Refund & Cancellation Policy
This Policy is a draft prepared with reference to the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc. and the principles of the Korea Fair Trade Commission's standard terms. Actual Vendor-specific refund and penalty conditions will be reflected once finalized, and the Policy is intended to be reviewed by a legal professional before taking effect.
This Policy sets the standards for withdrawal, refund, and cancellation of services provided by YOUTHON (the “Company”), including software procurement and Google Workspace provisioning and operations. This Policy forms part of the Terms of Serviceand follows applicable laws including the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc.
1. Scope
This Policy applies to the following items purchased through the Company:
- Software licenses (subscription · term-based)
- Workspace provisioning and managed-service fees for Google Workspace and similar services
- Youth organization operations items (organization base setup, workspace provisioning, managed service)
- GROVES in-house platforms — services developed and provided directly by YOUTHON (governed separately in Section 5)
Matters not specified in this Policy follow applicable law and Vendor policies. Vendor policies may take precedence for procured products (Section 4), while GROVES products developed directly by YOUTHON (Section 5) are governed by this Policy as written.
2. Withdrawal
- Users may withdraw from a contract within 7 daysfrom the date they can review the contract details.
- If goods or services differ from their description/advertising or are performed differently from the contract, withdrawal may be made within 30 daysfrom the date the User knew or could have known of the discrepancy and within 3 monthsfrom the date of supply.
- Withdrawal becomes effective when the User expresses the intent in writing, by email, or through My Page → Cancellation · Refund Request.
3. Cases Where Withdrawal May Be Restricted
Withdrawal may be restricted in the following cases under Article 17(2) of the Electronic Commerce Act. The Company will disclose any restriction at the quotation stage before purchase. If it was not disclosed in advance, the Company will not restrict withdrawal on that basis.
- Digital content or software where a license or account has already been provisioned and use has begun (only to the extent of the divisible portion already provided)
- Where the value of goods/services has materially decreased because of the User's use or partial consumption
- Where the value has materially decreased over time to the extent that resale is difficult
- Individually produced goods or services based on the User's order where withdrawal is expected to cause irrecoverable material damage to the Company
Withdrawal is not restricted for unprovided portions of divisible serviceswhose use has not begun.
4. Software License Refunds
| Timing | Refund standard |
|---|---|
| Before provisioning | Full refund |
| After provisioning · before use begins | Full refund (where the Vendor allows provisioning cancellation) |
| After use begins (monthly) | Settle the period already provided and refund the unprovided remainder. Whether prorating applies differs by product according to Vendor policy. |
| Annual-commitment products | Governed by Vendor penalty/refund rules. A penalty may apply and will be disclosed before purchase. |
Because the Company defaults to monthly purchasing, most products do not incur additional cost if cancelled before the next billing cycle.
Company-Wide Deployment Purchases
If a purchase was quoted based on a total-headcount range, quantity and price are recalculated once the actual headcount is confirmed. If actual headcount is below the minimum for the quoted range, the difference is refunded; if it is higher, the additional amount is reflected on the next invoice. Settlement details are provided when the count is finalized.
5. GROVES In-House Platform Refunds
GROVES services developed and provided directly by YOUTHON use different billing methods from procured products. Because each service uses its own billing metric, refund standards follow that metric. Each service's pricing metric is published on its platform detail page.
| Billing method | Applicable services | Refund standard |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | All services | No payment occurs, so there is nothing to refund. Use may be stopped at any time before paid conversion. |
| Fixed · monthly | Wishline, FormLoop, MADANG | Cancelling before the next billing cycle prevents additional charges. The current month's fee is not refunded once the service has been provided, and service remains available until the cancellation effective time. |
| Per user · quantity | CRM, Crew, MeetPlace, Deskline, Threadline, FleetLite, ServerPulse | Quantity reductions take effect from the next billing cycle . Users/devices already billed for the current month are not refunded. However, if the Company incorrectly bills more units than actually used, the difference is refunded. |
| Usage-based | AuthHub, LicenseHub, BrandVault, ScanStock, OnPass | Because billing is based only on actual usage, refunds generally do not arise. If a metering error causes overbilling, the difference is refunded or credited on the next invoice after verification. |
| Metered · per item | Sendrail | Messages already sent are not refunded. If a prepaid-balance model is used, unused paid balance is refunded, but promotional/free credit granted at top-up is excluded. |
| One-time + monthly fixed fee | Connect | One-time setup fees follow Section 6 (Workspace Provisioning and Management Fees), while monthly management fees follow the fixed-monthly standard above. |
Early Cancellation of Annual-Discount Products
If a product received an annual prepayment discount (for example, ServerPulse annual pricing) and is cancelled early, the period already used is recalculated at the regular monthly rate, the difference is deducted, and the remaining balance is refunded. The discount is provided on the assumption that the full commitment period will be completed. This condition is disclosed before payment.
