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Website terms

These terms explain the general use of the Your IT & Tech Mates website, guides, Quick Help entry points, referral pages and service information.

Information is general until confirmed

Website content, guides, examples, estimates, AI-assisted suggestions and automated information are general information only. A real team must confirm the final diagnosis, repair path, quote, warranty position and next step.

No sensitive details through public forms

Customers must not send passwords, PINs, passcodes, MFA codes, banking codes, payment card details, seed phrases, private keys, TFNs or private account secrets through public forms, referral pages, guide comments or Quick Help descriptions.

Referral participants

People who share referral links or introduce customers are independent participants in a manual referral reward program only. They are not employees, contractors, subcontractors, agents, partners, franchisees, joint-venture partners, technicians or authorised representatives of Your IT & Tech Mates. They cannot bind us, approve quotes, collect money, promise outcomes, provide warranties, represent themselves as technicians or perform work on our behalf.

Terms and policy directory

More detailed terms are available in our Service Terms, Terms and Conditions, Referral Policy, Disclaimer Policy and Safeguarding Policy.

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Website information for Ambassador Network and local help pathways

Integrated 18 May 2026 Master Guidance and Directory Terms

Ambassador Network, Campus Help, Neighbourhood Help, provider invite and certificate-related materials are general information and service-routing tools. They do not guarantee job acceptance, provider approval, academic outcomes, technology outcomes, earnings, provider availability or response times.

Campus Help is learning support only. It is not a contract cheating, assignment writing, exam completion, impersonation or academic misconduct service.

Neighbourhood Help and scam safety support can provide practical guidance, but customers should contact their bank, platform, police or relevant authority directly for urgent fraud, banking, identity, cybercrime or safety matters.

Guided help, profiles and direct booking pages

The website may include guided help forms, customer intake, senior and support-organisation/accessibility technology pathways, scam/security pathways, public profiles, direct booking tools, ratings, reviews, referral links, QR codes, share cards, provider pages and ambassador pages. These tools are provided to help users request, understand and share services, but they are not a guarantee that a request will be accepted, that a provider is available or that a specific outcome will occur.

Users must not misuse website tools to submit fake requests, scrape profiles, harass users, manipulate reviews, make misleading referrals, request unlawful surveillance, bypass device/account security, impersonate another person or submit another person's information without permission or lawful authority.

Reviews, ratings, incidents and visibility controls

Reviews, star ratings and reputation indicators may be collected after relevant service activity and may be moderated, delayed, rejected, hidden or removed where they are abusive, misleading, defamatory, unsafe, irrelevant, fraudulent, duplicate, disputed or inconsistent with platform rules.

Incident and conduct reports may be used for safety, moderation, dispute handling, provider suitability, certificate review, account restrictions, profile visibility and reporting. Internal risk scores, safety notes and moderation actions are not required to be displayed publicly.

Service request boards, referrals and provider profiles

Plain-English summary: these extra terms cover the Neighbour Help Board, Campus Help Board, School/Tutoring Help, custom job requests, provider or tutor interest, referral tracking, quote and invoice linking, future payment-readiness, provider profile pages, profile images/logos and moderation controls. They add to the existing terms and do not remove any existing rights, obligations or protections.

Service request boards and custom requests

Customers, neighbours, students, parents, guardians, staff, clubs, campus groups or other users may be able to submit a job request through a public board or request form. A request may relate to local technology help, student or campus technology help, tutoring or study support, business technology help or another custom request that is not listed in a fixed service category.

Submitting a request does not guarantee that we will accept, publish, quote, assign, schedule or complete the request. We may review, edit, categorise, hide, decline, reject, merge, de-duplicate, convert or require more information about any request. Custom requests, tutoring requests, school-related requests, urgent scam/security concerns and requests involving vulnerable persons may require manual review before they are visible to any provider or tutor.

No bidding or auction model

The service request boards are not an open auction or lowest-price bidding marketplace. Providers, tutors or technicians may express interest, request more information, accept a fixed-fee opportunity where available or submit a quote proposal for review. We may choose whether to show, approve, reject, moderate or progress any provider interest or quote proposal.

Customers may be offered a fixed-fee option, a quote, a draft quote, an invoice, a booking confirmation or another approved pathway. Price, scope, availability, suitability and safety remain subject to review, customer approval and any applicable service terms.

