Terms of Service

1. Agreement and Authority

These Terms govern purchases from The Ad Pool, operated by Social Gear Media LLC (“The Ad Pool,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By checking the Terms and Groundbreaking Guarantee boxes and continuing to card checkout, requesting an invoice, submitting payment, or providing brand assets, you agree to the version shown at checkout and confirm that you are authorized to act for the sponsoring company. If you do not agree, do not pay.

2. What You Are Buying

You are buying a sponsorship package tied to the position or positions in your checkout summary and receipt. The project is a real 33 × 15 ft residential swimming pool. Inventory is organized into Title, Anchor, Perimeter and Tile tiers.

Tile positions are 1 ft × 1 ft wordmark placements intended for poolside and close-up footage, the sponsor wall and the Founding Sponsor montage. They are not designed for aerial legibility. Perimeter positions are 2 ft × 1 ft. Corner positions receive the Perimeter-tier deliverables.

You are not buying real property, ownership of the pool, equity, a security, guaranteed impressions, guaranteed social reach, Google Maps or satellite placement, press coverage, sales, return on investment, or exclusivity unless a signed written addendum says so.

3. Full Upfront Payment, Invoice Holds, and Holding of Funds

The full amount shown at checkout is due upfront in US dollars. Card buyers are charged immediately through Stripe and a card statement may identify the charge with “AD POOL.” Company buyers may instead request an invoice with ACH or wire instructions. An invoice request places the selected inventory on a 48-hour hold; full cleared payment is due before that hold expires.

An invoice request or inventory hold is not a completed sale. A position is sold only after the full payment clears and we confirm the assignment. An unpaid or expired hold may be cancelled and the inventory returned to sale without further notice. If payment arrives after a hold expires, we will confirm availability before accepting it or return the funds.

Pending commencement of construction, sponsor funds are held in a separate business account and are not spent below the total outstanding refund liability. Prices may change for unsold positions. A confirmed purchase price will not increase after payment. Taxes, if legally required and shown at checkout, are additional.

4. Groundbreaking Guarantee and Refunds

Groundbreaking Guarantee. Sponsor payments are collected at the time of purchase and held pending commencement of construction. If construction has not commenced on or before March 31, 2027 (the “Groundbreaking Date”), Social Gear Media LLC will refund the full sponsorship price paid by each sponsor within thirty (30) days of the Groundbreaking Date, without deduction for processing fees or any other charge. For this section, construction is deemed to have commenced upon the beginning of demolition of the existing pool structure at the project site.

Extension. The Groundbreaking Date may be extended one time, by a period of up to ninety (90) days, to a date no later than June 29, 2027. Such extension applies only to sponsors who provide affirmative written consent. Social Gear Media LLC will provide written notice of any proposed extension to all sponsors not less than thirty (30) days before the Groundbreaking Date. Sponsors have fourteen (14) days from the date of notice to provide written consent. A sponsor who does not provide written consent within that period, including by failing to respond, will be refunded in full under this section. No further extension is permitted.

Post-commencement. Upon commencement of construction, all sponsorship payments become non-refundable. Delays in construction following commencement do not create a refund, credit, guaranteed completion date, or other amount owed. Physical fabrication and installation of sponsor placements occur after construction is complete. The 365-day display term for each placement begins on the date that placement is installed.

5. Funding, Budget, and Post-Commencement Construction Risk

At the prices published on September 7, 2026, the listed sponsorship inventory totals $329,800. The current estimated project roadmap totals $176,668. Sponsorship revenue is not allocated dollar-for-dollar to construction milestones and may also support content production, payment processing, administration, sponsor fabrication and installation, contingencies, price changes, unexpected site conditions, and a budget buffer.

After construction commences, funding or construction may slow, pause, or stall during a milestone. Estimates, sequencing, contractors, scope, materials, and milestone amounts may change. Such a post-commencement pause, stall, or delay does not create a refund, credit, completion payment, damages, or other amount owed.

6. Physical Logo Delivery and Display Term

Physical fabrication and installation are conditional on completion of pool construction. No physical-logo deliverable is due before construction is complete. When your logo is physically installed, its display term begins and runs for 365 consecutive days. We will record the installation and term dates in the project records.

