Terms of service

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and capable of forming a binding contract to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements and that all information you provide is accurate, complete, and current.

If you install or use the Service on a device owned or controlled by an employer, organization, or other third party, you represent and warrant that you have all necessary authorizations to install software that surfaces sponsored discovery, and that your use does not violate any employment agreement, company policy, code of conduct, or applicable law.

The Service is available only where its operation is lawful. We may restrict access from any jurisdiction at any time. You are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws, rules, and regulations.

Each natural person may maintain only one (1) Earning User account. Creating multiple earning accounts, using automated systems to create accounts, pooling devices or identities, or coordinating with others to circumvent account limits is a material breach of this Agreement and a trigger for BackSpin's farm-detection systems.

BackSpin operates an open attention exchange that surfaces useful, sponsored discovery during AI wait states across supported development environments and AI tools. It captures each wait as an Attention Window, scores the attention for quality and authenticity, records aggregate market data on a public board, and shares revenue with the developers whose attention it measures.

After installing the producer and signing in, an Earning User sees a short sponsored discovery line during AI wait states. Each wait becomes an Attention Window scored on the published AttentionScore formula. Qualifying windows accrue Reward Credits, with the developer keeping 50% of the net attention value by default. The split is not guaranteed and may vary by dynamic calculation and configured overrides. Payouts are subject to the Payment Threshold and the other conditions in this Agreement.

Advertisers buy quality-adjusted Attention-Seconds, priced per 1,000 (CPAS). You set a CPAS Bid and a Budget; the bid sets your share of voice and the budget caps your spend. Delivery is allocated by a base fairness floor plus purchased share of voice, ranked by the multi-factor CampaignScore, never highest-bid-wins. The public board shows the live clearing price and the bid needed to lead. Amounts are spent as eligible attention is delivered; see Sections 7 and 8 for refunds and billing.

We do not guarantee that the Service will be available at all times, that impressions or attention will be served continuously, or that any minimum level of earnings, reach, conversions, or business results will be achieved. The Service depends on third-party platforms (including editors, AI tools, and payment and infrastructure providers) outside our control.

BackSpin uses Clerk for authentication. To participate in the Earnings Program or run ongoing campaigns, you must create an account with accurate, complete information and keep it current. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity under your account.

You agree to use a strong, unique password, not to share your credentials, and to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use or security breach. We are not liable for loss arising from your failure to meet these obligations.

Accounts are personal to the registered user and may not be transferred, sold, or assigned without our prior written consent. An unauthorized transfer attempt results in immediate termination and forfeiture of unpaid earnings.

Advertisers may place a quick bid with only an email, without a full account, and pay with crypto or PayPal. A public receipt code lets you track those orders and later link them to a full account from Sync & connect.

Advertisers may be asked for additional verification, including business details, payment-method verification, or representative identification. Failure to provide requested documentation may result in suspension or rejection of campaigns.

Earning Users accrue Reward Credits for qualifying Attention Windows on their authenticated devices. The default Revenue Split is 50% of the net attention value attributable to the user, subject to dynamic calculation, configured overrides, and the other terms of this Agreement. Credits convert to USD at 1,000 credits = $5.00.

An Attention Window earns only when all of these hold: the card was genuinely on screen during a live wait state for at least 3 seconds; the wait came from a real, human-initiated request, not a script, bot, or loop run only to spin the spinner; the producer is properly installed, signed in, and connected; the window was focused with genuine activity on a valid session; you are within the applicable caps; and the window is not rejected by the fraud_risk term. Only your own foreground waits count; background sub-agent or multi-agent waits do not accrue, and accrual pauses when your editor is closed.

BackSpin may set, modify, or enforce per-user spacing and hourly, daily, or other periodic caps on qualifying windows and accrued earnings, in its sole discretion and without prior notice. Activity exceeding a cap is non-billable. Caps may apply globally, per region, per tier, or per account. Exact cap values are not published and move with abuse patterns; ordinary genuine coding is always covered.

