Terms of Service
How we work, what you are agreeing to, and what we will not promise you.
Last updated 6 September 2026
The short version. We tell you what we find, we charge what we quoted, and you own what you pay for. We do not promise rankings or revenue, because nobody honestly can.
Marketing Analytics Consultants is a trade name of Snapshots of the Past, Inc., a corporation registered in the United States. In these terms, "we" and "us" mean that company, and "you" means the person or organization engaging us.
These terms cover use of this website and any work we do for you, unless a signed agreement between us says otherwise. Where a signed agreement conflicts with this page, the signed agreement wins.
We assess marketing, websites, catalog data and marketplace operations, we tell you what we found, and we fix what we can. We do not buy media, run advertising accounts on your behalf, or build websites from scratch.
Anything we hand you is an opinion formed from evidence, not a warranty of outcome. A finding is a statement about what we observed on a given date. Sites, platforms and search engines change without notice, and a finding can be true on Tuesday and out of date by Friday.
Work we produce specifically for you — reports, findings, spreadsheets, code we write for your site, copy we draft for you — belongs to you once it is paid for. Use it as you like, including with another firm.
What stays ours is the way we work: our assessment instrument, our scoring method, our templates, our internal tooling, and anything we built before your engagement began. You are not buying the method. You are buying its output on your business.
We may describe an engagement anonymously — "a designer home-goods brand", "a grocery chain with 189 stores" — in writing, research or marketing. We will not name you without your written permission.
Anything you give us that is not already public is confidential, and we will not disclose it or use it for another client. That obligation continues after the engagement ends. It does not cover information that was already public, that you later make public, or that we are legally required to disclose.
Assessments run on public data by default and need nothing from you but a web address. Where an engagement needs access to an analytics account, a search console, a store back end or a social account, you are confirming you have the authority to grant it. Please grant the narrowest access that will do the job, and remove it when the work is finished.
Nobody controls a search engine, a marketplace algorithm or a social platform. We will tell you what we think is likely and why, and we will show our reasoning. We will not promise a ranking, a traffic number or a revenue figure, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
To the extent the law allows, our total liability arising from any engagement is limited to the amount you paid us for that engagement. We are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including lost profits or lost data.
Nothing here limits liability for fraud, or for anything that cannot lawfully be limited.
Either of us may end an engagement in writing at any time. You pay for work completed to that point and we hand over what has been produced. No penalty applies on either side.
The content on this site is ours, and the charts and research on it took real work to produce. You are welcome to quote it or cite it with a link back. Please do not republish it wholesale as your own.
Anything on this site is offered for general information. It is not legal, financial or accounting advice.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maine, United States, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of that state.
We may update this page. The date at the top tells you when it last changed. If a change materially affects a live engagement, we will tell you rather than expect you to notice.