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The Cancellation Friction Index

Documented-Policy tier only. This score rates how clearly ShipFast's public cancellation page is published (cited, dated), opinion grounded in disclosed facts, not a finding about the real cancel experience, and not legal advice. The behavioural Verified-Flow grade is pending.

67/ 100 · C

Developer tools · SG

How hard is it to cancel ShipFast?

ShipFast scores 67/100 (grade C) for how clearly it documents cancellation in the SG, a partially documented cancellation policy with notable gaps. Cancellation is available via online (self-serve).

Last reviewed 2026-06-14 · Documented-Policy tier · grade C

Model note: ShipFast (Marc Lou's Next.js boilerplate) is a ONE-TIME / lifetime purchase ($199-$299, 'Pay once. Build unlimited projects'), explicitly 'exempting users from recurring fees or subscriptions.' Because there is no recurring subscription, there is no cancellation trap, the lowest-friction model on the index, so the cancellation dimensions reflect 'nothing to escape' rather than a documented flow. The one genuine consumer term is the refund stance, which is clearly disclosed: 'the ShipFast boilerplate cannot be refunded or exchanged once access is granted' (access = a permanent GitHub repo invite). There is no dedicated refund page (terms in /tos) and governing law is Singapore. Graded for completeness at the operator's request; cancellation friction is largely not applicable to a one-time product.

How to cancel ShipFast

  • Channels: online (self-serve)
  • Official cancellation page: https://shipfa.st/tos
  • Pause/freeze: not offered. Not applicable, one-time purchase. ShipFast is a pay-once/lifetime boilerplate ('exempting users from recurring fees or subscriptions'); there is no recurring subscription to pause or cancel.
  • Refund policy: https://shipfa.st/tos
  • Account/data deletion: Access is via a perpetual GitHub repo invite; no recurring account/billing to delete. Governed by the Terms. https://shipfa.st/tos

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Scope & fairness

This is the Documented-Policy tier: it measures how clearly the cancellation policy is published (cited, dated facts), not the behavioural experience of cancelling (Verified-Flow audit pending). Every company is scored on the same five dimensions with the same published weights, scores cannot be bought or removed. It is opinion grounded in disclosed facts, and not legal advice.

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Cite this. Cancel Atlas (2026). “ShipFast, Cancellation Friction Index (SG).” CES-1.1. https://www.cancelatlas.com/c/shipfast (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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