Terms of use

1. Who we are

SkillMela is run by Sahil, Trading as SkillMela, Chhani Bari, Bhadra, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, 335511. In these terms, "we" means SkillMela. Write to us at skillmelaofficial@gmail.com. Complaints go to our grievance officer.

2. Your account

• You must be 18 or older to create an account, buy, teach or hire on SkillMela.
• One person per account. You sign in with links or codes sent to your email, so keep your email secure.
• Tell us the truth about who you are. We can suspend accounts used for fraud, abuse or breaking these terms.

3. Buying a course

• You buy from the teacher. Each course is sold by the teacher named on its page. SkillMela collects your payment on the teacher's behalf (through Razorpay), holds the teacher's share until the refund window ends, then pays it to them minus our fee.
• The price you see is the price you pay. Teachers who aren't registered for GST don't charge it.
• One-time courses give lasting access to the lessons as the teacher keeps them. Memberships give 30 days of access per payment; renew to keep going.
• Courses are for your own learning. Don't share your account, record, download or re-share lessons. Protected videos carry a watermark with your details so leaks can be traced.
• Refunds follow our refund policy and the policy shown on the course before you pay.

4. What we don't promise

No course on SkillMela guarantees a job, an income or a placement, and teachers aren't allowed to claim that it does. Trust scores, reviews and Skill Check results describe what happened on SkillMela; they aren't a guarantee of anyone's future work.

5. Teaching on SkillMela

• We verify teachers and review every course card before it goes live. We can pause a course that breaks these terms or its own promises.
• You must own or have permission to use everything you upload, and what your course card promises must be true. No guaranteed jobs, income claims, fake reviews or fake urgency.
• Our fee is 15% on sales we bring you, and 5% on buyers from your own seller link (0% for your first 6 months after verification). Once SkillMela is registered for GST, 18% GST is added to our fee and taken from your share.
• Your share is paid by bank transfer or UPI after the refund window ends, with a statement for each payout. Where the law requires, we deduct tax (TDS) and give you the details. You're responsible for your own income tax and, if you're registered, your own GST.
• You keep ownership of your course. You let us show, stream and promote it on SkillMela while it's listed.

6. Communities, questions and reviews

• Be kind and stay on topic. No spam, harassment, hate, adult content or selling outside SkillMela.
• Don't post phone numbers or chat links; keep conversations here, where we can protect you.
• Reviews come only from verified learners and must be honest. Teachers can hide posts in their own course community; we can hide or remove anything that breaks these rules.
• You own what you post. You let other members of that community see it, and us show it there.

7. Paid projects and hiring

Businesses pay into SkillMela when they hire someone for a project. We hold the money until the business accepts the work, or release it automatically 7 days after delivery unless there's a dispute, which we decide from the brief and the delivered work.

8. If something goes wrong

• We work hard to keep SkillMela running, but it may sometimes be unavailable or have mistakes. Tell us and we'll fix what we can.
• Unless the law says otherwise, our total responsibility to you is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before the problem. Nothing here takes away rights you have under Indian consumer law.
• Start with our grievance officer; most problems are solved there. These terms follow the laws of India.

9. Leaving, and changes

You can close your account from your account page. If we change these terms in a way that affects you, we'll email you at least 15 days before the change applies.