What do both parties agree to?

You: You have the authority to enter into this contract on behalf of yourself, your company, or your organization. You’ll give us the assets and information we tell you we need to complete the project. You’ll review our work, and provide feedback and approval in a timely manner too. You also agree to stick to the payment terms.

Us: We have the experience and ability to do everything we’ve agreed with you and we’ll do it all in a professional and timely manner. We’ll endeavor to meet every deadline that’s set and on top of that, we’ll maintain the confidentiality of everything you give us.

WordPress Site Management

We are happy to work on and manage your site on your current hosting provider if applicable, or hosting can be provided at no additional cost. A bpnWebTech monthly service plan includes the following:

• Managed WordPress hosting as needed
• bpnWebTech developer license for select themes & plugins
• 24/7 uptime monitoring
• Daily security and malware scans
• Daily backups
• Daily updates to WordPress core, themes, and plugins
• Customized WordPress dashboard
• Technical support by phone, email, or screen-share video
• Priority scheduling for projects and as-needed troubleshooting

Additionally, a designated number of hours of site editing or troubleshooting is included each month – related to which plan you subscribe to. Work that extends beyond the designated number of hours within a month will be billed separately at a $40/hour rate.

Payment schedule

Auto monthly payment is set up when creating an account with bpnWebTech. Any additional invoicing is sent by email and can be paid using the included payment link. In the event that your payment is late or declined bpnWebTech reserves the right to charge a $25 late fee.

Cancellation

This is a month-to-month agreement and either party can cancel at any time and for any reason with a 30-day notice of cancellation/termination

In the event that you want to cancel your service, please email brian@bpnWebTech.com informing them of your intent to cancel. In the event that we wish to cancel this agreement, we will contact you via the main contact email we have been provided. We will then download all of the files and documents for your site and deliver them to you. Please note, it will take a web professional to load your site onto another server if the site was hosted with bpnWebTech.

Revisions stage

For subscription plans that include the initial build and launch of a website, bpnWebTech allows up to two (2) revisions of the website before a final draft is submitted and the site is launched. All changes thereafter are subject to additional charges.

bpnWebTech understands that the Client may request significant design changes to pages that have already been built to the Client’s specification. To that end, please note that our agreement does not include a provision for “significant page modification” or the creation of additional pages in excess of those specified above. If significant page modification is requested after a page has been built to the Client’s specification, additional charges will apply. Some examples of significant page modification at the request of the Client include:

• Developing a new layout or structure to accommodate a substantial redesign.
• Recreating or significantly modifying the company logo graphic.
• Replacing more than 50% of the text on any given page.
• Creating a new navigation structure or changing the link graphics.

Clients who anticipate frequent changes to the look of their site during the design process and Clients who desire to be intricately involved in the design of each page are encouraged to negotiate an agreement that exceeds the scope of the revisions stage. If significant page modification is requested by the Client beyond the scope of the revisions phase the work will be billed at a rate of $50 per hour. Minor modifications, however, will be covered during the development of the site.

Third-Party or Client Page Modification

Some Clients desire to independently edit or update the website after completion of the site as a way to control costs. However, if this option is selected and the Client or an agent of the Client other than bpnWebTech attempts to update the website and damages the design or impairs the ability for the pages to display or function properly, time to repair the web pages will be assessed at an hourly rate of $50 per hour with a one-hour minimum, additional time billed in 15-minute increments. Also, any premium themes or plugins that have been used in developing the website will no longer be under the Developer’s license. The site will remain fully functional but future updates of those themes and plugins would require the Client to purchase their own license.

Graphics and photographs

You should supply graphics files in an editable, vector digital format. You should supply photographs in a high-resolution digital format. If you choose to buy stock photographs, we can suggest stock libraries.

Intellectual property rights

Just to be clear, “Intellectual property rights” means all patents, rights to inventions, copyright (including rights in software) and related rights, trademarks, service marks, start-up and trade names, internet domain names, rights to goodwill or to sue for passing off, rights in designs, database rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or shall subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.

