Effective Date: Sep 10, 2025
Here’s a plain-language overview of what these terms mean.
ProPortals is a service offered by Lumber Marketplace, LLC that allows businesses in the
United States to create their own branded customer portals. Through these portals, businesses
can display products, upload company info, invite customers, and securely accept payments via
ACH or credit card (processed by Stripe).
These Terms of Service outline your rights and responsibilities when you use ProPortals,
including our subscription terms, data policies, payment processing structure, and your
obligations as a business user.
To keep things simple:
These Terms are a legally binding agreement between you (our Customer) and us (ProPortals),
so please read them carefully before using the service. If you have questions at any time, email
us at support@proportals.com.
Please note: This overview is provided for clarity and convenience only. The full legal Terms of
Service below are the official agreement and will govern your use of ProPortals.
For the purposes of these Terms of Service:
You must provide accurate business information and use the platform only for lawful,
commercial purposes. You're responsible for everything tied to your account, including who
accesses it and how it’s used.
To access and use the ProPortals platform (the “Service”), each user—whether a Company, a
Company User, or an End Customer—must create an individual account (“Account”) by
providing accurate, complete, and up-to-date information.
By creating or using an Account, you represent and warrant that:
You are solely responsible for all activity under your Account, including purchases,
communications, and any actions taken within a portal. You must keep your login credentials
secure and confidential. ProPortals is not liable for any unauthorized access resulting from your
failure to safeguard your credentials.
The email address you provide will serve as your Primary Email Address for all official
communications, including notices, billing, and legal updates. It must remain valid and regularly
monitored.
Use of the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose is strictly prohibited. You may not
violate any laws in your jurisdiction or that of another user, whether acting as a Company or as
an End Customer.
Only one company can own and control each portal. That company is responsible for everything
that happens in its portal, including activity by authorized users.
2.1 Portal Ownership
Each ProPortals account is tied to a single business entity (the “Company”), which becomes the
exclusive owner and administrator of its branded customer portal (the “Portal”). The individual
who registers the Company’s account warrants that they are authorized to bind the Company to
these Terms. In such cases, the Company is the Portal Owner.
The Portal Owner has full control over the configuration and use of the Portal, including
branding, product listings, pricing, payment settings, credit terms, and access controls. Portal
Owners are responsible for:
Each Portal is associated with a unique subdomain and cannot be transferred, split, or shared
across multiple Companies.
2.2 Company User Access
Companies may grant access to additional users (“Company Users”) such as employees or
contractors. Company Users may be assigned roles with varying levels of permission, but all
activity by Company Users is deemed the responsibility of the Company.
Portal Owners are responsible for ensuring that all Company Users:
Misuse by a Company User will be treated as misuse by the Company.
2.3 End Customer Access
Customers who are invited to or sign up for access to a Portal (“End Customers”) must also
create an Account and agree to these Terms. End Customers may:
Each End Customer is responsible for the accuracy of their information and for any actions
taken through their Account. End Customers understand and agree that ProPortals does not
participate in or assume responsibility for the business relationship between a Company and its
customers.
ProPortals owns the platform and grants you a limited right to use it. You agree not to misuse
the service, attempt to reverse engineer it, or claim ownership over our software or brand.
ProPortals retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Service, including all software,
documentation, visual interfaces, designs, logos, code, databases, and all other intellectual
property or materials developed, provided, or made available by ProPortals. Nothing in these
Terms conveys any ownership rights to you.
We reserve the right to:
By using the Service, you grant ProPortals a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to
use your content as reasonably necessary to operate the platform, provide support, enforce
these Terms, and fulfill our legal and compliance obligations.
We may also use de-identified or aggregated data derived from your usage for analytics,
product improvement, and benchmarking.
You may not copy, reverse engineer, modify, or attempt to extract the source code or data
structure of the Service unless expressly permitted by law.
You're responsible for your conduct, content, and compliance with applicable laws when using
ProPortals. You agree to use the platform lawfully and in good faith.
When you use the Service—whether as a Company, Company User, or End Customer—you
agree to:
If you are a Company, you are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Account,
including that of your Company Users and End Customers accessing your portal. You are also
responsible for ensuring your product listings, policies, order handling, and customer
interactions comply with these Terms and applicable law.
