Terms of Service

Effective date: September 1, 2026
Last reviewed: September 1, 2026
Supersedes: version 2026.10.01

1. Introduction and Acceptance

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the wanderdriven website at wanderdriven.com, the wanderdriven mobile application, and any related services (collectively, the "Service"), operated by Wanderdriven Inc. ("wanderdriven", "we", "us", or "our").

Please read these Terms carefully before using the Service. By accessing or using the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and the policies listed in section 1.1. If you do not agree, you must not access or use the Service.

These Terms apply to all visitors, users, organizations, and other persons who access or use the Service.

1.1 Documents Forming This Agreement

These Terms, together with the following policies, form a single agreement between you and wanderdriven. Each is published on the Service and available from the legal section of the wanderdriven site and application.

Acceptable Use Policy
Privacy Policy
Cookie & Similar Technologies Policy
DMCA / Copyright Policy

1.2 Order of Precedence

Where these documents conflict, the following order controls, from highest to lowest:

The DMCA / Copyright Policy, on any question of copyright notice, counter-notice, or repeat infringement.
The Acceptable Use Policy, on any question of what content or conduct is permitted, and what content or conduct is eligible for monetization.
The Privacy Policy, on any question of personal data, deletion, retention, or removal. The Cookie & Similar Technologies Policy forms part of the Privacy Policy and takes the same position in this order.
These Terms, on all other matters.

No provision of any of these documents limits our ability to remove content or suspend access where required by law or by the Acceptable Use Policy.

2. Eligibility and Account Types

The Service offers two account types, distinguished by age.

2.1 Adult Accounts (18+)

You must be at least 18 years of age to hold an adult account. Adult accounts have full access to the Service, including creating and publishing stories, purchasing Premium content, viewing WD-A content following age verification, and participating in earning features. By opening an adult account you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.

If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2.2 Youth Accounts (13–17)

Individuals aged 13 to 17 may hold a youth account. Youth accounts exist so that younger members of a family can read and receive the stories their families have preserved for them.

A youth account is read-only. A youth account holder may:

read Discovery stories rated WD-G or WD-13 under section 16.2;
read Legacy stories and arcs rated WD-G or WD-13 that have been shared with or inherited by them, and Legacy content rated WD-A only where an adult has granted permission under section 16.3; and
manage their own account settings.

A youth account holder may not:

create, publish, or upload stories or media;
react to, rate, comment on, or otherwise interact with stories or other users;
hold a public profile, handle, or discoverable presence on the Service;
purchase content of any kind, including Premium content;
view WD-A content, except as provided in section 16.3; or
participate in any earning, payout, attribution, or monetization feature.

Where a youth account holder wishes to contribute to a family archive, that contribution is made through an adult account holder.

2.3 Age Declaration and Verification

You must provide your date of birth when you register. We use it to determine your account type and to apply the content restrictions in section 16.

Providing a false date of birth is a breach of these Terms and grounds for immediate suspension.

A declared date of birth alone does not grant access to WD-A content, to purchasing, or to earning features. Those require completed age verification through a third-party provider, as set out in section 16.4.

Where we become aware that an account holder is younger than they have declared, we will apply the restrictions appropriate to their actual age regardless of the declaration, and may suspend the account.

2.4 Individuals Under 13

The Service is not available to anyone under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly permit registration by, or knowingly collect personal information from, anyone under 13. Where we become aware that an account holder is under 13, we will close the account and delete the associated personal information.

3. Content Categories, Access, and Subscriptions

3.1 Content Categories

All content on the Service falls into one of three categories. The category determines whether content is free, whether it may be purchased, and where it may appear.

Legacy. Stories created for a family, a designated recipient, or a legacy contact — including tributes, time vaults, bucket lists, succession stories, and inherited collections. Legacy content is always free. It is never sold digitally and cannot be published as Premium. It is distributed only to the people the creator or legacy contact has shared it with. The author may order a printed edition at cost under section 14.9; printed Legacy editions do not earn.

Discovery. Stories published publicly on the Service. Discovery content is always free to read. It carries a content rating under section 16.2 and appears in feeds, search, recommendations, and discovery surfaces subject to that rating. Printed editions of Discovery arcs may be purchased under section 14.9 and do not change that digital access.

Premium. Story arcs offered for individual purchase. Premium content must be purchased to be accessed and is not included in any subscription. Creating and publishing Premium content requires an active subscription under section 3.3; purchasing it does not.

Stories and arcs. A story is a single narrative unit. A story arc is a collection of related stories, segments, and media grouped and presented as one unit. Legacy and Discovery content may be published as individual stories or as arcs. Premium content is sold only as arcs — an individual story is never sold on its own.

A story or arc belongs to one category at a time. A creator may move content between Discovery and Premium. Content that has been purchased by another user remains subject to sections 8.2 and 8.4 of the Privacy Policy regardless of any later change of category.

