Hire a Pro App Build Service Terms and Conditions

Hire a Pro App Development Terms and Conditions

By using the App Content Management System and App Hosting and Support Services (collectively referred to as “the Services”) of AppInst Limited (company number 07881464) trading as AppInstitute (“AppInstitute”) the Customer agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Service Terms and Conditions”).

1. Acceptance

1.1. AppInstitute reserves the right to update and change the Service Terms and Conditions from time to time without notice. Any new features that augment or enhance the Services, including the release of new tools and resources, shall be subject to the Service Terms and Conditions.

1.2. Continued use of the Services after any such changes shall constitute the Customer’s consent to such changes. The most current version of the Service Terms and Conditions at any time at: appinstitute.com/legal

1.3.      Violation of any of the Service Terms and Conditions below will result in the termination of your Account.

1.4.    Notwithstanding AppInstitute prohibitions on certain conduct and content as specified within these Service Terms and Conditions, the Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that AppInstitute shall not be responsible for the content posted on the Services (“Content”) and The Customer hereby agrees to use the Service its own your own risk.

2. Customer Obligations

2.1. The Customer hereby agrees to the following obligations as conditions of using the Services:

2.1.1. The Customer must be 13 years of age or older to use the Services.

2.1.2. The Customer must provide its legal full name, a valid email address,  full billing information and any other information requested in order to complete the registrations process and advise AppInstitute as soon as possible as to any changes or updates to such information.

2.1.3. The Customer is responsible for maintaining the security of its account and password. AppInstitute shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the Customer’s failure to comply with such security obligations

2.1.4. The Customer is responsible for all Content posted and activity that occurs under your account (even when Content is posted by others who have gained access to the Customer’s account).

2.1.5. The Customer must not modify, adapt or hack the Services or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Services, or any other AppInstitute service.

2.1.6. The Customer may not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.

2.1.7. The Customer must not violate any laws in its jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright and other intellectual property laws) in any way connected (whether directly or indirectly) to its use of the Services.

2.1.8. The Customer must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Services, share usage of the Services, or access to the Services without the express written permission by AppInstitute.

2.1.9. The Customer must not upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited email, SMSs, or “spam” messages.

2.1.10. The Customer must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

3. Project Schedule and Content Control

3.1 AppInstitute shall complete and deliver the app within six weeks, or up to eight weeks during holiday periods.

Following two iterations if the customer fails to provide feedback and sign off within the agreed timeline of six to eight weeks, AppInstitute shall have the right to publish the app on the Customers behalf and provide the Customer with admin rights to update their app via the CMS.

3.2 In order to facilitate the timely completion of the Hire a Pro App Build Service, the Customer hereby agrees to delegate a single individual as ‘first-point- of-call’ to aid AppInstitute with completing the App Build in a satisfactory and expedient manner.

3.3 During the Project, AppInstitute will require the Customer to provide all copy and content required for the App. If content is not provided within two weeks of an official request by email then AppInstitute reserves the right to advise the Customer of a revision to the Project Fee subject to any costs incurred in the project delay.

3.4 If content is not provided within four weeks from the original email request then the Customer is considered to be in default of the Project, and AppInstitute shall have the right to terminate the Project.

3.5 Where a customer has made changes to an App that requires a resubmission to update the customer will incur a resubmission charge of $45 per resubmission. If a resubmission is required to fix a fault or bug in the App AppInstitute will waiver this charge.

4. Payments and Refund Terms

4.1. The Customer shall pay AppInstitute the monthly fee for the Services via credit card, debit card or PayPal, the first such payment is taken in advance of service commencement. Payments thereafter are due to be made on the same day of each month thereafter.

4.2. The monthly fee shall be determined by the package selected by the Customer at the time of subscription, subject to any price adjustment made by AppInstitute in accordance with clause 7.1.

4.3. The Customer shall not, in any circumstances, be entitled to any refunds or credits for setup fees, payments in lieu of service, or upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account.

