Important:
The specific scope, pricing, schedule, ownership terms, support,
and deliverables for an individual project may also be governed
by a proposal, invoice, statement of work, written agreement,
email agreement, or other project documentation.
1. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Service ("Terms") apply to the website,
services, and development work provided by Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com),
referred to throughout these Terms as "we," "us," "our," or
"Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com)."
By accessing this website, requesting a quote, approving a
proposal, submitting payment, engaging us for services, or
otherwise using our services, you acknowledge that you have
read, understood, and agreed to these Terms.
Additional project-specific terms may be included in a
proposal, invoice, statement of work, contract, email, or
other written agreement. If a separately signed agreement
conflicts with these Terms, the signed agreement will control
for that specific project.
2. Services We Provide
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) provides web development, digital
development, consulting, and related technical services.
Services may include, but are not limited to:
- Custom website development
- Front-end development
- Back-end development
- Full-stack development
- eCommerce development
- Shopify development
- WordPress development
- Landing page development
- API development and integrations
- Database development
- Checkout and payment integrations
- Analytics and tracking implementation
- Website troubleshooting and debugging
- Server and hosting configuration
- Website maintenance
- Technical consulting
- Conversion optimization implementation
- Other development and technology services
Available services, technologies, pricing, and availability
may change from time to time.
3. Project Scope
Each project is limited to the work specifically described in
the applicable proposal, estimate, invoice, statement of
work, contract, or written project agreement.
Requests that extend beyond the agreed project scope may
require additional development time and additional fees.
Out-of-scope work may include additional pages, features,
integrations, redesigns, functionality, revisions, data
migration, troubleshooting, content entry, server work, or
changes to previously approved work.
4. Client Responsibilities
Clients are responsible for providing the information,
materials, credentials, approvals, access, content, and other
resources reasonably required to complete a project.
- Website and hosting access
- Domain and DNS access
- API credentials
- Platform and application access
- Logos and branding
- Images and video
- Website copy
- Product information
- Business information
- Technical documentation
- Approvals and project feedback
Clients are responsible for responding within a reasonable
period when feedback, approval, or additional information is
required.
5. Estimates, Quotes and Proposals
Quotes and estimates are based on the information and project
requirements available at the time they are prepared.
If project requirements materially change, additional work
may require an updated estimate or additional charges.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, an estimate is not a
guarantee that every possible circumstance, revision,
integration issue, third-party limitation, or unforeseen
technical problem is included within the quoted amount.
6. Pricing and Payment
Payment requirements will be communicated through the
applicable invoice, proposal, estimate, agreement, or other
project documentation.
- Fixed project pricing
- Hourly development rates
- Project deposits
- Milestone payments
- Monthly retainers
- Recurring maintenance fees
- Other agreed billing arrangements
Invoices are due according to the payment terms stated on the
invoice or project agreement.
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) may pause development, maintenance,
deployment, transfer, or other services when an account has
an overdue balance.
7. Deposits and Advance Payments
Some projects require a deposit or advance payment before
work begins.
Deposits may compensate Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) for discovery,
planning, project preparation, development work already
performed, and development time reserved for the client.
Unless otherwise stated in writing, deposits may become
non-refundable after work begins or development time has been
reserved for the project.
8. Timelines and Project Delays
Project timelines and estimated completion dates are provided
in good faith based on the information available at the time
of the estimate.
Unless specifically guaranteed in writing, project completion
dates are estimates rather than guaranteed deadlines.
- Delayed client feedback
- Delayed approvals
- Missing content or credentials
- Scope changes
- Third-party software issues
- API limitations or outages
- Hosting or server outages
- Domain or DNS issues
- Platform updates
- Unexpected technical complications
- Events outside our reasonable control
9. Revisions and Change Requests
Included revisions, when applicable, will be described in the
project scope or proposal.
A revision generally means a reasonable modification to work
already created within the approved project scope.
Requests for entirely new functionality, major redesigns,
additional pages, additional integrations, or substantial
changes to previously approved work may be treated as
additional development rather than revisions.
10. Client Review and Approval
Clients are responsible for reviewing project work,
functionality, designs, content, calculations, integrations,
forms, checkout flows, pricing, and other deliverables before
approval or launch.
Once a project component has been approved, substantial
changes to that component may require additional development
fees.
11. Client-Supplied Content and Materials
Clients are responsible for ensuring that materials supplied
to Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) may legally be used for the project.
