Terms of use

Day Zero is operated by Beri Dayan, Malachi 1, Ramat Gan, Israel. Legal notices go to beri@dayzero.ltd. Governing law is the laws of Israel.

Day Zero is a platform where founders publish and sell lifetime licenses (LTDs) to software they build. The founder named on the deal page sells that license, builds the product, and ships by a committed date. Each LTD is a public seat: anyone can see who it is connected to. Backers may later list that seat so another verified user can buy the same lifetime access, until they redeem it on the product. After that, the seat stays with them. That resale is not a Day Zero checkout.

Day Zero is not a securities platform, not a prediction market, and not a gambling operator. Day Zero is not the producer and is not responsible for the product. You buy the license from the founder. Day Zero lists the campaign, collects the card payment for the founder, and connects the seat. Once backers can use the product, Day Zero sends the founder the price minus the card processing fee minus Day Zero's margin.

The founder sells you the lifetime license shown on the deal page. The founder builds the software, supports it, and keeps LTD holders on the access described there. Day Zero does not build the software and is not a party to the supply of the product.

If the product is not what the deal page described, or the founder shuts it down, tell Day Zero. The founder covers Day Zero for claims about the product, under the founder agreement. Where a consumer law gives you a right these terms cannot remove, that right still applies.

You buy one Lifetime Deal per founder/startup per campaign. That rule exists so each seat means one person, not ten accounts. You may buy as many different founders as you want. The founder of a campaign you back receives the email on your account for access and support. See the privacy page.

You are charged only once a funded campaign's founder opens access, and you can cancel a pledge any time until then (in the campaign's last 24 hours, only if it stays at its goal without you). Once you are charged, the purchase is final: there is no refund for changing your mind, a late delivery, or a product that shuts down. Ghosting or fraud can ban the founder.

A founder can cancel a campaign until access opens. Every charged purchase is then refunded: the retail price minus the card processing fee, with Day Zero returning its 7% margin. Within 30 days of the charge it goes back to the card; after that, Day Zero pays it by PayPal or bank transfer. A seat resold between backers is not refunded, and the holder keeps the seat. Buying before a product launches carries the risk that it never ships. See the cancellation and refund policy.

You may list your public seat on Day Zero for whatever price you set, until you redeem it on the product. After that, it cannot change hands. Founders cannot turn listings off or require approval for unclaimed seats. The next backer is connected to that same LTD; they receive a new secret. We do not run bidding. First Backer badges stay with the original backer. Access on the founder's site follows the current connection, and only after Day Zero's live integration check passes.

Every campaign is all or nothing. The founder chooses how many founding seats to sell, from 10 to 100, and the goal is half of them, rounded up. You don't pay at checkout. You make a pledge: the payment processor saves your card and charges nothing.

The campaign ends a week after it goes live, even if every seat is pledged sooner (a campaign that opened before campaigns became weekly drops keeps the deadline shown on its page). If paid backers and pledges together reach the goal by then, the campaign is funded. Nobody is charged yet: every saved card is charged the price shown when you pledged once the founder opens access, so you pay when you can use the product. If the goal isn't reached, nobody is charged and your saved card is released. If a funded campaign's access isn't open by its delivery date, Day Zero cancels it and nobody is charged. Pledging authorizes Day Zero to make that one charge, on the terms shown at checkout. Campaigns that went live before October 17, 2026 were sold at checkout and keep those terms.

A pledge holds a seat. You can cancel it from your account until you are charged: while the campaign runs, except in its last 24 hours if cancelling would take the campaign below its goal, and after a funded campaign ends, until the founder opens access. If the charge is declined, we try the card again and email you a link to pay another way. If it is still unpaid 7 days after the first decline, your pledge is dropped and the seat is released; the campaign stays funded. Once you are charged, the purchase is final, like any other.

If the founder cancels a campaign before access opens, every pledge is released and nobody is charged.

A pledge backs software the founder has not delivered yet. You are not ordering something that already exists: the delivery date is the founder's commitment, and there is a chance the product is late or never ships. If access isn't open by the delivery date, you are never charged.

Pledges and payments are processed by Dodo Payments, which saves your card. Its own terms also apply to the payment. Your bank may show a temporary check on the card when you save it; that is not a charge. Prices are in US dollars, and your bank may add a foreign transaction fee. If you remove the saved card with Dodo, or it can no longer be charged when access opens, the pledge is cancelled, the seat is released, and you are not charged.

A pledge is not a seat yet. It cannot be listed on /market or passed to someone else. Your numbered seat and code are issued once you are charged. Day Zero may refuse or cancel a pledge for fraud, a second account on the same campaign, a ban-list match, or because the campaign was full or closed when the card was saved. A cancelled pledge is never charged.

Listing is currently free for founders (the listing fee is waived). You set the LTD price from $10 to $150, whether the product is built or still being built. You choose how many founding seats to sell, from 10 to 100. The full founder agreement is at /legal/supplier.

