Artist Agreement (Marketplace Seller Terms)

Effective: September 1, 2026

This Agreement governs your participation as an independent nail artist ("Artist," "you") on the JNT Platform operated by Jewels Not Tools LLC ("JNT"), in addition to the Terms of Service.

Independent contractor relationship

You are an independent contractor operating your own independent business. Nothing in this Agreement creates an employment, partnership, agency, joint-venture, or franchise relationship between you and JNT. You acknowledge and agree that: You control how you create your work, set your own schedule, and use your own skills and tools, and you are responsible for your own taxes, insurance, licenses, and registrations.

Onboarding and verification

You must be at least 18 years of age to register as an Artist. During onboarding, you must provide accurate and complete identity information, payout information (including valid bank account or payment method details), and tax information if requested by us. You must complete all required identity verification steps and maintain any business licenses, permits, or registrations required for your work in your jurisdiction.

Ongoing compliance.

You must keep your account information current and accurate. You must promptly update your information if it changes and must re-verify your identity or provide additional documentation upon JNT’s reasonable request. JNT may periodically require re-verification to maintain account security and regulatory compliance.

Consequences of misrepresentation.

If you provide false, misleading, or incomplete information during onboarding or at any time thereafter, JNT may immediately suspend or terminate your account, withhold pending payouts pending investigation, and pursue any available legal remedies. Providing false tax information may also result in reporting to tax authorities.

JNT’s discretion.

JNT may decline to onboard, or may remove, any Artist at any time consistent with applicable law. JNT is not required to provide a reason for declining an application.

Listings, orders, and standards

Listings.

You are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and legality of your listings, including descriptions, images, pricing, and estimated production and shipping times. Listings must comply with the Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines and must not contain prohibited content. You must promptly update or remove listings that are no longer accurate or available.

Order acceptance.

You may decline any order before accepting it, for any reason or no reason. Once you accept an order, you commit to producing and shipping the set within the timeframe stated in your listing (or as otherwise agreed with the Client through JNT’s messaging system). You must produce work to a professional quality standard, following JNT’s quality, safety, and packaging guidelines and using materials that are safe and lawful for cosmetic use.

Client information.

You will receive the Client’s measurements and design request needed to make the set. You will not receive the Client’s sizing photos. You must use Client information solely to fulfill the order and must not retain, share, or use Client information for any other purpose.

Communication.

You must respond to Client messages through JNT’s Platform messaging system within a reasonable time (generally within 48 hours). You must keep Clients reasonably informed of order status, including any delays. All Client communications must occur through the Platform; you may not solicit or conduct transactions with Clients outside the Platform.

Failure to fulfill.

If you fail to fulfill an accepted order within the stated timeframe (or any agreed extension), JNT may: (a) cancel the order and issue a full refund to the Client; (b) reassign the order to another Artist; (c) charge your account or offset against future payouts for any costs incurred (including refunds, shipping, or reassignment costs); and (d) take account action under Section “Conduct and removal”. Repeated failures to fulfill accepted orders may result in suspension or termination.

You, as an Artist, may only fulfill orders using products (i.e. nails, adhesives, packaging, etc.) approved by and supplied by JNT. Use of any unauthorized products or packaging is a breach of these terms.

Pricing, fees, and payouts

Pricing.

You set the prices for your listings, subject to any minimum or maximum price requirements communicated by JNT. All prices must include applicable taxes or clearly indicate that taxes are additional.

Platform fee.

JNT collects payment from Clients and retains a platform fee of described in Program materials (the “Platform Fee”) from each transaction. The Platform Fee covers payment processing, platform access, sizing tools, dispute support, and other JNT services. JNT may change the Platform Fee prospectively upon thirty (30) days’ notice; your continued use of the Platform after such notice constitutes acceptance of the new fee.

Payouts.

JNT will remit the balance (order amount minus Platform Fee) to you approximately 20 business days after the “Qualifying Event.” The Qualifying Event is: (a) for standard orders, confirmation of delivery (or, if delivery cannot be confirmed, 14 days after shipment); or (b) for orders with extended production times, as specified in the applicable listing or order confirmation.

Holds and offsets.

JNT may hold, delay, or offset payouts: (a) pending resolution of a Client dispute, damage claim, or chargeback; (b) if JNT reasonably suspects fraud, policy violations, or unlawful activity; (c) to recover amounts you owe JNT (including refunds, chargebacks, remake costs if applicable, or fees); or (d) as required by law or legal process. JNT will notify you of any hold (except where prohibited by law) and will release held funds promptly upon resolution.

Chargebacks.

