Website Design & Services Agreement

Busterrdust Web · Agreement date: · Reference #

Designer, doing business as Busterrdust Web
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Client business

Client details

Owner / authorized person (full name) Title (owner, manager…) Phone Email (for your copy)

1. The website

The Designer will deliver a one-page, mobile-friendly website for the Client's business, including contact information, services, hours, and location, published online at a web address the Client can share. Extra pages, online ordering, booking systems, logins, or other new features are not included and will be quoted separately in writing.

2. Preview and changes before payment

The Designer builds the site first and shows the Client a preview. Before paying, the Client may request up to 2 rounds of changes. A "round" is one list of requested edits given at the same time. Additional rounds before launch are quoted separately. The Client owes nothing if they decide not to go ahead before paying, and the preview will be taken offline on request.

3. Price and payment

One-time website fee: as quoted by the Designer

The website fee is due in full before the site goes live (launch). Payment may be made by card (secure payment link), cash, or check.

4. All sales are final: no refunds

Because the Client reviews and approves the finished website before paying, all payments are final and non-refundable once the site is launched. Care plan payments are non-refundable for any month already started; canceling stops future payments.

5. Optional monthly care plan

Yes, add the care plan: $ per month. Includes keeping the site online and secure, and up to 2 change requests per week. A change request is one small update, such as hours, prices, a menu item, text, a photo swap, or a new special, normally done within 2 business days. Larger work (new sections, pages, or redesigns) is quoted separately. Billed monthly, month to month. The Client may cancel any time; canceling takes effect at the end of the paid month.

Without the care plan, the Client may still request changes after launch; each request will be quoted before any work is done.

6. Hosting: where the website is kept

Busterrdust Web hosts it (recommended). The site is kept in the Designer's hosting account (currently Cloudflare), so updates are quick. Hosting is included while the care plan is active. Without the care plan, the Designer will keep the site hosted at no charge for as long as the Designer offers free hosting, and will give at least 60 days' written notice (text or email) before ending it, along with a copy of the website files and transfer of any domain (section 7).

The Client hosts it in the Client's own account: one-time $ setup fee. The Client creates and owns its own hosting account (currently Cloudflare) and pays any fees the host charges. The Designer helps set it up and publishes the website there. For care plan updates, the Client gives the Designer member access, which the Client may remove at any time.

The Designer is not responsible for outages, changes, or fees caused by third-party services (hosting, domain registrars, payment processors, or map providers).

7. Domain name (web address)

No custom domain for now.The site uses a free web address. A domain can be added later.

Register a new domain for the Client: If the Designer hosts the site, the Designer registers it on the Client's behalf for $ per year. If the Client hosts it, the Client registers it in the Client's own account and pays the registrar directly.

The Client already owns a domain: The Client keeps it where it is registered and pays its fees; the Designer connects it to the website.

Domain promises:

The Client owns it. Any custom domain is registered with the Client's business as the owner (registrant) and belongs to the Client, even when the Designer manages it in the Designer's account.
Yearly fee. When the Designer registers or manages the domain, the Client pays $ per year, billed yearly. The Designer will give at least 30 days' notice before each renewal. If the Client does not pay, the Designer will offer to transfer the domain to the Client before it expires and will not let it lapse without that notice.
The Client can always leave. At any time on request, or whenever hosting ends, the Designer will transfer the domain to the Client's own account and provide a copy of the website files, at no charge. Registrar rules apply: a newly registered or recently transferred domain usually can't move to a different registrar for 60 days.
If the Designer stops offering services, the Designer will give at least 60 days' notice and do the same transfer and file handoff.

8. Ownership

Once the website fee is paid in full, the Client owns the website's written content and design as delivered, and may move it elsewhere. The Client's own logos, photos, and text always remain the Client's. The Designer keeps ownership of the Designer's general tools, templates, and code used to make many sites, and grants the Client a permanent, free license to use them as part of the Client's website.

9. Portfolio and advertising permission (optional)

Yes, the Designer may feature my website, and I receive a $ discount. The Client gives the Designer a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, permanent permission to show screenshots, screen recordings, and links of the Client's website, together with the Client's business name and logo, in the Designer's portfolio, website, social media, online ads, and printed marketing, to show examples of the Designer's work. The Designer will not share private or confidential information and will not say or suggest that the Client endorses the Designer beyond the fact that the Client is a customer. The Client may withdraw this permission in writing at any time; the Designer will then stop creating new posts or ads featuring the Client and remove the site from the Designer's own website portfolio within 30 days. Posts already published before the request may remain. Withdrawing does not change the price already paid.

If this box is not checked, the Designer will not feature the Client's website in portfolios, social media, or advertising. The site may include a small "Website by Busterrdust" credit in its footer, which the Client may have removed at any time at no cost.

10. Testimonial permission (optional)

Yes, the Designer may quote what I say about their work. The Designer may publish the Client's honest comments or reviews about the Designer's work, with the Client's first name, business name, and city, in the same places listed in section 9. The Designer will not change the meaning of the Client's words, and no payment or discount is given for a testimonial. The Client may withdraw this permission the same way as in section 9.

11. Client responsibilities

The Client will provide accurate business information (such as hours, prices, and services), will review the preview before launch and report any errors, and confirms they have the right to use any logos, photos, or text they provide. The Client is responsible for claims arising from content the Client provides.

12. Limits of responsibility

The Designer will do the work in a professional manner. Apart from that, the website is provided "as is," and the Designer does not guarantee any particular number of visitors, search ranking, or sales. The Designer is not liable for indirect or lost-profit damages, and the Designer's total responsibility under this agreement is limited to the amount the Client paid the Designer in the 12 months before the claim.

13. Ending this agreement

Either side may end this agreement in writing (text or email). If a care plan payment is more than 15 days late, the Designer may pause care plan services after notice. Sections 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 14 continue after this agreement ends.

14. General terms

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Indiana. The parties will first try to resolve any disagreement by talking in good faith; if that fails, either may bring it in small claims court in the county where the Designer is located. This is the entire agreement between the parties and replaces any earlier discussions; changes must be agreed in writing (text or email counts). If any part is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. The Designer is an independent business, not the Client's employee.

15. Electronic signatures

Both parties agree to sign electronically, and that an electronic signature and typed name have the same effect as a handwritten signature, under the federal E-SIGN Act and Indiana's Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Designer's signature below is applied when the Designer sends this agreement.

Signatures

I have read and agree to this agreement, and I am authorized to sign for this business.

Client signature (draw with your finger or mouse)

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Type your full name to sign

Designer: , Busterrdust Web