Client Agreement

We will always do our best to fulfill your needs and meet your goals, but sometimes it is best to have a few simple things written down so that we both know what is what, who should do what and what happens if things go wrong. In this contract you won’t find complicated legal terms or large passages of unreadable text. We have no desire to trick you into agreeing to something that you might later regret. We do want what’s best for the safety of both parties, now and in the future.

In short

You, are hiring ADDWIRE Creative Studio for a photo shoot for the services and pricing outlined in the payment terms you’ve selected.

What do both parties agree to do?

As our customer, you have the power and ability to enter into this contract on behalf of yourself or your company or organization. You agree to provide us with everything that we need to complete the photo shoot including wardrobes, props and other information as and when we need it. You agree to review our work, provide feedback and sign-off approval in a timely manner too. Deadlines work two ways and you will also be bound by any dates that we set together. You also agree to stick to the payment schedule set out at the end of this contract.

We have the experience and ability to perform the services you need from us and we will carry them out in a professional and timely manner. Along the way we will endeavor to meet all the deadlines set but we can’t be responsible for a missed deadline if you have been late in supplying materials or have not approved or signed off our work on-time at any stage. On top of this we will also maintain the confidentiality of any information that you give us. We will communicate via. email or text message to ensure proper communications between both parties.

Consultation

We will consult with you to discuss your vision and determine the look-and-feel, layout and locations of your photo session.

Photo Proofing

This contract includes the ability to proof your photos. Before we Post Process your photos, you will have the opportunity to select the photos that you want to be professionally processed for digital and print. Depending on the type of photo shoot that you selected, if you want more photos processed than what the amount is allotted for the plan an additional fee of $30 per photo.

Retainer Fee

Session retainer fee is not refundable, and due in full at the time of consultation. This retainer fee will be used towards the final price of the package you select. If we have inclement weather, we will reschedule your session within 21 days of the original date or sooner.

Photographs

If needed, you will supply us photographs either in digital or printed format. If you choose to buy stock photographs we can suggest vendors of stock photography. Any time we spend searching for or taking appropriate photographs will be charged at $50.00 per hour, after a free initial consultation to determine if this is the best route to take.

Cancellation Policy

If you or someone in your photo group is ill, please provide a 24 hours notice before your session so we can reschedule for a better time. If within the 24 hour window a cancellation or no call/no show occurs, the Retainer fee will be forfeit.

Wardrobe Selection

Wardrobe selections will be discussed during the consultation. Recommendations on what colors and patterns will be suggested to you, however What you wear is your choice, There are no refunds post-production if not satisfied with your wardrobe selection. We can re-shoot the session for an additional fee.

Legal stuff

We can’t guarantee that the functions contained in any web page templates or in a completed web site will always 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 arising out of the operation of or inability to operate this web site and any other web pages, even if you have advised us of the possibilities of such damages.

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

Copyrights

  1. You guarantee to us that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork that you provide us for inclusion in the web site are either owned by you, or that you have permission to use them.
  2. When we receive your final payment, copyright is automatically assigned as follows:
    1. You own the graphics and other visual elements that we create for you for this project.
    2. We will give you a copy of all files and you should store them safely as we are not required to keep them or provide any native source files that we used in making them.
    3. You also own text content, photographs and other data you provided, unless someone else owns them.
    4. We own the XHTML markup, CSS and other code and we license it to you for use on only this project.
  3. We love to show off our work and share what we have learned with other people, so we also reserve the right to display and link to your completed project as part of our portfolio and to write about the project on web sites, in magazine articles and in books about web design.
  4. Before the last payment has been received, you agree that AddWire owns all work including but not limited to, graphics, texts, designs, domain names, and intellectual property which includes but not limited to data files, algorithms, software program, schematics, coding sheets, techniques, specifications, technical information, know-how, and passwords.
  5. You agree that you will not transfer your website to another host while under contract.

Term and Payments

We are sure you understand how important it is as a small business that you pay the invoices that we send you promptly.  As we’re also sure you’ll want to stay friends, you agree to stick tight to the following payment schedule, which will be as follows, but may be revised based on further conversations between us inside of our support ticket system.

Full payments

The original estimate of your website design is $3999.99. If choosing to pay in full the following payment schedule is as follows:

  1. 25% downpayment is required to begin the project
  2. Once the layout and design has been approved another 50% is required to begin content writing
  3. Once the website is finished the remaining 25% is required immediately.

