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Last updated: May 5, 2026
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General Information Only
The information provided in this newsletter and on this site is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, legal, tax, or professional advice. You should consult appropriate professionals regarding your specific situation before making decisions related to finances, taxes, legal matters, or your business.
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Accuracy of Information
While we strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, product offerings, pricing, and platform features can change frequently. We do not guarantee the completeness, reliability, or accuracy of any information provided. Always verify pricing and features directly with the provider before making decisions.
No Guarantee of Results
Any savings or results mentioned in this newsletter are illustrative only. Individual results will vary based on your specific subscriptions, usage, and circumstances. The Ditch List makes no guarantee of specific financial outcomes from following any recommendation.
No Professional Relationship
Reading this newsletter or using information provided here does not create a client, advisory, or professional relationship with EQ Endeavors LLC or the author.
Publisher Information
The Ditch List and ditchyoursubscription.com are published by EQ Endeavors LLC, 935 N Beneva Road, Ste 609-1029, Sarasota, FL 34232.
Privacy Policy
At DitchYourSubscription.com we are dedicated to protecting your data and privacy. DitchYourSubscription.com is published and owned by EQ Endeavors LLC.
We recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use DitchYourSubscription.com, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. This will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us. DitchYourSubscription.com strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our customers' and online visitors' privacy on our website.
About Our Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that DitchYourSubscription.com stores on your computer, which your browser provides to DitchYourSubscription.com each time you return to the site. We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their use of our website, and their website access preferences.
Google Analytics Cookies
DitchYourSubscription.com uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics collects demographic and interest data, and generates statistical and other information about website use, by means of cookies. These cookies are kept on your computer. We share this information with Google, which will store and use this information on its servers. Google's privacy policy is available here.
DitchYourSubscription.com uses information from Google Analytics to track the number of visits to the website, browsers and operating systems. No personally identifiable information is obtained from these cookies. We use the information that Google Analytics generates relating to our website to create reports about the use of the site. These reports allow us to update the site and improve your usage of it. If you do not wish your data to be collected via Google Analytics, you can install its opt-out browser extension or add-on here.
Advertising Cookies
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our website. These companies use cookies and web beacons in their ads to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. We share this information with these companies, but do not provide them with any personally identifiable information for cookie or web beacon use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information from our website.
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Some third-party advertisements are served by Google. Google's cookie enables it to serve ads to our visitors based on their visits to other sites on the Web. You may opt out of personalized ads by visiting the Google ad opt-out page. This link from Google provides more information about how Google manages data in its ad products.
Affiliate Products and Services
We receive an affiliate commission for some of the products and services sold on DitchYourSubscription.com and The Ditch List newsletter.
Retargeting Ads and Tracking Pixels
DitchYourSubscription.com may use retargeting ads, which require the setting of cookies in your browser.
DitchYourSubscription.com uses Facebook pixels to determine the effectiveness of some Facebook ad campaigns. You can change your Facebook ad settings here.
Refusing Cookies
You can set your browser to accept or refuse all cookies automatically, or notify you when a cookie is being requested. Taking this action should not cause a problem with the continued use of our site. Consult the Help section of your browser for guidance on how to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is requested. If you choose to refuse DitchYourSubscription.com's cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the site.
Personally Identifiable Information
DitchYourSubscription.com may collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:
To run and operate our site.
To display content on the site correctly.
To improve customer service.
To help us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
To personalize your user experience.
To understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our site.
To improve our site and our products and services.
To run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature.
To send information to you that you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you.
To send periodic emails, which may include electronic newsletters and/or autoresponder series of emails.
To respond to your enquiries, questions, and/or other requests.
DitchYourSubscription.com may collect personally identifiable information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our site, register on the site, or fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our site.
Specifically, if you subscribe to our newsletter, we will ask for your first name and will require your email address. If you complete a form, we will require your name and your email address, and will ask for information relevant to the purpose of the form.
