Terms & Conditions

515 Standard is a free weekly email about going out in Des Moines, together with standing offers you can claim from participating businesses (“Partners”). We are a platform that connects you with Partners. We are not the seller of any food, drink, product, or service, and the offers are provided and honored by the Partners, not by us.

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) and provide a valid email address to use the Service. Any offer involving alcohol is subject to the legal drinking age and to the Partner’s age verification at their location.

By subscribing, you consent to receive recurring emails from us about places, events, and offers in Des Moines. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email. Even after you unsubscribe from the newsletter, we may still send transactional messages related to an offer you have claimed.

When you claim an offer, we issue you a single-use pass. The following applies to every offer:

• Each offer is provided and honored by the Partner, not by 515 Standard.
• Offers are single-use, non-transferable, have no cash value, cannot be combined with other offers unless stated, and are limited to one per customer unless stated.
• Offers may carry terms set by the Partner, such as a minimum spend, eligible items, valid times, or an expiration date, which are shown when you claim.
• Once a pass is redeemed or has expired, it cannot be used again.
• Partners may change or end their offers, and we may cancel, modify, or expire offers, at any time.
• The Partner is solely responsible for honoring valid, unexpired passes and for the goods and services they provide.

When you claim an offer or subscribe, the email address and any information you provide are added to our audience and shared with the Partner that captured you, so they can recognize you as a customer. Do not provide anyone else’s personal information without their permission. Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy.

You agree not to: claim or redeem offers fraudulently or through automated means; use multiple email addresses or identities to exceed offer limits; sell, transfer, or publicly post offer links, passes, or codes; or interfere with or attempt to disrupt the Service. We may void offers and suspend access for misuse.

We do not control Partners and do not guarantee the quality, safety, legality, pricing, or availability of their goods, services, or offers. Your visit to, and any dealings with, a Partner are solely between you and that Partner.

We provide an embeddable capture widget, offer redemption tools, transactional email, reporting, and inclusion in our newsletter and Partner listings (together, the “Business Services”). We may update, improve, or discontinue features of the Business Services from time to time.

• The Business Services are free until your account reaches 5 offer redemptions, after which they are $49 per month unless we agree otherwise in writing, billed monthly in advance. If your account does not reach 5 redemptions, the Business Services remain free.
• Your subscription renews automatically each month until you cancel. You may cancel at any time, effective at the end of the then-current billing period.
• Except where expressly stated in writing, fees already paid are non-refundable, and cancellation does not entitle you to a refund of the current period.
• Fees are exclusive of taxes, which are your responsibility. We may change fees on reasonable notice; changes take effect on your next billing period.
• Any performance guarantee applies only if we offer it to you separately in writing.

You define and approve the offer we run for you, and you are solely responsible for:

• Honoring every valid, unexpired, unredeemed pass presented at your location(s).
• The offer’s legality and its compliance with all applicable laws, including liquor-control and alcohol-promotion rules (such as any restrictions on “buy-one-get-one” drink offers), pricing, tax, gift-card, and advertising laws.
• The goods and services you provide to customers who redeem.

You are responsible for confirming that your offer is lawful in your jurisdiction before it goes live.

Contacts captured through your widget are shared with you as a customer list you may use to communicate with those customers. When you contact them, you are the sender and are solely responsible for complying with all applicable laws, including the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and applicable state privacy laws, including obtaining any required consent and honoring opt-out requests. You will maintain your own privacy policy and handle personal data lawfully.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to embed our widget script on websites you control, solely to run your offer through the Service. You will not modify, copy, reverse engineer, resell, sublicense, or use the widget or Service except as expressly permitted. We may update or discontinue the widget at any time.

You represent and warrant that: you are authorized to enter into these Terms on behalf of your business; the information you give us is accurate and kept current; your business and offer comply with applicable law; and you hold all rights necessary for us to display any name, logo, or content you provide.

Our passes are designed to be single-use and cryptographically signed, but you are responsible for validating passes at the point of sale using the tools we provide, and for your staff’s use of those tools. We are not responsible for offers you honor incorrectly, for redemptions processed outside our tools, or for losses arising from your redemption practices.

You grant us a non-exclusive license to use your business name, logo, offer, and location to feature and promote you within the Service, including in the newsletter, Partner listings, and related marketing. You may ask us in writing to stop prospective promotional use.

These Terms apply while you use the Business Services. Either party may terminate on notice as described here. We may suspend or terminate immediately for non-payment, breach, or misuse. On termination, your offer stops, your listing is removed, your widget license ends, and you must remove our code from your websites. Provisions that by their nature should survive, including accrued fees, intellectual property, indemnification, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and governing law, survive termination.

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless 515 Standard and its operators from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, and reasonable costs (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: your offer; the goods or services you provide; your use of captured customer data or your communications with customers; your breach of these Terms or of any law; or your infringement of any third-party right.

The Service, including the 515 Standard name, brand, website, content, and software, belongs to us or our licensors. These Terms do not grant you any rights in it except the limited licenses expressly stated.

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that any offer, Partner, or result will meet your expectations.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits or revenue, arising out of or relating to the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to: (a) for individuals, US $50; and (b) for businesses, the fees you paid us for the Business Services in the three months before the event giving rise to the claim. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “Last updated” date above shows when they last changed. We will post material changes here and, where appropriate, notify you by email. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Iowa, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Polk County, Iowa, for any dispute that is not otherwise resolved.

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior understandings about it.

Questions about these Terms? Email us at hello@515standard.com.