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Using SAHIBAT

Terms & Conditions

The framework for using SAHIBAT, representing a business and purchasing our services.

Version 1.0 · Effective: 2026-10-03

1. Operator and acceptance

SAHIBAT at sahibat.com is operated by SM Marketing Management LLC (“SAHIBAT”, “we”, “us”). Our trade licence number is 1270015, issued by Dubai Economy and Tourism. Contact: support@sahibat.com.

These terms apply to visitors, account holders, business representatives and purchasers. Creating an account or placing an order requires legal capacity, a minimum age of 18 and authority to represent any relevant business.

At registration or purchase, the applicable terms must be presented for affirmative acceptance. The accepted order records your service, price and applicable terms. Merely browsing does not establish consent to optional tracking or marketing.

The relevant policies in our Legal Centre apply to their respective subjects. A specific written agreement may vary commercial details where expressly stated. Mandatory law takes priority.

2. Our role and listed businesses

SAHIBAT is a directory and visibility platform for women-owned businesses. We provide business profiles, discovery tools and promotional services expressly included in an accepted order.

Unless a separate agreement states otherwise, we do not supply, supervise, license or guarantee the products and services of listed businesses. A booking or contact link connects you with the relevant provider, which is responsible for its own customer contract, permissions, pricing, service delivery and customer remedies.

Publication, paid prominence or a limited verification check is not government certification or a guarantee of safety, quality, solvency or professional competence. These distinctions do not exclude obligations the law places directly on SAHIBAT.

3. Accounts and authorised access

  • Provide accurate account, billing and business information and keep it current.
  • Do not register for another person or business without proper authority.
  • Protect login credentials and report suspected compromise promptly.
  • Do not sell accounts, impersonate users, evade restrictions or share access with unrelated businesses.
  • Authorised employees or agencies may act only within the authority given by the represented business.

You are responsible for actions you authorise or cause through a failure to take reasonable care. You are not automatically liable for every unauthorised incident. We may request proportionate evidence of authority and restrict access while investigating a credible risk.

4. Purchased services and availability

Your order and our Membership & Payment Terms define listing allowances, duration and included benefits. Fees purchase the contracted service, not a guaranteed commercial outcome.

No employee, contractor or affiliate may promise guaranteed revenue, leads, search indexing or ranking unless an express written agreement from SAHIBAT lawfully provides that commitment.

We use reasonable care to operate the service but cannot promise uninterrupted availability or absolute security. Maintenance, outages and third-party failures may occur. Material failure to deliver our own paid service remains subject to applicable remedies.

We will not use a policy update to remove a material paid benefit during an existing term without an appropriate substitute accepted by you or the remedy required by the refund policy and applicable law.

5. Content, privacy and acceptable conduct

You retain ownership of your content and grant the limited permissions described in the Content & Intellectual Property Policy . You must have the rights required for each intended use.

The Business Listing Policy and Acceptable Use & Reviews Policy govern eligibility, accuracy, reviews and prohibited conduct. Public contact information is not permission for harvesting, harassment or unsolicited marketing.

Our Privacy Policy explains personal-data handling. Optional consent must be obtained separately where required.

6. Suspension, removal and termination

We may decline, restrict or remove a listing, content or account for ineligibility, material breach, fraud, unlawful activity, unpaid amounts, a credible safety or security risk, or a binding legal requirement.

Action will be proportionate. Urgent risks may require immediate restriction. Where lawful and appropriate, we will explain the reason and provide an opportunity to correct the issue or request reconsideration.

Suspension does not automatically permit us to retain all fees. Charges for delivered services and remedies for undelivered services follow the refund policy. If we discontinue a service, we must address existing paid commitments appropriately.

Account deletion does not erase accrued obligations or records we are legally required to retain.

7. Liability and business indemnity

Nothing excludes liability where exclusion is unlawful, including fraud, deliberate misconduct, gross negligence where non-excludable, or mandatory consumer, privacy and other statutory rights. Describing a customer as a business does not remove protections that legally apply.

Subject to those limits, for a business-to-business claim arising from our ordinary contractual breach, our aggregate liability for the affected service is limited to the fees paid or payable for that service during the 12 months preceding the event.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude indirect or consequential commercial losses, including anticipated profits and lost opportunities. This cap does not reduce an express refund obligation or an accrued, valid affiliate commission.

A business member must reimburse reasonable, documented third-party liabilities and defence costs to the extent caused by its unlawful content, infringement, fraud or material breach. This does not cover SAHIBAT’s own fault. We must give prompt notice, allow reasonable participation in the defence and obtain reasonable consent before agreeing a settlement that imposes obligations on the member.

8. Changes, notices and exceptional disruption

Updates apply prospectively. We will identify their effective date and give advance notice of material changes affecting existing members where reasonably possible. Urgent legal or security changes may require shorter notice, followed by an explanation when appropriate.

Posting a revised page does not give us an unlimited right to rewrite an existing paid bargain. Service notices may be sent to your account email; promotional communications are handled separately.

An event genuinely beyond reasonable control may delay an affected obligation while reasonable mitigation continues. It does not erase amounts already due, mandatory rights or remedies for prolonged non-delivery.

9. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by applicable federal UAE law and the laws of the Emirate of Dubai. Subject to mandatory jurisdiction rules, disputes fall within the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Dubai. This is not an arbitration agreement or an agreement to DIFC Courts jurisdiction.

Please use our complaints process where practical. You may still contact a regulator, seek urgent relief or exercise a statutory remedy. Internal complaint periods do not shorten legal time limits or prevent proceedings.

Mandatory protections applicable to international users remain unaffected. If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to the extent lawful. A delay in enforcement is not a permanent waiver.

We will provide Arabic information and documentation where required. No language-precedence provision overrides a legally required Arabic text.