Terms of Service

Effective date: August 12, 2026

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 using the website 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. Service status

RakeScan is a live service. Features may change or be removed, and access may be paused for maintenance or while we scale; we tell you at your account email about changes that affect you. What is free is listed on rakescan.com/pricing and stays free for as long as it is listed there; paid plans are billed as described on that page, and price changes are announced before they take effect.

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.