1. Acceptance and Laboratory Authority
By accessing the RankLabs.ai website or utilizing our Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) tools, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. You represent that you have the legal authority to bind your business or employer to these terms. RankLabs (the "Laboratory") provides technical services intended for professional ecommerce operations and high-veracity data engineering.
2. Description of Technical Services
RankLabs provides data hardening, semantic node injection, and AEO auditing services. Our primary objective is to engineer the "Transaction Readiness" of your product catalog for AI Agents, LLM-based search tools, and agentic commerce protocols.
You acknowledge that RankLabs operates as a technical laboratory. While we utilize industry-leading engineering standards to maximize the visibility and accuracy of your data, final transaction results and data interpretation are subject to the behavior of third-party AI models. RankLabs does not guarantee specific conversion rates, but rather the technical integrity and "Agentic Legibility" of the data served through our infrastructure.
3. The Mirroring and Proxy Protocol
To facilitate the Service, you may implement a reverse proxy, middleware script, or native SSR embed.
Mirroring
You grant RankLabs permission to scrape and create technical mirrors of your public-facing HTML for the purpose of AEO enrichment.
Injection
You authorize us to use Node.js and Cheerio-based logic to inject semantic metadata and JSON-LD schemas into these mirrored pages.
Delivery
We serve these hardened pages through a reverse proxy or middleware, ensuring your store remains "Transaction-Ready" without touching your core codebase.
Infrastructure
While we strive for high uptime of our laboratory nodes, we are not liable for lost traffic due to upstream network issues or client-side server failures.
4. Scraping and Laboratory Access
Our "Scale Protocol" relies on automated data extraction to maintain your AEO nodes and perform technical audits.
Authorized Access
You grant RankLabs a non-exclusive, worldwide license to use automated systems (scrapers, crawlers, or bots) to access your public-facing website. This access is granted specifically for AEO audits, identifying data noise, and creating mirrored HTML.
Bot Etiquette
Our laboratory scrapers (e.g., RankLabsBot) are engineered to minimize server load and will adhere to "Ethical Scraping" standards.
No Interference
You agree not to block or "throttle" laboratory bots during your subscription term, as this prevents us from maintaining your data veracity.
Third-Party Data
We may scrape public data from competitors for benchmarking. You acknowledge this is performed as a factual, transformative analysis for market research.
5. Data Veracity and Accuracy of Information
RankLabs focuses on the accuracy and trustworthiness of your data nodes for the Agentic Web.
Source Data Responsibility
You represent and warrant that all product details, pricing, and availability information on your public-facing store are accurate and current. RankLabs is not responsible for errors in the mirrored HTML caused by inaccuracies in your original source data.
AI Interpretation
You acknowledge that third-party AI Agents and LLMs may occasionally misinterpret or misrepresent the "Hardened" data nodes provided by our laboratory. We are not liable for any discrepancies, "hallucinations," or errors in how these third-party tools display your product information to end users.
Data Latency
While our laboratory scrapers are designed for high-speed ingestion, there may be a delay between a change on your store and the update of your mirrored AEO nodes.
6. Intellectual Property
Laboratory Property
All proprietary algorithms, the "Rl" logo, and AEO hardening protocols are the exclusive property of RankLabs.
Client Data
You retain all rights to your original product data and brand assets. You grant us a limited license to modify and serve this data solely to fulfill the technical AEO protocol.
7. Fees and Research Tiers
Services are billed on a monthly subscription basis across four tiers: Explorer, Growth, Professional, and Enterprise.
Subscription Tiers
Monthly fees vary by tier and are subject to change with 30 days' notice. Annual billing is available at a discounted rate.
Professional Setup Fee
The Professional tier requires a one-time setup fee of $5,000 USD. This fee covers the initial 30-day Pilot Study engineering, custom proxy configuration, and onboarding of your product catalog. The setup fee is non-refundable once the Pilot Study has commenced.
Payments
All fees are processed through secure third-party providers. The setup fee is charged upon contract execution, and monthly subscription fees are billed at the start of each billing cycle.
Refund Policy
RankLabs maintains a strict no-refund policy for services rendered. The following terms apply:
- Professional Setup Fee ($5,000 USD): Non-refundable. The setup fee is earned in full upon payment and is considered compensation for reserving laboratory resources and scheduling the Pilot Study. No refunds will be issued regardless of whether the Pilot Study has commenced.
- Monthly Subscription Fees: Non-refundable. All monthly fees are earned in full at the start of each billing cycle. Cancellation requests will take effect at the end of the current billing period; no partial or pro-rata refunds will be issued.
- Annual Subscriptions: Cancellation within the first 14 days will result in a refund of the annual fee minus one month at the standard monthly rate (annual discount forfeited). After 14 days, annual fees are earned in full and non-refundable. Early termination does not entitle you to a pro-rata refund of unused months.
- Add-on Services: Non-refundable. All add-on fees are earned in full upon payment and are considered compensation for reserving specialized engineering resources.
Cancellation Process
To cancel your subscription, submit a written request to admin@ranklabs.ai at least 7 days before your next billing date. Upon cancellation, your proxy nodes will remain active until the end of the current billing period, after which access will be terminated and laboratory metadata deleted within 48 hours.
8. Limitation of Liability
Technical Liability
We are not liable for any layout shifts or visual discrepancies caused by the mirroring of your HTML templates.
Liability Cap
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability shall not exceed the amount paid for the Service during the twelve months preceding the event.
9. Termination
Either party may terminate this agreement if the other party breaches a material term. Upon termination, we will disable your mirrored proxy nodes and delete your laboratory metadata within 48 hours.
10. Contact the Lab
For questions regarding these terms or technical bot permissions, contact the engineering team at admin@ranklabs.ai.