Version: June 16, 2026 - DOCUMENT TO RETAIN
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale and Subscription (hereinafter the "GTC") govern the subscription and provision of the Rank Place service, marketed by Net.Fr SAS, a French societe par actions simplifiee with a capital of 1,000 euros, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 913 167 441, with its registered office at 59 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France (hereinafter the "Provider").
The Rank Place service is exclusively intended for professionals, whether natural or legal persons acting for purposes falling within the scope of their commercial, industrial, craft, liberal, or agricultural activity (hereinafter the "CLIENT").
Any subscription to the Service implies full and unreserved acceptance of these GTC by the CLIENT.
The purpose of these GTC is to define the conditions under which the Provider grants the CLIENT, by way of subscription, a personal and non-exclusive right to operate all or part of one or more Positioned Sites (positioned website rental), as well as access to associated services (hereinafter the "Service").
The CLIENT acquires no ownership rights over the Positioned Site, the associated domain name or sub-domain, the content, databases, or any other element of the Service, which remain the exclusive property of the Provider.
The right granted to the CLIENT includes the display of their contact details, the reception of contact requests, and the personalization of Content. The CLIENT only has rights over the logo, images, and texts when they are the author or have provided them themselves. Files and the database are only provided to the CLIENT if the "WordPress pack" has been subscribed to, and only as part of the Annual Plan, at the end of twelve (12) months, in the form of a download link (cloud) sent by email.
THE VALIDATION OF THE ORDER CONSTITUTES A FIRM AND DEFINITIVE COMMITMENT.
"Subscription" or "Order": refers to these GTC, the order form or the online subscription summary, as well as any appendices and special conditions.
"CLIENT": refers to the professional, natural or legal person with full capacity, who has subscribed to the Subscription and accepted these terms.
"Positioned Site": refers to the website operated by the Provider on a domain name or sub-domain belonging to it, all or part of which is made available to the CLIENT as part of the Subscription.
"Platform" or "Client Area": refers to the online Rank Place platform allowing the CLIENT to subscribe, manage their Subscription, Content, and invoices.
"Content": refers to all information concerning the CLIENT (company name, logo, contact details, telephone, photos, texts, etc.) collected by the Provider and/or transmitted by the CLIENT for display on the Positioned Site.
"Service Activation Date": the date from which the Positioned Site displays the CLIENT's Content. Activation occurs within twenty-four (24) hours for a simple "one-page" site, and a maximum of four (4) to five (5) business days in case of subscription to the WordPress pack.
"Monthly Plan": Subscription taken out for a period of one (1) month, tacitly renewable.
"Annual Plan": Subscription taken out for a firm period of twelve (12) months, concluded with electronic signature.
"Signature": refers to the electronic validation of the Order by the CLIENT under the conditions of Article 5.
"Exclusivity": when subscribed by the CLIENT, exclusivity applies only to the activity corresponding to the CLIENT's NAF code, verifiable by K-bis extract, and for their city only; surrounding municipalities are not included, unless agreed by the sales department. If the CLIENT is unable to justify their NAF code with an official document (K-bis), the exclusivity is null and void and non-refundable.
The CLIENT declares and acknowledges subscribing to the Service as a professional, for the needs of their activity.
The CLIENT guarantees the accuracy of the information provided during subscription (identity, registration, contact details, activity, billing details) and undertakes to keep them up to date.
The CLIENT has the choice, during subscription, between the Monthly Plan and the Annual Plan. The characteristics of the subscribed Service are those described on the Platform on the day of the Order.
The Service begins on the Service Activation Date.
Monthly Plan: the Subscription is taken out for a period of one (1) month. Failing termination, it is tacitly renewed for successive periods of one (1) month.
Annual Plan: the Subscription is taken out for a firm period of twelve (12) months (hereinafter the "Initial Period"). FAILING TERMINATION, THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE TACITLY RENEWED for successive periods of twelve (12) months, under the conditions of Article 9.
Subscription to the Annual Plan leads to an electronic signature of the Order and these GTC.
The CLIENT declares and acknowledges the validity and probative force of the electronic signature of the Order, these GTC and, where applicable, the direct debit mandate.
The electronic signature of documents by the CLIENT is done using a one-time password (OTP code) received by SMS on the mobile phone number provided by the CLIENT, allowing the documents to be signed.
The signature process allows the CLIENT to scroll through all of these GTC and initial each article.
The CLIENT will receive confirmation of the Order by email and, where applicable, the signed direct debit authorization.
The CLIENT acknowledges that it is their responsibility to manage and retain the signed documents in compliance with applicable legal provisions.
The signature is performed using an online electronic signature device, timestamped and associated with the signatory's IP address, supplemented by a one-time code (OTP) sent by SMS. The Provider may use a third-party electronic signature provider (notably YouSign).
