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Terms & Conditions

Last updated: [>>>EDIT: date<<<] · Effective: [>>>EDIT: date<<<]

These terms govern your use of this website and the mobile unlocking service we provide. Please read them before placing an order — by placing an order, you agree to them.

⚠ Before you publish this page This document is drafted to align with payment-processor requirements and standard consumer-law principles, but it is not legal advice. Have a solicitor qualified in your operating jurisdiction (and ideally one familiar with US and UK consumer law, since you sell into both) review it and adjust the bracketed items. The yellow boxes flag specific points that need a lawyer's confirmation.

Contents

  1. Who we are
  2. The service we provide
  3. Your eligibility & responsibilities
  4. The optional IMEI check
  5. Pricing & how payment works
  6. Starting the service & your consent
  7. Delivery & completion
  8. Refunds & cancellation
  9. Chargebacks & disputes
  10. Intellectual property & brand names
  11. Limitation of liability
  12. Your data
  13. Governing law
  14. Contact us

1.Who we are

This website is operated by [Legal entity name] ("we", "us", "our"), a company registered in [country] under company number [number], with its registered office at [full registered address]. You can reach us using the details in section 14.

We operate more than one unlocking website under different brand names. These are related businesses under common ownership, operated transparently. Each has its own terms; the terms that apply to your order are the ones on the website where you placed it.

Stripe mapping (internal — delete before publishing): This disclosure supports Stripe's "prohibited uses" rule against acting for an undisclosed merchant. You must also disclose the related accounts during Stripe onboarding — this page alone isn't enough.

2.The service we provide

We provide a remote mobile network unlocking service. Using the IMEI number of your device, we process an unlock that removes the carrier (network) lock, allowing the device to accept SIM cards or eSIMs from other networks.

Our service is an intangible service that is delivered digitally. Your device never leaves your possession — nothing is posted to us, and nothing is installed on your device by us.

What the service is, in plain terms

⚠ Lawyer to confirm Confirm the wording here matches how your unlock is actually sourced, and that no statement implies manufacturer authorisation. If any of your real process involves a manufacturer relationship you're contractually barred from marketing, this section must stay silent about it — describe function only.

3.Your eligibility & responsibilities

By placing an order you confirm that:

  1. You are at least 18 years old and able to enter into a contract.
  2. You are the legal owner of the device, or you have the owner's permission to have it unlocked.
  3. The IMEI number you submit is correct and belongs to the device you want unlocked.
  4. The device is not reported lost or stolen, and not blacklisted or barred. We cannot unlock such devices, and it is your responsibility to check this (our optional IMEI check in section 4 can tell you).
  5. The network and model information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge.

If the information you give us is incorrect — for example, the wrong network or model — we may be unable to complete the unlock, and, as explained in section 8, a payment for an incorrectly submitted order may not be recoverable, because our supplier costs are incurred on submission.

⚠ Lawyer to confirm The "incorrect information may not be refundable" position needs to be squared with consumer law in each market you sell to. It is defensible where a genuine third-party cost is incurred on submission, but the wording and any consumer-law carve-outs should be checked. See also section 8.

4.The optional IMEI check

Many customers — especially those who received a device as a gift — don't know exactly which model they have, which country it's from, or which network it's locked to. Ordering an unlock based on a guess can mean paying for the wrong service.

To help you order with confidence, we offer an optional IMEI check. It is a separate, paid product that gives you a report showing, where available, the device model, country, network it is locked to, and its blacklist/lost-or-stolen status.

The IMEI check is optional and gives you a report

You are never required to buy the check to place an unlock order. It exists purely to help you order correctly.

What you pay for is the report you receive — the information about your device. Because the report is delivered to you as soon as it's produced, the check fee is not refundable once the report has been provided, including where the result is one you didn't hope for (for example, that the device is blacklisted and cannot be unlocked).

Stripe mapping (internal — delete before publishing): Framed as an optional, buyer-received report to stay clear of Stripe's "no-value-added services" rule. Keep it described as a deliverable to the customer, never as a check you'd run internally regardless.

5.Pricing & how payment works

The price for each unlock depends on the device's network and model, and is shown to you before you pay. The price you see at checkout is the price you pay for that unlock. We do not add hidden charges after you have ordered.

