These MailerLite Terms of Use (“Terms”) are entered into by and between the MailerLite entity set forth below ("MailerLite") and the entity or person accessing any Services ("Customer" or "you").
The purpose of these Terms is to introduce the basic terms and conditions of our services. MailerLite is a service that provides clients with a means to collect email addresses and to create, send and track email promotions (“Service”) and other services pursuant to any order confirmations, ordering documents or online registration ("Order Form").
As used in these Terms, "MailerLite" means (a) UAB “MailerLite”, a Lithuanian company at Jono Basanaviciaus str. 15, LT-03108, Vilnius, Lithuania, if Customer’s billing address on the applicable Order Form is located in the EU; or (b) MailerLite, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 548 Market St PMB 98174 San Francisco, California 94104-5401 US, if Customer's billing address on the applicable Order Form is located anywhere else in the world.
BY INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OR ACCESSING OR USING ANY MAILERLITE SERVICES, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED OR REFERENCED TO IN THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR SERVICES.
1.1. To use our Service you must:
1.2. By signing up, using the site or mobile app, you accept these terms and conditions and warrant that you meet all the requirements listed in this document, and that you won’t use the Service in a way that violates any laws or regulations.
2.1. You must follow these rules:
2.2. If you violate any of these rules, we may suspend or terminate your account.
3.1. Payment is not made until provision of Service. The payment period is one month when you order a monthly plan or one year when the annual plan is ordered. Payment for the monthly plan can be settled by credit card, and for the annual plan - by credit card or PayPal. We do not accept cash, payment checks or any other payment methods.
3.2. There is an option to switch between monthly and annual plans. If you have a monthly plan, you can switch to an annual plan at any time. If you want to switch from an annual plan to a monthly plan, you can only switch to the same or a higher monthly plan. You cannot switch plans if your current plan is expired, or if it expires in less than 2 days. You also cannot switch plans if you have already done so within the last 2 days.
3.3. The rates for Service and additional services provided by us are listed at www.mailerlite.com/pricing. Prices do not include VAT or other taxes of any kind. We may modify or change our fees and pricing at any time.
4.1. You acknowledge and agree that MailerLite may occasionally send you communications regarding your account or the Service via email.
5.1. You must be a registered user to access the Service. After creating a MailerLite account, you’ll need to complete two steps to validate your account: (i) Complete your profile; (ii) Request approval.
5.2. If you comply with our rules then we will approve your account and you’ll receive an email notification. If something looks suspicious then you might receive a disapproval email.
5.3. We keep the right at any time to perform your subscribers list review / past campaign performance prior to a full purchased limit approval to be able to analyse your deliverability results and make sure it fully complies with our Anti-Spam Policy requirements.
5.4. You are responsible for keeping your password secure. You will be solely responsible and liable for any activity that occurs under your username.
5.5. MailerLite reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to delete your disapproved account without notifying you.
5.6. MailerLite reserves the right to access your account to provide support, manage settings, or test it to ensure the functionality and features of MailerLite Services.
6.1. All email lists contained and sent to using Service must be permission-based subscriptions. It is absolutely not acceptable or allowable to use a list that has been purchased, rented or from a third-party.
6.2. MailerLite reserves the right to terminate any account that it finds in violation of its Terms of Use by receiving abuse complaints higher than allowed, without refund.
7.1. Emails are only sent to recipients who have given their consent to receive these emails according to applicable laws and regulations (e. g. General Data Protection Regulations (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data); or according to section 7, paragraph 2, number 3 UWG (Act Against Unfair Competition) - (opt in) - or have a business relationship with the advertiser, and the conditions according to article 13 section 2 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/58/EU on Privacy and Electronic Communication are met, and etc.).
7.2. Consent to receive advertisements through email has to be given separately. The recipient must either click/mark a box or otherwise give a comparatively clear declaration of consent to receive advertisements via email. This declaration may not be part of other declarations (such as agreeing to terms and conditions).
7.3. The recipients must give their consent actively through a conscious act. Pre-clicked/pre-marked boxes may not be used.
7.4. The option to revoke consent at any time with future effect must be clearly and explicitly indicated at the time of obtaining consent. This must also contain information as to how consent may be revoked and with whom. The option to revoke consent may not be more complicated than the obtaining of the consent. Revoked consent must be implemented after five (5) working days at the latest.
8.1. The contracting entity - that means the contracting partner of the sender of an advertisement must be clearly recognizable. Every sent email shall contain an easily noticeable ‘about us’; either in the text or through a direct link. It must be complete to the extent permitted by applicable law. The ‘about us’ section shall contain the following information:
8.2. For clarification purposes we would like to point out that the companies for which the address data is generated may not forward this address data to third parties without a special consent from the user to do so.
9.1. We only allow you to send relevant content which is requested by subscribers, and which corresponds to the CAN-SPAM Act. You cannot send pornography, affiliate marketing, pyramid schemes, MLM, "Get Rich Quick", Forex, Escort services, gambling, weight loss material, mobile unlocking services or offer illegal goods and services. You are also not allowed to send content that encourages discrimination, bullying or actions that could impose a health risk, such as anti-vaccination material. Moreover, you are not allowed to send misleading content about products, services, or other information—such as by hiding or excluding content, or by presenting it in an unclear, unintelligible, or ambiguous way.
