1. Age and authority
You must be at least 18 to purchase advertising or donate. If acting for a business or brand, you represent that you have authority to bind it to these terms.
2. Stripe processing
Payments are processed on Stripe-hosted checkout pages. Stripe, not GridRated, collects and processes full payment-card details under Stripe’s terms and privacy practices. Prices are shown in U.S. dollars unless checkout states otherwise.
3. Advertising requests
Submitting details and completing payment creates a request; it does not guarantee acceptance, a particular start date, impressions, clicks, conversions, exclusivity, or uninterrupted display. A standard placement runs for 30 days beginning on the date GridRated confirms or activates it, unless agreed otherwise in writing.
4. Creative standards
The advertiser must own or have permission to use all artwork, trademarks, claims, and destination pages. Advertising must be accurate, lawful, and suitable for the sim-racing community. GridRated may reject or remove deceptive, infringing, malicious, discriminatory, sexually explicit, dangerous, illegal, or otherwise unsuitable advertising, or links that materially change after approval.
GridRated labels paid placements as sponsored. Advertisers are responsible for claims, disclosures, products, fulfillment, privacy practices, and legal compliance associated with their advertisements and destination sites.
5. Revisions, cancellation, and refunds
If GridRated rejects creative before a campaign begins, the advertiser may provide a compliant revision. If no acceptable revision is provided within 14 days, GridRated will cancel the request and refund the placement price. An advertiser may request cancellation before activation; GridRated will refund the placement price unless non-refundable custom work was separately agreed in writing.
After a campaign begins, fees are generally non-refundable. If GridRated materially fails to provide the purchased placement for reasons within its control, GridRated may extend the campaign or provide a reasonable prorated refund. No refund is owed for removal caused by the advertiser’s breach, unlawful content, changed destination, provider outage outside GridRated’s reasonable control, or fraudulent payment. These rules do not limit rights that cannot legally be waived.
6. Advertising license and responsibility
The advertiser grants GridRated a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license during the campaign and reasonable archival period to host, reproduce, resize, crop, format, display, and link the submitted creative. The advertiser agrees to reimburse GridRated for reasonable losses, claims, or expenses resulting from the advertisement, destination, unlawful claims, or infringement of third-party rights, to the extent permitted by law.
7. Donations
Donations are voluntary support for an independent project. They do not purchase services, ownership, editorial control, preferential treatment, or a higher driver rating. GridRated does not represent donations as charitable or tax-deductible contributions.
Donations are generally final and non-refundable, except for duplicate transactions, unauthorized payments reported promptly, a processing error, or when required by law. Contact GridRated with the payment date, amount, and receipt information to request review.
8. Chargebacks and taxes
Contact GridRated before initiating a chargeback so a billing issue can be investigated. GridRated may provide relevant transaction and acceptance records to Stripe or a payment network when responding to a dispute. Advertisers and donors are responsible for their own tax treatment; GridRated will collect or report taxes when legally required.
Contact
Questions, privacy requests, corrections, and legal notices may be sent to keagothelunatic@gmail.com.
GridRated is operated by Keagan Ray Brown in South Dakota, United States.