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Venue Placement Agreement (version 2026-10-v2)

This Venue Placement Agreement ("Agreement") is between Piss Poor Idea ("we", "us") and the venue named in this signup ("you" or the "Venue"). It takes effect when you accept it online.

1. Definitions

1. Stickers: the QR code stickers we provide to you, each with its own code.
2. Scan: a visit to a Sticker's page. A Unique Scan is one browser visiting one Sticker's page on one calendar day, excluding Invalid Activity (section 6).
3. Net Ad Revenue: the amounts we actually collect from advertisers, allocated to a calendar month in proportion to the days each paid ad ran in that month, minus refunds, credits, chargebacks, payment-processing fees and sales taxes.
4. Board: your private web page for maintenance reports, ratings, alerts and settings, reached through a secret link.

2. Permission to display Stickers

1. You give us permission to have Stickers displayed in restrooms and other areas of the Venue that you control. You choose where they go, and you put them up yourself.
2. You may move or remove any Sticker at any time. Neither of us is exclusive to the other.
3. You'll display Stickers only in places you have the right to use. If you don't own the premises, you're responsible for any permission your lease requires.

3. No cost

You pay nothing to participate: no setup fee, equipment charge or monthly fee. Stickers are provided free.

4. What guests see; ads

1. Scanning a Sticker opens a page showing your Venue's name and the social links you give us, at most one ad, and options to rate the restroom or report a problem.
2. We choose, review and are responsible for the ads we show, under our published Advertising Policy, which we may update. Political ads appear on your Stickers only if you opt in, and you may change that choice at any time on your Board.
3. If you hold a liquor license, we won't show ads for alcoholic beverages on your Stickers unless the law allows it, whatever our Advertising Policy says at the time.
4. Ads you create about your own Venue ("Venue Ads") are shown only when no paid ad is shown. They don't generate Net Ad Revenue.

5. Revenue share

1. Each month, ninety percent (90%) of Net Ad Revenue forms the "Venue Pool". Your share of the Venue Pool equals your Unique Scans divided by the total Unique Scans across all participating venues for that month. We keep the remaining ten percent (10%). All Net Ad Revenue goes into one Venue Pool, including revenue from political ads, which are shown only at venues that opt in to them.
2. Within 30 days after the end of each month, we'll make a statement of your Unique Scans and share available to you.
3. We pay your share monthly once your unpaid balance reaches $25. Smaller balances roll over to the next month. When this Agreement ends, we pay any remaining balance in the next payment cycle, whatever its size.
4. We pay by the method we offer at the time, such as bank transfer or check. Your earnings depend on scans and ad sales, and we don't guarantee any amount.

6. Invalid Activity

1. "Invalid Activity" means Scans that are automated, scripted or generated by bots; Scans by you, your staff or anyone acting for you to increase your share; Scans you pay, reward or otherwise induce people to make; and any other Scans we reasonably determine aren't genuine guest visits.
2. You won't engage in, encourage or knowingly allow Invalid Activity.
3. We may exclude Invalid Activity from any month's calculations. If we've already paid amounts attributable to it, we may offset those amounts against future payments, or require you to repay them within 30 days. We'll tell you what we excluded and why.
4. We may suspend payments while we reasonably investigate suspected Invalid Activity, for up to 60 days.

7. Statements and disputes

If you disagree with a statement, tell us in writing within 60 days of the date it was made available. We'll review your concerns in good faith and respond within 30 days. Statements you don't dispute within that time are final. Our records of Scans govern unless they contain a demonstrable error.

8. Taxes

Before we pay you, you'll give us a completed IRS Form W-9 (or other form we reasonably request). You're responsible for taxes on amounts you receive. We may report payments and withhold amounts as the law requires.

9. Your responsibilities

1. You're responsible for your premises, including where and how Stickers are displayed.
2. You'll comply with laws that apply to your business, including the terms of any liquor license.
3. You'll keep your Board link confidential and limited to your staff, and tell us promptly if you think it has been shared improperly. We can issue a new link.
4. The information you give us, including your social links, will be accurate and pages you own or control.

10. Guest information

Ratings, comments and maintenance reports from guests are shown to you on your Board. You'll use them only to run your Venue, won't publish guests' comments without removing anything that identifies a person, and won't try to identify guests from them. We handle guest data as described in our Privacy Policy.

11. Names and links

You let us display your Venue's name and the social links you give us on Sticker pages, and on our public leaderboard if you opt in, while this Agreement is in effect. We let you display our Stickers, and the name "Piss Poor Idea" as it appears on them. Neither of us gets any other rights in the other's names or marks.

12. Surfaces and Sticker removal

You choose the surfaces Stickers go on. We're not responsible for damage to surfaces caused by applying or removing Stickers. Removal guidance is on our website.

13. Indemnity

1. You'll defend and indemnify us against third-party claims arising from your premises, from where or how Stickers were displayed at your Venue, or from your breach of this Agreement.
2. We'll defend and indemnify you against third-party claims arising from the ads and web pages we show, or from our breach of this Agreement.
3. The party seeking indemnity must promptly notify the other, let it control the defense, and cooperate reasonably. No settlement that admits fault for the indemnified party without its consent.

14. Disclaimer

Except as stated in this Agreement, the service is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, including any warranty that it will be uninterrupted or produce any particular revenue.

15. Limitation of liability

Neither of us is liable to the other for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits. Except for indemnity obligations under section 13, amounts owed under section 5, and amounts to be repaid or offset under section 6, each party's total liability under this Agreement is limited to the greater of $100 or the amounts paid or owed to you in the 12 months before the claim arose.

16. Term and termination

1. This Agreement continues until either of us ends it, which either of us may do at any time by email notice.
2. We may suspend or end your participation immediately for Invalid Activity or a material breach.
3. When this Agreement ends, we'll deactivate your Stickers. Please take them down within 30 days. Sections 5.3, 6.3, 7, 8, 9.3, 10, 12 through 15, 18 and 19 continue to apply.

17. Changes to this Agreement

We may change this Agreement by emailing you the new version at least 30 days before it takes effect. If you don't agree, you may end this Agreement before then. If you keep participating after the effective date, the new version applies.

18. Relationship

We're independent contractors. This Agreement doesn't create a partnership, joint venture, franchise, employment or agency relationship, and neither of us may bind the other.

19. General

1. Notices. Notices go by email: to you at the contact email on file, and to us at the address listed on our Terms of Use page.
2. Governing law. Michigan law governs this Agreement. Disputes go to the state or federal courts for Kent County, Michigan, except that either of us may bring a claim in small claims court where it qualifies.
3. Electronic signature. You agree to sign electronically. Your typed name and acceptance are your signature, and we'll keep a record of the exact text you accepted.
4. Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement without our written consent. We may assign it to a successor to our business. If the Venue's business is sold or changes operator, tell us within 30 days; this Agreement then ends unless the new operator accepts it.
5. Entire agreement. This Agreement, together with the Advertising Policy and Privacy Policy it refers to, is our entire agreement on this subject. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest still applies. Not enforcing a provision isn't a waiver of it.