Compliance & disclosure
How AI for HVAC Contractors makes money (so you never have to wonder)
Three ways: (1) You buy things from us — audits, script packs, the AI for HVAC Playbook Library. (2) Vendors buy placement — the Tool of the Week slot and Classifieds in the newsletter. (3) Affiliate links — if you buy a vendor's product through our link, they pay us a cut (Smith.ai's partner program is one example; terms verified at sign-up and stated wherever the link appears).
The firewall: sponsors buy placement, never verdicts. Every sponsored slot is labeled in-line, in the open, as part of the format. Affiliate links are disclosed at the point of the link. If a sponsor's product fails one of our checks, the red tag stands. That's the policy, in public, so you can hold us to it.
What we're not
We're not lawyers — the call-recording checklists are checklists with "confirm with counsel" framing, never legal advice. We're not your accountant — money math on this site is illustrative unless labeled as your own inputs. We're not a vendor — we don't sell phone systems, and no vendor can pay for a verdict.
Email & privacy
Commercial email from us always carries a valid postal address and a working unsubscribe (honored within 10 business days). We never sell your address. We never call or text you unless you separately and explicitly ask us to — email opt-in is never phone consent. Contractor business contact details used for outreach come from public records (license boards, business listings, association directories) — never purchased lists.
Refunds
Audits, script packs, the Vault: 7-day no-questions refunds. AI for HVAC Playbook Library: 7-day refund on your first payment; cancel anytime, access through the paid period.
Sole proprietorship note
AI for HVAC Contractors currently operates as a sole proprietorship and will formalize (LLC + DBA + attorney review of the compliance content) at the revenue trigger we've set publicly: the first $1,000–$2,000 collected. Until then, the consent content stays checklist-only.
Contact
[support email — TODO] — a human reads every reply.