Dailey Web Design wants first and foremost to please our clients by doing our best to meet your expectations of professional quality and service.  In order to maintain your trust and satisfaction with our company we have very clearly delineated the terms of our business relationship. These are the terms of our agreement together:

1. Authorization

The above-named client is engaging Dailey Web Design, a partnership, located at 1235 Hogansville Rd. Suite 432, Lagrange, Georgia 30241, 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 or on a web hosting service's computer. The client hereby authorizes Dailey Web Design to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to provide Dailey Web Design 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 Dailey Web Design to publicize their completed website to Web search engines, as well as other Web directories and indexes.

2. Basic Website Package Elements

Dailey Web Design includes the following elements in their Basic Website Package:

• E-mail/phone consultation -- up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, and Web design consultation. Telephone long distance charges are in addition to package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at our hourly rate.

• Words of text supplied by the client -- 200 words per page approximate maximum if not supplied via electronic medium (e.g. disc, email with attached Microsoft Word document, etc.)  Webpages with 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 (not a maximum) of 2.5 links per page.

• Custom graphics package -- masthead graphic on first page (simple custom
  graphic incorporating your existing company logo). Top-of-page graphic for all other pages in your website.  Colorful lines and bullets and colored/textured background.

• Photos and other miscellaneous graphics -- these images are to be supplied by client, with 2 per page maximum in basic websites (these being in addition to the masthead and top-of-page graphic).  Graphics can be provided in file or physical form.

• Web hosting -- six months of hosting is included with the basic package and additional web hosting can be provided through a maintenance contract offered at the end of the basic web design service contract.

• Basic updating service -- small changes can be made to any preexisting webpage for six months after this agreement is signed.  These changes are subject to the limits outlined below. Additional changes billed at hourly rate.

• Site publicity -- the client’s site will be posted to at least a dozen major Web search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSeek, WebCrawler, Lycos, HotBot, etc.

• E-mail response link -- provided on each webpage the client designates and to any e-mail address provided by the client (limit one email response link per page). We can also provide custom email services for your domain (e.g. yourname@yourcompany.com).  We will provide up to 5 pop email addresses for your domain.

3. Content

The content of the webpages will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client.  This website includes up to 6 pages. If the client desires additional standard webpages beyond the original number of pages specified above, the client agrees to pay Dailey Web Design an additional $30 for each additional webpage. Graphics or photos beyond the allowed 2 per webpage shall be billed at an additional $10 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.

4. Maintenance and Hourly Rate

This agreement includes minor webpage maintenance to regular webpages (not store product pages) over a six-month 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 Dailey Web Design attempts updating the client's pages themselves, time to repair webpages will be assessed at the hourly rate and is not included as part of the updating time. The six-month 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 $30. 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, and graphics services.

 
5. Changes to Submitted Text

Please send us your final text by _______________, as the time required to make major changes to client-submitted text after the webpages have been constructed will be additional and billed at the hourly rate.

6. Completion Date

Dailey Web Design and the client must work together to complete the website in a timely manner. We agree to work expeditiously to complete the website’s design within 10 business days after receiving this contract signed by the client.  Once the site design is completed and approved by the client there will be a 72 hour delay before it appears on the web.  There is also a delay before your page will appear in all search engines, as their servers take time to update their webpage database.

If the client does not supply Dailey Web Design complete text and graphics content for all webpages contracted 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 Dailey Web Design has received the complete text and graphics content for all webpages.

7. Payment of Fees

Fees to Dailey Web Design 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.  Advertising the pages to Web search engines, posting to a domain, email services, and updating occur only after the final payment is made. All payments will be made in US funds.

8. Assignment of Project

Dailey Web Design reserves the right to assign subcontractors to this project to insure the right fit for the job as well as on-time completion.
 

9. Legal Stuff

Dailey Web Design 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 the client. In no event will Dailey Web Design 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 Dailey Web Design 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.
 

10. Copyrights and Trademarks

The client represents to Dailey Web Design and unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to Dailey Web Design 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 Dailey Web Design and its subcontractors from any claim or suit arising from the use of such elements furnished by the client.
 

11. 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 Dailey Web Design and its subcontractors from any claim, suit, penalty, tax, or tariff arising from the client's exercise of Internet electronic commerce.

12. Copyright to Webpages

Copyright to the finished assembled work of webpages produced by Dailey Web Design is owned by Dailey Web Design. 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. Dailey Web Design and its subcontractors retain the right to display graphics and other Web design elements as examples of their work in their respective portfolios.

13. Payment of fees

In order for Dailey Web Design to remain in business, payments must be made promptly. Delinquent bills will be assessed a $15 charge if payment is not received within 10 days of the due date. If an amount remains delinquent 30 days after its due date, an additional 5% penalty will be added for each month of delinquency. Dailey Web Design 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 Dailey Web Design. Regardless of the place of signing of this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue, this contract was entered into in Troup County, Georgia, and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Troup County, Georgia. Please pay on time.

14. Sole Agreement

The agreement contained in this "Website Design Contract" constitutes the sole agreement between Dailey Web Design 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.

15. Initial Payment and Refund Policy

The total amount of this contract is $600

This agreement begins with an initial payment of $200.  This payment is considered a non-refundable deposit. The reminder of the balance is due when the contracted webpages have been created and posted.

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 Dailey Web Design (authorized signature)

_______________________________________ Date ________________