These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the RootControl software-as-a-service platform at rootcontrol.io and related applications (the "Service"), operated by ShelfControl LLC ("RootControl", "we", "us", or "our"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind that entity.
1. Account Registration
You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. You are responsible for the accuracy of registration information and for safeguarding your account credentials. Notify us immediately at hello@rootcontrol.io of any unauthorized access or suspected breach of your account.
2. Subscription Plans, Billing, and Payment
Plans
The Service is offered on subscription tiers described at rootcontrol.io/pricing. Subscription fees are billed monthly in advance, beginning on the date you activate your subscription.
Auto-renewal
Your subscription automatically renews each month at the then-current rate until you cancel.
Payment
Payments are processed by Stripe. By providing payment information, you authorize us to charge the applicable fees, taxes, and any usage-based overages (such as SMS overages billed at the carrier's pass-through rate plus a 20% margin, additional user seats beyond your plan's included counts, and AI-usage top-ups beyond the included monthly cap).
Price changes
We may change subscription pricing with at least 30 days' advance notice to your account email. Changes take effect at your next renewal.
Failed payments
If a payment fails, we will attempt to retry. If payment is not received within 14 days, we may suspend or terminate your access until the balance is paid.
3. Cancellation and Refunds
You may cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings or by emailing us. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period; you will retain access until that date. Subscription fees are non-refundable except where required by law.
4. Free Trials and Promotional Offers
If we offer a free trial or promotional rate, the standard subscription rate begins automatically at the end of the trial or promotional period unless you cancel before then. We may modify or terminate trial and promotional offers at our discretion.
5. Customer Data and Ownership
You own your data. All information you upload to or generate within the Service ("Customer Data") remains your property. You grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to host, process, transmit, and back up Customer Data solely as necessary to provide and improve the Service.
Export
You may export your Customer Data at any time during your subscription. Upon cancellation, you have 30 days to retrieve your data before it is deleted from our active systems.
Backups
We maintain regular backups of Customer Data. Backup copies may persist for up to 90 days after deletion from active systems.
Processor relationship
With respect to personal information about your customers, employees, and other individuals included in Customer Data, you are the controller and we are the processor. See our Privacy Policy for details, and contact us for our Data Processing Addendum.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service to send unsolicited communications, spam, or unlawful messaging.
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code of the Service.
- Resell, sublicense, or repackage the Service without our prior written permission.
- Upload malicious code or attempt to interfere with the Service's operation, integrity, or security.
- Use the Service in violation of applicable law, including telemarketing, anti-spam (CAN-SPAM, TCPA), or data-protection regulations.
- Use the Service to harass, defame, or infringe the rights of others.
- Scrape, crawl, or otherwise extract data from the Service except through documented APIs.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section, with or without notice depending on severity.
7. Service Availability
We use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain Service availability and target 99.5% monthly uptime, excluding scheduled maintenance, third-party service failures, and events outside our reasonable control. The Service is provided "as is" and "as available."
8. Third-Party Integrations
The Service integrates with third-party services (including Stripe, QuickBooks Online, Twilio, mapping providers, and AI providers such as Anthropic and OpenAI). Your use of those services is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, security, or content of third-party services.
9. Intellectual Property
The Service — including all software, designs, logos, documentation, and content provided by us — is owned by ShelfControl LLC and protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for the duration of your subscription. You retain all rights in your Customer Data.
10. Feedback
If you provide us with feedback or suggestions about the Service, you grant us an unrestricted, perpetual, royalty-free license to use that feedback to improve the Service, with no obligation to compensate you.
11. Disclaimers
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, that defects will be corrected, or that the Service will meet your specific requirements.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will RootControl or ShelfControl LLC be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total cumulative liability arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will not exceed the amounts you paid us in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.
13. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RootControl, ShelfControl LLC, and our affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from any third-party claim, loss, or liability arising out of (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your violation of any law or third-party right; (c) Customer Data you upload or transmit; or (d) communications (including SMS or email) you send through the Service.
14. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service for any violation of these Terms, non-payment, or as required by law. You may terminate by canceling your subscription. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Customer Data ownership, payment obligations, intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution — will survive.
15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Franklin County, Ohio, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
16. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by email or in-app notice at least 30 days before taking effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of the updated Terms constitutes acceptance.
17. Entire Agreement
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any order forms or addenda we sign with you, constitute the entire agreement between you and ShelfControl LLC regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
18. Contact
ShelfControl LLC
Columbus, Ohio
Email: hello@rootcontrol.io
Phone: (614) 984-3997