Terms of service

Please read Section 16 carefully. It requires most disputes to be resolved by binding individual arbitration and waives class actions. You can opt out within 30 days of signing up.

1. Agreement

By using usethisforthat.com (the "Service") you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service. The Service is operated by Alpha Catalyst Ventures LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company registered to do business in California, doing business as KEYZ Media ("UseThisForThat", "we", "us").

2. What we provide

UseThisForThat is a directory of software tools and physical products ("gear") with reviews, comparisons and deals. Some deals are public, some require a free account ("Members"), and some require a paid Premium membership.

We don't sell software or gear ourselves. When you click through to a vendor or a retailer such as Amazon, you buy from them, not from us. We may earn a commission when you do; see our affiliate disclosure.

3. Eligibility and accounts

You must be 18 or older to use the Service. You're responsible for keeping access to your email or Google account secure and for activity on your UseThisForThat account. One account per person. We may suspend accounts that abuse the Service — for example by scraping, reselling, or bulk-sharing members-only promo codes.

4. Premium membership and automatic renewal

• Premium Monthly ($24 per month) and Premium Annual ($99 per year) are billed in advance through Stripe and renew automatically at the then-current price until you cancel. At checkout we ask you to agree to these automatic-renewal terms before you're charged.
• Cancel online any time from Account → Manage billing. Cancelling stops the next charge, and you keep Premium until the end of the period you've paid for. You don't need to call or email us to cancel.
• Renewal reminders. For annual plans, we email you between 15 and 45 days before each renewal. For every plan that renews automatically, we email you at least once a year. Each reminder states the plan, the amount and how often you're charged, and how to cancel.
• Price changes. If the price of your plan changes, we'll email you between 7 and 30 days before the new price applies, and tell you how to cancel. The new price applies from your next renewal after that notice.
• Taxes may be added where required.

5. Refunds

• Monthly: no refunds. Cancelling stops the next charge and you keep access through the end of the paid month.
• Annual: a full refund if you ask within 14 days of your first annual purchase. No refunds after 14 days or on renewals.
• Lifetime: a full refund if you ask within 14 days of purchase. After that, the purchase is final, except as described in Section 6.

To request a refund, email billing@usethisforthat.com from the address on your account. Refunds go back to your original payment method. Nothing in this section limits any refund right you have under the law where you live.

6. Lifetime Premium

Lifetime Premium ($299) is a one-time payment, offered for a limited time, that doesn't renew. "Lifetime" means for as long as we operate the Premium service — not your lifetime or ours. It's personal to your account and can't be transferred or resold.

If we decide to shut down Premium, we'll give you at least 30 days' notice by email. If the shutdown takes effect within 12 months of your Lifetime purchase, we'll refund a prorated share of what you paid, based on the full months remaining in those first 12 months. If it takes effect 12 months or more after your purchase, no refund is due.

7. Deals, products and retailers

Deals, discounts and promo codes come from third-party vendors. Gear is sold by third-party retailers such as Amazon. The vendor or retailer — not UseThisForThat — is responsible for honouring the offer, for its product, shipping, returns and warranty, and for its own terms and privacy policy. Offers and prices change without notice, so we don't list retailer prices; check the price on the retailer's site before you buy. We aren't a party to any contract between you and a vendor or retailer.

8. Reviews and content

Our reviews are opinions provided for information only — not professional advice. Unless a review says otherwise, gear reviews are based on the maker's published specifications and our own research, not long-term hands-on testing. Features change, so confirm details with the vendor or retailer before buying.

9. Content you submit

If you submit a review, vendor listing or other content, you keep ownership of it but grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, publish, edit for length and clarity, and display it on the Service and in our newsletter. You confirm it's accurate and that you have the right to share it. We may remove any submission at our discretion.

10. Our intellectual property

The Service — including its design, text, reviews, logos and the UseThisForThat and KEYZ Media names — belongs to Alpha Catalyst Ventures LLC or its licensors and is protected by copyright and trademark law. You may view and share pages for personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, republish or scrape our content at scale without written permission. Other companies' names, logos and product images belong to their owners and are used to identify their products.

11. Acceptable use

Don't: break the law; interfere with the Service or its security; scrape it at scale; submit false listings or reviews; generate fraudulent affiliate clicks; or use the Service to infringe anyone's rights.

12. Copyright complaints (DMCA)

We respect copyright. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to copyright@usethisforthat.com that includes:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. a description of the copyrighted work you say is infringed;
3. the URL or other location of the material on the Service;
4. your name, address, phone number and email;
5. a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorised by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
6. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner.

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice to the same address with the details required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). We'll forward it to the person who complained and may restore the content after 10 business days unless they tell us they've filed a court action. We'll close the accounts of repeat infringers.

13. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

14. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, UseThisForThat isn't liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, and our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (or $50 if you're a free user). Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not apply to you.

15. Indemnification

If you break these terms or the law, or submit content that infringes someone's rights, you agree to cover reasonable losses and costs (including legal fees) that Alpha Catalyst Ventures LLC incurs as a result. This doesn't apply to the extent the loss was caused by us.

16. Disputes, arbitration and class-action waiver

Try us first. Before starting a claim, email legal@usethisforthat.com with a description of the problem and what you'd like. We'll try to resolve it within 30 days, and we'll do the same if we have a claim against you.

Arbitration. If we can't resolve it, you and we agree that any dispute arising from these terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section. The arbitration may be held by video or phone, or in the county where you live. Fees are paid as the AAA consumer rules provide.

Small claims. Either of us may bring an individual claim in small claims court instead, if it qualifies.

Class-action waiver. You and we may bring claims only individually, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective or representative action. If this waiver is found unenforceable for a claim, that claim goes to court, not arbitration.

Opting out. You can opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@usethisforthat.com within 30 days of creating your account, from the address on your account, with the subject "Arbitration opt-out" and your name. Opting out doesn't affect any other part of these terms.

17. Governing law and venue

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any court proceeding that isn't in arbitration or small claims court will be brought only in the state or federal courts located in Orange County, California, and you and we consent to their jurisdiction.

Your consumer rights. Nothing in these terms limits any rights you have as a consumer under the laws of the state where you live, including California's consumer protection laws, that can't be waived by contract.

18. Changes and termination

We may update these terms. We'll post the new version here, update the date above, and email account holders about material changes before they take effect. You can stop using the Service at any time and ask us to delete your account. We may suspend or end your access if you break these terms; if we end a paid membership without cause, we'll refund the unused portion.

19. General

These terms, together with our privacy policy, are the whole agreement between you and us about the Service. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. If we don't enforce a term right away, we haven't waived it. You can't transfer your rights under these terms; we may transfer ours to a successor that continues the Service.

20. Contact and legal notices

Questions: hello@usethisforthat.com. Billing and refunds: billing@usethisforthat.com. Legal notices, including arbitration opt-outs: legal@usethisforthat.com. We'll send notices to you at the email address on your account.