Terms of Service
Limited Liability Partnership “DISTRIB BY YAMKA” (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates To Be Ended and tobeended.fun.
Business Identification Number (BIN): 260840024988 · Registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Registered address: 28 Zhuravlev Street, Building 3, Apt. 334 (12th floor), Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
Director: Vladimir Orekhov · Email: contact@tobeended.fun
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of tobeended.fun (the “Site”), our episodes and community features, and any purchase of the products described below (the “Products”). By using the Site or buying a Product you agree to these Terms, including the Refund Policy and the Privacy Policy, which form part of them. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site or buy Products.
- 1. About To Be Ended
- 2. Who can use and buy
- 3. Products and delivery
- 4. Prices and payment
- 5. Votes and the story
- 6. Names, messages and materials you send
- 7. Content rules
- 8. Our intellectual property
- 9. Acceptable use of the Site
- 10. Cancellations and refunds
- 11. Content notice
- 12. Warranties and liability
- 13. Third-party services
- 14. Changes, suspension, termination
- 15. Governing law and disputes
- 16. General
1. About To Be Ended
To Be Ended is an interactive horror series told in the second person. Episodes are published for free on third-party platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram). Each part ends with a question; viewers answer in the comments, and the next part is written with the result in mind. The Site presents the series and offers optional paid Products that let supporters appear in, or support, the story.
2. Who can use and buy
- You must be at least 13 years old to use the Site (16 in the European Economic Area where local law requires it).
- To buy a Product you must be at least 18, or have the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms on your behalf.
- Business purchases (brand cameos, sponsorships) must be made by a person authorised to bind the business.
3. Products and delivery
All Products are digital or creative services unless stated otherwise. Nothing physical is shipped except merchandise. What each Product includes and when it is delivered:
| Product | What you get | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Founding Window | A lit window with your chosen display name on the “Our Block” (Building 14) page of the Site; your display name in an “Our Block” group-chat scene in a future episode of the current season; access to the ending that lost the vote for each part released after your purchase; early access to new parts where we offer it. | Window lit within 72 hours of payment. Chat appearance in an episode released during the current season. Access links sent by email. |
| Light Boost | Extra brightness for your window for the current calendar week (Monday–Sunday, UTC). The brightest window of the week may be referenced in the story at our creative discretion; a specific story outcome is not guaranteed. | Applied within 24 hours of payment, for the week of purchase. |
| A line in the chat | Your message (up to 80 characters, subject to the content rules) shown on screen in the “Our Block” chat in an episode. | Featured within 60 days of approval. If we cannot feature it in that time, you receive a full refund. |
| Neighbor cameo | You appear as a resident of the block: a silhouette in a window, your name on a door or plate, and a moment in a part. | We contact you within 3 business days to collect details. Featured within 60 days of receiving them, or a full refund. |
| Brand cameo / Sponsorship | Placement of a business name, product or story beat, as described in a written order or invoice. | As agreed in the order or invoice. |
| Merchandise | Physical goods when available. | Sold and shipped under the terms shown at checkout of the store that fulfils the order. |
- Products are personal, non-transferable licences to the described benefits. They have no cash value and cannot be resold.
- Delivery dates are good-faith estimates. If we cannot deliver a Product as described, we will offer a comparable alternative or a full refund, at your choice.
- If the series ends or the Site closes, benefits already delivered (such as a lit window or a featured name) remain in the published episodes and, where possible, in an archived version of the Site.
- Some Products may be offered as “coming soon” with a waiting list. Joining a waiting list is free and is not a purchase.
4. Prices and payment
- Prices are shown in US dollars. Taxes such as VAT or sales tax may be added at checkout depending on your location.
- Founding prices may rise as windows are claimed (for example $9, then $14, then $19). A price change never affects an order you have already paid.
- Payments are processed by third-party payment providers. Where a reseller acting as Merchant of Record handles the sale, it is named at checkout, it is the seller of record for that order, and its terms of sale apply in addition to these Terms.
- We never see or store your full card details. Payment data is handled by PCI-DSS compliant providers.
