Terms of Use

BinderScan · Effective date: September 11, 2026 · Last updated: October 3, 2026

Contents

Acceptance & eligibility
The service
Ownership & non-affiliation
Your account
Acceptable use
Your content
Identifications & valuations
Scans, purchases & referrals
Third-party services
Termination
Disclaimers
Limitation of liability
Indemnification
Governing law & dispute resolution
Apple App Store terms
Changes & contact

1. Acceptance & eligibility

These Terms of Use are a binding agreement between you and Stoddard Design Lab LLC ("Stoddard Design Lab," "we," "us," "our"), the operator of the BinderScan app, governing your use of the BinderScan app and binderscans.com (together, the "Service"). "BinderScan" is the name of our app and service, not a separate legal entity. By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country, if higher) to use the Service. We check age using your device's age-range signal where available and otherwise a required age declaration when you set up the app; we do not permit accounts for anyone under 13, and access is blocked if you indicate you are under 13. If you are a minor (under 18), a parent or guardian must be involved in and consent to your use of the Service, and you receive a limited, protective experience — a chronological feed only, with no personalized, ranked, or discovery surfaces and no targeted content. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or guardian is responsible for your use of the Service and any charges.

Age assurance & parental consent. For users subject to applicable state age-assurance or parental-consent requirements — including the app-store accountability and age-verification laws of certain U.S. states (for example Texas, Utah, Louisiana, and California) — the Service shall use commercially reasonable or otherwise legally required age-assurance and consent mechanisms, including, where supported and legally sufficient, your device's app-store age-range signal (such as Apple's Declared Age Range API) and applicable App Store parental-consent functionality. The Service shall independently assess and act upon the age category and consent status indicated by those mechanisms as required by applicable law; accordingly, if they indicate you are a minor, we will not treat these Terms, a subscription, an in-app purchase, or a referral as a binding contract, and will not let you complete such a transaction, unless we have received verifiable parental or guardian authorization through the app store's or another approved consent mechanism. A parent or guardian who provides that authorization agrees to these Terms on the minor's behalf and is responsible for the minor's use of the Service and any charges incurred. We do not share age-category or age-verification data with any third party, and we will not enforce these Terms against a minor absent verifiable parental consent. In Louisiana, where applicable law requires developer-level verifiable parental consent notwithstanding any consent obtained through an application store, the Service shall comply with that requirement, including by declining or restricting the transaction where such consent is required and has not been obtained.

2. The service

BinderScan lets you scan trading cards, catalog a collection, view estimated market values and grading estimates, and use community features such as private friend groups, a Quests hub, a social feed, and shop links. We may change, add, or remove features at any time.

3. Ownership & non-affiliation

BinderScan is an independent, unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., Game Freak, or any card-grading company (such as PSA, BGS, CGC, or SGC).

Pokémon, card names, card images, set names, and related marks are the trademarks and copyrighted works of their respective owners. Those owners retain all rights in that content, which is referenced in the Service for identification and informational purposes only.

As between you and us, the BinderScan app, name, logo, and original content are owned by us and protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your own personal, non-commercial collection tracking, subject to these Terms.

4. Your account

Provide accurate information and keep your credentials secure; you are responsible for activity under your account;
Notify us of any unauthorized use;
One account per person unless we agree otherwise; and
You may delete your account at any time from the app.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Use the Service for any unlawful, infringing, or fraudulent purpose;
Scrape, harvest, or bulk-extract data, or access the Service through automated means except as we expressly permit;
Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive source code, or interfere with or disrupt the Service or its security;
Abuse scans, credits, promotions, or the referral program — including by creating fake or multiple accounts to obtain rewards;
Post content to the Feed or shops that is unlawful, infringing, deceptive, harassing, or that impersonates another person; or
Misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.

6. Your content

You retain ownership of the content you submit (such as Feed posts, captions, and shop links). You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, and display that content as needed to operate and promote the Service. You represent that you have the rights to the content you submit and that it does not violate these Terms or any law. We may review, moderate, or remove content, and may suspend accounts, at our discretion.

No tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. There is zero tolerance for objectionable content — including content that is unlawful, infringing, hateful, harassing, threatening, sexually explicit, or that depicts, promotes, or facilitates the sexual exploitation of minors — and zero tolerance for abusive or predatory users. You can report objectionable content and block abusive users directly in the app. We review reports and, within 24 hours, remove content that violates these Terms and eject the users who posted it, including by suspending or terminating their accounts. Content that appears to involve the sexual exploitation of minors is removed and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and/or law enforcement as required by law. Submitting a knowingly false or bad-faith report is itself a violation of these Terms.

