By accessing or using BrandNiche ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
BrandNiche is a web-based style-matching application that helps users discover clothing brands aligned with their personal aesthetic preferences. The Service is currently in beta and offers a Free tier. A Premium tier is planned for future release; pricing and features will be announced before launch.
The current Free tier provides access to the full 8-axis style matching, six style presets, the top 5 brand matches per analysis (with the first 2 shown in full and the remaining 3 blurred as a preview), up to 5 saved favourites, up to 3 analyses per day, up to 3 Style Map (region discovery) views per month, and visibility of fabric chips (with the AI fabric explanation reserved for Premium). The full Premium feature set (unlimited brand matches with all results shown in full, all style presets, AI fabric chip explanations, unlimited favourites, unlimited analyses, unlimited Style Map views, brand search, the "Like this, but…" refine tool, and advanced region/niche filters) is available as a paid monthly or yearly subscription — see Section 4 for billing, trial, cancellation, and refund terms.
Brand Database & Updates. BrandNiche's brand database is curated and updated continually at our discretion. While we strive to expand coverage over time, we make no guarantee regarding: (a) the total number of brands available at any given time; (b) the addition of any specific brand, country, or region; (c) the pace, timing, or frequency of database updates; or (d) the continued availability of any brand previously listed. Brands may be added, modified, or removed at any time without prior notice, including in response to brand removal requests (see Section 8). The total brand count shown anywhere in the Service is an approximate figure as of the time of display and may change. Features and matching algorithms may also evolve over time as we improve the Service.
When the paid Premium tier launches, subscriptions will be offered as either a monthly or yearly plan. Any prices displayed within the Service (for example "$1.99/mo" or "$7.99/yr" shown in promotional placements) are indicative starting prices in U.S. dollars and may differ from the price actually charged to you at the time of purchase, due to local currency conversion, regional pricing strategies, applicable taxes, store-specific adjustments, or promotional offers. The final, binding price in your local currency will always be displayed by Apple or Google at the point of purchase, before any payment is collected. Your purchase is concluded only after you confirm that final price with your store account.
Payment Processor: Paid subscriptions are processed exclusively through the Google Play Store (Android) and, where and when BrandNiche is made available on iOS in the future, the Apple App Store (iOS). BrandNiche does not handle, collect, or store your payment card details. Apple and Google act as the merchant of record for purchases made through their respective stores, and their terms govern the payment, billing, taxation, and refund process. Until BrandNiche is published on the Apple App Store, only the Google Play Store options described below apply to you in practice.
Free Trial Terms: We currently offer an optional 7-day free trial of the Premium tier. The free trial is granted without requiring any payment method — no credit card, debit card, or store credit is needed to start it. The trial automatically expires after 7 days, at which point the account reverts to the Free tier. No automatic charge will occur. To continue with Premium after the trial ends, you must actively purchase a subscription through your App Store or Play Store account.
Auto-Renewal Disclosure: Once you purchase a Premium subscription through the App Store or Play Store, the subscription will automatically renew at the end of each billing period (monthly or yearly, depending on the plan you selected) at the then-current price, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Apple and Google will display the renewal price and date at the point of purchase and may send you reminders before each renewal in accordance with their store policies.
How to Cancel: You can cancel your subscription at any time directly from your device:
Cancellation stops future renewals. You will retain Premium access until the end of the current paid billing period. We cannot cancel your subscription on your behalf — cancellation must be processed through the store where you purchased it.
Pause Option: As an alternative to cancellation, BrandNiche may offer the option to pause your subscription for 1, 2, or 3 months. While paused, you are not billed and Premium features are temporarily suspended, but your style profile and saved matches are preserved. Premium access resumes automatically at the end of the pause period, at which point normal billing continues. On Android, pause is handled natively by Google Play; on iOS, where the store does not support native pausing, BrandNiche provides an equivalent in-app pause experience. You may resume Premium at any time during the pause.
