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Cancellation & Refund Policy
How account credit, cancellations and refunds work at Iotamine. This policy is part of our Terms of Service.
Iotamine runs on prepaid account credit. Credit is a prepayment for cloud services — it is not refundable for cash and has no cash value, except where a refund is required by law or where we have charged you in error. Unused paid credit does not expire and stays available for future usage.
1. How account credit works
You add funds to your Iotamine account balance in advance. As you use the Services, usage charges are metered hourly and drawn down from that balance. There is no separate subscription or commitment — you pay for the resources you run, for the time you run them.
Your balance can hold two kinds of credit, which are treated differently:
- Paid credit — funds you added yourself through a payment method. Does not expire.
- Promotional credit — sign-up bonuses, referral rewards and other credit we grant at no charge. Has no cash value and may expire (see Section 4).
When usage is charged, promotional credit is consumed before paid credit.
2. Refunds
Account credit — paid or promotional — is non-refundable. It has no cash value, cannot be withdrawn or converted to cash, and cannot be transferred to another account. Fees for services you have already used are non-refundable.
We will issue a refund only in the following cases:
- Billing errors. If we charged you in error — for example a duplicate charge, or usage billed for a resource you did not run — we correct it and refund the difference to your original payment method.
- Where required by law. Nothing in this policy limits any refund or cancellation right you have under applicable consumer-protection law.
Exceptional circumstances. If you believe your situation warrants a discretionary refund of unused paid credit, email [email protected] within 30 days of the top-up. We review these case by case and are not obligated to grant them. Any approved refund is of unused paid credit only, net of payment-processing fees, and is not available once the account has been terminated for cause.
3. Cancelling your account
You can cancel a service or close your account at any time from the dashboard. You can also stop a charge at any time by destroying the resource — billing for that resource stops at the hour it is destroyed.
On cancellation you remain responsible for all usage charges accrued up to that point. We settle those against your balance. Cancelling does not entitle you to a refund of remaining account credit, subject to Section 2.
Promotional credit is forfeited when you close your account.
4. Promotional credit
- Has no cash value and is never refundable or withdrawable.
- Is non-transferable and applies only to the account it was granted to.
- Expires 12 months after it is issued if still unused, and is consumed before paid credit.
- Is limited to one sign-up bonus per person, household, business and payment method.
- May be reduced, withheld or reversed if we reasonably believe it was obtained through duplicate accounts, false information, or other abuse of the offer.
5. Termination for cause
If we terminate or suspend your account for breach of our Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policy, for fraud or abuse, or for a payment dispute or chargeback, any remaining account credit — paid and promotional — is forfeited, and no refund is due.
Non-payment is handled on the fixed timeline in Section 5 of the Terms of Service, not as immediate termination.
6. Payment disputes and chargebacks
If you believe a charge is wrong, contact us first — most issues are a billing error we can fix quickly under Section 2.
Opening a chargeback or payment dispute instead of contacting us may result in immediate suspension of your account, forfeiture of your remaining balance, and a permanent bar from the platform. We may also recover any resulting fees and negative balance.
7. Currency and processing
- Account credit is held in your account currency (USD or INR). We do not convert between currencies on top-up or refund.
- Approved refunds go back to the original payment method only.
- Refunds are net of non-recoverable payment-processing fees charged by the payment provider.
- Once approved, refunds are typically completed within 5–10 business days, depending on your bank or card issuer.
8. Changes to this policy
We may revise this policy by posting an updated version on our website. Material changes are announced through our website or by email. Your continued use of the Services after a change takes effect is acceptance of the revised policy.
Contact us
For billing questions, refund requests, or anything about this policy:
Iotamine Billing