BackSpin may adjust the Revenue Split, the credit-to-USD rate, fees, caps, and payout schedules at any time on reasonable notice (which may be posted on the website or shown in the producer). Changes apply prospectively and do not reduce earnings already accrued at the time of the change.

Accrued credits remain on your account balance until disbursed. You may request a payout from the Withdraw page once your available balance meets the Payment Threshold (currently US $10.00). Crypto rails (USDT, Litecoin, Bitcoin) are available now; PayPal is coming. Every payout is reviewed and approved by an admin before funds are sent, and you see the exact net you will receive before you confirm.

You are responsible for providing accurate payout details and for all taxes, fees, and regulatory obligations associated with receiving payments. Crypto payouts cannot be reversed once sent, so you must verify your wallet address before requesting.

Withdrawals may carry a platform fee, always itemized before you confirm: a percentage of the amount with an optional minimum floor, plus an optional flat fee, so the fee equals max(amount x percentage, minimum) + flat. Network fees, conversion loss, and provider minimums for crypto may further reduce the amount actually received.

All balances are estimates subject to correction, reconciliation, and audit. BackSpin may withhold payouts pending fraud review, deduct amounts tied to fraudulent, invalid, or reversed activity, recover overpaid amounts from future earnings or by direct demand, and refuse a payout that would create sanctions, regulatory, or other compliance risk or would otherwise be unlawful.

On termination for any reason, unpaid earnings below the Payment Threshold are forfeited. If termination results from a breach of this Agreement, all unpaid earnings are forfeited regardless of balance. Earning Users have no property interest in pending or accrued earnings until actually disbursed.

Payments to Earning Users are revenue-sharing distributions attributable to verified attention, not wages or compensation for services. You are not an employee, contractor, or agent of BackSpin. The tax treatment of these payments depends on your individual circumstances and applicable law.

You are solely responsible for reporting all payments, paying all applicable taxes, and meeting any estimated-payment and record-keeping obligations in your jurisdiction. Where required by law, BackSpin may collect tax information from you and issue or file information returns, and payments to non-residents may be subject to withholding unless a reduced rate applies. Nothing in this Agreement or on our website is tax, legal, or accounting advice; consult your own advisor.

Advertisers create campaigns by submitting one or more Discovery Cards and setting a CPAS Bid and a Budget. The bid sets share of voice; the budget caps spend. You can raise your bid at any time to compete for more share of voice. A new campaign starts pending until it is paid for and, where review applies, approved.

Delivery is allocated by a base fairness floor plus purchased share of voice, ranked by CampaignScore = bid_weight x relevance x attention_quality x user_preference x advertiser_reputation x fairness_factor. Because the factors multiply, one weak link drags the whole score down: you cannot outbid an irrelevant match, a badly-rated card, or a category a developer has muted, and a trusted advertiser who bids less can outrank a higher raw bid.

Budget is consumed as eligible, verified attention is delivered. Attention already delivered and verified is spent and non-refundable. BackSpin may, in its sole discretion, credit attention that its systems determine was not delivered in accordance with campaign parameters. See the Refund Policy for unused-balance and quick-bid handling.

Advertisers warrant that all Ad Content complies with applicable law; does not infringe intellectual property; is not false, misleading, or defamatory; does not promote illegal products or activities; does not contain malware, phishing, or harmful code; and meets the content rules below. Cards are structured data, not markup: you submit fields and BackSpin composes and safety-validates them.

Without limitation, Ad Content may not: promote gambling where prohibited; promote alcohol, tobacco, or controlled substances unlawfully; contain adult content, hate speech, or discriminatory material; make unsubstantiated health or financial claims; impersonate BackSpin or any third party; advertise malicious MCP servers, credential collection, or destinations that harm developers; or violate the intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights of any person.

BackSpin may reject, remove, or suspend any Ad Content or campaign at its sole discretion, including for policy violations, user complaints, or brand-safety concerns. Campaigns can require manual review before delivery. No refund is provided for removed campaigns unless BackSpin determines removal was erroneous.

