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Terms of Service

Last updated: [DATE]

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of Codeback, operated by [COMPANY LEGAL NAME], registered at [REGISTERED ADDRESS] (company number [COMPANY NUMBER / SIREN], VAT [VAT NUMBER]) (“Codeback”, “we”, “us”). Please read them carefully.

1. Acceptance of these Terms

By creating an account, placing a campaign, displaying ads, or otherwise using Codeback, you agree to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy and our Advertising Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the service. If you use Codeback on behalf of a company, you confirm you are authorised to bind that company.

2. Definitions

  • Service — the Codeback marketplace, dashboards, APIs, and the integrations that display sponsored lines inside AI coding tools.
  • Advertiser — a user who buys impressions to display an ad.
  • Developer (or Publisher) — a user who displays sponsored lines in their coding environment and earns a revenue share.
  • Impression — a single five-second display of a sponsored line.
  • Block — a purchasable unit equal to 1,000 impressions.

3. The marketplace

Codeback is an advertising marketplace inside AI coding tools such as VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf and Zed. A single tasteful sponsored line replaces the editor’s idle “thinking” status spinner while the AI is reasoning. The line is clearly labelled as sponsored. Advertisers bid for these placements; Developers earn a share of the resulting revenue.

4. Accounts

You must provide accurate information and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for all activity under your account. We may suspend or close accounts that breach these Terms or that we reasonably believe are involved in fraud or abuse.

5. Advertiser terms

  • Campaigns & bidding. Advertisers create campaigns and buy Blocks (1 Block = 1,000 five-second impressions) through an ascending-bid auction. The highest bid serves first. Clicks are billed at approximately 50× the price of an impression.
  • Payment & invoicing. Payments are processed by Lemon Squeezy, which acts as the merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy is the seller of record for your purchase, handles VAT and sales tax worldwide, and issues the official invoice/receipt by email. Codeback does not store your card details.
  • No guaranteed delivery. Delivery depends on auction dynamics, available inventory, targeting, and Developer activity. We do not guarantee any minimum number of impressions, clicks, conversions, or outcomes.
  • Content rules. All ads and landing pages must comply with our Advertising Policy and applicable law.
  • Right to reject or pause. We may review, reject, pause, or remove any campaign at any time, with or without notice, including for policy or legal reasons.
  • Refunds. Unspent prepaid balance may generally be refunded on request, less amounts already spent or owed. Impressions and clicks already served are non-refundable. Amounts spent on campaigns removed for policy violations are non-refundable. Tax handling on any refund is managed by Lemon Squeezy as merchant of record.

6. Developer / Publisher terms

  • Revenue share. Developers earn 65% of what advertisers pay for impressions and clicks served in their environment. Your balance settles in real time.
  • Payouts. Payouts are made weekly via Stripe once your balance is above the $10 minimum. You must complete any onboarding and verification Stripe requires before we can pay you.
  • Taxes. You are solely responsible for declaring and paying any income or other taxes on amounts you earn. We do not withhold taxes on your behalf.
  • Kill switch. You can disable sponsored lines at any time from your settings. We may also disable display in your environment if we detect invalid traffic or policy breaches.
  • No guarantee of earnings. Earnings depend on advertiser demand and your activity. We do not guarantee any level of earnings, and revenue share or rates may change with notice.
  • No invalid traffic. Generating artificial impressions or clicks (e.g. bots, scripts, self-clicking, incentivised clicks) is prohibited and may result in forfeited balance and account termination.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • break the law or infringe anyone’s rights;
  • interfere with, reverse engineer, or attempt to disrupt the Service or its security;
  • scrape, resell, or misuse data or inventory;
  • impersonate others or misrepresent your affiliation; or
  • generate or facilitate invalid traffic or fraud.

8. Intellectual property

Codeback and its software, branding, and content are owned by us or our licensors. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service as permitted by these Terms. Advertisers retain ownership of their ad content and grant us a licence to host, display, and serve it through the Service.

9. Disclaimers

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Codeback will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, or goodwill. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service will not exceed the amounts you paid to, or earned through, Codeback in the three months before the event giving rise to the claim.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Codeback and its officers, employees, and partners from any claims, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your ad content, landing pages, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or applicable law.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access for breach of these Terms, suspected fraud, or legal reasons. On termination, outstanding eligible Developer balances above the payout minimum will be paid in the normal cycle, and refundable Advertiser balances will be handled as described above.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will take reasonable steps to notify you. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by [GOVERNING LAW / JURISDICTION], and the courts of [GOVERNING LAW / JURISDICTION] will have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory consumer protections that apply where you live.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email us at [CONTACT EMAIL].