IS ONLY FOR MY OFF-SPECIES/GA/NON-ASHURI DESIGNS
★ THE TOS ONLY APPLIES TO OFF-SPECIES ADOPTS SOLD FROM [MAY 15TH, 2021] AND ONWARDS. ★
★ THE TOS ONLY APPLIES TO OFF-SPECIES ADOPTS SOLD FROM [MAY 15TH, 2021] AND ONWARDS. ★
❌ Blacklisted users ➜ ( BLACKLIST )
Avoid trading / selling / gifting my designs to blacklisted users!
( T.O.S LAST UPDATED: 05/18/2023 )
TOS rules are subject to change at any time.
Majority of the rules in this TOS page are the same as the Ashuri TOS but some rules may differ,
so make sure you re-read the TOS depending on what type of adopt you have (ashuri or off-species).
You are also allowed to turn my off-species adopts into any other species/closed species or even into an Ashuri.
⚠️ If my off-species designs are turned into ashuris, the TOS will fall under the [Ashuri Terms of Service].
★ TO VIEW THE ASHURI TERMS OF SERVICE GO TO ➜ [ ASHURI T.O.S ] ★
so make sure you re-read the TOS depending on what type of adopt you have (ashuri or off-species).
You are also allowed to turn my off-species adopts into any other species/closed species or even into an Ashuri.
⚠️ If my off-species designs are turned into ashuris, the TOS will fall under the [Ashuri Terms of Service].
★ TO VIEW THE ASHURI TERMS OF SERVICE GO TO ➜ [ ASHURI T.O.S ] ★
★IMPORTANT: GENERAL RULES
▪ My adopts are only sold in my deviantart or toyouse accounts, they will not be sold anywhere else.
▪ If you see someone selling in other sites besides the ones mentioned above it's most likely a scam.
▪ I will not be responsible if you have been scammed, it will be your responsibility to get your money back.
▪ If my off-species designs are turned into ashuris, the TOS will fall under the [Ashuri Terms of Service].
▪ My off-species adopts that have commercial use unlocked cannot be turned into an ashuri.
▪ Masterlist number of my off-species designs can be found in [Adopt Masterlist].
▪ Always credit me for my adopts/designs. ( hakiren @ deviantart | hakiren @ toyhouse )
▪ You can claim the ownership of the adopts but you are not allowed to claim the designs as your own.
▪ Do not buy commissions for the adopts unless the payment has been completed and you are the owner.
▪ You are allowed to use adopts that you own as profile decorations or profile pictures.
▪ You are allowed to re-post my adopts but must always credit me for the design.
▪ I am allowed to use my adopts for any type of samples, banner, reference etc.
▪ You will receive the original size of the adopt only after payment is completed.
▪ You are allowed to turn my off-species adopts into any closed species.
▪ Please do not copy / steal / trace / claim the design as your own.
▪ Co-owning/Vouchering my off-species adopts are allowed.
▪ Co-owning/Vouchering my ashuri adopts are not allowed.
▪ If you see someone selling in other sites besides the ones mentioned above it's most likely a scam.
▪ I will not be responsible if you have been scammed, it will be your responsibility to get your money back.
▪ If my off-species designs are turned into ashuris, the TOS will fall under the [Ashuri Terms of Service].
▪ My off-species adopts that have commercial use unlocked cannot be turned into an ashuri.
▪ Masterlist number of my off-species designs can be found in [Adopt Masterlist].
▪ Always credit me for my adopts/designs. ( hakiren @ deviantart | hakiren @ toyhouse )
▪ You can claim the ownership of the adopts but you are not allowed to claim the designs as your own.
▪ Do not buy commissions for the adopts unless the payment has been completed and you are the owner.
▪ You are allowed to use adopts that you own as profile decorations or profile pictures.
▪ You are allowed to re-post my adopts but must always credit me for the design.
▪ I am allowed to use my adopts for any type of samples, banner, reference etc.
▪ You will receive the original size of the adopt only after payment is completed.
▪ You are allowed to turn my off-species adopts into any closed species.
▪ Please do not copy / steal / trace / claim the design as your own.
▪ Co-owning/Vouchering my off-species adopts are allowed.