If you are an End Customer, you agree to use the portal provided by the Company for its
intended business purpose and to interact truthfully and fairly with the Company through the
platform.
ProPortals is not responsible for any disputes between you and another user. You agree to
resolve such disputes directly with the other party unless otherwise required by law.
You agree not to use the Service:
You agree to pay all applicable fees and authorize ProPortals to process payments, including
via ACH and Stripe. If you offer payment terms to your customers, you do so at your own
discretion and risk.
5.1 Platform Fees
If you are a Company, you agree to pay all applicable subscription fees, transaction fees, and
any other charges for access to and use of the Service, as outlined in your pricing plan or
agreement. ProPortals may update these fees with reasonable notice. Failure to pay may result
in suspension or termination of your Account.
All fees are charged in U.S. Dollars and are exclusive of any taxes unless otherwise stated.
5.2 Payment Methods and Authorization
Companies may receive payments from End Customers via ACH (automated clearing house)
transfers or credit card using Stripe. As a Company or End Customer, you authorize
ProPortals and its third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe) to initiate and process these
transactions on your behalf, including:
You agree to provide and maintain accurate banking and payment method details as required to
use the Service.
If a chargeback, dispute, or reversal is initiated by an End Customer, the Company is solely
responsible for handling and resolving the dispute with the End Customer. ProPortals does not
mediate disputes or issue refunds on behalf of Companies.
If ProPortals or its payment processor has already disbursed funds to a Company that are later
subject to a dispute, chargeback, or refund, ProPortals reserves the right to offset such amounts
against future payouts or invoice the Company directly to recover the disputed funds.
5.3 ACH Authorization
If you choose to pay or receive funds via ACH, you explicitly authorize ProPortals (and its
third-party payment processors) to initiate debit and credit entries to your designated bank
account for all amounts owed in connection with your use of the Service. This authorization
remains in effect until revoked in writing and does not affect your obligation to pay any
outstanding amounts.
You agree to resolve any payment errors in good faith and cooperate with ProPortals to correct
misapplied or rejected payments.
5.4 Taxes
Each user is solely responsible for determining and fulfilling their own tax obligations. This
includes, but is not limited to:
ProPortals does not collect or remit taxes on your behalf unless expressly agreed in writing. You
agree that ProPortals is not liable for any claims or penalties arising from your failure to pay
taxes or comply with tax laws.
Both you and ProPortals agree to protect each other’s non-public, business-sensitive
information and not misuse or improperly share it.
Each party (the “Receiving Party”) agrees to treat all non-public, proprietary, or commercially
sensitive information disclosed by the other party (the “Disclosing Party”) as Confidential
Information, regardless of form or whether marked as confidential, if it would reasonably be
understood to be confidential under the circumstances.
6.1 Examples of Confidential Information include, but are not limited to:
6.2 Obligations
The Receiving Party agrees to:
6.3 Exclusions
Confidential Information does not include information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate:
These confidentiality obligations will survive termination of these Terms and your use of the
Service.
ProPortals limits its liability to the fullest extent permitted by law. You agree to indemnify us if
your misuse of the platform causes harm to others or to ProPortals.
7.1 Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, ProPortals and its affiliates, officers, directors,
employees, contractors, service providers, and licensors (collectively, “ProPortals Parties”) will
not be liable to you or any third party for:
In no event shall the total aggregate liability of ProPortals Parties for all claims arising under
these Terms exceed the greater of:
(a) the total fees paid by you to ProPortals in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or
(b) one hundred U.S. dollars ($100 USD).
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available.” ProPortals does not guarantee uninterrupted
or error-free availability, and temporary downtime may occur for maintenance, upgrades, or
events beyond our control.
7.2 Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the ProPortals Parties from and against any
and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, settlements, costs, and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from or related to:
ProPortals reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter
otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate fully with us
in asserting any available defenses.
You retain ownership of your content, and we retain ownership of ours. You grant us the rights
necessary to operate the service on your behalf.
8.1 Your Materials
“Your Materials” means all content, data, logos, product descriptions, pricing, images, videos,
trademarks, and other materials that you, your Company Users, or your End Customers upload
to or otherwise use in connection with your Portal.
