Terms of Service

1. Who we are

DevLinked (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates devlinked.co.uk, a marketplace that connects clients who need software work with freelance developers and agencies based in the UK.

These terms form a binding agreement between you and DevLinked. By creating an account or paying for any service on the platform, you accept them. If you use DevLinked on behalf of a company, you confirm you are authorised to bind that company.

2. What DevLinked is — and isn’t

DevLinked is a lead marketplace. Clients publish job listings free of charge; developers pay to respond to a listing and unlock the client’s contact details and attachments. Once connected, clients and developers deal with each other directly.

We are not a party to any contract formed between a client and a developer. We do not handle project payments, escrow, milestones or disputes between users, and we do not guarantee that any listing leads to work, or that any response leads to a hire. We do not vet, supervise or warrant the quality of any work performed.

3. Accounts and verification

You must be at least 18 and provide accurate, current information when registering. Every account must verify an email address and a UK phone number by one-time passcode before going live on the platform.

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for all activity under your account. One account per person or company — do not create duplicate accounts, impersonate others, or misrepresent your identity, skills or company status.

4. Fees and payments

Posting a job listing is free, as is re-opening a closed or expired one. Responding to a listing costs £10, which unlocks the client’s contact details and attachments for that listing.

All fees are non-refundable. As a developer you are paying to unlock a lead — not for a guaranteed outcome. A response that does not lead to work does not qualify for a refund.

Payments are processed by Stripe. We do not store your card details. VAT, where applicable, is calculated and applied at checkout. We may change our fees or introduce new ones (such as optional listing promotion) in the future; changes never apply retroactively to payments already made.

5. Listings

Each listing accepts a maximum of five paid developer responses and expires 30 days after publication. You may edit a listing within 5 minutes of posting; it locks permanently as soon as the first paid response arrives.

Listings must describe a genuine software project that you have authority to commission. Because developers pay to respond, posting speculatively, for research, or without genuine intent to hire is a breach of these terms. Listings may not advertise unrelated services, recruit for permanent employment with no project component, contain unlawful content, or be used to harvest developer contact details.

We may remove a listing that breaches these terms, and repeated or serious breaches may lead to a permanent ban.

6. Developer responses

Paying to respond unlocks the client’s contact details and any attachments on that listing. This is a single, flat fee per listing — there are no bundles or subscriptions.

Respond only to listings you genuinely intend to pursue, and only on your own behalf or your agency’s. Reselling, sharing or publishing unlocked client details is prohibited.

7. Reviews

After a job is marked complete by both parties (or after 90 days), each party may review the other. Reviews become visible once both sides have submitted, or when the review window closes.

Reviews must reflect a genuine experience. Fake, traded or incentivised reviews, and reviews used to threaten or extort the other party, are prohibited and will be removed.

8. Acceptable use

You must not: scrape or bulk-extract platform data; interfere with the operation or security of the service; upload malicious code; post content that is defamatory, discriminatory or unlawful; or use the platform to send unsolicited marketing.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that breach these terms, with or without notice depending on severity. Where an account is terminated for breach, outstanding fees are not refunded.

9. Content and intellectual property

You retain ownership of the content you post — listings, profiles, portfolios and reviews. You grant us a licence to host, display and distribute that content as needed to operate the platform.

The DevLinked name, brand and platform software are our property. You may not copy, modify or create derivative works from them.

10. Liability

The platform is provided “as is”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all implied warranties and are not liable for loss of profit, loss of business, or any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the platform — including anything arising from a contract between you and another user.

Our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose. Nothing in these terms limits liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. If a change is material we will notify you by email or in-app notice before it takes effect. Continuing to use the platform after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms: support@devlinked.co.uk.