The price of the Subscription is that in force at the time of Order validation, as displayed on the Platform. Prices are expressed in euros, all taxes included (TTC), with VAT at the current rate being included. The CLIENT justifying their status as a VAT taxpayer (registered company and valid intra-community VAT number) may be subject to a display and invoicing excluding taxes (HT), with VAT then being mentioned separately.
Payment is made by credit card or SEPA direct debit, via the Provider's payment service providers (Stripe and GoCardless), and occasionally via PayPal:
Failure to pay on the due date will result in the immediate exigibility of the entire debt and a late payment penalty equal to three (3) times the legal interest rate, as well as a fixed indemnity for recovery costs of forty (40) euros, in addition to any legal costs that may be incurred. A compensatory indemnity equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the sums due will also remain due to the Provider.
After a prior formal notice to pay sent to the CLIENT by email and not honored within seven (7) days, the Provider may terminate the Subscription automatically, without prejudice to the payment by the CLIENT of the sums remaining due.
The CLIENT accepts, for the entire duration of the Subscription, the electronic transmission and availability of invoices issued by the Provider in their Client Area. They acknowledge that these invoices serve as original invoices and that it is their responsibility to retain them.
Monthly Plan: the Provider reserves the right to revise the price of the Subscription, exclusively upwards, for future monthly periods. The CLIENT is informed of any revision by email at least fifteen (15) days before its effective date. The CLIENT may terminate their Subscription before the revision takes effect under the conditions of Article 9; otherwise, the new price applies to the following monthly period.
Annual Plan: the price is guaranteed for the entire Initial Period of twelve (12) months, as well as for any current annual period. No price revision can take effect before the expiry of the current twelve (12) month period; any revision is notified to the CLIENT before the renewal date, the CLIENT then being able to terminate under the conditions of Article 9.
The Client, contracting for business/professional purposes, acknowledges that no statutory cooling-off or withdrawal period applies to this contract.
Monthly Plan - 1-click termination: the CLIENT may terminate their Subscription at any time, free of charge, without penalty, and without cause, directly from their Client Area using a 1-click termination feature. Termination takes effect at the end of the current monthly period; sums already paid for the current period remain acquired by the Provider.
Annual Plan: at the end of the Initial Period or any renewal period, the CLIENT or the Provider may terminate the Subscription according to the following terms:
On the effective date of termination, regardless of the plan, the right of operation granted to the CLIENT ends: the CLIENT's Content ceases to be displayed on the Positioned Site and the Provider regains full disposition of it.
The CLIENT's Client Area account is automatically created upon subscription to the Subscription.
The CLIENT's identifiers are personal and confidential. The CLIENT assumes full responsibility for them, any communication of which is made at their own risk.
All costs relating to access to the Platform or the Service, whatever they may be (in particular hardware costs or Internet access), are exclusively borne by the CLIENT, who is solely responsible for the proper functioning of their computer equipment and their Internet access.
The use of the Platform is subject to the acceptance of the General Terms of Use (GTU), which supplement these GTC. In case of contradiction with the GTU, these GTC shall prevail.
Content. The Content must comply with public order, good morals, and applicable regulations, particularly regarding advertising. It must be clear, fair, truthful, accurate, and free from errors or omissions.
The CLIENT alone determines the Content they transmit. They are solely and entirely responsible for the legal and financial consequences of the Content disseminated (contact details, texts, offers, visuals, trademarks, and more generally any Content, both original and after modification). The displayed activity must correspond to the CLIENT's actual activity or quality.
The CLIENT declares that they have the necessary literary and artistic property rights, industrial property rights and, where applicable, image rights of persons and property, over any element they transmit. They guarantee the Provider against any eviction action, claim, infringement, violation of third-party rights, unfair competition, or parasitism that may be brought against the Provider due to the Content.
The Provider reserves the right, at any time, to amend or remove any Content if all or part of it proves to be non-compliant with applicable laws and regulations, particularly good morals or public order, or likely to harm the Provider.
CLIENT's Activity. The Provider acts as a simple technical intermediary for connecting the CLIENT and Internet users. The CLIENT is solely responsible for processing contact requests, quotes, reservations, complaints, and after-sales service related to the products and/or services they sell or offer. They declare and guarantee that the products, services, and information they offer are not prohibited and are offered fairly and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and customs.
The CLIENT is solely responsible for all legal, tax, and contractual obligations resulting from their activity.
THE CLIENT GUARANTEES THE PROVIDER AGAINST ANY ACTION OR CONDEMNATION IT MAY INCUR DUE TO THE CLIENT'S NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
The Provider guarantees that the Platform does not violate any intellectual or industrial property rights or any other third-party rights.
The Provider undertakes to provide the necessary and reasonable means to ensure continuous access to the Service and the Platform.