Legacy content cannot be converted to Premium. A story intended for sale must be published as Premium from the outset.

3.2 Free Access

Any account may read Legacy content shared with them, and Discovery content appropriate to their rating eligibility under section 16.2, at no cost. A free account has limited creation and publishing capability.

The free tier is not funded by third-party advertising. wanderdriven does not use third-party ad networks or ad servers, does not serve advertisements supplied by external advertisers, and does not share personal information with advertising networks for the purpose of targeting you across other sites or services.

3.3 Subscriptions

A paid subscription grants full creation and publishing capability, including the ability to publish Premium content. Subscriptions are billed annually. Details of available plans, pricing, and features are set out on the Pricing page.

A subscription does not grant access to Premium content published by others. Premium content is purchased individually under section 3.4, whether or not you hold a subscription.

A subscription is not required in order to purchase Premium content, or to participate in earning features under section 14.

3.4 Purchasing Premium Content

Premium content is sold as story arcs. A story arc is a collection of related stories, segments, and media published and offered for sale as a single unit.

Premium content may be purchased by any account holder who has completed age verification under section 16.4 confirming that they are at least 18 years of age. Verification is completed once at the account level; no further verification is required for subsequent purchases. A subscription is not required in order to purchase.

Youth accounts may not purchase content of any kind (section 2.2).

A minimum price applies to Premium arcs and is published on the Pricing page. It may be changed under section 5.2. There is no maximum — you set your own price above the minimum.

Arcs may grow after purchase. Where a creator adds stories or segments to an arc after you have purchased it, those additions are included in your existing purchase at no further cost. Where a creator raises the price of an arc, your existing access is unaffected.

Access granted by a purchase is governed by section 8.4 of the Privacy Policy and does not lapse if you later cancel a subscription.

3.5 Promoted Content

wanderdriven surfaces stories, storytellers, and story organizations within the Service. This promotion is entirely first-party: we surface content that exists on wanderdriven, to people using wanderdriven.

Promotion takes two forms:

Editorial promotion. We select and surface stories, storytellers, and organizations on the basis of our own editorial and discovery criteria. No payment or commercial benefit is involved.
Paid placement. Storytellers and organizations may obtain enhanced placement — for example sticky timeline positions or featured slots — through a paid feature or as a benefit of an organizational tier under section 14.5.

Paid placement is labeled. Where a story, storyteller, or organization appears in a given position because of payment or a commercial benefit, that placement is identified to you as promoted or sponsored. Editorial promotion is not labeled as promoted, because nothing was paid for it.

We do not use third-party advertising identifiers, cross-site tracking, or external ad networks to deliver promoted content, and we do not sell or share personal information with third parties for advertising purposes.

Promoted content shown to youth accounts under section 2.2 is not personalized or behaviorally profiled, and does not include WD-A content.

4. Accounts and Registration

4.1 Account Creation

To access certain features of the Service you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep your account information updated.

4.2 Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must notify us immediately at support@wanderdriven.com if you suspect any unauthorized access to or use of your account. wanderdriven is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the security of your credentials.

4.3 One Account Per Person

Each account is for the use of a single individual. You may not share your account with others or create accounts on behalf of others without our express written permission.

5. Purchases and Payments

5.1 Payment Information

If you purchase a product or subscription through the Service, you will be asked to provide payment information including, without limitation, your credit or debit card details and billing address. You represent and warrant that:

you have the legal right to use any payment method provided; and
all payment information you supply is true, correct, and complete.

Payment processing is handled by our third-party payment processor, Stripe. By making a purchase, you also agree to Stripe's terms and privacy policy. wanderdriven does not store your full card details.

5.2 Pricing and Errors

We reserve the right to change pricing at any time, including the minimum price for Premium arcs. We take reasonable steps to ensure pricing and product information displayed on the Service is accurate, but we do not warrant that all information is error-free. In the event of a pricing error, we reserve the right to cancel any affected orders and will notify you promptly.

5.3 Subscriptions and Renewals

Subscriptions are billed annually. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each annual billing period unless you cancel before the renewal date. You authorize us to charge your payment method on a recurring basis. You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings.

5.4 Refunds

All purchases and subscription fees are non-refundable except as set out in this section or as required by applicable law.

Subscriptions. When you purchase or renew a subscription, you are charged for the full annual billing period immediately. You may cancel at any time through your account settings; cancellation stops future renewals.

You may request a full refund of a subscription payment within seven (7) days of the charge, provided you have not published any story to any other person during that period. Publishing a story to any audience other than yourself ends the refund entitlement. This refund is available once in any twelve (12) month period.

Content removed by wanderdriven. If Premium content you purchased is removed from the Service under section 8.2, 8.5, or 8.6 of our Privacy Policy — including removal for violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, unlawful content, an unresolved copyright notice, a request by a person identified in the content, or a data erasure request — we will refund the amount you paid, or issue platform credit of equal value at your election. This applies where you were not responsible for the violation.