▪ Co-owning/Vouchering my ashuri adopts are not allowed.
OFFICIAL TOYHOUSE PROFILE
▪ My adopts will always have official toyhouse profiles that are created by me.
▪ Once my adopts are fully paid, I will transfer the toyhouse profile to you.
▪ Do not delete these toyhouse profiles since they'll be used to keep track of new owners and transfer logs.
▪ If you do not have a toyhouse account, the adopt will be kept on my toyhouse account until you have one.
▪ If the design was resold/traded/gifted to another person, the design's toyhouse profile must be transferred to the new owner's toyhouse account.
If they don't have a toyhouse account then transfer the profile back to me, I will hold onto the profile until the new owner obtains a toyhouse account.
▪ When doing toyhouse transfers, make sure to include the method of transfer + the value of resell if it's resold or partially resold.
▪ Once my adopts are fully paid, I will transfer the toyhouse profile to you.
▪ Do not delete these toyhouse profiles since they'll be used to keep track of new owners and transfer logs.
▪ If you do not have a toyhouse account, the adopt will be kept on my toyhouse account until you have one.
▪ If the design was resold/traded/gifted to another person, the design's toyhouse profile must be transferred to the new owner's toyhouse account.
If they don't have a toyhouse account then transfer the profile back to me, I will hold onto the profile until the new owner obtains a toyhouse account.
▪ When doing toyhouse transfers, make sure to include the method of transfer + the value of resell if it's resold or partially resold.
PAYMENTS
▪ Paypal and points are accepted as payment. (Unless it's PayPal only)
▪ Payment for adopts has to be done within 24hr after receiving the note/reply/invoice.
▪ Adopts can be put on hold for no longer than 48hr.
▪ Once purchased, the adopt cannot be refunded.
▪ Only bid/buy if you're 100% certain you're going to pay and have the money.
▪ Withdrawing or hiding bids/comments will result in being temporarily/permenantly blacklisted from my adopts/account.
▪ If the adopt gets charge-backed, I have the right to resell that adopt and you will be blacklisted.
▪ I am allowed to end the auctions earlier than stated according to my discretion.
▪ Snipe guard: last bid gets extended by 1 hour if it's sniped.
* Snipe is considered if someone bids 30 minutes before the end of the auction.
▪ Do not bid/buy on my adopts if your account isn't at least a few months old.
* Exceptional: You are still allowed to bid/buy if you had an older account but made a new one.
(But make sure to let me know if you're a moved account and show me proof.)
▪ Payment for adopts has to be done within 24hr after receiving the note/reply/invoice.
▪ Adopts can be put on hold for no longer than 48hr.
▪ Once purchased, the adopt cannot be refunded.
▪ Only bid/buy if you're 100% certain you're going to pay and have the money.
▪ Withdrawing or hiding bids/comments will result in being temporarily/permenantly blacklisted from my adopts/account.
▪ If the adopt gets charge-backed, I have the right to resell that adopt and you will be blacklisted.
▪ I am allowed to end the auctions earlier than stated according to my discretion.
▪ Snipe guard: last bid gets extended by 1 hour if it's sniped.
* Snipe is considered if someone bids 30 minutes before the end of the auction.
▪ Do not bid/buy on my adopts if your account isn't at least a few months old.
* Exceptional: You are still allowed to bid/buy if you had an older account but made a new one.
(But make sure to let me know if you're a moved account and show me proof.)
PAYMENT PLAN
✅ Payment plans can be negotiable!
▪ Only do payment plans if you're 100% certain that you'll go through with it.
▪ Payment plans are accepted only if adopts are sold for $200 and above.
▪ If you are paying with a payment plan you must pay 50% of the price upfront.
▪ Time-frame of payment plans must be completed within 1-2 months depending on the amount.
▪ Time-frame can only be extended if bid surpasses $300+.
▪ Adopt ownership will only be received once the payment plan has been fully paid.
▪ You are not the owner of the adopt until you have fully paid the payment plan.
▪ If you fail to complete the payment plan you will only be refunded by 70%.
- I will then have the right to re-sell that adopt for the same price or lower.
▪ Only do payment plans if you're 100% certain that you'll go through with it.
