Terms
This estimate is an agreement between Loon Cyber Consulting LLC and the client listed on the estimate.
Summary
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will do their best to fulfill your needs and meet your goals while working together, but sometimes it is best to have a few simple things written down so that we both know what is expected. This contract explains our responsibilities and what happens if things go wrong. In this contract you won’t find complicated legal terms or large passages of unreadable text. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC has no desire to trick you into agreeing to something that you might later regret. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC want what’s best for the safety of both parties, now and in the future.
In short
You, [clients name on estimate], are hiring Loon Cyber Consulting LLC, to complete a job as listed above for an estimated total price listed above, as outlined in our previous correspondence and above this text in the estimate.
What do both parties agree to do?
As my client, you have the power and ability to enter into this contract on behalf of yourself, your company or your organization. You agree to provide Loon Cyber Consulting LLC with everything they need to complete the project including text, images and other information as and when Loon Cyber Consulting LLC needs it, and in the format Loon Cyber Consulting LLC asks for. You agree to review the work, provide feedback and sign-off approval in a timely manner. You will also be bound by any deadlines that we set together. You agree to stick to the payment schedule set out at the end of this contract.
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC has the experience and ability to perform the services you need from me and Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will carry them out in a professional and timely manner. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will endeavor to meet all the deadlines set but Loon Cyber Consulting LLC can’t be responsible for a missed launch date or a deadline if you have been late in supplying materials or have not approved or signed off work on-time at any stage. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will also maintain the confidentiality of any information given.
Details of the works
HTML/CSS layout templates
If the project includes HTML markup and CSS templates, Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will develop these using valid HTML5 markup and CSS3 for styling. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will test all markup and CSS in the latest versions of all major browsers including those developed by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will not test these templates in old or abandoned browsers, unless otherwise specified. If you need to show the same or similar visual design to visitors using these older browsers, Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will charge you at the hourly rate set out in the payments section at the end of this document for any necessary additional code and its testing.
Text content
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC is not responsible for writing or inputting any text copy unless specified in the original estimate. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will be happy to help though, and in addition to the estimate Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will charge you at $50 per hour, including a free initial consultation, for copy writing or content input.
Photographs
If needed, you will supply Loon Cyber Consulting LLC photographs either in digital or printed format. Any time Loon Cyber Consulting LLC spend searching for or taking appropriate photographs will be charged at $50 per hour, after a free initial consultation to determine if this is the best course of action.
Changes and revisions
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC knows from plenty of experience that fixed-price contracts are rarely beneficial to you, as they often limit you to your first idea about how something should look, or how it might work. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC doesn’t want to limit either your options or your opportunities to change your mind.
The estimate/quotation prices at the beginning of this document are based on the number of hours that Loon Cyber Consulting LLC estimate Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will need to accomplish everything that you have supplied that you want to achieve. If you do want to change your mind, add extra pages or templates or even add new functionality, that won’t be a problem. You will be charged the hourly rate set out in the payments section at the end of this document. Along the way Loon Cyber Consulting LLC might ask you to put requests in writing so Loon Cyber Consulting LLC can keep track of changes.
Technical support
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC does not offer support for hosting services not run by Loon Cyber Consulting LLC. It is impossible to be proficient in every hosts server software, email software, etc. For this reason, Loon Cyber Consulting LLC does offer website hosting and email services that we will support.
Copyrights
You guarantee to Loon Cyber Consulting LLC that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks or other artwork that you provide for inclusion in the website are either owned by you, or that you have permission to use them.
When Loon Cyber Consulting LLC receive your final payment, copyright is automatically assigned as follows:
You own the graphics and other visual elements that Loon Cyber Consulting LLC creates for you for this project. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC will give you a copy of all files and you should store them safely as Loon Cyber Consulting LLC is not required to keep them or provide any native source files that Loon Cyber Consulting LLC used in making them.
You also own text content, photographs and other data you provided, unless someone else owns them. Loon Cyber Consulting LLC own the HTML markup, CSS and other code, and Loon Cyber Consulting LLC licenses it to you for use on only this project.
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC loves to show off our work and share what Loon Cyber Consulting LLC has learned with other people, so Loon Cyber Consulting LLC also reserves 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.
Payments
Overview
Listed above is the estimated price for this job. Anything above and beyond will fall under my hourly rate of $50 per hour.
Schedule
It’s important that you promptly pay the invoices you receive. You agree to stick to the following payment schedule, unless this schedule is revised in our future correspondence. Hourly work will be billed every Sunday unless otherwise agreed upon. Payment is due NET30 of being billed.
Project work can be billed in two different forms. The first is 50% up front and 50% upon project completion. The second method is using agreed upon landmarks for payment. The length of the project will dictate what form of payment is used.
If a payment is late, 1% is added to the overall invoice on a monthly basis. After 6 months of no payment, Loon Cyber Consulting LLC, has the right to revoke your license to our code and has the right to shut down your website. The odds of this happening are slim, but Loon Cyber Consulting LLC need to ensure cashflow somehow.
Legal
Loon Cyber Consulting LLC can’t guarantee that the functions contained in any web page templates or in a completed website will always be error-free and so Loon Cyber Consulting LLC 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 website and any other web pages, even if you have advised me of the possibilities of such damages.
You cannot transfer this contract to anyone else without my permission. This contract stays in place and need not be renewed. 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.
Although the language is simple, the intentions are serious and this contract is a legal document under exclusive jurisdiction of United States courts.
Signatures
Accepting the estimate above constitutes signatures on the behalf of both parties.