Right of withdrawal for digital content (Credits and reading subscription)

Version 2026-08-24-v1, as of August 24, 2026

This page explains what the consent collected before buying Credits or starting a reading subscription is for. It does not replace the Terms and conditions or the legally required withdrawal instructions provided during checkout.

1. Your statutory right of withdrawal

As a consumer, purchases made on Geschichtenkünstler.de generally come with a fourteen-day right of withdrawal. The exact period, when it begins, and the consequences of withdrawing are set out in the withdrawal instructions shown to you before the payment-obligating step of the order.

2. What your consent does

Credits and access through a reading subscription are digital content not supplied on a physical medium. Under the German rule implementing the EU Consumer Rights Directive for such content, the right of withdrawal ends early, before the fourteen days are up, once the operator has begun performing the contract, provided the buyer has

• expressly agreed that the operator may begin providing the content before the withdrawal period ends, and
• confirmed knowing that this agreement means the right of withdrawal is lost once that provision begins.

Checking the corresponding box during checkout states exactly that: you want the purchased Credits credited, or subscription access unlocked, right away instead of waiting fourteen days, and you understand that your right of withdrawal ends once that happens. The purchase does not go through without the box checked.

3. What this does not affect

Statutory warranty rights, for example for a technical defect in what was provided, are not affected by this consent. Nor are the corrections for failed, recalled, or wrongly disputed payments described in the terms and conditions.

Note before going live: This text reflects the currently intended design and needs legal review for the actual operator before launch, in particular together with the withdrawal instructions configured in Stripe and the payment processor's own defaults.