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Contract
Contact Name ______________________________
Phone ___________
FAX ___________
Company/Client
_____________________________
Address ________________________________
______________________________________________
City ____________________
State ____ ZIP ____ Country ___
E-mail address
_________________________
Present WWW URL
(if any):
_______________________________________________
Username ________________
Password ______________________
We have found the
best way to guareentee satisfation for both parties is to have a contract.
These are the terms of our agreement together:
1. Authorization. The
above-named client is engaging Wonderwave.net, a sole proprietor,
located at 3204 Hillside Dr, Wonder Lake,IL 60097, as an independent
contractor for the specific project of developing and/or improving
a World Wide website to be installed on the client's web space on
a web hosting service's computer. The client hereby authorizes Wonderwave.net
to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to
provide Wonderwave.net with "write permission" for the
client's webpage directory, cgi-bin directory, and any other directories
or programs which need to be accessed for this project.
2. Website
Elements. Wonderwave.net includes
the following elements in their Website Packages:
- E-mail/phone
consultation (Up to 2 hours total. Additional
consultation is at our hourly rate.)
- Words of
text supplied by the client (200 words
per page approximate maximum if not supplied via diskette. webpages
of more than 1,200 words of text may be subject to additional
fees, especially if they require a great deal of formatting.)
- Links to
external pages, up to an average of 2.5 per page.
- Custom
Graphics Package. Custom graphic incorporating
company logo on home/index. Top-of-page graphic for all other
pages in your website.
- Photos
and other misc. graphic images supplied
by client.
- Installation of
webpages on the client's web hosting service.
- Minor updates
and changes to existing webpages for
six months, subject to the limits outlined below. Additional
changes billed at hourly rate.
- E-mail
response link on each webpage to any
e-mail address the client designates.
- Image Map for
internal navigation
3. Standard
Packages. The content of the webpages
will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the
client in the "Website Planning Worksheet" dated _______________.
This website includes up to ___________ webpages. In case the client
desires additional standard webpages beyond the original number
of pages specified above, the client agrees to pay Wonderwave.net
an additional $75.00 for each additional hour. Where custom graphic
work is requested, it will be billed at the hourly rate specified
below.
Included is e-mail/phone
consultation of up to 2 hours Additional consultation is at our hourly
rate.)
4. Maintenance
and Hourly Rate. This agreement includes minor webpage maintenance
to regular webpages over a six-month period, including updating links
and making minor changes to a sentence or paragraph. It does not
including removing nearly all the text from a page and replacing
it with new text. If the client or an agent other than Wonderwave.net
attempts updating the client's pages, time to repair webpages will
be assessed at the hourly rate, and is not included as part of the
updating time. The six-month maintenance period commences upon the
date the client signs this contract.
Changes requested
by the client beyond those limits will be billed at the hourly rate
of $ 75.00. This rate shall also govern additional work authorized
beyond the maximums specified above for such services as general Internet
orientation education, marketing consulting, webpage design, editing,
modifying product pages and databases in an online store, and art,
photo, graphics services, and helping clients learn how to use their
own webpage editor. CGI programming charges (if any) are not included
in this rate.
6. Changes
to Submitted Text. Please send us your final text.
Time required to make substantive changes to client-submitted text
after the webpages have been constructed will be additional, billed
at the hourly rate.
7. Web Hosting. The
client understands that any web hosting services require a separate
contract with a web hosting service. The client agrees to select a
web hosting service which allows Wonderwave.net full access to the
website and a cgi-bin directory via FTP and telnet. The client further
understands that if the web hosting service's operating system is not
a Unix system, standard CGI software may not work, and providing a
substitute may incur additional charges.
8. Completion
Date. Wonderwave.net
and the client must work together to complete the website in a timely
manner. We agree to work expeditiously to complete the website no
later than _________________________.
If the client does
not supply Wonderwave.net complete text and graphics content all webpages
contracted for within six weeks of the date this contract was signed,
the entire amount of the contract becomes due and payable. If the client
has not submitted complete text and graphics content within two months
after signing of this contract, an additional continuation fee of 10%
of the total contract price will also be assessed each month until
the website is advertised.
