MentionMate your digital PR partner

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using Our Service.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Country refers to: California, United States
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to MentionMate.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Service refers to the Website.
Terms and Conditions (also referred as "Terms") mean these Terms and Conditions that form the entire agreement between You and the Company regarding the use of the Service. This Terms and Conditions agreement has been created with the help of the TermsFeed Terms and Conditions Generator.
Third-party Social Media Service means any services or content (including data, information, products or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included or made available by the Service.
Website refers to MentionMate, accessible from mentionmate .com
Platform refers to the MentionMate platform, accessible after logging in from mentionmate.com
You (also referred as "User") means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Users can be:

Source - a person or entity, or a representative of a person or entity, that can submit answers in response to a question posed by a Publisher.
Agency - a type of Source that has the rights to represent multiple people or entities and to submit on their behalf answers in response to a question posed by a Publisher.
Publisher - a person or entity, or a representative of a person or entity, that has publishing access to a blog or web site and submits a question to receive insights and information from Source.

Your Content (also referred as “User Content”) is all content submitted via users to the Platform, including text and audio or visual files.

Acknowledgment

These are the Terms and Conditions governing the use of this Service and the agreement that operates between You and the Company. These Terms and Conditions set out the rights and obligations of all users regarding the use of the Service.

Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

By accessing or using the Service You agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you use the Service on behalf of another person or entity, you declare that you are authorized to accept these Terms and Conditions on behalf of that person or entity. By using the Service You being a human and not a bot. If You disagree with any part of these Terms and Conditions then You may not access the Service.

You represent that you are over the age of 18. The Company does not permit those under 18 to use the Service.

Your access to and use of the Service is also conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with the Privacy Policy of the Company. Our Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information when You use the Application or the Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. Please read Our Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Service.

Your access to the Website and Service is also conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with the intellectual property rights of MentionMate (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, logo, software, etc.). You shall not abuse MentionMate intellectual property by, including but not limited to, copying, duplicating, distributing, modifying, scraping, or leasing any part of the Platform.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by the Company.

The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that You visit.

Access, Use and Roles

You need to sign up to use the Service. The Service is accessible via a Free Trial that gives only viewer rights to the Platform. You can upgrade to one of the paid plans to submit information (answers for Source; questions for Publisher).

The Source:

believes, in good faith, to have enough expertise to answer a question before submitting their answer; aims to assist the Publisher by providing complete information to the best of their knowledge.
submits only original content and acknowledges that their content might be subject to a Copyscape plagiarism check.
will not promote products or services in questions that do not explicitly ask for a product or service recommendation. When submitting an answer featuring a product or service, the Source attests to have used the product or service and have sufficient experience with it to recommend it.
understands that any answers they provide may be published or reproduced by Us or the Publisher, including with edits that do not alter the original message and context.
will not hold Us responsible for any data or files Users may provide, or for the type of attribution they will receive from the Publisher (a mention or a do-follow/no-follow link is not guaranteed and is subject to the Publisher’s discretion).
understands that the Publisher has a right to remove any form of attribution at any time at their own discretion, and We are not responsible for any changes to the original article.
understands that the photo and data they provide on their profile may be used for attribution by the Publisher.
will not share log-in details with anyone, and will be fully responsible for any photos, data, and information submitted through their account, with or without their knowledge or consent.
is solely responsible for any data or information they post on the Platform.
will not impersonate any person or entity; will not misrepresenting Your identity, in a manner that is intended to or does mislead, confuse, or deceive others, such as making false claims about Your qualifications or affiliation with another person or entity.
will not infringe any party’s privacy and intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
will not contact the Publisher directly, on or outside of the Platform, or engage in any conversations related to exchanges with the Publisher that may include but are not limited to monetary or link exchanges.

The Publisher:

will attribute the Sources in their articles, adhering to the initial attribution type they have selected when submitting a question.
will publish quotes from the Sources only on the website they have selected when submitting a question. In case of a website change, the Publisher is required to inform Us and Sources in advance, and use quotes, data and information of Sources with their agreement about the change.
will not hold Us responsible for any data or files Users may provide.
will not hold Us responsible for the reliability of the data and metrics extracted from external platforms such as Copyscape for plagiarism check, Ahrefs for organic traffic and DR, Moz for DA, and other similar sources.
will not share log-in details with anyone, and will be fully responsible for any photos, data, and information submitted through their account, with or without their knowledge or consent.
is solely responsible for any data or information they post on the Platform.
will not impersonate any person or entity; will not misrepresenting Your identity, in a manner that is intended to or does mislead, confuse, or deceive others, such as making false claims about Your qualifications or affiliation with another person or entity.
will not infringe any party’s privacy and intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
will not contact the Source outside of the Platform, or engage in any conversations related to exchanges with the Source that may include but are not limited to monetary or link exchanges.

