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The following terms and conditions apply to all website development / design services provided by The Publishing Lounge to the Client.
It is not necessary for any Client to have signed an acceptance of these terms and conditions for them to apply. If a Client accepts a quote then the Client will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the terms applying and have accepted these terms and conditions in full.Please read these terms and conditions carefully. Any purchase or use of our services implies thatyou have read and accepted our terms and conditions.
Charges for services to be provided by The Publishing Lounge are defined in the project quotation that the Client receives via e-mail. Quotations are valid for a period of 30 days. The Publishing Lounge reserves the right to alter or decline to provide a quotation after expiry of the 30 days.Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all website design services require an advance payment of a minimum of fifty (50) percent of the project quotation total before the work is supplied to the Client for review. A second charge of twenty five (25) percent is required after the development stage, with the remaining twenty five (25) percent of the project quotation total due upon completion of the work, prior to upload to the server or release of materials.Payment for services is due by online payment. You will be provided with a secure online payment link hosted by top-online gateways (2checkout, Stripe, PayPal, or others) and should be made payable to The Publishing Lounge or its nominee.
The Publishing Lounge will provide the Client with an opportunity to review the appearance and content of the website during the design phase and once the overall website development is completed. At the completion of the project, such materials will be deemed to be accepted and approved unless the Client notifies The Publishing Lounge otherwise within ten (10) days of the date the materials are made available to the Client.
The Publishing Lounge will install and publicly post or supply the Client’s website by the date specified inthe project proposal, or at date agreed with Client upon The Publishing Lounge receiving initial payment, unless a delay is specifically requested by the Client and agreed by The Publishing Lounge In return, the Client agrees to delegate a single individual as a primary contact to aid The Publishing Lounge with progressing the commission in a satisfactory and expedient manner.During the project, The Publishing Lounge will require the Client to provide website content; text, images,movies and sound files
The Publishing Lounge is a medium business, to remain efficient we must ensure that work we have programmed is carried out at the scheduled time. On occasions we may have to reject offers for other work and enquiries to ensure that your work is completed at the time arranged.
This is why we ask that you provide all the required information in advance. On any occasion where progress cannot be made with your website because we have not been given the required information in the agreed time frame, and we are delayed as result, we reserve the right to impose a surcharge of up to 25%. If your project involves Search Engine Optimization we need the text content for your site in advance so that the SEO can be planned and completed efficiently.
If you agree to provide us with the required information and subsequently fail to do within one week of project commencement we reserve the right to close the project and the balance remaining becomes payable immediately. Simply put, all the above condition says is do not give us the go ahead to start until you are ready to do so.
NOTE: Text content should be delivered as a Microsoft Word, email (or similar) document with the pages in the supplied document representing the content of the relevant pages on your website. These pages should have the same titles as the agreed website pages.Contact usif you need clarification on this.
Using our content management system you are able to keep your content up to date yourself.
Invoices will be provided by The Publishing Lounge upon completion but before publishing the live website. Invoices are normally sent via email; however, the Client may choose to receive hard copy invoices. Invoices are due upon receipt. Accounts that remain unpaid thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice will be assessed a service charge in the amount of the higher of one and one-half percent (1.5%) or $30 per month of the total amount due.
Client agrees to reimburse The Publishing Lounge for any additional expenses necessary for the completion of the work. Examples would be purchase of special fonts, stock photography etc.
The Publishing Lounge makes every effort to ensure websites are designed to be viewed by the majority of visitors. Websites are designed to work with the most popular current browsers (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer 8 & 9, Google Chrome, etc.). Client agrees that The Publishing Lounge cannot guaranteecorrect functionality with all browser software across different operating systems.The Publishing Lounge cannot accept responsibility for web pages which do not display acceptably in newversions of browsers released after the website have been designed and handed over to the Client. As such, The Publishing Lounge reserves the right to quote for any work involved in changing the website design or website code for it to work with updated browser software.