If you submit content to us, we will ask for your name and email address. Photos you include with your submission, or details in your submission, may personally identify you.
You can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information and visit our site anonymously. However, it may prevent you from engaging in certain site-related activities. If we make material changes in the collection of personally identifiable information, we will inform you by placing a notice on our site. We will use personal information received from you for internal purposes only and will not sell it or provide it to third parties.
We also collect each visitor's IP address, which helps us combat spam and fraud. We do not use IP addresses for any other purpose.
DitchYourSubscription.com contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. However, once you have used them to leave our site, we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites. These sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Always exercise caution by reviewing the privacy statement of the website in question before continuing to use it.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may collect non-personally identifiable information about you whenever you interact with our site. Non-personally identifiable information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about your method of connecting to our site, such as the operating system and the Internet service provider you used, and other similar information.
Children's Privacy Protection
This website is directed to adults. It is not directed to children under the age of 16. We operate our site in compliance with current regulations. Anyone under the age of 16 must provide parental consent to use this site. We do not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from anyone under 16 years of age.
Release of Information
If we sell EQ Endeavors LLC and/or DitchYourSubscription.com, the information we have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in our site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale so that the service provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through our website of that change in control and practices, and we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make.
Data Storage
Personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information collected by this site is stored on our host's servers. That host is Carrd Inc. If you wish to review Carrd Inc's privacy policy click here. Some information is collected by third-party services if you request services from them.
Your Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This notice describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
DitchYourSubscription.com has not sold your personal information, including to third-parties as defined under the CCPA, in the past 12 months. Information you provide to us is used for business purposes. The CCPA outlines several categories for which personal information may be used under business purposes, including: auditing, security, debugging/repair, certain short-term uses, performing services, internal research for technology development, as well as for quality and safety maintenance and verification.
DitchYourSubscription.com uses the following categories of personal information for business purposes: identifiers including real name (optional), postal address, email address, online identifier, IP address, personal preferences and attributes via cookies, or other similar identifiers; and other information you provide us through customer service correspondence and general feedback.
Right to Non-Discrimination
EQ Endeavors LLC will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. If you have exercised your rights under the CCPA, some services may not be available to you when directly related to the collection of your information, as permitted by the CCPA.
How to Correct or Remove Your Information
If you have submitted personally identifiable information through our website and would like to update that information or have it deleted from our records, reach out through our contact form.
Updates and Effective Date
DitchYourSubscription.com reserves the right to make changes in this policy. If there is a material change in our cookie and privacy practices, we will indicate on our site that those practices have changed and provide a link to the updated privacy policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy.
Agreeing to Terms
If you do not agree to DitchYourSubscription.com's privacy policy as posted here on this website, please do not consent to the setting of cookies and the collection and storage of your personally identifiable information. Your explicit consent indicates acceptance of this privacy policy in its entirety.
Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
For visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA)
If you are accessing DitchYourSubscription.com from within the European Economic Area, you have certain rights regarding your personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This section explains those rights and how to exercise them.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal bases: your consent (for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or agree to cookies), our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website, and compliance with legal obligations where applicable.
Your Rights
— You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you and to request a copy of it.
— You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
— You have the right to request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
— You have the right to restrict or object to our processing of your personal data.
— You have the right to data portability — you may request your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
— Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including newsletter delivery and site analytics, or as required by law.
International Data Transfers
DitchYourSubscription.com is operated from the United States. If you are accessing our site from the EEA, please be aware that your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States, which may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. By using our site and providing your information, you acknowledge this transfer.
Cookies and Consent
Visitors from the EEA will be asked for explicit consent before non-essential cookies are set, including analytics and advertising cookies. You may withdraw cookie consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of your GDPR rights, please contact us. We will try to respond to all requests quickly. If you believe we have not handled your personal data in accordance with the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Newsletter & Third-Party Platforms
Newsletter Delivery
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Third-Party Platforms & Tools
We use third-party services to sell products and host tools associated with The Ditch List:
Paddle
We use Paddle to process payments and deliver digital products. When you make a purchase, your payment and contact information is collected and processed by Paddle in accordance with their privacy policy at paddle.com/legal/privacy. We do not store your payment information directly.
