Terms, Conditions & Policies
Section 1) Warranties and Liability:
XTRAMILE, INC. guarantees the functionality of the website for a period of one year
starting from the delivery day. However, this warranty will be void if anyone other
than XTRAMILE, INC. modifies, maintains, or changes the code of the website. XTRAMILE, INC.
does not warrant nor guarantee the success of the website in regards to user
traffic, revenue generation or search engine results. If provided for in the Project
Agreement, XTRAMILE, INC. agrees to make all best efforts in marketing and supporting
the promotion of the website but cannot guarantee user responsiveness nor search
engine position.
Section 2) Complaints: Informal complaint procedure:
CLIENTS experiencing problems with any product or service provided by XTRAMILE, INC.
should raise the matter immediately via e-mail to XTRAMILE, INC. management
by using the form in the "Contact Us" page. CLIENTS should provide sufficient information
to locate the material in question and clearly outline the grounds for the complaint.
XTRAMILE, INC. will subsequently approach the individual responsible for the complaint
with a view to resolving the matter to the satisfaction of the complainant. Formal
complaint procedure: The formal complaints procedure should only be used where the
complainant feels that the nature of the complaint is too serious to be dealt with
informally or where a satisfactory conclusion has not been reached after following
the informal procedure above. A formal complaint should be made in writing, via
email (legal@{'DomainName'}), who will acknowledge receipt with an initial response
via e-mail within five (5) business days and ensure that the a full and considered
response to the complaint will be completed within twenty (20) business days and
any subsequent remedy implemented with the minimum of delay.
Section 3) Refunds: The Initial Project Deposit
is non-refundable under any and all circumstances except cancellation, in writing,
within 5 business days of the Project Agreement being signed (subject to cancellation
policy details outlined in this document). Refunds for work paid for above and beyond
what the non-refundable Initial Project Deposit covers may be granted at
XTRAMILE, INC.'s discretion, but hours worked thus far within a project will be billed pro-rate
at our standard hourly rates. If you meet the refund eligibility requirements, you
must request a refund in writing via email (sales@{'DomainName'}) to XTRAMILE, INC.
who will acknowledge receipt with an initial response via e-mail within five (5)
business days and ensure that a refund is granted, if applicable, within twenty
(20) business days.
Section 4) Initial Project Deposit: A non-refundable
deposit for at least 50% of a project is required from every new client before any
work is carried out. This non-refundable deposit functions as a "time block reservation",
reserving XTRAMILE, INC. staff, affiliates, partners, and contractors for the project.
This deposit is non-refundable under all circumstances, except when following the
formal cancellation procedure, subject to XTRAMILE, INC. standard cancellation fees.
Section 5) Payments: It is the
XTRAMILE, INC. policy that any outstanding accounts for work carried out by XTRAMILE, INC.
or its contractors, partners, and affiliates are required to be paid in full, no
later than twenty (20) business days from the date of the Invoice unless by prior
arrangement with XTRAMILE, INC. Once the Initial Project Deposit is paid, the remaining
project balance is due within 40 business days of the date of the Initial Project
Deposit or when the project is completed, whichever comes first.
CLIENT is eligible for at least a 3% project discount if total project balance is
paid at project beginning point. If accounts are not settled or XTRAMILE, INC. has
not been contacted regarding the delay, access to the related website or project
may be denied and web pages removed. XTRAMILE, INC. then reserves the right to utilize
a collection service, arbitration, or litigation to collect payment and fees, if
applicable.
Section 6) Cancellation: If CLIENT wishes to cancel
his/her project, he/she may do so in writing via fax 888-851-8351 only within
the first five (5) business days after Initial Project Deposit has been received
by XTRAMILE, INC. Any work done thus far on the project will be deducted from the
Initial Project Deposit and billed at our standard hourly rates. If the work that
has been completed is beyond the amount covered in the Initial Project Deposit,
the CLIENT shall be liable to pay for all work completed at our standard hourly
rates. Additionally, a 15% cancellation fee will be assessed and deducted before
a refund of the remaining balance is made. If CLIENT violates Project Agreement
(e.g. doesn't follow content requirements or exercises non-payment of fees), XTRAMILE, INC.
reserves the right to cancel the project at any time.
Section 7) Scope / Work Increase: An increase
in the original scope of work outlined in the Cost Planning Estimate may require
additional fees at our standard hourly rates. Also, pages, design hours, features,
revision cycles, etc. above and beyond that which was quoted in the Cost Planning
Estimate may require additional fees at our standard hourly rates. Changes or derivations
from original Project Questionnaire and/or Cost Planning Estimate may require additional
fees at our standard hourly rates. CLIENT will be notified in advance before the
occurrence of any additional fee assessments.
