Website Design, Hosting, Maintenance Contact Agreement.
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Contact Name _______________________________________________________
Phone __________________________________ FAX ________________________
Company/Client ______________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________________
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City ______________ State ____________ Pin code_______ Country _________
E-mail address _____________________________________________________
Present or your new WWW URL (if any):
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Our desire is to delight the client. One way is to make clear our understandings with each other. These are the terms of our agreement together:
1. Authorization. The above-named client is engaging Shukla Designs & Technologies, a sole proprietor, located at 56, Hari Bhau Upadhyay Nagar Main, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, 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 or on Shukla Designs & Technologies servers. The client hereby authorizes Shukla Designs & Technologies to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to provide Shukla Designs & Technologies 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. The client also authorizes Shukla Designs & Technologies to publicize their completed website to Web search engines, as well as other Web directories and indexes.
2. Standard Website Package Elements. (For Starter Website Packages Only. Cross out for online stores.) Shukla Designs & Technologies includes the following elements in their Starter Website Packages:
E-mail/phone consultation (Up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web design consultation, and helping clients learn to use their own webpage editor. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at Rs. 300.00 per 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. Masthead graphic on first page (simple custom graphic incorporating company logo). Top-of-page graphic for all other pages in your website. Colorful lines and bullets, and colored and textured background.
Photos and other misc. graphic images supplied by client (up to an average of 3 included per page in standard websites and "regular" online store pages, in addition to masthead and top-of-page graphic. Color originals larger than 5" x 8" are extra).
Installation of WebPages on the client's web hosting service.
Minor updates and changes to existing WebPages for 2 weeks, subject to the limits outlined below. Additional changes billed at Rs. 300.00 per hourly rate. For online stores, this includes only "regular" pages, not product pages or the ordering system pages.
Site publicity to major Web search engines such as Google and Yahoo etc.
E-mail response link on each webpage to any e-mail address the client designates.
Feedback or guest book form (Basic CGI program included. Includes up to 20 fields. Extra charges may be incurred if the client's web hosting service does not use a Unix operating system. Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6 pages. This is not included in online stores, since the shopping cart software is a functional equivalent.)
Image Map for internal navigation (Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6 pages.)
3. Starter Website Packages only. (Cross out this section for online stores.) 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies an additional Rs. 300 for each additional webpage. Graphics or photos beyond the allowed average of 1.3 per webpage shall be billed at an additional Rs. 200 each. Where custom graphic work (beyond the scope of the "Custom Graphics Package" detailed above) is requested, it will be billed at Rs. 300 per hourly rate specified below. The store size and additional services, and prices of each are detailed on the attached estimate.
4. Online stores only. (Cross out this section for Starter Website Packages.) The text and graphic content of the webpages will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client in the "webpage Planning Worksheet" dated _______________. and the Store Planning Worksheet dated _____________. It is understood that total prices calculated below are likely to vary from the final amount due to different quantities of products, categories, photos, regular pages, etc. in the final store. An Estimate from Shukla Designs & Technologies dated ____________ is attached to this document and governs the prices for this contract. Notwithstanding any prices listed in literature or on webpages, the client and Shukla Designs & Technologies agree that the services described above in this section shall be completed for Rs.___________ and upon this amount the first payment shall be determined. The final payment shall reflect and include all elements actually completed at the prices attached. (Not to include hosting or maintenance charges).
We include e-mail/phone consultation of up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web design consultation, and helping clients learn to use the store software. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at Rs. 300 per hourly rate.)
Product webpages, products, or photos added after the store is ready for advertising to the Web search engines will be calculated for actual time spent at Rs. 300 per hourly rate specified below.
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5. Maintenance at Rs. 300 per Hourly Rate.
Web Site Maintenance Policy: We maintain a current local backup copy of your web site. "Maintenance" is defined as keeping the web site current. It is not intended to be a redesign or revamp.
Updates are completed within 24 hours of the time they are received, except weekends and holidays. Updates received after 3:00pm MST may not be completed until the next business day unless prior arrangements have been made. Time is based on actual total time involved in completing the updates at the time of billing (usually on or about the 15th of the month). There is a 2 hour minimum charge of Rs. 600.00 for updates made during any given monthly billing cycle. If no updates or changes have been requested, there is no monthly fee for maintenance.
NO Yearly Contract: There is a 2 hour minimum charge of Rs.600.00 for updates made during any given monthly billing cycle. If no updates or changes have been requested, there is no monthly fee for maintenance.
With a Yearly Contract: Desired Image offers a yearly maintenance plan for regular monthly maintenance. Rs 5000.00 per year paid in advance. Equal to one hour per a 12 month period at Rs. 415.00 per hour.
