Terms of Service
These terms govern your use of the RakeScan app and the rakescan.com website, operated by BookToCash, a service of SEF Inc. ("we", "us"). By creating an account or joining the early-access list you agree to them. We keep them short; the plain-English summary in each section is the intent.
1. The service
RakeScan is a book-scouting tool. It shows market data, computes buy/reject verdicts against rules you configure, maps book sales from public sources, and lets you offer books for sale to BookToCash. Verdicts and market data are informational: they are estimates built from third-party data that changes constantly, and they are not a guarantee of price, demand or profit. Your sourcing decisions and their outcomes are yours.
2. Beta status
RakeScan is currently an invite-only beta. Features may change, break or be removed; access may be paused while we scale. We may contact you at your account email about changes that affect you. Anything free during the beta is free for the duration of the beta; paid tiers, if introduced, start only when announced with their prices.
3. Your account
You need an account to scan. Keep your sign-in method to yourself; you are responsible for activity on your account. One account per person. You must be 18 or older. You can delete your account at any time; see the deletion page.
4. Selling books to BookToCash
Offers shown in RakeScan are made by BookToCash and, once you accept one and ship the books, the transaction is governed by the BookToCash selling terms shown during checkout, including condition standards and inspection. An in-app offer is an invitation contingent on the book you send matching the ISBN and acceptable condition.
5. Acceptable use
- Don't scrape, resell or redistribute the data the app shows you.
- Don't reverse-engineer, probe or overload the service.
- Don't use RakeScan to violate a marketplace's or a sale venue's rules.
- Automated access is only allowed through interfaces we document.
We may suspend accounts that break these rules; where practical we warn first.
6. Intellectual property
The app, site, brand and verdict engine are ours. Your scan history and settings are yours; we use them to run the service as described in the privacy policy.
7. Disclaimers and liability
The service is provided "as is". To the maximum extent permitted by law we disclaim implied warranties and are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, lost profits, or sourcing decisions made on the basis of the app's data. Our total liability for any claim is capped at the greater of $50 or what you paid us for the service in the 12 months before the claim.
8. Changes
If we change these terms in a way that matters, we will update this page and the effective date, and for material changes we will notify you in the app or by email before they take effect.
9. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA. Disputes go to the state or federal courts located in Dallas County, Texas.
10. Contact
[email protected]. A human answers.