3Specials Business Services Agreement

1.1 Accuracy and legality of offers

Merchants are solely responsible for the legality, accuracy, completeness, timing, pricing, availability, redemption terms, and fulfillment of all content they submit or cause to be displayed through the Service, including specials, events, promotions, menus, photos, alcohol‑related offers, disclaimers, and business descriptions.

All content submitted through the Service must:

• be truthful, current, and not misleading;
• match the goods or services actually offered by the business at its physical location;
• comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, licenses, and industry rules;
• not infringe any third‑party intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights; and
• not include spam, fraudulent content, malware, deceptive claims, discriminatory content, or unlawful material.

1.2 Offer accuracy obligation

Every offer, special, or promotion published through the Service must reflect a real promotion currently available at the Merchant’s physical establishment. Merchants may not publish offers that are expired, fabricated, materially different from what the business actually provides, or designed to mislead consumers.

All prices advertised through the Service must include all mandatory fees. To the extent Merchant charges a mandatory service fee, gratuity, or surcharge permitted by applicable law, Merchant must ensure such fee is clearly and conspicuously disclosed within the text of the offer submitted for publication.

1.3 Content review and merchant obligation to monitor

3Specials may use automated systems to format, classify, or moderate Merchant content. Automated formatting does not transfer responsibility for the underlying content from the Merchant to 3Specials. Merchants remain responsible for reviewing their published content promptly and requesting corrections where needed. 3Specials may, but is not obligated to, hold, confirm, label, moderate, edit, or remove content that appears incomplete, deceptive, unlawful, dangerous, or likely to cause consumer confusion.

1.4 AI and automated processing

3Specials may use automated tools, including AI and optical character recognition (OCR), to help parse, format, classify, or compare Merchant‑submitted content. For details on how automated processing tools are used, including in the context of business‑verification documents, see Section 10 of our Privacy Policy.

3Specials will not use, nor permit its third‑party AI/OCR service providers to use, private business‑verification documents or non‑public merchant operational data to train, fine‑tune, or develop generalized artificial intelligence models without the Merchant’s explicit, separate, prior written consent.

1.5 Advertising standards

Merchant content must comply with applicable truth‑in‑advertising laws and must not constitute bait‑and‑switch advertising. Where an offer has material terms, limitations, or conditions (such as minimum purchase, limited quantities, time restrictions, or dine‑in only), those terms must be included in or alongside the offer as displayed. 3Specials may reject, hold, or flag content that omits material terms likely to cause consumer confusion.

1.6 Sponsored or featured placement

If 3Specials introduces paid‑priority, sponsored, or featured placement options in the future, such placements will be clearly disclosed to consumers as sponsored or promoted content. Merchants participating in paid‑priority placement will be subject to additional terms disclosed at the time of enrollment.

2.1 Verification process

3Specials may request documentation from Merchants to verify a business claim, listing correction, removal request, or business authority. Requested materials may include business licenses, utility bills, or similar business records that help establish the submitter’s connection to the business.

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to review initial verification submissions within 10 business days of receipt of a complete submission. If we request resubmission or if Merchant requests review of a verification decision, we will review and respond within 15 business days.

2.2 Document handling

Verification documents are processed internally and may be reviewed with the assistance of automated tools (including OCR) to extract text fields such as business name and address. Documents are retained in accordance with the retention schedule described in our Privacy Policy. We do not process driver’s licenses, passports, or government photo identification documents for verification purposes.

2.3 Discretion

3Specials may reject, request resubmission of, or decline to act on verification submissions that appear fraudulent, forged, deceptive, incomplete, unauthorized, illegible, or otherwise inconsistent with applicable requirements. We may report fraudulent or unlawful verification submissions to law enforcement or other appropriate authorities.

2.4 No certification or endorsement

Review, claim approval, or verification status does not mean that 3Specials certifies, endorses, or guarantees the Merchant’s legal compliance, licensure, ownership, food safety, financial condition, or ongoing good standing. Any verification is point‑in‑time and may be revised, revoked, or limited at any time in our discretion. 3Specials is not responsible for verifying the ongoing accuracy of information a Merchant submits after initial review.

2.5 Appeals

If your verification submission is denied, you may submit additional or corrected documentation by contacting support@3specials.com. We will review resubmissions and respond within 15 business days of receipt.