Refunds: Because Apple and Google act as the merchant of record, all refund requests must be submitted directly to them, not to BrandNiche:
Refund decisions are made solely by Apple or Google according to their respective policies. If a refund is granted to you by Apple or Google, the corresponding Premium access will be revoked from your BrandNiche account.
EU / UK / Türkiye Consumer Right of Withdrawal: If you reside in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or Türkiye, you may have a statutory right to withdraw from a digital-content purchase within 14 days. This right is administered by Apple or Google (the merchant of record) and is exercised through their refund channels listed above. By starting to use Premium features during this withdrawal period, you acknowledge that the digital service is being supplied immediately and may consent to the loss of the withdrawal right where the content has been fully delivered, in accordance with EU Directive 2011/83/EU and equivalent national law.
Price Changes: Subscription prices may be updated over time. Where a price increase applies to your existing subscription, Apple or Google will notify you in accordance with their policies (typically requiring your affirmative consent to the new price for the subscription to continue renewing). You may always cancel before the new price takes effect.
Beta Premium Users: Existing Premium access granted during the beta period (by invitation) will not automatically convert into a paid subscription. When the paid tier launches, beta users will be notified and asked to opt in explicitly through the App Store or Play Store if they wish to continue with Premium.
To use sync features (favorites across devices and Premium status verification), you may sign in with Google. Slider preferences, match results, analysis history, and your free-tier usage counters (daily analyses and monthly Style Map views) remain on your device and are not synced. You are responsible for activity under your account. You agree not to reverse-engineer the Service; use it for any unlawful purpose; attempt to bypass premium feature restrictions; or scrape, copy, or commercialize the brand database.
Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which describes what we collect, how we use it, and your rights. In summary: brand matching runs entirely on your device, we do not sell your data, we do not currently run behavioural advertising or sell profiles, and your favorites are synced to our servers only if you sign in. Any future use of your data for personalization or marketing would be subject to separate notice and, where required, your consent. You may export or delete all data we hold about you at any time from the in-app Settings page.
All content, design, brand scoring data, and code in BrandNiche are owned by or licensed to BrandNiche. The brand names and trademarks referenced are property of their respective owners — BrandNiche has no affiliation with any brand listed unless explicitly stated.
Trademark Disclaimer: BrandNiche is an independent style-matching tool. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with any clothing brand featured in the Service. All brand names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Brand match scores are algorithmic estimates produced by our proprietary scoring methodology for style discovery and entertainment purposes only. Scores reflect editorial judgment about general brand characteristics and are not based on consumer testing or brand endorsement; they do not represent official brand positioning. Brand scores and rankings are determined solely by our scoring methodology and are never influenced by any commercial arrangement. Should BrandNiche in the future earn affiliate commissions from outbound links to a brand, such an arrangement is a referral relationship only — it does not constitute brand endorsement, sponsorship, or any influence over scores or rankings, and it will be disclosed within the Service. Use of brand names constitutes nominative fair use for the purpose of style comparison and consumer information.
Sustainability Scores — Special Notice: Among our style dimensions, the "Sustainable" score is treated differently from purely aesthetic dimensions (such as minimal, classic, or premium), because it touches on factual matters rather than taste alone. The scale runs from eco-conscious positioning at one end to high-volume, mass-market positioning at the other. This score is a relative editorial estimate reflecting a brand's general positioning within its peer set; it is not a verified environmental rating, audited sustainability claim, lifecycle assessment, accusation of "greenwashing," or certification of any kind. A high "mass-market" score is not an assertion that a brand harms the environment or behaves unethically, and a low "eco-conscious" score is not a verified endorsement or guarantee of a brand's environmental claims. To avoid implying any absolute or definitive environmental judgment in either direction, the scores are intentionally compressed toward the middle of the scale and no brand is placed at the extreme mass-market end. These scores must not be relied upon as factual claims about any brand's actual environmental, social, or ethical practices. For verified information, consult the brand's own disclosures and recognized independent certification bodies.
