(Last updated January 2010) 

TeamAtlantaWebDesign.com is the authorized domain for Local Connections, Inc., a Georgia based corporation established in 1993, hereinafter referred to as "LCI".

All services provided by "LCI" are subject to the following terms and conditions. By using this website and /or hiring us to work on your project, you are agreeing to the Terms of Service as outlined here. These Terms of Service may be changed without notice.

Fees & Invoicing:
We require a 50% deposit in order to begin work on any project. It is our experience that a website is never really complete. Sometimes the client is slow to get together material for us to load, or they run into circumstances beyond their control, so the remaining balance is always due within 30 days after work is started. "LCI" will follow through with data input in a timely manner if the client is slow in providing material as agreed upon. If final payment is not received within 30 days, an monthly late fee of 8% will be added. Any check payments that do not clear will be charged a $35 fee. Our billing cycle is the first day of the month to the last day of the  month. As part of our Green Space Initiative, invoices are sent via email on the 15th of each month. It is your responsibility to monitor your email. Our billing system automatically sends invoices and reminders. Invoices are due by the end of the month you receive your invoice. Late fees of 8% are added if payment has not been received by that time. A reminder email is generated on the sixth of the month if your payment has not been entered into the system with your late fees applied. Payments not received by the tenth of the month will result in interruption of your web services and a $50.00 re-connect fee. Non-payment of invoice will result in collection activity against you, your business, and cessation of web service(s). We only accept online payments via Paypal, the link is provided on your invoice.

Web Maintenance Plan
The following services will be provided:

• Up to 4 hours of services per month, including graphic design, uploading of content, sending out newsletters, and online marketing materials. ($100.00 monthly) Services exceeding 4 hours per month will be billed at our normal rate of $34.00 per hour.
•  Through our affiliation with Google™,  Team Atlanta Web Design.com will place your  domain/business in our Google  Business™ listing(s), in a concerted effort to keep your domain/business in high rankings of local listings of Google™ and Google Maps™ ($49.00 monthly)

This Web Maintenance Plan includes annual hosting fees, software upgrades, and domain renewal fees.

Requests for services must be made via email and should be requested 30 days in advance. For instance, if you want to run advertisements in December, information needs to be submitted no later than the first few days in November.

This Web Maintenance Plan is billed quarterly ($447.00) and the first quarter payment is due upon signing of this agreement. Invoices are sent out via email to the specified email address(s) listed below. Late payment is subject to penalties as described in our Terms of Service (TOS). The TOS are subject to change and you are advised to review them periodically. If you wish to pay this annual Web Maintenance Plan in its entirety, you will receive a $200 immediate credit ($1788.00-$200.00=$1588.00).

If a decision to opt out is made within 6 months of this agreement and you have made an annual payment, you will receive a prorated refund rounded off to the next month plus a $300 early termination fee, and after six months the above conditions apply with a $150.00 early termination fee. If you’re on the quarterly billing plan and you opt out, there is no refund.

Website Changes:
Changes to content, image management, and other uploads, including adding new components into an existing site are billed at the rate of $34.00 per hour, one hour minimum. A monthy retainer plan is available, please Contact Team Atlanta for details. Addtional rates may apply to custom development of components. Components are defined as individual software packages that are integrated into CMS environment.  Priority management is invoiced at $56.00 per hour, one hour minimum.

Webmercials/Videos/Photography:
By hiring "LCI" to produce webmercials, videos, or any photographic imagery that includes an image of you, your employees, or your property or business, you are giving to Local Connections, Inc., legal representatives and assigns, those for whom the photographer is acting, and those acting with their authority and permission:

a) The unrestricted right and permission to copyright and use, re-use, publish, and republish photographic portraits or pictures of which may be included intact or in part, composite or distorted in character or form, without restriction as to changes or transformations in conjunction with your own or a fictitious name, or reproduction hereof in color or otherwise, made through any and all media now or hereafter known for illustration, art, promotion, advertising, trade, or any other purpose whatsoever.

b) Permit the use of any printed material in connection therewith.

c) Relinquish any right that you may have to examine or approve the completed product or products or the advertising copy or printed matter that may be used in conjunction therewith or the use to which it may be applied.

d) Release, discharge and agree to hold harmless Local Connections, Inc., their heirs, legal representatives or assigns, and all persons functioning under their permission or authority, or those for whom they are functioning, from any liability by virtue of any blurring, distortion, alteration, optical illusion, or use in composite form whether intentional or otherwise, that may occur or be produced in the taking of said picture or in any subsequent processing thereof, as well as any publication thereof, including without limitation any claims for libel or invasion of privacy.

e) You affirm that you are of legal age and have the right to contract in your own name. You have read the above authorization, release and agreement, prior to its execution; You fully understand the contents thereof. This agreement shall be binding upon yourself and your heirs, legal representatives and assigns.

Hosting:
Our hosting fees are $199.00 annually and will be automatically renewed each year unless cancelled by the client, specified in writing and delivered to "LCI" by certified postal mail at least thirty (30) days prior to the renewal date. To keep our prices down for you, we offer extremely low hosting fees. For this reason, hosting fees are non-refundable.

Termination:
The client account can be terminated by the client with a thirty (30) day written notice to “LCI” delivered by certified postal mail prior to the renewal date, or by “LCI” at anytime without notice if USER” fails to abide by the terms of this AGREEMENT, including failure to pay amounts when due. LCI retains the right to keep in its possession any domain LCI has purchased and LCI is the registrar. If USER decides to move the domain and hosting to another provider, hosting fees are non-refundable. The domain can be transferred after 38 days of any payments due and are paid in full. Database transfers may require an additional fee.

NO WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: “LCI” SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. “LCI” MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING CONTENT, GOODS, OR SERVICES PROVIDED AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. “LCI” DOES NOT WARRANT THAT “LCI” SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. “LCI” SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF “USER” USE OR INABILITY TO USE “LCI” SERVICES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF “LCI” HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE SUCCESS OR EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REMEDIES.

GOVERNING LAW: This AGREEMENT shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, USA, and “USER” consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in the County of Cherokee in all matters and disputes relating to “USER” use of “LCI” services or this AGREEMENT.