Partner Terms of Service

These Partner Terms govern your business’s participation in Our Local Spotlight (“OLS,” “we,” “us”), a platform operated by 9x12 Method LLC, 27 Atlantic Ave, York, ME 03909. By submitting a partner application, purchasing a subscription, or continuing to use the partner dashboard, you agree to these Partner Terms, our Terms of Service, and our Privacy Policy. If you accept on behalf of a business, you represent that you have authority to bind that business.

The service

OLS provides local-business marketing tools: a presence on the Our Local Spotlight map, and — for paid subscriptions — a custom landing page, lead capture, a content editor, and the Virtual Postcards toolkit (digital postcards, QR codes, offer redemptions, subscriber lists, broadcasts, and analytics). Features may be added, improved, or retired as the platform evolves.

Subscriptions and billing

Paid landing pages are billed per location through Stripe, at the pricing shown at checkout (currently $33/month or $300/year). Each location is an independent subscription. You can cancel any time from your dashboard; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and your landing page stays live until then. We don’t prorate or refund partial periods. If a payment fails, your subscription becomes past due; if it remains unpaid for 30 days, the landing page (and its exclusivity) is deactivated.

Territory exclusivity

An active paid landing page reserves the ZIP codes on your application exclusively for your business, for as long as the subscription remains active and in good standing. Exclusivity ends when the subscription ends. Free pins carry no exclusivity and may be displaced if a paid partner claims overlapping ZIP codes; free pins are limited to one per account. You confirm the service area on your application is genuinely where you operate — applications that misrepresent an operating area may be removed.

Consumer data: ownership, control, and your license

Consumers who submit their information through the platform (landing-page leads, offer redemptions, subscriber sign-ups) are joining Our Local Spotlight: 9x12 Method LLC is the controller of that consumer data and manages it under our Privacy Policy and each consumer’s recorded consent choices.

While your subscription is active, we license you the consumer records attributed to your location — your leads, redemptions, and subscriber list, including CSV exports — for use in your own business. When you use that data outside the platform, you are responsible for using it lawfully: honor opt-outs, respect the scope of each consumer’s consent (for example, only text people who ticked the SMS box), and comply with CAN-SPAM, TCPA, and applicable state privacy laws. Exported copies you made while subscribed remain yours to use lawfully after cancellation.

OLS retains the underlying records after cancellation as described in the Privacy Policy, and may use platform data to operate, secure, and improve the service, to communicate with consumers consistent with their consent choices, and to produce aggregated or de-identified analytics across the platform.

Your content

You keep ownership of the content you upload — logos, images, testimonials, offer copy, and advertiser materials. You grant 9x12 Method LLC a non-exclusive license to host, display, and distribute that content as needed to run the service (your landing page, your cards, redemption pages, and the emails the platform sends on your behalf). You confirm you have the rights to the content you upload, including permission from the advertisers whose materials you feature.

Your advertisers and offers

Advertiser relationships are yours. You are responsible for collecting payment from your advertisers, for having their permission to publish their offers, and for ensuring published offers are honored as written — consumers redeem in reliance on them. OLS provides the publishing and redemption tooling but is not a party to your advertiser agreements and does not guarantee any offer.

Acceptable use

Don’t misuse the platform: no false or misleading offers, no publishing content you lack rights to, no uploading unlawful or infringing material, no scraping or interfering with the service, and no using consumer data beyond the consent it was collected under. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, with notice where practical.

Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The service is provided “as is.” We don’t guarantee specific marketing results — scan rates, leads, or redemptions depend on your cards, offers, and market. To the fullest extent permitted by law, 9x12 Method LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, and our total liability arising out of these Terms is limited to the subscription fees you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

Changes to these terms

We may update these Partner Terms as the platform evolves. For material changes we’ll notify you by email or a dashboard notice before they take effect. We record the version in effect each time you accept, and continued use of the service after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maine, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Maine.

Contact

Questions about these Partner Terms? Email localspotlightinfo@gmail.com or write to 9x12 Method LLC, 27 Atlantic Ave, York, ME 03909.