These Premium Subscription Terms describe the optional paid plans available on AYE Market — the 7-Day Listing Promotion, Premium, and Premium+ — and govern how you purchase, use, renew, and lose access to them. They supplement our general Terms of Service and our Payment Policy, which describes exactly how you pay for these plans.
1. The free tier stays free
Nothing in these Terms changes the fact that core use of AYE Market — browsing, posting listings, chatting with buyers or sellers, applying to jobs, and hiring candidates — carries no fee and no sales commission, now or in the future for the same feature set. The plans below are entirely optional visibility and tooling upgrades, not a paywall on using the marketplace.
2. The paid plans
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Day Listing Promotion | 200 ETB (one-time) | Boosted placement for one specific listing for 7 days. |
| Premium | 400 ETB / month | Boosted placement across multiple listings, priority ranking in search and category feeds, and access to seller analytics and enhanced tools. |
| Premium+ | 600 ETB / month | The highest tier — the most visibility and the fullest set of seller tools we offer, built on top of everything in Premium. |
The exact in-app description of features, badges, and limits for each plan may be refined over time; the current authoritative description always lives in the app's own Pricing/Upgrade screen and the Pricing section of this site.
3. How you subscribe
Every plan is purchased through the manual payment flow described in our Payment Policy: you transfer the amount yourself, submit a payment reference and receipt in the app, and an administrator reviews and approves the request before the plan activates. There is currently no automated in-app checkout.
4. Duration & no auto-renewal
The Listing Promotion runs for a fixed 7 days from activation. Premium and Premium+ run for one calendar month from activation. None of these plans auto-renew or auto-charge you. Because payment is manual and requires you to actively transfer funds and submit a new request each time, there is no mechanism in the app that could charge you again without your direct action. If you want continued benefits, you choose to submit a new payment request before or after the current period ends.
5. What happens at expiry
When a paid period ends without a new approved request:
- The associated benefits (boosted placement, priority ranking, analytics access) end.
- Your listings are not deleted, hidden, or penalized — they simply return to standard, non-boosted ranking alongside every other free listing.
- Any seller tools or badges tied specifically to the plan become unavailable until you renew.
- You keep full ordinary use of the Service — expiry only removes the paid extras, never your basic access.
6. Renewing
You can submit a new payment request to renew or repurchase a plan at any time, whether or not your previous period has expired. There is no lock-out period and no penalty for letting a plan lapse before renewing.
7. Switching between plans
You may purchase a different tier at any time (for example, moving from Premium to Premium+). Where an existing paid period is still active when a new, higher-tier request is approved, the new plan's benefits take over; we do not currently offer prorated credit for the unused portion of a lower tier when you upgrade mid-period — plan your purchase timing accordingly, or contact us if you believe your situation needs individual review.
8. Price changes
We may change the price of any plan as the Service evolves. Price changes apply only to purchases made after the change takes effect — we will never retroactively charge you more, or reduce the benefits you're owed, for a period you already paid for at the old price.
9. Fair use & misuse
Paid tools are provided for genuine buying, selling, and hiring activity. Using Premium or Premium+ features to post prohibited content, spam, duplicate listings, or otherwise violate our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines can result in the underlying content being removed and the account being suspended per our Account Suspension & Termination Policy, in addition to — not instead of — any refund rules below.
10. Cancellation & refunds
Because manual payment requires your own active transfer, there is no "cancel a subscription" toggle to stop a future charge — nothing charges automatically in the first place. If you no longer want a plan, simply don't submit a renewal. For situations involving an error, a duplicate approval, or a feature that failed to activate through no fault of yours, see our full Refund & Cancellation Policy.
11. Governing law
These Premium Subscription Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as our plans evolve, including when automated payment is introduced. Material changes are reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above and never apply retroactively to a period you've already paid for.
13. Contact
Questions about a plan or these Terms: ayetechub@gmail.com.