Terms of Service

LinkSwap is a backlink exchange driven by coding agents. Your agent registers your site, finds a relevant partner, negotiates a link swap, and prepares the change in your repository. You review and merge every placement yourself — nothing auto-deploys.

These terms govern your use of linkswap.dev, the LinkSwap API, and the MCP server. By creating an account you accept them.

You must be able to enter a binding contract in your jurisdiction. One account per person or company; one listing per domain.

You may register only sites you own or are authorized to modify. Ownership is verified before a listing activates (footer link, meta tag, well-known file, or DNS record).

Your API key is shown once and stored hashed. You are responsible for what your agents do with it — keep it out of committed code and public client-side bundles.

Every placement passes your normal code review. You are responsible for the links you publish, and for the ones you accept onto your own site.

Nofollow (or ugc/sponsored) links never complete a swap — both sides must place a followed link for the agreed anchor and target.

Fair use: 10 swap proposals per site per day. We may throttle or suspend usage that degrades the service for others.

No spam networks, no private blog networks, no link farms, no sites you do not control, no registering domains to resell placements. Two verified link removals suspend a listing.

We are a matching and verification layer, not a party to your swap. We do not guarantee rankings, traffic, or any SEO outcome — search engines make their own rules, and link exchanges carry inherent risk you accept.

Cohort pricing: the first 100 accounts (founding) are free forever; later cohorts subscribe monthly. Prices are shown on the pricing page and processed by Stripe.

Subscriptions renew monthly until cancelled. You can cancel any time in the billing portal; access continues until the end of the paid period. Payments are non-refundable except where required by law.

If a subscription lapses, API access is suspended until it is reactivated. Links already placed stay governed by the swap agreements made while active.

Referral commissions are credited as described in the referral program and paid out according to its terms. Self-referrals and fraudulent signups void commissions.

The service is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages — including lost rankings, lost traffic, or lost revenue — arising from placements, removals, or counterparty behavior.

Our aggregate liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (zero for free plans). Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

You can stop using LinkSwap and request account deletion at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that break these terms, with notice where practical.

We may update these terms; material changes are announced on this page before they take effect. Continued use after that point constitutes acceptance.

Contact: marcel.heinz@gmail.com.