Vendor Terms of Service.

Scope's full Vendor Terms of Service are in counsel review and will publish in their entirety on this page when review completes. In the interim, the dispatch-routing clause below (Section 4) is published here because vendors accept it during onboarding. The other sections of the full agreement (vendor obligations, payments, IP, data handling, dispute resolution, termination) live in the draft circulated to counsel and available on request via /contact.

By completing onboarding, checking the "I agree to the Vendor Terms of Service" box, and continuing to submit bids and accept dispatches through Scope, the vendor accepts these terms. The acceptance timestamp is stored on the vendor's organization record.

Scope captures a 5 percent take rate on awarded dispatches during the launch window. For launch-window vendors that do not hold Founding Partner status, the 5 percent rate is locked for 24 months from the vendor's activation date. For Founding Partners, the 5 percent rate is locked for the life of the vendor's account as long as minimum dispatch volume is maintained. After the launch window closes, the standard rate of 7 percent applies to new vendors joining after.

Payouts run through Stripe Connect on the standard payout schedule (typically 2 to 7 days after the firm pays). The take rate is captured automatically at the payment rail as an application fee.

For dispatches that originate through the Scope platform (meaning: the buyer's request was first surfaced to you via Scope, or you were first introduced to the buyer through a Scope dispatch), you agree to route those dispatches' payment through Scope's payment rail for a period of twelve months after the original dispatch was completed. This applies to direct repeat business with the same buyer for the same vendor category that was originated through Scope. It does not apply to pre-existing buyer relationships that you carry into Scope, or to dispatches that are categorically unrelated to the original Scope dispatch.

The intent of this clause is to prevent circumvention of the payment rail on Scope-originated business. It is not intended to interfere with the relationships you bring to Scope on day one (those are pre-existing and outside the scope of this clause), and it is not exclusivity. Vendors are free to work with any other dispatch platform, consolidator, or direct client at any time during and after the 12-month window.

"Originated through Scope" means: (a) the buyer's first dispatch to you in the relevant category was made through the Scope platform, or (b) Scope made the introduction (via a founder handoff, a Founding Partner spotlight, or any Scope outreach surface) and that introduction led to your first engagement with the buyer.

Vendors can identify pre-existing buyer relationships at onboarding by inviting their existing law firm clients to Scope under the "Bring your existing law firm clients" path and tiering themselves as the buyer's Primary vendor. Those relationships are treated as pre-existing for the purposes of Section 4 and the dispatch-routing clause does not apply to them.

Either side can leave at any time with no early-termination fee. The dispatch-routing clause in Section 4 survives termination for the 12-month window following each affected dispatch's completion. Vendors can export their matter history and verified-reputation record as a portable JSON or PDF on the way out.

Full vendor agreement (vendor obligations, IP, indemnities, data handling, dispute resolution, jurisdiction) is in counsel review and will be published here when review completes. The published version will be dated and prior versions archived. Drafts are available on request via /contact.