General Terms and Conditions
These Terms set out the rules that apply to access, use and services offered on Autoforsale.ch. They describe the rights and obligations connected with the Platform, user accounts, listings, payments and other services provided by Cosmora Sàrl. The version published on this page may be updated as the services, legal requirements or operational needs evolve; the Client is therefore responsible for reviewing it periodically. In this document, "Cosmora Sàrl", "we", "our" and "us" refer to Cosmora Sàrl. The Platform includes www.autoforsale.ch, its public and private pages, mobile or tablet interfaces, and any associated digital service operated by Cosmora Sàrl.
1Scope of application
This section defines the situations covered by the Terms. They apply to the use of www.autoforsale.ch, account areas, listing tools, interfaces for sellers, buyers or dealerships, and associated digital services operated by Cosmora Sàrl. They apply to any use of the Platform and to any contractual or pre-contractual relationship connected with services offered by Cosmora Sàrl, including registrations, subscriptions, orders, payments, listing publications, offer requests and professional access. In these Terms, the "Client" means any natural or legal person who visits the Platform, creates an account, uses a service, sends data or enters into an agreement with Cosmora Sàrl.
2Effective Date, Suspension and Termination by autoforsale.ch
A service contract takes effect when the Client accepts the Terms, creates or uses an account, confirms an order, makes a payment or when the relevant service is activated, as applicable. If the service is not agreed for a fixed duration or for a service performed immediately, Cosmora Sàrl may end it with fourteen (14) days' notice, unless a different written agreement or mandatory rule provides otherwise. Cosmora Sàrl may suspend, limit or remove access, withdraw a listing or terminate a service with immediate effect where a serious reason justifies it, including where the Client: a. breaches these Terms or applicable law; b. uses the Platform in a fraudulent, abusive, misleading, unlawful way or in a manner that harms the legitimate interests of other users; c. submits, publishes or validates content, information or data that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, unlawful or likely to infringe third-party rights; d. compromises the security, availability, technical integrity or reputation of the Platform; or e. fails to pay amounts due within the applicable deadline. Measures must remain proportionate to the circumstances. They may be taken without prior notice where urgency, security, legal risk, payment default or the seriousness of the breach requires it. Unless mandatory law provides otherwise, no refund is due for services already performed, consumed or activated. Cosmora Sàrl reserves its rights to payment of amounts due, reimbursement of costs and compensation for damage in accordance with applicable Swiss law, including the rules on non-performance of obligations.
3Access to the Platform and User Accounts
Access to the Platform, in its public version, is possible with or without creating a user account. However, access to certain features, additional services, professional areas or specific modules is strictly subject to the prior creation and activation of a user account. Opening a user account is subject to the conditions defined by Cosmora Sàrl and remains at its sole discretion at all times. Creating a user account is open to natural persons, as well as to duly constituted and properly represented legal entities. Cosmora Sàrl reserves the right, at any time, without obligation to justify and without conferring any right on the Client, to restrict or refuse registration access to certain territories, jurisdictions, user categories or market segments, in particular for legal, regulatory, technical, security or operational reasons. Any connection to the Platform made using a user identifier and the corresponding password is deemed to have been made by the Client concerned, whether authorized or not. The Client assumes, exclusively and fully, responsibility for any use of the Platform, any action, data transmission, modification of information or operation carried out through its user account. The Client is required, without limitation of time, to ensure the protection, confidentiality and proper storage of its access credentials, and to implement all reasonable diligence measures to prevent any unauthorized, abusive or unlawful access to its account. Cosmora Sàrl disclaims any liability for direct or indirect damage resulting from unauthorized use of the user account when such use is attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Client's negligence, error or omission.
