Where can I get some legal help on fleshing out simple terms of service?
I'm in very early stages building out an alpha product -- but there might be instances even in the early transaction stage the users might meet offline -- similar to tinder, task rabbit.
Is there a site where I can get general purpose 'terms of service' or does anyone want to help me (with legal expertise) to figure out what I need to get this product up and running.
It's just a side project, not a business but I don't want to launch something and land up in some legal pickle.
Disclaimer: IANAL
I use TermsFeed for my ToS starting out. It's good enough until you can get traction and can afford to hire a lawyer to create a more specific ToS for your business.
I was skeptical of the standard players, until I discovered Termly. They have a few annoying restrictions, but after going through the process of setting up terms for my website I can't recommend them enough. They handle a lot of niceties for you, like plug-and-play your project's information, keeping the "updated at" up-to-date, optionally messaging your users upon a major change in the Terms, and hosting it on their servers.
I'd look into getting some legal help with an actual lawyer. If you're in the United States, I'd contact https://SCORE.org for mentoring, your state/city/county business offices, colleges, and the non-profits that administer Individual Development Accounts (think 401k for starting a business).
Ask them if they have any workshops available you can take or sit in on for this, even if you don't qualify for funds (IDA requires you take class before getting matching funds). Just having access to a lawyer to ask, and show your existing terms of service will get you some free face time with a lawyer.
I also need to do this and haven't gotten to it just yet, but a good friend of mine (former CEO and now YC partner) pointed me to iubenda.
Let us know what you end up using?!
This is awesome. I'm actually still in the building phrase but when I do hit the launch stage, and need to start looking into TOCs I'll update my experience here. Thanks you so much for you help! This community is amazing!