Verification Appeals. If your verification submission is denied after resubmission, you may appeal the decision by emailing legal@3specials.com with the subject line “Verification Appeal — [Restaurant Name].” Appeals must include: (a) the reason you believe the denial was in error, (b) any additional supporting documentation, and (c) your contact information. We will review appeals within 15 business days of receipt. Appeal decisions are made by a reviewer who was not involved in the original denial. The appeal decision is final.

3.1 Merchant compliance obligations

If you post or promote any offer involving alcohol or another regulated or age‑restricted product or service, you represent and warrant that:

• the offer complies with all applicable federal, state, and local advertising, pricing, licensing, age‑verification, and service laws in every jurisdiction where the offer is displayed or redeemed;
• you hold all required permits and licenses for the sale and promotion of the products or services offered, including, where applicable, a valid Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) permit or equivalent license in other jurisdictions; and
• you are solely responsible for ensuring that all applicable age‑verification, responsible‑service, and labeling requirements are met at the point of sale.

3.2 Platform separation

3Specials does not sell, serve, deliver, or distribute alcoholic beverages. 3Specials does not dictate alcohol pricing, does not receive a percentage or commission on alcohol sales, and does not act as agent for any manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of alcoholic beverages. All alcohol‑related transactions occur directly between the consumer and the licensed Merchant at the Merchant’s physical premises.

3.3 Moderation rights

3Specials may flag, delay, limit, suppress, or remove alcohol‑related or other regulated content at any time, including in jurisdictions where display of such content may be restricted by law.

4.1 Ownership and authorization

Merchant represents and warrants that all content submitted to 3Specials — including text, images, logos, menus, photographs, descriptions, and promotional materials — is either owned by Merchant, used with valid permission, or otherwise lawfully used. Merchant will not submit content that infringes or misappropriates any third party’s copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or proprietary right.

4.2 License to public content

When you submit or upload public or merchant‑facing business content to the Service — such as listings, specials, menus, logos, descriptions, photos chosen for display, and other content intended for publication — you grant 3Specials a worldwide, non‑exclusive, royalty‑free, sublicensable license to host, store, copy, reproduce, modify, format, translate, display, distribute, analyze, and otherwise use that content as needed to operate, secure, improve, and promote the Service. This license continues for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the Service, maintain backups, resolve disputes, comply with law, and preserve records.

4.3 License to verification documents

Private business‑verification documents and related non‑public submission materials are treated differently. For those materials, you grant 3Specials a limited, non‑exclusive, royalty‑free license to host, store, copy, process, and analyze them solely as needed to review claims, verify business authority, prevent fraud, protect the Service, comply with law, resolve disputes, and preserve records. This narrower license does not include the right to publicly display, distribute, or use private verification documents to promote the Service.

6.1 Merchant Data Security

Merchant shall implement and maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect any personal information received through the Service against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. At a minimum, Merchant shall:

• restrict access to personal information to authorized personnel who need it to fulfill Merchant’s obligations under this Agreement;
• use commercially standard encryption for personal information stored electronically or transmitted over public networks;
• promptly delete or securely destroy personal information that is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was provided; and
• comply with all applicable data breach notification laws.

Breach notification. If Merchant becomes aware of any actual or reasonably suspected unauthorized access to, or acquisition of, personal information received through the Service, Merchant shall notify 3Specials at legal@3specials.com within 48 hours of discovery. The notification shall include, to the extent known, the nature and scope of the incident, the categories of data affected, and the steps Merchant is taking to contain and remediate the incident.

9.1 Termination

Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time. 3Specials may terminate or suspend Merchant’s access for breach of this Agreement, the Terms of Service, or applicable law, or for any reason described in Section 16 of the Terms of Service.

9.2 Effect of termination

Upon termination:

• Merchant’s active listings and specials will be removed or suppressed within 7 business days;
• Merchant may request export of its content data by contacting support@3specials.com within 30 days of termination;
• previously paid subscription fees are non‑refundable unless required by law or expressly stated otherwise; and
• 3Specials may retain records as required by law or for legitimate business purposes, including billing records, fraud prevention records, and dispute resolution records, as described in our Privacy Policy.

9.3 Subscription cancellation

Cancellation of Merchant’s paid subscription is governed by Section 6 of the Terms of Service.

9.4 Survival

Sections of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including intellectual property licenses (to the extent described in Section 4), indemnification, confidentiality, and any accrued obligations.