Ketab Corporation's 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 Ketab Corporation, a Sole Proprietor, located at 1419 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90020, 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 Ketab Corporation to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to provide Ketab Corporation 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 Ketab Corporation to publicize their completed website to Web search engines, as well as other Web directories and indexes. 2. Standard Website Package Elements. (For Standard Website Packages Only. Cross out for online stores.) Ketab Corporation includes the following elements in their Standard Website Packages:
3. Standard Website Packages only. (Cross out this section for online stores.) The content of the web pages will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client in the "Website Planning Worksheet" dated ___________ ). This website includes up to ( 5 )static web pages. In case the client desires additional standard web pages beyond the original number of pages specified above, the client agrees to pay Ketab Corporation an additional $200 for each additional webpage. Graphics or photos beyond the allowed average of 2.3 per webpage shall be billed at an additional $________ each. Where custom graphic work (beyond the scope of the "Custom Graphics Package" detailed above) is requested, it will be billed at the hourly rate specified below. The store size and additional services, and prices of each are detailed on the _____________, dated ________, 2003 ). 4. Online stores
only. (Cross out section for Standard
Website Packages.) The text and graphic content of the web pages will be
supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client in the
"Website 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
Ketab Corporation dated ____________
is attached to this document and governs the prices for this contract.
Notwithstanding any prices listed in literature or on web pages, the client
and Ketab
Corporation
agree that the services described above in
this section shall be completed for $__________________ 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.
We include e-mail/phone consultation of up to 5 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 our hourly rate.)
Product web pages, products, or photos added after the store is
ready for advertising to the Web search engines will be calculated for
actual time spent at the hourly rate specified below.
5.
Maintenance and Hourly Rate. This agreement includes minor
webpage maintenance to regular web pages (not store product pages) over a
two 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 Ketab Corporation attempts updating the client's pages,
time to repair web pages will be assessed at the hourly rate, and is not
included as part of the updating time. The two week maintenance period
commences upon the date the client's web site is officially published to
the web and all monies paid..
Changes
requested by the client beyond those limits will be billed at the
hourly rate of $65. 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 web pages have been constructed will be additional, billed at the
hourly rate.
7.
Web Hosting. The client understands that any web hosting services
may require a separate contract with a web hosting service. The client
agrees to select a web hosting service which allows Ketab Corporation 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 or NT system, standard CGI software may not
work, and providing a substitute may incur additional charges.
Non-e-commerce websites are allotted 500 mb of bandwidth each month and
will be charged $.04 per MB overage. Online stores or Commercial web sites
are allotted 1 GIG of transfer and will be charged $.05 per MB overage or
set up on a custom plan that accommodates bandwidth needs.
8.
Completion Date.
Ketab Corporation 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 21 DAYS from Initial Contract Approval and
initial 60% of Total Project Fee Deposit Paid.
If the client
does not supply Ketab Corporation complete text and graphics content
all web pages contracted for within four 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 six
weeks 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 published. 9.
Payment of Fees. Fees to Ketab Corporation are due and
payable on the following schedule: 75% upon signing this contract, 25%
when the web pages have been constructed and proofed according to the
client's original written specifications unless other arrangements have
been agreed upon. The web site will be published on the World Wide Web
once all monies due are paid. If the total amount of this Agreement is
less than $600, the total amount shall be paid upon signing this
Agreement. In case the client has not secured Web space on a web hosting
service by the time the web pages are completed, the web pages 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. Ketab Corporation 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. Ketab Corporation does not warrant that the
functions contained in these web pages or the Internet website will meet
the client's requirements or that the operation of the web pages will be
uninterrupted or error-free. The entire risk as to the quality and
performance of the web pages and website is with client. In no event will
Ketab Corporation (ketab.com ) 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 web pages or website, even if
Ketab Corporation 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 Ketab Corporation and
unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics, photos,
designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to Ketab Corporation
for inclusion in web pages 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 Ketab Corporation 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
Ketab Corporation and its subcontractors from any claim, suit,
penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client's exercise of Internet
electronic commerce.
14.
Copyright to Web pages. Copyright to the finished assembled work
of web pages produced by Ketab Corporation is owned by Ketab Corporation. 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. Ketab Corporation 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 Ketab Corporation to remain
in business, payments must be made promptly. Delinquent bills will be
assessed a $25 charge if payment is not received within 10 days of the due
date. Ketab Corporation reserves the right to remove web pages from viewing on the
Internet until final payment is made. If an amount remains
delinquent 30 days after its due date, an additional 5% penalty will be
added for each month of delinquency and the website will be
"turned off from public viewing with a Splash Page
stating that the web site is undergoing routine maintenance. Any statement
from the client that payment will not be made in the future, then Ketab
Corporation reserves the right to "turn off " the web site at any
given time past the actual due date. If an amount remains delinquent 60
days after its due date, all files will be removed from the server and no
duplication rights or usage will be granted. In case
collection proves necessary, the client agrees to pay all fees incurred by
that process. This Agreement becomes effective immediately upon web site
publishing and clients are encouraged to read Agreement terms carefully
and thoroughly and ask questions to
Ketab Corporation if they should arise. Regardless of the place of reading
/ signing of this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue,
this contract was entered into in Los Angeles County, California, and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated
in Los Angeles County, California. Please pay on time.
16.
Sole Agreement. The agreement contained in this "Web Site
Design Agreement" constitutes the sole agreement between Ketab
Corporation, its subcontractors, 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 12 months after all 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 Agreement 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 Sole Proprietor of Ketab Corporation, 1419 Westwood Boulevard, Los
Angeles, California, phone (310) 477-7477, 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 above
also applies to upfront hosting fees. No refunds for hosting will be made
after 60 days unless server logs demonstrate that the web site was not
accessible via a standard internet browser viewable for a period more than
10%. 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 Ketab Corporation (authorized signature)
_______________________________________ Date ________________
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