Refunds for Service Outages
If GROVES is not normally provided due to a cause attributable to the Company, the fee corresponding to the outage period is prorated and refunded or credited against the next invoice. If a separate service-level agreement (SLA) exists, that agreement takes precedence.
Data Export
When a GROVES service is cancelled, organization data stored in GROVES can be downloaded for 30 days from the cancellation date . After that, the data is deleted in an unrecoverable manner and cannot be restored regardless of any refund or dispute.
6. Workspace Provisioning and Management Fees
- Provisioning fee (one-time) — full refund if cancelled before provisioning work begins. After work begins, completed work such as domain registration, account creation, and email/file migration is settled according to the degree of progress, and the remaining amount is refunded. Costs already paid to third parties, such as domain registration fees, may be excluded from the refund.
- Managed service fee (monthly) — once management service for the month has begun, the current month's fee is not refunded and cancellation applies from the next month. Notice of cancellation must be given by the end of the current month.
- Self-managed — no separate fee is charged, so there is nothing to refund.
7. Youth Organization Operations and Beta Tester Discounts
- Organization base setup and workspace provisioning are one-time items and follow the same provisioning-fee standard in Section 6.
- If an item purchased with a beta tester discount is refunded, settlement is based on the discounted amount actually paid.
- Even if beta tester status is lost because of a cause attributable to the User, the Company does not retroactively charge the standard price for Services already provided.
8. Refund Procedure and Processing Time
- Users request a refund through My Page → Cancellation · Refund Request or by contacting an administrator. The same process applies regardless of payment method.
- After reviewing the request, if the refund reason is accepted, the Company processes it within 3 business daysand refunds the payment within 3 business daysfrom the date payment was received.
- Refunds are generally made through the same method used for payment.
- Card payment — processed by cancelling the card authorization. Partial refunds use partial cancellation. Depending on the card issuer, the cancellation may be reflected in billing 3–5 business days later. If billing for the month containing the payment date has already closed, the amount may be refunded or offset in the following month.
- Bank transfer — transferred to the account designated by the User.
- Deferred payment — amounts not yet billed are deducted from the invoice, while amounts already paid are refunded to a bank account.
- The actual posting time may differ depending on payment gateway and card-issuer processing schedules.
- Refund amounts include VAT. The supply price and VAT are refunded together. Transactions for which a tax invoice was issued also follow the amended-tax-invoice process. For card payments, a purchase-cancellation receiptis issued when the authorization is reversed, and no separate amended tax invoice is issued.
- If card auto-payment is registered, no charges occur after the cancellation request time. Refunds of the current month's amount already charged follow the standards above.
- If the Company delays a refund without legitimate reason, it will pay statutory late interest for the delay period as required by the Electronic Commerce Act.
9. Precedence of Vendor Policies
Software licenses are products supplied by third-party Vendors, and the relevant Vendor's refund, cancellation, and penalty policies may take precedence. As a procurement provider, the Company supports refunds within that scope and discloses product-specific refund restrictions in advance at the quotation stage. The Company will not deny a refund based on a restriction that was not disclosed in advance.
10. Refunds for Causes Attributable to the Company
In the following cases, Users may request a full refund of the amount corresponding to the remaining periodregardless of whether use has begun.
- A license is not provisioned or is not applied to the designated account due to Company fault
- Actual supply conditions differ from those communicated by the Company
- Service provision is discontinued due to circumstances of the Company
If a Vendor policy change or service discontinuation makes it impossible to maintain existing terms, the amount corresponding to the remaining period is also settled and refunded.
11. Contact
For refund-related inquiries, contact the YOUTHON Operations Team (help@youthon.kr · Tel. 00-0000-0000). If a dispute cannot be resolved amicably, mediation may be requested from dispute-resolution bodies such as the Korea Consumer Agency or the Electronic Commerce Mediation Committee.
Addendum
This Policy takes effect on August 22, 2026.
This Policy was prepared based on the Act on the Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, Etc. and the principles of the Korea Fair Trade Commission's standard terms, and references the refund-related drafting style of the open-source [ Basecamp Policies](https://github.com/basecamp/policies) (CC BY 4.0). Adapted from the Basecamp open-source policies / CC BY 4.0.
Copyright in referenced source materials remains with the respective rights holders, and this Policy has been modified and rewritten for YOUTHON. Review by a legal professional is required before actual implementation.