You retain all rights, title, and interest in Your Materials. By uploading or submitting Your
Materials to the Service, you grant ProPortals a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free,
sublicensable license to host, store, display, modify (solely for technical purposes, e.g.,
formatting), reproduce, and distribute Your Materials as necessary to provide the Service,
operate your Portal, and support related technical functions (e.g., backups, caching, indexing).
You represent and warrant that:
ProPortals does not claim ownership of Your Materials and will not use them for purposes other
than operating or promoting the Service, unless otherwise authorized by you.
8.2 ProPortals IP
The Service and all content, software, infrastructure, visual interfaces, logos, trademarks,
copyrights, and other proprietary materials provided by ProPortals (“ProPortals IP”) are and will
remain the exclusive property of ProPortals and its licensors. You may not copy, modify,
distribute, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from any ProPortals IP, except as
expressly permitted under these Terms.
Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights to use the ProPortals name, trademarks, or
branding without our prior written consent.
You may submit feedback or reviews. We can use your input to improve our services, but we
aren’t required to compensate you for it.
We appreciate feedback, comments, ideas, suggestions, and reviews you provide to us,
whether through the Service, by email, or otherwise (“Feedback”). By submitting Feedback, you
grant ProPortals a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable
right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such Feedback
in any media, for any purpose, without compensation to you.
You acknowledge that:
We reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor, moderate, edit, or remove public
feedback or reviews that we believe violate these Terms or applicable law.
If you believe your copyrighted content is being used unlawfully on our platform, you may file a
formal notice. We respond to valid copyright takedown requests in compliance with the DMCA.
ProPortals respects the intellectual property rights of others and complies with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). If you believe that content on a Company Portal or any part
of the Service infringes your copyright, you may submit a DMCA notice by providing the
following information to our designated copyright agent:
DMCA notices must be submitted to:
Copyright Agent
ProPortals Legal Department
[Insert Legal Address – same as Lumber Marketplace’s]
Email: legal@proportals.com
Upon receiving a valid DMCA notice, we may remove or disable access to the allegedly
infringing content and notify the affected Company or End Customer. We may also, in
appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
We collect and process personal and business data as outlined in our Privacy Policy. By using
ProPortals, you agree to these practices.
By using the Service, you agree to the terms of the ProPortals Privacy Policy (the “Privacy
Policy”), which is incorporated by reference into these Terms. The Privacy Policy explains how
we collect, use, and protect the personal information of all users, including Company Users and
End Customers.
ProPortals may engage third-party service providers and subprocessors (including Stripe for
payment processing and Twilio for SMS delivery) to provide the Service. A current list of
subprocessors is available upon request.
By design, Company Users and End Customers may see each other’s names, roles, email
addresses, and/or phone numbers when using the Service (e.g., during orders, fulfillment, or
messaging). This visibility is essential to the operation of the Service.
ProPortals does not sell personal data. However, ProPortals may create, use, license, or sell
aggregated and/or anonymized data derived from Customer Data or usage of the Service,
provided that such data cannot reasonably be used to identify any individual person or
Company. This includes, but is not limited to, commercial datasets, benchmarking insights,
market reports, and analytics products.
As a condition of using the Service, you agree that:
ProPortals may process personal information on your behalf as part of providing the Service. In
doing so, we act as a “service provider” or “processor” under applicable privacy laws. You
acknowledge and agree that:
This section will survive termination of these Terms.
Your agreement is with ProPortals, operated by Lumber Marketplace, LLC, headquartered in
Tennessee.
If you are using the Service, then you are contracting with:
Lumber Marketplace, LLC D/B/A ProPortals
417 W. 7th Street, #877
Columbia, TN 38402
All references in these Terms to “ProPortals,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Lumber Marketplace,
LLC, doing business as ProPortals.
This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee and the United States,
without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree to bring any claims or disputes exclusively
in the state or federal courts located in Maury County, Tennessee, and you waive any objection
to such jurisdiction or venue.
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior
written consent. We may assign these Terms without restriction.
We may suspend or terminate access to the platform for violations of these terms or unlawful
activity. You can also end your use at any time.
These Terms remain in effect until terminated by either you or ProPortals.