The referencing and positioning of Positioned Sites in search engines depend on algorithms and services operated by third parties, which are constantly evolving. The Provider makes no guarantee of position, traffic volume, or contact volume.
The Provider's liability shall not be engaged in the event of delay, failure, or interruption of service due to force majeure, events external to the Provider, particularly due to the CLIENT, or due to the maintenance of the Provider's equipment and software.
Under penalty of forfeiture, all claims must be brought to the attention of the Provider, in writing, within three (3) months from the date of the generating event.
The Provider's liability is limited to the sole provision of the Service under the terms hereof. It is limited to direct material damages, excluding all indirect damages, and in particular any damage related to the CLIENT's activity, loss of turnover, profit, operation, clientele, loss of data, commercial or economic damage, third-party action, or any commercial disturbance.
Notwithstanding any other stipulation, the Provider's total cumulative liability, all damages combined, shall not exceed, by express agreement, the amount of the last twelve (12) months invoiced and collected by the Provider for the Subscription concerned.
Without prejudice to any damages that the Provider may claim, the Provider reserves the right, at any time, to cancel, suspend and/or terminate automatically, without delay and without formality, and without the CLIENT being able to claim any compensation, all or part of the Order, access to the Client Area or all or part of the Service functionalities, in case of non-compliance by the CLIENT with these GTC. The exercise of these rights does not exempt the CLIENT from paying any sums due.
The Subscription may under no circumstances be assigned, totally or partially, by the CLIENT, without the Provider's agreement.
The Provider may freely assign, transfer, delegate, subcontract or alienate all or part of its obligations, rights, titles or interests under the Subscription.
Neither Party shall be held liable for any delay or failure in the performance of its obligations if said delay or failure is attributable to third parties or is due to the occurrence of a case of force majeure, as defined by Article 1218 of the French Civil Code and cases usually recognized by case law.
In the event of a force majeure event, the Parties shall be exempted from performing their respective obligations only for the duration of the event in question. The affected Party shall inform the other Party without delay of the occurrence of the event.
The services agreed in the Subscription correspond to the offer in force on the date of subscription. The Provider reserves the right to modify its offer and these GTC at any time.
In this event, the CLIENT is informed of any modification and has a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of notification by email to terminate their Subscription under the conditions of Article 9. Failing this, the CLIENT is deemed to have accepted the modification concerned, which will come into force at the earliest in the month following the expiry of the previous period. Any modification does not entail a modification of the Subscription duration.
For the Annual Plan, no price modification can take effect during the current twelve (12) month period, in accordance with Article 7.
The processing of personal data related to the Service is governed by applicable data protection laws.
Information relating to the processing implemented by the Provider as data controller (account management, billing, prospecting where applicable) can be found in the privacy policy accessible at https://www.rank.place/legal/confidentialite.
When the Provider processes, on behalf of the CLIENT, data of prospects or end customers collected via the forms on the Positioned Site (contact requests, quote requests), the CLIENT acts as data controller and the Provider as data processor, under the terms of the Data Processing Agreement in Appendix 2 hereto.
Contact for any questions relating to personal data: [email protected].
In the event of a dispute, the Parties undertake to approach each other to attempt to settle their potential differences amicably before any contentious action.
The Service being reserved for professionals acting within the scope of their activity, the consumer mediation mechanism is not applicable.
This Subscription is governed by French law.
Failing an amicable resolution under the conditions of Article 18, the dispute will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commercial Court of Paris, France.
This Agreement frames the processing of personal data that the Provider carries out, as a data processor, on behalf of the CLIENT (data controller), within the meaning of Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).
Subject and Purpose. The Provider processes, on behalf of the CLIENT, the data of the CLIENT's prospects and end customers collected via the forms on the Positioned Site (notably contact and quote requests), solely for the purpose of transmitting them to the CLIENT and making them available in the Client Area.
Nature of Data and Data Subjects. Identification and contact data (name, email, phone, message) of the CLIENT's prospects and end customers.
Duration. Data is processed for the duration of the Subscription. At its term, it is returned to the CLIENT then deleted within a reasonable period, unless there is a legal obligation to retain it.
Instructions. The Provider processes data only on documented instructions from the CLIENT, as resulting from these terms and the use of the Platform.
Security. The Provider implements appropriate technical and organizational measures (access control, flow encryption, backups, logging).
Confidentiality. The Provider guarantees that persons authorized to process data are subject to a confidentiality obligation.
Sub-processors. The CLIENT authorizes the Provider to use the following sub-processors, operating exclusively within the European Union:
The Provider informs the CLIENT of any planned change concerning the addition or replacement of a sub-processor.
Internal Management. The Provider ensures internal management of GDPR compliance and does not use any external paid data protection management provider.
Data Subjects' Rights. The Provider assists the CLIENT, as far as possible, in responding to requests for exercising data subjects' rights and in complying with its obligations regarding security, breach notification, and impact assessment.