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Terms of Use

Studio Makker LLC — Empress

Last updated: June 16, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and Studio Makker LLC ("Studio Makker," "we," "us," or "our") governing your access to and use of the websites tryempress.dev (https://tryempress.dev) and app.tryempress.dev (the "Site") and the Empress platform and related services (the "Service"). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy . If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. The Service

Empress is a multi-site operating layer that lets a business operator create, manage, and operate multiple websites from a single application. The Service provisions and operates your sites and their supporting resources inside a cloud account you connect, under permissions you grant.

2. Beta / testing status

Empress is currently offered as an invite-only testing (beta) service. This means:

  • access is limited to operators we have specifically invited and added to our allowlist;
  • the Service may change, be interrupted, or be discontinued at any time;
  • the sites and tenants created during this period are testing instances and should not be

relied upon for production-critical workloads without your own backups and safeguards; and

  • the Service is provided free of charge during this period, and no fees, billing, or payment

information are collected at this time.

We may add, change, or remove features, and may impose or change usage limits, at any time during the testing period.

3. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the Service, and you must use it for business or professional purposes, not as a consumer product. Access is granted by invitation. Authentication uses passkeys (WebAuthn); you are responsible for keeping your devices and passkeys secure and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised.

4. Your responsibilities and acceptable use

You are responsible for the sites, content, and configurations you create with the Service and for your end users' use of those sites. You agree not to:

  • use the Service in violation of any applicable law or regulation, or to infringe the rights

of others;

  • upload or distribute malware, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other

customers' data, or any connected systems;

  • interfere with, disrupt, overload, or probe the Service or its infrastructure, or

circumvent usage limits or security controls;

  • use the Service to send unlawful, deceptive, infringing, or abusive content, or to harvest

data unlawfully; or

  • reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code except to the extent this restriction is

prohibited by law.

You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining your own cloud account(s) that the Service connects to, for complying with those providers' terms, and for the costs and configuration of resources provisioned in your account.

5. Customer data and ownership

As between you and Studio Makker, you own the data you and your end users put into the Service ("Customer Data"). We claim no ownership of it. You grant us a limited license to host, process, and transmit Customer Data solely to provide and support the Service at your direction.

We process Customer Data only to provide the Service. We do not sell Customer Data, do not use it for unrelated purposes, and do not use it to train artificial-intelligence or machine-learning models. Because the Service provisions resources in your own connected cloud account, much of your Customer Data resides in infrastructure you control. You are responsible for the lawfulness of the Customer Data you process and for providing any notices and obtaining any consents required from your end users. Our handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy .

6. Intellectual property

The Service, the Site, and all software, design, and content we provide (excluding Customer Data and excluding third-party and open-source components, which remain governed by their own licenses) are owned by Studio Makker or its licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to access and use the Service during the testing period in accordance with these Terms. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. If you send us feedback or suggestions, we may use them without restriction or obligation to you.

7. Third-party services

The Service integrates with third-party platforms — including your cloud provider and any optional integrations you enable. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, and we are not responsible for them. You are responsible for any permissions you grant and any third-party fees you incur.

8. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Because the Service is in testing, we do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that any data will be preserved. You are responsible for maintaining your own backups of important data.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, STUDIO MAKKER AND ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. BECAUSE THE SERVICE IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE DURING TESTING, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Studio Makker from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your Customer Data, your sites, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

11. Suspension and termination

Because the Service is invite-only and in testing, we may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without cause, including if we discontinue the testing program. You may stop using the Service at any time. On termination, your right to use the Service ends; Customer Data held in your connected cloud account remains under your control, and you are responsible for exporting or removing it. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.

12. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When changes are significant, we will provide notice by updating the "Last updated" date and, where appropriate, through the Service or by email. Your continued use of the Service after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The state and federal courts located in California will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue.

14. Contact us

Studio Makker LLC Oakland, California, USA Email: legal@tryempress.dev