Terms of Service

Legal · last updated June 15, 2026

Short version: use TruffleHunt for legitimate reselling, bring your own eBay keys, pay on time, and we'll keep your hunts running. Below is the binding version.

1. Definitions

"Service" means the TruffleHunt web application and worker pipeline. "You" means the account holder. "We" means IE Mikalai Tsiareshchanka (ID No. 322781272), Village Varkhani, 7th Street N7, Adigeni Municipality, Georgia. "BYOK" means Bring Your Own Keys — eBay developer credentials you supply.

2. Eligibility

You must be 18+ and not a resident of a country subject to applicable export-control sanctions. You must hold valid eBay developer credentials in good standing. We reserve the right to terminate accounts where the underlying eBay credentials have been suspended by eBay.

3. Acceptable use

You may not use the Service to: violate eBay's Developer Agreement; scrape eBay outside of its sanctioned Browse API; resell our API surface; reverse-engineer the pipeline; or automate bidding/purchasing (we don't and won't support that). We process every poll using your own quota — any rate-limit or ban on your eBay credentials is your responsibility.

4. Billing

Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually via Paddle, our Merchant of Record. Paddle handles VAT, sales tax, and PCI compliance. Plans: $0 Forager (free), $49/month Hunter, $99/month Hunter Pro. Current plan prices (including any promotional or annual rates) are always shown on the pricing page and in Settings → Billing before you pay. You can cancel any time from Settings → Billing — your hunts continue until the end of the paid period. We do not pro-rate refunds on cancellation. Plan downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period; upgrades are pro-rated and charged immediately.

5. Trials

New accounts get a 7-day free trial of Hunter (1 eBay account, 1-minute cadence). No card is required to start. At trial end, your account drops to Forager (free tier) unless you upgrade.

6. Service levels

We target 99.5% monthly uptime, measured at the worker pipeline. The Service page (trufflehunt.app/status) publishes 90-day uptime live. If we miss the SLA you may credit one month of your subscription, claimed via email within 30 days.

7. Data ownership

You own your hunts, your tracked items, and your eBay credentials. We own the Service software, the diff-engine, the URL translator, and the public Telegram bot. We have a non-exclusive license to process your data solely to run the Service.

8. Termination

You may terminate at any time. We may terminate with 30 days notice, or immediately for material breach (e.g. acceptable-use violations, chargebacks, fraud). On termination, all of your data is purged within 30 days; eBay credentials are deleted immediately.

9. Liability

Our total liability under these Terms is capped at the fees you paid us in the preceding 12 months. We are not liable for indirect damages, lost profits, lost deals, or for the consequences of relying on a missed or delayed alert. The Service is best-effort by nature.