Terms and conditions
For the use of Prospect Index. Consumers and businesses enter into the same contract; where the law distinguishes between them, that is stated expressly below.
§ 1 Provider and scope
The provider is Forgecraft, Münsterstraße 51, 49525 Lengerich. These terms apply to all contracts for access to Prospect Index. Differing terms put forward by the customer do not become part of the contract unless we agree to them in writing.
A consumer is anyone entering into the contract for purposes predominantly outside their trade, business or profession (§ 13 BGB). A business is anyone acting in the exercise of their trade, business or profession (§ 14 BGB). You state which capacity you are ordering in when you register.
§ 2 The service
Prospect Index is a searchable directory of business data drawn from open sources (Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0). What is included depends on the plan chosen; the description on the pricing page at the time the contract is concluded is authoritative.
What we owe is the provision of access, not the accuracy, completeness or currency of the data. The data comes from an open source that is republished monthly; gaps and outdated entries are inherent in the system and do not constitute a defect. No particular number of results is promised. Entries whose deletion a data subject has requested are removed; that is not a defect either.
We aim for high availability but do not owe any particular level of it. Maintenance windows and faults at the hosting or payment provider may interrupt access temporarily.
§ 3 Conclusion of the contract
The presentation of the plans is not a binding offer. By submitting your order you make an offer; the contract comes into being upon our confirmation or upon access being granted. We do not store the contract text separately; you can call up and save these terms on this page at any time. The contract language is German.
§ 4 Prices and payment
The prices stated on the pricing page apply. Under § 19 (1) UStG no VAT is shown.
The fee is payable in advance for the respective term and is collected via Stripe. If a payment fails, Stripe retries the collection; we keep access open for up to seven days during that period and suspend it thereafter. Current plans (as at 2 September 2026): Essential €14.99 per month, Professional €29.99 per month, Enterprise €69.99 per month.
§ 5 Term and cancellation
The contract runs for one month and renews by one month at a time unless cancelled before the end of the current term. Cancellation is possible at any time without giving reasons — via the cancel contracts here button, in your customer account, or informally by email. Amounts already paid for the current period are not refunded pro rata; access remains in place until the end of the period paid for.
§ 6 Rights of use and permitted use
The place data itself comes from the Overture Maps Foundation under CDLA-Permissive 2.0. That licence is granted by its publisher, not by us: we neither can nor do restrict it, and anyone may use the underlying open dataset, commercially included. The licence notice enclosed with every export must remain attached and be passed on.
What your plan licenses is the use of this service and its output — the compiled index, the search results, the lists and the exports. Essential is licensed for personal and internal use only: looking businesses up, research, checking a detail. Using the service or its output commercially — prospecting, marketing, sales outreach, enriching your own records, or any product or service you supply to others — requires Professional or Enterprise. What counts is the plan in force at the time of the use; see the pricing page.
Not permitted: systematically extracting the entire dataset outside the export function provided, reselling access, passing your credentials to third parties, and any measures that impair the availability of the service.
You are responsible for your own use of the data. As soon as you export data, you become the controller for it within the meaning of the GDPR. For advertising by email, telephone or fax, § 7 UWG and the GDPR apply in particular: telephone advertising to consumers is unlawful without their prior express consent, and towards other market participants at least presumed consent is required. For calls to the United Kingdom a TPS/CTPS screening no more than 28 days old is additionally required. The service marks numbers solely on the basis of a screening file you have imported and makes no statement of its own about register status.
§ 7 Liability
We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, and under the Product Liability Act. In cases of ordinary negligence we are liable only for breach of material contractual obligations (cardinal obligations), and limited in amount to the foreseeable damage typical of this type of contract. Otherwise liability is excluded. There is no liability for commercial decisions you take on the basis of the data.
§ 8 Changes to these terms
We may change these terms with effect for the future where this is necessary because of a change in the law, case law, or a change in the scope of the service. We will announce the change in text form at least six weeks before it takes effect. If you do not object before it takes effect, the change is deemed accepted; we will point this out separately in the announcement. If you do object, either party may terminate with effect from that date.
§ 9 Final provisions
German law applies. In relation to consumers this applies only in so far as it does not deprive them of mandatory protective provisions of the state in which they have their habitual residence. Where the customer is a merchant, a legal person under public law or a special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction is Lengerich. Should any provision be invalid, the remainder of the contract remains effective.