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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PERTAINING TO: CUSTOM WEBSITES
THESE ARE THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF CUSTOM
WEBSITES AMONG YOU (Customer) AND SMALLPLANETMARKETING.COM. IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU
MAY NOTIFY SMALLPLANETMARKETING.COM WITHIN FORTY EIGHT (48) HOURS OF YOUR ORDER
AND THE SERVICES WILL BE CANCELED WITH NO FURTHER OBLIGATIONS BY
EITHER PARTY. FAILURE TO NOTIFY SMALLPLANETMARKETING.COM OF CANCELLATION WITHIN
SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE DEEMED TO INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND
UNDERSTOOD THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.
IN ADDITION, THE CUSTOMER MAY ELECT TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL
SERVICES FROM SMALLPLANETMARKETING.COM, OR THEIR PARTNERS AND/OR OTHER THIRD
PARTIES, WHICH HAVE THEIR OWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENTS AND
ACCEPTABLE USE AGREEMENTS, ASIDE FROM THIS AGREEMENT. THOSE
AGREEMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CUSTOMER AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE
AND/OR ACCOUNT LOGIN, AND IT IS THE CUSTOMERS' OBLIGATION TO REVIEW,
ACCEPT AND ABIDE BY THOSE AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS THIS AGREEMENT. TERMS
AND CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES CAN BE FOUND ON:
http://www.smallplanetmarketing.com.
Small Planet Marketing.com reserves the right to change or modify any of the
terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any time and from
time to time in its sole discretion, and to determine whether and
when any such changes apply to both existing or future customers. Small Planet Marketing.com may make changes or modifications to referenced policies
and guidelines without notice to you. Your continued use of the
Services following SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM posting of any changes
or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or
modifications.
1. Payment. As consideration for Small Planet Marketing.com providing the
Services hereunder, Customer agrees to pay Small Planet Marketing.com fifty percent
(50%) of the design fees set forth in the order summary upon
execution of this Agreement and fifty percent (50%) upon the earlier
of i) 4 business days of making the site available for customer
review or ii) 45 days from purchase date, regardless of Web site
progression. The initial 50% fee is non refundable, unless the
customer requests to cancel services within 48 hours of placing an
order.
2. Provision of Services. Small Planet Marketing.com will
provide Customer with the Services ordered that are described in the
order summary. Customer understands and agrees that Small Planet Marketing.com will
publish the Web site solely in accordance with the information
provided by Customer in written form and telephone interview. After
customer provides all information and files, Small Planet Marketing.com will begin
building the Web site. Unless otherwise indicated in the order
summary, Small Planet Marketing.com will deliver a complete Web site within 45
calendar days. This is dependent on the customer providing all
necessary content within 7 business days of the sale and customer
providing feedback on site progression stages within 2 business days.
The Web site will be made available for Customer to view prior to
hosting for purposes of editing for corrections to content only.
Editing beyond correction of content will be considered as additional
services or part of the monthly update service (if Customer selects
this service) and will be billed as such. Small Planet Marketing.com will bill
final balance upon the earlier of i) 4 business days of making the
site available for customer review or ii) 45 days from purchase date,
regardless of Web site progression. Small Planet Marketing.com will attempt to
contact the customer to notify that the site is completed, and ready
to publish. In the event the customer does not respond within 4
business days, the site shall become "passively accepted"
by the customer and Small Planet Marketing.com will publish the site and bill the
remaining amount.
3. Rights to the Web Site and Content. With the exception of any Third-Party Materials and Background
Technology as set forth in Section 4, Customer owns the Web site and
Customer Content. "Customer Content" means all content or
information (including, without limitation, any text, music, sound,
photographs, video, graphics, data, or software), in any medium,
provided by Customer to Small Planet Marketing.com. "Third-Party Materials"
means any content, software, or other computer programming material
that is owned by an entity other than Small Planet Marketing.com, and licensed by Small Planet Marketing.com or generally available to the public, including
Customer, under published licensing terms, and that Small Planet Marketing.com will
use in the development of or to display or run a Web site. The
graphics utilized from SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM graphics library
are licensed from third-party suppliers. Small Planet Marketing.com will provide
Customer a limited, personal, nonexclusive, nontransferable license
to use the graphics during the term of this Agreement. Upon
written request, Small Planet Marketing.com will deliver the Customer’s source
files and database script, if applicable, at the pre-determined price
indicated on the order summary. Small Planet Marketing.com will collect 100%
of the fees prior to providing the information via CD.