Partial removal from an arc. Where part of a purchased arc is removed and the remainder continues to deliver substantially what you purchased, no refund arises. Where removal deprives you of a substantial part of what you purchased — judged on the proportion of the arc removed and whether the removed content was the arc's principal subject — we will refund or credit you.

Requests are handled at support@wanderdriven.com.

Errors. If you believe a charge has been made in error, please contact us at support@wanderdriven.com and we will review your request.

Nothing in this section limits any statutory consumer protection rights you may have under applicable law that cannot be waived by contract, including any statutory right of withdrawal or cancellation. Where you are resident in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, your statutory right of withdrawal applies in addition to this section.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1 Our Content

The Service and its original content, features, and functionality, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, and software, are and will remain the exclusive property of Wanderdriven Inc. and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, or commercially exploit any content from the Service without our prior written consent.

6.2 Your Content

You retain ownership of the content you submit, post, or display through the Service ("User Content").

By submitting User Content, you grant wanderdriven a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, adapt, format, transmit, and display that User Content solely as necessary to operate, secure, and improve the Service, and only to the extent consistent with the visibility and distribution settings you have selected for that content.

Content you mark as draft or private is not published, promoted, or distributed by us.
Content you share with specific users is transmitted only to those users.
Content you publish as Discovery or Premium may additionally be featured, promoted, recommended, or included in discovery experiences and platform promotional materials, and this license extends to sublicensing to our hosting, delivery, and distribution providers for those purposes.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to grant this license, and that your User Content does not infringe any third-party rights. This license ends when the content is deleted or removed, except to the extent retention is addressed in section 8 of the Privacy Policy.

6.3 Copyright Complaints

We respond to claims of copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and comparable law. Our Designated Copyright Agent and the full notice and counter-notice procedure are set out in our DMCA / Copyright Policy. Complaints concerning trademarks, publicity rights, or other proprietary rights may be sent to legal@wanderdriven.com.

6.4 Feedback

If you provide us with feedback, suggestions, or ideas about the Service, you grant us the right to use that feedback without restriction or compensation to you.

6.5 Smart Story Builds

wanderdriven offers assisted organization tools ("Smart Story Builds") that help you structure and assemble your own stories and arcs.

Smart Story Builds does not write your story. It analyzes the material you upload — photographs, audio, video, notes — and proposes structure: how your material groups into chapters, what themes run through it, what order an arc might follow, what is missing. The words remain yours. It is an organizing tool, not a ghostwriter.

Your content is not used to train anything. We do not use your content to train, fine-tune, or otherwise improve any model, and we do not make your content available to any third party for that purpose. Your content is processed only to produce output for you. Smart Story Builds runs on infrastructure we operate; your content is not sent to a third-party model provider.

You own the output. The structure, grouping, and arrangement produced through Smart Story Builds from your own material is your User Content under section 6.2, on the same terms as anything else you make. It requires no label or disclosure, and it may be published as Legacy, Discovery, or Premium content on the same basis as any other work.

It assists with arrangement, not with facts. Smart Story Builds organizes what you provide. It is not a research tool, it does not establish provenance, and it does not supply information you did not give it. You are responsible for the accuracy of names, dates, places, events, and relationships in your stories.

Synthetic artifacts remain restricted. Nothing in this section permits presenting generated media — images, audio, video, or documents — as authentic historical record without disclosure. That prohibition is set out in section 2.7 of the Acceptable Use Policy and is unaffected by your use of Smart Story Builds.

7. Acceptable Use

Your use of the Service is governed by our Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference and which controls on any question of what content and conduct are permitted, and what is eligible for monetization.

Without limiting that policy, you agree not to use the Service to:

violate any applicable law or regulation;
publish or store content that sexually exploits or endangers a minor;
publish, store, or monetize adult content or adult services;
infringe the intellectual property, publicity, or privacy rights of any person;
engage in, encourage, promote, or celebrate violent extremism, unlawful violence, or hate speech directed at any group on the basis of a protected or immutable characteristic;
harass, threaten, impersonate, or publish private information about any person;
upload or transmit viruses, malware, or any other harmful code;
attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service or its related systems;
scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access or collect data from the Service without our express written consent;
interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service; or
manipulate attribution or payout systems.

We may remove content and suspend or terminate access in accordance with the enforcement provisions of the Acceptable Use Policy.

8. Third-Party Services and Links

The Service may contain links to third-party websites or integrate with third-party services (including AWS, Stripe, and Mapbox). These links and integrations are provided for your convenience only. wanderdriven does not endorse, control, or assume responsibility for any third-party websites or services, and your use of them is subject to those parties' own terms and policies.

9. Privacy and Data

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie & Similar Technologies Policy, each of which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

10. Disclaimers

The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or uninterrupted or error-free operation.

wanderdriven does not warrant that:

the Service will meet your requirements;
the Service will be available at any particular time or location;
any errors or defects will be corrected; or
the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Stories, records, testimony, and other content published through the Service are created by users. wanderdriven does not verify the accuracy, provenance, or completeness of user-generated content and makes no representations as to its suitability for genealogical, historical, legal, medical, or any other purpose. You are solely responsible for verifying information you rely on.

