Terms

DesignerWhere Industries Inc. doing business as DESIGNERWHERE.COM, a company registered in British Columbia, Canada. By using DESIGNERWHERE.COM's products or services you hereby agree, without reservations or additions to the following terms of business 

Authorization

The named client is engaging DESIGNERWHERE.COM, as an independent contractor for the specific web design project of developing and/or improving a web site, hereinafter referred to as "web design project" which may be installed on the client's account on an Internet Service Provider (ISP) / Web Presence Provider (WPP) computer, hereinafter refer to as "Hosting Service" if required to perform services. If required to perform services the client hereby authorizes DESIGNERWHERE.COM to access this account and authorizes the Hosting Service to provide DESIGNERWHERE.COM with "full access" to the client's account and any other programs needed for this web design project that are included as part of the client's service agreement/level.

Acceptable Use

An acceptable use policy is part of these terms and conditions of hosting any information associated with the domain name. This is necessary because the proliferation of abusive electronic mail and practices generated by a minority of the Internet users can interrupt services. The exhibit with the description of the acceptable use policy is posted on our website and the exhibit is part of these terms and conditions.

Copyright & Trademarks

The client unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to DESIGNERWHERE.COM for inclusion in the web design project are owned by the client, or that the client has permission from the rightful owner to use each of these elements, and will hold harmless, protect and defend DESIGNERWHERE.COM and its subcontractors from any claim or suit arising from the use of such elements furnished by the client.

Web Site Maintenance

This agreement allows for minor web site maintenance to pages over a 1-month period, up to an average of one half hour per regular web site, including updating lines and making minor changes to a sentence or paragraph. It does not include updating or replacing nearly all the text from a page with new text, major page reconstruction, new pages, guest books, discussion webs, navigation structure changes, attempted updates by client repairs or web design projects delivered to the client. The period of 1 month begins on the date the clients web design site has been published to client's hosting service or 30 days from the date this agreement was signed, which ever comes first. If the client's web design package includes database access using Server Side Script, then very minor page code changes will be accepted under this maintenance plan. Major page code and/or database structural changes will be charged at current hourly rates.

Completion Date

DESIGNERWHERE.COM and the client must work together to complete the web design project in a timely manner. We agree to work expeditiously to complete the web design project no later than 45 days after the client has submitted all necessary materials. If the client does not supply DESIGNERWHERE.COM with complete text and graphic content for this web design project within 60 days of the date this agreement was signed, the entire amount of the agreement becomes due and payable. If the client still has not submitted all the required contents within 90 days after signing this agreement, an additional continuation fee of 15% of the total agreement price will be assessed for each month until the web design project is published or the client cancels the web design project in writing. 

Compatibility

Projects will be designed & delivered in a format compatible with n-1 versions of the appropriate platform as of the delivery date.

Project Delivery

The project delivery shall be completed upon receipt of the payment associated with delivery. Delivery may be accomplished by publishing, electronic transfer, or physical media. The client understands that DESIGNERWHERE.COM may not be providing any hosting services in connection with their project. Hosting services may require a separate contract. The client will be solely responsible for all hosting service charges. The client assumes all responsibility for the use and functionality of the web design project.

Publishing

If the Project Delivery includes publishing, DESIGNERWHERE.COM will make a good faith effort to accommodate client's requested method of publishing. If publishing to a hosting service is not feasible the information may be delivered electronically or physically.

Electronic Commerce Laws

The client agrees that the client is solely responsible for complying with such laws, taxes and tariffs, and will hold harmless, protect, and defend DESIGNERWHERE.COM and its subcontractors from any claim, suit, penalty, tax or tariff arising from the client's exercise of Internet electronic commerce.

Web Design Project Copyright

Original web site content specifically requested by the customer and designed under work for hire shall be the intellectual property of the customer once final payment under this agreement and any additional charges incurred have been paid. Rights to clipart, photos, graphics, source code, work-up files and computer programs that are not specifically requested and designed under work for hire are not transferred to the client, and remain the property of their respective owners. DESIGNERWHERE.COM and its subcontractors retain the right to display graphics and other web design elements as examples of their work in their respective portfolios.

Web Updates

Any update to any underlying web or database technical product - including, but not limited to, operating systems, database updates, programming language updates, third party programmes, hosting products, gateway or other hardware products, firewall products or anything else that is utilized by our platform in the delivery of service is constantly updated to the most recent versions available, for security and stability. If this causes directly or indirectly, any outage or error, caused to any or all of your services - it is not covered under any guarantee or warranty, and will have to be modified, or updated, on an adhoc basis if required.

Payments

DESIGNERWHERE.COM reserves the right to remove any web design project from viewing on the Internet until final payment is made. In case collection proves necessary, the client agrees to pay all fees incurred by that process. This agreement becomes effective only when signed by an authorized representative of DESIGNERWHERE.COM or on the issue of an invoice. Regardless of the place of signing of this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue, this agreement was entered into in Vancouver, BC, Canada and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Clients shall pay a 30% deposit based upon prediction of the time allocated to the project, this deposit is non-refundable and will be deducted from the last payment, or refunded back to you, at the end of the contract. Payments are required 15 days after the invoice has been posted to your account. If payments aren't received after 15 days then your account will be charged a $50 administration fee along with 2% interest each 30 day period and any work will be stopped. Should payments not be received after 120 days then your project will be cancelled. Outstanding fee's will be liable and paid from your deposit. If the outstanding fee's are more than your deposit then we will proceed with collection arrangements, if they are less then these are non-refundable.

Legal Notice

DESIGNERWHERE.COM does not warrant that the functions contained in the web design project will be uninterrupted or error-free. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the web design project is with the client. In no event will DESIGNERWHERE.COM be liable to the client or any third party for any damages, including, but not limited to service interruptions caused by Acts of God, software updates, hardware failure or any other circumstances beyond our control, any lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate this web design project, failure of any service provider, of any telecommunications carrier, of the Internet backbone, of any Internet services, your or site visitor's computer or Internet software, even if DESIGNERWHERE.COM has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

This Agreement

This agreement constitutes the sole agreement between DESIGNERWHERE.COM and the client regarding this web design project. Any additional work not specified in this contract must be authorized by a written request. All prices specified in our contracts are honored for 3 months from date offered. Acknowledgement of agreement after that time will require a review of current pricing and new agreement. This agreement supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the parties.

Amendments

This agreement may be modified or amended if the amendment is made in writing and is signed by both parties.

Severability

If any provision of this agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed written, construed, and enforced as so limited.

Waiver of Contractual Rights

The failure of either party to enforce any provision of this agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of limitation of that party's right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this agreement.

Governing Law

This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of British Columbia, Canada applicable therein without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this agreement must be brought in Vancouver, BC, Canada and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Notices

Any notice, direction or other communication given under this Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending it via e-mail or via regular mail. In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall only have been deemed to have been given when an electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by the sender, in the case of notice to us or authorized representative, in the case of notice to you, at the e-mail address provided by you in this agreement, in your WHOIS record for the website domain name or as updated from time to time. Any e-mail communication shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given on the date of such communication, if such date is a business day and such delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. PST and otherwise on the next business day. Any communication sent via regular mail shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given 5 business days after the date of mailing.

Acceptance

Using our web service, products, platform or anything that we create constitutes full and unmodified acceptance of these terms and any attached terms to your contact.