Terms & Conditions

Effective Date: August 12, 2025
Last Updated: August 12, 2025

Welcome to Go-Plated! These terms explain the agreement between you and Go-Plated LLC when you use our website, services, or cottage food business resources. We’ve written this in plain English because legal jargon helps nobody build a successful cottage food business.

Acceptance of Terms

By using aaronrecipes.com, reading our content, signing up for our newsletter, or engaging with our cottage food business resources, you’re agreeing to these terms. If you don’t agree with any part of these terms, please don’t use our services.

We may update these terms occasionally as our services evolve or laws change. We’ll always post the current version here with the update date, and we’ll notify our community of significant changes.

Use of Content

What You Can Do

  • Personal Use: Use our cottage food business advice, templates, and educational content for your own cottage food business
  • Reference & Share: Quote small portions of our content with proper attribution and link back to the original source
  • Learn & Apply: Implement our strategies, systems, and recommendations in your cottage food business
  • Community Discussion: Share our content in cottage food entrepreneur groups and forums (with attribution)

What You Can’t Do

  • Republish Wholesale: Copy entire articles, guides, or resources and present them as your own
  • Commercial Redistribution: Sell, license, or distribute our content as part of your own cottage food courses or coaching programs
  • Remove Attribution: Use our content without crediting Go-Plated as the source
  • Modify & Redistribute: Significantly alter our content and redistribute it under your own name
  • Automated Scraping: Use bots or automated systems to copy our website content

Recipe and Business Strategy Usage

Our cottage food recipes, business templates, and strategies are provided for your use in building your cottage food business. However:

  • Test Everything: Always test recipes in your own kitchen and adapt them for your local cottage food regulations
  • Verify Compliance: Confirm all business strategies comply with your state’s cottage food laws
  • Personal Responsibility: You’re responsible for ensuring your cottage food business meets all local requirements

User Contributions

Comments and Community Participation

We love hearing from cottage food entrepreneurs! When you comment on our content, participate in discussions, or share your experiences:

  • Be Respectful: Keep discussions helpful and professional – we’re all learning together
  • Stay On Topic: Focus on cottage food business topics relevant to the community
  • No Spam or Self-Promotion: Don’t use comments primarily to promote your cottage food business or unrelated services
  • Accurate Information: Share experiences honestly and avoid misleading other entrepreneurs about cottage food regulations or results

Sharing Your Success Stories

We occasionally feature cottage food entrepreneur success stories. By sharing your story with us:

  • You Grant Permission: We can publish your story (with your name or anonymously, your choice)
  • You Maintain Ownership: Your story remains yours – we’re just sharing it with permission
  • You Can Request Removal: If you ever want your story removed, just let us know

Recipe and Business Strategy Submissions

If you submit cottage food recipes or business strategies to us:

  • Original Content Only: Only submit content you created or have permission to share
  • Cottage Food Compliant: Ensure all recipes and strategies comply with cottage food regulations
  • No Guarantees: We can’t guarantee we’ll use every submission, but we read them all
  • Attribution Provided: If we use your content, we’ll credit you unless you prefer to remain anonymous

Intellectual Property

Our Content

Go-Plated LLC owns the rights to:

  • Original Articles and Guides: Content created by Lucas, Isabella, Emily, and our contributors
  • Business Templates and Systems: Cottage food business tools and frameworks we’ve developed
  • Branding and Design: The Go-Plated name, logo, and website design
  • Curated Resources: Our compilation and organization of cottage food information

Your Content

You retain ownership of any content you create or share with us, including:

  • Your Cottage Food Recipes: Any recipes you’ve developed remain yours
  • Your Business Experiences: Stories and strategies from your cottage food journey
  • Your Comments and Contributions: Community discussions and shared advice

Third-Party Content

We sometimes reference or link to external resources. We don’t own that content, and our inclusion doesn’t imply endorsement of everything on those external websites.

