These terms apply to every provider on DataStoa in addition to the terms of service. They explain what you pay, when commission applies, and what you must report. Plan prices and rates are on seller plans and fees.
The service
DataStoa lists your data products and services, sends you inquiries and matching data requests, and keeps a record of conversations. You license and deliver the data directly to buyers and invoice them yourself. DataStoa is not a party to your contracts with buyers.
Your plan
- Plans are billed yearly or monthly, in advance, in the currency you chose at purchase.
- Upgrades apply immediately with a prorated charge. Downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the paid term, after which you return to the free Starter plan.
- If you are over a lower plan's limits, you choose which listings stay published; the rest are unpublished, never deleted.
- Leads above your monthly allowance are still delivered. You can accept them after upgrading or decline them for free.
When commission applies
Commission is due on deals that started on DataStoa:
- Attributable interactions: an inquiry you accepted, a proposal the buyer viewed, a conversation the buyer started on DataStoa, or a "buy via DataStoa" reference the buyer claimed.
- Attribution window: any contract signed with that buyer organisation within 12 months after the latest attributable interaction, for any of your data products or services, not only the listing first contacted.
- Not commissionable: buyers you had a contract or invoice with in the 24 months before their first DataStoa interaction, anonymous page views, and clicks to your website.
How commission is calculated
- Rate: your plan's commission rate in force when the opportunity was created. Upgrading later lowers the rate only for new opportunities.
- Base: the contract value net of taxes and of any "buy via DataStoa" discount. One-off sales: the full value. Subscriptions and usage-based contracts: what you invoice the buyer in the first 12 months.
- Renewals and expansions that start within 24 months of the first registered deal with that buyer are charged at your plan's renewal rate. After 24 months they are commission-free.
- Commission accrues on the dates you invoice the buyer, not on signature.
Reporting deals
- Register every attributed deal within 14 days of signature, with its value, currency, term and billing schedule.
- Keep open opportunities up to date at least every 60 days.
- By the 10th of each month, confirm that all attributed deals signed the previous month are registered.
- If a deal is overdue by 30 days, sending proposals is paused until you resolve it.
Buyer confirmation
When you register a deal, the buyer is asked to confirm it. If they confirm, or do not answer within 14 days, the deal is commissionable. If they say it is not correct, we open a deal query and ask both sides for evidence before anything is invoiced.
Invoices and payment
- We invoice commission once a month, on the first working day, for buyer-confirmed and undisputed deals accrued in the previous month.
- Invoices are payable within 30 days. Overdue invoices receive reminders; after 30 days proposals are paused, and after 60 days listings may be suspended with notice.
- If a buyer cancels or does not pay and you tell us within 90 days with evidence, we issue a credit note.
Disputes
You can dispute attribution or a calculation from your studio. We decide with written reasons, aiming for 30 days; commission on the disputed amount is paused meanwhile. You can appeal once, and a different staff member decides the appeal.
Audit
Once a year, with 30 days' notice, DataStoa may ask an independent accountant to review your records of deals with buyer organisations attributed to DataStoa. If unreported commission exceeds 5% of what was due, you pay the cost of the audit as well as the unpaid commission and interest.
Fair dealing
- Honour any "buy via DataStoa" discount you publish, within the attribution window.
- Do not ask buyers to hide that they found you on DataStoa or move deals off the record. Proven circumvention leads to back-charged commission with interest and may lead to suspension.
Your promises about your data
You confirm that you have the right to license the data you list, that it was lawfully collected, that it contains no prohibited data, and that your listings follow the publishing policy. You are responsible for your contracts with buyers and for complying with data protection law as a controller of any personal data you sell.
Ending the relationship
You can stop listing at any time. Commission on deals attributed before you leave remains payable, including deals signed within the attribution window after you leave. We may suspend or end your access for serious or repeated breaches of these terms, with notice and reasons where the law requires.