Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and ViewStage LLC ("ViewStage," "we," "us"). By creating an account or using the ViewStage platform (the "Service"), you agree to these Terms. If you use the Service on behalf of a company, you represent that you are authorized to bind that company, and "you" means that company.

Section 19 contains a binding arbitration agreement and a class-action waiver that affect your legal rights. Please read it carefully.

1. The Service

ViewStage is a marketplace that connects brands with video creators for sponsored content, with AI-assisted matching and an automated quality-assurance review. ViewStage facilitates introductions, review, and payment between brands and creators, but ViewStage is not a party to the agreement between a brand and a creator and is not the employer, agent, or partner of either. We are a neutral venue; the deal is between the brand and the creator.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. By using the Service you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements.

3. Accounts

3.1 Creators must provide accurate information and connect their own, authentic social accounts. 3.2 Brands must represent a legitimate business and describe campaigns accurately; you are responsible for everyone you authorize on your brand account. 3.3 You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and for all activity under your account.

4. Connected platforms (OAuth)

When you connect a third-party platform (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and others as we enable them), you authorize ViewStage to access your profile, analytics, and engagement data to build your match profile, and — where you enable it — to publish content you have approved to your connected channels on your behalf. You can disconnect at any time; on disconnection we revoke and delete the stored access credentials and the platform data we synced for that connection. Your use of each platform remains subject to that platform's own terms (for YouTube, the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy).

5. Creator content & license

You keep ownership of the content you create. By submitting content for a campaign you grant the brand a license to use that content as described in the campaign brief, and you grant ViewStage a limited, worldwide license to host, store, process, display, and transmit your content solely to operate and provide the Service (including AI review and delivery to the brand). ViewStage claims no ownership of your content.

6. Creator representations & warranties

For every submission, you represent and warrant that:

• You own or have all rights, licenses, and permissions necessary for the content and for the rights you grant the brand — including all music and audio, any third-party footage, and the name, voice, image, and likeness of every person who appears.
• You have obtained any required releases (including from any person featured) and any required music/sync licenses. Music made available within a social platform's library is generally not cleared for a brand's paid or off-platform use unless you have separately licensed it.
• The content does not infringe anyone's rights, is not defamatory or illegal, and complies with our Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines.
• You will clearly and conspicuously disclose the sponsored nature of the content as required by the FTC's endorsement guidelines.

7. Brands

You agree to run only lawful campaigns and to provide accurate briefs. You receive only the license a creator grants you for their content, as described in the brief; any use beyond that scope (for example, running a deliverable as a paid ad if the brief did not grant that) is your responsibility, including clearing any additional music, footage, or likeness rights. You are responsible for your own advertising-disclosure compliance and for paying for agreed deals.

8. AI review

Every submission is screened by an automated AI review (using models such as Whisper, Gemini, and Qwen) for FTC disclosure, brand safety, competitor conflicts, sponsor presence, production quality, and the campaign's stated do's and don'ts. The review is a recommendation, not a decision — the brand makes the final, human decision on every submission, and a passing score is not a guarantee of approval, payment, or any particular result. If a submission does not pass or a brand requests changes, the creator sees the specific findings and may revise and resubmit, subject to the campaign's rules.

9. Payments & payouts

ViewStage facilitates payments through third-party payment processors (including Stripe). When a deal is agreed, the brand's payment is held by our payment processor and released to the creator when the brand approves the submission. ViewStage is not a bank and does not take custody of your funds or hold them in trust or as a fiduciary. The funds are held and moved by the payment processor. You authorize the applicable charges and payouts. You are responsible for your own taxes; we may collect tax information (such as W-9 or W-8 forms) and issue tax forms (such as 1099s) where required by law.

10. Fees

ViewStage charges brands a 5% service fee added to the agreed deal price, and deducts a 5% platform fee from the creator's payout — roughly 10% of a deal combined. Both fees are disclosed before a deal is agreed; payment-processing costs come out of ViewStage's share. Any fee change applies prospectively, to deals agreed after the change, with notice as described in Section 21.

11. Refunds & cancellations

If a creator does not deliver, or a submission is not approved, the held funds for that deal are returned to the brand (or remain as the brand's balance). Once a brand approves a submission and the payout is released, amounts are final. Chargebacks and disputes are handled case-by-case, and we may reverse a payout or hold funds in cases of fraud, abuse, or violation of these Terms.

12. Acceptable use

You agree to follow our Acceptable Use & Community Guidelines, which prohibit, among other things, faking engagement, plagiarism, illegal or harmful content, impersonation, and circumventing the platform to take a ViewStage-discovered deal off-platform to avoid fees.

13. Copyright & DMCA

We respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement under the DMCA and terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. See our Copyright & DMCA Policy.

14. Suspension & termination

We may suspend or terminate your access for conduct that we reasonably believe violates these Terms or harms other users, us, or third parties. You may close your account at any time. On termination, the licenses you granted for content already delivered to a brand survive to the extent stated in the relevant brief. For deletion of your data, see our Data Deletion page.

15. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the AI review will identify every issue or that any campaign will achieve any particular result.

16. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ViewStage will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, or data. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the total fees you paid to ViewStage in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US $100. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you.

17. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold ViewStage harmless from claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or of any law or third-party right.

18. Independent relationship

Creators are independent contractors and are not employees, agents, or partners of ViewStage or, through ViewStage, of any brand. Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, agency, partnership, or joint-venture relationship.

19. Dispute resolution; arbitration & class-action waiver

Please read this section carefully — it affects your rights. We will try to resolve any dispute informally first: before filing a claim, you agree to email legal@viewstage.io and give us 30 days to resolve it.

19.1 Binding arbitration. Except as provided below, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its applicable rules, seated in Utah. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

19.2 Class-action & jury waiver. You and ViewStage agree to bring claims only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, or representative proceeding. You and ViewStage waive any right to a jury trial.

19.3 Exceptions. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief in court for intellectual-property or unauthorized- access claims.

19.4 30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@viewstage.io within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name and that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect the rest of these Terms.

20. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. For any matter not subject to arbitration, the state and federal courts located in Utah have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to that jurisdiction and venue.

21. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated Terms with a new "Last updated" date and, for material changes, take reasonable steps to notify you. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

22. General

These Terms, together with the policies they reference, are the entire agreement between you and ViewStage about the Service. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control. We may give notices to the email on your account; you may send notices to the address below.

23. Contact

ViewStage LLC · legal@viewstage.io
2986 Lehman Avenue #405
West Valley City, UT 84119, United States