After the term ends, we may remove, cover, replace, renew, or resell the position. Normal wear, temporary maintenance, repairs, safety needs, weather, and events outside our reasonable control may interrupt visibility and do not extend the term unless we agree in writing.

7. Included Sponsor Deliverables

• Title: named in every episode of the build series, plus one dedicated sponsor video published within 90 days after installation.
• Anchor: featured on-camera across the build series, plus one dedicated sponsor video published within 90 days after installation.
• Perimeter: included in the Founding Sponsor montage published within 90 days after installation, plus the sponsor logo visible in applicable build and reveal footage.
• Tile: included in the sponsor wall and Founding Sponsor montage published within 90 days after installation, plus the sponsor logo shown in poolside and close-up footage. Tile placements are not designed for aerial legibility.
• Physical placement: the purchased position for 365 days after installation, subject to these Terms.
• Digital listing: a sponsor name or logo listing, direct website link, and individual sponsor announcement page maintained through the physical display term while the project site is operated.
• Founding Sponsor recognition: a numbered listing in the public Founding Sponsor archive, ordered by the date the sponsor first completed payment, while the project site and archive are maintained.
• Content license: a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to repost final project media that we directly supply to you and that features your placement, including on your website, organic social channels, and paid advertisements.

Content Commitment. Social Gear Media LLC will publish not fewer than twelve (12) pieces of content featuring the completed pool across the active project accounts during each sponsor's 365-day display term. Views, impressions, engagement and platform reach are not guaranteed.

We control editorial format, creative treatment, production schedule, captions, and publication timing. Category exclusivity is not included unless separately confirmed in a written agreement signed before payment.

8. Logo Files, Approval, and License

You must provide usable logo artwork and respond to reasonable proof or file requests. Physical pool logos are produced in grayscale; color files may be used for digital display. You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt for fit, display, photograph, film, and distribute your submitted brand assets only in connection with the project and its promotion.

You represent that you own or are authorized to use the assets. We may reject content that is unlawful, infringing, deceptive, hateful, explicit, unsafe, or materially harmful to the project and request a compliant replacement.

9. Position and Production Adjustments

The interactive map is a planning representation, not a construction drawing. We may make minor fit, scale, orientation, material, or alignment adjustments required by final construction or fabrication. The purchased position type and substantially comparable display area will remain the same. We will seek written approval before a material downgrade or relocation.

10. Other Refund and Cancellation Events

The Groundbreaking Guarantee in Section 4 controls before construction commences. After commencement, sponsorship payments are non-refundable except where applicable law requires otherwise. A verified duplicate or billing error will be corrected. Approved refunds are returned to the original payment method, normally initiated within 30 days.

Email hello@theadpool.com with your order reference before filing a payment dispute so we can promptly review the payment, assignment, guarantee and fulfillment records.

11. Performance and Third-Party Platforms

Audience counts are approximate snapshots and may rise or fall. We do not promise views, impressions, engagement, conversions, publicity, satellite imagery updates, Google Maps visibility, platform availability, or any business outcome. Third-party platforms may alter, restrict, remove, or stop distributing content outside our control.

12. Private Property and Safety

Sponsorship does not grant access to the residence, backyard, pool, production set, residents, guests, or private events. Any visit, shoot, or on-site participation requires separate written permission and compliance with safety and privacy directions.

13. Disclaimer and Liability

Except for the express obligations in these Terms, the project and site are provided “as is.” To the maximum extent allowed by law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages. Our total aggregate liability arising from a sponsorship will not exceed the amount actually paid for that sponsorship. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot legally be limited.

14. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any non-waivable rights, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts serving Travis County, Texas.

15. Changes and Purchase Records

We may update these Terms for future purchases. A completed purchase remains governed by the Terms version accepted at checkout unless both parties agree otherwise in writing. We retain a purchase snapshot, contact email, guarantee deadline and acceptance record for that purpose. If any provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.

16. Contact

Questions, artwork issues, guarantee notices, cancellations, or billing concerns: hello@theadpool.com. Include your company name and order reference.