Website Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions apply to all website development / design services provided by Magnetic Business Development Ltd to the Client.
1. Acceptance
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 that you have read and accepted our terms and conditions.
2. Charges
Charges for services to be provided by Magnetic Business Development Ltd are defined in the project quotation that the Client receives via e-mail. Quotations are valid for a period of 30 days. Magnetic Business Development Ltd reserves the right to alter or decline to provide a quotation after expiry of the 30 days.
Payment structure terms are; 50% deposit of the quoted total including VAT before the design work commences, a further 25% when the home page design is agreed, and the 25% balance when the website is complete.
Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all website design services require payment due at the stages above, prior to upload to the server or release of materials.
Payment for services is due by bank transfer (BACS). Bank details will be made available on invoices. We do not accept payment by cheque.
3. Client Review
Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 Magnetic Business Development Ltd otherwise within ten (10) days of the date the materials are made available to the Client.
4. Turnaround Time and Content Control
Magnetic Business Development Ltd will install and publicly post or supply the Client’s website by the date specified in the project proposal, or at date agreed with Client upon Magnetic Business Development Ltd, unless a delay is specifically requested by the Client and agreed by Magnetic Business Development Ltd.
In return, the Client agrees to delegate a single individual as a primary contact to aid Magnetic Business Development Ltd with progressing the commission in a satisfactory and expedient manner.
During the project, Magnetic Business Development Ltd will require the Client to provide website content; text, images, movies and sound files
5. Failure to provide required website content:
For Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 Optimisation we need the text content for your site in advance so that the SEO can be planned and completed efficiently.
If you commission a website from Magnetic Business Development Ltd you agree to provide us with the required content, and if you subsequently fail to do so within 14 days of project commencement we reserve the right to close the project, and the balance remaining becomes payable in full 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 (or similar) document via email, 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 us if you need clarification on this.
Using our content management system you are able to keep your content up to date yourself.
6. Payment
Invoices will be provided by Magnetic Business Development Ltd upon completion. 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 fourteen (14) days after the date of the invoice will be assessed a service charge in the amount of the higher of two and one-half percent (2.5%) or £30 per month of the total amount due.
7. Additional Expenses
Client agrees to reimburse Magnetic Business Development Ltd for any additional expenses necessary for the completion of the work. Examples would be purchase of special fonts, stock photography etc.
8. Web Browsers
Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 11, Google Chrome, etc.). Client agrees that Magnetic Business Development Ltd cannot guarantee correct functionality with all browser software across different operating systems.
Magnetic Business Development Ltd cannot accept responsibility for web pages which do not display acceptably in new versions of browsers released after the website have been designed and handed over to the Client. As such, Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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.
9. Default
Accounts unpaid fourteen (14) days after the date of invoice will be considered in default. If the Client in default maintains any information or files on Magnetic Business Development Ltd’s Web space, Magnetic Business Development Ltd will, at its discretion, remove all such material from its web space. Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 Magnetic Business Development Ltd reasonable expenses, including legal fees and costs for collection by third-party agencies, incurred by Magnetic Business Development Ltd in enforcing these Terms and Conditions.
10. Termination
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 honoured until and unless confirmed in writing. The Client will be invoiced for work completed to the date of first notice of cancellation for payment in full within thirty (30) days.
11. Indemnity
All Magnetic Business Development Ltd services may be used for lawful purposes only. You agree to indemnify and hold Magnetic Business Development Ltd harmless from any claims resulting from your use of our service that damages you or any other party.
12. Copyright
The Client retains the copyright to data, files and graphic logos provided by the Client, and grants Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 Magnetic Business Development Ltd permission and rights for use of the same and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Magnetic Business Development Ltd from any and all claims resulting from the Client’s negligence or inability to obtain proper copyright permissions. A contract for website design and/or placement shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Client to Magnetic Business Development Ltd that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained. Evidence of permissions and authorities may be requested.
13. Standard Media Delivery
Unless otherwise specified in the project quotation, this Agreement assumes that any text will be provided by the Client in electronic format (ASCII text files delivered via e-mail or FTP) and that all photographs and other graphics will be provided physically in high quality print suitable for scanning or electronically in .gif, .jpg, .png or .tiff format. Although every reasonable attempt shall be made by Magnetic Business Development Ltd to return to the Client any images or printed material provided for use in creation of the Client’s website, such return cannot be guaranteed. All written website copy must be provided in a document format which can be copy/pasted – .doc .docx .txt and .rtf files are all acceptable, locked/flattened/formatted PDF files are not acceptable due to editing constraints.
14. Design Credit
A link to Magnetic Business Development Ltd will appear in small type at the bottom of the Client’s website. 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 £500 will be applied. The Client also agrees that the website developed for the Client may be presented in Magnetic Business Development Ltd’s portfolio.
15. Access Requirements
If the Client’s website is to be installed on a third-party server, Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 configured on the server.
16. Post-Placement Alterations
Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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.
17. Domain Names
Magnetic Business Development Ltd 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 or late payment is not the responsibility of Magnetic Business Development Ltd. The Client should keep a record of the due dates for payment to ensure that payment is received in good time.
18. General
These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings or agreements. Payment of an advance fee constitutes agreement to and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Payment online is an acceptance of our terms and conditions.
19. Social Media Management
Social Media Marketing and Management is defined as helping a client to promote their products or services through social media channels. Magnetic Business Development will honour 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.
20. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by English Law.
21. Liability
Magnetic Business Development Ltd hereby excludes itself, its Employees and or Agents from all and any liability from:
Loss or damage caused by any inaccuracy;
Loss or damage caused by omission;
Loss or damage caused by delay or error, whether the result of negligence or other cause in the production of the web site;
Loss or damage to clients’ artwork/photos, supplied for the site. Immaterial whether the loss or damage results from negligence or otherwise.
The entire liability of Magnetic Business Development Ltd to the Client in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the charges paid for the Services under this Agreement in respect of which the breach has arisen.
22. Severability
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 provision.