- Business orders may be invoiced by LLP “DISTRIB BY YAMKA”; invoices are payable within the term stated on them.
5. Votes and the story
Voting is free and open to everyone, on the Site and in the comments under each part. On the Site you have one vote per poll per person and device; you can change it while the poll is open, and results are shown after you vote. We count Site votes together with comment answers, may discard votes that look automated or duplicated, and close each poll when the next part is written. We aim to follow the majority answer, but we keep final creative control over the story, its characters, timing and tone. Buying a Product does not buy a plot outcome, an extra vote, or control over the story beyond the specific benefit described in section 3.
6. Names, messages and materials you send
When you send us a display name, a message, a photo, a logo or other material (“Your Content”):
- You keep ownership of Your Content.
- You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable licence to use, reproduce, adapt (for example shorten, stylise, translate or render it as a silhouette), publish and distribute Your Content in the series, on the Site and in promotion of the series, in any medium.
- You confirm that you have the right to grant this licence, that Your Content does not infringe anyone’s rights, and that any person who can be identified in it has agreed.
- Because episodes are published on third-party platforms and may be shared, featured content cannot be removed from copies already distributed, but on request we will stop using it in new episodes and on the Site.
7. Content rules
Your Content must not: be hateful, harassing, threatening, sexual or violent toward real people; include another person’s personal data (phone numbers, addresses, full names of private people without consent); impersonate anyone; promote illegal goods or activities, gambling, weapons, drugs, adult services or political campaigns; include trademarks or copyrighted material you do not have the right to use; or contain links, spam or malware. We review everything before it appears and may edit, reject or remove Your Content at our discretion. If we reject content for a paid Product before delivery, you may send a replacement or receive a full refund.
8. Our intellectual property
The series, its story, characters (including the hooded figure, the giants and Gosha), artwork, music, sound, text, logos and the Site are owned by LLP “DISTRIB BY YAMKA” or its licensors and protected by copyright and other laws. You may watch and share links to our episodes for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, re-upload, sell, train machine-learning models on, or create derivative works from our content without our written permission, except as allowed by law.
9. Acceptable use of the Site
Do not misuse the Site: no attempts to break or overload it, bypass security, scrape it at scale, send automated sign-ups, submit false information, or use it for any unlawful purpose. We may block access that we reasonably believe harms the Site or other users.
10. Cancellations and refunds
Cancellations and refunds are governed by our Refund Policy. If you are a consumer in the European Union, the United Kingdom or another country that gives you a statutory right of withdrawal, that right is described there and is not limited by these Terms.
11. Content notice
To Be Ended is fiction. It contains horror themes, suspense, darkness, loud sounds and peril that some people may find disturbing. It is not intended for young children. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental, except for names supporters ask us to include.
12. Warranties and liability
- We provide the Site and episodes “as is” and “as available”. We do our best to keep them running, but we do not promise uninterrupted or error-free access.
- To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability arising from the Site or any Product is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses (such as lost profits or data).
- Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or your statutory rights as a consumer.
13. Third-party services
Episodes, comments and votes live on third-party platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram) that have their own terms and privacy policies. Payments are handled by third-party providers. We are not responsible for those services, but we will help you with any issue related to a purchase from us.
14. Changes, suspension, termination
We may update these Terms to reflect changes in the series, the Products or the law. The version in force when you place an order applies to that order. We will post the new effective date on this page and, for significant changes, notify subscribers by email. We may suspend or end access for anyone who seriously or repeatedly breaks these Terms; if that happens for reasons other than your breach, we refund the unused part of any paid Product.
15. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Before going to court, please contact us at contact@tobeended.fun — most issues are solved within days. Disputes that cannot be resolved amicably are submitted to the competent courts of Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of your country of residence and may bring a claim in the courts where you live. Consumers in the EU may also use the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution platform.
16. General
If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a right is not a waiver. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms; we may transfer ours to a successor of the series. These Terms, the Refund Policy and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about their subject. They are written in English; any translation is for convenience only and the English version prevails.
Questions about these Terms: contact@tobeended.fun.