Guest posting, magic links and account creation

A poster may be allowed to submit a job request without creating a password account. We may send a private token, magic link or tracking link to the poster's email address so they can view request status, provide more information, approve a quote, confirm a session or cancel a request. We may require email verification, phone verification, guardian details or other checks before a quote, booking, tutoring session, payment, invoice or provider match is confirmed.

Providers, tutors, referrers, ambassadors or people seeking commission tracking may be required to create or verify a profile before accessing provider features, accepting work, displaying a public profile or receiving any referral reward.

School, tutoring and academic integrity

Tutoring and study support are for coaching, explanation, confidence-building, technology help, skills development and learning support. They must not be used to complete assessed work, impersonate a student, write assignments, take exams, bypass school or university rules, facilitate cheating or provide dishonest academic assistance. We may reject, flag or restrict any request that appears to create an academic integrity risk.

For school-age or under-18 students, we may require parent or guardian contact details, guardian approval, Working with Children Check or equivalent verification for tutors/providers, safety review and stricter moderation before any provider is shown or assigned. We may restrict direct contact between students and providers and require communications to occur through approved channels.

Referrals and commissions

Job board posts may include a referral code, referrer name, referral link, preferred provider/profile or referral source. Referral tracking does not guarantee a commission, reward or payment. A referral reward or commission is generally only considered after the related work has been approved, completed, invoiced, paid and reviewed, and remains subject to fraud, duplicate claim, refund, chargeback, cancellation, self-referral, eligibility and manual approval checks.

Referral payment or commission features may be tracked by the platform before automated payouts are enabled. Unless we expressly say otherwise in writing, referral rewards are reviewed and paid manually and may be held, reduced, rejected or cancelled where reasonably necessary.

Provider profile, provider showcase and profile pages

Approved students, tutors, providers, technicians, ambassadors or partners may be offered a public or semi-public profile, provider profile, profile card, provider showcase page or shareable link. A profile may show approved information such as display name, headline, bio, skills, strengths, service areas, campus area, business name, approved categories, trust badges, review summaries, completed work examples, rating summaries, profile images, logos or public request buttons.

We may moderate, edit, approve, hide, suspend, remove or restrict any profile, image, logo, badge, review, claim, completed job example, rating or public listing. Public profile information must be accurate, lawful, respectful, not misleading and not include private customer information, confidential information, unsafe claims, exaggerated credentials, unauthorised logos or content that infringes another person's rights.

Images, logos, media and storage

Profile photos, avatars, logos, cover images, job evidence, screenshots or other media may be uploaded only in supported formats and within size and dimension limits. We may validate, resize, compress, rename, convert, reject, quarantine, hide, delete or remove metadata from uploaded files. SVG, executable files, scripts and unsafe or unsupported file types may be blocked.

Media may be stored locally or with an approved storage provider, such as a cloud object storage provider, content delivery network or image storage service. Public profile images may be delivered from a media domain or storage URL. Users must have permission to upload any image, logo or media they provide.

Spam, moderation and safety controls

We may use spam scoring, honeypot fields, rate limits, IP/email/phone checks, content filters, duplicate detection, referral-fraud checks, manual moderation, safety flags and other controls to protect the service request boards, profiles, customers, providers, students and referrers. We may silently hold, hide, reject, limit or review suspicious submissions without explaining the specific detection method.

We may prevent provider visibility until a request has passed moderation. Internal spam scores, moderation notes, risk flags and fraud checks are operational records and are not public ratings.

Service terms cross-reference for repair, software and data work

Website pages, booking pages, referral pages, profile pages and Quick Help pages may describe repair, software, data recovery, CCTV, network, printer, TV, console, phone, tablet and home technology services in general terms. Before work proceeds, the applicable service scope, price, warranty position and risk terms are confirmed through the relevant quote, invoice, booking, service form or written approval.

For the detailed service rules, read the Service Terms repair, software and data addendum, Payment and Warranty Terms, Quick Help Terms and, where applicable, Provider Device Pickup & Return Terms.

Directory, lead capture and portal terms

Website features may include Master Directory pages, trust cards, lead capture forms, My Help dashboard lookup, private tokens, student guidance entry points and campus partner pages. Public submissions may be spam-scored, moderated, delayed, rejected or converted to internal records before any provider, Master or Campus Master is contacted.

Master guidance, campus programs and customer portal terms

These terms are supplemented by new feature-specific policies for Master/Campus Master identities, Student Guidance Requests, private Guidance Offers, Guidance Packages, My Help dashboard, Provider Store orders, Resolution Centre links, matching/service coordination, payment records and public Master Directory trust cards.

