Service Policies

Posh Web Designs provides web hosting, email services and domain services.  Posh reserves the right to suspend or cancel any client's access to any portion or all of Posh services, when Posh deems that the account has been used inappropriately.  Posh reserves the right to refuse service and/or access to its servers to anyone.

 

User Policy

1. Illegal activities.  Posh prohibits sites engaged in: Illegal activities including, but not limited to, storing and/or distributing illegal copies of copyrighted software, warez sites, violations of copyrights and trademarks, violations of U.S. laws, selling and/or distributing illegal contraband.
Internet abuse including, but not limited to, spamming (unsolicited Emailing), distribution of mass emailing programs, cross-posting messages to a large number of usenet groups, posting obscene or inflammatory messages, threatening other Internet users, mail bombing Internet users, running packet sniffers or port scanners, spamming Posh support staff.  Systems abuse including, but not limited to, use of excessive CPU resources, use of excessive disk space, use of excessive email storage space, hacking our systems, installing continuously running programs, such as IRC bots, reselling CGI scripts.

2.Adult content: We do not allow the presentation, promotion or transmission of adult, pornographic or obscene images, text or other content. The determination of what is "adult content" and therefore prohibited shall be solely made by Posh.

3.Policy Violations: Should a policy violation occur, Posh reserves the right to terminate the account without notice and without any refunds. The policy violating client will be held responsible for any damages to Posh , including but not limited to, Posh system, servers, connectivity, reputation, business, service, network, operations, or equipment.  The policy violator may be charged a $500 clean up fee. 

 

Web Site Content

The client is responsible for keeping a copy of their most current web site files as backup on a remote system (not on Posh servers). Posh is not responsible for any lost files, information, or data. Should any data need to be recovered, there will be a charge of $100.  Posh does not guarantee to possess the most current copy of a client's website.

 

Support

Free customer support is provided via email and through 1-702-459-POSH (7674).  Billing inquiries will be answered within two business days.  Client agrees not to spam support.  Posh does not provide custom programming and scripting, or web site consulting services as part of our hosting services.  Call or email for more details*

 

Payment Policy and Fees

We do not charge set-up fees on the Economy sites. Those sites are for you to keep up on your own. We are not responsible for changes made to the site by someone other than an employee of Posh. If Posh has to re-design any or all pages, charges will apply. Ask your designer for details. Set-up fees vary for the Professional sites: dependant on amount of custom graphics, logos, and special effects. Ask your designer for details. The minimum contract period is 1 year.  All services are available in one year prepayment plans. Full payment is required before any hosting service is rendered, which includes renewals. All  payment-due notices will be sent by electronic mail.  No bills or invoices will be sent by postal mail or fax.  Prepayment is due each anniversary (six month or one year) following the date the account was established.  Unlimited package sites are given thirty (30) days and within those thirty (30) days you may send unlimited graphics, photos, verbiage, page set-up, etc. Once your site is set-up, you are honored unlimited free text changes (updates, wording changes, etc.) per month. The addition and subtraction of pictures is a charge $6.00 per picture. A complete layout change is a charge of $50.00 per page.

 

Payment Method

Posh accepts only credit card payments (Visa, MasterCard, American Express)  made through Paypal.com  or by sending Cahiers Checks and Money Orders via U.S. Mail. (Keep in mind, making a payment through paypal will go through faster, and will ensure a quicker response.)

 

Refunds

You may cancel at anytime. If your cancellation is within in 15 days of your annual payment, you will receive a prorated refund that is based upon hours of work already invested into your site. Please keep in mind that your domain name, registration fee and server fee are never refundable - as you may continue to use our server without our design services. ($100.00 minimum server fee) We will not refund any fees after 15 days. Refunds will be returned to you within 45-60 days of the actual day of cancellation. Payment must be received or services will  not be rendered. If payment is not received on time the account will be cancelled.

 

Price Changes 

Posh reserves the right to change prices at any time.

All monetary transactions will be in $US dollars.

Additional features can be added at any time (Ask your designer for details.)

Prices are not prorated.

Add-on costs are non-refundable regardless of whether or not the service was used.

 

Discounts and Special Offers

All discounts must be used up front with the initial quote of the site price. (i.e. if you are receiving $100.00 off of your site, you are honored $100.00 off of your annual fee, FOR THAT YEAR. That discount is not applied to any other work done to the site that requires payment. All Special offers (i.e. business cards, postcards, magnets, brochures, banners, etc.) are to be ordered within 30 days of the completion of the web site. NO EXCEPTIONS.

 

Renewal Notification and Billing Schedule

Renewal notification is emailed to the billing contact seventeen (17) days prior to the end of the billing cycle.

If Payment is not received via paypal.com or through the U.S. Mail BY THE DUE DATE the account will be temporarily shut off until payment is made.  Failure to pay within the following 10 days will result in cancellation.

 

Account Reactivation

If an account is cancelled due to client request or billing issues and the client desires to reactivate the account, a non-refundable reactivation fee of $100.00 will be required prior to account reactivation.  Accounts are reactivated after all outstanding charges are paid, including hosting fees, additional features, and  check processing fees. If an account was cancelled due to policy violation, Posh will not reactivate the account.

 

Refund Policy

If Posh terminates an account due to policy violation, there will be no refund.  Fees associated with additional features are non-refundable.

 

Cancellation

Posh reserves the right to terminate service at any time.  If an account is terminated for a policy violation there will be no refund.  Posh reserves the right to delete the policy-violating web site content without notice. Customers can cancel service at any time.  All account cancellations are to be requested through the client's control panel AND via email.  If the client requests cancellation, their account will be terminated at the end of the current billing cycle, or immediately.  If the client specifies immediate account termination, Posh reserves the right to delete the web site contents without notice.  If an account is cancelled due to non-payment, Posh reserves the right to delete the web site contents without notice. Should the Posh client decide to keep the web site content information for re-use, the content may be purchased at $250.00+, and the content will be forwarded to the new server and/or web designer. Because Posh does not have a set-up fee, there are no exceptions to this policy. Designs must be paid for out-right.

 

Indemnification

Client agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Posh against any liabilities arising out of defective products sold to customers from Posh servers, personal injury or property damage caused by products or services sold or distributed from Posh servers, any material that infringes or allegedly infringes on the rights of a third party available from Posh servers, and any material that libels or allegedly libels a third party available from Posh servers.

 

Disclaimer

Posh is not responsible for any damages to any client's business. Posh makes no warranties or guarantees of any kind, expressed or implied for services that we provide. Use of Posh web hosting and email service is at the client's sole risk. Posh's services are provided on an "as is, as available" basis. Posh does not guarantee that our services will be uninterrupted or error free.  Posh will provide every effort in good faith to ensure that its services are available to as many Internet users as possible with minimal service interruptions. In no circumstance will Posh be liable for any claims resulting from the use or inability to use Posh's services including, but not limited to, service interruptions, client errors, Internet connectivity problems, miscommunications, unauthorized access to Posh servers, InterNIC problems, DNS caching, Internet bandwidth congestion, power failures, vandalism, and natural disasters.

 

Posh Web Designs reserves the right to revise our policies at any time.

By sending your payment via paypal, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions set aside in our policies.

 

Thank you for choosing Posh Web Design! We look forward to serving you in the web design industry through this year … and years to come!