Terms of Service
These terms apply to everything you buy on this site, from the $397 Ranking Plan to monthly SEO.
Who these terms are with
These terms are between you and Rank After Dark, the trading name of [to confirm: legal business name], based in New York, USA. In these terms, "we" and "us" mean Rank After Dark.
By buying anything on this site, you accept these terms.
Who can buy
You must be 18 or over and run a legal adult business whose content involves only consenting adults 18 and over.
We do not take on escort sites, erotic massage businesses, or anything involving minors, non-consent or illegal activity.
We can refuse or end work with any business that does not meet these conditions. [Lawyer to draft: how prepaid amounts are handled in that case.]
Your legal responsibilities
You are responsible for your own legal compliance, including age verification laws, record-keeping laws such as 18 U.S.C. 2257 where they apply, your rights to all content and images you provide, and the rules of any platform you use.
You are also responsible for giving us accurate information.
The Ranking Plan
The Ranking Plan costs $397, paid once. It includes a keyword map of 30 to 50 terms with search volumes and target pages, a competitor gap breakdown, a technical fix list, your current Search Console positions, clicks and impressions if you give access, and our recommended next step with a link to buy it, in a written plan document.
It is delivered within 5 business days of receiving your completed intake form. [to confirm]
The $397 is credited toward a build or monthly plan bought within 30 days of delivery, counted from the day your Ranking Plan is delivered. [to confirm] The credit can be used once, cannot be transferred and has no cash value. [to confirm]
Ranking Plan refunds
If your plan is not delivered within 5 business days of receiving your completed intake form, you get a full refund. [to confirm]
Once the plan document has been delivered, the Ranking Plan is not refundable. [to confirm]
Website and store builds
Builds are a one-time price of $3,500 to $7,500, with the exact price set before you buy, and you sign online before work begins.
Payment is 50% upfront and 50% at launch. [to confirm]
The scope is what was described when you bought. You provide the content, product data and logins the build needs.
Third-party costs, such as domains, hosting, Shopify subscriptions, apps and themes, are paid by you. [to confirm] [to confirm: how many rounds of revisions are included.]
You own the finished site after the final payment. [to confirm]
Monthly SEO plans
Starter is $750 a month and includes 4 optimized pages or posts a month, technical fixes, and a written monthly update with screenshots of positions, clicks and impressions.
Growth is $1,500 a month and includes everything in Starter, with 8 pages or posts a month instead of 4, plus internal linking and 4 adult-niche links a month (swaps and placements).
Scale is $2,500 a month and includes everything in Growth, with 12 or more pages or a programmatic page buildout, 8 or more links a month, competitor tracking and priority turnaround.
Every monthly plan has a 3-month minimum, and each month is paid upfront. After the minimum, plans continue month to month, and you can cancel with 30 days notice by email. [to confirm] [to confirm: whether unused pages or links roll over.]
Links
Growth and Scale include adult-niche links through swaps and placements.
The sites that host those links control their own pages and may change or remove a link at any time. [to confirm: whether removed links are replaced.]
No guarantees
We do not guarantee any specific ranking, position, traffic, clicks or revenue.
Google and other search engines control their own results and change them without notice.
Results shown on this site, including those for LustSanctuary.com, are not a promise of results for anyone else.
Payments and chargebacks
Payments are due on the terms set out above, and if a payment fails, work pauses until it goes through.
[Lawyer to draft: how chargebacks and disputed payments are handled.]
Access and accounts
You give us the access the work needs, such as Search Console, your site or store admin, and hosting, and you can remove it at any time.
Work that depends on access waits until that access is given.
Confidentiality
Both sides keep the other side's private information private.
We do not publish client names or sites without written permission. [to confirm]
Ownership of deliverables
Your Ranking Plan document and monthly updates are for your own business use.
Our templates, tools and methods remain ours.
Ownership of a finished site follows the website and store builds section above.
Limitation of liability
Our total liability for any claim is capped at the fees you paid us in the [lawyer to set the period] before the claim.
We are not liable for indirect damages or lost profits.
Ending the work
[Lawyer to draft: how either side can end the work, and how the 3-month minimum and any prepaid months are handled if work ends early.]
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, and any dispute goes to the courts of New York in [lawyer to name the county].
Changes to these terms
If we change these terms, we post the new version on this page with a new updated date. Changes apply to purchases made after that date.
Contact
Questions about these terms go to hello@rankafterdark.com.