These terms govern the sale of media placement services by Rublovka Media ("we", "us") to a client ("you"). They apply to every order unless we have signed a separate written agreement with you that says otherwise.
1. What we sell
We write and place articles in media outlets listed in our catalogue. A placement means one article, written for one named outlet, published on an agreed timeline, including any link agreed in writing and a delivery report confirming publication.
We are not a newsroom and we do not sell editorial coverage that a journalist decides to write independently. What we sell is a contracted publication in a named title. Each title's status, editorial or sponsored, is stated to you before you order.
2. How an order is formed
- You send a brief describing what you want to promote, your sector, your website, the outlets or markets you are interested in, your budget and your timeline.
- We reply with a proposal naming the specific outlet or outlets, the format and any commercial label the reader will see, the link and its attribute, the timeline and the price.
- The contract is formed when you confirm that proposal in writing and payment is received in accordance with clause 6.
Nothing on our website is a binding offer. Prices, availability and timelines are those in your written proposal.
3. What a placement includes
- An original article written by a writer who is a native speaker of the outlet's language.
- Publication in the outlet named in your proposal. We do not substitute an "equivalent" title without your written agreement.
- The link or links agreed in writing, to the pages and with the anchor text you approved.
- A check that the article is indexed by Google after publication, with proof supplied.
- A delivery report containing the live URL and the verification described above.
4. Editorial or sponsored status
Publications handle paid and contributed content differently. Some run it in the ordinary editorial flow; others place it in a section carrying a label such as Sponsored, Partner Content, BrandVoice or Contributor Content.
We state which applies to your chosen outlet, and the exact wording the reader will see, before you order. If a publication changes its policy between your order and publication, we will tell you before the article runs and you may cancel that placement for a full refund of the amount paid for it.
5. Your obligations
You are responsible for the accuracy and lawfulness of everything you ask us to publish. By placing an order you confirm that:
- the information, claims and figures you supply are accurate and can be substantiated;
- you own or have the right to use every text, image, logo, trademark and name you supply, and that our use of them for the placement will not infringe anyone's rights;
- the content does not defame anyone, does not breach advertising, financial-promotion or consumer-protection rules applicable to your sector, and is not otherwise unlawful.
We may decline or stop a placement, without refund of work already performed, if the content is unlawful, would breach a publication's editorial standards, or would expose us or the outlet to liability. We do not place content promoting adult services, gambling where prohibited, weapons, illegal substances, or investment offers that cannot be substantiated.
6. Approval, revisions and payment
You receive the draft before anything is published, and nothing runs without your written approval. Your order includes one round of reasonable revisions on the agreed angle. Substantial changes of angle after drafting, or further rounds, may be quoted separately.
Unless your proposal says otherwise, payment is due in full before writing begins. Prices are stated exclusive of any tax that may apply, which is added where required.
If you do not respond to a draft within 15 days, we may treat the draft as approved or suspend the placement, at our discretion, and the agreed timeline stops running.
7. Timeline and publication guarantee
Each proposal states a publication deadline in writing. Timelines run from the date we receive your approval of the draft, and pause for any period we are waiting on you.
We only accept an order when we expect publication to be achievable. If the outlet named in your proposal ultimately does not publish the article, you choose between:
- publication in an alternative outlet of comparable standing, which we propose and you accept in writing; or
- a full refund of the amount paid for that placement.
That choice is your sole and exclusive remedy for non-publication.
8. After publication
Once published, the article is under the publication's editorial control. Publications may edit, move, archive, add or remove a label, change a link attribute, or delete content at their discretion, and they may do so long after publication. We report the state of the article at delivery and cannot guarantee it beyond that point.
We verify Google indexing after publication and supply proof. We do not guarantee any search ranking, traffic volume, lead volume, revenue, link attribute over time, or citation by any search or AI answer engine. Those outcomes depend on third parties we do not control.
9. Right of withdrawal for consumers
If you are a consumer resident in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you normally have 14 days from the conclusion of the contract to withdraw from a service contract without giving a reason.
Because our service usually begins immediately, we ask you to confirm, when you order, that you request performance to start during that period and that you acknowledge you will lose the right of withdrawal once the service has been fully performed. Where you have made that request and the service has been fully performed within the period, the right of withdrawal is lost. Where you withdraw after performance has begun but before it is complete, you owe an amount proportionate to the work already carried out.
To withdraw, write to contact@rublovkamedia.com with your order reference and a clear statement of your decision. We refund using the same means of payment, within 14 days of receiving your notice.
10. Intellectual property
You keep all rights in the materials you supply, and you grant us and the publication the licence needed to write, publish and keep the article online. Copyright in the published article rests with the publication or its writer, in accordance with that publication's own terms. You may quote and link to the article; reproducing it in full elsewhere requires the publication's permission.
11. Liability
Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including a consumer's statutory rights.
Subject to that, our total liability arising out of or in connection with a placement is limited to the amount you paid for that placement. We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including loss of profit, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of search ranking, or loss of data.
You indemnify us against any claim brought by a third party, including a publication, arising from content or information you supplied.
12. Confidentiality
Each of us keeps the other's non-public information confidential and uses it only to perform the contract. We will not name you as a client publicly without your agreement, and you may ask us at any time to stop doing so.
13. Force majeure
Neither of us is liable for a delay or failure caused by an event outside our reasonable control, including the closure or editorial reorganisation of a publication, the loss of a newsroom relationship, industrial action, network failure, or a change in law. Where such an event prevents publication, clause 7 applies.
14. Personal data
We process personal data as described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.
15. Governing law and disputes
We ask you to raise any complaint with us first, at contact@rublovkamedia.com, so we can try to resolve it directly. Most problems are settled that way within a few days.
The governing law and the competent courts are those stated in your written proposal. If you are a consumer, this does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory rules of the law of your country of residence, nor of your right to bring proceedings before the courts of that country. Consumers resident in the European Union may also use the European Commission's online dispute resolution platform.
16. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The version that applies to your order is the one in force on the date your order is confirmed, and we archive it with your file. The date at the top of this page shows the current revision.