9. Payment
of Fees. Fees to Wonderwave.net are due and payable on the
following schedule: 50% upon signing this contract, 50% when the
webpages have been constructed according to the client's original
written specifications. If the total amount of this contract is less
than $600, the total amount shall be paid upon signing this contract.
In case the client has not secured Web space on a web hosting service
by the time the webpages are completed, the webpages may be delivered
to the client on diskette or attached to an e-mail message. Advertising
the pages to Web search engines and updating occur only after the
final payment is made. All payments will be made in US funds.
10. Assignment
of Project. Wonderwave.net reserves the right to assign
subcontractors to this project to insure the right fit for the job
as well as on-time completion.
11. Legal
Stuff. Wonderwave.net does not warrant that the functions
contained in these webpages or the Internet website will meet the
client's requirements or that the operation of the webpages will
be uninterrupted or error-free. The entire risk as to the quality
and performance of the webpages and website is with client. In no
event will Wonderwave.net be liable to the client or any third party
for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other
incidental, consequential or special damages arising out of the operation
of or inability to operate these webpages or website, even if Wonderwave.net
has been advised of the possibility 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.
12. Copyrights
and Trademarks. The client represents to Wonderwave.net
and unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics,
photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to Wonderwave.net
for inclusion in webpages are owned by the client, or that the client
has permission from the rightful owner to use each of these elements,
and will hold harmless, protect, and defend Wonderwave.net and its
subcontractors from any claim or suit arising from the use of such
elements furnished by the client.
13. Laws Affecting
Electronic Commerce. From time to time governments enact laws
and levy taxes and tariffs affecting Internet electronic commerce.
The client agrees that the client is solely responsible for complying
with such laws, taxes, and tariffs, and will hold harmless, protect,
and defend Wonderwave.net and its subcontractors from any claim,
suit, penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client's exercise
of Internet electronic commerce.
14. Copyright
to Webpages. Copyright to the finished assembled work of
webpages produced by Wonderwave.net is owned by Wonderwave.net. Upon
final payment of this contract, the client is assigned rights to
use as a website the design, graphics, and text contained in the
finished assembled website. Rights to photos, graphics, source code,
work-up files, and computer programs are specifically not transferred
to the client, and remain the property of their respective owners.
Wonderwave.net and its subcontractors retain the right to display
graphics and other Web design elements as examples of their work
in their respective portfolios.
15. Payment
of fees. In order for Wonderwave.net to remain in business,
payments must be made promptly. Wonderwave.net reserves the right
to remove webpages from viewing on the Internet until final payment
is made. In case collection proves necessary, the client agrees to
pay all fees incurred by that process. This agreement becomes effective
only when signed by Wonderwave.net. Regardless of the place of signing
of this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue,
this contract was entered into in McHenry County, Illinois, and any
dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in McHenry County, Illinois.
16. Sole
Agreement. The agreement contained in this "Website
Design Contract" constitutes the sole agreement between Wonderwave.net
and the client regarding this website. Any additional work not specified
in this contract must be authorized by a written change order. All
prices specified in this contract will be honored for six (6) months
after both parties sign this contract. Continued services after that
time will require a new agreement.
18. Initial
Payment and Refund Policy.
The total amount
of this contract is $______________
This agreement begins
with an initial payment of $_____________. If the client halts work
and applies by registered letter for a refund within 30 days, to the
President of Wonderwave.net, 3204 Hillside Dr. Wonder Lake IL, phone
(815) 653-7873, work completed shall be billed at the hourly rate stated
above, and deducted from the initial payment, the balance of which
shall be returned to the client. If, at the time of the request for
refund, work has been completed beyond the amount covered by the initial
payment, the client shall be liable to pay for all work completed at
the hourly rate stated above. No portion of this initial payment will
be refunded unless written application is made within 30 days of signing
this contract.
The undersigned
agrees to the terms of this agreement on behalf of his or her organization
or business.
On behalf of the
client (authorized signature):
_______________________________________
Date ________________
On behalf of Wonderwave.net
(authorized signature)
_______________________________________
Date ________________
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