Although we make every effort to make accurate changes, it is the client's responsibility to review updates and notify us of any necessary changes that need to be made. We do not charge for changes that are our fault. However, if a change needs to be made due to client error, the regular hourly update fees will be charged.
We reserve the right to distinguish between "updates" and "new design". New design work is charged at our design rate. Updates should be provided electronically (by email) as much as possible. Attachments should be in .txt or .doc (Word) format. Pictures need to be .jpg or .gif. Updates may also be sent by postal mail or by fax. These require retyping data or scanning photos and will cost more to complete the changes.
NOTE:Your web site may be using third-party components (web site trackers, weather info-feeds, etc.). We have no control over what third party sites do and take no responsibility for loss of information due to actions of these sites. Any changes to your site stemming from regulations of these third party components will be billed at the normal hourly rate. (Example, A retail site might be connected to Authorize.net. If Authorize.net requires changes in the code, this will be billed as normal maintenance fees.) Contact us for details....
Results may vary. Success in ANY business is a result of hard work, time and a variety of other factors. No express or implied guarantees of income, search engine ranking, or web site traffic are made when purchasing web site development services.
Website maintenance Package Yearly Rs. 7200.00
Sign:__________________________________________________
Website maintenance Package Monthly Rs. 600.00 per hour rate.
Sign:__________________________________________________
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This agreement includes minor webpage maintenance to regular webpages (not store product pages) over a 2 week 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies attempts updating the client's pages, time to repair webpages will be assessed at Rs. 300 per hourly rate, and is not included as part of the updating time. The 2 week 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 Rs. 300. 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 Rs. 300 per hourly rate.
7. Web Hosting. The client understands that any web hosting services require a separate contract with a web hosting service of your choice or with Shukla Designs & Technologies. The client agrees to select a web hosting service which allows Shukla Designs & Technologies 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. Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Month_________Day_________Year____________. This date does NOT reflect any requested additions made to the site on or before completion. This would only prolong the completion date. One Year Free Maintenance Period shall be counted after one month of the issuance of orders for website designing. It will NOT be counted from the date of hosting of website.
If the client does not supply Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Rs. 15,000, the total amount shall be paid upon signing this contract. If the website design or upgrade is more than 15 pages, the full amount of the website is due prior to development. 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. Shukla Designs & Technologies 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. Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies and unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies is owned by Shukla Designs & Technologies. 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. Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies to remain in business, payments must be made promptly. Delinquent bills will be assessed a Rs. 500 charge if payment is not received within 10 days of the due date. Same charges apply to Shukla Designs & Technologies hosting and or maintenance agreements. If an amount remains delinquent 30 days after its due date, an additional 15% penalty will be added for each month of delinquency. Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Shukla Designs & Technologies. Regardless of the place of signing of this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue, this contract was entered into in Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Ajmer City, Rajasthan, India. Please pay on time.
16. Sole Agreement. The agreement contained in this "Website Design Contract" constitutes the sole agreement between Shukla Designs & Technologies 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 Rs.___________
This agreement begins with an initial payment of Rs.____________. However, if the website consist of more than 15 pages, a full total payment must be made prior to the web page development. If the client halts work and applies by registered letter for a refund within 30 days, to the Director of Shukla Designs & Technologies, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, work completed shall be billed at Rs. 300 per 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 Rs. 300 per 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):
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On behalf of Shukla Designs & Technologies (authorized signature)
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SEO Optimization Service - Terms and Conditions

Important! Please Read This Entire Section Carefully.

Definitions: "You/Your" means you, the user of this service. "We/Us/Our" means Shukla Designs & Technologies (www.shukladesigns.com) who provide this site.
In order to achieve the best possible results from search engine optimization, we require that you agree to the following terms and conditions:

We must have the ability to optimize the structure and content of your web pages. Such changes generally have a minimal visual impact. We will work directly with you in order to maintain the original look and feel of your website.

You must provide us with log-on information (username and password) to allow us to gain FTP or other log-in access to your website. We will maintain confidentiality of log-in information.

You must inform your webmaster or anyone else who has access to the Web site that we are performing SEO services on the site.

You must inform us of any changes made to your site website while we are optimizing it. We are not responsible for changes made to the website by other parties that may adversely affect the search engine rankings of your website.

We do not work with websites related with such subjects as;

• Adult-related websites.
• Gambling-related websites.
• Pharmaceutical-related websites.
• Foreign language websites (Presently we only offer website promotion only for websites in english.)
• Websites with less than 3 pages of content (300 words minimum, does not include any forms pages, Contact” pages, or “About” pages).