Last updated: 27 August 2026 · Version 2026-08-27
CoralBay is a software marketplace that displays offers made available by third-party exporters/breeders worldwide and facilitates orders between businesses. CoralBay does not buy, own, import, export, store, pack or ship any animals or goods and is not a party to the trade contracts concluded between users. The platform only shows what the global market offers.
The exporter/breeder is solely responsible for everything it offers and ships — including species, quantity, identification, health and condition of the animals, packaging, export clearance, CITES export documents and veterinary and animal-welfare requirements in the country of origin. CoralBay has no control over and no involvement in what is offered or shipped.
The buyer/importer is solely responsible for everything it orders and imports — including import permits, CITES import/re-export documents, veterinary and customs clearance, taxes and animal-welfare requirements in the destination country.
Species classifications, CITES status, import bans and export-quota figures shown on the platform are indicative only and drawn from third-party sources on a best-effort basis. They may be incomplete, outdated or wrong, do not constitute legal advice and do not replace official permits or authority decisions. Quota figures are a non-binding orientation; the fact that an item is shown as available is no guarantee that an export or import is lawful.
Each user warrants that it acts as a business in its trade, holds all permits and licences required for its role, and complies with all applicable laws (CITES / species protection, veterinary, customs, animal welfare, tax). The platform must not be used for unlawful trade.
To the extent permitted by law, CoralBay is not liable for the conduct of users, for the lawfulness, availability, quality, identification, health, transport or death of animals, for the accuracy of third-party data, or for any resulting damages. CoralBay is liable only for intent and gross negligence and for mandatory statutory liability. The platform is provided "as is" without warranty of uninterrupted or error-free operation.
Users shall indemnify and hold CoralBay harmless from any third-party claims, fines or costs arising from their offers, orders, shipments or any breach of law or of these Terms.
(1) Trade prices. Displayed prices are the final prices payable to the respective seller and may include platform and image fees. Margins and fees of upstream tiers are not disclosed. (2) Platform fees. CoralBay charges fees for use of the platform according to the price list in force at the time, which can be viewed within the application. Fees apply in particular to publishing an animal on the marketplace, passing a third party's offer on to one's own customers, and taking over catalogue images. Recording animals is free of charge. (3) Reservation and consumption. On publication the fee is reserved against the credit account and consumed on sale. If an offer is withdrawn within the period stated in the price list, the reservation is released; after that period, or where third-party purchase interest is on record, no release takes place. (4) Credit and invoicing. Use runs through a credit account. CoralBay may grant a user an overdraft limit and invoice consumption periodically. There is no entitlement to the granting or continuation of such a limit. Credit does not bear interest. (5) Changes. CoralBay may change the price list with effect for the future. Changes are announced at least 30 days before taking effect. Fees already reserved are unaffected by an increase. (6) Taxes. All fees are exclusive of any statutory taxes and duties, which are invoiced in addition.
(1) Ownership. Copyright in photographs, texts and other content uploaded or created by the user on the platform ("User Content") remains with the user or the respective rights holder. (2) Grant of rights. The user grants CoralBay a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and sublicensable right to use the User Content. This includes in particular the right to reproduce, store, edit, modify, distribute and make publicly available the User Content, and to create and exploit derivative works. (3) Scope of exploitation. The grant under para. 2 applies to all purposes, in particular: a) operating, providing, developing and promoting the platform; b) developing, training, validating and improving automated data and image processing methods, including machine learning systems; c) statistical, scientific and commercial analysis, including market, inventory and pricing analyses; d) provision to third parties, whether for consideration or free of charge, including the licensing of individual User Content, derivative works and analysis results. (4) Attribution and remuneration. There is no obligation to attribute the user. The grant of rights is royalty-free; the user has no claim to a share of any revenue CoralBay generates from exploitation under para. 3. (5) User warranty. The user warrants that they hold all authorisations required to grant the rights under paras. 2 and 3, and that the User Content is free of third-party rights that would prevent such exploitation. The user is liable for breaches under Section 7. (6) Survival. The rights granted under para. 2 survive the deletion of individual User Content and the termination of the contractual relationship, to the extent required for exploitation that has already taken place. The user acknowledges that content which has entered the training of models under para. 3 lit. b cannot technically be removed from models already trained; there is no claim to reversal of such processing. (7) Aggregated data. Data derived from User Content or from use of the platform in aggregated or anonymised form, which does not allow conclusions to be drawn about the user, is available to CoralBay without restriction and without time limit.
(1) Due date. Invoices are payable in full within the stated period. If payment is not made or the credit account is not covered, the user is in default without further reminder. (2) Stages. CoralBay is entitled to restrict access in stages in the event of default: Stage 1 — payment reminder with a period of grace; Stage 2 — no new offers can be published; existing offers, current orders and their fulfilment remain unaffected; Stage 3 — access is restricted to reading; publishing, ordering and passing on are no longer possible; Stage 4 — access is blocked entirely. (3) Proportionality. The stages are as a rule applied in sequence. In the event of repeated default, evident insolvency or abuse, CoralBay may apply a higher stage immediately. (4) Mandatory documents. Even where access is blocked entirely, CoralBay will on request make available to the user those documents which the user is legally obliged to retain or produce, in particular invoices and species-protection records. (5) Lifting. The restriction is lifted once outstanding claims have been settled in full. There is no entitlement to immediate restoration. (6) Liability. CoralBay is not liable for damage, loss, lost profit or third-party claims incurred by the user or the user's contractual partners as a result of a restriction under para. 2. The user's obligation to pay the fees accrued up to that point remains. (7) Other consequences of default. CoralBay may claim default interest at the statutory rate and the costs of legal enforcement.
(1) The user undertakes not to conduct business outside the platform with partners first encountered through it, or first supplied through it, with the intention of avoiding the fees owed under Clause 8. (2) This does not affect business relationships demonstrably in existence before use of the platform, nor goods and services not offered through the platform. (3) A breach entitles CoralBay to restrict access under Clause 10 para. 2 and to terminate for cause under Clause 12. No contractual penalty is levied.
(1) The user relationship is entered into for an indefinite period and may be terminated by either party at any time with effect from the end of a calendar month. (2) CoralBay may terminate the user relationship for cause without notice, in particular in the event of a breach of Clause 5 or Clause 11, on suspicion of unlawful trade in protected species, or on default extending beyond the period of grace under Clause 10. (3) On termination, access to the platform ends. Fees already accrued remain payable; unused credit is refunded on request after set-off against outstanding claims. (4) The provisions of Clauses 6, 7, 9 and 13 survive termination.
(1) Data protection. Personal data is processed in accordance with the separate privacy policy, which forms part of these terms. (2) Language versions. The German and the English version of these terms are equally binding. Translations into further languages serve comprehension only and are not binding. Where the German and the English version differ in substance, the version drawn up in the official language at the operator's registered office prevails. (3) Changes. CoralBay may update these terms. Continued use after a new version requires renewed acceptance. (4) Severability. Should any provision be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected. (5) Applicable law and place of jurisdiction. The law at the operator's registered office applies, to the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is the operator's registered office, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.