Terms & Conditions

General Approach

For general website design & development projects we employ the following steps:

  • Upon quote acceptance/signoff, initiation payment is processed to start the project. As required by the project, we may hold a Scoping Workshop to discuss the requirements in detail.
  • Once we have the brand details such as logo, images, branding materials etc, we will have a mock-up for your review within 5 to 10 working days.
  • You can review the design and suggest improvements accordingly. Depending upon your project, generally up to 3 to 5 design modifications that can be done within the given estimates. Please refer to your allocated design and development hours for details.
  • Once design is finalized & approved, we’ll proceed with the HTML development. At this stage we generally need around 3 to 5 banner text and/or images for rotation.
  • Once, HTML is done, if CMS is included in your project, we will proceed to setup your website on your selected Content Management System (CMS). Please provide all content and copy prior to the development phase.
  • Depending upon the time and resources allocated to your project, we’ll transfer as much content as possible from the old website to the new website. Remaining content can be transferred via the CMS by your designated staff. We can provide the instructions needed to help you do this.
  • Once the site is ready from our end, we generally hand it over to you for further review, test and/or to upload/change contents as necessary.
  • At this stage you need to give us a Go-Live date for us to make the new website/project live.
  • Your website can be made live within 3 to 5 working days of a Go Live approval, assuming that the accounts are clear. Kindly note that we require full payment prior to transferring the website on any external servers.
  • Also, generally speaking, going-back and forth takes a lot of time. We encourage you to provide all necessary details, at the start of the project to ensure that the project team’s time is efficiently utilized on your project and you do not incur any unnecessary additional costs.
  • You will be kept updated via emails and/or telephone calls as the project demands. However, please do not hesitate to contact us any time you require a project status. Also, please always keep us updated with your relevant email addresses/contact details.
  • Once the website/application has been made live on the client’s domain, it is their responsibility to take regular full back-ups and to update all components and third party software.
  • We consider ourselves to be very flexible and adaptable and approach all requests with a ‘can do’ attitude. If you require something changed, please feel free to discuss with us. Please contact us if you require further details or have any questions. We look forward to working together with you on your project!

 

Project Terms

All estimates/quotes are based on our understanding of your requirements and as per given time-frame. Any changes to the functionality including micro-improvements, may incur additional costs accordingly. Please ensure and clarify our understanding in a face to face meeting or telephonic meeting.

By accepting a quote, you agree to and accept the terms and conditions of NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD. Acceptance can be by email, payment of Initiation, signing a quote.

Clients to ensure that we have included all requirements in the quotes/proposals/estimates and that we fully understand their requirements. Clients must provide us with clear guidelines along with the flow or specific details they may require. When such details are not provided, we will proceed with our understanding of the requirements and quote accordingly. At a later stage, if a discrepancy arises, it may lead to additional costs to accommodate the changes. Thus, it is essential that you clarify every aspect of your website development and ensure that you have been quoted on the right requirements.

Any complexity related to specific tasks, must be advised in advance and included in the proposal for costing purposes. We operate in good faith and rely on our clients to disclose the full picture at the time of quotation. Any discrepancy arising due to unclear requirements will not be borne by NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD.

There are limited man-hours allocated to each task including Project Management and Digital Strategist/Business Analyst. Minor changes may be included within the allocated hours. This will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD will make every effort to complete the project/changes in the given timeframe. Reasonable delays are accepted if functionalities are redefined or modified.

Any delays at client’s end, may delay the project and proposed timeframes and may incur additional costs.

Any bugs (programming errors) reported during or just after the development does not attract additional charges.

Any re-work on an already completed task will attract additional charges. Any changes in the design after the design approval will incur additional charges.

Any modifications requested during the development or after the Go-Live approval will incur additional charges. All additional work, over and above the estimates is charged separately. Under no circumstances will NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD be liable for any delays caused by change in the project brief.

Website/application content and all related materials need to be provided to us within the first two weeks of starting the project. Any delays thereafter may delay the project and may incur additional charges if it goes beyond reasonable timeframe.

Our websites/applications are generally tested on PCs and include near recent versions of following browsers: IE, Firefox, Chrome & Safari. If you require testing to be done on any other browser, please let us know in advance.

Responsive/multi-device compatible web pages are tested on iPhone and iPads. If you require testing to be done on any other device, please discuss it in advance.

If your website/application is not hosted on a NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD server, any additional man-hours that may be required due to any server or network related issues are not covered in our quotes and may be charged separately.

Please note that at any stage during the project, stalling of the project for over two calendar months will incur 999 INR/week administration costs. Furthermore, it may increase the previously approved estimates. If you require the project to be put on hold, please advise us in writing in advance. To put the project on hold without incurring additional charges, we will need the account to be up to date based on the work done. Further details can be discussed if such a situation arises.

Depending upon the functionalities required, there may be 3rd party components such as Third Party Payment Gateways or SSL certificates involved in building a website/application.

The client must recognize that at times there may be unforeseen circumstances that will delay the development process, particularly with reference to the integration of third party software. We will try our best to complete the project as agreed in the proposal. As long as it is within a reasonable period, the client agrees not to penalize us for any genuine delay, when every effort to keep the project on the proposed schedule is taken.

Domain registration/renewal etc. charges are not included as a part of any project/proposal unless mentioned otherwise. If required, a quote for which will be submitted separately and approved by the client.

