Advertising terms

1. Nature of placement

Placement in Best of Your County is paid advertising. It is not an award, ranking, contest, certification, or unconditional endorsement, and no editorial selection process confers it.

Featured businesses are screened paid advertising partners. Placement does not guarantee workmanship, calls, leads, sales, or results.

2. Category exclusivity

Exclusivity applies to the specific approved category reserved, within the specific county edition and edition cycle purchased. It does not extend to other counties, other editions, adjacent categories, or digital properties.

The publisher determines category definitions and may decline an application where the requested category does not match the advertiser's actual services.

3. Screening

Before publication the publisher verifies owner and business identity, confirms county service coverage, checks applicable license and insurance, and screens public reviews and complaint history.

Screening is a baseline check performed in good faith from available information. It is not an audit, an investigation, or a warranty of any advertiser's performance.

If an advertiser does not meet the screening baseline, the placement is not published and the amount paid is refunded in full.

4. Payment and reservations

Payment reserves the category. Unpaid holds are not offered. During checkout a category is held temporarily; if payment is not completed within the hold window, the category returns to availability.

Prices are per edition and are not recurring subscriptions.

5. Minimum print, refunds, and rollover

Each edition publishes a total number of advertising positions and a minimum number of reserved positions required to print. Both figures are shown on that edition's rate card and Edition Board.

If the minimum is not reached by the published reservation close date, the edition does not print and every reservation for that edition is refunded in full, or, at the advertiser's election, rolled over to the next edition.

After creative approval and print release, placements are non-refundable except where required by law.

6. Creative and approval

Professional ad design is included. The advertiser supplies logos, images, offers, and contact details and represents that it holds the rights to all supplied materials.

No placement is printed without the advertiser's written proof approval. The advertiser is responsible for the accuracy of names, phone numbers, addresses, licenses, and offers shown in the approved proof.

7. Offers and claims

Advertisers are solely responsible for honoring published offers and for the truthfulness of all claims, including license numbers, years in business, and guarantees.

The publisher may decline or require modification of any claim, image, or offer.

8. Limitation of liability

The publisher's total liability for any claim arising from a placement is limited to the amount paid for that placement.

The publisher is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including lost profits or lost business opportunity.

9. Production errors

In the event of a material production error caused by the publisher, the remedy is a corrected placement in the next edition or a pro-rated refund, at the publisher's discretion.

10. Changes

The publisher may update these terms for future editions. The terms in effect at the time of reservation govern that reservation.