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Terms of Service

Version October 31, 2026.

This update explains booking requests, agreed changes, payment reports, Pennsylvania work responsibilities, and the use of profiles and AI assistance. It narrows our content license and replaces mandatory arbitration with the court process described below. These Terms apply when you accept this version; they do not rewrite an earlier work agreement or waive rights that have already arisen. Previous terms.

Welcome to gigit.org. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website gigit.org and related services (collectively, the "Services") provided by Valish Studios, LLC ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"). You agree to these Terms when you select an action that expressly states your agreement. We record your account, accepted policy versions, confirmation wording, and time when you confirm after sign-in. Our Privacy Policyexplains how we handle information; optional publication and marketing choices remain separate.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use our Services. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. If you are using the Services on behalf of a business, you represent that you have authority to bind that business to these Terms.

2. Account Registration

To access certain features of the Services, you must register for an account. You may register and sign in using email verification. When you register:

  • You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information
  • You agree to maintain and promptly update your account information
  • You are responsible for safeguarding your email account, verification codes, sign-in links, and sessions and for all activities under your account
  • You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account
  • You may not transfer your account to another person without our prior written consent

3. Use of the Services

Gigit supports local work relationships, initially in the Poconos of Pennsylvania, including residential repair, remodeling, and skilled trades. A listed skill or service area does not mean that matching work or a qualified provider is available. Rules applicable where the work takes place still apply, including when participants travel outside Pennsylvania.

Permitted Use

You may use the Services to:

  • Create and maintain a profile showcasing your skills and work history
  • Browse, search for, and apply to gig opportunities
  • Post gig opportunities and review applications from workers
  • Communicate with other users regarding gig opportunities
  • Leave and receive reviews and ratings
  • Publish an optional portfolio, receive private inquiries, and propose or accept work
  • Keep agreed scope, changes, completion evidence, and participant payment reports together

Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

  • Violate any applicable law, regulation, or third-party rights
  • Post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content
  • Impersonate any person or entity or falsely represent your affiliation
  • Post content that is discriminatory, harassing, threatening, or hateful
  • Use the Services for any illegal purpose or to promote illegal activities
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks
  • Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security features
  • Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Services without permission
  • Use the Services to send spam or unsolicited communications
  • Collect or harvest user information without consent
  • Post content containing viruses or malicious code
  • Fabricate work, references, credentials, payment reports, or reviews
  • Offer work you cannot lawfully perform or request unsafe or unlawful working conditions

4. User Content

Your Content

You retain ownership of content you post on the Services ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, copy, format, transmit, and display it as reasonably needed to provide, secure, and support the Services, consistent with your sharing choices and our Privacy Policy. Service providers may process it for those purposes on our behalf. This license does not give us permission to use private content in advertising or to publish your profile without your publication choice. It ends when the content is deleted, except for permitted retention, backups, and records legitimately retained for other participants, as described in the Privacy Policy.

Content Standards

You are solely responsible for your User Content. You represent that:

  • You own or have the necessary rights to post your User Content
  • Your User Content does not violate the rights of any third party
  • Your User Content is accurate and not misleading
  • Your User Content complies with these Terms and applicable law
  • You have permission to share customer-property photos, identifiable people, and reference statements
  • You identify school projects, supervised experience, and self-reported work accurately

Content Removal

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to any User Content that we determine, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

5. Gigs and Transactions

Platform Role

Gigit.org provides discovery and coordination tools for workers, independent businesses, homeowners, and other hiring parties. The parties to a work agreement are the identified participants, not Gigit. Gigit does not act as your employer, contractor, payroll provider, insurer, or escrow service merely by providing these tools. We do not guarantee:

  • The quality, safety, or legality of any gig posted
  • The qualifications, background, or identity of any user
  • The ability of workers to complete gigs or employers to pay
  • User conduct on or off the platform

Worker Responsibilities

If you are a worker, you understand and agree that:

  • Gigit does not employ you. Your actual working relationship with the hiring party determines the applicable responsibilities; a label in the application does not establish worker classification
  • Taxes, withholding, wages, insurance, workers’ compensation, and other obligations follow the actual relationship and applicable law. These Terms do not transfer an employer’s legal duties to a worker or waive employment protections
  • You should verify gig details and employer identity before accepting work
  • Payment terms are between you and the employer

Requests, offers, and agreements

An inquiry or application does not book work. Sending a reviewed booking request or proposed work terms records the sender’s approval of that proposal. Work is confirmed in Gigit only when the other party accepts the same current proposal before it expires. Public hiring requires an offer and the selected worker’s acceptance. Review the responsible person or business, scope, dates, price or rate, payment timing, cancellation terms, and working arrangement before agreeing. An estimate or AI draft is not a final price or commitment.

Changes proposed in Gigit do not replace the current agreement until the other party accepts them. The prior terms remain in the work history. Record relevant changes agreed elsewhere and obtain any additional signed documents the law requires. A cancellation recorded in the app does not automatically settle charges, waive wages, or override a statutory cancellation right. Each party remains responsible for the agreed terms to the extent lawful.

Completion reports, uploaded evidence, and payment acknowledgments are statements by the participants. They are not independent inspections, bank confirmation, or a release of legal claims. Silence does not establish successful completion or payment. Report disagreements through the work record or our support contact. We may review platform records and moderate activity, but do not promise to adjudicate a dispute, collect a debt, or enforce a participant’s work agreement.

Pennsylvania construction and home improvement

Choosing “subcontract” does not establish independent-contractor status. Pennsylvania’s Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (Act 72) imposes requirements including a written services contract, freedom from control or direction, and an independently established business that meets the statutory criteria. Hiring parties must determine and meet the applicable employment, pay, tax, supervision, safety, and insurance obligations. Read the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Act 72 guidance.