4Publishing Listings and Using Listing Data
By transmitting to Cosmora Sàrl, directly or indirectly, any content, data, descriptive element, multimedia file or information relating to a vehicle or an offer (the "Listing Data"), the Client grants Cosmora Sàrl, on a non-exclusive, non-transferable and territorially unlimited basis, the right to use, reproduce, process, record, store and publish the Listing Data on the Platform, as well as on any other communication channel, technical medium or promotional space operated or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Cosmora Sàrl, whether online or offline. To avoid doubt, Listing Data includes every image, photograph, video, graphic or other visual material uploaded or made available on the Platform. The Client authorizes Cosmora Sàrl and Autoforsale.ch to use these materials for marketing, advertising, social media, promotional campaigns, platform communications and any similar purpose, online or offline. The Client expressly acknowledges that it has no subjective right to the publication, going live, remaining online, visibility or distribution of a listing. Cosmora Sàrl therefore remains free, at any time and without obligation to state reasons, to interrupt, suspend, modify, limit or delete the publication of a listing, temporarily or permanently, without the Client being entitled to any compensation, refund, price reduction or extension of services. Cosmora Sàrl further reserves the right to use the Listing Data, in whole or in part, for internal or external purposes, in particular for statistical, analytical, research, development and service improvement purposes, for training algorithms, and for promotional or informational purposes, or any comparable purpose. To this end, Cosmora Sàrl is authorized to record, structure, segment, process or transform the Listing Data in its own systems or those of contractual partners. The Client expressly agrees that the Listing Data may be transmitted, directly or indirectly, to third-party partners involved in the services offered by the Platform, in particular for hosting, distribution, promotion or functional extension of listings. The Client irrevocably consents to the integration of the Listing Data into the partners' databases, their processing by those partners, their availability on the partners' own platforms, and their use in accordance with the partners' applicable terms. Cosmora Sàrl does not guarantee the confidentiality, integrity, authenticity or accuracy of the Listing Data once it has been published, copied, relayed, reproduced or processed by third parties. Any liability of Cosmora Sàrl related to the dissemination, alteration, duplication or reuse of Listing Data by third parties is excluded to the extent permitted by applicable Swiss law.
5Prices, Invoicing and Payment Terms
Subject to a written derogation duly signed by Cosmora Sàrl, the prices, fees and charges applicable to services provided by Cosmora Sàrl are exclusively those set out in the price list in force at the time of subscription or activation of the relevant service, which prevails in its latest published version. Cosmora Sàrl is authorized, at any time and without notice, to adjust, modify or revise those rates, in particular in line with market developments, its internal cost structure, technical requirements, the scope of services offered or any other objective or strategic consideration at its sole discretion. Unless expressly stated otherwise, all prices are indicated in Swiss francs (CHF), inclusive of VAT, and are net to the Client. Certain services may be subject to an obligation of advance payment, in accordance with the conditions communicated at the time of subscription. For services that are invoiced subsequently, the standard payment term is set at fourteen (14) days from the date shown on the invoice issued by Cosmora Sàrl, unless otherwise indicated on that invoice or by specific agreement between the parties. In the absence of full payment within the time allowed, the Client is automatically in default, without any formal notice or prior reminder being necessary. In such a case, Cosmora Sàrl is expressly authorized, without notice or compensation, to: a. immediately suspend access to the Client's user account; b. defer, restrict or interrupt all or part of the services provided; c. terminate the relevant service contract with immediate effect. Any restoration of the Client's access rights may only occur after full and definitive payment of all amounts due, including interest. The Client may under no circumstances claim an extension, renewal, price reduction or any compensation for the period during which its account was suspended or its services were interrupted. Upon expiry of the payment deadline, default interest at the statutory rate under the Code of Obligations becomes due as of right. Cosmora Sàrl is also authorized to charge reminder fees in a flat amount of thirty Swiss francs (CHF 30.–) per notice sent to the Client. The Client remains in any event fully responsible for any direct or indirect damage, any administrative costs and all collection costs incurred by Cosmora Sàrl in connection with late payment, contractual non-performance or termination due to payment default.