9.2. You can send newsletters using MailerLite only if the content is created by you or you have the right to use it. You represent and warrant that you either own or have permission to use all of the material, content, data, and information, including your personal information and the personal information of others, you submit to MailerLite in the course of using the Service.
9.3. MailerLite reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to decide whether the content is inappropriate and cancel your account.
10.1. With our additional Website Builder services you can create websites from your MailerLite account. By using the Website Builder feature, you accept the terms and conditions below and warrant that you meet all the requirements listed in this section and that you won’t use this service in a way that violates any laws or regulations:
11.1. Affiliate Marketing and Affiliate Links are two different things. Affiliate Marketing is prohibited in MailerLite, but Affiliate Links are fine in most cases.
12.1. Creating multiple accounts with overlapping uses (similar email content, same links) or in order to evade the permanent suspension of a separate account is strictly forbidden.
13.1. In no event shall MailerLite be liable or responsible in any way in relation to the contents and use of, or differently in connection with this website or mobile app, or for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages (including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits, revenue, income or anticipated savings, business losses, loss of reputation or goodwill, loss of contracts or business relationships, or loss and/or corruption of information or data) whether in an action in contract, equity or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of or inability to use this site or mobile app or the materials therein or resulting from unauthorized access to or alteration of data. We won’t be held liable for any delays or failure in performance of any part of the Service if it is prevented or delayed in performing those obligations by an event of force majeure circumstances.
14.1. The term of Service will continue for as long as you have a MailerLite account or until you or we terminate it.
14.2. We reserve the right to terminate your account or limit your use of the Services at any time with or without cause. If we decide to terminate your account you will receive termination notice with further instructions.
14.3. You also have the option of canceling your account at any time without penalty. In the event of account cancellation you will lose all data related to Your account.
15.1. We are required to provide a refund only if we terminate our Services to you without cause before the end of a year for which you have paid. There is no other circumstance in which you will be entitled to a refund from us. We do not provide refunds if your account is suspended because of violation of our Anti-Spam Policy or Terms of Use. We do not refund if it turns out that you’re sending (or going to send) newsletters without having permission from your subscribers.
15.2. We may, at our sole discretion, offer refunds in other situations subject to any member seeking such refund applying for the refund in accordance with the requirements we post on the website or in the mobile app, which may be changed from time to time.
16.1. The number of subscribers is limited, emails are unlimited for some plans. You can add new subscribers to your account without upgrading the plan, but you can't send newsletters to them unless you upgrade.
16.2. You may not cheat by deleting subscribers and uploading new ones in order to send newsletters to more unique users than your plan allows.
17.1. In the event of internal disputes involving MailerLite accounts, you shall resolve the matter directly with the other party. You shall not request access to or information about an account that you do not have access to.
17.2. MailerLite reserves the right to suspend any account associated with the dispute to protect the security and privacy of the data held within the account until the dispute is properly resolved. Please note that we will request a copy of the court decision or other legitimate document in order to suspend the account.
18.1. We may modify or terminate our services at anytime, for any reason, and without notice. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time without notice. Please review these Terms of Use on occasion as they may change in the future. We may, but have no obligation to, remove accounts and content containing what we determine as unlawful, offensive, threatening, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable material. We will remove content that violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Use.
19.1. MailerLite claims no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Service. You acknowledge that MailerLite owns all right, title and interest in and to the Service, including without limitation all intellectual property rights, and such rights are protected by international intellectual property laws. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, or create derivative works from the Service.
20.1. All MailerLite customers have a Refer-a-friend dashboard, which allows you to invite other people to sign up for MailerLite and get a designated credit.
20.2. When a new user visits MailerLite website via your Refer a friend link and signs up (within 30 days from the first visit) our system instantly identifies your referral. The user will get a designated credit immediately and you will be rewarded with a credit as soon as he or she upgrades.
20.3. Credits will automatically be applied when you buy or upgrade your MailerLite plan. Up to 50% of the total cost can be covered by credits. The other 50% has to be paid in real money. If your credits exceed the limit, they will be saved to be applied to the next payment.
20.4. Credits cannot be exchanged for real money.
21.1. All new free accounts get a 14-day trial to our premium features.
21.2. Accounts that signed up through affiliate links get 30 days access to premium features.
21.3. Once you upgrade to a paid plan, your free trial will end.
22.1. At MailerLite, protecting your privacy and the privacy of anyone receiving your email is very important. Please read our Privacy Policy, Security Statement and Cookie Policy to know more about how we process and protect personal data in accordance with good industry practice.
23.1. If you share with us personal data of your clients, Data Processing Addendum is applied to you.
23.2. Data Processing Addendum is an integral part of Terms of Use and can be found here.
24.1. MailerLite reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time. If we decide to change this document, we will post changes on this page. All changes are effective immediately upon posting and we suggest that you check these Terms of Use periodically.
25.1. These Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with governing law and jurisdiction of the Republic of Lithuania.
25.2. These Terms of Use will begin upon when you become our client and will continue unless terminated hereunder.
Last updated on March 19, 2021