Terms and conditions

Version of 17 August 2026

The German version of this page is the legally binding one.

These terms govern the use of AbiHive. They are deliberately written in ordinary language — what is written here should be understandable to the people who actually read it.

§ 1 Provider and scope

AbiHive is provided by Susanne Vollmann, Am Schießwasen 17, 97447 Gerolzhofen, Germany (“we”). Contact: hallo@abihive.de.

These terms apply to all AbiHive services: the website, the web application, the mobile apps and the goods orderable through them. Differing terms of the user apply only if we have agreed to them in writing.

§ 2 What AbiHive is

AbiHive is a platform on which a graduating cohort creates its yearbook together: profiles, quotes, comments, rankings, surveys, photos and free pages are collected and assembled into a print-ready book.

All content comes from you and the other members of your cohort. We provide the tool, not the content. There is no entitlement to particular features; we keep developing the application and may change or discontinue individual areas where that is reasonable for you.

§ 3 Formation of contract and account

The usage contract is formed when you create an account and confirm these terms. An account is personal; you must not pass on your credentials. You are responsible for the accuracy of the details in your account, in particular the email address.

A cohort's invitation link is not a secret but an invitation: whoever has it can join the cohort. Treat it accordingly.

We record which version of these terms you accepted when you signed up.

§ 4 Minors

AbiHive is aimed at graduating cohorts and therefore predominantly at minors. Anyone under 16 may only create an account with the agreement of their parents or guardians. Regardless of that, for paid orders minors need the consent of their legal representatives (§§ 107 et seq. BGB).

§ 5 Your content and the rights to it

The rights to your content remain yours. You grant us only the non-exclusive, geographically unrestricted and purpose-limited right to store it, display it in the application and process it for creating, exporting and printing your yearbook. That right ends when the content is deleted, unless it has already been printed.

We do not use your content for advertising, we do not sell it and we do not pass it on to third parties — except to the printer and the shipping providers who produce and deliver your book or your textiles.

§ 6 What you may post — and what you may not

You are responsible for making sure your contributions infringe nobody's rights: personality rights, image rights, copyright, trade marks.

• Only upload photos you took yourself or are allowed to upload — and where the people shown agree to appearing in a printed book.
• Insults, bullying, exposing individuals, discrimination, glorification of violence and unconstitutional content are prohibited.
• No third-party images from the internet, no song lyrics, no protected logos without permission.
• No credentials, and no addresses or phone numbers of other people without their agreement.

A quote or a photo in the book is permanent. What a class chat forgets in a week will still be on a shelf in twenty years.

§ 7 What “anonymous” means

Anonymous means your name is not shown to your classmates. It is not deleted. Your cohort's administrators can still see who wrote something, and so can we in the context of moderation, security and legal requirements. Anonymity protects you from each other; it does not make you invisible.

§ 8 Moderation, reporting, blocking

There is no automatic and no complete prior review of content. Quotes, comments and photos have a report function; anyone named in a quote can hide it themselves. Reports go to your cohort's administrators.

We may remove content and block accounts that breach these terms or applicable law. For less serious breaches we point it out first, where that is possible and reasonable.

Anyone affected by content without being a member of the cohort — a teacher, a person depicted — can reach us at hallo@abihive.de. We look into every such report.

§ 9 Free and paid services

Collecting content, designing the book and exporting the PDF are free. There is no subscription and no obligation to print.

Only goods you explicitly order cost money: printed books and textiles. The price including all taxes and shipping is shown to you before you order. A contract for a paid order is formed only when you confirm it in the ordering process.

§ 10 Delivery

Books and textiles are produced by our partners and shipped directly to the address you give. Stated delivery times are estimates. Allow enough lead time, particularly before the graduation ball — a book that arrives two days late is a book nobody needs any more.

§ 11 Prices and payment

Payments run through our payment provider. Which payment methods are available is shown during the ordering process. Statutory rules apply in the event of late payment.

§ 12 Right of withdrawal for consumers

Withdrawal instructions. You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day on which you, or a third party named by you who is not the carrier, took possession of the goods.

To exercise your right of withdrawal you must inform us (Susanne Vollmann, Am Schießwasen 17, 97447 Gerolzhofen, hallo@abihive.de) by means of a clear statement — for example a letter sent by post or an email. To meet the deadline it is sufficient to send your notification before the period expires.

Consequences of withdrawal. If you withdraw, we will refund all payments including delivery costs (except for the additional costs of a more expensive delivery method you chose) without undue delay and within fourteen days of receiving your notification. We use the same means of payment as the original transaction; you incur no fees for this.

Exclusion. The right of withdrawal does not apply to goods made to your specifications or clearly tailored to your personal needs (§ 312g(2)(1) BGB). This covers your yearbook and individually printed textiles: both are produced specifically for your cohort and cannot be reused. We point this out expressly in the ordering process before you place such an order.

Model withdrawal form. If you want to withdraw from the contract, complete and return this form: “To Susanne Vollmann, Am Schießwasen 17, 97447 Gerolzhofen, hallo@abihive.de — I/we hereby give notice that I/we withdraw from my/our contract of sale of the following goods (…), ordered on (…), received on (…). Name, address, date, signature if notified on paper.”

§ 13 Availability

We aim for continuous operation but do not owe any particular level of availability. Maintenance, faults at our service providers or force majeure can cause interruptions. Where possible we schedule announced maintenance for quiet periods.

We back up the data regularly. Even so, keep your own copy of anything especially important to you — the PDF export is available at any time.

§ 14 Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the Product Liability Act, and to the extent of any guarantee given.

For simple negligence we are liable only for breach of an obligation whose fulfilment makes proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely (a cardinal obligation), limited in amount to the foreseeable damage typical for this kind of contract. Liability is otherwise excluded.

We are not liable for content posted by users; the statutory rules on the responsibility of service providers apply. Anyone posting unlawful content indemnifies us against third-party claims arising from it.

§ 15 Printed is printed

While the book is being edited, everything can be changed, hidden or deleted. Once it goes to print, it cannot: we cannot recall a printed copy. The same applies to voice recordings reachable from a QR code in the book — the code is on paper, even if the recording is deleted later.

§ 16 Term and termination

The usage contract runs for an indefinite period. You can delete your account at any time without notice in your profile. We may terminate with 30 days' notice; the right to terminate without notice for good cause — in particular serious breaches of § 6 — is unaffected.

Orders already placed are unaffected by a termination.

§ 17 Changes to these terms

We may change these terms where the law, case law or the application itself changes. We will notify you in the application in advance of any change of substance. If you do not object within 30 days, the new version is deemed accepted; we will point this consequence out separately in the notice. If you do object, you can end the contract at any time.

§ 18 Final provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you habitually reside in another EU state, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of that state remain unaffected.

If any provision is invalid, the remainder of the contract stays valid.

Our privacy policy applies in addition.