Terms

Terms of service, in plain words

Last updated 2026-10-21. Using shelfref means you agree with these. They are short on purpose.

The service

shelfref gives you refs: short public URLs under shelfref.com/t/ that redirect, or show a card, wherever you set them. You decide the target; we serve the redirect. We may change how the site looks and works, but not the promises below.

What we promise

• An issued ref is never deleted and never expires. It resolves to its last target even if your account lapses or is closed.
• We redirect with HTTP 302, never 301, so a target you change is picked up by everyone.
• We do not track visitors who scan a ref.
• You can export all your refs as CSV at any time.

Plans and payment

• 5 refs are free, with every feature, for as long as the service exists.
• The Collection plan is USD 5 per block of 200 refs per year, charged in advance. It renews automatically every year on the same card until you cancel. You can cancel at any time from your account page; the plan then runs to the end of the paid year and does not renew. We do not refund part-years.
• Payment is taken by our merchant of record, who is the seller of record for tax purposes, issues the receipt and handles VAT or sales tax where it applies. We never see your card number.
• If a renewal fails, we keep trying for a while, then the plan ends. When a plan ends, refs beyond the free 5 become read-only. They keep redirecting. Renewing makes them editable again.
• Prices may change; a change applies from your next renewal and we tell you by email at least 30 days before.

What you may not do

Point a ref at malware, phishing, or anything illegal where you or we live; use refs to spam; or try to enumerate, scrape or overload the service. If a ref is used that way we may point it at a notice page instead of its target and close the account. That is the only case in which we override a target, and it is the only exception to "we never touch your refs".

Accounts and API

You sign in with Google and are responsible for what happens under your account, including anything done with API tokens you create. Revoke a token the moment you think it leaked. API calls are rate-limited; limits are published in the docs.

Liability

shelfref is provided as is. We run it carefully, on infrastructure built for uptime, but we do not promise it will be available at every moment, and we are not liable for what a target you chose does. Our total liability to you is limited to what you paid us in the last twelve months.

Ending

You can stop using shelfref at any time. We can close an account that breaks these terms. If we ever had to shut the service down we would announce it at least six months ahead and publish what is needed for any other service to take over the redirects.

Who

shelfref is run by Nicolás Badano, Argentina. hello@shelfref.com. These terms are governed by the laws of Argentina.