The agreement is entered into for the purpose of designing an Author Website. This is a premade theme selection for the client at the cost of $675 CAD.
SERVICES
The services to be delivered under this agreement are as follows:- Custom mobile-friendly website design
- Design of up to 20 books
- Optional Individual Pages
- Basic branding elements (Color & font styles)
- 2 Revisions
- 30 Days post site maintenance: Updating website and plugins.
DESIGN FEATURES
The Website will have the following features:- Pages: Home, About, Books, Blog, Contact, Newsletter Page, Privacy Page
- Header
- Footer
- Sidebar *Optional
- Actions buttons
- Newsletter signup form
- Contact form *Optional
SERVICE DURATION
The is a one-off service with a maximum duration of 10 business days.
The design process will begin when the Web Designer receives the following items from the Client:- Signed copy of this agreement.
- Payment in full unless Sajah’s Design Studio and the Client discussed differently.
- All website content (Text, Image, video and audio etc) Up to a maximum of 7 pages not including the optional spotlight book pages.
- Login/access details (hosting account and domain).
*By providing login details, the client authorizes the web designer to access the account. The project will end ten business day after the contract is signed, and payment is received. The project can also be completed once the Client approves the final design before or on discussed deadline date.
If a project goes over the deadline by fault of the Client, there will be a 5% charge per, until project is completed.
How can a Client, prohibit a project from being completed on time:- Does not respond to any form of messages.
- Provides insufficient information to complete tasks.
PAYMENT TERMS
Full payment of $675 is required, unless Sajah’s Design Studio and the Client discussed otherwise. Only once we receive payment will we begin any work on the website. Remaining balances will be due a day before the deadline. If payment is not received within 24 hours of payment notice, we will cease work on the project and a 5% fee will be added to the overall cost of the entire project.
After the final payment, Sajah’s Design Studio will proceed with finalizing the website. All access details (Where applicable) will be released to you.
All payment can be made via Paypal, and or Stripe.
ADDITIONAL COSTS
All costs incurred solely for the purpose of designing your website will be billed directly to you. These may include but are not limited to software, fonts, graphics etc
Where such costs are incurred, they will be invoiced to you and due along with the full balance. All payment must be made before ownership of the website can be transferred.
SERVICE LOCATION
The service to be provided under this agreement shall be provided remotely from our work location in Bowmanville, Ontario. Canada.
COMMUNICATION
All communication between the Client and Web Designer will be done via emails and or Facebook Messenger throughout design process.
DESIGN PROCESS
If the Client has their own web host, the website design will be done in staging environment until you make the final balance payment upon which it will be transferred to your live environment.
I will use the information provided in your design brief to design your website. Once completed, I will provide you with a private URL for you to preview and test out your new site. You are required to carefully review and ensure everything meets the agreed design requirements.
If there are changes to be made, you have to request the revisions by sending us an email with the details. Once all revisions have been made and the final design approved, I will transfer the design files from the staging environment to your live host.
If the Client is hosting with Sajah’s Design Studio, we will design on our servers and set your website as inactive until the Client is ready to go live.
Once the Client pays the full balance, login information/credentials for WordPress will be emailed. As well as limited Collaboration access web host.
As a Collaborator, you can:- Access most of the Site Tools; Control panel.
- Install and remove applications.
- Add subdomains, creating backups, restores, installing SSL certificates, and many more.
- The Client can request support from the SiteGround Support Team.
REVISIONS
You can request minor modification such as font style, colors, element positions. You can quest 3 Revisions and you must request these changes a day before the deadline. If you do not request any changes, all design work done will be considered accepted and considered completed.
Depending on the requirement of the revisions it may take anywhere from a few hours to one or two business days to complete. Of course, this all depends on the scale of work. You are allowed up to 3 revisions.
All design modifications will be in line with the original brief. Any requests beyond what is included in the brief will be treated as a new project and charged a new fee under new terms.
The initial full balance or deposit will not be refunded or transferred to the new project.
REVISIONS
In order for your website design to be delivered, you must have a domain with hosting in place. The final website design will be applied directly to your live environment via a hosting account.
CONTENT
This is a design only service and no content will be provided. You are required to provide all of your own content, preferably once we send you the google link after payment. If for any reason you are unable to provide content within a reasonable amount of time, we reserve the right to use dummy content in the website design process.
Dummy content will only be available in the preview stage and will not be transferred to your live site.
DELAYS
If there are any delays due to events beyond our control such as but not limited to illness, injury, fire, computer failure, acts of God etc We will promptly notify you. You will be offered a new delivery deadline and you have the right to agree to give us more time or request a termination of this agreement.
Depending on the design stage, you may get a partial refund.
You will not receive a full refund.
DELAYS
You have the right to terminate this agreement if we fail to complete the website design within 10 business days of the project start date. If the agreement is terminated for any reason other than our failure to deliver within 10 business days, you shall forfeit your deposit. We retain all rights to the design. No refunds will be issued.
If the fault is the Client’s, there will be an additional 5% fee based on the overall cost of the entire project. That fee will be added for each business day, until projection completion.
We have the right to terminate this agreement if you fail to submit all necessary information and or make payments when due. In the event of termination, we own the design including all versions and elements. We have the rights to complete the design, exhibit, and or sell items.
We are not required to issue a full or partial refund.
OWNERSHIP
Sajah’s Design Studio holds the right to all designs until full balance is made.
Upon full payment, we will reserve the right to use the website design in our portfolio and display it in all media useful for our business promotion. Only final designs are released to the client. We own all the web design versions created.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All information provided by the Client shall be treated with the requisite confidentiality and will only be available to us and any other member of the team tasked with the delivery of this service. Your personal details will not be available to any outside parties without your express agreement.
RELATIONSHIP
Our work as described in this document does not in any way make us the employment of the Client. Neither does it signify a joint venture or partnership agreement. We are an outside supplier of services functioning as an independent contractor. We reserve the right to bring in our own assistant or agents as needed in fulfilling tasks required.
The relationship between the Client and Sajah’s Design Studio is also not exclusive as we sell services to a range of clients some of which may be your competitors.
SUPPORT
The Client will be provided with the necessary information to walk them through how to navigate and add content to their website. We will also be available to answer questions that the Client may have within the support period.
Support is provided for the first 30 days after your site goes live. If The Client requires further assistance beyond this period, additional fees will apply.
The support is limited to design only and doesn’t include site maintenance. SEO, security, database management etc Any issues arising from edits The Client implements, will not be fixed and may terminate the 30 day trial support or maintenance plan.
CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES
The Client is responsible for all content on the website. It is up to the Client to ensure the web designer has all the necessary details that they wish to be included in the design. Once the website goes live, you are responsible for including any design elements and all content on the site. You are fully responsible for the maintenance, security, backups, updates etc of your site.
LIABILITY
We are not liable for any legal damage of financial losses due to the use of the website. The client agrees to release Sajah’s Design Studio from liability and they assume full responsibility for any legal disputes surrounding the website.
By signing this document, The Client agrees to have their website designed under our Terms and Conditions of our website.