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Payment and Refund Policy

Last Updated: August 15, 2026

This Payment and Refund Policy explains the payment, billing, subscription, cancellation, and refund practices that apply to paid products and services offered through eSmartSEO.com. By purchasing a subscription, premium SEO tool, service plan, credit package, or other paid service from eSmartSEO, you agree to this policy together with our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Please review the pricing, billing frequency, included features, and any applicable limitations before completing a purchase.

1. Paid Services

eSmartSEO may provide both free and paid SEO tools and services. Paid offerings may include premium memberships, monthly or annual subscriptions, advanced SEO tools, increased usage limits, reports, credits, API access, or other digital services introduced from time to time. The features and pricing applicable to each plan will be displayed on the relevant pricing or checkout page.

2. Pricing

Prices for eSmartSEO services will be displayed before a customer completes a purchase. Prices may vary depending on the selected plan, subscription period, features, usage limits, promotional offer, or other applicable conditions.

We reserve the right to change our prices for future purchases or renewal periods. Any price change affecting an existing recurring subscription will be communicated or presented as required by applicable law before the new price takes effect.

3. Currency

Payments may be displayed and processed in U.S. dollars or another supported currency shown during checkout. If your bank, card issuer, or payment provider converts the transaction into another currency, it may apply its own exchange rate or conversion charges. Such charges are controlled by the financial institution or payment provider and are not established by eSmartSEO.

4. Accepted Payment Methods

eSmartSEO may accept payment through credit cards, debit cards, digital wallets, payment processors, or other payment methods displayed during checkout. Available payment options may vary according to location, service, currency, or payment provider.

By submitting payment information, you represent that you are authorized to use the selected payment method and authorize the applicable charges associated with your purchase.

5. Payment Processing

Payments may be securely processed through independent third-party payment processors. eSmartSEO may not directly store complete credit or debit card information when payment information is collected and processed by an external payment provider.

Your use of a third-party payment service may also be subject to that provider's applicable terms and privacy practices.

6. Payment Authorization

By purchasing a paid service, you authorize eSmartSEO and its authorized payment processor to charge the amount displayed during checkout, including any applicable taxes or recurring charges disclosed before purchase.

You are responsible for providing accurate and current billing information and maintaining a valid payment method for recurring subscriptions.

7. Subscription Billing

If you purchase a recurring subscription, you will be charged according to the billing cycle displayed when you subscribe, such as monthly, quarterly, or annually.

Unless you cancel before the next renewal date, your subscription may automatically renew for another billing period using the payment method associated with your account, where permitted by applicable law and as disclosed during enrollment.

8. Authorization for Recurring Payments

Before enrolling in an automatically renewing service, customers will be provided with applicable information regarding the subscription price, billing frequency, renewal terms, and available cancellation method.

By completing the subscription purchase, you authorize recurring charges according to the terms presented at checkout until the subscription is canceled.

9. Subscription Cancellation

Customers may cancel an eligible subscription through the cancellation method made available by eSmartSEO, such as account settings, the billing section, or another designated cancellation process.

Cancellation prevents future renewal charges. Unless otherwise stated or required by law, canceling a subscription does not automatically provide a refund for an already-paid billing period.

When cancellation is completed, access to paid features may continue through the end of the billing period that has already been paid for, unless otherwise stated for the applicable service.

10. Cancel Before Renewal

Customers who do not wish to continue a recurring subscription should cancel it before the next scheduled renewal charge.

Once a renewal payment has been successfully processed, the transaction will be treated as payment for the new subscription period, subject to the refund provisions described in this policy and any rights provided by applicable law.

11. General Refund Policy

Because eSmartSEO primarily provides digital tools, online services, reports, subscriptions, and other immediately accessible digital functionality, purchases are generally considered final after the purchased service has been delivered, accessed, substantially used, or consumed.

However, eSmartSEO may approve refunds in qualifying circumstances, including verified duplicate charges, certain technical failures attributable to eSmartSEO, unauthorized transactions determined through an appropriate review, incorrect billing, or other situations in which a refund is required by applicable law.

12. Refund Requests

If you believe you qualify for a refund, you should submit a refund request through the official contact or support method available on eSmartSEO.com.

Your request should include sufficient information to locate and review the transaction, such as your account email address, transaction date, service purchased, amount charged, and reason for requesting the refund.

For security purposes, you should not send complete payment card numbers or other sensitive financial credentials through ordinary email or support forms.