Brand Links & Affiliate Disclosure: The Service may provide outbound links allowing you to visit a brand's own website or an authorized retailer. These links open in your external browser; BrandNiche does not process any purchase and is not a party to any transaction between you and a brand or retailer. At present BrandNiche earns no commission from these links. In the future, BrandNiche may participate in affiliate or referral programs (directly or through affiliate networks) and may earn a commission when a user visits a brand through such a link and subsequently makes a purchase. Where this occurs: (a) it will be clearly disclosed within the Service in accordance with applicable law (including FTC and comparable consumer-protection rules); (b) it will never influence which brands are shown, their match scores, or their ranking, which are determined solely by our algorithmic scoring methodology; (c) it imposes no additional cost on you — any commission is paid by the brand or retailer out of their own margin; and (d) it does not involve sharing your personal data with the brand beyond the standard, non-identifying referral parameters used by the relevant affiliate network. We reserve the right to introduce, modify, or discontinue such programs at any time. This Section is informational and forward-looking; it does not create any present commercial relationship between BrandNiche and any brand.
Sponsored Content (Future, Not Active Today): BrandNiche does not currently display any sponsored, promoted, or paid placement of any kind. In the future, BrandNiche may offer clearly labelled promotional content — which could include brands from outside the apparel category — kept entirely separate from the brand database, match scores, and result rankings. Should this ever occur: (a) any such content will be conspicuously labelled as "Sponsored" and visually distinct from algorithmic match results; (b) it will never influence which brands are shown, their match scores, or their ranking, which are produced solely by our hand-curated, proprietary scoring methodology and cannot be altered by any commercial arrangement; (c) it will not cause any sponsor to be inserted into, reordered within, or scored differently in the style-matching results; and (d) this Policy and any required in-app disclosure will be updated before any such feature goes live. This Section is informational and forward-looking; it does not create any present commercial or sponsorship relationship between BrandNiche and any party.
If you are the legitimate owner, authorized representative, or trademark counsel of a brand featured in the Service and you would like to request its removal, modification, or correction of associated metadata (score, description, region), please contact us at support@acy-studio.com with the subject line "Brand Removal Request".
Please include: (a) the brand name as it appears in the Service, (b) verification of your authority to act on behalf of the brand (e.g. corporate email domain, trademark registration number, or written authorization), and (c) the specific change requested (full removal or correction of specific information).
We process good-faith requests within 14 business days and will confirm completion by email. There is no fee and you do not need to initiate formal legal proceedings — a single email is sufficient for us to act in good faith. This informal process is offered without prejudice to any formal legal rights you may otherwise have (including under trademark, unfair-competition, or data-protection law). Choosing to use this informal channel does not waive, limit, or substitute for any such rights, and you remain free at any time to escalate to formal legal channels if you prefer.
The Service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. Brand match scores are algorithmic estimations produced by our proprietary scoring methodology, reflecting editorial judgment for entertainment and discovery purposes — they are not endorsements, recommendations, or guarantees of fit, quality, durability, or suitability for any particular purpose, and do not constitute professional fashion, styling, or purchasing advice. The brand database is updated continually and may contain errors, omissions, or outdated information. We make no warranty that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at all times.
Future AI Features. We may from time to time introduce optional features that use third-party large language models — for example, AI-generated narrative descriptions of your style match results, or AI-assisted brand research. Any such features, when activated, will be clearly labelled within the Service and the outputs may contain inaccuracies, hallucinations, or omissions. AI-generated content is provided as additional perspective only and does not modify the underlying algorithmic match scores. You should not rely on AI-generated content for any decision with financial, medical, legal, or safety consequences. Before any user data is sent to a third-party AI provider, the Privacy Policy and any in-app disclosure will be updated to reflect that integration.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, BrandNiche shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Service.
Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a competent court, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be replaced by an enforceable provision that most closely reflects the original commercial intent of the parties.
