The short version: Market Scout is a monthly subscription for businesses. Your first report is free and you can cancel at any time. Reports are built from public information and AI, so treat them as research, not guarantees. Don't misuse the service or the data in it. The legal version follows.
1. Who we are and what you're agreeing to
Market Scout (“Market Scout”, “we”, “us”) is operated by infused Ideas LLC. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a contract between infused Ideas LLC and the business or person that creates an account (“you”). By creating an account or using marketscoutlocal.com and the services available through it (the “Service”), you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy and Refund Policy, which are part of these Terms.
The Service is for business use. You must be at least 18 years old, and if you are signing up on behalf of a company you confirm that you have authority to bind it to these Terms.
2. Your account
You are responsible for the activity on your account and for keeping your password confidential. Tell us promptly at support@marketscoutlocal.com if you believe your account has been accessed without permission. Provide accurate information — in particular the name and location of your own business, which we use to keep your business out of its own competitor reports.
3. The Service and plans
Market Scout researches local competitors of the business you describe, in the cities you choose, and delivers reports with marketing recommendations. Depending on the plan, it also tracks your Google reviews and drafts replies, and maintains a timeline of competitor changes. Plans, prices, and the features included in each are described on the pricing page; the current plans are Basic ($29/month), Premium ($79/month), and Scale ($199/month). We may add, change, or retire features; if a change materially reduces what your plan includes, we will tell you in advance.
4. Free first report and trial
Every new subscription starts with a free period of 7 days during which your first report is generated at no charge. A valid payment card is required to start it. If you cancel before the free period ends you will not be charged. The free period is limited to a small number per person, business, and payment card; repeat sign-ups intended to obtain additional free reports may have the free period removed.
5. Billing
- Subscriptions are billed monthly in advance, starting when the free period ends, and renew automatically until cancelled.
- Payments are processed by Stripe. We do not store your card number.
- Upgrades take effect immediately and charge the prorated difference for the rest of the period; downgrades apply at the next renewal or as a credit, as shown at the time you change plans.
- Prices may change. We will give you at least 30 days' notice by email before a price change applies to your subscription.
- Prices exclude any applicable sales or similar taxes, which will be added where required by law.
- If a payment fails we will notify you and retry; if it continues to fail we may suspend or cancel the subscription.
6. Cancellation and refunds
You can cancel at any time from Plan & Billing. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep access until then. Refunds are governed by the Refund Policy.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use the Service for anything unlawful, or to harass, defame, or harm any person or business;
- resell, redistribute, or systematically extract the Service's reports or data, or use them to build a competing product;
- attempt to access other customers' data, probe or disrupt the Service, or bypass usage limits or the free-period limits;
- add notification contacts without their permission, or use the Service to send unsolicited email;
- post AI-drafted review replies in a way that violates the policies of the platform you post them on. Replies are drafts; you are responsible for what you publish.
8. Your content and data
You own the information you give us about your business and anything you write in the Service. You grant us the right to use it to provide the Service — for example, sending your business description to our AI provider to research competitors, or storing reply drafts you create. Our handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy.
9. Reports, AI, and third-party information
Reports are generated automatically from publicly available information — competitors' websites and listings, Google business data, and other public sources — and summarized by artificial-intelligence models. That means they can be incomplete, out of date, or wrong: a competitor's price may have changed, a review may be mis-categorized, a business may be matched to the wrong listing. We work to keep accuracy high, but reports and recommendations are provided for your information only. They are not legal, financial, or professional advice, and you should verify anything you intend to act on. Competitor “predictions” are informed guesses, not statements of fact about any business.
Information about other businesses in your reports is drawn from public sources and is provided for your own competitive research. Google data is subject to Google's terms; Market Scout is not affiliated with Google, Facebook, or any business that appears in a report.
10. Shared report links
If you create a share link for a report, anyone who has the link can read that report until the link expires or you revoke it, without logging in. Share links responsibly.
11. Our intellectual property
The Service — its software, design, report formats, and the Market Scout name and logo — belongs to infused Ideas LLC and its licensors. You may use the reports we generate for you in running your business, including sharing them with your team, but not resell them or present them as your own product.
12. Disclaimer of warranties
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and the accuracy or completeness of any report. We do not promise that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that following its recommendations will produce any particular business result.
13. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, infused Ideas LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, or business opportunities, arising from your use of the Service — even if we have been told they are possible. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose. Some jurisdictions do not allow some of these limitations, in which case they apply to the extent permitted.
14. Indemnity
You agree to defend and hold infused Ideas LLC harmless from claims arising out of your breach of these Terms or your use of reports or reply drafts in violation of law or a third party's rights.
15. Suspension and termination
You may close your account at any time by cancelling and emailing us. We may suspend or terminate accounts that breach these Terms, after notice where practical. On termination we will delete your account data as described in the Privacy Policy; sections 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 17 survive termination.
16. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms. For material changes we will email the address on your account at least 14 days before they take effect. Continuing to use the Service after that date means you accept the updated Terms.
17. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. If you have a problem, email us first — most issues can be sorted out informally within a few days. Any dispute that cannot be resolved that way will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Missouri, and both of us consent to their jurisdiction.
18. Contact
infused Ideas LLC · support@marketscoutlocal.com