Accounts unpaid thirty (30) days after the date of invoice will be considered in default. If the Client in default maintains any information or files on The Publishing Lounge’ Web space, The Publishing Lounge will, at its discretion, remove all such material from its web space. The Publishing Lounge is not responsible for any loss of data incurred due to the removal of the service. Removal of such material does not relieve the Client of the obligation to pay any outstanding charges assessed to the Client’s account. Clients with accounts in default agree to pay The Publishing Lounge reasonable expenses, including legal fees and costs for collection by third-party agencies, incurred by The Publishing Lounge in enforcing these Terms and Conditions.
Termination of services by the Client must be requested in a written notice and will be effective on receipt of such notice. E-mail or telephone requests for termination of services will not be honored until and unless confirmed in writing. The Client will be invoiced for work completed tothe date of first notice of cancellation for payment in full within thirty (30) days.
All The Publishing Lounge services may be used for lawful purposes only. You agree to indemnify and hold The Publishing Lounge harmless from any claims resulting from your use of our service that damages you or any other party.
The Client retains the copyright to data, files and graphic logos provided by the Client, and grants The Publishing Lounge the rights to publish and use such material. The Client must obtain permission and rights to use any information or files that are copyrighted by a third party. The Client is further responsible for granting The Publishing Lounge permission and rights for use of the same and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless The Publishing Lounge from any and all claims resulting from the Client’s negligence or inability to obtain proper copyright permissions. A contract for websitedesign and/or placement shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Client to The Publishing Lounge that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained. Evidence of permissions and authorities may be requested.
Unless otherwise specified in the project quotation, this Agreement assumes that any text will be provided by the Client in electronic format and that all photographs and other graphics will be provided in high quality and resolution suitable for the project.
A link to The Publishing Lounge will appear in either small type or by a small graphic at the bottom of theClient’s website. If a graphic is used, it will be designed to fit in with the overall site design. If a client requests that the design credit be removed, a nominal fee of 10% of the total development charges will be applied. When total development charges are less than $5000, a fixed fee of $500will be applied. The Client also agrees that the website developed for the Client may be presented in The Publishing Lounge’ portfolio.
If the Client’s website is to be installed on a third-party server, The Publishing Lounge must be granted temporary read/write access to the Client’s storage directories which must be accessible via FTP. Depending on the specific nature of the project, other resources might also need to be configuredon the server.
The Publishing Lounge cannot accept responsibility for any alterations caused by a third party occurring to the Client’s pages once installed. Such alterations include, but are not limited to additions, modifications or deletions.
The Publishing Lounge may purchase domain names on behalf of the Client. Payment and renewal of those domain names is the responsibility of the Client. The loss, cancellation or otherwise of the domain brought about by non/late payment is not the responsibility of The Publishing Lounge The Client should keep a record of the due dates for payment to ensure that payment is received in good time.
These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings or agreements. The Client’s signature below or payment of an advance fee constitutes agreement to and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Payment online is an acceptance of our terms andconditions.
Social Media Marketing and Management is defined as helping a client to promote their productsor services through social media channels. The Publishing Lounge will honor the components of your chosen social media package, providing an agreement to a minimum 3 months contract is served and monthly payments are received in advance. In the event that payment is not received on time, we regret that further work will be halted until this is rectified.
This Agreement shall be governed by US Law.
The Publishing Lounge hereby excludes itself, its Employees and or Agents from all and any liability from:
In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired and the Agreement shall not be void for this reason alone. Such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision, which comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid.
The client will be provided with 3 changes (minor changes) in total to the project. If the number of changes increase, the client will be charged for the said changes. Our top-priority during the project will be completion of the project with quality and time.
We keep a record of your finalized design once we provide you the final files.
If you require the final files again in the future we can send them to you at your request.
YOU agree that The Publishing Lounge is not liable for any correspondence from email address(es) other than the ones followed by our own domain i.e. “[email protected]” or/and any toll free number that is not mentioned on our website. The Publishing Lounge should not be held responsible for any damage(s) caused by such correspondence. We only take responsibility of any communication through email address(es) under our own domain name or/and via toll free number i.e. already mentioned on The Publishing Lounge Website. Customer Support
We offer 24-Hour Customer Support to address your queries and questions. You can contact us any time.