Every campaign is all or nothing, with a goal of half your seats. Backers pledge instead of paying. The campaign ends a week after it goes live, even if every seat is pledged sooner. If the goal was reached, backers are charged when you open access, and until then they can cancel. If access isn't open by the delivery date, Day Zero cancels the campaign and nobody is charged. Some pledges may not be collected, for example when a card is declined for 7 days. You are paid only for charges that go through, and the campaign stays funded. A campaign that ends below its goal sells nothing and owes nothing, and you can list again. Access is due 90 days after a funded campaign ends. Your seat count and goal lock once the campaign is live. Once backer access is open, Day Zero sends your remainder for each charged sale to your bank account in the next weekly transfer and issues a self-bill recording that transfer. Until then Day Zero holds it. Backers can't ask for a refund once they're charged. Missed delivery by more than 60 days without communication, 90 days of ghosting, or fraud Day Zero can point to places you on the public ban list.

While a campaign is live you see how many backers have pledged, not who. A backer's email reaches you once their pledge is charged. Use it only to give that backer access and support and to tell them about that product. Don't sell it, share it, or add it to marketing for anything else.

You can cancel your campaign from your dashboard settings until access opens. Every charged sale is refunded to its backer and not paid to you, except seats resold between backers, which are paid to you as usual. The campaign page then shows “Cancelled” with your reason, no new seats are sold, and you cannot list another campaign on Day Zero.

An unclaimed LTD is a public, transferable seat. Backers may list it on /market at any price they choose, or pass the code to another verified backer, until they redeem it on the product. Once claimed, it stays with that holder. You cannot lock a campaign, turn listings off for unclaimed seats, or require founder approval. Listing on Day Zero means you accept that lifetime access can change holders until it is claimed. Access on your product follows the current connection. You must pass the production loopback before backers can activate on your product. Listing can go live before that.

Curation is 24–48 hours and can reject vaporware, hardware (deferred), and policy violations. A founder can open access any time until it's due, even while the campaign runs. Day Zero's margin is 7% of primary LTD sales (0% when the sale starts from the founder's embed widget). A listed seat is paid between backers and is not a Day Zero checkout. There are no paid boosts or premium tiers — every listing gets the same treatment.

You need to be 18, or old enough where you live to make a contract. Use your own email and a name that is yours. One person, one account. Extra accounts to take more than one LTD on the same startup are not allowed. You are responsible for activity on your account. We can pause or close it for fraud, a ban-list match, chargeback abuse, or breaking these terms.

An LTD is a license to use that founder's software on the terms shown on the deal page when you bought it. It is not equity and not a share of the company. "Lifetime" means while that product is still offered. If the founder shuts it down, access can end, and a closed product is not refunded.

Founders may change the product over time. They may not single out LTD holders for worse access than the deal they sold. Product support comes from the founder.

Software only. We reject or remove malware, stolen or copied products, impersonation, illegal services, and listings that invent traction or a ship date. Hardware stays off the site for now. Seats on /market follow the same rule: describe the seat honestly.

You keep what you upload. Posting a campaign, update, or profile lets us show it on Day Zero and in a founder embed. Don't post anything you don't have the right to show.

To report a copy of your product or other copyrighted work, email beri@dayzero.ltd with the page URL and what you own. We take down clear copies. The designated copyright agent is Beri Dayan.

A listing on /market is a sale between two backers. Day Zero is not the seller, does not collect that payment, and does not refund it. We connect the LTD after that payment is confirmed. Neither the seller nor the buyer can ask Day Zero for a refund of that LTD, including if the founder later cancels. If Day Zero later learns the payment was reversed, it can move the seat back to the seller. That does not happen automatically, and the money dispute stays between those backers.

The price shown on a deal is the price the founder charges, plus Day Zero's purchase fee where one applies. Taxes, VAT, withholding, and the tax invoice on that sale are the founder's. The amount Day Zero later sends the founder is the remainder after fees, which the founder reports. Tax on a seat you resell to another backer is yours.

Founders confirm the bank account they submit is theirs and that they can legally receive the payment. Day Zero may hold or delay a transfer if there is suspected fraud, a high chargeback risk, a processor requirement, or another operational risk. A payout can also be delayed if the transfer cannot be completed.

The public ban list states a fact: missed delivery, no communication, or fraud Day Zero can point to. It does not call someone a scammer. A founder on the list can email beri@dayzero.ltd to contest the entry. A ban does not make a purchase refundable.

On a campaign purchase collected through Day Zero, write to beri@dayzero.ltd before you dispute the card charge. A chargeback instead can close the account and release the seat. See the cancellation and refund policy. Chargebacks on a campaign sale are the founder's.

You buy the license from the founder. Day Zero collects the card payment, holds the founder's share until access opens, and connects the seat. The founder supplies the software and support, and covers Day Zero for claims about the product. Where a consumer law gives you a right these terms cannot remove, that right still applies, including when the product was never delivered or is not as described.

We post changes on this page. If you keep using Day Zero after a change, the new version applies. A license you already bought, or a pledge you already made, keeps the refund terms you agreed to when you bought or pledged.