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Version February 2026

Terms and Conditions

The terms that apply to our offers, agreements and work.

Article 1 — Definitions

1.1 Services. The services Blackorange provides to the Client, being one or more of:

(a) SONAR™ — commercial opportunity intelligence: monitoring markets for relevant change, connecting signals, and identifying and prioritising opportunities worth acting on;

(b) RELAY™ — managed outbound: building and operating the system that identifies the right companies and people and starts conversations with them, including copywriting, personalisation, data enrichment, verification, sequencing, campaign management and reporting;

(c) GRAVITY™ — authority building: turning the Client's expertise into a consistent professional presence, including positioning, content development, publishing and reporting;

(d) Consulting — strategic advice, audits, workshops and guidance on growth planning, offer development, go-to-market strategy, sales process, outbound strategy, email infrastructure, deliverability and commercial optimisation, without Blackorange necessarily being responsible for execution;

(e) Infrastructure Only — providing, managing or supporting outbound infrastructure, including domains, inboxes, DNS configuration, warming, rotation, sending configuration, deliverability monitoring, technical setup, data flows and operational infrastructure.

1.2 Client. The natural or legal person with whom Blackorange enters into an Agreement.

1.3 Agreement. The proposal or Statement of Work (SOW) together with these Terms and Conditions.

1.4 Personal Data. Data as defined in the GDPR.

1.5 Data Processing Agreement (DPA). Written arrangements on the processing of personal data on the Client's instructions.

1.6 Tool Stack. The software, data sources and infrastructure required to deliver the Services, selected and managed solely by Blackorange.

1.7 White-label Services. Services that Blackorange performs for or on behalf of a Client who supplies them onward to a third party or end client under its own name, brand or commercial relationship.

1.8 In writing. Including email and other digital communication from which consent clearly appears.

Article 2 — Applicability

2.1 These Terms apply to all offers, quotations, agreements and work of Blackorange.

2.2 The Client's own terms are expressly rejected.

2.3 Termination does not release the Client from payment obligations for work already performed.

2.4 Blackorange may refuse assignments.

2.5 Where the proposal or SOW conflicts with these Terms, the proposal or SOW prevails to the extent it expressly deviates from them.

Article 3 — Term and termination

3.1 Minimum term: three (3) months, unless agreed otherwise in writing.

3.2 After the minimum term the Agreement renews tacitly on a monthly basis.

3.3 Termination must be given in writing before the end of the calendar month preceding the desired end date. The notice period is always one (1) full calendar month. A running calendar month is never settled pro rata or refunded.

Example: notice given on or before 30 April ends the Agreement on 31 May. Notice given on 1 May or later ends the Agreement on 30 June.

3.4 All amounts relating to started, ongoing or due contract months remain fully payable on termination. Invoices already issued or due are not credited because of early termination, delay, non-use or the Client's failure to make use of the Services.

3.5 Where the parties agree a pilot period, it is a temporary test phase preceding a structural collaboration, unless agreed otherwise in writing.

3.6 After the pilot period an evaluation takes place against pre-agreed or reasonably relevant criteria, including technical feasibility, quality of the proposition, available market data, response quality, the Client's commercial follow-up and the Client's suitability for scaling.

3.7 If Blackorange evaluates the pilot positively, the Agreement converts automatically into a twelve (12) month contract at the monthly retainer stated in the proposal or SOW, unless the Client terminates in writing before the end of the pilot period. A positive evaluation means Blackorange reasonably determines that the proposition, target audience, data, outreach infrastructure and commercial follow-up provide a sufficient basis for scaling.

3.8 The twelve-month contract is invoiced monthly in advance. Early termination is not possible unless agreed otherwise in writing. On early termination or suspension by the Client, all remaining monthly instalments for the agreed term remain payable.