- Images
- Videos
- Logos
- Written content
- Product information
- Fonts
- Software
- Customer data
- Trademarks
- Documents
- Other intellectual property
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) is not responsible for copyright, trademark,
licensing, privacy, or other legal claims arising from
materials supplied or directed for use by the client.
12. Third-Party Services and Platforms
Modern websites frequently depend on services operated by
third parties, including hosting companies, domain registrars,
cloud providers, payment processors, Shopify, WordPress,
applications, APIs, analytics platforms, advertising
platforms, CRM systems, and communication providers.
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) does not control these third-party services
and cannot guarantee their continued availability,
functionality, policies, pricing, security, or compatibility.
Work required because a third party changes its API,
platform, software, policies, infrastructure, or technical
requirements may be considered additional development.
13. Software, Plugins and Licensing
Some projects require third-party software, themes, plugins,
applications, APIs, stock media, fonts, subscriptions, or
other licensed products.
Unless specifically included in the project price, the client
is responsible for purchasing and maintaining required
third-party licenses.
14. Hosting, Servers and Domain Services
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) may provide or assist with hosting, servers,
domains, DNS configuration, deployment, SSL certificates,
databases, and related infrastructure.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, clients remain
responsible for renewing their domains, hosting accounts,
licenses, subscriptions, and other services registered in
their name.
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) does not guarantee that a website, domain,
server, network, API, database, or third-party infrastructure
service will operate without interruption.
15. Website Maintenance and Ongoing Support
Completion of a development project does not automatically
include unlimited future maintenance or technical support.
Unless covered by an active maintenance or support agreement,
future updates, troubleshooting, software updates,
compatibility work, content changes, server work, or feature
requests may be billed separately.
16. Website and Application Security
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) uses reasonable development and security
practices appropriate to the services being performed.
However, no website, server, application, API, database, or
internet-connected system can be guaranteed to be completely
secure or permanently free from vulnerabilities.
Clients are responsible for maintaining appropriate account
security, passwords, backups, access permissions, and software
updates after project delivery unless those responsibilities
are included in an ongoing agreement.
17. Browser, Device and Software Compatibility
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) makes reasonable efforts to develop websites
and applications that function properly on modern web browsers
and commonly used devices.
Differences between operating systems, browsers, devices,
screen sizes, software versions, extensions, privacy settings,
and third-party technologies may affect appearance or
functionality.
19. Intellectual Property and Ownership
The client retains ownership of intellectual property
originally supplied by the client.
Unless otherwise stated in writing, rights to final custom
project deliverables created specifically for the client are
transferred after all amounts owed for the applicable project
have been paid in full.
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) retains ownership of pre-existing code,
utilities, frameworks, development tools, reusable components,
processes, techniques, methods, templates, libraries, and
general programming knowledge used while providing services.
20. Portfolio and Project Attribution
Unless otherwise agreed in writing or subject to a
confidentiality obligation, Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) may display
publicly available portions of completed work as examples of
our development services.
Confidential business information, private credentials,
customer data, proprietary internal information, and other
non-public materials will not intentionally be published as
portfolio content.
21. Project Suspension and Termination
Either party may terminate a project according to any
applicable written agreement.
If a project ends after work has begun, the client remains
responsible for payment for work completed, approved expenses,
third-party costs, and other amounts owed through the
termination date.
22. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Legit
Developers will not be responsible for indirect, incidental,
special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising
from the use of this website or our services.
This may include lost revenue, lost profits, lost sales, lost
customers, lost data, business interruption, advertising
expenses, third-party service failures, platform outages,
payment processor failures, security incidents, or changes to
third-party systems.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the total
liability of Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) arising from a specific project
or service will not exceed the amount actually paid to Legit
Developers for the specific service giving rise to the claim.
23. Website Use
Information available through legitdevelopers.com is provided
for general informational, marketing, communication, and
business purposes.
You agree not to misuse this website, interfere with its
operation, attempt unauthorized access, introduce malicious
code, overload infrastructure, or otherwise attempt to damage
or compromise the website or its services.
24. Changes to Services and Terms
Scott Ellis - (DBA legitdevelopers.com) may update these Terms periodically to
reflect changes in services, technology, business practices,
policies, or legal requirements.
Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised
"Last Updated" date.
25. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws applicable in the State
of [STATE], without regard to conflict-of-law
principles, except where federal law or another applicable law
controls.
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
**legitdevelopers.com is not an agency. Scott Ellis is an independent contractor.**