Netlify
Our free tools are hosted on Netlify. Netlify may collect standard server logs and technical data when you access tools hosted on their platform. Their privacy policy can be found at netlify.com/privacy.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party platforms. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies before submitting any personal information through their services.
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Terms of Service
Last updated: May 5, 2026
These Terms of Service govern your use of ditchyoursubscription.com and any products or services offered by EQ Endeavors LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). By accessing this website or purchasing any product, you agree to these terms.
1. About us
ditchyoursubscription.com and The Ditch List newsletter are operated by EQ Endeavors LLC, 935 N Beneva Road Ste 609-1029, Sarasota, FL 34232. You can reach us here.
2. Products and services
We sell digital products including downloadable tools, templates, guides, and prompt packs. All products are delivered electronically. No physical goods are shipped.
Payments are processed by Paddle.com Market Limited, which acts as our Merchant of Record. When you make a purchase, your transaction is with Paddle, and Paddle's terms of service and privacy policy apply to the payment transaction.
3. Purchases and payment
All prices are listed in US dollars unless otherwise stated. Prices are subject to change without notice. Your purchase is complete when payment is confirmed by Paddle. You will receive an email with your download link or access instructions upon confirmation.
4. Intellectual property
All content on this website and in The Ditch List newsletter — including written content, tools, templates, code, and graphics — is owned by EQ Endeavors LLC or used with permission. You may use purchased products for your own personal or business use. You may not resell, redistribute, sublicense, or share purchased products with others.
5. Disclaimer
The information provided on this website and in The Ditch List newsletter is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as financial, legal, tax, or professional advice. We do not guarantee that any information is complete, accurate, or current. Tool and subscription pricing referenced in newsletter issues may change — always verify directly with the provider before making decisions.
6. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, EQ Endeavors LLC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this website, the newsletter, or any purchased product. Our total liability for any claim shall not exceed the amount you paid for the relevant product.
7. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.
8. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of this website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. The date at the top of this page reflects when terms were last updated.
9. Contact
For any questions about these terms, contact us.
Legal
Refund Policy
Last updated: May 5, 2026
All sales are final.
Due to the digital nature of our products — downloadable files, tools, templates, and guides — we do not offer refunds once a purchase has been completed and the product has been delivered.
Before purchasing
We encourage you to:
— Read the product description carefully to confirm it meets your needs
— Review any previews or sample content where available
— Reach out with any questions before completing your purchase. We are happy to answer questions about any product before you buy.
Exceptions
If you did not receive your download link or were unable to access your product after purchase, please contact us within 7 days and we will work to resolve the issue.
If you were charged in error or experienced a duplicate charge, please contact us and we will contact Paddle to try and correct it.
Payments and disputes
All payments are processed by Paddle.com Market Limited, who acts as our Merchant of Record. If you have a billing dispute, you may also contact Paddle directly.
Contact
For any issues with a purchase, reach out here.
Pricing
Pricing Information
Last updated: May 5, 2026
All prices are listed in US dollars (USD).
Every product sold on ditchyoursubscription.com is a one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions, recurring fees, or hidden charges. You pay once and the product is yours to keep.
Payments are processed securely by Paddle, our Merchant of Record. Paddle handles all payment processing, tax collection, and compliance on our behalf.
Free tools
Some tools on this site are completely free — no purchase required and no account needed. These are listed on our Tools page.
Paid products
Paid products are listed on our Tools page with their current prices. Prices may change over time — the price shown at checkout is the price you pay.
For questions about any product or price, contact us.
Tools
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Everything here is built to help you spend less on software. Free tools are open in your browser — no account, no login. Paid tools are one-time purchases with no subscription, no renewal, and no recurring fees.
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