Output produced through Smart Story Builds is not verified. Assisted organization may group, order, or characterize your material in ways that are inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent with the underlying record. wanderdriven makes no representation as to the accuracy of any output, and content produced with assistance is treated as user-generated content for the purposes of this section.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Wanderdriven Inc., its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection with:

your access to or use of (or inability to access or use) the Service;
any content obtained from the Service;
any promoted or sponsored content displayed to you through the Service;
any output produced through Smart Story Builds;
unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; or
any third-party conduct or content on the Service.

In no event shall wanderdriven's total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid to wanderdriven in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred US dollars (USD $100).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud, death, or personal injury caused by negligence.

12. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Wanderdriven Inc. and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or relating to:

your use of or access to the Service;
your violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy;
your User Content; or
your violation of any third-party rights.

13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

13.1 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree that any legal action or proceeding relating to these Terms or the Service shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of mandatory consumer protection provisions of the law of the country or province in which you reside.

13.2 Dispute Resolution

We encourage you to contact us first at support@wanderdriven.com before initiating any formal dispute. We will make reasonable efforts to resolve any concern informally within 30 days of receiving your written notice. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, either party may pursue the matter in the courts of Delaware, in accordance with section 13.1.

13.3 Disputes on an Individual Basis

To the extent permitted by applicable law, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service must be brought on an individual basis. You agree not to bring or participate in any class, collective, or representative action against wanderdriven. This provision does not apply where it is prohibited or unenforceable under the law of your place of residence, and does not limit any right you may have under applicable consumer protection legislation that cannot be waived by contract.

14. Earnings and Payouts

14.1 Earning Streams

wanderdriven operates three separate earning streams, each with its own eligibility rules:

Premium Content Earnings (section 14.2) — your share of the purchase price when another user buys a Premium arc you published.
Ripple Tier Attribution Earnings (sections 14.3 to 14.8) — a share of subscription revenue where a person you introduced to the Service purchases a paid subscription.
Print Earnings (section 14.9) — your royalty when another user orders a printed edition of a Discovery or Premium arc you published.

Eligibility for one stream does not confer eligibility for the others. Whether particular content may be published as Premium is governed by section 3 of the Acceptable Use Policy. Print eligibility is governed by section 3.8 of that Policy.

No stream requires you to hold a paid subscription in order to earn, although publishing Premium content does require one.

14.2 Premium Content Earnings

Your share. When another user purchases a Premium arc you published, you receive 80% of the gross purchase price and wanderdriven retains 20%. Payment processing fees are paid from wanderdriven's share and are not deducted before the split. Where payouts are made through our processor's payout service, additional payout fees may apply and are disclosed to you at the point of withdrawal.

Eligibility. To publish and earn from Premium content you must hold an active subscription and an adult account, have completed age verification under section 16.4 and identity verification, and satisfy section 3 of the Acceptable Use Policy in respect of both your account and the content.

Validation. Premium earnings are validated over a 45-day period following the purchase, to allow for payment clearance, refunds, chargebacks, content review, and fraud review. Earnings that do not survive validation are reversed and no amount becomes payable.

Payment. Once validated, earnings move to your available balance and may be withdrawn on demand, subject to a minimum payout threshold of USD $50.

Suspension during review. Where your account or a story is under review under section 2.5 of the Acceptable Use Policy, earnings on affected content are held and are not payable until the review closes.

Reversals and recovery. Where a purchase is refunded, charged back, or reversed after payment has been made to you, we may recover the corresponding amount from your subsequent balance. In addition:

Removal route	Purchaser	Author
§8.2 — violation, unlawful content, unresolved copyright notice	Refunded or credited	Earnings reversed
§8.5 — request by a person identified in the content	Refunded or credited	Earnings not reversed; wanderdriven bears the cost
§8.6 — your own erasure request	Refunded or credited	Earnings reversed

Verification and lapse. Where identity verification or payment details are incomplete, the lapse provisions in section 14.4 apply equally to Premium earnings.

No guarantee. wanderdriven makes no representation, projection, or guarantee as to the amount any author will earn. Earnings depend entirely on whether other users choose to purchase.

