1. Using not.a.broker
These Terms of Use govern your use of notabroker.io and the related membership, research, listing, and workspace services provided under the not.a.broker name (“we,” “us,” or “our”). By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service. Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle information.
You must be at least 18 and legally able to enter an agreement. If you use the service for an organization, you represent that you have authority to act for it. A separate written agreement signed with us controls any conflicting provision for the services it specifically covers.
2. Our role and your decisions
not.a.broker supplies tools and information to help people research businesses and explore potential acquisitions. Availability and features depend on the membership you select. A listing, introduction, status label, financial range, or research entry is a starting point for your investigation, not an offer, certification, or promise that a business is available for sale.
Your membership does not itself appoint us as your broker, agent, fiduciary, investment adviser, attorney, accountant, lender, or escrow provider. Any separately agreed professional or transaction service requires its own agreement. Content, conversations, and educational materials are general information, not personalized legal, tax, investment, or financial advice.
You are responsible for verifying information, evaluating risks, obtaining qualified advice, arranging financing, performing due diligence, and negotiating and documenting any transaction. We do not guarantee a seller response, exclusive access, a transaction, financing, business performance, or any return on your membership or investment.
3. Accounts and authorized access
Provide accurate registration information, keep it current, and protect your sign-in credentials. Use only your own account and the access granted to you or your organization. Do not share credentials or permit others to bypass membership restrictions. Notify support promptly if you suspect unauthorized use.
Account creation does not automatically grant paid features or confidential seller information. Access depends on the applicable account permissions, membership, and subscription status. You are responsible for activity you authorize through your account, subject to applicable law.
4. Memberships, renewals, and cancellation
The price, currency, included features, trial eligibility, activation fees, billing frequency, and any minimum commitment for your selected plan are disclosed in the applicable offer and checkout. Review them before purchasing. Those plan-specific terms form part of your agreement; an initial commitment or activation fee applies only where disclosed for the plan you purchase.
Recurring memberships renew and charge the payment method you authorize until canceled in accordance with your plan. If you accept a trial that converts to a paid membership, recurring charges begin at the disclosed end of the trial unless you cancel before then. You authorize the disclosed subscription charges and applicable taxes. Payment processing is handled through Stripe.
Manage your subscription through Account → Manage billing, or contact support@notabroker.io for assistance. Cancellation normally stops future renewal and takes effect at the end of the paid billing period, subject to any disclosed initial commitment. Canceling a Standard trial ends trial access immediately. Deleting a browser shortcut, signing out, or stopping use does not cancel a subscription.
Except where required by law or expressly stated in your purchase terms, amounts paid for access already provided are not refundable, and unused time in a current billing period is not prorated. Contact support about duplicate or incorrect charges. Any mandatory cancellation, withdrawal, or refund rights remain available. We will give notice of changes to recurring charges where required; changes will not retroactively alter completed purchases.
5. Business information and confidentiality
Use nonpublic seller information, contact details, financial information, and member-only content solely to evaluate legitimate business opportunities within your permitted use of the service. Keep that information confidential. Do not publish it, resell it, distribute a lead list, expose it in a public system, or upload it to a third-party service that is not authorized to receive it.
You may share information with professional advisers who need it for your evaluation only when permitted by the source’s restrictions and an applicable confidentiality agreement or professional duty. You remain responsible for the disclosures you authorize. Separate nondisclosure agreements and seller instructions may impose additional restrictions. Platform access does not give you permission to contact a business’s employees, customers, or suppliers contrary to a seller’s instructions.
These confidentiality obligations do not cover information you can demonstrate was already lawfully known to you without restrictions, became public without a breach, or was lawfully received from another unrestricted source. If disclosure is legally required, disclose only what is required and, when lawful, give the affected party a reasonable opportunity to seek protection. Confidentiality obligations continue after your access ends.