Users:

will not abuse other Users of the Platform; or violate any local and international laws.
will not introduce any viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components to the Platform.
will inform us immediately if they become aware of any unauthorized, illegal or unethical use of the Platform.
use or reproduce any part of the Platform and its contents in any way that differs from its original purpose to connect Sources and Publishers inside the Platform.
retain the intellectual property rights (including copyrights) of their User Content but provide a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable and irrevocable license to MentionMate and other Users, with access authorized through the Platform, to use and modify Your Content in any way necessary for the functioning of the Platform, as well as for marketing and advertising purposes.
understand and agree that MentionMate may disclose their content to legal authorities or transmit it over different networks.
understand and agree that MentionMate will collect data related to their use of the Platform, and may disclose this data to other Users or third parties for the functioning of the Platform or statistical analysis.
understand that any feedback they provide to MentionMate in regard to the Website, Service, or Platform is free and non-confidential and can be used without any limitations or obligations of attribution or compensation.

MentionMate:

has the right but is not obliged to monitor all content submitted on the Platform and has the right to make edits that do not alter the original message and context.
is not responsible for the quality, accuracy, verity and completeness of the content provided by Users.
has the right to monitor the use of the Platform and to take necessary action when users do not comply with the Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to issuing warnings, deleting content, suspending or terminating accounts.

As we’ve mentioned, digital PR can have a positive impact on your SEO rankings, which in turn influences your traffic from search engines.

Fees, Payment, Membership

The Service is accessible via a Free Trial that gives only viewer rights to the Platform.

You can upgrade to one of the paid monthly or yearly plans to submit information and use the full scope of Service within the limits of your paid plan.

When selecting a payment plan, you will be taken to a third-party payment processor website (Stripe or PayPal) and required to provide sufficient information to pay for and receive access to the Service according to your plan within the specified time frame. Please, read through the Terms and Conditions of your preferred payment processor as they apply to your payment. We assume no liability or responsibility for any payments made through third-party websites.

By providing your payment information, you attest that you are authorized to use this payment method. You are responsible for all taxes and fees that may be associated with your payment.

All payment plans will charge you automatically, on a recurring basis, before the start of the period, and for this reason, We will retain your payment information. To cancel the Service, you need to manually disable recurring payments before the start of the next period, or you will be automatically charged for the next period. If we fail to cancel the Service on time, you will be charged for the next period.

MentionMate can make one-sided changes to the price of a paid plan and will give you at least 10 days’ notice. By continuing to use our Service you accept the new price and will be charged according to your updated payment plan. If you do not accept with the new price, you can cancel the Service before the start of the next period.

We do not offer any total or partial refunds, whether the Service has been used or not. If you decide to cancel the Service, you will retain access to it until the end of the pre-paid period.

Termination

We may terminate or suspend Your access immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if You breach these Terms and Conditions or for lack of use. We reserve the right to delete all information associated with your account.

Upon termination, Your right to use the Service will cease immediately.

Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding any damages that You might incur, the entire liability of the Company and any of its suppliers under any provision of this Terms and Your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to the amount actually paid by You through the Service.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the Service, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Service, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if the Company or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.

Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply. In these states, each party's liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

"AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" Disclaimer

he Service is provided to You "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Service, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Service will meet Your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.

Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of the company's provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (i) as to the operation or availability of the Service, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon; (ii) that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the Service; or (iv) that the Service, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of the Company are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to You. But in such a case the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law.

Governing Law

The laws of the Country, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Terms and Your use of the Service. Your use of the Application may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.

Disputes Resolution

If You have any concern or dispute about the Service, You agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Company.

For European Union (EU) Users

If You are a European Union consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident in.

United States Legal Compliance

You represent and warrant that (i) You are not located in a country that is subject to the United States government embargo, or that has been designated by the United States government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and (ii) You are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Severability and Waiver

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Waiver

Changes to These Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time without prior notice.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us:

Email: contact@mentionmate.com
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