Description of the Services

The Company will provide services available in the chosen plan the Client has signed up for.

Signup

The person signing up for the website plan will automatically be assigned as the sign off person and is the only person authorised to request changes or cancel the contract. If the Client wishes to give another person this authority too, the Client will need to contact the Company with their name and email address and the Company will  add them to the approved list.

If the Client no longer wishes for this additional person(s) to have this authority it is the Client’s responsibility to inform the Company.

Payment

The Client agrees to provide the Company with a debit or credit card and authorises the Company to charge amounts due under this contract to the card.  Another form of payment may be accepted by the Company at the Company's discretion.

There will be no refund or credit for partial months or year of service. Costs are chargeable and shall be payable until an account is terminated or cancelled by either the Client or the Company.

The Company may increase the prices at any time by giving the Client not less than 1 month’s notice provided that the increase does not exceed 25% of the prices in effect immediately prior to the increase.

Pay monthly clients

Payment Terms/Schedule

1. Set-up cost to be paid immediately
2. Monthly recurring costs to be paid monthly
3. First monthly payment to be paid no-later than 7 days of signing up (unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing beforehand).

Pay for 12 months up-front clients

Payment Terms/Schedule

1. Full cost of 12 months service to paid immediately
2. After 12 months the associated monthly cost for the selected plan will be paid.  

Add-on services

Payment Terms/Schedule

1. Payment for add on services will be charged immediately.

The Client is responsible for providing content (unless these have been purchased as an Add-on Service). If no content or incorrect content is provided this is not the Company’s responsibility and the Client will still be billed as agreed.

Suspension of service

The Company has the right to stop providing services or suspend services if payment is not received when within 7 working days. If the missed payment has still not been received within 30 days the Company has the right to delete the website from their servers to a point that it can not be restored.

What is classed as a content update?

A content update is a change to existing content and pages only, with the exception of news and blog articles which will be added as new pages. Any additional page requests after the website has launched will be chargeable (unless specified otherwise by the Company).

Fair usage quota (unlimited content updates)

Content updates are capped at 1 hour per month.

Any updates exceeding the fair usage quota will be billed at £50 per hour, with a one hour minimum charge, and then billed to the nearest 15 minutes. Any unused time can not be rolled over to subsequent months.

Copyright

Any content provided must be owned by the Client and not infringe on any copyright laws.  

The Client shall indemnify the Company against all claims in respect of any alleged infringement of copyright trademark or design.

Intellectual Property Rights

Websites

All website files hosted by the Company will be the property of the Company. The Client will have no right to these files or the migration of these files if the contract is cancelled.

Any website design or template created by the Company will remain the property of the Company before, during and after the contract. In effect, the Client will be leasing the website from the Company.

If the Client wishes to purchase the rights to a website created by the Company, this will be at the discretion of the Company.

Domain names

Any domain names purchased by the Company for the Client will be the property of the Company and will remain so even if the contract is cancelled. The transfer of ownership to another supplier of the Clients choosing will be at the discretion of the Company.

Emails

Any email service provided by the Company will cease to exist if the contract is cancelled by either party. Access to any data related to email accounts such as emails, contacts and appointments will be erased. The Client is responsible for taking their own backups and archives of email. The Company can not he held responsible of any loss of data.    

Existing Domain Names & Email Addresses

In the event that the Client already has a Domain Name and/or Email Address setup, which are then transferred to the Company to manage, the Company can not be held responsible for any downtime or loss of data during this process. This could include items such as existing emails and contacts, existing calendar appointments, and existing 3rd party websites. Upon migration, there is no guarantee that any historic emails will be available. It is the Clients responsibility to make the necessary arrangements to ensure a backup or archive is available to them after the transfer has been completed.

Domain name renewals

If the client has registered their own domain(s) using their own account (domain control panel), it is the clients responsibility to manage their domain(s), and not the company. This includes any payments and renewals via the relevant domain registrar.

Domains that have been registered by the company, or domains that have been transferred to the company's account, will be managed by the Company.

Legal

The Client must not use our services to advertise or promote anything that is illegal or encourages criminal activity. If the Client does, the website will taken down with immediate effect and all associated files will be deleted without warning.

Termination and notice

1. Setup costs are non-refundable
2. Upfront costs are non-refundable
3. The Client may terminate this agreement up to 30 days prior to the last day of the minimum agreement term which is 90 days. The Client must give 30 days written notice the Company
4. The Company can terminate this agreement at any time and must give 30 days written notice to the Client.
5. The Client will be charged a reasonable admin fee for a domain name transfer to a third party. Any external costs will be payable by the Client.
6. No export service is available to transfer to another third party provider or to the Client directly.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will the Company be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages nor loss of data, profits or revenue, cost of capital, or downtime costs, nor for any exemplary or punitive damages, arising from any claim or action, incidental or collateral to, or directly or indirectly related to or in any way connected with, the subject matter of the agreement, whether such damages are based on contract, tort, statute, implied duties or obligations, or other legal theory, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Data

1. In this relationship the Company is the Data Processor and the Client is the Data Controller. The Client has GDPR related responsibilities and is responsible for putting processes in place where necessary. For more information read the ICO Guide to General Data Protection Regulation‍
2. The Company - the data processors will only act on the documented instructions of a controller (The Client)
3. The Company may build and host the Client’s website on any platform it chooses . By using the service the Client consents to how that platform collects and uses data.
4. As the data controller the Client must only collect and use the data as set out on the  website’s privacy policy page.
5. A privacy and cookie policy page will be added to the Client’s website. Should the Client wish to change it they must advise the Company in writing.

Miscellaneous

Independent

The parties are independent and are not partners, principal and agent or employer and employee and the Contract does not establish any joint venture, trust, fiduciary or other relationship between them, other than the contractual relationship expressly provided for in it. None of the parties shall have, nor shall represent that they have, any authority to make any commitments on the other party’s behalf.

Force Majeure

The Company shall not be liable for any failure to perform under this Contract when such failure is due to causes beyond that party’s reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of state or governmental authorities, acts of terrorism, natural catastrophe, fire, storm, flood, earthquakes, accident, and prolonged shortage of energy.  In the event of such delay the date of delivery or time for completion will be extended by a period of time reasonably necessary for both Company and Client. If the delay remains in effect for a period in excess of 60 days, the Client may terminate this Contract immediately upon written notice to the Company.

Promotional use

The Company will keep all original artwork and digital files prepared in connection with the project and are allowed to use them for promotional purposes without prior permission from the Client. For example, but not limited to, on their portfolio site and or related social media accounts. Including Riot & Rebel, Louise Howells and Alex Dixon accounts.

Designed by

'Website by ProfessionalInternet.co.uk' or similar wording as decided by the Company shall be included in the Client's website footer and shall include a hyperlink back to www.professionalinternet.co.uk.

Time

Unless stated otherwise, time is of the essence of any date or period specified in the Contract in relation to the Client’s obligations only.