WE ARE LOCAL — TERMS & CONDITIONS
Effective Date: August 25, 2026
Welcome to We Are Local. These Terms & Conditions govern participation in We Are Local directory listings, Community Partnerships, memberships, promotional opportunities, and related services.
By purchasing a We Are Local membership or service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms & Conditions.
1. Membership Options
We Are Local offers several levels of participation, including:
Local Directory Listing
Community Partner
Community Builder
Community Leader
Each membership level includes the benefits described on the We Are Local website at the time of enrollment.
Higher Community Partnership levels may include benefits available in lower partnership levels as described on the applicable membership page.
2. Membership Billing
Memberships may be purchased on a monthly or annual billing schedule.
By completing a purchase, you authorize We Are Local and its payment processor to charge the payment method provided for the membership rate and billing frequency selected at checkout.
Memberships automatically renew at the same billing frequency unless canceled before the next scheduled renewal.
Prices, benefits, and membership options may change in the future. Any changes affecting an existing member's future renewal will be communicated when reasonably required.
3. Annual Memberships
Annual memberships are billed once per year at the annual rate displayed at checkout.
Annual pricing may reflect a discount compared with twelve monthly payments.
Annual memberships automatically renew annually unless canceled before the next renewal date.
4. Cancellation
Members may cancel their membership at any time to prevent future renewal charges.
Cancellation does not immediately terminate benefits that have already been paid for. Membership benefits will generally remain available through the end of the current paid billing period.
After the paid membership period ends, membership benefits, directory enhancements, promotional privileges, and other membership-specific services may be discontinued or adjusted to reflect the member's current status.
5. Refunds
Payments already processed are non-refundable and non-prorated, except where otherwise required by applicable law.
Cancellation prevents future renewal charges but does not generate a refund or credit for unused time remaining in the current paid membership period.
6. Directory Listings
Businesses participating in the We Are Local Directory are responsible for providing accurate and current information, including business names, descriptions, logos, contact information, websites, social media links, and other information used in their listing.
Businesses should notify We Are Local when material information changes.
We Are Local reserves the right to edit formatting, spelling, grammar, presentation, or layout when reasonably necessary to maintain consistency across the directory.
7. Community Partnership Benefits
Community Partnership benefits vary by membership level and may include directory placement, business profiles, social media promotion, event promotion, recognition, featured stories, video interviews, strategy sessions, and other promotional or community-building opportunities.
Benefits identified as priority consideration, first consideration, or similar language provide preferential consideration but do not guarantee that a particular story, event, post, initiative, or other editorial opportunity will be published or selected.
Scheduling of interviews, features, strategy sessions, and similar benefits is subject to reasonable availability and coordination.
8. Editorial Independence
We Are Local is a community storytelling and local-business platform.
Purchasing a membership or Community Partnership does not purchase favorable editorial coverage or control over We Are Local's independent editorial content.
Sponsored, promotional, partnership, and editorial content may be identified or presented differently when appropriate.
We Are Local retains editorial discretion over content published on its platforms.
9. Content Provided by Members
By providing photographs, logos, videos, business descriptions, testimonials, or other materials to We Are Local, you represent that you have the right to provide and use those materials.
You grant We Are Local permission to use materials you provide for purposes reasonably related to your membership, directory listing, promotion, storytelling, and marketing of We Are Local and its community initiatives.
Ownership of the member's original intellectual property remains with the member unless otherwise agreed in writing.
10. Community Standards
We Are Local reserves the right to refuse, suspend, or discontinue membership or promotional services when a business or individual engages in unlawful activity, intentionally provides misleading information, abuses the platform, threatens or harasses others, or engages in conduct that could reasonably harm We Are Local, participating businesses, or the community.
When reasonably appropriate, We Are Local may provide notice and an opportunity to resolve an issue before taking action.
Nothing in this section limits rights or obligations required by applicable law.
11. No Guarantee of Business Results
We Are Local provides visibility, storytelling, promotional, networking, and community-building opportunities.
We do not guarantee specific financial results, customer leads, sales, website traffic, social media engagement, search-engine rankings, or other business outcomes from participation.
Business results depend on many factors outside the control of We Are Local.
12. Availability and Changes to Services
We Are Local may periodically improve, modify, replace, or discontinue features of the platform as the organization and community grow.
We will make reasonable efforts to preserve the overall value of paid membership benefits during a member's current paid period.
13. Third-Party Services
We Are Local may use third-party providers for payment processing, website services, communications, social media, video hosting, scheduling, analytics, and other business functions.
Use of those services may also be subject to the applicable provider's terms and privacy practices.
14. Privacy
Information collected through We Are Local is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy should be read together with these Terms & Conditions.
15. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, We Are Local is not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from participation in its directory, memberships, promotional activities, events, content, or services.
Nothing in these Terms & Conditions excludes or limits rights or liabilities that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
16. Changes to These Terms
We Are Local may update these Terms & Conditions as its services evolve or as legal or operational requirements change.
The current version will be posted on the We Are Local website with its effective or updated date.
17. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms & Conditions, membership billing, or cancellation may be directed to:
We Are Local
Great Falls, Montana
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://wearelocalmt.com
Last updated: August 25, 2026