Applicable prices and durations
6Prohibition on Extracting, Reusing and Re-exploiting Information
All information, data, content, structured or unstructured elements, texts, images, metadata, statistics, database structures and any other material accessible, directly or indirectly, through the Platform (the "Information"), is made available to the Client exclusively for the purposes of using the Platform in accordance with these General Terms and Conditions. Outside this strictly defined purpose, no right, license, authorization, right of use, exploitation or reproduction, whether explicit or implicit, is transferred, granted or deemed granted to the Client. Any form of use, reproduction, extraction, automated or manual collection, external storage, publication, dissemination, reverse engineering, reindexing, re-exploitation or communication to third parties, in any form whatsoever, of all or part of the Information outside the Platform is strictly prohibited, unless a specific prior written authorization is granted by Cosmora Sàrl. This prohibition applies regardless of the purpose pursued, whether commercial, scientific, analytical, technological or otherwise. In particular, the Client is prohibited, without this list being exhaustive: a. from copying, duplicating, downloading or extracting, by any means, Information for the purpose of republishing it on third-party sites or competing platforms; b. from aggregating, merging or combining Information from the Platform with other databases, whether internal or external; c. from using automated processes or mechanisms, such as robots, scripts, crawlers, scrapers or unauthorized application programming interfaces (APIs), to query, index, analyze or scrape the Information; d. from reconstructing, even partially, the structure, architecture or organization of the Platform's data for analysis, reverse engineering or commercial exploitation purposes. Any violation, attempted violation or behavior that reasonably suggests a breach of the above prohibitions authorizes Cosmora Sàrl, without notice and without compensation, to take any measure deemed appropriate, including in particular: suspension, limitation or deactivation of the Client's user account, termination of the contractual relationship, and the exercise of any claim for damages or other civil, criminal or contractual remedy provided by applicable Swiss law or by these General Terms and Conditions.
7Intellectual Property Rights and Content Provided by the Client
All intellectual property rights relating to the Platform, its content, structure, layout, design, as well as the trademarks, logos, trade names, distinctive signs and other protected elements appearing on it, belong exclusively to Cosmora Sàrl or to third parties that have validly granted Cosmora Sàrl the necessary rights of use. To the extent that use in accordance with these General Terms and Conditions implies granting the Client a right of use over certain protected elements, including software, visual content, texts, trademarks or features, that right is granted strictly on a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable basis and limited to the duration necessary for performance of the service contract. Any other use, exploitation or reproduction is expressly prohibited. When the Client accesses, through the Platform, services or content provided by third-party partners, the provisions of this article apply by analogy to those services and protected content, subject to the terms specific to the partners concerned. The Client warrants that all content it transmits to Cosmora Sàrl for publication on the Platform, including in particular texts, photographs, videos, graphics or any other element (the "Listing Content"), does not infringe any third-party rights, in particular intellectual property rights, personality rights or applicable data protection provisions. The Client may only transmit Listing Content that it has created itself or for which it has all required rights, authorizations and consents. Photographs must not, in particular, allow the identification of addresses, telephone numbers or readable license plates. Recognizable persons in visual materials may only be represented if their prior consent has been validly obtained. Documents, photographs, videos or other visual materials created by Cosmora Sàrl on behalf of the Client become the property of the Client upon full and effective payment of the corresponding service, subject to any prior rights or third-party licenses that may apply.
8Operation, Maintenance and Evolution of the Platform
Operational operation, technical, functional and organizational management, as well as overall supervision of the Platform, are exclusively the responsibility of Cosmora Sàrl, which may, at any time and without prior notice, delegate all or part of these activities to duly selected third parties, subcontractors or partners, without such delegation conferring any right on the Client to refuse, contest or influence the manner in which the services are performed. Cosmora Sàrl endeavors, to the extent reasonably required and in accordance with the usual technical standards of the sector, to ensure operation of the Platform as stable and continuous as possible. The Client expressly acknowledges, however, that interruptions, malfunctions, temporary unavailability, slowdowns, technical anomalies or maintenance operations may occur at any time, in particular in the context of: a. scheduled or unscheduled maintenance work; b. repairs made necessary by internal or external technical disruptions; c. the introduction, adaptation or withdrawal of technologies, features, infrastructures or security measures; d. corrective, evolutionary or preventive interventions imposed by third parties or resulting from legal, regulatory or security requirements. Cosmora Sàrl does not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Platform and disclaims any liability for direct or indirect consequences resulting from such interruptions or disruptions, within the limits permitted by applicable Swiss law. The development, evolution, improvement, modification or removal of technical or operational features of the Platform is exclusively at Cosmora Sàrl's discretion. It reserves the right to adapt the architecture, content, interfaces, features or services offered at any time, without obligation to justify or provide prior information. When the Client uses, through the Platform, services provided or operated by third-party partners, responsibility for the operation, maintenance, availability, security and development of those services rests exclusively with the partners concerned. The technical choices and decisions relating to those services fall entirely within their own discretion, without intervention, control or guarantee by Cosmora Sàrl.
