Cancellation & Refund Policy
SightifyAds maintains clear and disciplined commercial standards for project cancellations, professional service fees, Stripe payments, recurring billing, advertising spend, third-party expenses, and refund requests.
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Effective Date:
August 17, 2026
Effective Date: August 17, 2026
This Cancellation & Refund Policy (“Policy”) governs cancellations, payments, recurring billing, and refund requests relating to professional services provided by SightifyAds LLC (“SightifyAds,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
SightifyAds provides customized marketing, advertising, creative, technology, digital presence, website, e-commerce, consulting, and related professional services. Our engagements require expertise, strategic planning, research, production time, technical implementation, platform configuration, resource allocation, and other work performed specifically for each client.
Accordingly, professional service fees are earned as services are performed and are not treated in the same manner as purchases of returnable consumer merchandise.
By purchasing, authorizing, or receiving services from SightifyAds, the client acknowledges and agrees to this Policy together with any applicable proposal, Service Agreement, Statement of Work, order form, insertion order, subscription agreement, or other written agreement governing the engagement.
1. Stripe Payment Processing
All client payments to SightifyAds are processed through Stripe.
This applies to payments including, without limitation:
Project deposits
Initial payments
Setup fees
One-time professional service fees
Website and development fees
Campaign setup fees
Milestone payments
Monthly management fees
Retainers
Recurring service fees
Approved additional work
Other amounts due to SightifyAds
SightifyAds uses Stripe to maintain a secure, professional, and centralized billing process and to provide applicable invoices, payment records, and receipts.
Clients are responsible for providing accurate and current billing information and for maintaining a valid payment method when required for an active engagement.
A payment obligation is not considered satisfied until the applicable transaction has been successfully processed.
2. One-Time Projects and Invoices
One-time projects and non-recurring services are invoiced and collected through Stripe.
Depending on the engagement, SightifyAds may require:
Payment in full before work begins
An initial deposit
Scheduled milestone payments
A final payment before launch, publication, transfer, or delivery
Another payment structure expressly established in the applicable written agreement
Payment schedules established in a proposal, invoice, Service Agreement, or Statement of Work form part of the commercial terms of the engagement.
Failure to make a required payment may result in the project being paused, delayed, withheld from launch or transfer, or otherwise suspended until the outstanding balance has been resolved.
3. Project Deposits, Setup Fees, and Initial Payments
Unless expressly stated otherwise in a written agreement, project deposits, setup fees, onboarding fees, strategy fees, initial payments, and similar charges become non-refundable once SightifyAds has commenced work or committed resources to the engagement.
Work may be considered commenced when SightifyAds begins any project-related activity, including, without limitation:
Discovery
Research
Strategic planning
Competitive analysis
Account audits
Campaign architecture
Keyword research
Audience research
Media planning
Advertising account configuration
Conversion tracking preparation
Website architecture
User experience planning
Website design
Development
Copywriting
Creative production
Technical implementation
Analytics configuration
Platform configuration
Client onboarding
Consultations
Meetings
Internal production preparation
Allocation of personnel, technology, or production resources
If a client requests cancellation before work has commenced, SightifyAds may review the circumstances and determine whether a refund is appropriate, subject to any applicable contractual obligations, processing costs, third-party expenses, and requirements of applicable law.
4. Completed, Delivered, or Commenced Services
Payments attributable to professional services that have already been commenced, performed, substantially completed, completed, approved, delivered, implemented, published, launched, or otherwise made available to the client are non-refundable except where otherwise expressly agreed in writing or required by applicable law.
Such services may include, without limitation:
Strategic marketing services
Google Ads
Meta Ads
LinkedIn Ads
TikTok Ads
Spotify advertising
YouTube advertising
Microsoft Advertising
Other paid media services
Advertising campaign setup
Campaign management and optimization
Website design
Website development
Landing pages
Framer websites
Shopify and e-commerce services
Google Business Profile services
Search engine optimization
Local search services
Digital presence development
Social media setup
Social media management
Creative production
Copywriting
Graphic assets
Analytics
Tracking implementation
Consulting
Technical configuration
Automation
Other professional digital services
A client's decision to change direction, discontinue a business initiative, reduce a budget, choose not to use completed work, or otherwise change its plans does not create an automatic entitlement to a refund.
5. Monthly and Recurring Services
Monthly retainers, advertising management, marketing management, website maintenance, SEO engagements, consulting arrangements, ongoing optimization, automation services, and other recurring engagements are billed through Stripe automatic recurring billing.
By enrolling in or authorizing a recurring SightifyAds service, the client authorizes SightifyAds, through Stripe, to charge the payment method associated with the client's billing account for the applicable recurring service fee on each scheduled billing date.
Stripe subscriptions are designed to support recurring payments and recurring invoices.
Recurring payments remain authorized until the applicable service is properly canceled in accordance with the governing agreement and applicable law.