In an AI wait there is often nothing to click, so BackSpin measures verified attention and recall: saves, later visits, brand searches, installs, API-key creation, and deal redemptions. Each served card carries a signed token on its link; saves are recorded automatically, and your systems report other conversions back by echoing that token. The signature is the credential, so you may not report a conversion for a card you were not served, and you cannot be credited for one you did not earn. BackSpin makes no representation regarding conversion rates, return on investment, or business outcomes.

Advertisers pay up front: a quick bid or campaign checkout is charged at the time it is placed, funding the campaign's delivery. You agree to pay all charges incurred in connection with your account and represent that you are authorized to use the payment method provided.

BackSpin accepts crypto through NOWPayments and card or PayPal-login payments through PayPal (Orders v2) on a hosted page. When more than one provider is enabled you choose your method at checkout; if only one is configured, it is used automatically. Each provider runs in a live or sandbox environment shown in the admin payment-providers panel, so it is never ambiguous which is charging real money.

Notify BackSpin of any billing dispute in writing within thirty (30) days of the charge. Initiating a chargeback or payment dispute without first attempting to resolve the issue with BackSpin is a material breach and may result in immediate account holds or termination. Undisputed amounts remain payable.

Developer payouts of earned credits are governed by Section 6. Payout requests are reviewed and approved by an admin before funds are sent; we may delay a payout pending fraud review or verification of payout details.

BackSpin maintains a zero-tolerance policy for fraud, abuse, and manipulation. The following are strictly prohibited and are material breaches of this Agreement:

Fraud risk is scored on every Attention Window as the fraud_risk term subtracted in AttentionScore, catching superhuman input rates, fabricated samples, and durations implausibly longer than the real wait. A cross-account farm engine groups accounts by a one-way keyed hash of the install IP (the raw IP is never stored) plus an optional client fingerprint, flagging or blocking cohorts that look like farms. You acknowledge that your use is monitored for these purposes.

On detection or reasonable suspicion of fraud or abuse, BackSpin may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice: reject attention; void some or all ledger entries tied to the activity; withhold or reverse pending payouts; recover funds already paid, including by offsetting future earnings or pursuing collection; suspend, flag, or block the account; pause or remove campaigns; and refer the matter to authorities. A blocked account still has its windows scored but earns zero reward.

In any dispute over the legitimacy of attention, deliveries, or earnings, BackSpin's determination based on its internal records and detection systems is presumptively valid, and you bear the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the disputed activity was legitimate.

If fraud is detected after payout, BackSpin may recover paid funds by deducting from future earnings, direct demand, or referral to collections; you consent to these methods. If earnings were overstated by technical error independent of misconduct, BackSpin may correct the ledger and recover the overpayment within ninety (90) days.

Some enforcement decisions may be made by automated means. Where a decision based solely on automated processing produces legal or similarly significant effects for you, you may obtain human review, express your view, and contest the decision by contacting [email protected] within sixty (60) days; a qualified person who was not solely responsible for the original decision will re-examine it. Pending review, BackSpin may maintain protective measures, including suspension and withholding of disputed earnings.

BackSpin collects only what is needed to credit earnings, bill advertisers, prevent fraud, attribute recall, and operate the Service. For attention it records metadata only: timestamps, focus and activity samples, window duration, tool or editor type, estimated wait length, delivery records, ratings, saves, and aggregate attribution events. For fraud prevention it records the install origin as a one-way keyed hash of the IP (never the raw IP) plus an optional opaque fingerprint.

BackSpin does not collect, access, or store the content of your code, prompts, queries, AI responses, generated code, conversation history, files, file names, or repository names. Attention rows are structurally limited to the metrics above and carry no field capable of holding your code or prompts.

Data is used to score attention, estimate TrustRank, detect fraud, allocate share of voice, report campaign performance, credit rewards, and publish aggregate market data. Public surfaces show aggregate stats, campaign names, bid weights, categories, clearing price, and reputation; they never expose an individual's private activity.