13.1 Termination by You
You may terminate your Account and stop using the Service at any time by contacting us at
support@proportals.com. Termination is effective once we confirm your identity and deactivate
your Account.
If you are an End Customer, you may stop using your Customer Account at any time. Deleting
your Account or ceasing use does not relieve you of any outstanding payment obligations or
legal responsibilities incurred before termination.
13.2 Termination or Suspension by ProPortals
We may suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Service, including any
Account or Customer Account, at any time and without prior notice if:
We may also suspend or restrict specific functionality (such as payments) if needed to prevent
harm or address risk.
13.3 Effects of Termination
Upon termination of your Account:
Termination does not affect any rights or obligations that arose prior to termination, including
payment, confidentiality, indemnification, and limitations of liability, which shall survive.
You and your customers can choose to receive order updates by text message. These are
optional, you decide which ones you want, and you can stop them at any time.
ProPortals may provide functionality for you and your customers to receive text or SMS
message notifications regarding order status updates or other portal-related communications.
Use of this functionality is optional and requires prior opt-in consent from the recipient. By opting
in, you acknowledge and agree that:
You represent and warrant that any use of SMS functionality through ProPortals will comply with
all applicable laws, carrier rules, and industry guidelines, including obtaining all required
consents from your customers prior to initiating messages. ProPortals sends such messages
solely as a service provider on your behalf and is not responsible for the content of messages or
compliance with applicable requirements beyond providing the technical platform.
We may update these Terms periodically. Continued use of the platform after changes are
posted means you agree to the new version.
ProPortals may modify these Terms, the Service, or any features of the Service at any time to
reflect changes in law, improvements to the platform, or evolving business practices.
We’ll provide reasonable notice of material changes (for example, via email to your Primary
Email Address or a notice within your Account). What qualifies as a “material change” is at our
sole discretion, but generally includes significant changes to pricing, key functionality, or your
legal rights.
Your continued use of the Service following the effective date of any change constitutes your
acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you must stop using the
Service and may terminate your Account under Section 13.
We are not obligated to continue offering any specific feature or functionality and may modify or
discontinue parts of the Service at any time.
These Terms are governed by Tennessee law. If there’s a legal dispute, it must be resolved in
Tennessee courts. These Terms contain the entire agreement between you and ProPortals.
16.1 Governing Law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Tennessee, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any legal action or proceeding
relating to the Service or these Terms must be brought in a state or federal court located in
Maury County, Tennessee, and each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.
You agree to resolve disputes with ProPortals only in your individual capacity, and not as a
plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.
16.2 Subdomains
All subdomains provided by ProPortals remain the property of ProPortals. Subdomains are
licensed to active subscribers for the duration of their subscription. Upon termination or
non-renewal, ProPortals may reassign the subdomain at its discretion. Unless otherwise
agreed, subdomains may be held for up to 60 days after termination before being reassigned.
16.3 Right to Refuse Service
ProPortals reserves the right to refuse service to any Company, Company User, or End
Customer for any reason, including where use of the Service creates legal, reputational, or
operational risk.
16.4 No Waiver
The failure of ProPortals to enforce any provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of
that right.
16.5 Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions
will remain in full force and effect.
16.6 Force Majeure
ProPortals will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform due to causes beyond our
reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics, government actions,
labor disputes, or internet or utility failures.
16.7 Assignment
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior
written consent. We may assign or transfer our rights or obligations without restriction.
16.8 No Sale of Data / State Privacy Laws
ProPortals does not sell personal data. However, ProPortals may create, use, license, or sell
aggregated and/or anonymized data derived from Customer Data or usage of the Service,
provided that such data cannot reasonably be used to identify any individual person or
Company. This includes, but is not limited to, commercial datasets, benchmarking insights,
market reports, and analytics products.
To the extent required by state privacy laws (including CCPA/CPRA, Colorado, Virginia, and
others), ProPortals discloses its data handling practices in the Privacy Policy.
16.9 Entire Agreement
These Terms, along with our Privacy Policy and any additional agreements you enter into with
ProPortals, constitute the entire agreement between you and ProPortals with respect to the
Service, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications, and
understandings, whether oral or written.