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Terms of Service Last updated: 7 October 2026

Welcome to GroomHuis. These Terms of Service govern your use of our website and your purchase of products from GroomHuis. By accessing our website or placing an order, you agree to these terms.

1. About GroomHuis

GroomHuis is an online store offering grooming products and accessories for dogs.

Throughout these Terms of Service, the terms "we," "us," "our," and "GroomHuis" refer to GroomHuis. The terms "you" and "customer" refer to the person using our website or purchasing our products.

2. Using Our Website

You agree to use our website only for lawful purposes. You must not:

  • Use the website for fraudulent or unlawful activities.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website or systems.
  • Interfere with the operation or security of our website.
  • Submit false or misleading information.
  • Copy, reproduce, or misuse our website content without permission.

We reserve the right to refuse service or cancel orders where we reasonably believe that fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activity has occurred.

3. Products and Product Information

We make reasonable efforts to ensure that product descriptions, images, specifications, and other information on our website are accurate.

However, colours and appearances may vary depending on your device or screen.

We reserve the right to correct errors, update product information, or change product availability without prior notice.

4. Orders

When you place an order with GroomHuis, you are making an offer to purchase the selected products.

An order is not considered accepted until payment has been successfully received and the order has been confirmed by us.

We reserve the right to cancel or refuse an order in circumstances including:

  • The product is unavailable.
  • There is an error in the product price or description.
  • We suspect fraudulent or unauthorised activity.
  • We are unable to fulfil the order for reasons outside our reasonable control.

If we cancel an order after payment has been received, we will arrange an appropriate refund.

5. Pricing and Payment

All product prices displayed on our website are subject to change without prior notice.

The price charged for your order will generally be the price displayed at the time you place your order, unless there is an obvious pricing or technical error.

Payment must be successfully completed before your order is processed.

6. Shipping and Delivery

We will make reasonable efforts to process and deliver orders within the estimated delivery timeframe provided at checkout or during the ordering process.

Delivery times may vary due to factors outside our control, including courier delays, public holidays, weather, incorrect delivery information, or other unforeseen circumstances.

GroomHuis is not responsible for delays caused by third-party delivery providers or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

You are responsible for providing accurate delivery information when placing your order.

7. Returns and Refunds

Our returns and refunds are governed by our Return & Refund Policy.

Customers may request a return or refund within 15 days of receiving their product, subject to the conditions outlined in our Return & Refund Policy.

Because our products are electronic grooming devices, products may be tested or used before being returned, provided they have not been intentionally damaged, significantly misused, or modified.

8. Product Use and Safety

GroomHuis products are intended to be used for their stated purpose and according to any instructions provided with the product.

Customers are responsible for using products safely and appropriately.

When using grooming equipment on a dog, always supervise the animal and use reasonable care. Do not use a product in a manner inconsistent with its intended purpose or instructions.

GroomHuis is not responsible for damage resulting from improper use, misuse, unauthorised modifications, or failure to follow applicable product instructions.

9. Intellectual Property

All content on the GroomHuis website, including but not limited to:

  • Logos
  • Brand names
  • Product images
  • Text
  • Graphics
  • Website design
  • Videos
  • Marketing materials

is owned by or licensed to GroomHuis and may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, modified, or used commercially without our prior written permission.

10. Third-Party Services

Our website may use third-party services, including payment processors, courier companies, website platforms, analytics providers, and other service providers.

Your use of these services may also be subject to the terms and policies of the relevant third party.

GroomHuis is not responsible for the actions, policies, or services of third-party providers outside our reasonable control.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, GroomHuis will not be responsible for losses or damages arising from improper use of our products, unauthorised modifications, failure to follow product instructions, or events outside our reasonable control.

Nothing in these Terms of Service is intended to exclude or limit any rights or protections that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.

12. Changes to Our Terms

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time to reflect changes to our business, products, services, or legal requirements.

Any updated terms will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

Your continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms, to the extent permitted by law.

13. Governing Law

These Terms of Service are governed by the laws applicable in the Republic of South Africa.

Any disputes will be dealt with in accordance with applicable South African law.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:

GroomHuis
Email: support@groomhuis.co.za

Privacy Policy Last updated: 7 October 2026

GroomHuis operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the "Services"). GroomHuis is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services or otherwise communicate with us. If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or that has been de-identified, so that it cannot identify or be reasonably linked to you. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from this personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law:

  • Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
  • Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.
  • Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.
  • Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange or cancel and your past transactions.
  • Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.
  • Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
  • Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.

Personal Information Sources

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you including when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information;
  • Automatically through the Services including from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;
  • From our service providers including when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;
  • From our partners or other third parties.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

  • Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to perform our contract with you, to process your payments, to fulfill your orders, to remember your preferences and items you are interested in, to send notifications to you related to your account, to process purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, to facilitate any returns and exchanges, to enable you to post reviews, and to create a customized shopping experience for you, such as recommending products related to your purchases. This may include using your personal information to better tailor and improve the Services.
  • Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites, including based on items you previously have purchased or added to your cart and other activity on the Services.
  • Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to authenticate your account, to provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and to secure our services. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly recommend that you do not share your username, password or other access details with anyone else.
  • Communicating with You. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support, to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you and to maintain our business relationship with you.
  • Legal Reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies, to investigate or participate in civil discovery, potential or actual litigation, or other adversarial legal proceedings, and to enforce or investigate potential violations of our terms or policies.

