Terms of Service
Please review our customer agreement, live plant shipping protocols, and guarantee coverage before placing your order.
Protects plants from weekend postal delays
Full replacement on damaged live arrivals
Hassle-free quality return policy
Welcome to Live Pond Plants! By accessing or purchasing from livepondplants.com, you acknowledge and agree to comply with the terms and guidelines outlined below. These terms ensure the safe handling and delivery of live aquatic flora directly to your door.
Shipping & Delivery
Destination & Domestic Scope: We currently ship our live aquatic pond plants exclusively within the United States. We do not offer international shipping at this time to protect plant health and comply with agricultural transit guidelines.
To ensure your plants arrive fresh and spend minimal time confined in transit boxes, we ship orders exclusively Monday through Wednesday. This intentional schedule prevents parcels from sitting stagnant in unheated postal warehouses over weekends.
Tracking & Package Receipt: As soon as your order is fulfilled, you will receive real-time tracking details via email. Because live plants are sensitive to extreme cold and heat, it is the customer's responsibility to monitor tracking and ensure packages are brought indoors promptly upon carrier drop-off.
Secure Payments
We accept all major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover), PayPal, and verified digital payment gateways through Shopify's PCI-compliant encrypted checkout.
All payment transactions are encrypted using 256-bit SSL technology, ensuring your personal and financial credentials remain private, protected, and never stored on our servers.
Order Cancellations & Modifications
Orders can be canceled or adjusted free of charge any time prior to physical fulfillment and packaging.
If you need to make changes to your order, address, or item selection, please email our support desk immediately at support@livepondplants.com. Once an order has been physically packed and dispatched from our nursery, the shipment cannot be intercepted or canceled.
Live Plants, Transit Stress & DOA Protection
Understanding Normal Transit Stress: Aquatic plants undergo a brief adjustment period while traveling in dark packaging. It is completely natural for plants to temporarily shed an outer leaf or show a slightly bent posture upon unboxing. Once acclimated to proper water temperatures and clean light, they rebound rapidly.
If your plants arrive severely damaged, melted, or frozen due to carrier transit delays, you are 100% protected. Simply photograph the damaged plants and the shipping box within 72 hours of carrier delivery and email our team with your order number.
Valid claims are processed promptly with your choice of a free replacement shipment or store credit.
Returns & 14-Day Money-Back Guarantee
14-Day Quality Guarantee: If you are unsatisfied with the quality or condition of any non-perishable merchandise or plant specimens, you may request a return within 14 days of confirmed package delivery.
Return Authorization: Please contact support@livepondplants.com before sending any items back to receive an approved Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA). Customers are responsible for safe return packaging and shipping with traceable postal tracking.
Intellectual Property Rights
All website design, visual photography, logos, educational articles, product copy, and graphics on livepondplants.com are the copyrighted property of Live Pond Plants and our respective brand partners.
Any unauthorized duplication, scraping, or commercial republishing of our media or educational content without written permission is strictly prohibited.
Customer Support & Assistance
Have a question about your order, tracking status, or planting advice for your water garden? Our dedicated customer care team is here to assist you:
Direct Support Desk
Email: support@livepondplants.com • Mon–Fri: 9 AM – 5 PM EST