If a Client initiates a chargeback or payment dispute, JNT may deduct the chargeback amount (plus any fees assessed by the payment processor) from your pending or future payouts. JNT will provide you with information about the chargeback and an opportunity to provide evidence to dispute it. If the chargeback is reversed in your favor, JNT will credit the amount back to you.

Taxes.

You are solely responsible for determining and paying all taxes applicable to your income from the Platform. JNT will issue tax forms where required by law (e.g., IRS Form 1099 for U.S. Artists meeting applicable thresholds). You must provide a valid tax identification number and completed tax form (e.g., W-9 for U.S. Artists, W-8BEN for non-U.S. Artists) upon request. If you fail to provide required tax information, JNT may withhold payouts and/or withhold taxes at the maximum applicable rate until you comply.

Intellectual property and license

Ownership.

You retain ownership of your original designs. Purchasing a set gives the Client the physical product and a personal, license to wear and photograph it, not ownership of the underlying design. The Client may not reproduce, sell, or commercially exploit your design.

License to JNT.

You grant JNT a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to display, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, and promote your designs, listings, profile information, and final-product photos to operate, improve, and market the Platform and JNT’s services (including on JNT social media channels, in advertising, and in press materials).

Warranty of rights.

You represent and warrant that: (a) you own or have all necessary rights to your designs and content; (b) your designs and content do not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third party’s intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights; (c) you have the full right and authority to grant the licenses in this Agreement; and (d) your designs comply with all applicable laws. Do not submit designs incorporating trademarks, logos, copyrighted characters, or other intellectual property you do not have the right to use.

Brand commissions.

Designs created under a Brand commission are subject to the intellectual property terms of that brand deal as set forth in the Brand Partner Terms. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and Brand-specific IP terms, the Brand-specific terms control for that commission.

JNT property.

JNT Originals, the JNT brand, name, logos, tagline (“Press on. Stand out.”), Platform technology, and JNT’s design systems and cultural archive remain JNT’s exclusive property. Nothing in this Agreement grants you any rights to JNT’s intellectual property except the limited right to use the Platform as contemplated herein.

Conduct and removal

You agree to comply with the Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines, which are incorporated into this Agreement. JNT may take enforcement action for violations, including but not limited to fraud, intellectual property infringement, repeated quality or fulfillment failures, safety violations, harassment, or other unlawful or harmful. We may remove listings, withhold payouts pending dispute resolution, suspend, or terminate Artists for violations, fraud, repeated quality or fulfillment failures, or unlawful conduct.

Remakes and damage

You agree to honor the Returns, Remakes & Damage Policy. For verified damage or defects attributable to manufacturing or shipping (as determined by JNT in its reasonable discretion), JNT absorbs the cost of the remake or replacement, so neither the Client nor you are charged for the remedy itself. Failure of any product to fit the Client shall not be deemed damage or a defect.

Remake obligations.

When JNT assigns a remake to you through its dispute resolution process, you must complete and ship the remake within 21 business days (or such other timeframe as JNT specifies). Failure to complete remakes timely may result in JNT reassigning the remake to another Artist and taking account action under Section “Conduct and removal”.

Shipping for remakes. JNT will provide a prepaid shipping label for verified damage/defect remakes. For other remakes (e.g., Artist error, wrong size due to Artist mistake), you are responsible for shipping costs, which may be deducted from your payouts.

Pattern of issues.

If you have repeated quality, fulfillment, or damage issues that exceed Platform norms, JNT may: (a) require you to complete additional training or quality review; (b) reduce your visibility in search results or recommendations; (c) require you to post a quality bond; or (d) take account action under Section “Conduct and removal”. These remedies are separate from and in addition to individual order-level remedies.

Liability and indemnification

Artist responsibility.

You are solely responsible for your work, including its design, quality, safety, and compliance with all applicable laws (including product safety, labeling, and cosmetic regulations). You bear all risk of loss for products until delivery to the carrier.

Indemnification.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless JNT and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and service providers from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your designs, products, or services; (b) your breach of this Agreement or the Terms of Service; (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation; (d) your infringement or misappropriation of any third party’s intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights; (e) any claim that your products caused personal injury, property damage, or other harm; (f) your tax obligations or worker classification; (g) any dispute between you and a Client; or (h) your negligence or willful misconduct.

Indemnification procedures.

JNT will: (a) promptly notify you of any claim subject to indemnification (provided that failure to provide prompt notice will not relieve you of your indemnification obligations except to the extent you are materially prejudiced by such failure); (b) provide you with reasonable cooperation in the defense of such claim at your expense; and (c) grant you control of the defense and settlement of such claim, provided that you may not settle any claim that admits fault or liability on JNT’s part, imposes obligations on JNT, or does not fully release JNT, without JNT’s prior written consent. JNT reserves the right, at its own expense, to participate in the defense of any claim.