13. Refund Request Period

Customers should report billing errors, duplicate charges, unauthorized transactions, or significant service problems as soon as reasonably possible after discovering them.

Where eSmartSEO establishes a specific refund-request period for a particular product, promotion, subscription, or service, that period will be disclosed at the time of purchase.

Any mandatory refund or cancellation rights provided by applicable law will continue to apply regardless of shorter contractual periods stated by eSmartSEO.

14. Duplicate Payments

If a technical or processing error results in the same customer being charged more than once for the same transaction, eSmartSEO will review the matter and may refund the verified duplicate payment.

Customers should contact us with the relevant transaction information so that the duplicate charge can be investigated.

15. Incorrect Charges

If you believe you were charged an incorrect amount, contact eSmartSEO promptly. We will review the billing record and, if an error attributable to eSmartSEO is confirmed, may correct the charge, issue an appropriate refund, or apply another suitable billing adjustment.

16. Unauthorized Transactions

If you believe a payment associated with your account was made without your authorization, contact eSmartSEO and your financial institution promptly.

We may request reasonable information necessary to investigate the transaction, protect the account, prevent further unauthorized activity, and determine whether a refund or other remedy is appropriate.

17. Technical Problems

A refund may be considered when a customer purchases a paid service but cannot access the purchased functionality because of a significant technical failure attributable to eSmartSEO that cannot reasonably be corrected.

Minor interruptions, temporary maintenance, browser-specific issues, user configuration problems, third-party service interruptions, or circumstances outside our reasonable control do not automatically qualify for a refund.

We may first attempt to resolve the technical problem before determining whether a refund is appropriate.

18. SEO Results and Refunds

eSmartSEO provides analytical tools and information but does not guarantee specific search engine rankings, website traffic, backlink results, indexing, domain authority, revenue, conversions, or other SEO outcomes.

A customer's failure to achieve a particular search ranking, traffic level, authority score, business result, or marketing objective does not by itself qualify the purchase for a refund.

19. Tool Data and Third-Party Information

Certain eSmartSEO tools may depend on information supplied by third-party APIs, search services, domain databases, hosting providers, analytics platforms, or other external sources.

Differences, delays, temporary unavailability, or changes in third-party data do not automatically entitle a customer to a refund where the underlying eSmartSEO service remains substantially available.

20. Used Services

Refunds may be denied where a substantial portion of a digital service has already been used or consumed, including situations where customers have generated significant reports, consumed purchased credits, performed extensive premium searches, used API allocations, downloaded premium information, or otherwise received substantial value from the purchased service, except where a refund is required by applicable law.

21. Partial Refunds

In appropriate circumstances, eSmartSEO may issue a partial refund, account credit, additional service time, replacement credits, or another reasonable adjustment instead of a full refund.

The appropriate remedy will depend on the circumstances, the amount of service already provided, and applicable legal requirements.

22. Promotional Plans and Discounted Purchases

Promotional subscriptions, discounted plans, coupons, introductory prices, or special offers may have additional payment conditions disclosed when the offer is presented.

Unless otherwise stated, expiration of a promotion does not entitle the customer to a refund for a properly disclosed charge.

23. Free Trials

If eSmartSEO offers a free trial that converts into a paid subscription, the applicable trial period, conversion date, subscription price, billing frequency, and cancellation terms will be disclosed when the user enrolls.

Customers who do not wish to continue into the paid service should cancel within the applicable trial period using the available cancellation method.

24. Promotional Credits

Promotional credits, free credits, bonuses, coupons, and complimentary services generally have no cash value and cannot be exchanged for cash unless specifically stated otherwise or required by law.

Promotional credits may also be subject to expiration dates, service restrictions, or eligibility conditions disclosed when issued.

25. Taxes

Customers are responsible for applicable sales taxes, value-added taxes, goods and services taxes, or similar government charges associated with purchases when required.

Where eSmartSEO is legally required to collect such taxes, they may be added to the transaction price or included in the displayed amount.

26. Failed Payments

If a payment cannot be processed because of an expired card, insufficient funds, payment-provider rejection, inaccurate billing information, or another payment problem, access to paid services may be limited, suspended, or downgraded until payment is successfully completed.

We may attempt to process an outstanding recurring payment again where permitted and consistent with the authorization provided for the subscription.

27. Expired Payment Methods

Customers with recurring subscriptions are responsible for keeping their payment information current.

