{ "service": "MarketNow", "version": "1.0.0", "effective_date": "2026-07-02", "maintainer": "AliceLabs LLC (Ecuador)", "contact": "support@marketnow.site", "ui": "https://marketnow.site/policies", "policies": { "terms_of_service": { "title": "Terms of Service — For Agents and Humans", "summary": "By accessing or using MarketNow, you agree to these terms. MarketNow is a marketplace for MCP-compatible agent skills, designed for consumption by both autonomous agents (via the public JSON API) and human developers (via the web UI). Every skill is sold individually with a one-time payment — no subscriptions, no credits, no recurring billing. Agents and users must comply with each skill's upstream open-source license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.) when using the installed skill.", "key_points": [ "One-time payment per skill. No subscriptions, no recurring billing.", "Each skill's upstream open-source license (MIT, Apache-2.0) applies to your usage of the code itself.", "MarketNow's value-add is curation, verification (Sentinel L1.5), and packaging — not the underlying code.", "Skills must not be redistributed or resold without explicit permission.", "MarketNow reserves the right to revoke licenses in cases of abuse, fraud, or violations of these terms." ] }, "pricing": { "title": "Pricing — Micro-Transactions, One-Time", "summary": "Every skill has a transparent one-time price in USD. No subscriptions, no credits, no per-call fees, no tiered plans.", "tiers": [ { "price_usd": 0.99, "label": "utility", "description": "Single-function MCP servers, simple wrappers" }, { "price_usd": 1.99, "label": "standard", "description": "Standard integrations, one API/service" }, { "price_usd": 2.99, "label": "multi-feature", "description": "Multi-feature tools, common choice" }, { "price_usd": 4.99, "label": "sophisticated", "description": "Multi-endpoint, complex logic" }, { "price_usd": 9.99, "label": "enterprise", "description": "Enterprise-grade, specialized" } ], "payment_methods": [ { "method": "stripe", "description": "Credit/debit card via Stripe. Full chargeback rights. PCI-compliant." }, { "method": "usdc_base", "description": "USDC on Base L2. Irreversible on-chain. See dispute_policy." } ] }, "refund_policy": { "title": "Refund & Dispute Policy", "summary": "All skill purchases are eligible for a full refund within 14 days if less than 100 API calls have been made using the license key.", "stripe_refunds": { "window": "14 days", "condition": "Less than 100 API calls on the license key", "process": "Email support@marketnow.site with your Stripe session ID. Refunds processed back to original payment method within 5-10 business days.", "chargeback_rights": "Full — Stripe purchases retain all standard credit card chargeback rights." }, "usdc_refunds": { "disclosure": "USDC payments on Base are IRREVERSIBLE on-chain. There is no automatic on-chain reversal. MarketNow operates a manual dispute process funded from treasury.", "window": "7 days from purchase to file a dispute", "process": "Email support@marketnow.site with: (1) the txHash, (2) the skillId, (3) a description of the issue. AliceLabs will review and refund from treasury for verified disputes within 5 business days.", "valid_reasons": [ "Skill did not work as described on its detail page", "Security vulnerability discovered after purchase", "Sentinel report was inaccurate in a material way", "Skill was removed from the marketplace for cause" ], "invalid_reasons": [ "Buyer changed their mind (use Stripe for that case)", "Skill works but buyer doesn't need it anymore", "Buyer didn't read the skill description before paying" ], "escrow_roadmap": "Q1 2027: on-chain escrow smart contract. USDC payment goes to a time-locked contract, released to seller after 24h cooling-off period unless disputed. Until then, manual dispute process applies." } }, "privacy": { "title": "Privacy Policy", "summary": "MarketNow collects minimal data required to operate the marketplace. We do not sell personal data. All data in transit is encrypted with TLS 1.3.", "data_collected": [ "Email address (for account login only)", "Payment records (processed by Stripe — we do not store credit card numbers)", "List of skills you have purchased", "Agent API consumption logged by IP and User-Agent for rate limiting (not linked to identity unless signed in)" ], "data_not_collected": [ "Credit card numbers (Stripe handles all payment data on PCI-compliant infrastructure)", "Browsing history across other sites", "Personal data sold to third parties" ] }, "skill_licensing": { "title": "Skill Licensing", "summary": "Each skill on MarketNow is sourced from a real, public open-source repository. The underlying open-source license (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.) still applies to your usage of the code itself.", "what_you_get": [ "MarketNow license key for verification", "Install command (typically npx -y @marketnow/install )", "Access to the skill's documentation, system prompt, and Sentinel report" ], "what_you_dont_get": [ "Exclusive rights to the code (open-source license still applies)", "Permission to redistribute or resell the skill", "Warranty beyond what the upstream license provides" ] }, "agent_api_usage": { "title": "Agent API Usage", "summary": "Autonomous agents are welcome to consume the MarketNow API at /api/*. Read endpoints are public and require no authentication.", "rate_limits": { "anonymous": "60 requests/minute to /api/* endpoints", "authenticated": "600 requests/minute to /api/* endpoints" }, "bulk_consumption": "Cache /api/skills.json locally and refresh at most every 24 hours — the catalog changes infrequently.", "documentation": "/api/agent.json provides machine-readable instructions, schema, and workflow examples specifically designed for agent consumption." }, "mandates_policy": { "title": "Delegated Mandates Policy (ACP / AP2)", "summary": "Mandates allow an agent to spend autonomously within pre-approved bounds. Human-in-the-loop is the DEFAULT — silent autonomous spending is opt-in only.", "default_mode": "notify — agent buys, principal gets email/webhook alert on every purchase", "modes": { "notify": "DEFAULT. Agent buys autonomously, principal is alerted on every purchase.", "notify_and_veto": "Agent buys, principal gets alert + 5-minute veto window (veto flow on roadmap — currently alert is post-hoc).", "silent": "Fully autonomous, no alerts. Requires explicit confirmSilentAutonomy=true field — opt-in only." }, "hard_caps": { "max_total_per_mandate_usd": 500, "max_per_purchase_usd": 50, "default_ttl_days": 90 }, "revocation": "Mandates can be revoked instantly from /mandates — no waiting period.", "persistence": "Every create / spend / revoke is a git commit on master at _data/mandates/ — fully auditable in the repo history." }, "acceptable_use": { "title": "Acceptable Use", "prohibited": [ "Using MarketNow skills for illegal activities", "Violating the rights of others", "Building malicious software", "Redistributing or reselling skills without explicit permission", "Scraping the website HTML (use the public JSON API instead, which is designed for programmatic access)" ] } }, "disclosure": { "maintainer_identity": "AliceLabs LLC (Ecuador) — founder Edgar Flores", "launch_date": "2026", "track_record": "No third-party press coverage yet. No public bug bounty yet. See /trust for the full roadmap.", "security_audit": "Sentinel L1.5 is self-declared (automated 6-point MCP security scan). Third-party audit pending.", "trust_roadmap": "https://marketnow.site/trust" } }