Cottage Food Business Disclaimers

Educational Content Only

Our content is designed to educate and inform cottage food entrepreneurs. However:

  • Not Legal Advice: We provide information about cottage food laws, but we’re not attorneys providing legal advice
  • Not Personalized Business Consulting: General advice may not apply to your specific situation
  • Regulations Vary: Cottage food laws differ significantly between states and even counties
  • Always Verify Locally: Confirm all regulatory information with your local health department

Business Results Not Guaranteed

While we share strategies that have worked for us and other cottage food entrepreneurs:

  • Individual Results Vary: Your success depends on many factors including local market, execution, and effort
  • No Income Promises: We don’t guarantee specific revenue or profit levels for your cottage food business
  • Market Factors: Local competition, seasonal demand, and economic conditions affect all businesses
  • Personal Responsibility: Your cottage food business success ultimately depends on your actions and decisions

Recipe and Food Safety Information

Our cottage food recipes and food safety guidance are educational:

  • Test All Recipes: Always test recipes thoroughly before selling products to customers
  • Adapt for Your Conditions: Altitude, humidity, and equipment differences may require recipe adjustments
  • Follow Local Requirements: Your state and local health departments have the final say on cottage food regulations
  • Food Safety Training: Consider formal food safety certification for your cottage food business

Limitation of Liability

What We’re Responsible For

We work hard to provide accurate, helpful cottage food business information and maintain our website professionally. We’ll do our best to:

  • Provide Quality Content: Research cottage food topics thoroughly and share proven strategies
  • Maintain Website Security: Protect your personal information with appropriate security measures
  • Respond to Questions: Address cottage food business questions from our community promptly
  • Correct Mistakes: Fix errors in our content when we discover them or when you point them out

What We’re Not Responsible For

While we aim to help cottage food entrepreneurs succeed, we can’t be liable for:

  • Business Outcomes: Results from implementing our cottage food business strategies
  • Regulatory Compliance: Your compliance with local cottage food laws and regulations
  • Recipe Results: How our cottage food recipes work in your specific kitchen and conditions
  • Third-Party Services: Problems with external services we recommend or link to
  • Lost Profits or Opportunities: Business losses related to information on our website

Maximum Liability

If we are found liable for any damages related to your use of our services, our liability is limited to the amount you’ve paid us in the 12 months before the issue occurred. For free content and services, our liability is limited to $100.

Indemnification

If your use of our content or services results in legal claims against us (for example, if you misrepresent our advice as legal counsel), you agree to defend and hold us harmless from those claims.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of New York State, where Go-Plated LLC is based. Any disputes will be resolved in New York courts, though we’d much rather solve problems through direct communication.

If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest of the terms remain in full effect.

Termination

Your Rights

You can stop using our services anytime. Just unsubscribe from our emails and stop visiting our website. Easy.

Our Rights

We reserve the right to terminate or restrict access to our services if:

  • Terms Violations: You repeatedly violate these terms of service
  • Harmful Behavior: You harass other community members or spread misinformation about cottage food regulations
  • Illegal Activity: You use our services for illegal purposes
  • Spam or Abuse: You spam our community or abuse our contact methods

We’ll usually warn you before terminating access unless the violation is severe or potentially harmful to our community.

Contact Information

Questions about these terms? Spotted something that doesn’t make sense? We’d rather you ask than wonder.

Terms Questions: Contact Emily Carter at [email protected] (She handles all legal and policy questions)

General Contact: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (914) 881-8255
Mail: Go-Plated LLC, 30 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011

Response Time: We typically respond to terms and conditions questions within 48 hours.

Dispute Resolution

Before taking any legal action, please contact us directly. Most issues can be resolved through friendly conversation, and we’re committed to treating our cottage food community fairly.

If we can’t resolve a dispute through discussion:

  1. Informal Resolution: We’ll work together to find a mutually acceptable solution
  2. Mediation: If needed, we agree to try mediation before pursuing litigation
  3. New York Jurisdiction: Any legal proceedings will take place in New York State courts

Severability

If any provision of these terms is deemed invalid or unenforceable by a court, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the rest of these terms will remain in full effect.

These terms were written by real people (us) who actually operate cottage food businesses, then reviewed by legal professionals to ensure they protect both Go-Plated LLC and our community of cottage food entrepreneurs. We believe legal terms should be understandable and fair to everyone involved.