Limitation of JNT’s liability.

JNT’s liability to you is limited as set forth in the Terms of Service. In no event will JNT’s total liability to you under this Agreement exceed the amounts paid to you by JNT in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

Insurance.

JNT strongly recommends that you maintain adequate insurance coverage for your business, including general liability insurance and product liability insurance. JNT may, upon reasonable notice, require Artists to maintain minimum insurance coverage as a condition of continued Platform access; if so, you must provide proof of coverage upon request.

Term and termination

Term.

This Agreement begins when you complete Artist onboarding and continues until terminated by either party.

Termination by Artist.

You may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing written notice to JNT at Concierge@jntnails.com and completing or properly resolving all in-progress accepted orders. Your account will be deactivated after all pending orders are fulfilled and final payouts are processed.

Termination by JNT.

JNT may terminate this Agreement: (a) immediately, for cause (including any grounds for immediate action under Section “Conduct and removal”); or (b) for convenience, upon fourteen (14) days’ written notice. Upon termination by JNT, you must complete all in-progress accepted orders unless JNT directs otherwise.

Effect of termination.

Upon termination: (a) your right to access and use the Platform as an Artist ceases; (b) your listings will be removed; (c) you must complete in-progress orders (unless JNT reassigns them); (d) JNT will process final payouts for completed orders, subject to any holds, offsets, or deductions permitted under this Agreement; (e) you must return or destroy any confidential information of JNT (except as required to be retained by law); and (f) JNT may retain your content for archival, legal, or operational purposes.

Survival.

The following provisions survive termination: Independent Contractor, Intellectual Property — license survives for content posted during the term, Liability and Indemnification, this Section, and any other provisions that by their nature should survive.

Representations and warranties

You represent and warrant that: (a) you are at least 18 years of age; (b) you have the legal capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement; (c) you will comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards in performing under this Agreement; (d) you hold all licenses, permits, and registrations required to operate your business and sell your products; (e) your products are safe for their intended use and comply with all applicable product safety, labeling, and cosmetic regulations; (f) all information you provide to JNT is accurate, complete, and not misleading; and (g) you are not prohibited from doing business with JNT under any applicable sanctions, export control, or anti-money-laundering laws.

Confidentiality

In the course of your participation on the Platform, you may receive confidential information of JNT, Clients, Brands, or other Artists, including but not limited to Client personal information, order details, Platform analytics, Brand deal terms, and non-public business information (“Confidential Information”). You agree to: (a) keep Confidential Information strictly confidential; (b) use Confidential Information only as necessary to fulfill your obligations under this Agreement; (c) not disclose Confidential Information to any third party without JNT’s prior written consent; and (d) promptly notify JNT of any unauthorized disclosure. This obligation does not apply to information that is publicly available through no fault of yours or that you independently developed without use of Confidential Information.

Non-solicitation

During your participation on the Platform and for one (1) year thereafter, you agree not to: (a) solicit, encourage, or induce any Client you connected with through the Platform to purchase products or services from you outside the Platform; (b) provide Clients with contact information, external website links, or other means to transact outside the Platform; or (c) accept payment from Clients outside the Platform for products or services that originated on the Platform. This restriction does not prevent you from conducting business with individuals who contact you independently without any solicitation on your part and without using information obtained through the Platform.

Dispute resolution

Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions in the Terms of Service, including the binding arbitration and class action waiver provisions, which are incorporated herein by reference. For disputes between you and a Client regarding an order, JNT’s dispute resolution process (as described in the Returns, Remakes & Damage Policy) will apply, and JNT’s decision will be final and binding on both parties for purposes of Platform remedies, without prejudice to either party’s right to pursue claims outside the Platform.

Governing law

This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of the arbitration provisions.

General provisions

Entire agreement.

This Agreement, together with the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines, Returns, Remakes & Damage Policy, and any other policies incorporated by reference, constitutes the entire agreement between you and JNT regarding your participation as an Artist and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings.

Amendment.

JNT may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the revised terms on the Platform. Material changes will be communicated by email or in-app notice at least thirty (30) days before they take effect. Your continued participation as an Artist after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Assignment.

You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without JNT’s prior written consent. JNT may freely assign this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement binds and inures to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Waiver. JNT’s failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision.

Contact. For questions about this Agreement, contact Concierge@jntnails.com.