Section 8) Maintenance: Unless XTRAMILE, INC.
and CLIENT enters into a formal Website Maintenance Agreement (contained within
its own document), website maintenance is the sole responsibility of the CLIENT.
Section 9) Non-Disclosure / Confidentiality:
XTRAMILE, INC. agrees that they shall not during, or any time after terminating the relationship
with CLIENT use for themselves or others, or disclose or divulge to others, any
confidential information of the CLIENT's. For purposes of the Project Agreement,
confidential information shall include any and all information that is of a proprietary,
confidential or trade secret nature, of strategic importance, or is otherwise considered
to be confidential or proprietary by the releasing party. Confidential information
will include items such as business plans, marketing plans and strategies, formula,
processes, data, software source codes, financial information, customer lists, and
all other information deemed confidential by the parties. Confidential information
shall not include items that are generally available to the public, generally known
in the industry, exist in the public domain, is learned from an outside source independent
from the relationship established by the Project Agreement or was known prior to
the entering of the Project Agreement.
Section 10) Expiration: If client chooses to neglect
sending final and complete website content and filled out Project Questionnaire
according to the XTRAMILE, INC. content delivery requirements, after twenty (20)
business days the Project Agreement will be considered breached and XTRAMILE, INC.
reserves the right to: 1) cancel the project and retain the 50% deposit, 2) retain
the project and assess a 5% expiration fee every five (5) business days final content
/ questionnaire is not received and will be no longer able to guarantee or ensure
a prompt project time-line, 3) retain the project without assessing an expiration
fee, but XTRAMILE, INC. will no longer be able to guarantee or ensure a prompt project
time-line, as XTRAMILE, INC. project scheduling is reliant upon prompt delivery
of content/questionnaire by client as designers/developers are "reserved" for a
set period of time.
Section 11) Authorship Credit: XTRAMILE, INC.
includes a byline and link on the bottom of CLIENT's website(s) establishing authorship
credit (e.g. "Website Design By XtraMile Inc.") and must be removed
at any time upon request by XTRAMILE, INC.
Section 12) Laws Affecting E-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 XTRAMILE, INC. and its
subcontractors from any claim, suit, penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the CLIENT's
use of e-commerce.
Section 13) Liability / Indemnification: CLIENT
hereby agrees than any material submitted for publication will not contain anything
leading to an abusive or unethical use of the services provided by XTRAMILE, INC.
Abusive and unethical materials and uses include, but are not limited to, pornography,
obscenity, nudity, violations of privacy, computer viruses, any harassing and harmful
material or uses, any illegal activity, or material advocating illegal activity,
and any infringement of privacy or libel. CLIENT hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless XTRAMILE, INC. from any claim resulting from CLIENT's publication
of material or use of those materials. CLIENT hereby agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless XTRAMILE, INC. in any claim resulting from the submission of illegal materials.
If XTRAMILE, INC. shall acquire an Internet domain name on behalf of the CLIENT,
then in such case CLIENT hereby waives any and all claims which it may have against
XTRAMILE, INC., for any loss, damage, claim, or expense arising out of or in relation
to the registration of such domain name in any on-line or off-line network directories,
membership lists or registration lists, or the release of the domain name from such
directories or lists following the termination of providing of this service by
XTRAMILE, INC. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall XTRAMILE, INC., its offices,
agents, or anyone else involved in creating, producing, or distributing its services,
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages
that result from the use or inability to use XTRAMILE, INC.'s services; or that results
from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion, or loss files or data, errors,
defects, delays in operation, or of performance, whether or not limited to acts
of God, communication failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access XTRAMILE, INC.'s
records, programs, or services. CLIENT maintains sole responsibility for data back-ups
and restoration. CLIENT hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all
content of XTRAMILE, INC.'s services. Notwithstanding the above, CLIENT's exclusive remedies
for all damages, losses, and causes of actions whether in Project Agreement, or
including negligence, or otherwise, shall not exceed aggregate dollar amount that
CLIENT paid during the term of the Project Agreement and any reasonable attorney's
fee and court costs.
Section 14) Proprietary Rights: XTRAMILE, INC.
agrees that designs developed and implemented for the CLIENT will be the sole and
exclusive property of the CLIENT.
Section 15) Image Usage and Purchases:
CLIENT is responsible for purchasing any and all images used if CLIENT does not
have ownership.
Section 16) Litigation: Any disputes arising from
this contract will be arbitrated or litigated in Anaheim, California. This Project
Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of California,
USA.
