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Terms of Use

The rules that apply when you browse, register or list on the platform.

Last updated: 2026-08-01

1. Scope

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the MachYard website, apps and related services (the "Platform"). By using the Platform you accept these terms.

2. Role of MachYard

MachYard operates a marketplace that connects sellers and buyers of used construction equipment and provides inspection, transport and payment-handling services. Where a machine is not owned by MachYard, the sales contract is concluded between the buyer and the seller, with MachYard acting as intermediary and escrow agent.

3. Accounts

You must be a business user of legal age and provide accurate registration details. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for all activity under your account.

4. Acceptable use

When using the Platform you must not:

  • publish false, misleading or fraudulent listings or bids
  • circumvent the Platform to avoid fees, inspections or payment protection
  • upload content that infringes third-party rights or applicable law
  • scrape, reverse engineer, overload or disrupt the Platform
  • use the Platform in breach of export-control or sanctions rules

5. Listings and content licence

By submitting machine data, photos or documents you grant MachYard a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use them for marketing and operating the Platform. You warrant that you hold the necessary rights.

6. Suspension

We may suspend or terminate accounts that breach these terms, present a fraud or compliance risk, or repeatedly withdraw from concluded transactions.

7. Governing law

These terms are governed by Swiss law. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is Zug, Switzerland, unless mandatory consumer-protection rules provide otherwise.

Why MachYard

Used iron, bought with new-machine certainty

Fully inspected machines

Every listing is checked on site by our technicians: 200+ photos, walkaround video and a functional test report you can read before you bid.

Delivered to your jobsite

We arrange loading, customs paperwork and transport. Our calculator estimates freight up front and we carry the risk in transit.

5-day money-back window

Put the machine to work. If it doesn't match the inspection report, send it back within five days and we refund the full amount.

Pay on delivery

Approved buyers pay once the machine reaches the yard. No deposit, no escrow paperwork, no wire before the wheels arrive.

Easy & safe transactions

Buy heavy equipment as easily as a car

From inspection to payment, every step is designed to remove the risk from buying and selling used machinery across borders.

01

Inspect before you buy

Every machine gets a 200-point inspection report, walkaround video and live video call so you know exactly what you are paying for.

02

Pay on delivery

No deposits or escrow. Approved buyers pay once the machine is unloaded at their yard. We handle the invoice, VAT and export paperwork.

03

Protected after arrival

Run it for five working days. If anything deviates from the report, we arrange collection and refund the full purchase price.