First, you guarantee that all elements of text, images, or other artwork you provide are either owned by your good selves or that you’ve permission to use them. When you provide text, images, or other artwork to us, you agree to protect us from any claim by a third party that we’re using their intellectual property.

We guarantee that all elements of the work we deliver to you are either owned by us or we’ve obtained permission to provide them to you. When we provide text, images, or other artwork to you, we agree to protect you from any claim by a third party that you’re using their intellectual property. Provided you’ve paid for the work and that this contract hasn’t been terminated, we’ll assign all intellectual property rights to you as follows:

You’ll own the website we design for you plus the visual elements that we create for it. We’ll give you source files and finished files and you should keep them somewhere safe as we’re not required to keep a copy. You own all intellectual property rights of text, images, site specifications, and data you provided unless someone else owns them. We’ll own any intellectual property rights we’ve developed prior to, or developed separately from this project and not paid for by you.

Developer|Agency Licenses for WordPress Themes & Plugins

A developer or agency license for a WordPress plugin allows the purchaser to use the plugin on an unlimited number of websites. This license is typically purchased by developers or agencies that create and manage multiple websites for their clients.

When a developer or agency purchases this license, they are given access to the plugin’s source code and any future updates. They can then install the plugin on any number of websites without any additional fees or restrictions.

This license differs from a single-site license, which only allows the purchaser to use the plugin on one website. With a developer or agency license, the plugin can be used on as many websites as needed, making it a cost-effective option for those who manage multiple websites.

It’s important to note that the developer or agency license does not allow for the resale or distribution of the plugin to third parties. The license is only intended for use by the purchaser and their clients.

bpnWebTech maintains a number of these licenses. If you are no longer a client of bpnWebTech, the plugins will still work without issue. However, to continue receiving updates, you would need to purchase your own individual license.

Displaying our work

We love to show off our work, so we reserve the right to display all aspects of our creative work, including sketches, work-in-progress designs, and the completed project on our portfolio and in articles on websites, in magazine articles, and in books.

Laws Affecting e-commerce

The Client agrees that it is responsible for complying with the laws, taxes, and tariffs related to e-commerce and will hold harmless, protect and defend bpnWebTech from any claim, suit, penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client’s use of Internet electronic commerce. The client also understands that bpnWebTech cannot provide legal advice.

Nondisclosure

bpnWebTech agrees that, except as directed by the Client, it will not at any time during or after the term of the Agreement disclose any confidential information to any person whatsoever. Likewise, the Client agrees that it will not convey any confidential information obtained about bpnWebTech to another party.

Arbitration

Any disputes in excess of $1,000 arising out of this Agreement shall be submitted to binding arbitration before a mutually agreed upon Arbitrator suitor pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Arbitrator’s award shall be final, and judgment may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Client shall pay all arbitration and court costs, reasonable attorney’s fees, and legal interest on any award or judgment in favor of bpnWebTech.

Legal stuff

We’ll carry out our work in accordance with good industry practice and at the standard expected from a suitably qualified person with relevant experience.

That said, we can’t guarantee that our work will be error-free and so we can’t be liable to you or any third party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental, consequential, or special damages, even if you’ve advised us of them.

Your liability to us will also be limited to the total of fees payable under this contract and you won’t be liable to us or any third party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental, consequential, or special damages, even if we’ve advised you of them.

This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between us and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements.

Finally, if any provision of this contract shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason is unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this contract and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Entire Understanding

This terms of service contract constitute the sole agreement between bpnWebTech and the Client regarding this project. It becomes effective when signed by both parties, or with the Client’s documented acceptance of the Agreement via email. It is in the spirit of this agreement that this will be a mutually beneficial arrangement for the Client and bpnWebTech. Both Parties warrant that they have read and understood the terms set forth in this agreement. This agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New Jersey.

This contract stays in place and need not be renewed. This contract cannot transfer to anyone else without the other’s permission. If for some reason one part of this contract becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of it remain in place.

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