Section 17) Time-lines: XTRAMILE, INC. does not guarantee or promise specific delivery dates or time-lines unless
in writing, in the Project Agreement, where CLIENT is subject to Guaranteed Delivery
Fee. When this Guaranteed Delivery Fee is assessed and XTRAMILE, INC. fails to meet
the delivery requirements (and client has met their corresponding Content Delivery
Requirements) XTRAMILE, INC. will refund a percentage of the project amount based
on the Project Agreement. Time-line estimations
should be adjusted based on actual content delivery time by CLIENT, actual number
and length of revision cycles, and higher-complexity requirements. XTRAMILE, INC.
does not guarantee or promise delivery dates or time-lines unless otherwise stated
in writing in the Project Agreement.
Section 18) Client Ownership: CLIENT shall retain
all right, title and interest including copyright and other proprietary or intellectual
property rights to their completed project.
Section 19) Right of Refusal: XTRAMILE, INC. reserves
the right to refuse to construct a website which we may judge as unfit due to content
or otherwise. This includes, but is not limited by, sites containing adult oriented
material such as pornography, sites which promote hatred towards persons belonging
to any ethnic group, religion or sexual orientation and sites which infringe copyright
or are contrary to US laws.
Section 20) Prices/Rates: XTRAMILE, INC. reserves
the right to alter prices/rates at any time without notice. If CLIENT has purchased
any products or services from XTRAMILE, INC. prior to a change in prices/rates,
that purchase will not be subject to any increase, but any subsequent purchases
may be subject to an increase.
Section 21) Returned Payments / Charge Backs:
Any payment(s) returned by a bank or credit card company will incur a fifty dollar
($50) administration charge. This will be invoiced and will be added to the total
outstanding debt owed by CLIENT. All bank disputes and bank issued charge backs
result in the complete cancellation of CLIENT's account. All bank disputes and charge
backs are reported to the issuer's credit agency.
Section 22) Content Delivery Requirements: Project
Questionnaire: After Initial Project Deposit is received by XTRAMILE, INC. will promptly (within three (3) business days) e-mail Project Questionnaire
link. CLIENT has twenty (20) business days after Initial Project Deposit is made
to submit final, proofread Project Questionnaire to XTRAMILE, INC. Changes or derivations
from Project Questionnaire submitted will be subject to additional fees based on
our standard hourly rates. Text: All text must be delivered inside of the Project
Content Word Document in Microsoft Word Document format. Text must be final version,
but XTRAMILE, INC. will proofread content. Images: All images should be included
in the Project Content Word Document placed in the document where CLIENT desires
images to be placed on the website and XTRAMILE, INC. will assist as well. Images
should be delivered via email or CD-ROM (2230 W. Lincoln Ave. Suite #118, Anaheim,
CA 92801-6509), in "zipped" or "archived" format, with each image appropriately labeled
(e.g. "Home_Page_Top_Right_Image.jpg"). Logo: CLIENT logo should be delivered as
a "source file" that is enlargeable and editable. Example source file formats include
.png, .tiff, .eps, and .psd. Logo can be delivered via Basecamp (in "zipped" or
"archived" format) or CD-ROM. E-Commerce Content: If Project Agreement is for an
e-commerce related project, CLIENT must also provide ten (10) category titles and
ten (10) product titles (also a description, code, picture, etc.), inside of a
E-Commerce Content Word Document in Microsoft Word format to XTRAMILE, INC. via
Basecamp (in "zipped" or "archived" format) or CD-ROM.
Section 23) Internet Marketing: All Internet marketing
and/or search engine related products and services are provided without guaranteed
results. XTRAMILE, INC. can in no way control search engine(s) and therefore cannot
provide guarantees on any results or search engine predictions.
Section 24) Privacy Policy: XTRAMILE, INC. will
NOT collect any personal information about you unless you choose to provide us with
such information (in the form of a proposal request, etc.) If you do provide us
with your personal information, either by requesting a cost-planning estimate, emailing
us or otherwise contacting us, your information will only be used internally or
for sales overtures we initiate. We occasionally share new lead information to our
exclusive web design partners if we cannot service your project at that time so
they can contact you in order to see if their services present an appropriate match
as an alternative. Should you choose to hire us, we may share your information with
certain third parties in the course of providing services (such as domain name registration,
Internet marketing campaigns, web hosting, etc.) As with most Web servers on the
internet, certain information is automatically collected and recorded. This includes,
but is not limited to: your IP address (and hostname if available), the date and
time you accessed our website, and the type of browser and operating system you
use. These are stored in a "log" file, which are private and the contents of which
will not be released to a third party without your explicit consent.
Section 25) Copyrights: All text, designs, and
imagery on this website are copyright 2007 XtraMile, Inc.. This
website and all marketing materials has been registered with the Federal Government.
Any components of this website may not be written, transmitted, or reproduced without
the express written consent of XtraMile, Inc.
Section 26) Trademarks: The name and logo,
is a trademark of XtraMile, Inc.
Section 27) Licensing: XtraMile, Inc. is
licensed to operate business
from Anaheim, CA.