6. Your submissions and contributions
You retain ownership of content you submit. You grant us a nonexclusive license to host, store, reproduce, format, and display it as reasonably necessary to provide and support the service, including showing submitted listing information to its intended audience. This license does not turn private workspace notes into public content and is subject to our Privacy Policy and the feature’s access controls.
Submit only information you are authorized to provide. Business submissions must be accurate to the best of your knowledge and must not disclose someone else’s confidential information without permission. Identify your authority to represent a business honestly and notify us of material corrections. Do not submit passwords, full payment credentials, or unnecessary sensitive personal information.
We may review, decline, or restrict content that violates these terms, applicable law, or another person’s rights. Review or publication does not mean we have audited a business, verified every statement, or endorsed a transaction. Private and shared notes should be used according to the audience indicated by the feature.
7. Acceptable use
Do not use the service for fraud, impersonation, unlawful discrimination, harassment, unsolicited bulk marketing, or other unlawful activity. Respect privacy, intellectual property, confidentiality, and applicable communication laws when contacting business owners or other users.
Do not evade access controls, probe accounts without authorization, introduce malicious code, disrupt the service, scrape or harvest information in bulk, or use platform data to build or train a competing database or model without our written permission. Built-in exports may be used only as allowed by your membership and remain subject to these terms. Do not remove ownership notices or misrepresent an affiliation with us.
8. Our content and third-party services
The platform’s software, branding, design, and original content belong to not.a.broker or its licensors. Subject to these terms, you receive a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable right to use the service for your own legitimate business search and permitted workspace activity. Purchasing a membership does not transfer ownership of the platform or its data.
Third-party websites, media, payment services, identity providers, and advisers operate under their own terms. A link or integration is not a guarantee of their work or an endorsement of every statement they make. Tell support if you believe content on our service infringes your rights, and include the relevant location, your contact details, and the basis for your request.
9. Availability and ending access
Features and information may change, and interruptions may occur for maintenance, security, provider issues, or other reasons. We may restrict or suspend access when reasonably necessary to address nonpayment, a material breach, suspected unauthorized access, or legal requirements. Where practical and appropriate, we will provide notice and an opportunity to resolve the issue.
You may stop using the service at any time, subject to outstanding payment obligations and your plan’s cancellation terms. Contact support to request account closure or assistance with your records. Account closure and subscription cancellation are separate requests unless expressly confirmed otherwise. Information retention is described in the Privacy Policy; ending access does not imply immediate deletion of every record.
10. Disclaimers and limits of liability
To the extent permitted by law, the service and information are provided as available, without warranties of accuracy, completeness, uninterrupted availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. Business data may be incomplete, outdated, or based on third-party statements. You should independently verify material information before relying on it.
To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses, including lost profits, lost opportunities, or losses arising from a proposed or completed acquisition. Our aggregate liability arising from the service is limited to the greater of US $100 or the amounts you paid us for the service during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.
These exclusions and limits do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or liability that applicable law does not allow to be excluded or limited. Nothing in these terms removes mandatory consumer protections or other nonwaivable rights.
11. Responsibility for third-party claims
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to reimburse us for reasonable losses, damages, and legal costs from third-party claims caused by your unlawful use of the service, content you lacked authority to submit, or material breach of these terms. This obligation does not extend to the extent a claim is caused by our own misconduct. We will give reasonable notice and an opportunity to participate in the defense, and will not agree to a settlement that imposes an admission or nonmonetary obligation on you without your consent.
12. Disputes, updates, and general terms
Please contact support@notabroker.io first so we can try to resolve a concern. These terms do not require arbitration or waive access to a court that has jurisdiction. Applicable law and any mandatory protections determine the rights and remedies available to each party.
We may update these terms, with the revised date shown above. Material changes apply prospectively, and we will provide notice and seek renewed agreement where required by law. Separate purchase terms continue to govern existing commitments unless lawfully changed. If a provision cannot be enforced, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.
Questions about these terms, memberships, or the service can be sent to not.a.broker at support@notabroker.io.