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Terms of Service

Last updated October 21, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Once Upon a Workday (“the Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service. If you are using the Service on behalf of a minor, you represent that you are the child’s parent or legal guardian and accept these terms on their behalf.

2. Description of Service

Once Upon a Workday is an AI-powered platform that generates personalized bedtime stories for children of working parents. The Service includes story generation, AI illustration, voice recording, a community library, and related features.

3. Account Registration

  • You must be at least 18 years old to create an account
  • You must provide accurate and complete registration information
  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials
  • You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account
  • You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account

4. Subscription Plans and Payment

  • We offer both free and paid subscription plans
  • Paid plans are billed monthly through Stripe
  • You may upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription at any time
  • Downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the current billing period
  • Subscription refunds are handled on a case-by-case basis; contact us for assistance
  • We reserve the right to change pricing with 30 days’ advance notice
  • Story limits reset monthly; unused stories do not roll over
  • Bonus stories earned through referrals expire as described in our referral program terms
  • Certain subscription plans may offer the ability to earn commissions, in cash (e.g. USD) or non-cash credits (e.g. “Points”), when other registered users order print copies of stories you have published to the community library
  • We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and to the extent permitted by applicable law, to introduce, modify, suspend, or terminate any such commission or incentive program at any time, including the commission amount, currency or credit type, and eligibility criteria
  • Printed books are made to order for you. Once an order is paid it can’t be cancelled, and printed books are not refundable, except where applicable law requires otherwise
  • Quality guarantee: if a printed book arrives damaged or with a printing defect, contact us within 30 days of delivery, with a photo, and we will reprint it at no charge
  • If we are unable to print or deliver an order, we will refund it
  • Commissions on print orders become payable only after the order ships and a hold period ends. A commission is withdrawn if its order is refunded or charged back, and a commission already paid on such an order may be reversed or deducted from future commissions

5. Content and Intellectual Property

Your Content

  • You retain ownership of all content you provide (photos, voice recordings, family information)
  • You grant us a limited license to use your content solely to provide the Service
  • When you publish a story to the community library, you grant other users permission to read it
  • You may unpublish or delete your content at any time
  • Except as expressly provided under an active, qualifying subscription plan’s commission program, you will not receive any compensation for print book orders placed by other users for stories you publish

What You Upload

  • Photos of people. You may upload a photo of a person only if you have the right to: it is a photo of you; the person is an adult who has given you permission; or the person is a minor and you are their parent or legal guardian, or have their parent's or legal guardian's permission. You are responsible for getting that permission and for deleting the photo if it is withdrawn
  • Photos of pets. The same rules apply to animals. You may upload a photo of a pet only if it is your own pet or its owner has given you permission. You are responsible for getting that permission and for deleting the photo if it is withdrawn. Photos of famous animals, or of animals taken from professional or stock photos, films, shows, or games, are someone else's work (see the next point)
  • Other people's work. You may not upload photos, images, artwork, characters, logos, text, music, or recordings that belong to someone else, such as professional or stock photos, pictures of celebrities, or characters from books, films, shows, or games, unless you own them or have permission to use them in this way
  • Voice recordings. Recordings must be your own voice, or the voice of someone who has given you permission, and must not include music or other material that belongs to someone else
  • Each time you upload a photo or a recording, you confirm that you have these rights
  • Uploading content in breach of this section is a material breach of these Terms. We may remove the content, and anything made from it, without notice, and take the steps described in section 11. You are responsible for any claim made against us by a person whose likeness, pet, or work you uploaded without permission, and you agree to cover our reasonable costs of dealing with it
  • If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, see our DMCA Policy

Generated Content

  • Except as described below, stories and illustrations generated by the Service are created for your personal, non-commercial use
  • You may share generated stories with family and friends
  • Except as described below, you may not resell, redistribute, or commercially exploit generated content
  • Selling your stories, as books or in any other form, requires a commercial license, described below
  • We do not claim ownership of stories generated for you