9Data Protection
The processing of all data collected, generated or transmitted in connection with use of the Platform — including, without limitation, personal data within the meaning of applicable legislation — is governed exclusively by the Cosmora Sàrl Privacy Policy, available on a separate page and accessible at all times from the Platform. That Privacy Policy forms an integral part of these General Terms and Conditions and has the same binding effect. The Client expressly acknowledges that it is responsible for consulting the Privacy Policy available on the dedicated page and that it accepts without reservation all provisions contained therein. The terms relating in particular to processing purposes, legal bases, retention periods, data subject rights and any transfers of data to third parties or abroad are defined exhaustively therein. In the event of divergence, the Privacy Policy prevails over this article. Cosmora Sàrl is authorized, within the limits of applicable Swiss law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (LPD) and its implementing provisions, to modify or update its Privacy Policy at any time. The prevailing version is the one published on its dedicated page, and the Client acknowledges that continued use of the Platform after such an update constitutes full acceptance of the changes.
10Rights and Obligations of the Client
The Client undertakes to use the Platform and, where applicable, the services provided by third-party partners accessible through it, strictly in accordance with applicable legal provisions, these General Terms and Conditions, and any directive, technical specification or operational requirement communicated by Cosmora Sàrl. The Client warrants in particular, exhaustively and irrevocably: a. Quality and conformity of the data transmitted That it will transmit to Cosmora Sàrl — or, indirectly, to third-party partners — all data, information, files, visuals and other elements constituting a listing (the "Listing Data") in a form, quality, accuracy and completeness consistent with the requirements published or communicated by Cosmora Sàrl, as well as the applicable specific listing rules. b. Rights necessary for transmission That it holds all rights, authorizations, licenses and powers required to transmit, make available or publish the Listing Data, whether such provision is made directly or through third parties, and that it is authorized to allow their contractual use by Cosmora Sàrl. c. Truthfulness and continuous updating That the Listing Data are accurate, truthful, not misleading and not unfair, and that it undertakes to keep them continuously up to date, without any prior request from Cosmora Sàrl being necessary. d. Compliance of the products and services offered That the vehicles, products or services offered via the Platform are described faithfully, actually have the stated characteristics and do not violate any legal provision or any third-party right, including intellectual property or personality rights. e. Acceptance and compliance with the General Terms and Conditions That it fully and unreservedly accepts these General Terms and Conditions and undertakes to comply with them at all times, without restriction or limitation. Cosmora Sàrl is expressly authorized — without being obliged to do so — to modify, restrict, correct, suspend or refuse the processing of Listing Data where justified by technical, legal, operational or quality reasons. The Client grants Cosmora Sàrl an exclusive, non-transferable right of use limited to contractual purposes over all Listing Data made available. Such Data may only be consulted, copied or exploited by third parties acting as partners contractually recognized by Cosmora Sàrl. The Client may in no case require the transmission or making available of its Listing Data to a third party, even with its own consent, Cosmora Sàrl remaining free to oppose it. If Cosmora Sàrl were to be the subject of a claim, a procedure or a judicial or extrajudicial action from a partner or a third party, directly or indirectly linked to: – the Client's use of the Platform; – performance of the contract concluded with the Client; – the Listing Data provided by the Client; – or the products and services offered by the Client; the Client is required, upon first request, to fully indemnify Cosmora Sàrl, hold it harmless from all liability and bear all related costs, including in particular legal fees, attorneys' fees, disbursements, representation costs and ancillary expenses. At the request of Cosmora Sàrl, the Client undertakes to promptly provide any document, evidence or information deemed necessary to defend the interests of Cosmora Sàrl and, where applicable, to cooperate actively in any procedure, including by intervening directly in proceedings.