Read these additional policies where relevant: Student Guidance and Master Guidance Offer Terms, Master Directory and Trust Card Terms, Campus Master and Campus Partner Program Terms, Guidance Packages and Follow-up Program Terms, Guidance Payout-Ready Ledger and Margin Policy, Matching, Automation and Work Queue Policy, Customer Portal, My Help and Resolution Centre Terms, and Provider Store Orders and Resolution Centre Terms.

No automatic payouts: Payout, referral, campus partner share and margin figures are payout-ready calculations only unless and until separately approved by our authorised team and processed under the applicable payment terms.
No bidding: Guidance Offers, provider interest and Master assignments are not bids, auctions, counter-bids, lowest-price competitions or public price races.

Last updated: 26 May 2026.

Cross-linked terms and policy framework

These terms must be read together with the other Your IT & Tech Mates terms, policies, notices, quotes, invoices, service forms and written approvals that apply to the relevant service. Where a specific service term applies to a repair, software job, data recovery attempt, pickup, payment, warranty, referral, ambassador, provider, partner, Quick Help request, website use or customer portal matter, that more specific term applies to that subject matter.

Nothing in any Your IT & Tech Mates term excludes, restricts or modifies any right, remedy, consumer guarantee or protection that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable law.

Related terms: Service Terms · Payment & Warranty Terms · Repair, Software & Data Risk Notice · Quick Help Terms · Referral Terms · Ambassador Terms · Provider Partner Terms · Device Pickup Terms · Electronic Consent Policy · Fraud, Scam & Integrity Policy · Booking, Cancellation & No-show Policy · Dispute & Evidence Policy · Privacy Policy.

Cash and Off-Platform Payment Notice

Cash payments, direct payments to technicians or providers, private bank transfers, side deals and other off-platform or unrecorded payments do not qualify for referral rewards, ambassador rewards, partner commissions, provider commissions, lead fees or incentives unless expressly approved by Your IT & Tech Mates in writing. Commission and reward eligibility requires the job, invoice and payment to be properly recorded, approved and processed through the approved Your IT & Tech Mates process.

Fraud, Scam and Integrity Controls

All services, bookings, referrals, ambassador activity, provider arrangements, payment claims, warranty claims, reviews and customer communications are subject to the Fraud, Scam and Integrity Policy. Your IT & Tech Mates may review service notes, booking records, quote records, invoice records, payment records, customer messages, photos, timestamps, referral records, device records and other available evidence when assessing fraud, scam activity, off-platform payment, commission eligibility, disputes, chargebacks, warranty claims or policy breaches.

Prohibited conduct includes fake jobs, self-referrals, referral manipulation, duplicate claims, artificial job splitting, commission farming, misleading reviews, payment bypassing, false identity or qualification claims, pressure selling, harassment, financial exploitation, suspicious account activity, misuse of customer data, and attempts to interfere with systems, records, payment controls or dispute processes.

Your IT & Tech Mates Commission and Referral Model

Total platform commission: 13.5% of the relevant qualifying job value.

Referral reward review: If an eligible referred job is completed and paid, the referral may be reviewed for a 5% manual reward. That 5% is included inside the 13.5% total platform commission; it is not added on top of the customer price.

Payment is manual only and normally after a minimum 14-day hold after customer payment is confirmed, subject to anti-scam, anti-cheating, duplicate, self-referral, refund, payment-clearance, chargeback, dispute, attribution, customer-consent and admin checks.

Referral rewards are not lifetime rewards, recurring rewards, trailing commissions, employment wages, partnership profits, franchise payments or automatic entitlements. Each job is reviewed separately and must meet the applicable Your IT & Tech Mates terms.

Minimum withdrawal balance: Approved referral, ambassador, partner or commission payments are manual only and generally require a minimum approved balance of $50 before withdrawal can be requested, unless Your IT & Tech Mates approves otherwise in writing.

Cash payments, direct technician payments, private bank transfers, side deals, split payments, payment redirection and off-platform or unrecorded payments do not qualify for commission, referral rewards, ambassador rewards, partner fees, lead fees or incentives unless Your IT & Tech Mates expressly approves and records the arrangement in writing.

This clause must be read with the Payment and Commission Integrity Policy, Referral Terms, Referral Policy, Ambassador Network Terms, Provider Partner Terms and Fraud, Scam and Integrity Policy.