4.4. All fees payable in respect of the Services are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties.

4.5. AppInstitute will use commercially reasonable efforts to have the Customer’s application approved by the appropriate mobile platform provider. Although there is a high likelihood of approval, AppInstitute are not able to guarantee acceptance. If a Customer’s application is denied by the appropriate mobile platform provider the Customer shall be entitled to cancel its account, however any payments received by AppInstitute prior to notification of non-acceptance by a mobile platform provider shall be non-refundable in accordance with clause 4.1.

4.6. Where a customer has made changes to a live App that requires a resubmission to update, the customer will incur a resubmission charge of $45 per submission. If a resubmission is required to fix a fault or bug in the App, AppInstitute will waiver this charge.

4.7.  We require a non-refundable, one-off upfront payment of the full Hire a Pro Service charge to commence the App Build.

5. Annual Subscription Terms

5.1 All annual fees payable shall be processed in advance of service commencement. The customer will be charged the annual rate stated at the time of purchase as one lump sum, plus applicable taxes. The customers contract will renew automatically, on their annual renewal date, until a formal notification of cancellation is received in line with AppInstitute’s cancellation policy. Renewal rates are subject to change, but the customer will always notified beforehand.

5.2 The Customer shall not, in any circumstances, be entitled to any refunds or credits for setup fees, payments in lieu of service, or upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an annual subscription.

6. Payment Default Terms

6.1. In the event a Customer fails to meet payment of the subscription fee due in respect of the Services, the Customer shall be treated as being in default.

6.2. In the event of the Customer’s default, any information or files on AppInstitute’ host space, may be removed by AppInstitute at its sole discretion. AppInstitute shall not be responsible for any loss of data incurred as a result of the removal of the service, nor shall it have any liability is respect of such removal.

6.3. Removal of the Customer’s material from AppInstitute host space does not relieve the Customer of the obligation to pay any outstanding charges assessed to the Customer’s account.

6.4. Cheques returned for insufficient funds, or electronic payments returned unpaid will incur a return charge of $40 each and the Customer’s account will immediately be considered to be in default until full payment is received by AppInstitute in cleared funds.

6.5. Customers with accounts in default agree to pay AppInstitute’s reasonable expenses, including legal fees and costs for collection by third-party agencies, incurred by AppInstitute in enforcing these Service Terms and Conditions.

7. Cancellation and Termination

7.1. AppInstitute shall be entitled to cancel provision of the Services, without notice and without any obligation to refund any amount paid in lieu of the month of termination, in the event that the Customer:

7.1.1. is in default in respect of payment of any invoices or subscription fees; or

7.1.2. is in breach of any of the conditions set out in clause 2.1 or clause 10

7.2. The Customer shall be entitled to cancel the Services at any time.  Their cancellation will take effect within 1 working day of request and the Customer shall not receive a refund for fees paid in lieu of service.

To Cancel your app you need to email our support team at [email protected], cancellation can only be requested by the account owner.

7.3. Upon cancellation of the Services all Customer Content will be deleted. This information cannot be recovered once the Customer’s account is cancelled.

7.4. If the Customer cancels the Services prior to the end of the period for which the Customer has paid for the Services, cancellation will take effect immediately and no further charge will be made to the Customer.

7.5.  Where a customer has agreed to a special offer that includes a Hire a Pro service element and cancels prior to or after App submission, the customer will not be entitled to a refund of the Hire a Pro charge incurred.

7.6. If the Customer is in default and submits a cancellation request, such cancellation will not be effected until all overdue amounts are received by AppInstitute in cleared funds. Until such time as AppInstitute has received all outstanding sums due, the monthly fee in respect of the Services will continue to accrue notwithstanding any cancellation request.

8. Modifications to the Services and Prices

8.1. AppInstitute reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) and to revise the monthly fees payable in respect of the Services, in all cases with or without notice.

8.2. AppInstitute shall not be liable to the Customer or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.

8.3. From time to time, AppInstitute may issue an update to the AppInstitute systems that may add, modify, and/ or remove features from the application. These updates may be pushed out automatically with little or no notice, although AppInstitute will take all reasonable steps to notify the Customer in advance of an upcoming update, including details on what the update includes.

9. Severance from Hosting Platform

9.1. The Customer may elect to sever its Content from AppInstitute’s platform (“Severance”) provided their account is not in default and subject to the payment by the Customer of a resubmission fee.