14.3 Nature of the Ripple Program

Ripple Tier Attribution Earnings is a revenue-sharing program that recognizes the people and organizations whose stories introduced a new member to wanderdriven. It operates as follows:

Attribution is paid only on a completed sale. Earnings arise solely when a referred person purchases a paid subscription and receives the subscription service. No amount is paid for a signup, a registration, a free account, a click, a follower, an invitation, or the act of recruiting a participant.
Participation is free. There is no fee, buy-in, purchase requirement, inventory obligation, minimum spend, quota, or rank associated with joining or remaining in the program. You do not need to hold a paid subscription to earn.
Attribution depth is capped at two levels. There is no chain beyond Tier 2, and no organization, downline, or team structure is created or maintained.
Attribution is capped in duration. Attribution arises on a referred person's initial subscription purchase and on up to two subsequent annual renewals — three annual payments in total per referred person. No further attribution arises after the third payment. The cap applies for the lifetime of that referred person's relationship with the Service and is not reset if they cancel and subscribe again.
Earnings are paid from wanderdriven's own subscription revenue. They are a share of revenue wanderdriven has actually received for a service it has actually provided. They are not funded by contributions from participants and are not a transfer of funds between users.
Earnings follow the underlying transaction. Where a referred subscription is refunded, charged back, reversed, or canceled within the validation period, the corresponding attribution is reversed or withheld.

wanderdriven makes no representation, projection, or guarantee as to the amount any participant will earn. Earnings depend entirely on whether referred people independently choose to purchase and retain a paid subscription.

14.4 Personal Earning Participation

Any holder of an adult account may participate in Ripple Tier Attribution Earnings after completing age verification under section 16.4 and required identity verification. Participation requires an adult account under section 2.1; youth accounts are not eligible for any earning, payout, or attribution feature. A paid subscription is not required.

Attribution arises only where a person purchases a paid subscription, as set out in section 14.3. Eligible participants may:

Receive 25% of net subscription revenue where a new member purchases a paid subscription after arriving via their attribution link (Tier 1).
Receive an additional 25% of net subscription revenue where a person arriving via a Tier 1 member's own attribution link purchases a paid subscription (Tier 2).

Both tiers are subject to the three-payment cap in section 14.3. The Tier 2 cap runs independently, against the Tier 2 subscriber's own payment history.

No attribution arises from a signup, a free account, or the introduction of another participant to the program.

Validation. Attribution is validated over a 45-day period following the underlying subscription payment, to allow for payment clearance, refunds, cancellations, and fraud review. Attribution that does not survive validation is reversed and no amount becomes payable.

Earning and payment. Attribution is earned when the underlying subscription payment completes the 45-day validation period. Earned attribution moves to your available balance and may be withdrawn on demand as soon as you have completed identity verification and provided valid payment details, subject to a minimum payout threshold of USD $50.

Holding and expiry. If you are credited with a share before you meet the membership requirement, that amount is held rather than paid. It is held for 90 days, then remains claimable for a further 45 days. If you have not met the requirement by the end of that period, the held amount expires and is no longer payable to you.

Verified balances do not lapse. Once your identity verification and payment details are complete, your available balance remains payable to you until withdrawn.

Where verification is incomplete. We cannot pay attribution until identity verification and payment details are complete. If you have not completed them within twelve (12) months of validation, the attribution lapses, no amount becomes payable to you, and the associated revenue is retained by wanderdriven. We will notify you at the address on file at 30, 90, and 300 days following validation.

Reversals. Where a referred subscription is refunded, charged back, or reversed after payment has been made to you, we may recover the corresponding attribution from your subsequent balance.

Forfeiture for breach. Attribution is forfeited where your account is terminated for breach of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, including misrepresentation of age or identity, attribution fraud, or manipulation of the attribution system. Attribution is not forfeited for inactivity, for failing to log in, or for closing your account where your verification and payment details are complete. The treatment of balances on death or incapacity is set out in section 17.4.

14.5 Organizational and Community Earnings

Earnings. Verified organizations, non-profits, and recognized communities may receive:

25% of net subscription revenue where a new member purchases a paid subscription after arriving via their official attribution link (Tier 1).
An additional 25% of net subscription revenue where a person arriving via a Tier 1 member's own attribution link purchases a paid subscription (Tier 2).
Sticky timeline posts for enhanced engagement.
Enhanced analytics and reporting for organizational accounts.

Attribution is validated over a 45-day period, is subject to the three-payment cap in section 14.3, and once earned moves to the organization's available balance for withdrawal on demand, subject to the same verification, threshold, lapse, reversal, and forfeiture provisions set out in section 14.4. wanderdriven may adjust earnings terms prospectively, or suspend access for non-compliance with these Terms, the Acceptable Use Policy, or applicable organizational guidelines.

Eligibility. Organizations must:

Provide valid business registration documentation.
Maintain active tax-exempt or business status where applicable.
Comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and all organizational content guidelines.
Designate authorized representatives, each of whom must be at least 18 years of age, for account management.

wanderdriven reserves the right to verify organizational status and request updated documentation at any time.

Dissolution, loss of status, and termination. Where an organization dissolves, loses the registration or status on which its eligibility depends, or has its account terminated, the provisions of section 17.4 apply as they do to an individual account, with the organization's authorized legal successor or representative standing in place of the estate:

unvalidated earnings lapse;
earned, verified balances are not forfeited; they are held and paid only through the manual claims process in section 17.4;
no further earnings accrue after closure; and
content published under the organizational account is dealt with under section 5.3 of the Acceptable Use Policy, with any designated legacy contact for the organization's archives standing in place of an individual legacy contact.