Hosting charges are not included in the quotations unless mentioned otherwise. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD can organize an appropriate hosting solution if required, a quote for which will be submitted separately and approved by the client. Where clients decide to organize their own hosting, we should be consulted before finalizing the type of hosting and database, as it should meet the requirements of the technology used for the development. Please note that we’ll require full access with hosting support for testing and deploying the application. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD will not be liable for any delays or errors caused by direct or indirect actions of the hosting company.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD generally builds and tests the websites/applications on our own servers or hosted domains. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD cannot give access to their test servers and test websites to the clients or any third party. The website/application can be transferred-off to a nominated 3rd party server upon full payment of all invoices and dues.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD will used your photography during project development, and we are not responsible for copy right issue, if some other party claims for it.

All communications/correspondences are generally done via emails. It is client’s responsibility to keep us updated with their relevant email addresses.

Payment/Refund Terms

All prices are quoted in Indian Rupee.

All invoices are to be processed as per the schedule via your preferred method of payment.

Milestone payments must be made within 5 working days of each milestone/schedule, unless mutually agreed otherwise. Final payment must be made prior to website/application/project going live.

Receipt of payment is deemed as acceptance of the quote, milestone, delivery, project and terms & conditions.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD reserves the right to negotiate and refund appropriate portion of the amount paid by customer towards the requested service. If you cancel your order after making the payment, but the work has not commenced, we will refund 75% of the payment that you have already made. If the order is cancelled after the commencement of work, the maximum refund or charge will be 50% of the invoice. There will be no refund or adjustments if cancellation is called when more than 50% of the work has been completed. All cancellations must be received in writing and can be sent via regular email. Telephone requests on cancellations will not be accepted.

For minor or once-off works, payments need to be made either in advance or as per the terms mentioned in the invoice/proposal. If you require any changes to the terms, you must inform us in writing (emails accepted) within two working days of the receipt of the same.

Late fees and charges: All outstanding invoices will incur a late payment fee of 10% of the pending amount and an administration fee of 500 INR per month, from the due date.

Due date: Is the date on which the payment is due as per the terms on the invoice/proposal

Outstanding Invoice: An invoice is deemed to be outstanding if the payment is still due after 14 days of the expiry of the due date.

All communications/correspondences are generally done via emails. It is client’s responsibility to keep us updated with their relevant email addresses.

Any payment relating to the domain name registration renewal or hosting or any 3rd party products or service purchased on behalf of the client will have to be paid in full and is non-refundable. In case of all renewal cancellations, we must be notified atleast 30 days before the renewal date.

Hosting Terms

Hosting is an annual charge which must be paid in advance for the whole year. Except if the client is under one of our Maintenance packages

It is the client’s responsibility to renew the hosting in time i.e. before the expiry date. Failure to renew in time can lead to loss of files, data, emails, backups etc. All unpaid hostings are disabled or deleted from the server.

All renewals must be paid by seven working days prior to the expiry date. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD will not be responsible for issues relating to delayed payment.

Hosting are on shared and non-shared servers hosted via third party providers. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD ensures best to our ability that our systems and servers are protected from hackers, viruses, intruders and other online and offline problems, however we will not be held liable for any disruption of services if such situation arises.

Client is solely responsible for the content stored on and served by the hosting service purchased and the activity of any scripts or email services created under the hosting service. The Customer must maintain the security of all account passwords and applications or scripts and ensure all scripts under the hosting service are free from malicious content that may harm any part of the Server, other client accounts hosted, or the external systems of visitors viewing the hosted content.

In case of a malware attack, NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD reserves the right to delete files on the hosting service without giving any prior notice.

Cancellation/Termination:

Hosting Cancellation requests must be sent in writing or by email one month prior to the expiry of the same. Once the hosting has been renewed, it cannot be cancelled and must be paid for the full year.

If the hosting is not paid and renewed before the expiry date. We reserve the right to disable the hosting and all associated services including emails and dns records. Additional charges will be applicable to re-enable the hosting. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD will not be responsible for any loss of data, files, emails, backups, restoration costs etc.

If a hosting has been cancelled / disabled then all files, emails, databases and backups will be deleted from the server without any notification to the client.

EMAILS:

All emails are to be downloaded on the client’s computer periodically. Email boxes must be kept within their quota limits. Periodical maintenance may be carried out on the email box and emails older than 6 months are deleted.

Client’s must not use the email hosting for inappropriate content and other undesired emails which can result in spamming or infecting the server. Under such circumstances, immediate action will be taken and the required files and data will be deleted without any prior notice.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD offer packages in co-ordination with third party providers. Changes to the third party provider’s rules and policies may ultimately effect the services we provide or the terms and conditions herein.

Hosting are on shared and non-shared servers hosted via third party providers. NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD ensures best to our ability that our systems and servers are protected from hackers, viruses, intruders and other online and offline problems, however we will not be held liable for any disruption of services if such situation arises.

Domain Terms

All domain registrations and renewals are to be paid in advance.

Expiration of a domain can result in service disruption and loss of domain.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD will not be responsible if a domain expires due to non-payment / late payment of the charges. All payments must be made by seven working days before the expiry date.

It is client’s responsibility to renew their domain names with us.

All invoices and dues must be paid in full before we release the requested domain name.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD has the domains in a common pool account and therefore cannot give access to its domain control panel.

NEEL CODERS PVT. LTD offer packages in co-ordination with third party providers. Changes to the third party provider’s rules and policies may ultimately effect the services we provide or the terms and conditions herein.

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