Force Majeure: BrandNiche shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of war, terrorism, civil unrest, natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics, governmental orders, outages of internet or cloud-infrastructure providers, denial-of-service attacks, or other technical disruptions of similar magnitude. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to restore the Service as soon as practicable.
Assignment: You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights under them without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganisation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, provided that your rights under these Terms and applicable consumer-protection law are preserved. We will notify you in-app or by email of any such assignment.
Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and BrandNiche regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements on the same subject.
No Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of that right or provision.
We may update these Terms at any time. Significant changes will be communicated via in-app notification. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye. Any disputes arising from or relating to your use of the Service shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Courts and Enforcement Offices, except where binding arbitration is required by separate agreement.
Türkiye Consumer Disputes: If you are a consumer residing in Türkiye, you retain your rights under Law No. 6502 on the Protection of Consumers. Consumer disputes below the monetary thresholds set annually by the Ministry of Trade are heard by the competent Tüketici Hakem Heyetleri (Consumer Arbitration Committees) of your place of residence or of the place where the transaction occurred. Disputes above the threshold are heard by the Tüketici Mahkemeleri (Consumer Courts). This consumer forum is available to you free of charge and nothing in these Terms requires you to litigate elsewhere as a Türkiye consumer.
Consumer Protection: If you reside in a jurisdiction (including the European Union, United Kingdom, or any country that grants mandatory consumer protection rights), the protective rules of your country of residence apply to you regardless of this clause. Nothing in these Terms limits any consumer rights you have under your local mandatory law.
Questions about these Terms: support@acy-studio.com
Plain English: We collect minimal data. We never sell your data. We don't show ads today — and if we ever introduce personalized recommendations or marketing based on your favorites, we'll tell you clearly first and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent. If you don't sign in, your preferences and favorites stay only on your device. If you sign in with Google, we save your favorites on our server so they sync across your devices.
BrandNiche is a web-based style-matching application. Contact: support@acy-studio.com
Without sign-in (anonymous use):
When you sign in with Google, we store on our servers:
Note on AI analysis logs: Our database schema reserves space for AI analysis logs (slider values, top matched brands, AI token usage and cost) so that an optional AI-generated style narrative can be offered to Premium users in the future. This feature is currently disabled and no analysis logs are being recorded. If we activate this feature, this Privacy Policy will be updated before any such data is collected, and you will be informed in-app.
Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6). Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation applies to you, we rely on the following lawful bases:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party. BrandNiche is funded primarily by subscriptions, not by advertising. We do not display ads and we do not sell your data. In the future we may earn affiliate commissions when a user chooses to visit a brand through an outbound link in the app; any such commission would never influence which brands are shown or how they are ranked, would be clearly disclosed within the Service, and would not involve sharing your personal data with the brand. Separately, BrandNiche may in the future introduce clearly labelled sponsored content kept entirely apart from match scores and rankings; if it does, this will never affect the algorithmic style-matching results, will not involve selling or sharing your personal data, and this Policy will be updated before any such feature goes live.
To exercise rights that cannot be completed in-app, email support@acy-studio.com. We respond within 30 days.
BrandNiche is not directed at children under 13. By using the Service you confirm that you are at least 13 years old (the consent threshold is 13 in most jurisdictions; some EU member states require a higher age — please defer to your local law). We do not knowingly collect data from children under that age. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, email us and we will delete the data promptly.
All data in transit is encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. Database access is restricted via Row-Level Security and service-role keys are never exposed to the client.
In the unlikely event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you by email within 72 hours of becoming aware of the incident, in accordance with GDPR Article 33. The notification will include the nature of the breach, the categories of data affected, the likely consequences, and the measures we are taking to address it. We also maintain an internal incident response procedure and will report qualifying breaches to the relevant supervisory authority where required.
Material changes will be notified via in-app message. Continued use constitutes acceptance.
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