Terms of Use

Last updated: October 11, 2026. Operated by iamEtderick LLC.

Accepting these terms

By using Somewhere to Sit you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

What this is — and isn't

Somewhere to Sit provides motivational, reflective, educational, spiritual where applicable, and general emotional-support content. It does not provide psychotherapy, medical diagnosis, medical treatment, legal advice, or emergency intervention, and it is not a substitute for a licensed professional.

Emergencies

Somewhere to Sit cannot respond to emergencies. If you are in immediate danger or may hurt yourself or someone else, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. In the United States you can call or text 988. See Need immediate help?

Your account

You're responsible for keeping your sign-in details private and for activity on your account. You must be at least 18 to create an account.

Acceptable use

Please don't misuse the service: no attempts to access other people's accounts or data, disrupt the site, scrape it, or use it for anything unlawful.

Membership and billing

• Keep My Seat costs $7.99 per month or $79 per year (plus any applicable tax).
• Automatic renewal: your membership renews automatically at the end of each period and your payment method is charged until you cancel.
• Cancellation: you may cancel a monthly or yearly membership at any time. To cancel, go to your account page and choose "Manage membership," which opens the billing provider's portal where the cancellation is completed. Cancelling stops future renewal charges. Unless a refund is separately issued, you keep member access through the end of the membership period you've already paid for. Cancelling does not by itself result in a refund.
• Plan changes: plan changes are made through the billing provider's portal from your account page. Whether a change is available, when it takes effect, and any billing adjustment that applies can depend on the payment provider's settings.
• Refunds: membership payments are generally non-refundable after a billing period begins, except for duplicate charges, billing errors, exceptions we approve at our discretion, or where a refund is required by applicable law. If a full refund is issued, membership access ends once the refund has been processed. A partial refund does not cancel your membership.
• Prices may change; we'll tell you before a change affects your renewal.

Gift a Seat

• One-time, non-renewing: a gift is a single payment of $7.99 for 30 days of membership ("One Month of Rest") or $79 for 12 months ("A Year to Return To"), plus any applicable tax. A gift never renews and never charges the purchaser or the recipient again.
• Who can buy: you must be signed in and at least 18. By entering a recipient's email address, you confirm you have a good reason to believe they'd welcome the gift.
• Delivery: we email the recipient an invitation after payment is confirmed, or at the date and time you choose. Scheduled invitations are usually sent within about an hour after the chosen time. If an invitation is lost, the purchaser can request a fresh link from their account page; the earlier link then stops working. This never creates an additional gift.
• Named or anonymous: you can send a gift with your name and an optional message, or anonymously. If anonymous, we don't show the recipient your name, email address, or payment details. We still keep the purchase record for billing, support, and legal reasons.
• Redemption: each gift link can be claimed once, by one account. If you choose to limit a gift to the recipient's email address, it can only be claimed by an account with that confirmed address.
• When a gift starts: if the recipient has no active membership, the gift starts when it is claimed and lasts its full length. If they already have a paid membership, or another gift is active, the gift is saved and can be started once that access has ended. A gift never cancels, shortens, or changes a paid membership, which keeps renewing and billing unless the member cancels it themselves.
• Unused gifts: a claimed gift stays saved in the recipient's account until they start it. When a started gift ends, access ends unless another membership or gift is active; the recipient is never charged automatically.
• Refunds: gift purchases follow the same refund approach as memberships — generally non-refundable once delivered, except for duplicate charges, billing errors, exceptions we approve at our discretion, or where a refund is required by applicable law. A full refund ends that gift only. A partial refund does not end the gift unless it expressly changes what was purchased.
• Disputes: if a gift payment is disputed with the card issuer, that gift's access may be paused while the dispute is open. If the dispute is resolved in our favor, the gift's remaining unused time is restored. If it is resolved against us, the gift ends. Refunds and disputes never affect any other membership or gift, and never delete journal entries.
• Account deletion: if a purchaser deletes their account, gifts they already paid for stay valid for the recipient. If a recipient deletes their account, any claimed or unused gift ends with the account and can't be claimed again.
• Your rights: nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection laws that can't be waived.

Your writing

What you write belongs to you. You give us only the permission needed to store and show it back to you. We don't publish it or use it for advertising.

Our content

The letters, messages, audio, design, and other content on Somewhere to Sit belong to us or our licensors. You may use them for your own personal, non-commercial use.

Availability

We try to keep the site running, but it may sometimes be unavailable, and features may change or be retired.

Limitation of liability

The service is provided "as is." To the fullest extent allowed by law, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential damages, and our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.

Suspension and termination

You can delete your account at any time. We may suspend or end accounts that break these terms or put others at risk.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of New Jersey, United States.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. When we make a change that matters to you, we'll post the updated terms on this page and change the "last updated" date. Continuing to use Somewhere to Sit after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.

Severability and assignment

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. You may not transfer your account or membership to someone else. We may assign our rights and obligations under these terms, for example in connection with a merger or sale of the business.

Contact

Questions about these terms: Operations@iamEtderick.com.