Fees for a service period that has already begun are generally non-refundable and are not ordinarily prorated upon cancellation, except where expressly stated in the applicable agreement or required by law.
Cancellation ordinarily affects future billing periods rather than reversing fees already earned for an active or completed service period.
Any engagement-specific terms regarding:
Minimum commitments
Billing dates
Renewal periods
Notice requirements
Cancellation deadlines
Contract duration
will be governed by the applicable written agreement.
Certain automatic-renewal provisions may be subject to statutory requirements depending on the nature of the client and transaction. Florida law, for example, contains specific requirements applicable to certain automatically renewing service contracts.
6. Automatic Payment Authorization
For recurring services, the client agrees to maintain an active and valid payment method within Stripe for the duration of the engagement.
The client's authorization permits the applicable recurring amount to be charged according to the agreed billing schedule without requiring SightifyAds to request payment manually before each billing cycle.
Any applicable taxes, approved additional charges, or other amounts specifically authorized under the governing agreement may also be invoiced or collected through Stripe as permitted by the applicable engagement terms.
7. Failed or Declined Payments
Clients are responsible for ensuring that payment information remains valid and that sufficient authorization or funds are available for charges that are contractually due.
If a scheduled Stripe payment is:
Declined
Failed
Reversed
Disputed
Blocked
Otherwise unpaid
SightifyAds may pause or suspend services, campaign management, production, maintenance, support, development, deliverables, access, or other ongoing work until the outstanding balance has been successfully resolved.
Where configured, Stripe Billing can automatically retry failed subscription or invoice payments.
A temporary interruption or suspension resulting from nonpayment does not automatically extend a service period or create an entitlement to a refund.
SightifyAds is not obligated to continue providing professional services while an account remains past due.
8. Advertising Spend
Advertising spend is separate from SightifyAds' professional management fees.
Media budgets and advertising expenditures may be charged directly by third-party platforms including, without limitation:
Google
Meta
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
TikTok
Spotify
YouTube
Microsoft
Other advertising, media, or technology platforms
Amounts collected directly by third-party advertising platforms are governed by those platforms' own billing, credit, cancellation, and refund policies.
SightifyAds does not issue refunds for advertising spend collected by or paid to third-party advertising platforms.
The client remains responsible for advertising costs incurred through campaigns, accounts, budgets, or spending levels authorized by the client.
9. Third-Party Platforms, Products, and Expenses
Third-party products, subscriptions, licenses, services, and expenses that have already been purchased, activated, reserved, committed, or incurred are not refundable by SightifyAds.
Such expenses may include:
Domain registrations
Framer subscriptions
Shopify subscriptions
Hosting
Premium plugins
Applications
Software subscriptions
Automation platforms
API usage
Stock photography
Stock video
Stock audio
Licensed creative assets
Fonts
Email platforms
Analytics services
Advertising platforms
Payment processing charges
Contractors
Vendors
Other external products or services required for an engagement
Where an account or subscription is owned directly by the client, the client remains responsible for maintaining, modifying, renewing, downgrading, upgrading, or canceling that account with the applicable provider.
SightifyAds does not control and is not responsible for a third party's decision regarding credits, refunds, account suspensions, pricing changes, policy changes, or service availability.
10. Advertising, Marketing, and Business Results
SightifyAds provides professional strategy, execution, optimization, creative, technology, and management services.
Unless a specific guarantee is expressly stated in a separate written agreement executed by SightifyAds, SightifyAds does not guarantee a particular advertising, marketing, financial, search, or business result.
Performance may be affected by circumstances beyond SightifyAds' control, including:
Market conditions
Competition
Industry conditions
Client pricing
Client offers
Sales processes
Website performance
Available advertising budget
Consumer behavior
Geographic conditions
Seasonality
Platform algorithms
Platform policies
Account eligibility
Auction dynamics
Economic conditions
Third-party technology
Changes implemented by advertising platforms
Accordingly, professional service fees are not refundable solely because a campaign, website, marketing initiative, or other service does not produce a particular number or level of:
Leads
Calls
Sales
Customers
Conversions
Revenue
Website visits
Impressions
Clicks
Followers
Search rankings
Return on advertising spend
Return on investment
Other business or marketing metrics
SightifyAds is compensated for the professional services, expertise, strategy, execution, implementation, and management it provides—not for an independently guaranteed commercial outcome.
11. Website, Landing Page, and E-Commerce Cancellations
If a client cancels a website, landing page, Shopify store, e-commerce project, or other digital development engagement after work has commenced, payments attributable to work already performed or milestones already achieved are non-refundable.
Payments associated with an agreed project milestone are considered earned when the corresponding work has been substantially completed or delivered in accordance with the applicable scope.