How We Disclose Personal Information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

  • With Shopify, vendors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
  • With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activity with different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to direct us not to share information about you to show you targeted advertisements and marketing based on your online activity with different merchants and websites.
  • When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations.
  • With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
  • In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you. Information you submit to the Services will be transmitted to and shared with Shopify as well as third parties that may be located in countries other than where you reside, in order to provide and improve the Services for you. In addition, to help protect, grow, and improve our business, we use certain Shopify enhanced features that incorporate data and information obtained from your interactions with our Store, along with other merchants and with Shopify. To provide these enhanced features, Shopify may make use of personal information collected about your interactions with our store, along with other merchants, and with Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for the processing of your personal information, including for responding to your requests to exercise your rights over use of your personal information for these purposes. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have, you can visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy. Depending on where you live, you may exercise certain rights with respect to your personal information through the Shopify Privacy Portal.

Third Party Websites and Links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted. As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and Retention of Your Information

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.

How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide you with Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

  • Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you.
  • Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
  • Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
  • Right of Portability. You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
  • Managing Communication Preferences. We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.

You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on the Services or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have, including rights related to data processed by Shopify, you can visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to verify your identity before we can process your requests, as permitted or required under applicable law. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority.

International Transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in.

If we transfer your personal information out of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, update the "Last updated" date and provide notice as required by applicable law.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please email us at support@groomhuis.co.za.

Return & Refund Policy Last updated: 7 October 2026

At GroomHuis, we want you to be happy with your purchase. If you are not satisfied with your GroomHuis product, you may request a return or refund within 15 days of receiving your product.

Returns

You may request a return within 15 days of receiving your order, even if the product has been used or tested.

To be eligible for a return:

  • The return request must be submitted within 15 days of receiving your product.
  • The product must be returned with all included accessories and components where reasonably possible.
  • The product must not have been intentionally damaged, misused, or modified.
  • Normal signs of testing or reasonable use will not automatically disqualify your return.
  • Proof of purchase or your order number may be required.

As the GroomHuis product is an electronic grooming device, please ensure the product is packaged securely when returning it to prevent damage during shipping.

Refunds

Once we receive your returned product, we will inspect it to ensure it is in acceptable condition.

If your refund is approved, the applicable amount will be refunded using the original payment method. Please allow additional processing time for the refund to appear in your account, depending on your payment provider.

If the product has been intentionally damaged, significantly misused, modified, or returned incomplete, the refund may be reduced or refused where applicable.

Damaged, Defective, or Incorrect Products

If you receive a product that is damaged, defective, or different from what you ordered, please contact us as soon as possible.

We may request photographs or videos showing the issue so that we can assess the problem and provide the appropriate solution.

Return Shipping

For a change-of-mind return, the customer may be responsible for the cost of returning the product.

If the product is defective, damaged upon arrival, or the incorrect product was sent, GroomHuis will work with you to resolve the issue.

How to Request a Return or Refund

To request a return or refund, please email support@groomhuis.co.za and include:

  • Your order number
  • Your name
  • The reason for the return or refund
  • Photos or videos of the product if relevant

Our team will review your request and provide you with the next steps for returning the product.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Return & Refund Policy, please contact us:

GroomHuis
Email: support@groomhuis.co.za

Shipping Policy Last updated: 7 October 2026

At GroomHuis, we work to get your order to you as quickly and safely as possible.

1. Processing Time

Orders are typically processed and prepared for shipment after your payment has been successfully received.

Please allow 1–3 business days for your order to be processed.

Business days are Monday to Friday and exclude public holidays.

2. Delivery Time

Once your order has been processed and shipped, the estimated delivery time is 6–12 business days.

Delivery times are estimates and are not guaranteed. Your order may arrive sooner or, in some cases, take longer due to circumstances outside of our control.

3. Tracking

Where tracking information is available, you will receive your tracking details once your order has been shipped.

Tracking updates may take some time to appear after your order has been dispatched.

4. Delivery Delays

While we aim to deliver your order within the estimated timeframe, delays can occasionally occur due to circumstances outside of GroomHuis's control, including:

  • Courier or shipping delays
  • Public holidays
  • Weather conditions
  • Customs or import processing
  • Incorrect or incomplete delivery information
  • High shipping volumes
  • Other unforeseen circumstances

GroomHuis cannot guarantee delivery on a specific date.

5. Incorrect Delivery Information

Customers are responsible for providing accurate and complete delivery information when placing an order.

If an order cannot be delivered because of incorrect or incomplete information provided by the customer, additional delivery costs may apply.

6. Lost or Damaged Packages

If your package appears to have been lost or arrives damaged, please contact us at support@groomhuis.co.za as soon as possible.

We may request your order number, tracking information, photographs, or other relevant information so that we can investigate the issue with the delivery provider.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about your order or our shipping policy, please contact us:

GroomHuis
Email: support@groomhuis.co.za

Contact Information We're happy to help

Have a question about your order, product, delivery, return, or anything else? Our team is happy to help.

Get in Touch

Email: support@groomhuis.co.za

For order enquiries, please include your order number so we can assist you as quickly as possible.

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Customer Support

For all customer support enquiries, please contact us via support@groomhuis.co.za.

We aim to respond to customer enquiries as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you!

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