Payment Schedule

Depending on what Payment Schedule you purchased, you will be billed monthly. As for paying monthly the finance fee is 10% of the total cost across the board no matter the longevity of your payment schedule. For Example if you selected to pay $59.95 a month, there is a $399.99 Finance fee added and will make the total cost $4399.98 and that will never change.

This is extremely beneficial for you because most credit companies charge upwards to 24% for being on a monthly payment plan, so we make this very simple and add $399.99 per year of any payment plan. After your website is paid in full, you will continue to pay the agreed amount until you cancel and want to move your website off of our servers, and discontinue using Addwire for your business website needs.

Late Payments

If your payment is late there will be a charge of 10% or a $5.00 late fee whichever is greater. If you have not paid your obligation for a period of 15 days, and your account is in default, you agree that AddWire has the right to terminate your account, take possession of your website, and take any and all material including but not limited to domain names, company name, logos, data files, websites, licenses, email accounts and take immediate domain over said items and you will still be responsible to repay the balance of your contractual agreement as described in the section “Acceleration”. You have the option to resume your services for as long as you’re current with your obligations, and a business website plan is active on your account.

Acceleration

If you fail to pay any installment of payments when same becomes due and payable, the entire contract amount shall be at once become due and payable without any demand after thirty (30) days therefore; the notice and demand being hereby expressly waived by client or if the client shall fail to perform any of the terms, arrangements, and covenants herein specified to be performed by the client: it shall be lawful for Addwire to take immediate domain, possess the services and licenses Addwire has obtained or performed; and therefore this contract and everything herein contained in Addwires behalf to be performed shall cease, terminate and be void. If the account is not settled, or brought up to current status within 30 days, Addwire reserves the right to sell the aforementioned property or terminate the account (delete the website) if we choose to.

Website Hosting

If you are on a payment schedule, you are required to keep your website content, and domain names on our servers for the payment period designated in your agreement.

After your website has been paid in full; you have the option to keep your website on our servers for a fee of $59.99 a month which will bundle together the cost of renewing your domain name, website security certificates, databases, server space, bandwidth rental and monthly content updates; or have the option to transfer your entire website to a new host. Addwire will not be responsible to pay the hosting companys fee’s to transfer your website, databases, security certificates, and domain name, which vary in price as Addwire has no control over their pricing structure.

Special Promo Design

If you are a part of a special design promotion you are required to have your website including domain name transferred to Addwire’s servers and the monthly fee of the above aforementioned Website Hosting plan is required. You will have the option to transfer website hosts if you decide to buy-out the design website for the estimated asking price of $3999.99 in full.

Non-disclosure agreement

Both parties agree not to disclose to anyone else besides you and Addwire Business Solutions without permission from both parites in writing via Addwire support ticket system, any of the following including but not limited to Algorithms, Design strategies, SEO strategies, Software Names, Web Language used, trade secrets, inventions, ideas, website training, and inside resources to help complete any task; at any time before or after this contract has been fulfilled.

Footer Addwire Link

Addwire reserves the right to place a link on your footer that your website was designed by us. The usual method is placing a link at the bottom of your pages inside the footer area a simple text “WEBSITE DESIGN BY ADDWIRE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS”. This shall remain in the effect before, during, and after the contract has been fulfilled.

Guarantee

Addwire makes no guarantee only that your website shall be designed, SEO optimized and mobile friendly. Addwire does not guarantee that your sales will increase by a certain percentage, or traffic be increased by any amount, even though statistics say otherwise. You understand that in order for these sales and traffic opportunities to happen that you would need to update your content on a regular basis, depending on your industry, that may be daily, weekly, or monthly. Addwire offers plans to offer you these services for a monthly fee.

But where is all the horrible small print?

Just like a parking ticket, you cannot transfer this contract to anyone else without our permission. This contract stays in place and need not be renewed. If for some reason one part of this contract becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of it remain in place.

Although the language is simple, the intentions are serious and this contract is a legal document under United States FTC Laws. And for any reason all legal matters will be settled in the courts in the state of Ohio, and you will be responsible to pay for any legal fee’s, court costs, and expenses from doing so.

By purchasing this service, you agree that you have read and understand everything fully in this contract.