BackSpin relies on subprocessors for authentication (Clerk), crypto payments (NOWPayments), card and PayPal payments (PayPal), hosting and storage, and transactional email over the configured SMTP transport. Providers process data under their own policies; BackSpin stores only what is needed for reconciliation, receipts, refunds, and fraud review, and never raw card numbers.

Records are retained as long as needed for ledger integrity, fraud analysis, and tax, accounting, and legal obligations. You can request account deletion or data review; some aggregate ledger records may remain because the exchange needs auditable historical totals. BackSpin maintains technical and organizational safeguards (encryption in transit and at rest, least-privilege access, secrets management, logging, and rate-limiting), but no system is perfectly secure. See the Privacy Policy for details.

You acknowledge that the BackSpin producer integrates with third-party software, editors, AI tools, and AI assistants to detect wait states and surface discovery during them. The Service depends on the behavior, APIs, and uptime of those platforms.

Your use of BackSpin should not violate the terms of service or acceptable-use policies of the editors, AI tools, or platforms you use it with. You bear sole responsibility for ensuring your use complies with all applicable third-party terms. BackSpin does not represent or warrant that any use of the producer is permitted by any third-party platform.

Third-party platforms may change their software or APIs, implement measures that block or interfere with BackSpin, change their terms, or take action against users. BackSpin is not liable for any loss or interruption resulting from third-party changes or enforcement, and provides no guarantee of continuous operation, though we use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain compatibility.

BackSpin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, GitHub, Google, or any other platform provider. References to their products are descriptive only and imply no relationship with the respective trademark owners.

By installing and using the producer, you assume the risks of third-party platform interactions, including possible account actions by those platforms, data loss or service interruption, conflicts with other extensions, and vulnerabilities arising from the producer's interaction with third-party software.

You may terminate your account at any time through your account settings or by contacting support. Termination does not relieve you of obligations incurred beforehand and does not affect provisions that by their nature survive.

BackSpin may suspend or terminate any account, restrict access, or discontinue the Service, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, for any reason, including breach of this Agreement, suspected fraud or abuse, legal or regulatory request, extended inactivity, or business discontinuation.

On termination, all licenses end and you must stop using the Service and uninstall the producer. Accrued earnings below the Payment Threshold are forfeited; termination for cause forfeits all unpaid earnings regardless of balance. We may delete account data per Section 10, and provisions intended to survive will survive. Terminated users have no right to reinstatement.

All right, title, and interest in the Service, including the producer, website, software, scoring and allocation algorithms, market systems, trademarks, and associated intellectual property, are and remain the exclusive property of BackSpin and its licensors. This Agreement conveys no ownership interest.

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, BackSpin grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the producer for its intended purpose and to access the website and platform features. This license does not permit modification, distribution, derivative works, reverse engineering, or removal of proprietary notices.

By submitting Ad Content, an Advertiser grants BackSpin a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, display, and transmit it through the Service, to format it as needed technically, and to use the Advertiser's name and marks in connection with delivery. This license ends when the campaign ends or the account is terminated.

Any feedback or suggestions you provide may be used by BackSpin without restriction, compensation, or attribution, and you assign to BackSpin all right, title, and interest in such feedback.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BACKSPIN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE USAGE.

BACKSPIN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, THAT EARNINGS OR REACH WILL REACH ANY LEVEL, THAT CAMPAIGNS WILL ACHIEVE ANY BUSINESS RESULT, THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT IT IS FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

BackSpin does not endorse or assume responsibility for any Ad Content, destination websites, or third-party products advertised through the Service. Transactions between users and advertisers are solely between those parties.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BACKSPIN AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

BACKSPIN'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID BACKSPIN IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR (ii) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($100.00).

THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER BACKSPIN WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this Section may not apply to you.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless BackSpin and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the Service, your breach of this Agreement or any third-party terms, any dispute with your employer or a third party over your use of the producer, and your violation of any law.

Advertisers additionally agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless BackSpin from claims arising out of Ad Content and the products or services promoted, destination websites, infringement of intellectual property or other rights, false or misleading claims, and breach of any representation or warranty in this Agreement.