Commercial License to Sell Your Stories

  • While your subscription plan includes Amazon KDP export, you may buy files for selling a story you created in your own account as a print book or eBook, and sell it using those files. They are paid for separately from your subscription, once per story and format, at the price shown before you pay; your plan or a limited-time offer may lower that price or make it free. Once the files have been made, that payment isn't refundable, except where the law requires otherwise. This covers the story text, its illustrations, and the extra pages the Service adds to the book. Stories written by other users, including community library stories, may not be sold. You are responsible for the books you sell: for having permission from the people whose names and likenesses appear in them, for following the selling platform's rules (including disclosing that the content was made with AI), and for any taxes. Books you started selling while your plan included this may continue to be sold after it ends; making new files requires a plan that includes it
  • The commercial license is the only way to sell. Selling, offering for sale, or distributing for payment any story, illustration, or text made with the Service, on Amazon or on any other platform, marketplace, website, or store, in print, digital, or any other form, without having bought the commercial license for that story and format is prohibited and is a material breach of these Terms. This includes using the Download PDF, printed books ordered through the Service, screenshots, or files you have changed or rebuilt, in place of the files bought for selling
  • The Download PDF and printed books you order through the Service are for personal use only and carry no right to sell
  • Each commercial license covers one story and one format, belongs to the account that bought it, and can't be transferred, sublicensed, or shared. Giving or selling the files, or the right to sell the story, to anyone else is a breach of these Terms in the same way
  • We may ask you to show that a book you are selling was made from files bought under a commercial license, and you agree to cooperate. Breaches are handled as described in section 11
  • These restrictions are part of your agreement with us and apply whether or not the content is protected by copyright

Our Content

The Service, its design, features, and underlying technology are owned by Once Upon a Workday and protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, or reverse engineer any part of the Service.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Upload content that is harmful, abusive, or inappropriate for children
  • Upload photos of people or pets without the right to do so, as described in section 5 (What You Upload)
  • Upload material that infringes anyone's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights
  • Attempt to generate stories with violent, sexual, or otherwise inappropriate content
  • Use the Service to harass, bully, or harm others
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure
  • Create multiple accounts to circumvent story limits or abuse referral bonuses
  • Use automated tools to access the Service without our permission
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations
  • Sell, or offer for sale, content made with the Service without the commercial license described in section 5

7. Content Moderation

We use AI-powered moderation to review uploaded photos and voice recordings for safety and appropriateness. Content that violates our guidelines may be flagged, rejected, or removed. We reserve the right to remove any content that we determine, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

8. Community Library

  • Publishing a story to the library is voluntary and requires your explicit consent
  • Published stories may be read and rated by other users
  • You may unpublish your story at any time
  • We reserve the right to remove stories from the library that violate our guidelines
  • Ratings and reviews must be honest and respectful

9. AI-Generated Content Disclaimer

Stories and illustrations are generated by artificial intelligence. While we strive for high quality and appropriateness, AI-generated content may occasionally be imperfect, inaccurate, or unexpected. We review and moderate AI outputs, but we cannot guarantee that all generated content will meet every user’s expectations. If you encounter inappropriate content, please report it to us immediately.

10. Limitation of Liability

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

11. Account Termination

  • You may delete your account at any time from your profile settings
  • We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms
  • Upon termination, your personal data will be deleted within 30 days
  • If we reasonably believe you have sold or offered for sale content made with the Service without a commercial license, or have otherwise broken the commercial license terms in section 5, we may, at our discretion, with or without notice, and without refund except where the law requires: remove or unpublish the content; revoke the commercial licenses held by your account; suspend or permanently close your account and any accounts we reasonably believe are connected to you; bar you from creating new accounts; cancel unpaid commissions, credits, and bonus stories; tell the platform where the content is offered that it is not licensed and ask it to remove the listing; and pursue any other remedy available under the law, including recovering the license fees that would have applied and our reasonable costs of enforcement
  • If we reasonably believe you uploaded photos of people or pets without permission, or material that infringes someone else's rights, we may remove that content and the stories and looks made from it, and suspend or close your account. We close the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe others' copyright
  • If we close your account for a breach of these Terms, you may not create a new account, or use the Service through someone else's account, without our written permission
  • Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive

12. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes via email or a prominent notice on the Service. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

13. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts located in Bexar County, Texas.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us:

Email: support@onceuponaworkday.com