▪ Payment plans are accepted only if adopts are sold for $200 and above.
▪ If you are paying with a payment plan you must pay 50% of the price upfront.
▪ Time-frame of payment plans must be completed within 1-2 months depending on the amount.
▪ Time-frame can only be extended if bid surpasses $300+.
▪ Adopt ownership will only be received once the payment plan has been fully paid.
▪ You are not the owner of the adopt until you have fully paid the payment plan.
▪ If you fail to complete the payment plan you will only be refunded by 70%.
- I will then have the right to re-sell that adopt for the same price or lower.
Reselling, TradING AND Gifting
▪ You can only resell my adopts for their original price, additionally:
✓ Extra costs can be added to the design's value only if you have paid for commissioned works.
✓ Personal art / art pieces you've made yourself can also be added to the design's value.
✓ You must give reasonable values for your art pieces, do not inflate the value of your art just so you can profit out of the design.
✖ These cannot be added to the value: gift art, art trades, requests & art commissioned by others as a gift for you.
▪ You cannot resell an adopt obtained via trade / gift:
- If no money was involved in the trade then no value can be added to that design, not even the original price.
- This means that once you obtain my adopt designs via trade / gift, their monetary value/worth will be reduced to 0$.
- It can then only be sold for the value of new commissions you've spent money on, or the art pieces you've drawn for them.
- If you received the adopt from a trade + partial resell, then only the value of that partial resell will be that design's worth.
▪ I'm not responsible for any failed/unsuccessful transactions between other users, so do not contact me about these matters.
▪ If you are caught overpricing my adopts you will automatically be blacklisted.
✓ Extra costs can be added to the design's value only if you have paid for commissioned works.
✓ Personal art / art pieces you've made yourself can also be added to the design's value.
✓ You must give reasonable values for your art pieces, do not inflate the value of your art just so you can profit out of the design.
✖ These cannot be added to the value: gift art, art trades, requests & art commissioned by others as a gift for you.
▪ You cannot resell an adopt obtained via trade / gift:
- If no money was involved in the trade then no value can be added to that design, not even the original price.
- This means that once you obtain my adopt designs via trade / gift, their monetary value/worth will be reduced to 0$.
- It can then only be sold for the value of new commissions you've spent money on, or the art pieces you've drawn for them.
- If you received the adopt from a trade + partial resell, then only the value of that partial resell will be that design's worth.
▪ I'm not responsible for any failed/unsuccessful transactions between other users, so do not contact me about these matters.
▪ If you are caught overpricing my adopts you will automatically be blacklisted.
🔁 ADOPT OWNERSHIP TRANSFERS
If my off-species adopts are transferred to new owners, make sure the toyhouse profile are also transferred to them at the date they were transferred.
This way I can keep track that nobody is breaking the cooldown rule as well as know where my designs are going.
If my off-species adopts are transferred to new owners, make sure the toyhouse profile are also transferred to them at the date they were transferred.
This way I can keep track that nobody is breaking the cooldown rule as well as know where my designs are going.
COMMERCIAL-use
▪ My off-species adopts can be used for commercial purposes (✔) but you will have to pay extra.
▪ To use them commercially you must pay x2.0 (200%) the original price.
(example: original price [100$] + payment for commercial use is x2.0 (200%) extra of the original price [200$] = total 200$)
▪ Once payment for commercial use is completed feel free to use them as vtubers, banners, in comics etc.
▪ Some adopts allow commercial use when a certain bid is reached, but if the bid didn't reach that amount then you will have pay for commercial use using the method above. ↑↑↑
▪ To use them commercially you must pay x2.0 (200%) the original price.
(example: original price [100$] + payment for commercial use is x2.0 (200%) extra of the original price [200$] = total 200$)
▪ Once payment for commercial use is completed feel free to use them as vtubers, banners, in comics etc.
▪ Some adopts allow commercial use when a certain bid is reached, but if the bid didn't reach that amount then you will have pay for commercial use using the method above. ↑↑↑
CHARACTER & Design Editing
(★ These edit rules apply to both my off-specieS/GA adopts as well as Ashuri adopts.)
▪ The name, bio, personality, etc. of the adopt will be all up to you.