If a payment method expires or becomes unavailable, a subscription may be interrupted or terminated if we are unable to process the required payment.

28. Plan Upgrades

If a customer upgrades to a higher-priced subscription, the new plan may take effect immediately or at the beginning of the next billing period, depending on the options displayed during the upgrade process.

Any prorated charges or credits applicable to the upgrade will be disclosed through the billing process where applicable.

29. Plan Downgrades

A subscription downgrade may take effect immediately or at the beginning of the next billing cycle, depending on the applicable service.

Downgrading may reduce available tools, credits, usage limits, reports, storage, API allowances, or other premium features.

Unless otherwise stated, unused features from the previous plan are not redeemable for cash.

30. Account Termination for Policy Violations

If an account is suspended or terminated because of fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, unauthorized automation, attacks against the platform, deliberate violations of our Terms and Conditions, or other serious misconduct, the customer may not be entitled to a refund for unused service, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

31. Chargebacks and Payment Disputes

Customers who believe a transaction is incorrect are encouraged to contact eSmartSEO so that we can investigate and attempt to resolve the issue.

Submitting fraudulent, knowingly false, or abusive payment disputes may result in account restrictions or termination.

Nothing in this policy prevents a customer from exercising legitimate rights available through their payment provider or applicable law.

32. Refund Method

Approved refunds will generally be returned to the original payment method whenever reasonably possible.

If the original payment method cannot accept the refund, another appropriate method may be considered subject to payment-provider requirements, security verification, and applicable law.

33. Refund Processing

Once eSmartSEO approves and initiates a refund, the time required for the funds to appear in the customer's account may depend on the customer's bank, card issuer, payment processor, or financial institution.

eSmartSEO does not control processing times imposed by independent financial institutions after a refund has been properly submitted.

34. Account Credits

Where appropriate, eSmartSEO may offer account credits as an optional resolution to a billing or service issue.

Unless otherwise stated, account credits may only be used for eligible eSmartSEO services and may not be redeemable for cash.

Any mandatory right to a monetary refund under applicable law will not be replaced by account credit without appropriate customer agreement.

35. Service Changes

eSmartSEO may modify, improve, replace, or discontinue particular features or tools as the platform develops.

If a material change substantially affects a prepaid service, eSmartSEO may provide an appropriate remedy based on the circumstances and applicable law.

36. Cancellation by eSmartSEO

eSmartSEO may discontinue a paid product, subscription, or service. Where appropriate, affected customers may receive notice, continued access through an applicable period, a prorated refund, account credit, migration to a comparable service, or another reasonable solution.

The specific remedy will depend on the circumstances and applicable legal requirements.

37. No Guarantee of Continuous Availability

Although eSmartSEO aims to provide reliable access to its tools, uninterrupted service cannot be guaranteed. Maintenance, technical failures, security incidents, third-party outages, internet disruptions, upgrades, or other circumstances may occasionally affect service availability.

Temporary interruptions do not automatically qualify for refunds unless otherwise required by law or expressly provided under a particular service agreement.

38. Customer Responsibility

Before purchasing a paid service, customers should review the service description, features, limitations, price, billing frequency, and technical requirements.

Customers are responsible for selecting a service appropriate for their needs and maintaining compatible devices, browsers, internet connections, and other technology necessary to access the platform.

39. Changes to This Policy

eSmartSEO may update this Payment and Refund Policy to reflect changes in our services, billing systems, subscription models, payment providers, business operations, or applicable requirements.

The updated policy will be posted on eSmartSEO.com with a revised “Last Updated” date. Changes will apply prospectively to the extent required by applicable law.

40. Consumer Rights

Nothing in this Payment and Refund Policy is intended to eliminate, restrict, or waive consumer rights that cannot legally be waived.

Where applicable law provides customers with greater cancellation, refund, withdrawal, or payment-dispute rights than those described in this policy, the legally required rights will apply.

41. Contact Us

For billing questions, payment concerns, cancellation assistance, duplicate charges, or refund requests, please contact eSmartSEO through the official support or contact methods available on:

Website: eSmartSEO.com

When contacting us regarding a transaction, please provide enough information for us to identify the purchase while avoiding the submission of complete card numbers, passwords, or other sensitive financial information.

By purchasing or subscribing to a paid service through eSmartSEO.com, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agreed to this Payment and Refund Policy, subject to any additional rights provided by applicable law.