Terms of Use

Article 1 (Purpose)

These terms set out how Stardona Ranking (ranking.stardona.com, the "Site") may be used, and the rights and duties of its operator and its members.

Article 2 (What the Site is)

The Site is an unofficial fan vote for celebrities, athletes, politicians, business leaders, YouTubers, influencers and others. It is not affiliated with, sponsored or approved by any star or their agency, club, association or party.

No money spent on votes is paid to any star or their agency.

Stars’ names and photos are shown only so voters can tell who they are voting for. We take them down or correct them promptly when a rights holder asks.

Article 3 (Members)

① You become a member by verifying your email address with a 6-digit code and choosing a username, a password and a nickname; afterwards you sign in with your username and password. If you forget your password, you can set a new one with a code sent to the email address on your account. You can also sign up and sign in with your Google account, in which case you choose no username or password.

② You need a nickname to vote. A nickname may not impersonate anyone, including the operator, and may not contain abuse, hate speech or advertising.

③ You are responsible for keeping your password and your email account secure.

Article 4 (Votes and payment)

① One vote costs one US dollar (USD), charged in US dollars whatever the Site’s language. Your card issuer or bank may add foreign-transaction or conversion fees.

② Payments are processed by Stripe; the Site never receives or stores card details. Charges appear on your statement as "STARDONA RANKING".

③ Votes are digital content that count toward the star’s ranking the moment payment completes. They serve only the ranking and cannot be exchanged for cash or anything else, or transferred to another member.

④ Rankings are the total of votes in each period (all time, this month, this week, today — Korean time). On a tie, whoever reached that total first ranks higher.

⑤ A payment made by a minor without a legal guardian’s consent may be cancelled by the minor or the guardian.

⑥ When you vote, your nickname and the number of votes are shown on that star’s page: among its latest votes (with their time), and among the 10 members with the most votes.

Article 5 (Withdrawal and refunds)

① Votes are digital content supplied the moment payment completes, so under Article 17(2) of Korea’s Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, a purchase cannot be withdrawn once paid. The Site says so before you pay.

② If a payment was made by mistake — a duplicate charge or a system error — contact us within 7 days of payment and we will refund it after checking.

③ When a payment is refunded or returned through a card dispute (chargeback), its votes leave the ranking. While a dispute is open, that payment’s votes do not count.

Article 6 (Top supporters’ lines)

① For each star, the 10 members with the most votes (#1–#10) may each leave one line of up to 60 characters. A line is hidden while its writer is outside the top 10, and shows again when they are back.

② A line may not defame anyone or infringe their rights, and may not contain abuse, hate speech, advertising or personal information. The operator may hide a line that does.

Article 7 (Prohibited conduct and suspension)

Members must not use another person’s payment method, burden the Site with automated traffic, or try to manipulate the rankings. The operator may suspend a member who does; a suspended member cannot sign in. Votes counted before a suspension keep counting.

Article 8 (Deleting your account)

You can delete your account at any time in My account by entering your password. If you signed up with Google and have no password, you confirm with a code sent to the email address on your account instead. Deleting it erases your email address, username, password, nickname and lines. Votes already counted and their payment records remain, without anything that identifies you, for the retention the law requires and for the rankings. If a dispute is open, you can delete the account once it is over.

Article 9 (Changes and interruptions)

The operator may change the Site or pause it for maintenance or outages. If the Site closes, we will announce it on the Site 30 days in advance.

Article 10 (Limitation of liability)

The operator is not liable for losses caused by force majeure, by the member’s own fault, or by outages of third parties such as the payment processor or network providers, except for losses caused by the operator’s intent or gross negligence.

Article 11 (Contact and disputes)

Contact us at [email protected]. These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, and disputes go to the court with jurisdiction under the Korean Civil Procedure Act.

Article 12 (Get Crown and profile photos)

① Get Crown is where members who back the Site itself — not a star — buy crowns and put their name on its list. One crown costs one US dollar (USD). What is paid for crowns is the operator’s revenue, used to run the Site; it is not a donation, and none of it is paid to any star or their agency.

② A crown is digital content that counts on Get Crown the moment payment completes. What Articles 4 and 5 provide for votes — payment, no exchange for cash or transfer to another member, the limit on withdrawal and refunds, and leaving the count on a refund or a dispute — applies to crowns in the same way.

③ Get Crown ranks members by their total crowns in each period (all time, this month, this week, today — Korea Standard Time); on a tie, the member who reached the total first is ahead. The list shows each member’s nickname, profile photo (if they uploaded one), line and number of crowns to anyone.

④ A member with a crown that counts may leave one line of up to 60 characters under their name on Get Crown. Article 6 ② applies to that line.

⑤ You can upload, change and remove a profile photo in My account. A profile photo may not infringe anyone’s rights — another person’s likeness or work — or be obscene or violent, hateful, an advertisement, or contain personal information. The operator may take such a photo down, and may suspend a member who repeats it.

⑥ If your account is deleted or suspended, your name no longer shows on Get Crown; deleting your account also erases your profile photo and your line.