3.9 The twelve-month term starts on the first day after the pilot period ends, unless agreed otherwise in writing.

Article 4 — Fees and payment

4.1 Fees are as stated in the proposal, excluding VAT.

4.2 Invoices are due within 14 days of the invoice date; Services are invoiced in advance.

4.3 Late payment incurs 5% interest per month plus extrajudicial collection costs (minimum €50 or 15% of the invoice amount).

4.4 Blackorange may suspend work and access to the Tool Stack in the event of non-payment.

4.5 Ownership of and access to resulting data transfer to the Client after payment in full.

4.6 To the extent expressly included in the proposal or SOW, the Tool Stack required to deliver the agreed Services is included in the monthly fee. Subscriptions, licences, platform fees, data credits, domains, inboxes and usage costs are included only to the extent they fall within the agreed scope. The Client receives access where reasonably required; Blackorange retains full control over the stack.

4.7 Blackorange may adjust its fees periodically, including because of inflation, changed operating costs, increased tooling or data costs, or changes to the Services. During an ongoing fixed term, a fee change applies only if agreed in writing, unless it follows from a scope change under Article 16. Updated fees may apply to renewals and new contract periods.

Article 5 — Delivery and Client cooperation

5.1 The Client provides accurate information, access and approvals on time (target profile, messaging, domains, inboxes, CRM).

5.2 Blackorange has a best-efforts obligation, not an obligation of result.

5.3 The Client is responsible for following up on leads, for its own privacy settings and for CRM management.

5.4 Delay caused by missing or incorrect input is at the Client's expense and risk.

5.5 The Client follows up on positive replies, meetings and commercial opportunities within one (1) business day, unless agreed otherwise in writing.

5.6 Blackorange gives no guarantee as to the number of messages sent, replies, positive responses, meetings, sales opportunities, customers, revenue or any other commercial outcome.

5.7 For Infrastructure Only Services the Client is responsible for the use of the infrastructure, including campaign content, sending behaviour, targeting, data use, compliance, follow-up and commercial outcomes. Blackorange is not liable for damage, limitations, blocks, reputational harm or compliance issues arising from use of the infrastructure by the Client or third parties outside Blackorange's written instructions.

5.8 The Infrastructure Only SLA applies only where expressly included as an additional service in the proposal or SOW and purchased by the Client. Without that express inclusion, no 24-hour fix-or-credit obligation applies.

5.9 Where the SLA applies, Blackorange will make commercially reasonable efforts to resolve critical infrastructure issues within twenty-four (24) hours of written notice, or to provide a workable alternative.

5.10 A critical infrastructure issue means only a failure or outage in infrastructure managed by Blackorange that materially prevents the agreed sending capacity from being available, and whose cause lies reasonably within Blackorange's control.

5.11 If Blackorange does not resolve a critical infrastructure issue within twenty-four (24) hours and provides no workable alternative, the Client may be entitled to a service credit as set out in the proposal or SOW. Unless agreed otherwise in writing, the credit is capped at five percent (5%) of the monthly SLA fee per qualifying incident, with a maximum of twenty percent (20%) of that monthly SLA fee per calendar month. A service credit never entitles the Client to a cash refund, cash-out or set-off outside the relevant Infrastructure Only Service.

5.12 The SLA does not apply to issues caused wholly or partly by use by the Client or third parties, campaign content, sending behaviour, data quality, spam complaints, blocks by email providers, platform policy changes, historical domain or inbox reputation, DNS or account changes by the Client, missing access, force majeure, or other circumstances outside Blackorange's reasonable control.

Article 6 — Use of artificial intelligence

6.1 Blackorange uses AI systems in delivering the Services, including for research, analysis, prioritisation of opportunities, and drafting copy, content and reports.

6.2 A person at Blackorange reviews and approves AI-assisted output before it is sent, published or delivered to the Client.

6.3 Blackorange takes no decision concerning an individual that produces legal effects for that individual, or similarly significantly affects them, by automated means alone.