▪ Gender can be changed at anytime depending on the owner's discretion.
▪ The .sai or .psd files of adopts will not be handed out for edits.
▪ You can give the adopts as many extra/alt outfits as you'd like.
▪ Make sure to let me know what edits you're planning to do on the adopt before you begin editing them.
▪ Do not edit my adopt design's art in any way without asking for permission first.
▪ I will only allow minimal edits to be done directly onto my design art.
⚠️Upon doing edits to my adopts, make sure the original unedited design is always present somewhere in the character's profile.
▪ Gender can be changed at anytime depending on the owner's discretion.
▪ The .sai or .psd files of adopts will not be handed out for edits.
▪ You can give the adopts as many extra/alt outfits as you'd like.
▪ Make sure to let me know what edits you're planning to do on the adopt before you begin editing them.
▪ Do not edit my adopt design's art in any way without asking for permission first.
▪ I will only allow minimal edits to be done directly onto my design art.
⚠️Upon doing edits to my adopts, make sure the original unedited design is always present somewhere in the character's profile.
DESIGN EDITING
- You can only do minimal edits to my design.
- Feel free to do minimal edits directly onto the my adopt design's art yourself.
- After doing edits to my edits you must show me a wip/example of those edits so I can approve it.
- If I don't like the changes I have the right to reject the edits.
✅ In editing, these are considered minimal edits and you ARE allowed to:
✓ Give them blemishes.
✓ Give them nail polish.
✓ Change hair color/eye color but only by using the "filter" wheel (hue/brightness/etc.)
✓ Slightly modify the hair color (adding color streaks/partial hair dye etc.)
✓ Give them scars, stitches, tattoos, bandages/cloth etc.
✓ Adding small accessories such as earrings, rings, belts, necklaces etc.
❌ In editing, you are NOT allowed to change:
✖ Skin color
✖ Weight/body type
- You can only do minimal edits to my design.
- Feel free to do minimal edits directly onto the my adopt design's art yourself.
- After doing edits to my edits you must show me a wip/example of those edits so I can approve it.
- If I don't like the changes I have the right to reject the edits.
✅ In editing, these are considered minimal edits and you ARE allowed to:
✓ Give them blemishes.
✓ Give them nail polish.
✓ Change hair color/eye color but only by using the "filter" wheel (hue/brightness/etc.)
✓ Slightly modify the hair color (adding color streaks/partial hair dye etc.)
✓ Give them scars, stitches, tattoos, bandages/cloth etc.
✓ Adding small accessories such as earrings, rings, belts, necklaces etc.
❌ In editing, you are NOT allowed to change:
✖ Skin color
✖ Weight/body type
🆗 THINGS THAT DON'T NEED PERMISSION TO CHANGE
- Changing private parts:
You are allowed to edit the private parts (for example add/take away breasts).
- Giving more Hairstyle:
You can add different hairstyles for that design.
- Giving them extra outfits:
You can give the design as many outfits as you'd like.
- Changing private parts:
You are allowed to edit the private parts (for example add/take away breasts).
- Giving more Hairstyle:
You can add different hairstyles for that design.
- Giving them extra outfits:
You can give the design as many outfits as you'd like.
BLACKLISTING
( Being BLACKLISTED means that you will be banned + blocked from all my accounts and will not be allowed to purchase anything from me. )
▪ If you violate any of the rules of my adopt terms of service you will be blacklisted.
▪ If you you use my adopts for commercial-use without permission you will be blacklisted.
▪ Scammers or owners purposely overpricing my adopts will instantly be blacklisted.
▪ If you sell my adopts for a higher price than it actually is (+commissions value) you will be blacklisted.
▪ Users that are blacklisted from my Ashuri Species will also be blacklisted from my off-species adopts + my account. (vice-versa)
▪ If you you use my adopts for commercial-use without permission you will be blacklisted.
▪ Scammers or owners purposely overpricing my adopts will instantly be blacklisted.
▪ If you sell my adopts for a higher price than it actually is (+commissions value) you will be blacklisted.
▪ Users that are blacklisted from my Ashuri Species will also be blacklisted from my off-species adopts + my account. (vice-versa)