4.
Limited License to the Background Technology. "Background
Technology" means computer programming & formatting code or
operating instructions developed by or for Small Planet Marketing.com and used to
create any portion of a Web site or used to operate the Web site or a
Web server in connection with a Web site. Background Technology
includes, but is not limited to, any files necessary to make forms,
buttons, checkboxes, and similar functions and underlying technology
or components, such as style sheets, animation templates, interface
programs that link multimedia and other programs, customized graphics
manipulation engines, and menu utilities, whether in database form or
dynamically driven. Background Technology does not include any
Customer Content or any derivatives, improvements, or modifications
of Customer Content. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Small Planet Marketing.com hereby grants Customer a perpetual,
nonexclusive license to copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform,
create derivative works of, and otherwise use only such Background
Technology that is incorporated into a Web site, in whole or in part,
solely as necessary for Customer to operate, maintain, and make the
Web site available in the normal course of Customer's business.
Customer may not duplicate or distribute any Background Technology to
any third party without the prior written consent of Small Planet Marketing.com.
All rights to the Background Technology not expressly granted to
Customer hereunder are retained by Small Planet Marketing.com. Without limiting the
foregoing, Customer agrees not to reverse-engineer, reverse-assemble,
decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive any source code of the
Background Technology, except as allowed by law.
5. Limited
License to Content. Customer hereby grants to Small Planet Marketing.com the
limited, nonexclusive right and license to copy, distribute,
transmit, display, perform, create derivative works from, modify, and
otherwise use and exploit Web site, any Customer Content, or any
Customer Marks provided to Small Planet Marketing.com hereunder, solely for the
purpose of rendering SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM Services under this
Agreement. Such limited right and license shall extend to no other
materials or for any other purpose and will terminate automatically
upon termination of this Agreement for any reason.
6.
Content Standards. Customer agrees not to provide Customer
Content, and Small Planet Marketing.com will not intentionally provide to Customers
any content, that (a) infringes on any third party's intellectual
property or publicity/privacy rights; (b) violates any applicable law
or regulation; (c) is defamatory, violent, clearly harmful, or
obscene or pornographic or infringes on citizens' rights; or (d)
contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots,
or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage or
interfere with any system, data, or personal information. If Customer
is international, then Customer agrees to comply with all applicable
local and national laws. Small Planet Marketing.com reserves the right to refuse
any other subject matter it deems inappropriate.
7.
Support. Small Planet Marketing.com agrees to provide reasonable technical
support to Customer during SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM normal
technical support hours. Small Planet Marketing.com additionally agrees to provide
customer service support in the form of e-mail and telephone during
SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM normal customer support hours.
8.
Term and Termination. (a) This Agreement is effective as of the
Effective Date and shall continue unless terminated; (b) Small Planet Marketing.com
may terminate this Agreement after five (5) days' written notice to
Customer if Customer materially breaches this Agreement, including,
without limitation, failure to pay, and fails to cure such breach
during such five (5) day period; and (c) upon the termination of this
Agreement, Customer will pay Small Planet Marketing.com for all Services provided
to Customer by Small Planet Marketing.com prior to termination. Sections 2, 3, 4,
5, 10, 12, and 13 will survive termination of this Agreement.
9.
SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM Warranties. Small Planet Marketing.com warrants (a)
that the Web site will conform to specifications or acceptance
criteria agreed to by the parties when delivered to Customer and for
a period of one (1) year thereafter (the "Warranty Period")
and (b) that Small Planet Marketing.com will perform the services in material
conformity to the specifications contemplated hereunder in a
professional and workmanlike manner. SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM
warranties and representations hereunder will not extend or apply to
any Web site modified by any party other than SMALL PLANET
MARKETING.COM. In the event that Customer discovers an Error in the
Web site during the Warranty Period, SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM sole
responsibility will be to use reasonably commercial efforts to
correct such Errors. "Error" means any reproducible error,
problem, or defect resulting from (i) an incorrect functioning of the
Background Technology that materially affects the functionality of
the Web site or (ii) any failure of the Web site delivered to
Customer to materially meet the specifications or acceptance
criteria. All warranty claims not made in writing within the Warranty
Period shall be deemed waived. SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM warranty
obligations are personal to Customer and may not be extended to any
third party.
10. Warranty Disclaimer. Except as
expressly provided in this Agreement, the Services and Customer Web
sites are provided "as is," and Small Planet Marketing.com expressly
disclaims all warranties and conditions of any kind, express,
implied, or statutory, including, without limitation, the implied
warranties of title, noninfringement, merchantability, and fitness
for a particular purpose. Each party acknowledges that it has not
entered into this Agreement in reliance upon any warranty or
representation except those specifically set forth herein. Unless an
approval process is specified herein or in a Statement, all Web sites
provided by Small Planet Marketing.com to a Customer will be deemed accepted when
delivered.
11. Indemnity. (a) Customer Indemnity.
Customer will defend Small Planet Marketing.com against any third-party claim,
action, suit, or proceeding alleging any breach of the covenants
contained in Section 8. Subject to Section 13, Customer shall
indemnify Small Planet Marketing.com for all losses, damages, liabilities, and all
reasonable expenses and costs incurred by Small Planet Marketing.com as a result of
any such third-party claim, action, suit, or proceeding. (b) SMALL
PLANET MARKETING.COM Indemnity. Small Planet Marketing.com will defend Customer
against any third-party claim, action, suit, or proceeding alleging
any breach of the covenants contained in Section 8. Subject to
Section 13, Small Planet Marketing.com shall indemnify Customer for all losses,
damages, liabilities, and all reasonable expenses and costs incurred
by Customer as a result of any such third-party claim, action, suit,
or proceeding. (c) Mechanics of Indemnity. The indemnifying party's
obligations are conditioned upon the indemnified party: (i) giving
the indemnifying party prompt, written notice of any claim, action,
suit, or proceeding for which the indemnified party is seeking
indemnity; (ii) granting control of the defense and settlement to the
indemnifying party; and (iii) reasonably cooperating with the
indemnifying party at the indemnifying party's expense.
12.
Limitation of Liability. SMALL PLANET MARKETING.COM LIABILITY
HEREUNDER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER TO Small Planet Marketing.com DURING THE THREE (3) MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THE ACTION AROSE. Small Planet Marketing.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR (A) ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF
DATA, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS OR (B) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS), REGARDLESS OF THE FORM
OR ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT
LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Small Planet Marketing.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THESE
LIMITATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND ABSENT
SUCH LIMITATIONS, Small Planet Marketing.com WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT.
13. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be
governed solely by the laws of the State of California, excluding its
principles of conflicts of laws. Any action under or relating to this
Agreement shall be brought solely in the state and federal courts
located in California, with sole venue in the courts located in San Diego
County, and each party hereby submits to the personal jurisdiction of
such Courts. Each party agrees that its performance under this
Agreement shall in all respects conform to all applicable laws,
rules, and regulations of the United States governing the export of
technical information. Customer may not assign this Agreement without
the prior, written permission of Small Planet Marketing.com. Any purported
assignment in violation of this will be void and without any effect.
This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in writing,
signed by both parties. Any purported oral modification or amendment
of this Agreement in derogation of the foregoing shall be without any
effect. Neither party may waive any right hereunder except expressly
and in writing. This Agreement is the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to this subject matter, and it supersedes all
prior and contemporaneous discussions, negotiations, communications,
and agreements with respect thereto.
14. Hosting Agreement
Terms and Conditions. The terms and conditions associated with
hosting services can be found at
http://www.mysecurehosting.com. In the event that Customer
chooses to use hosting services provided by Small Planet Marketing.com, Customer
hereby acknowledges that they have read the terms and conditions
associated with said Hosting Services and agrees to be bound
thereby.
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