Between Solomon Media and Management, LLC And [CLIENT]

Summary:

We’ll always do our best to fulfill your needs and meet your expectations, but it’s important to have things written down so that we both know what’s what, who should do what and when, and what will happen if something goes wrong.

You won’t find any complicated legal terms or long passages of unreadable text in this contract. We have no desire to trick you into signing something you might regret later. We do want what’s best for both parties, so in short;

You ([CLIENT]) (“You”), located at

[CLIENT ADDRESS]

are hiring us (Solomon Media & Management, LLC) (“We or Us”) to:

Design and configure a 1-page web site

For the price of $750 as outlined in previous correspondence.

What both parties agree to

You: You have the authority to enter into this contract on behalf of yourself, your company or your organization. You’ll give us the assets and information we need to complete the project. You’ll do this when we ask and provide the formats we ask for. You’ll review our work, provide feedback and approval in a timely manner. Deadlines work two ways, so you’ll also be bound by dates we set together. You also agree to stick to the payment schedule at the end of this contract.

Us: We have the experience and ability to deliver everything we’ve agreed to with you and we’ll do it all in a professional and timely manner. We’ll strive to meet every deadline that’s set and on top of that we’ll maintain the confidentiality of everything you give us.

By signing this contract, you agree to the following:

Design services

 We’ll create a responsive website layout or design which adapt to the capabilities of many devices and screen sizes.

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to review our work and provide feedback. We’ll share either a Dropbox, Google Drive folder or in-progress site with you. We’ll have regular, weekly contact by phone, email, or video conference.

If—at any stage—you change your mind about our deliverables or aren’t happy with our work, you’ll pay us in full for the time we’ve spent working with you. Then, we agree to terminate this contract.

Written content

We will create initial text or images to upload to your website. We provide professional copywriting and editing services, so if you’d like us to create, edit, or input additional or ongoing content for you, we’ll provide a separate estimate.

Graphics and photographs

You will supply graphics and image files in an editable, vector digital format including Adobe Illustrator (Ai) or EPS. You will provide high resolution digital photographs. If your images are not suitable for display on your website, or if your design requires additional images, we will use stock images.

Changes and revisions

2 rounds of revisions are included when we provide the final draft of your website. Our price is based on the number of weeks we estimate are needed to deliver everything included in the website design / launch package you selected. If you change your mind, adding extra work won’t be a problem and we’re happy to be flexible. We’ll provide a separate estimate for any additional work.

Testing

 You understand that browser testing does not mean attempting to make a website look the same in browsers of different capabilities or on devices with different size screens. You agree it does mean ensuring someone’s experience of a design should be appropriate to the capabilities of their browser or device.

We will test your website design using the latest versions of:

- iOS: Safari on iPhone and iPad

- Android: Google Chrome

We won’t test specific Android devices, or other mobile browsers unless we agreed separately. If you need us to test using alternative devices, we will provide a separate estimate.

Delivery and backup

At the start of the project, we will set up a shared Dropbox folder. We’ll use this folder to deliver any files or images. Once the project is finished, you will be responsible for retaining these files as we will not keep copies indefinitely.

Search engine optimization (SEO)

 You understand that we don’t guarantee improvements to your search engine ranking, but that the websites we develop are accessible to search engines.

Hosting

If you don’t already have hosting or a domain, we will recommend a hosting provider and a domain provider. We will set up your initial hosting account and transfer the account to you when the project is finished. Alternatively, you may set up your own account and provide us access to that account.

Setting up your website on a server and adding analytics software is included in our price. After that, updates to your website and management of your hosting and domain and related services will be up to you.

Legal stuff and nonsense

We carry out work in accordance with good industry practice and at the standard expected from qualified people with relevant experience. That said, we can’t guarantee our work will be free from errors. We won’t be liable to you or any third-party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages, even if you’ve advised us of them.

Your liability to us will be limited only to the price stated in this contract. You won’t be liable to us or any third-party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages, even if we’ve advised you of them.

Finally, if any provision of this contract shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this contract and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Intellectual property rights

You guarantee the written content you provide is original, or that you have the rights to use it. You also guarantee you have licenses to use images which are owned by photographers or have been purchased from stock libraries. You agree to protect us from any claim by owners of copyrighted material. When our work requires licensed fonts or images from stock libraries, we’ll ask you to purchase them so you’ll be licensed to use them.

We guarantee our work is original. When you’ve paid us in full—and if this contract hasn’t been terminated—we’ll assign intellectual property rights to you as follows:

You’ll own the graphic files we produce during your project. We’ll give you permission to use these files for any purpose.

We’ll own the unique combination of elements which constitute the complete design. We’ll license it to you, exclusively and in perpetuity, for this project only.

Displaying our work

 We reserve the right to display any aspect of our work as long as doing so doesn’t breach any confidentiality agreement. This may include sketches, work-in-progress designs and the finished project on our website, in magazine articles, or in books.

Payment schedule

You understand how important it is for a small business that you pay your bills promptly. We’re also sure you’ll want to stay friends, so you agree to stick tightly to the following payment schedule.

First Payment (Required to Begin Project): 50% of Total Project Fee

Second Payment (Required for Final Project Turn-over): Remaining Project Fees

Our payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice. We issue invoices electronically and our payment details will be included. Our invoices will be in US Dollars. If your currency is different, you agree your payments will be the same value in US Dollars.

You agree to pay all charges associated with international transfers of funds. We reserve the right to charge interest on all overdue debts at the rate of 10% per month or part of a month.

The small print

Neither of us can transfer this contract to anyone else without the other’s permission.

We both agree to adhere to laws and regulations in relation to our activities under this contract and not to cause the other to breach any relevant laws or regulations.

This contract stays in place and need not be renewed. Although its language is simple, the intentions are serious and this contract is a legal document under exclusive jurisdiction of US courts.

Payment of initial project deposit will constitute acceptance of this agreement.

Payment date for initial project deposit will serve as effective date of this agreement.