One clear charge, taken only on success

When you place an order, we authorise the amount on your card — this places a temporary hold but does not take the money. We only capture (actually charge) the payment when your unlock is confirmed as complete. If we cannot complete the unlock, the authorisation is released and you are not charged (subject to section 8 regarding incorrectly submitted orders).

Where a device turns out to require a different or premium service than first ordered, we will tell you the price and ask for your agreement before charging anything further. You are free to decline.

Stripe mapping (internal — delete before publishing): Authorise-and-capture with upfront pricing answers Stripe's rules against surprise fees, high-pressure upselling, and "evasion of chargeback monitoring programs". Never document the payment split as a device to reduce dispute ratios.

Prices may be shown in your local currency. Where they are, the charge is taken in the currency displayed to you at checkout.

6.Starting the service & your consent

Our service is a digital service that begins as soon as we submit your unlock request. At checkout, we ask you to give two separate confirmations:

  1. That you have read and accept these Terms; and
  2. That you expressly ask us to begin the service immediately, and you understand that once the service has been fully performed (your unlock completed and delivered), your statutory right to cancel no longer applies.

We ask for the second confirmation separately because, under consumer law covering digital services, your right to a "cooling-off" cancellation can be lost once you have given informed consent to begin and the service has been performed. We want that consent to be clear and knowingly given.

⚠ Lawyer to confirm — this is important The rules on losing the cooling-off right for digital services differ between the UK (Consumer Contracts Regulations) and the US, and the exact consent wording matters. A solicitor should confirm the phrasing and the checkout mechanism (two separate un-ticked boxes) satisfy the requirements in each market you sell to. This clause is central to your refund position.

7.Delivery & completion

We show an estimated turnaround time for each network before you order. These are estimates, not guarantees — actual times depend on the network and the manufacturer's systems, which are outside our control.

When your unlock is complete, we send a completion email to the address you provided. For an unlock delivered by code, this email contains your unlock code and instructions. This completion email is your confirmation that the service has been delivered.

It is your responsibility to give us a correct, working email address and to follow the instructions we provide. Where an unlock requires a code to be entered on the device, the unlock is complete when we deliver a working code; entering it correctly is the final step you carry out.

8.Refunds & cancellation

Our full policy is set out on our Refund & Cancellation Policy page. In summary:

None of the above affects any statutory rights you have that cannot be excluded by law.

⚠ Lawyer to confirm Refund terms must not purport to exclude non-excludable consumer rights. The "statutory rights unaffected" line is essential, but a solicitor should confirm the whole section is enforceable in your markets and that the completed-unlock no-refund position is properly supported by the section 6 consent mechanism.

9.Chargebacks & disputes

If something goes wrong with your order, please contact us first — we resolve the great majority of issues quickly, and we have real people available by live chat, WhatsApp and phone.

Because our service is intangible and delivered digitally, we keep a clear record of each order — including your order confirmation, the information you submitted, your consent to begin, and the completion email — as evidence that the service was requested and delivered. Where a chargeback is raised on an order we have completed and delivered, we may present this evidence to the card issuer.

10.Intellectual property & brand names

Device manufacturer names, network names, and their logos are the trademarks of their respective owners. We refer to them only to describe which devices and networks our service supports. Their use does not imply any endorsement of, or affiliation with, us.

Our own website content, design, and text are our property or used under licence, and may not be copied without permission.

11.Limitation of liability

We provide our service with reasonable care and skill. To the fullest extent permitted by law:

Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any liability that cannot be excluded by law.

⚠ Lawyer to confirm Liability caps are enforceable only within limits set by consumer law. Confirm this clause is valid in your markets and that the carve-outs are complete.

12.Your data

We handle your personal information — including your email address and the IMEI you submit — in line with our Privacy Policy. An IMEI linked to your contact details is personal data, and we protect it accordingly. We use it only to provide the service and do not sell it.

13.Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [>>>EDIT: jurisdiction — confirm with solicitor<<<]. Any dispute will be subject to the courts of that jurisdiction, without affecting any mandatory consumer-protection rights you have in your country of residence.

⚠ Lawyer to confirm Choice of governing law and jurisdiction has real consequences for a business selling internationally, and interacts with where your entity is registered and which Stripe entity you use. This is a decision to make with a solicitor, not a default to fill in.

14.Contact us

[Legal entity name]
[Registered address]
Email: support@iphoneofficialunlock.com
US: [phone] · UK: [phone]
Live chat and WhatsApp available on our website.