1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using BlackBusinessCoalition.com, creating an account, submitting a listing, claiming a business, posting a review, purchasing advertising, or using any directory feature, you agree to these Terms of Service and related policies.

If you do not agree, you should not use the website.

2. Directory Purpose

BlackBusinessCoalition.com helps visitors discover Black and minority owned businesses and helps businesses increase visibility through listings, categories, city pages, claim tools, promotional options, content, and related directory services.

The website is a directory and promotional platform. Unless expressly stated in writing, we are not a party to transactions between visitors, customers, listed businesses, advertisers, vendors, or third-party providers.

3. Accounts and Eligibility

You must provide accurate information when creating an account, signing in, submitting a listing, or claiming a business. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for all activity under your account.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, submit false information, misuse the directory, interfere with the website, or create legal or security risk.

4. Listings and Claims

Businesses may submit or claim listings subject to review, approval, verification, payment, and directory rules. We may edit formatting, categorize listings, reject submissions, request verification, remove listings, or suspend access when necessary.

Claiming a listing does not guarantee ownership verification, search placement, customer traffic, leads, sales, or business results.

5. Reviews, Ratings, and User Content

Users may submit reviews, ratings, comments, photos, and other content where features are available. You are responsible for content you submit and represent that it is truthful, lawful, non-infringing, and not misleading.

We may moderate, remove, or refuse content that violates policies, appears fraudulent, contains spam, is abusive, infringes rights, or creates risk.

6. Advertising and Promotional Listings

Advertising, featured listings, sponsored placements, promoted listings, and similar services may be subject to additional fees and terms. Paid placement does not guarantee views, clicks, calls, directions, customers, sales, rankings, or revenue.

7. Payments

Fees for listings, ads, promotions, claims, subscriptions, or services are due as disclosed at checkout or in the applicable offer. Payment processors may handle billing and transaction data subject to their own terms and privacy practices.

8. Prohibited Conduct

You may not submit false listings, impersonate businesses, scrape the website, manipulate reviews, spam users, upload malware, violate intellectual property rights, harass others, bypass security, interfere with website operations, or use the directory for unlawful purposes.

9. Third-Party Services

The website may include links, maps, directions, phone links, payment tools, social media integrations, external websites, and third-party content. We are not responsible for third-party products, services, accuracy, availability, policies, or actions.

10. Disclaimers

The website is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee that listings are accurate, businesses are licensed, reviews are complete, businesses are open, information is current, or services will meet expectations. Users should independently verify businesses before purchasing goods or services.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Black Business Coalition will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, lost-profit, lost-revenue, or business interruption damages arising from use of the website, listings, ads, claims, third-party businesses, or directory services.

12. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia except where applicable law requires otherwise.