Where the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act applies, contractors must satisfy its registration, insurance, advertising, written-contract, and consumer-protection requirements. Include the required registration number in relevant profiles, advertisements, estimates, proposals, and contracts. Covered home-improvement contracts over $500 must be written and signed and include required details and cancellation notices; applicable deposit limits and cancellation rights still apply. Consult the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s guidance.

Gigit’s booking record is not a complete statutory home-improvement contract. The participants must arrange any required compliant contract, notices, permits, trade licenses, and insurance before work begins. A contractor registration or a limited credential check does not establish competence or guarantee performance. Describe the exact credential and its status accurately.

Adults may describe supervised training or school projects, but that experience does not establish readiness for unsupervised work. A school, instructor, or community partner is not affiliated with or endorsing Gigit merely because someone mentions them. School placements, academic credit, and partner programs require their own arrangements.

Employer Responsibilities

If you are an employer, you understand and agree that:

  • You must establish the appropriate working arrangement and required hiring, pay, tax, safety, and insurance processes for the actual work
  • You are responsible for complying with all applicable employment and labor laws
  • You will not discriminate against workers based on protected characteristics
  • You will pay workers as agreed and in compliance with applicable law

6. Reviews and Ratings

Users may leave reviews and ratings after completing gigs. Reviews must be honest, accurate, and based on actual experience. We may remove reviews that violate our policies. On-platform reviews are tied to eligible work participation; external references are labeled separately. This does not guarantee the accuracy of a participant’s statements.

A skill selection is self-reported. A credential check describes only the specific claim, source, and date shown; it is not a general background check or guarantee of safety or suitability. External references are distinct from work completed through Gigit. Do not purchase, trade, or condition benefits on positive reviews. You may report inaccurate or abusive content and ask support to review a moderation decision. Honest negative feedback is not prohibited merely because it is unfavorable.

7. Fees and Payments

Creating an account and basic use of the Services is currently free. We reserve the right to offer paid features in the future, with pricing and applicable terms shown before you choose them. These Terms do not authorize a future charge. Payments for work are currently arranged directly between participants. Gigit does not hold funds, provide payroll or insurance, verify bank settlement, or guarantee payment. Recording payment in the application is a participant report.

Workshops, recognition, referrals, vouchers, credits, or partner benefits are available only if separately offered with stated eligibility, value, availability, redemption, and expiry rules. A participation label does not certify skills or improve a person’s verification status. Promotional benefits are separate from pay owed for work. Proposed features and research plans are not promises of availability, earnings, employment, or lifetime benefits.

AI assistance

Optional AI tools can suggest work descriptions and extract profile details from a résumé. Suggestions can be inaccurate or incomplete. Review and correct them before saving, publishing, sending, or agreeing to work. They do not verify experience, provide legal or tax advice, or establish that a work arrangement is lawful. Manual entry remains available. Our Privacy Policy explains the information sent to the provider.

8. Intellectual Property

The Services and their content, features, and functionality are owned by the Company and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Services without our permission.

9. Disclaimers

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES RESULTING FROM:

  • YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES
  • ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES
  • UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT
  • ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANOTHER USER

IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

11. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you are responsible for third-party claims and reasonable costs caused by your unlawful conduct, infringement of another person’s rights, or material breach of these Terms. This does not require you to cover losses caused by Gigit’s own unlawful conduct or shift an employer’s statutory responsibilities to a worker. We will give reasonable notice of a claim and an opportunity to participate in its defense. A settlement imposing an admission or nonmonetary obligation on you requires your consent.

12. Dispute Resolution

For a dispute with Gigit, contact legal@gigit.org so we can try to resolve it. This does not delay a filing deadline or prevent urgent relief or a report to a regulator. Unless applicable law requires another forum, disputes with Gigit may be brought in state courts in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, or federal courts with jurisdiction there. Either party may use a small-claims court with jurisdiction. These Terms do not require arbitration or waive class proceedings. Disputes between participants remain subject to their lawful agreements and applicable law.

13. Termination

We may restrict content or suspend or terminate access for violations of these Terms, fraud, safety or security risks, legal requirements, or discontinuation of the Services. Where reasonably practicable and lawful, we will explain the reason and allow you to contact support for review. Immediate action may be necessary to protect people or the service. You can stop using Gigit and request account deletion. Ending access does not cancel existing work obligations, erase pay owed, or eliminate records that must be retained. Provisions that by their nature need to survive termination will survive.

14. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms as the Services change. We will identify the version and explain material changes in the Services or by email before requiring acceptance. We will ask you to affirmatively accept material revisions. Viewing a notice alone is not a recorded acceptance. Previous versions remain available from this page. Changes do not retroactively alter work agreements or authorize new optional data uses or charges. If you disagree, you may stop using the Services and contact support about your records and account.

15. General Provisions

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability or limits consumer, employment, privacy, or other rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. The disclaimers and liability limit above apply only to the extent permitted by law, and do not exclude liability for our fraud, willful misconduct, or other liability that applicable law does not permit us to exclude.

  • Entire Agreement: These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Services.
  • Severability: If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
  • Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision will not be a waiver of that right or provision.
  • Assignment: You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign our rights and obligations.
  • Governing Law: These Terms are governed by the laws of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict of law principles.

16. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

  • Email: legal@gigit.org
  • Mail: Valish Studios, LLC, 649 Main St Suite 324, Stroudsburg, PA 18360