11Risks Related to the Client's Systems
The Client assumes sole and full responsibility for all risks that may result: a. from handling, interventions, settings or configurations carried out on its own IT system, devices or digital infrastructure; b. from failures, errors, disruptions, security flaws, incompatibilities or malfunctions affecting its IT system or equipment; c. from any abusive, fraudulent or unauthorized use of its access rights, identifiers, passwords or authentication means. Cosmora Sàrl disclaims any liability for direct or indirect damage resulting from such events, within the limits permitted by applicable Swiss law.
12Liability and Warranty
The Platform may contain, in addition to content produced by Cosmora Sàrl, information, data, listings, files and other elements originating from Clients, business partners or third parties. Cosmora Sàrl states that it uses reasonably required efforts to ensure proper management of the Platform; however, no express or implied warranty is provided as to the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability or availability of the published information, whatever its origin, nature or purpose. The Client expressly acknowledges that any consultation, access or use of information available on the Platform is carried out solely at its own risk. Cosmora Sàrl disclaims any liability for any direct or indirect damage that may result, within the limits permitted by applicable Swiss law. The Client remains solely and entirely responsible for the products, services, information, content, Listing Data, images, descriptions, documents or other elements it makes available through the Platform. Cosmora Sàrl assumes no responsibility for content provided by the Client, for commercial offers made by the Client, or for sales contracts or any other legal agreement concluded between Clients or between Clients and third parties. Cosmora Sàrl does not in any event act as agent, representative, contractual intermediary or guarantor in such relationships. Cosmora Sàrl has no obligation of prior or ongoing monitoring of external websites to which the Platform may link and disclaims any liability as to the content, availability, legality or security of such third-party sites. The liability of Cosmora Sàrl is engaged only where damage results from intentional acts or gross negligence attributable to Cosmora Sàrl. Any liability for slight negligence is expressly excluded. Also excluded, to the extent permitted by law, is any liability for indirect or consequential damages, including loss of profit, loss of data, reputational harm, wasted costs or other economic loss. If Cosmora Sàrl is prevented from performing all or part of its contractual obligations due to force majeure — including in particular natural disasters, pandemics, armed conflicts, acts of war, civil unrest, strikes, unforeseeable official decisions or measures, network outages or technical disruptions attributable to third parties — the Client may not demand performance of the services for the duration of the impediment. Any liability of Cosmora Sàrl for delays, interruptions or inability to perform resulting from such events is excluded. Where the services provided by Cosmora Sàrl fall, by their nature, under provisions akin to a contract for work within the meaning of the Code of Obligations, the Client is entitled exclusively to remedy of defects. Any other right or legal remedy is expressly excluded, including contract termination, price reduction or damages, to the extent permitted by law. Any liability for consequential damage resulting from defects is also excluded. Cosmora Sàrl cannot be held liable for abuses committed by third parties on the Internet or for any damage resulting to the Client. Also excluded, within the limits permitted by Swiss law, are: a. liabilities related to security flaws or risks inherent to the Internet network; b. those resulting from disruptions, interruptions, malfunctions, outages or unavailability of third-party telecommunications networks; c. those resulting from failures or malfunctions beyond the reasonable control of Cosmora Sàrl; d. those related to services, content, products or services offered by third parties via or in connection with the Platform.