Where an organization loses eligibility but continues to exist, we may suspend earning features while preserving published content and existing purchaser access.

14.6 Earning Restrictions

Earnings are subject to verification and may be withheld if fraudulent activity is detected.
Self-attribution, bot signups, and manipulation of the attribution system are strictly prohibited.
Earnings attributable to content removed under section 8.2 of the Privacy Policy are reversed, in accordance with section 3.5 of the Acceptable Use Policy. The treatment of earnings on removal under sections 8.5 and 8.6 of that Policy is set out in section 14.2.
wanderdriven reserves the right to audit earning activities, and to withhold, reverse, or cancel earnings where they are unvalidated, fraudulent, or obtained in breach of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy.
Tax reporting and compliance are the sole responsibility of the earning user or organization.

14.7 How Participants May Promote wanderdriven

Participants are responsible for how they present wanderdriven and this program to others. The requirements governing promotion of attribution links are set out in section 3.6 of the Acceptable Use Policy, which controls on this question. In summary, and without limiting that section, you must not state or imply any level of income, describe the program as an income or business opportunity, represent that earnings are guaranteed, use bulk or automated distribution, or represent yourself as an agent of wanderdriven.

Attribution links must be shared in a manner that discloses their nature where required by applicable law, including the United States Federal Trade Commission's endorsement guidelines and comparable rules in other jurisdictions.

Breach may result in withheld or reversed earnings, removal from the program, and account suspension.

14.8 Monetization Eligibility

Not all permitted content is eligible to earn. Content and accounts must additionally satisfy section 3 of the Acceptable Use Policy, which sets standards above and beyond those required for content to remain on the Service.

14.9 Print Earnings

When another user orders a printed edition of a Discovery or Premium arc you published, you receive an author royalty set by the printed interior length of that edition:

48 pages or fewer: USD $6.00 per copy
49 to 96 pages: USD $8.00 per copy
97 to 160 pages: USD $10.00 per copy
161 pages or more: USD $12.00 per copy

The full per-copy royalty applies to the first three copies in an order. Each additional copy in that order earns half the per-copy royalty. wanderdriven sets the retail price, inclusive of manufacturing, shipping, tax, the author royalty, and a platform fee of 3.5% of retail plus USD $1.50 per order. The platform fee is not itemized to the reader.

Print earnings are credited when the order ships and are subject to the 45-day validation hold and USD $50 payout minimum in section 14.2. A paid subscription is not required to earn print royalties. Completing age verification under section 16.4, identity verification, and valid payment details are required before withdrawal.

Author copies, including the one at-cost proof per print product, are manufacturing and shipping only. They carry no royalty and no platform fee.

Legacy, Tribute, Bucketlist, and TimeVault stories may be printed by the author only. Those printed editions do not earn. Timeline and Notebook stories cannot be printed.

The royalty is reversed where the print order is refunded, canceled, returned, or charged back, and where earnings are reversed under section 14.2 for removal under Privacy Policy sections 8.2 or 8.6.

15. Platform Use, Story Content, and Ownership

Users acknowledge that stories, whether Legacy, Discovery, or Premium, may include digital identifiers (for example, QR codes, geo-tags, attribution links). wanderdriven may use Discovery content for platform discovery experiences, promotional materials, and cross-platform sharing, consistent with the license in section 6.2.

15.1 Content Ownership

Users retain full ownership of their original content.
Legacy and Premium stories remain the property of their creators and are only distributed per user-defined settings and, in the case of Premium, per completed purchases.
Discovery stories may be featured, shared, or promoted within the platform ecosystem.

15.2 Content Responsibilities

Users are responsible for ensuring their content:

is lawful and does not violate any applicable laws or regulations;
is accurate and properly attributed where required;
does not infringe on intellectual property rights of others; and
complies with the Acceptable Use Policy.

wanderdriven reserves the right to remove or restrict access to any content that violates these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, including content that has been purchased, in accordance with section 8.2 of the Privacy Policy.

16. Content Ratings and Age-Restricted Content

16.1 Adult Content Is Not Permitted

Adult content is not permitted on the Service. Pornography, explicit sexual acts, sexualized nudity, adult services, and adult live-streaming are prohibited outright under the Acceptable Use Policy and are not made available through age restriction, paid access, or any other mechanism.

Content prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy is removed, not rated. No content rating makes prohibited content available on the Service.

16.2 Content Ratings

Every story on the Service carries a content rating. Ratings are assigned by wanderdriven automatically, from moderation analysis of the story's text and media. Creators do not set their own ratings.