9.2. In the event of Severance, AppInstitute shall cease to have nay obligations under these Service Terms and Conditions, and the Customer’s Content and App shall cease receiving updates and improvements to the Services. Accordingly, in such circumstances, it is likely that the functionality and performance of the Customer’s Content and App shall deteriorate over time. AppInstitute shall have no liability in respect of any such deterioration or loss of performance nor in respect of any losses arising, directly or indirectly, out of such deterioration.

10. Intellectual Property Rights

10.1. AppInstitute claims no intellectual property rights over the material the Customer provides to the Service including Content.

10.2. All intellectual property rights (including source code) arising out of the creation and development of the Services by AppInstitute shall be and shall remain the sole property of AppInstitute.

10.3. AppInstitute is under no obligation to screen Content, but AppInstitute has the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is provided by the Customer.

11. Media Delivery Requirements

11.1 Text should be provided by the Customer in electronic format (ASCII text files delivered via e-mail, CD-ROM, DVD, or FTP) and all photographs and other graphics will be provided physically in high quality print suitable for scanning or electronically in .gif, .jpg or .png format.

11.2 Although every reasonable attempt shall be made by AppInstitute to return to the Customer any images or printed material provided for use in creation of the Customer’s App, such return cannot be guaranteed and AppInstitute accepts no liability in respect of lost materials.

12. General Conditions

12.1. The Customer’s use of the Content Management System is at the Customer’s sole risk. The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Technical support is only available via email. The technical support email address is [email protected].

12.2  AppInstitute will seek authorization from the Customer to use, reuse, and to grant others the right to use and reuse, its Content, and any reproduction or simulation thereof, in any form of media or technology now known or hereafter developed, both during and after the Customer’s use of the Services, for any purposes related to the Services.

12.3. The Customer hereby acknowledges that AppInstitute uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run the Services and that AppInstitute cannot be held liable for any failure or delay on the part of such third party vendors and hosting partners. 

12.4. AppInstitute has the authority, but not the obligation, to remove Content and Customer accounts containing Content that AppInstitute determines in its sole discretion to be actually or potentially unlawful, offensive, threatening, libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or actually or potentially in violation of any party’s intellectual property rights or these Service Terms and Conditions.

12.5. Verbal, physical, written or other abuse (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any AppInstitute customer, employee, member, or officer will result in immediate account termination.

12.6. The Customer hereby acknowledges and accepts that understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including the Customer’s Content, may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

12.7. AppInstitute does not warrant that (i) the service will meet your specific requirements, (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the Service will be corrected.

12.8. The Customer hereby acknowledged and agrees that AppInstitute shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if AppInstitute has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; (v) or any other matter relating to the service.

12.9. The failure of AppInstitute to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Service Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

12.10. These Service Terms and Conditions shall constitutes the entire agreement between the Customer and AppInstitute and govern the Customer’s use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and AppInstitute (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of these terms and conditions

12.11. Under no circumstances shall AppInstitute’s liability under this agreement exceed the amount actually paid to AppInstitute by the Customer during the 12 months preceding the event which causes such liability to arise.

13. Governing Law

This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

FEES, REVENUE and PACKAGES

Packages and their related fees and inclusions may be changed from time to time by the Company. The Customer may elect to switch their hosting Package at any time by giving notice in writing (including by electronic mail) to the Company.

There is no lock-in period, the customer may cancel at any time in accordance with the termination provisions within section 8 of this Agreement.

All live apps are automatically set to the AppBuilder plan, customers can upgrade to the AppBuilder Pro or AppBuilder Pro+ plan at any time. The Customer shall not, in any circumstances, be entitled to any refunds or credits for setup fees, partial months of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account.

Where a Customer has requested a Hire a Pro service, the customer will be contacted by a member of our App Builder team to arrange a non-refundable one-off upfront payment to commence the project. The remaining amount will then be payable once the build is complete, upon which the Customer must select from one of the app plans prior to submission. Where a customer has agreed a discounted rate a full, non-refundable payment is required prior to project commencement.