Cancellation does not automatically eliminate:
Amounts already earned
Outstanding milestone payments
Approved third-party expenses
Charges for additional authorized work
Other contractual payment obligations
Ownership, publication, transfer, licensing, credentials, editable files, platform transfer, and delivery rights relating to incomplete or unpaid work remain subject to the applicable Service Agreement or project terms.
12. Client Delays and Inactivity
SightifyAds projects may require the client to provide:
Information
Access
Credentials
Approvals
Feedback
Content
Photography
Video
Brand assets
Business information
Product information
Legal approvals
Other materials reasonably necessary to perform the services
Client delays, inactivity, lack of communication, failure to provide approvals, failure to provide required materials, or failure to provide access do not create a right to a refund.
SightifyAds may pause, reschedule, or otherwise manage an affected project in accordance with the applicable agreement.
13. Revisions and Changes in Scope
Revisions included within an engagement are governed by the scope and revision terms established in the applicable proposal, Service Agreement, or Statement of Work.
Requests introducing:
Additional pages
Additional campaigns
Additional platforms
Additional deliverables
New functionality
New integrations
A substantially different creative direction
A materially different strategy
Work outside the original scope
may constitute additional professional services and may require additional fees.
A request outside the agreed scope does not create an entitlement to a refund for work already performed.
14. Cancellation Requests
A client wishing to terminate an engagement must submit the cancellation request through an official SightifyAds communication channel associated with the engagement or through the official SightifyAds contact or project inquiry form.
The request should reasonably identify:
The client or company
The applicable engagement
The service being canceled
The requested cancellation date
Submitting a cancellation request does not itself establish entitlement to a refund.
Cancellation rights, effective dates, future billing obligations, and financial consequences remain subject to:
This Policy
The applicable Service Agreement
Any applicable Statement of Work
Services already performed
Expenses already incurred
Applicable law
Where applicable law requires a particular method of cancellation, SightifyAds will honor that requirement.
15. Refund Requests
Refund requests must identify the relevant engagement, payment, and basis for the request.
SightifyAds will evaluate refund requests based on:
The applicable agreement
Work already performed
The status of the engagement
Resources already committed
Third-party costs incurred
Payment history
Relevant circumstances
Applicable law
Submission of a refund request does not guarantee approval.
A discretionary refund or commercial accommodation granted in one circumstance does not establish a continuing policy, precedent, or obligation to provide the same accommodation in another engagement.
16. Duplicate Payments and Billing Errors
SightifyAds will review legitimate claims involving:
Duplicate charges
Incorrect charges
Accidental overpayments
Verified billing errors
Where SightifyAds confirms that a billing error occurred, it will correct the account as appropriate.
Any approved refund will generally be returned through Stripe to the applicable original payment method where reasonably possible.
The time required for funds to appear may depend on Stripe, the card network, the client's bank, or another relevant financial institution.
17. Chargebacks and Payment Disputes
Clients are encouraged to raise legitimate billing or service concerns directly with SightifyAds before initiating a chargeback or payment dispute.
A chargeback does not automatically:
Cancel an applicable agreement
Eliminate amounts legitimately owed
Transfer ownership of unpaid work
Create a refund entitlement
Release a client from obligations relating to services already performed or expenses already incurred
Where reasonably necessary, SightifyAds may provide Stripe, payment processors, card networks, banks, financial institutions, or other relevant parties with documentation concerning the transaction, including:
Agreements
Proposals
Statements of Work
Invoices
Payment records
Client approvals
Communications
Project records
Delivery records
Evidence of work performed
Nothing in this section limits any right that cannot legally be limited or waived.
18. Project-Specific Agreements
Individual engagements may be governed by separate written terms, including:
Proposals
Service Agreements
Statements of Work
Order forms
Subscription agreements
Insertion orders
Other written commercial agreements
Those documents may contain project-specific provisions concerning:
Pricing
Deposits
Payment schedules
Milestones
Retainers
Renewal
Cancellation
Notice periods
Minimum commitments
Third-party expenses
Deliverables
Intellectual property
Refunds
If a project-specific agreement conflicts with this general Policy, the project-specific agreement will control with respect to that engagement to the extent permitted by applicable law.
19. Non-Waivable Legal Rights
Nothing in this Policy is intended to waive, restrict, disclaim, or eliminate any cancellation, refund, rescission, payment, consumer protection, or other legal right that cannot lawfully be waived.
If applicable federal, state, or local law grants a mandatory right that conflicts with a provision of this Policy, SightifyAds will comply with the applicable legal requirement.
20. Changes to This Policy
SightifyAds may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
Services
Billing practices
Technology
Third-party platforms
Business operations
Regulatory requirements
Applicable law
The Effective Date displayed at the top of this page identifies the most recent version.
Updated terms will apply prospectively except where an applicable agreement or law provides otherwise.
21. Contact
Questions concerning this Cancellation & Refund Policy may be submitted through the official SightifyAds Project Inquiry or Contact Form available on the SightifyAds website.