Rating	Meaning	Who can access it
WD-G	General Audience. Suitable for all account holders.	All accounts
WD-13	Guided Audience. Mature themes or strong language. Roughly comparable to a PG-13 classification.	All accounts
WD-A	Adult Themes. Graphic depiction of violence, injury, death, or atrocity. Roughly comparable to an R classification.	Verified adults only

A rating reflects what content is, not what a scanner noticed. A detector cannot tell a Renaissance sculpture from pornography, or a war memorial from a recruitment poster — it can only report that something in a category was present. The rating is set from what the material actually is, in context. The following are illustrative, not exhaustive:

Content	Rating
Breastfeeding, birth, and post-partum documentation	WD-G
Cultural dress and customary body exposure	WD-G
Nude fine art — painting, sculpture, figure drawing	WD-13
Surgical scars, mastectomy, illness progression	WD-13
Military service records, war photography, conflict documentation	WD-13
Archival documents, correspondence, and period propaganda containing slurs or historical symbols	WD-13
Graphic violence, gore, or detailed depiction of injury	WD-A
Atrocity testimony and explicit imagery of death or dying	WD-A

WD-A is reserved for material that is genuinely difficult to look at. It is not applied because an image contains a body, and it is not applied because a preserved historical document contains language nobody would use today.

Ratings apply to stories and to arcs. Each story carries its own rating. An arc carries the highest rating of any story within it. Where a creator adds a story to an existing arc and that story carries a higher rating, the arc's rating rises accordingly. Because every purchaser has completed age verification under section 16.4, a rating increase does not affect the access of anyone who has already purchased.

WD-G and WD-13 are advisory. Neither restricts access. WD-13 signals mature themes or strong language so that a reader knows what they are opening, in the same way a film classification does. It applies no gate, and no account setting is required to view it.

WD-A is the only rating that restricts access. Access to WD-A content requires completed age verification under section 16.4. A declared date of birth is not sufficient.

Youth accounts may read WD-G and WD-13 content. WD-A content is withheld from youth accounts everywhere — on public, discovery, search, feed, and recommendation surfaces, and equally where a WD-A story or arc has been shared with, or inherited by, them directly. Sharing content with a youth account does not by itself grant access to WD-A material. A youth account holder cannot remove that restriction from their own account. The only exception is a family permission granted under section 16.3.

Content held for review. Where automated analysis flags a story for sexual content or hate speech, the story is withheld from publication pending human review under section 2.5 of the Acceptable Use Policy. Review resolves two separate questions: whether the content is prohibited, and if it is not, what it should be rated. Content that is prohibited is removed. Content that is permitted is published at the rating its substance warrants — which is frequently WD-G or WD-13. Detection of a category does not by itself produce a WD-A rating, and nothing is published unreviewed.

Review and correction. Ratings are generated automatically and will sometimes be wrong. If you believe a story has been rated incorrectly you may request review at support@wanderdriven.com. We may also re-rate content following a report, a further automated assessment, or human review.

Ratings and monetization. A content rating does not determine whether an arc may be published as Premium. Content prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy cannot be Premium; content permitted by it can be, at any rating, subject to the rights and eligibility requirements in section 3 of that Policy. A memoir of illness, a war history, and a survivor's testimony are all sellable work.

16.3 Family Permission for Mature Legacy Content

wanderdriven exists to preserve family history, and some of the most important stories a family holds are difficult ones — a grandparent's wartime testimony, a record of persecution or displacement, an account of a death in the family. These stories are often preserved specifically so that younger family members will one day receive them.

An adult account holder who owns or has been granted rights over a Legacy story rated WD-A may grant a specific youth account access to that specific story.

Permission applies to Legacy content only.
Permission is granted per story and per youth account. It is not a general setting and does not open other content.
Permission may be granted only by an adult account holder with rights over the story, or by a designated legacy contact, who has themselves completed age verification.
Permission may be withdrawn at any time.
Permission does not extend to Discovery or Premium content, and does not apply to any content prohibited under the Acceptable Use Policy.
Where a youth account holder is under 16, we require confirmation from a parent or guardian before access is granted.

We record who granted permission, for which story, and when.

16.4 Verified Age Requirements

A declared date of birth is not sufficient to access anything restricted to adults. You must prove your age.

Before you may access the following, you must complete age verification through a third-party verification provider:

viewing WD-A content as described in section 16.2;
purchasing Premium content under section 3.4; and
participating in any earning, payout, or attribution feature under section 14.

Verification is completed once, at the account level. Once complete, no further verification is required for subsequent purchases or for access to WD-A content. Until verification is complete, these features and content remain unavailable, regardless of the date of birth declared under section 2.3.

Verification is performed by a third-party provider. We receive confirmation of whether you meet the age requirement; we do not receive or store the identity document itself. See section 4.6 of our Privacy Policy.

We may require re-verification where an account's declared age is inconsistent with other information available to us, where an account is accessed in a manner suggesting it is being used by someone other than the verified holder, or where required by applicable law.

