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Pay button

The button that makes the deal. Its words must say that pressing it means paying, or the customer is not bound to pay. Seedlark’s reads “Start free trial, then £6 a month”, because Reuben’s “Start for free” said nothing about paying. Screens and Messages, S1.1 · Chapter 2 · see Key information

Explained in Chapter 2, Total Price, Drip Pricing and the Pay Button, of Consumer Terms.

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The button that makes the deal is the pay button. Its words must tell the customer that pressing it means paying, and a plain “Start” or “Continue” does not. If the words fail, the customer is not bound to pay. The 2013 Regulations have this rule, and the DMCC Act repeats it for subscriptions.
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