Terms and Conditions
Billing Policies
½ payment for all website designs and redesigns is due upon signing of contract and prior to any work, final ½ payment is due upon completion of website and prior to website launch.
The client is responsible for all payments/invoices, which are due upon receipt. Should the client not make all payments within 30 days, Webleaps will hold the right to charge a late fee of 1.5% per month or $5.00 (whichever is greater) for any late or absent payments not met within 30 days.
Invoices that are not paid in full by the next billing cycle will incur a 1.5% per month or $5.00 (whichever is greater) late fee, whichever is greater. This late charge will be added every month the invoice remains unpaid.
If payments are consistently late WebLeaps reserves the right to require automatic payments plus an additional processing fee or termination of services.
All content and pictures for projects must sent to WebLeaps within 1 month of signing the contract. If this information is not received then the client will be responsible for any final payment(s) and WebLeaps will relinquish any responsibilities to complete the website.
Hosting
Website hosting is due prior to the first of the month for which the website will be hosted. All hosting is due prior to the 1st of the month in order to keep the website active for that month. If payment is not received this will result in the suspension of the website. The website may be put back up upon receipt of the full payment and any late fees that are due. If payments are consistently late WebLeaps reserves the right to terminate hosting, discontinue all services and receive all backpayment and late fees.
Shared Hosting
The majority of businesses utilize our standard website hosting package. If you have our standard website hosting pacakage and your website uses excessive bandwidth or other resources, including but not limited to data transfer, processes, then we reserve the right to require you to upgrade to a Virtual Private Server(VPS), dedicated server, or find other hosting services.
Managed WordPress Hosting
WordPress websites hosted by WebLeaps we require monthly updates and security updates as they are released which are included with our Managed WordPress hosting package. For grandfathered sites you are responsible to keep your WordPress website including the core, theme and all plugins up to date. If they are not kept up to date and your website is hacked your website will be suspended/removed. You are responsible to replace any infected files/database entries or pay WebLeaps to do.
Domain Name Renewals
All domain name renewals are due 30 days prior to their expiration date. If payment is not received, we will NOT renew the domain name. If a domain name expires hosting and emails will NOT be active. It is imperative that domain name renewals are paid on time to keep the website hosting and emails active. You may at any time transfer your domain name to a different registrar where you would be responsible to renew the domain name and make payments directly to the registrar.
Payment Options
Webleaps accepts checks, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Paypal, direct bank transfers via Paypal and cash(not via mail).
Late/nonpayment
If payment is not made by the due date(30 days after invoice date) then a 1.5% per month or $5.00 (whichever is greater) late fee will be added to the bill.
If payment for website hosting overdue exceeds 30 days past due for hosting then the website will be cancelled and all emails, content, pictures, graphics become property of Webleaps and a minimum $50 charge will be added.
This policy is nonnegotiable.
Cancellation
Account cancellation results from non-payment or violation of terms of service. Webleaps will remove all files, including graphics, photographs, files, unread emails.
Your Content
Site Ownership
When you purchase a website from Webleaps all files, images, programming, content is your property. If terms are violated or payment is not made Webleaps receives ownership of the website, related materials, emails, etc.
Site Content
WebLeaps does not assume any responsibility for the content of websites created or modified by WebLeaps. All graphics, photographs, text, video and any other material is the responsibility of the client. Client assumes all responsibility for their Website content.
Documents and Photographs
All documents and photographs that are given to Webleaps to be used for designs will not be returned so please only give us copies of the originals. We will make a copy of the content and will always attempt to return the originals but takes no responsibilty if the property is damaged, lost, stolen or not returned.
