By using comcomm, you agree to these terms. Please read them — they are written in plain English and exist to protect both you and the platform.
1. What comcomm is
comcomm is an online marketplace that connects local businesses ("Advertisers") with community venues such as schools, parks, sports leagues, and faith communities ("Venues"). comcomm facilitates introductions and communications between the two parties. comcomm is not a party to the placement agreement between an Advertiser and a Venue.
Payment is the one exception. When you pay through comcomm, comcomm is the merchant of record for that card transaction — it is comcomm that appears on your statement, and comcomm that carries the payment through Stripe. That makes us responsible for the transaction itself; it does not make us responsible for the placement you bought. Section 5 sets out exactly how the money moves.
comcomm does not guarantee that any placement will be completed, that any listing is accurate, or that either party will fulfill their commitments. All agreements are made directly between the Advertiser and the Venue.
2. Eligibility
You must be 18 years of age or older to use comcomm. By submitting an inquiry or posting a listing, you represent that you have the authority to enter into a binding agreement on behalf of yourself or your organization.
3. Venue listings
Venues are responsible for the accuracy of all information in their listings, including audience size, pricing, placement dimensions, and availability. comcomm does not verify listing information. Venues may not list:
- Spaces they do not have authority to monetize
- Placements that violate local zoning, school district, or municipal rules
- Content that is misleading, fraudulent, or discriminatory
comcomm reserves the right to remove any listing at any time, without notice or liability.
4. Advertiser inquiries
Submitting an inquiry does not constitute a booking or a binding agreement. A placement is only confirmed when both the Advertiser and Venue have agreed in writing (email is sufficient). Advertisers are solely responsible for ensuring their ad content complies with applicable laws and the Venue's content guidelines.
5. Fees, how the money moves, and refunds
comcomm charges a flat 7% service fee on every completed booking. This fee is disclosed transparently before any transaction.
Card processing fees (charged by our third-party payment processor, currently Stripe) are not part of comcomm's service fee and are billed to the buyer as a separate, pass-through line item at checkout. These processing fees are determined by the payment processor (typically approximately 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) and may change without notice. comcomm does not profit from card processing fees.
The buyer's total at checkout is the sum of: (a) the placement price set by the Venue, (b) comcomm's 7% service fee, and (c) the card processing fee passed through from the payment processor. All three components are itemized on the receipt. Every amount is calculated in whole cents.
How the money moves. comcomm does not hold anyone's money and does not hand it out afterwards. The split happens at the moment you pay:
- A Venue cannot be booked until it has completed Stripe's own onboarding and Stripe has approved it for payouts. Until then, checkout refuses rather than taking money nobody can be paid.
- When you pay, Stripe sends the placement price to the Venue's own Stripe account and keeps comcomm's service fee and the processing pass-through for comcomm. There is no moment at which comcomm is holding the Venue's share.
- Stripe decides when the Venue's balance is paid out to its bank, on Stripe's own schedule. comcomm cannot speed that up, delay it, or redirect it.
Refunds. Nothing on comcomm issues a refund automatically, and no refund is guaranteed. If a placement does not happen, or does not happen as described, write to michelkz@gmail.com and we will look at it case by case together with the Venue. Because the Venue was paid its share at the moment of payment, refunding it requires the Venue to return that share — by accepting bookings through comcomm, a Venue agrees to co-operate with a refund it has agreed to or that these Terms require.
Chargebacks. If you dispute a payment with your bank, Stripe recovers the money from comcomm, not from the Venue, and comcomm also loses the processing fee. We would much rather hear from you first: write to us before raising a dispute and we will try to sort it out directly.
6. Sponsoring a venue
Some Venues offer sponsorship tiers that anyone can buy, with no comcomm account at all. The same terms apply: the agreement is between you and the Venue, comcomm's fee and the processing pass-through are added at checkout and itemized, and comcomm is the merchant of record for the card payment only.
What a tier actually includes — a sign, a banner, a mention, a listing in a programme — is described by the Venue, and comcomm does not verify it. By continuing to payment you agree to these Terms and to the Privacy Policy.
7. Tax treatment — what the 💸 badge means, and what it does not
Some Venues identify themselves as tax-exempt organisations, and their listings then carry a Tax-deductible badge.
Why community placements are usually described this way. Most of what is sold on comcomm works the way a donation with donor recognition works: a business gives money to a school, park, league or church, and the organisation recognises the gift by showing the sponsor's name or logo — on a fence banner, a jersey, a scoreboard, a booth at the fair, the back of a programme. The IRS calls that an acknowledgement. A payment whose only return is an acknowledgement is a qualified sponsorship payment, not the organisation selling advertising space. An acknowledgement is allowed to carry your logo and your slogan, your locations, your telephone number and web address, and a plain, value-neutral description of what you sell.
What turns it into advertising. The line is drawn by the message, not by the money or the size of the banner. It becomes advertising the moment what goes up carries comparative or qualitative claims, prices, discounts or other indications of savings or value, an endorsement from the organisation, or an inducement to buy. “Joe’s Pizza” under your logo is an acknowledgement. “Joe’s Pizza — Miami’s best, $5 slices on Tuesdays” is advertising. And a single message carrying both is treated as advertising in full, not split in half.
Two things sit outside all of that, however carefully the message is worded: a payment for a mention in an organisation’s regularly scheduled printed newsletter or magazine — a one-off event programme is a different thing and is fine — and a payment whose amount depends on attendance or audience numbers.
And now the part the badge does not tell you. Everything above decides whether the Venue owes tax on money it receives. It does not, by itself, decide what you may deduct. That is a separate question, it turns on your own circumstances and on what you get back, and the answer may be a charitable contribution, an ordinary business expense, or nothing at all.
So, plainly: the badge is self-reported by the Venue. comcomm does not verify any organisation’s tax-exempt status, does not see what you put on the banner, and does not give tax advice. Ask your own accountant before you count on a deduction. Establishing the value of anything a sponsor receives in return is the Venue’s responsibility — not comcomm’s, and not yours.
8. comcomm's role — intermediary only
comcomm acts solely as a connection platform. We are not responsible for:
- The quality, placement, or display of any advertisement
- Any failure by a Venue to honor a placement agreement
- Any failure by an Advertiser to pay or deliver artwork
- Disputes between Advertisers and Venues of any kind
- Results, performance, or return on investment of any placement
9. Dispute resolution
If a dispute arises between an Advertiser and a Venue, comcomm may (at its sole discretion) attempt to assist in mediation, but has no obligation to do so and bears no liability for the outcome. Disputes between users and comcomm shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA. Both parties agree to attempt good-faith resolution before pursuing legal action.
10. Disclaimer of warranties
THE COMCOMM PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
11. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, COMCOMM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF DATA, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, EVEN IF COMCOMM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. COMCOMM'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THE SERVICE FEE PAID BY YOU TO COMCOMM IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
12. Intellectual property
All content on the comcomm platform (design, copy, code) is owned by comcomm. Listing content posted by Venues remains the property of the Venue, but by posting, the Venue grants comcomm a non-exclusive license to display that content on the platform. Advertisers retain ownership of their ad creatives.
13. Termination
comcomm may suspend or remove any user, listing, or inquiry at its sole discretion, without notice or liability, for any reason including violation of these Terms or activity that comcomm determines to be harmful to the platform or its users.
14. Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms as the platform evolves. Continued use after changes are posted constitutes acceptance. We will update the "last updated" date for material changes.
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email michelkz@gmail.com.
