Effective August 5, 2026
Johnny Protestant LLC operates americanagecko.com under the Americana Gecko™ name. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the website, including its articles, comments, forms, images, and other features. By using the website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
1. About Americana Gecko
Americana Gecko is an independent editorial platform covering American culture, American companies founded and owned in the United States, and products represented as truly made in the USA.
Our articles provide general information and editorial commentary, not professional advice. Publication does not automatically mean that we endorse a company, product, person, or claim.
2. Editorial independence and accuracy
Americana Gecko decides what to research, publish, update, correct, or remove. Advertising, sponsorships, and free products do not buy favorable coverage or control our editorial decisions.
We work to present information accurately, but facts, availability, prices, ownership, sourcing, and manufacturing practices can change. We do not guarantee that every item will always be complete, current, or error-free. To report a possible error, use the Contact page and select Correction.
3. Copyright, trademarks, and intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, Americana Gecko’s original articles, design, graphics, photographs, logos, and other materials are owned by us, licensed to us, or otherwise used as permitted by law.
You may access the website and share links to our content for personal, noncommercial purposes. You may quote brief portions when permitted by law and accompanied by clear attribution and a link to the original page.
You may not copy, republish, sell, modify, or commercially reuse substantial portions of the website without prior written permission, except where the law allows it. Reasonable indexing by legitimate search engines is permitted.
Third-party names, trademarks, photographs, and other materials remain the property of their respective owners.
All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved. If you believe material on the website infringes your copyright, use the Contact page and identify the protected work, the material at issue, and the page where it appears.
4. Acceptable use
Do not use the website to break the law, violate another person’s rights, harass others, post spam or harmful code, impersonate someone, disrupt the website, gain unauthorized access, or place an unreasonable automated burden on it.
5. Comments and submissions
You are responsible for anything you submit. You confirm that you have the right to submit it and that it does not violate the law, another person’s privacy, or any intellectual-property right.
You still own your original comment. By posting it, you allow us to store, display, and moderate it as part of operating the website.
We may decline, edit, or remove public submissions that are unlawful, abusive, misleading, spam, off-topic, or violate these Terms.
Messages sent through private forms are not published as comments. Unsolicited commercial pitches, product submissions, and partnership proposals are not confidential unless we agree otherwise in writing. Editorial tipsters should not send confidential or sensitive source material through the standard contact form; contact us first to arrange an appropriate channel.
Submitting a company, product, story, correction, or partnership proposal does not guarantee a response, publication, editorial coverage, or business relationship. Personal information is handled according to the Privacy Policy.
6. Sponsored and affiliate content
Sponsored work will be clearly identified. Advertising does not buy a positive verdict or control independent coverage. If we use affiliate links, we will disclose that relationship near the relevant content.
7. Third-party companies, links, and embedded content
We do not control or guarantee third-party websites, products, or services. A link or mention is not automatically an endorsement, and any transaction is between you and the third party.
8. Website availability and disclaimers
We work to keep the website available and accurate, but cannot promise uninterrupted access or error-free content. To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for indirect losses caused by reliance on content, service interruptions, user submissions, or third-party websites. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited.
9. Enforcement
We may remove submissions or restrict access when reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, protect the website or others, investigate misuse, or comply with legal obligations.
If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.
10. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms when the website or applicable requirements change. The revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or request consent.
11. Contact
Questions about these Terms may be submitted through the Contact page.