01Acceptance of terms
By creating an account or using rooot. (“the Service”), you agree to these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you don’t agree, don’t use the Service.
These Terms form a binding agreement between you and rooot. (“rooot.,” “we,” “us”). We may update them from time to time — see section 11.
02Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to use rooot. If you’re between 13 and 18 (or your jurisdiction’s age of majority), you need permission from a parent or legal guardian.
If you’re using rooot. on behalf of a company or label, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.
03Accounts
You’re responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for everything that happens on your account. Notify us immediately at support@rooot.online if you suspect unauthorized access.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms. To delete your account, email support@rooot.online and we’ll take care of it.
04Plans, credits & kit purchases
rooot. uses credits to redeem individual sounds. Credits come from:
- Monthly allowance on paid plans (Starter, Pro, Max). Current plans and prices are on the pricing page.
- One-time top-ups purchased from Settings.
- Promotional credits occasionally granted by rooot.
The Starter trial
New members can start one free month of Starter (100 credits). A card is required to start the trial; cancel before the month ends and you’re never charged. If you don’t cancel, the subscription renews at the regular Starter price. One trial per account.
Credit rollover
Plan credits roll over with no cap while your subscription is active. Accounts without a plan hold no credit allotment. Top-up credits never expire as long as your account is active. Plan credits spend first — top-ups draw down only after your monthly allotment runs out.
Kit purchases
Kits are one-time purchases, separate from credits — no subscription required. You get an instant download after checkout, and every sound in the kit is covered by the same Sound License as a credit redemption. Guest checkout is available; your download link is delivered by email.
Refunds
Everything sold on rooot. is a digital good, delivered instantly — so all sales are final by default. Refunds may be granted at our sole discretion: if something goes wrong on our end (a broken download, a duplicate charge, a billing error), reach out at support@rooot.online and we’ll make it right.
If a refund is granted, we may remove the associated credits, sounds, or kits from your account. We may refuse requests made in bad faith, and patterns of payment disputes on completed purchases may lead to account review or closure.
Billing
Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. You can cancel any time from Settings → Billing — cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period (you keep full access until then). After that, you have 30 days to redeem any remaining plan credits before they reset. Top-up credits don’t expire as long as your account is in good standing. Payments are processed by Stripe.
05The license you get
Every sound you redeem with credits — and every sound in a kit you buy — is licensed to you under the same perpetual license for use in your music. Drums, one-shots, fx, and vocals are 100% royalty-free — use them anywhere. Loops, MIDI, and stems require clearance directly with the producer when your track passes 1M streams or signs to a major label. Each sound shows who made it · rooot. is the marketplace, the producer is the creator.
For the full license terms, see the Sound License.
06Selling on rooot
Anyone can sell on rooot. — with one rule that matters: sell your own work. rooot. is for creators. Reposting packs you downloaded elsewhere, re-selling other people’s sounds, or uploading material with uncleared samples isn’t allowed. By listing, you represent that you own or hold all necessary rights to what you upload, and you grant rooot. a non-exclusive license to host, display, preview, and deliver your sounds to buyers.
Every listing is reviewed. We accept, decline, or remove listings at our sole discretion — we curate the catalog, and we don’t owe notice or a reason. Content or accounts that break the own-work rule may be removed or closed at any time.
Payouts: you keep 75% of every kit sale, paid through Stripe Connect; the seller’s share covers card processing. Credit-redemption earnings accrue and pay out once your balance passes $25. Payouts for completed sales are always honored — whatever happens to a listing or an account afterward, money you earned on completed sales is yours.
07Prohibited use
You may not:
- Attempt to access rooot.’s systems without authorization, scrape downloaded files, or reverse-engineer our delivery mechanism.
- Use rooot. to distribute content you don’t have rights to.
- Harass, threaten, or abuse other users or producers via reviews, messages, or comments.
- Share your account credentials with others.
- Use rooot. to train machine learning models on downloaded sounds without a separate license from rooot.
08DMCA & takedowns
If you believe a sound on rooot. infringes your copyright, send a takedown notice to support@rooot.online with “DMCA” in the subject, including:
- Your identity and contact info.
- Identification of the copyrighted work.
- The URL of the infringing sound on rooot.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized.
We’ll remove the material and notify the uploader. Repeat infringers have their producer accounts terminated.
09Termination
You may stop using rooot. at any time. We may suspend or terminate your account for violations of these Terms, suspected fraud, or any reason we deem necessary to protect the Service or other users. We’ll try to give notice where practical.
On termination: already-downloaded sounds remain licensed to you; remaining credit balance may be forfeited at our discretion depending on the reason for termination.
10Limitation of liability
rooot. is provided “as is.” To the maximum extent permitted by law, rooot. is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid rooot. in the 12 months preceding the claim.
Some jurisdictions don’t allow these limitations; in that case they apply to the extent permitted.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Disputes go first to support@rooot.online for good-faith resolution; failing that, the courts of Ontario, Canada.
11Changes to these terms
We may update these terms at any time. The latest version is always posted here, and changes take effect immediately. By continuing to use rooot. after an update, you agree to the new terms.
12Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email support@rooot.online or use our support page.