6.4 Blackorange does not make Client data or prospect data available to third-party AI providers for training their models, and uses settings and agreements that exclude such use.

6.5 The use of AI does not change the allocation of responsibilities in these Terms. Blackorange remains responsible for the Services as agreed; the Client remains responsible for its own use of deliverables, including any onward use of AI-assisted material.

6.6 On request, Blackorange informs the Client in general terms about the categories of AI systems used in delivering the Services.

Article 7 — Intellectual property

7.1 Methods, prompts, templates, scripts, workflows and frameworks remain the property of Blackorange.

7.2 The Client receives a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence for internal use of campaign assets.

7.3 Blackorange may reuse generic elements (code, snippets, templates, AI workflows).

7.4 Leads, exports and reports belong to the Client after payment in full.

7.5 Content, copy, creative material, funnels and campaign structures produced by Blackorange may be used internally by the Client after payment in full. Frameworks, templates, prompts, workflows and strategic methods remain the exclusive property of Blackorange.

Article 8 — Non-solicitation

8.1 During the collaboration and for twelve (12) months thereafter, the Client will not directly or indirectly approach or engage employees, freelancers or subcontractors of Blackorange without prior written consent.

Article 9 — Data protection (GDPR)

9.1 Blackorange primarily processes business contact data under legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) for B2B prospecting on the Client's instructions.

9.2 Blackorange acts as processor; the Client is the controller.

9.3 A DPA is available on request, covering purposes, retention periods, sub-processors and security measures.

9.4 Opt-out and objection rights are respected; suppression lists are maintained.

9.5 Prospect data is deleted within 90 days after a campaign ends, unless agreed otherwise or legally required.

9.6 Where Blackorange sources, enriches or processes prospect data for the Client, the Client remains the controller and is responsible for determining the lawful basis for outreach. Blackorange acts on documented instructions and is not liable for unlawful use, retention or further processing of prospect data by the Client.

Article 10 — Liability

10.1 Liability arises only in the event of intent or gross negligence.

10.2 Maximum liability equals the total fees paid by the Client in the last two (2) months, with an absolute cap of €5,000.

10.3 Blackorange is not liable for indirect damage (including lost profit and data loss), nor for changes at third parties (email providers, professional networks, spam filters, AI or tool providers).

10.4 Blackorange is not liable for limitations, blocks, spam classification, reduced deliverability, domain or inbox reputation damage, or platform restrictions arising from or connected with email providers, spam filters, prospect behaviour, technical settings, historical domain reputation or third parties.

Article 11 — Force majeure

11.1 Force majeure includes outages at third parties, network problems, platform policy changes, illness, natural disasters and strikes.

11.2 Obligations are suspended during force majeure; if it lasts longer than 60 days, either party may terminate without compensation.

Article 12 — Confidentiality

12.1 Confidential information remains confidential. This obligation applies for 24 months after the collaboration ends. Exception: information already public, or disclosure required by law.

Article 13 — Limitation period

13.1 Rights and claims expire one (1) year after they arise, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.

Article 14 — Embedded specialists and white-label

14.1 Any specialist, engineer, freelancer or other professional deployed by Blackorange works as an independent contractor under Blackorange's responsibility. Nothing in the Agreement creates an employment relationship, agency or authority to represent between that professional and the Client. The Client may give strategic direction; execution and liability remain limited as set out in these Terms.

14.2 Where Blackorange performs Services on a white-label basis, no contractual relationship arises between Blackorange and the Client's end client, unless agreed otherwise in writing.

14.3 The Client remains fully responsible for all communication with the end client, managing expectations, obtaining approvals, providing accurate information, and ensuring the end client uses the Services lawfully.

14.4 Blackorange is not liable for claims, complaints, damage, delays, payment disputes or expectations of the end client, unless caused by intent or gross negligence on the part of Blackorange.

14.5 The Client indemnifies Blackorange against claims from end clients or third parties arising from white-label use of the Services, unless the claim results directly from intent or gross negligence on the part of Blackorange.

