These terms are an agreement between you and Chell Technologies Limited, Lagos, Nigeria ("we", "us") for your use of Forecast, at app.postforecast.xyz and postforecast.xyz. By signing in, you agree to them. If you use Forecast for a business, you agree for that business and confirm you can bind it. Our privacy policy explains how we handle personal data.
1. What Forecast does
Forecast reads the posts in your Buffer account and gives each one a forecast of its reach, an analysis of how it fits what's trending in the countries you choose, and suggestions such as a better time to post or caption ideas. You can optionally connect Instagram or YouTube to see where your own audience is.
Forecast is read-only. It can't publish, edit, schedule or delete anything in Buffer or on any platform you connect. Any change you make based on Forecast, you make yourself.
2. Forecasts are estimates
Forecasts, ranges, trend matches, notes and suggestions are statistical estimates and machine-written text. They can be wrong, and how a post actually does depends on things Forecast can't see. Don't rely on Forecast alone for decisions that matter, and check suggested captions before you use them. We don't promise any level of reach, engagement or results.
3. Your account
- You must be 18 or over and have a Buffer account you're allowed to use.
- You sign in with Buffer. Keep your Buffer account secure; activity under your sign-in is your responsibility.
- Connect only Instagram or YouTube accounts you own or are authorised to manage.
4. Your content
Your posts, captions and results remain yours. You give us permission to read, store and process them to provide Forecast to you, to train and test Forecast's forecasting models, and, if you switch it on, to include your results in anonymised benchmarks. We don't publish your content or show it to other users.
5. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use Forecast to break the law or anyone's rights, or the terms of Buffer, Instagram, YouTube or X;
- access accounts or data you aren't authorised to;
- probe, overload or disrupt Forecast, or get around its limits or security;
- scrape, copy or resell Forecast, its forecasts or its benchmarks, or use them to build a competing product;
- reverse engineer Forecast, except where the law allows it.
6. Other services
Forecast depends on Buffer and, if you connect them, Instagram and YouTube, plus public trend and news sources. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms. If a provider changes or withdraws access, parts of Forecast may stop working, and we're not responsible for their services. Forecast is an independent product and isn't made, endorsed or sponsored by Buffer, Meta, Google or X.
7. Price
Forecast is free while it's in beta. If we introduce paid plans, we'll tell you in advance, and you'll only pay if you choose a plan.
8. Changes and availability
We're improving Forecast all the time, and may add, change or remove features. We aim to keep it available but don't guarantee it will be uninterrupted or error-free.
9. Ending your use
You can stop using Forecast at any time, and delete your account in Settings, or by emailing privacy@postforecast.xyz. We may suspend or close your access if you break these terms or if we need to protect Forecast, its users or others; where reasonable, we'll tell you first. If we close Forecast entirely, we'll give you notice so you can export your data.
10. Our intellectual property
Forecast, including its software, models, design and benchmarks, belongs to us or our licensors. These terms give you a personal, non-exclusive right to use it as offered, and nothing more.
11. Disclaimers
Forecast is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we exclude all warranties, including that Forecast or its forecasts will be accurate, fit for a particular purpose, or meet your needs.
12. Liability
To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for lost profits, revenue, reach, followers, data or goodwill, arising from your use of Forecast. Our total liability to you for all claims related to Forecast is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and ₦50,000. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law, including for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.
13. Indemnity
If you use Forecast for a business, you'll compensate us for claims and costs arising from your breach of these terms or your misuse of Forecast.
14. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. We'll post the new version here with a new effective date, and tell you in the app or by email before significant changes take effect. If you keep using Forecast after that, the new terms apply.
15. Law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Before going to court, contact us so we can try to resolve the issue. The courts of Nigeria have jurisdiction, but if you're a consumer you keep any right to bring a claim where you live.
16. General
These terms and the privacy policy are the whole agreement between us about Forecast. If part of them is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce a term straight away, we can still enforce it later. You can't transfer these terms without our consent; we may transfer them as part of selling the business.
Contact
Chell Technologies Limited, Lagos, Nigeria
privacy@postforecast.xyz