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Refund & Cancellation Policy

Effective date: July 21, 2026

The short version

We keep billing simple: no long-term contracts, no setup fees, and clear scope up front. Monthly plans can be cancelled anytime. Work that has already been performed, and third-party costs we have already incurred on your behalf, are not refundable. The details are below.

Audits and one-time fees

A paid audit is billed up front. Because it is delivered work — the research, the teardown, and the plan are yours to keep either way — audit fees are non-refundable once the work has started.

Monthly plans

Managed plans (such as the Managed Chatbot and Full Portal) are billed monthly in advance. You can cancel anytime; your plan stays active through the end of the current billing period, and you will not be charged again after that. We do not offer partial refunds for a month already started.

Custom builds and buyouts

Larger builds and one-time buyouts are scoped and quoted before we start, often with milestones. Deposits reserve the work and are non-refundable. Payments tied to completed milestones are non-refundable. Anything not yet started can be cancelled per the terms in your project agreement.

AI usage costs

Where a plan passes through AI or infrastructure usage at cost, those amounts reflect services already consumed and are non-refundable.

How to cancel

To cancel a plan or ask about a charge, email us at create@storybyblank.com or reach us through our contact page. We will confirm your cancellation and the date your access ends.

Exceptions

If something goes wrong on our end, talk to us. We would rather make it right than hide behind a policy. Anything agreed in a signed proposal or statement of work takes precedence over this page.