Card scans & model improvement. You also grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use the card images you scan, together with the resulting identifications and any corrections you make, to operate the identification feature and to measure, develop, train, and improve our card-recognition models and the Service. We use these as images of trading cards, not to identify you; how we handle them is described in our Privacy Policy.

Content you share is public and may persist. Anything you post to the Feed, share to a friend group, or show on your public profile can be viewed, saved, screenshotted, or re-shared by others. Even after you delete it or your account, copies that others made, or cached or backup copies, may remain outside our control, and we cannot guarantee its complete removal.

7. Card identifications & valuations

Estimates only — not financial or grading advice.

Card identifications, market prices, PSA 10 figures, "grading upside," and any value labeled "Estimated" are provided for informational purposes only, on an "as is" basis. They are automated estimates drawn from third-party data and comparable cards, may be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date, and are not guaranteed sale prices.

No authentication; no grade guarantee. The Service identifies and prices cards from their visual appearance only. It does not authenticate cards and does not detect or claim the ability to detect counterfeit, fake, altered, trimmed, restored, proxy, or reprinted cards, and we make no representation or warranty that any card is genuine. Any PSA 10 figure, grade estimate, condition assessment, or "grading upside" is an automated estimate from visual data only — it is not a prediction, guarantee, or attestation of the grade a card will actually receive from PSA, CGC, BGS, or any grading company, which depends on factors the Service cannot assess. We are not responsible for any loss arising from a counterfeit, fake, or altered card, or from an actual grade that differs from any estimate shown.

Nothing in the Service is financial, investment, tax, or grading advice, and no result is a recommendation to buy, sell, trade, or grade any card. You are solely responsible for your own decisions; verify details independently before acting. We are not liable for actions taken in reliance on any identification or value shown in the Service.

8. Scans, purchases & referrals

Scan allowances are a license to use the identification feature a certain number of times; they have no monetary value and are not redeemable for cash.
In-app rewards. XP, levels, trophies, badges, stamps, charms, streaks, chest and quest rewards, and similar virtual items are features of the app for your personal use. They have no monetary value, are not your property, and cannot be purchased for cash, sold, transferred, or redeemed for money. We may adjust, reset, expire, or discontinue them — for example, if we change or remove a feature, correct an error, or detect abuse.
Scan packs and any other in-app purchases are sold as consumables through the Apple App Store and are billed to your Apple ID under Apple's terms. Consumed items are generally non-refundable except where required by Apple's policies or applicable law; refund requests are handled by Apple.
Referral credits are promotional, have no cash value, and may be modified, limited, or revoked if we detect abuse or a violation of these Terms.
Auto-renewing subscriptions. If you buy a BinderScan subscription, it is an auto-renewing purchase billed to your Apple ID at the price and monthly billing period shown at purchase. Your subscription automatically renews for the same period at the then-current price unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription, and turn off auto-renewal, in your Apple ID account settings; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period, and no refund is given for the unused portion of a period except where required by Apple's policies or applicable law. The current subscription plans are Standard ($2.99 per month, 50 card scans), Premium ($5.99 per month, 300 scans), Ultimate ($14.99 per month, 2,000 scans), Dealer ($35.99 per month, 5,000 scans), and Shop ($71.99 per month, 10,000 scans); every plan renews monthly. Scan top-up packs are one-time consumables that do not expire: 250 scans ($2.99), 1,000 scans ($9.99), and 5,000 scans ($39.99). Prices are shown in U.S. dollars, may vary by region, and may change over time; the price and terms that apply to you are those shown at the point of purchase.

9. Third-party services

The Service relies on and links to third parties (for example, card-pricing data providers, the AI identification providers, and any seller/marketplace links in shops). We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, data, or websites, and your use of them may be governed by their own terms.

We are not a marketplace or a party to your transactions. BinderScan is a cataloging and information tool. We are not a buyer, seller, dealer, broker, auctioneer, escrow, or payment processor for trading cards, and we do not authenticate, grade, appraise, or guarantee any card. Any purchase, sale, trade, consignment, or grading you arrange with a marketplace, seller, grader, or other third party — including through any seller or marketplace link shown in the Service — is solely between you and that third party, at your own risk. We are not responsible for those transactions or for the acts or omissions of any third party.

Affiliate links. BinderScan does not currently earn affiliate commissions. Seller and marketplace links in shops are links that collectors add to their own storefronts, and card prices come from third-party data providers — we are not paid for them. If we introduce affiliate or paid links in the future, we may earn a commission if you buy through them at no additional cost to you; this would never change the prices or estimates we show or how cards are identified or valued, and we will update this disclosure to say so, consistent with FTC guidance.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms or to protect the Service or other users. You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.

11. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that any identification or value will be accurate.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Stoddard Design Lab LLC and its owners, officers, employees, and suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising from or related to your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim or USD 100.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Stoddard Design Lab LLC and its owners, officers, and employees from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

14. Governing law & dispute resolution

Governing law. These Terms, and any dispute between you and us, are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules — except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of the arbitration agreement below.

Informal resolution first. Before starting an arbitration or court case, you agree to first email us at binderscantcg@gmail.com with a short description of the dispute, your account email, and how to reach you, and to give us 30 days to try to resolve it informally. Many disputes can be resolved this way.

Please read this arbitration agreement carefully — it affects how disputes are resolved and waives certain rights.

Binding individual arbitration. Except for the carve-outs below, you and we agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by final and binding arbitration on an individual basis, rather than in court. This includes threshold questions about the validity, scope, or enforceability of this arbitration agreement (except that a court, not the arbitrator, decides any challenge to the class-action waiver below). You and we each give up the right to sue in court and to have a trial before a judge or jury. The arbitration will be administered by JAMS under its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (or, where the amount in dispute qualifies, its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures), as modified by the JAMS Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards where those standards apply and by these Terms. The arbitration will be seated in New York, New York, and may be conducted by written submissions, by phone or video, or in person in New York, New York, or, at your election, in the county where you live. Judgment on the arbitrator's award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. As required by the JAMS Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards, you will pay no more than the fee you would pay to file the same claim in court, and we will pay the remaining JAMS filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees those standards require us to pay. Each party otherwise bears its own attorneys' fees and costs, and you will not recover your attorneys' fees except where a statute under which you prevail expressly requires it. To the fullest extent permitted by the applicable rules and law: (a) if the arbitrator finds that a claim or filing was frivolous, brought in bad faith, or asserted for an improper purpose, the arbitrator may award us our reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and may order you to reimburse any fees we advanced on your behalf; and (b) if we make you a written settlement offer and the arbitrator awards you less than that offer, you will bear the arbitration fees and costs incurred after the offer, and we will have no obligation to advance or pay fees you incur after the offer. The foregoing applies only to the extent it does not conflict with the JAMS Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards or applicable law, which control to the extent of any conflict.

Class-action & jury-trial waiver. You and we agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, private-attorney-general, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over any class or representative proceeding. You and we also waive any right to a jury trial. If this class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be severed and heard in the courts described below, while all other claims proceed in arbitration.

Your right to opt out. You can opt out of this arbitration agreement within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by emailing binderscantcg@gmail.com with your name, your account email, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, the "Courts" paragraph below applies to your disputes. Opting out has no effect on any other part of these Terms.

Carve-outs. Either party may still (a) bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies, and (b) seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court for actual or threatened infringement or misuse of intellectual property or unauthorized access to the Service.

Courts. For any dispute not subject to arbitration — including if you opt out, for the carve-outs above, or for a severed claim — you and we agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in New York County, New York, and each consents to personal jurisdiction there.

15. Apple App Store terms

The following applies when you obtain the app through Apple's App Store, and supplements (and where it conflicts, governs over) the rest of these Terms for that use:

These Terms are between you and Stoddard Design Lab LLC only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
Your license to use the app is a non-transferable license to use it on any Apple-branded device you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service.
Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
To the extent any warranty is not effectively disclaimed, Apple may refund the purchase price (if any); otherwise, Apple has no warranty obligation, and any other claims relating to the app are our responsibility, not Apple's.
Apple is not responsible for addressing product-liability, legal/regulatory, or third-party intellectual-property claims relating to the app.
You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as "terrorist-supporting," and are not on any U.S. Government restricted-party list.
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
You must comply with applicable third-party agreements, including the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

16. Changes & contact

We may update these Terms from time to time; material changes will be noticed in the app, and continued use means you accept the updated Terms. For a minor's account, a material change to these Terms or to our Privacy Policy will require renewed age confirmation, and renewed verifiable parental consent where applicable law requires it, before continued use. We maintain an internal consent version for these Terms and our Privacy Policy. When we make a change that materially affects a minor's use of the Service, we increment that version; the next time an account in our under-18 age category opens the app, we require it to re-confirm its age before continued use, and where applicable law requires developer-level verifiable parental consent we will decline or restrict the account until that consent is obtained. Adult accounts are notified of material changes in the app, and continued use constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. Questions: binderscantcg@gmail.com.