Article 15 — Pilot credit guarantee

15.1 Blackorange may in specific cases offer a pilot credit guarantee. It applies only where expressly included in writing in the proposal or SOW. Without that, there is no right to any guarantee, discount, refund, credit or free extension.

15.2 The guarantee means that, where all conditions are met and the pilot does not meet the evaluation criteria agreed in writing, the Client may be entitled to one (1) month of continued Services free of charge. It never entitles the Client to a cash refund, cash-out, set-off against outstanding invoices outside the relevant collaboration, or repayment of amounts already paid.

15.3 The guarantee covers only Blackorange's monthly fee or retainer. Third-party costs, software, data, domains, inboxes, tooling, platform fees and other external costs remain payable by the Client.

15.4 The guarantee applies only where all of the following conditions are met:

(a) Blackorange approved the offer, proposition, target audience and commercial feasibility in writing before the pilot started;

(b) there was demonstrable traction before the pilot, such as existing customers, relevant revenue, earlier outbound or inbound response, proven market demand, or other commercial signals Blackorange considers sufficient;

(c) the Client provided all required information, access, approvals, domains, inboxes, CRM access, customer data, target-profile input and proposition information on time;

(d) Blackorange received sufficient control over strategy, targeting, copy, data, sequencing, tooling and optimisation;

(e) the Client followed up on positive replies, meetings, leads and commercial opportunities in a timely and demonstrable manner;

(f) the Client paid all invoices on time and in full;

(g) the pilot was not delayed, restricted or affected by missing input, late approvals, changed priorities, insufficient follow-up, technical limitations, domain or inbox reputation issues, or changes to the proposition by the Client;

(h) the Client made no material changes to the offer, pricing, target audience, website, sales process or follow-up during the pilot without prior alignment with Blackorange.

15.5 If one or more conditions in 15.4 are not met, any right to the guarantee lapses.

15.6 Whether the guarantee applies is assessed after the pilot period on the basis of available data, campaign performance, Client cooperation and the agreed evaluation criteria. Blackorange carries out this assessment reasonably and with substantiation.

15.7 Where the guarantee applies, the following month is delivered without Blackorange's monthly fee. After that free month the collaboration continues at the agreed regular monthly retainer, unless agreed otherwise in writing.

Article 16 — Volume, scaling and scope changes

16.1 Stated volumes — emails per day, number of prospects, inboxes or campaigns — represent intended operating capacity, not guaranteed output from day one. Actual ramp-up depends on domain health, inbox warming, platform limits, market conditions, data quality and third parties. Blackorange will make commercially reasonable efforts to reach the intended capacity over time.

16.2 The agreed retainer is based solely on the scope expressly included in the proposal or SOW, including the selected markets, regions, target audiences, channel mix, outreach volume, number of campaigns, number of inboxes and domains, level of personalisation, required data, tooling, reporting, operational complexity and agreed deliverables. Anything not expressly included falls outside scope.

16.3 Adding a market, target audience, higher volume, campaign capacity, inboxes or domains, data processing, reporting or an additional channel during the term qualifies as a scope change.

16.4 A scope change entitles Blackorange to reassess and reprice the monthly retainer, setup fees, operating conditions, planning and required capacity. Blackorange is not obliged to deliver additional scope at the original retainer. Additional work starts only after the parties agree in writing on the adjusted scope, price and conditions, which may be a signed proposal, SOW, addendum or explicit approval by email.

16.5 Repricing due to a scope change is not a breach, amendment or termination of the existing contract term by Blackorange. The existing term remains in force unless the parties agree otherwise in writing.

16.6 If the parties do not agree on the adjusted retainer or conditions, the original scope remains in force for the remainder of the term.

Article 17 — Governing law and jurisdiction

17.1 Dutch law applies. Disputes are submitted exclusively to the District Court of Amsterdam, after an attempt at amicable settlement.