Terms of Service

Effective date and existing accounts

Effective October 21, 2026 at 17:15:00 UTC. This version applies to accounts created on or after that date and time. For accounts created before that date and time, the Terms and Refund and Cancellation Policy previously accepted continue to apply. This revision does not retroactively change those earlier agreements. Any future changes to those agreements will follow their promised notice requirements.

About these terms

These terms govern your use of License by Design, an independent, self-paced preparation service for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) and the California Supplemental Examination (CSE). License by Design is not affiliated with or endorsed by NCARB or the California Architects Board.

Who provides the service

License by Design is operated by EKS Media LLC, a limited liability company organized in New Mexico, United States. Contact: info@licensebydesign.com.

Accounts

You need an account to use the member workspace. Keep your sign-in details private and tell us at info@licensebydesign.com if you think your account has been used without permission. One membership is for one person.

Membership and billing

Membership is a monthly subscription that renews automatically until cancelled. Payments are processed by Stripe; we do not store your full card number. The current price is shown on the pricing page and on the checkout screen before you pay. You can cancel from your account page. Ordinary cancellation stops future renewals and you keep access until the end of the billing period you have already paid for. Under our seven-day satisfaction money-back guarantee, you may request a full refund of your first membership payment within seven days of that payment through the Contact page. Renewal payments are excluded. An approved guarantee refund cancels your subscription and ends paid access. Statutory refund rights and mandatory payment-provider rights are unaffected. See the Refund and Cancellation Policy for details.

What the materials are, and are not

Lessons, practice questions, practice exams, flashcards and the AI study tutor are study aids. Practice results are not official scores and do not predict whether you will pass. We do not provide actual or unreleased exam questions. Nothing on the platform is professional, legal or code-compliance advice for real projects.

AI study tutor

The tutor generates responses automatically using course material and third-party AI models. Responses can be incomplete or wrong. Check important points against the cited lesson or primary source. Do not enter confidential client or exam information.

Acceptable use

Do not share your account, copy or redistribute course material, scrape the service, attempt to access other members' data or administrator areas, or try to extract answer keys or restricted content.

Intellectual property

Course material belongs to License by Design or its licensors. Your membership gives you a personal, non-transferable licence to use it for your own study while your membership is active.

Changes and termination

We may update these terms. If we do, we will notify you by email at least 30 days before the changes take effect. Continuing to use the service after the changes take effect means you accept them. We may suspend or close an account that breaches the acceptable-use rules above; if we do, we will tell you by email.

Liability and disputes

To the extent permitted by law, License by Design and EKS Media LLC are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages, and our total liability to you is limited to the amounts you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Mexico, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising from these terms or the service will be resolved by binding arbitration in New Mexico under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, on an individual basis, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court. You agree to resolve disputes with us individually and not as part of a class or representative action.

Contact

info@licensebydesign.com