BackSpin will provide prompt notice of any indemnified claim. The indemnifying party controls the defense and settlement, provided BackSpin may participate with its own counsel at its expense and no settlement that adversely affects BackSpin's rights is made without its consent.

Before starting any formal proceeding, you agree to contact BackSpin and negotiate in good faith for at least thirty (30) days following written notice of the dispute.

Except for disputes about intellectual property or claims for injunctive relief, any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement will be resolved by binding arbitration administered under the rules of a recognized arbitration body, conducted in the governing jurisdiction identified in Section 17.5, with judgment on the award enterable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

ANY PROCEEDING, WHETHER IN ARBITRATION OR COURT, WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. YOU WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS ACTIONS OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BOTH PARTIES WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which BackSpin is established, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where mandatory local consumer-protection or data-protection law applies to you. Either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent irreparable harm pending arbitration.

This Section supplements the privacy disclosures elsewhere in this Agreement and applies to United States state-law privacy rights. Users in the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland should also review Section 22.

BackSpin may collect identifiers (account ID, email, hashed IP), commercial information (transactions, payout details), and internet or network information (tool or editor type, producer version, interaction metadata). It does not collect the content of your code or prompts.

BackSpin does not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Advertisers receive only aggregate, de-identified attention and attribution statistics. If our practices ever change, we will update this Section and provide any required opt-out.

California residents may request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected, request deletion or correction, and not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising these rights. Residents of other states with comparable privacy laws (including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah) may have similar rights. Contact us at the address in Section 23 to exercise them.

BackSpin respects intellectual property rights and responds to valid notices under the DMCA. If you believe material available through the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated contact at [email protected].

A valid notice must include: a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent; identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location; your contact information; a statement of good-faith belief; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act.

If your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice with your signature, identification of the removed material, a statement under penalty of perjury, your contact information, and consent to jurisdiction. BackSpin terminates the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

BackSpin may modify this Agreement at any time. Except for material changes (see 20.2), changes take effect on posting of the revised Agreement on our website or through the producer. The "Last updated" date indicates when changes were last made.

For material changes to the Revenue Split or earnings methodology, data-collection practices, dispute-resolution procedures, or liability limitations, we will provide at least thirty (30) days' notice before they take effect, by email, producer notification, or website posting.

Your continued use of the Service after a modification constitutes acceptance of the modified terms. If you do not agree, you must discontinue use and uninstall the producer.

This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and BackSpin regarding the Service and supersedes prior agreements. If any provision is held invalid, the rest remain in effect and the invalid provision is modified to the minimum extent needed to be enforceable.

No waiver is effective unless in writing, and failure to enforce a right is not a waiver of future enforcement. You may not assign this Agreement without our consent; BackSpin may assign it in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

BackSpin is not liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil disturbance, fire, flood, strikes, or failures of third-party platforms, networks, or infrastructure.

You represent that you are not located in an embargoed jurisdiction or on a prohibited-party list. By using the Service you consent to receive electronic communications, which satisfy any legal requirement for written communication. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created by this Agreement. Section headings are for convenience only.

This Section applies to Users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, and to any other User to the extent the GDPR, UK GDPR, or a comparable law applies. It supplements Section 10 and controls in the event of a conflict for the Users it covers. BackSpin is the controller of personal data processed in connection with the Service; contact us at the address in Section 23 for any data-protection matter.

We process personal data only where we have a lawful basis:

Subject to applicable conditions and exceptions, you may access, rectify, erase, restrict, or port your personal data, object to processing based on legitimate interests, withdraw consent, and not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects (see Section 9.6). These rights are subject to the fraud-prevention, financial, and legal-retention exceptions in Section 10; where we cannot fully comply, we will explain why.

BackSpin is established in the United States, and personal data may be processed there and in other countries where our subprocessors operate. Where we transfer data out of the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, we rely on an appropriate safeguard such as the Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, or an adequacy decision. You may lodge a complaint with your local data-protection supervisory authority, though we welcome the chance to address your concerns first.