Terms of Service

1. Interpretation and Definitions

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:

• Account: A unique authenticated profile created for you to access our Service or specific features like bookmarks, reviews, or tool submissions.
• Service: The website, features, tools, and content accessible from aicentralresources.com.
• User Content: Text, reviews, ratings, pros and cons, descriptions, logos, or links submitted by users to the Service.

2. User Accounts and Security

To access premium features, write reviews, or submit tools, you must register for an account.

• Accuracy: You must provide accurate, complete, and current information. False info may lead to immediate account termination.
• Credentials: You are responsible for safeguarding your password or WebAuthn passkey. Do not disclose your password to third parties.
• Security Audits & Lockouts: To safeguard account integrity, we log active sessions and track failed login attempts. In the event of a potential brute-force attack, accounts are subject to automatic temporary lockouts (e.g., locking login functionality for 15 minutes after 10 consecutive failed attempts).
• MFA: Users are highly encouraged to enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or cryptographic passkey features in their dashboard.

3. Paid Listing Services, Subscriptions & Reseller (Paddle.com)

AICentralResources offers digital promotional listings and expedited software review services:

• Fast-Track Editorial Review ($29.99 USD one-time): Guaranteed 24–48 hour expedited editorial assessment, permanent DO-FOLLOW SEO backlink, and verified creator badge upon editorial approval.
• Featured Placement ($49.99 USD / 30 days): Premium hero sticky placement in relevant category pages, homepage featured section rotation, and newsletter distribution on an automatic 30-day recurring subscription.
• Payment Processing: Transactions are securely conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com Market Ltd. We do not store or process raw payment card numbers on our servers.
• Cancellation of Subscriptions: You may cancel recurring Featured Placements at any time directly through your account dashboard or via Paddle Buyer Support at paddle.net. Cancellations prevent future charges and your listing remains featured until the end of the current 30-day cycle.
• Refunds: All purchases are governed by our standalone Refund and Cancellation Policy. If our editorial team cannot approve your submission or misses our guaranteed review turnaround, a 100% full refund is issued.

4. User-Generated Reviews and Conduct

Our Service allows you to submit reviews, ratings, pros/cons, and usage contexts for listed AI tools.

• Authenticity: All reviews must represent genuine, first-hand experiences. Paid, incentivized, or malicious reviews are strictly prohibited.
• No Self-Promotion: Tool founders or affiliates may not review their own products, nor submit negative reviews of direct competitors, without explicit disclosure.
• Moderation: We reserve the right to approve, reject, edit, or permanently delete any review at our sole discretion.
• License: By posting reviews, you grant AI Central Resources a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, translate, and distribute your content across our platform and marketing channels.

5. AI Tool Submissions

When submitting an AI tool for listing:

• You warrant that you are the owner or authorized representative of the tool.
• You represent that all submitted information (descriptions, logos, screenshots, prices) is accurate and up-to-date.
• All submissions undergo editorial review. We reserve the right to categorize, tag, edit, or reject listings that do not meet our technical or safety criteria.

6. Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding User Content), design layout, codebase, logos, and features are the exclusive property of AI Central Resources. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or reverse-engineer any part of the site without our written consent.

7. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall AI Central Resources, nor its directors, employees, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages resulting from your use of or inability to use the Service, including billing errors, service outages, or data loss.

8. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

9. Termination and Suspensions

10. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When material changes are made, we will update the date at the top and notify users via email or a site-wide dashboard banner. Continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.