Attempting to circumvent age verification, or completing verification using another person's identity or documents, is a serious breach of these Terms. It results in immediate suspension, forfeiture of any attribution under section 14.4, and permanent closure of the account.

16.5 What Does Not Require Verification

Age verification is not required to hold a youth account under section 2.2, to read WD-G or WD-13 content, or to receive access to a Legacy story under section 16.3. Section 16.3 permission is granted by an adult who has themselves been verified, and does not open any other adult content or service to the youth account holder.

17. Content Legacy and Inheritance

In the event of a user's death or permanent incapacitation, wanderdriven recognizes the importance of preserving personal and family stories.

17.1 Legacy Designation

Users may designate a legacy contact or authorized recipient for the purpose of managing or inheriting their story content, including their Legacy and Premium collections, personal archives, and any audio, video, or geo-tagged media linked to their account.

17.2 Legacy Access Process

A legacy contact must be at least 18 years of age at the time the designation takes effect. Where a designated recipient is under 18, access is held and administered by an adult representative until the recipient reaches 18, subject to the mature-content permission process in section 16.3.

If no legacy contact is designated, wanderdriven may, upon receiving verified documentation (for example, death certificate, court order, or proof of legal authority), grant access to content to a next of kin or authorized representative.

17.3 Platform Rights

wanderdriven reserves the right to:

Archive private or sensitive content during the verification process.
Decline requests that are unverified, disputed, or lack proper documentation.
Retain anonymized or historical content for archival, educational, or platform improvement purposes, in accordance with Discovery content settings and permissions.
Preserve platform integrity by maintaining copies of Discovery stories for discovery and historical purposes.
Remove content that violates the Acceptable Use Policy, notwithstanding any legacy designation.

17.4 Earnings on Death or Incapacity

Content and money pass to different people. A legacy contact manages stories. An account balance forms part of the account holder's estate and is dealt with by the executor or legal representative, who may not be the same person.

Upon the death or permanent incapacitation of an account holder:

Unvalidated earnings lapse. Premium earnings and attribution that have not completed the 45-day validation period, and attribution for which identity verification and payment details were never completed, do not become payable and are retained by wanderdriven.
Available, verified balances are not forfeited. Where the account holder had completed identity verification and provided valid payment details, the available balance remains an obligation of wanderdriven to the estate. It is held and is not transferable in the Service. Release is a manual claims process after wanderdriven accepts documentation of death or incapacity and of the claimant's authority to receive funds. We may require documents beyond section 17.2, including proof of appointment, tax information, and identity verification of the payee. We may decline, stay, or interplead a claim that is unverified, incomplete, or disputed. There is no self-serve executor payout and no inherited earning account.
Future earnings do not accrue. No further Premium earnings, attribution, or print earnings arise after the account is closed or marked deceased, and the right to participate in earning features is not inheritable.

17.5 Privacy and Security

Legacy access requests are subject to:

Identity verification of the requesting party.
Validation of relationship to the deceased or incapacitated user.
Compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulations.
Review and approval by wanderdriven legal and security teams.

17.6 Inactivity Release (opt-in; not yet enabled)

A user may opt in to an inactivity-based release of inheritable stories. This path is off by default. No story is released for inactivity unless the account holder has explicitly enabled it, named at least one legacy contact, and the inactivity threshold has expired.

The default inactivity threshold is 12 months of no authenticated activity. The user may set a longer threshold; 12 months is the floor.

Before any inactivity release, wanderdriven will send dormancy notices to the account. A reply or sign-in returns the account to active status and cancels that release cycle.

This inactivity sweep is not enabled in production until this clause is the live Terms version. Until then, designated-legacy-contact and verified-documentation paths in sections 17.1–17.2 remain the only release processes.

18. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service where you have violated these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, where required by law, or where continued access presents a risk to the Service or its users. Where practicable and where doing so does not prejudice an investigation or the safety of others, we will give notice and an opportunity to respond. Enforcement actions and appeal rights are set out in section 5 of the Acceptable Use Policy.

Upon termination:

your right to use the Service will immediately cease;
we may delete your account data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law;
content held for a legacy contact is dealt with under section 5.3 of the Acceptable Use Policy; and
all provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including sections on intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and governing law.

You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us at support@wanderdriven.com or through your account settings.

19. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the dates at the top of this page and, where the changes materially affect your rights, provide notice through the Service or by email before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service.

20. Availability, Errors, and Inaccuracies

We are continually updating the products, services, and content available through the Service. Information may occasionally be mispriced, inaccurately described, or unavailable. We do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of any information on the Service and are not liable for any reliance you place on such information.

21. Severability and Waiver

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of that right or provision.

22. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, Cookie & Similar Technologies Policy, and DMCA / Copyright Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and wanderdriven with respect to the Service and supersede all prior agreements, representations, and understandings.

23. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Wanderdriven Inc.
5920 S. Hwy A1A, Suite #202
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
United States

Phone: 855-926-9263
Email: support@wanderdriven.com