13Legal Status of Cosmora Sàrl
Cosmora Sàrl is, under no circumstances and in no form, a contracting party to relationships, agreements, negotiations or contracts — in particular of sale, reservation, deposit, brokerage or any other nature — concluded between Clients, users of the Platform or third parties. The conclusion, performance, non-performance, validity, legality, risks, guarantees, conformity and legal consequences of such contracts fall exclusively and entirely under the responsibility of the parties concerned, to the express exclusion of any liability of Cosmora Sàrl. The information, content, listings, indications, visuals or data published on the Platform do not in any way constitute an invitation to contract, an offer, a recommendation, a validation or an assessment by Cosmora Sàrl. They may not be interpreted as advice, a position, a warranty or any commitment regarding the suitability, conformity, value or quality of the products or services offered by Clients. Although Cosmora Sàrl is not subject to any general duty of monitoring, it expressly reserves the right, without obligation to justify, to observe, analyze or monitor — within the limits provided by applicable Swiss law — the behavior of Clients and users, as well as the content, listings or Listing Data they publish, transmit or make available through the Platform, in particular in order to verify compliance with these General Terms and Conditions, operational requirements or applicable legal provisions. The exercise of this monitoring right creates no monitoring obligation for Cosmora Sàrl, entails no responsibility for the content or conduct examined and may not be interpreted as a guarantee of lawfulness, accuracy, compliance or legal validity of the content, conduct or contractual relationships of Clients.
14Use of Third-Party Partner Services
Each time the Client accesses, directly or indirectly, through the Platform, services, features, modules, content or performances provided by contractual partners of Cosmora Sàrl, the Client expressly acknowledges and accepts that use of such services is governed by the contractual conditions specific to the partners concerned. These conditions apply cumulatively and independently of these General Terms and Conditions. Cosmora Sàrl assumes no responsibility for the performance, availability, quality, compliance, security or lawfulness of services provided by third parties, which remain exclusively the responsibility of the partners concerned.
15Prohibition of Set-Off
The Client is not authorized to set off, oppose or assert any claim — whether certain, due, disputed or contested — against claims held by Cosmora Sàrl, unless there is a prior and explicit written agreement from Cosmora Sàrl. Any unilateral set-off by the Client is deemed null and void.
16Prohibition of Assignment
The Client is not authorized to assign, transfer, delegate or transmit, in whole or in part, the rights and obligations arising from the contractual relationship with Cosmora Sàrl to a third party, beneficiary or successor, without the prior written authorization of Cosmora Sàrl. Likewise, any assignment, transfer or pledge of claims held by the Client against Cosmora Sàrl is subject to the same requirement of prior written consent. Any assignment or transaction carried out in violation of this clause is deemed null and void.
17Acceptance and modification of the General Terms and Conditions
The Client acknowledges and confirms acceptance of these General Terms and Conditions as soon as it accesses the Platform, uses it, creates a listing, subscribes to a service or makes a payment relating to a service provided by Cosmora Sàrl. Cosmora Sàrl reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to modify, supplement or update these General Terms and Conditions. The legally binding version is the one published on the Platform in the space provided for that purpose. The Client is deemed to have accepted the version in force as soon as it continues to use the Platform after publication of those modifications.
18General provisions
If any provision of these General Terms and Conditions is declared invalid, unenforceable or void, that provision shall be deemed ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, with the other provisions remaining fully valid and binding. The provision concerned must, to the extent possible, be interpreted, supplemented or replaced by a valid and enforceable clause that most closely reflects the original economic objective pursued by the parties. Any contractual gap, omission or situation not expressly regulated by these General Terms and Conditions shall be filled in accordance with what the parties would reasonably have agreed had they considered the situation at the time the contract was concluded, taking into account the overall economy of the contract, its objective purpose and the principles of applicable Swiss law.
19Applicable law and jurisdiction
These General Terms and Conditions are governed exclusively by Swiss law, to the exclusion of any rule of private international law, in particular the Federal Act on Private International Law (PILA), that would lead to the application of foreign law. The place of performance as well as the exclusive judicial forum for any dispute arising from these General Terms and Conditions, or in connection with use of the Platform, is the registered office of Cosmora Sàrl. Cosmora Sàrl nevertheless retains the right, at its sole discretion, to bring proceedings before the courts of the Client's domicile or registered office.
20Governing language
In the event of any discrepancy between the different language versions of these General Terms and Conditions, the French version shall prevail.
Last updated: 31 May 2026