Terms of use

1. What Tap to Lanka is

Tap to Lanka is a place where people and businesses in Sri Lanka publish classified ads, job vacancies and business listings, and where visitors find and contact them. We are not a party to any deal between users. We do not own, sell, inspect or deliver the items, services or properties listed, and we do not guarantee that a listing is accurate or that a user will complete a deal.

2. Your account

• You must be at least 18, or have a parent's or guardian's permission.
• Give correct details and keep your password safe. You are responsible for what happens under your account.
• One person may hold one account. Accounts may not be sold or transferred.

3. Posting ads and listings

You may only post things you are allowed to sell, rent or offer, with honest descriptions, real photos and a real price. Our team may review, edit the category of, refuse, hide or remove any listing, and listings end automatically after the period shown for their category.

Not allowed:

• Anything illegal in Sri Lanka, including drugs, weapons, stolen goods, counterfeit items and protected wildlife.
• Adult content, gambling, pyramid or “get rich quick” schemes.
• Fake, misleading or duplicate ads, and ads in the wrong category.
• Other people's photos or content without permission.
• Asking for advance payments, OTP codes or bank details to “release” an item.
• Spam, hidden links, or contact details placed in titles or photos to get around our rules.

4. Businesses

Business listings must describe a real business. Anyone may suggest a business, but only its owner or an authorised person may claim and manage it. We may ask for proof before approving a claim or showing the Verified badge, and we may remove the badge if the details stop being correct.

5. Reviews and messages

Reviews must be about your own real experience. Do not review your own business, offer rewards for reviews, or post abuse. Messages sent through the site must not be used for spam, harassment or fraud. We may hide reviews and block chats that break these rules.

6. Promotions and payments

• Prices are shown in Sri Lankan rupees before you pay. Card payments are handled by PayHere or Stripe; we never see your full card number.
• A promotion starts when the payment is confirmed (for bank transfers, after our team checks the slip) and runs for the period of the package.
• A promotion makes a listing more visible. It does not guarantee views, calls or a sale.
• If we remove a listing for breaking these terms, its promotion ends without a refund. If a payment is taken in error, contact us and we will put it right.

7. Your content

You keep ownership of what you post. You allow us to show, resize, watermark and share it on Tap to Lanka, in search engines and on our social media to promote your listing and the site, for as long as it is published.

8. Our responsibility

We work hard to keep the site safe and online, but we provide it “as is”. As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for losses that come from deals between users, from listings or messages posted by others, or from the site being unavailable for a time. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under Sri Lankan consumer law.

9. Closing accounts

You can ask us to close your account at any time. We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms or put other users at risk.

10. Changes and law

We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the latest version, and important changes will be announced on the site. These terms are governed by the laws of Sri Lanka.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected].