Please read our terms and conditions carefully. By using our services you are deemed to agree & accept our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

1. Description of Services

Inventive Cafe may provide Client with one or more services, included but not limited to, following: Website Design & Development and affiliated products/services, Internet Marketing, Mobile Application Development, Content Development, and/ or Maintenance and Support Services. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new feature that augments or enhances the Services shall be considered to be part of the Services. Inventive Cafe reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Services (or any part thereof), based on non-cooperation, non payment, or unwanted delay from client, at any time, without notice. Client expressly agrees that Client, or any related third party, shall not hold Inventive Cafe or its suppliers liable for any losses, damages or consequences whatsoever from such modification, suspension or discontinuation of the Services.

2. Acceptance

It is not necessary for any Client to have signed an acceptance of these terms and conditions for them to apply. If a Client accepts a quote then the Client will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the terms applying and have accepted these terms and conditions in full.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. Any purchase/payment of an advance fee or use of our services implies that you have read and accepted our terms and conditions.

3. Database, E-Commerce & Application Development

Inventive Cafe is not liable for any losses caused by any software that is created for the client. Though we take every care to ensure the products are accurate and error-free, the ultimate responsibility remains with the Client to ensure that all products and software are functioning properly before use.

Where site and applications are developed on servers that are not provided by Inventive Cafe, the Client will be responsible to provide and/ or seek any information, support, additional software and/ or co-operation relating to the server required for application to be developed correctly. For developing large applications, the Client will be responsible for providing a suitable testing environment, identical to the Client’s final production environment.

Any application or programming pertaining to a website developed by Inventive Cafe, the Client is expected to fully test them before making the same generally available for use. Inventive Cafe will endeavour but not obliged to correct errors, “bugs” or other issues are found in the website developed by us after the site is live to meet the standards of site’s function outlined in the brief.

4. Charges

Charges for services to be provided by Inventive Cafe are defined in the project quotation that the Client receives via e-mail. Quotations are valid for a period of 30 days unless alternate timescales have been agreed beforehand with the Client. Inventive Cafe reserves the right to alter or decline to provide a quotation after expiry of the valid timescale.

Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all website design services require an advance payment of a minimum of fifty (50) percent of the project quotation total before work will commence. A second charge of thirty (30) percent is required after the development stage, with the remaining twenty (20) percent of the project quotation total due upon completion of the work, prior to upload to the server or release of materials. Charges for web/app development do not cover the release of source Photoshop or Flash files; if the Client requires these items then a separate quotation can be prepared.

Payment for services is due by cheque or bank transfer. Bank details will be made available on invoices.

5. Development Process

Database Implementation – Entry of data for database applications is considered client’s responsibility. Entry of data by Inventive Cafe is billable, unless otherwise provided for in customer’s contract.

Training – For websites with administrative control panels or content management systems, two (2) one-hour training sessions will be provided.

Technical Support – We offer local and long-distance phone support to our clients. We do not normally bill for technical support depending on the source of the problem, its severity, and our time invested. If Inventive Cafe is not the source of the problem, technical support may be billable.

6. Training and Tutorials

Because customer service is in integral part of our business strategy, all of our projects include a one-time complimentary training session in order for our clients to better make use of their new web technology. Additional training hours can be purchased at our standard hourly rate or applied against your existing maintenance contract.

7. Client Review

7.1 Approval of Work

On completion of the work you will be notified and have the opportunity to review it. You must notify us in writing of any unsatisfactory points within 7 days of such notification. Any of the work which has not been reported in writing to us as unsatisfactory within the 7-day review period will be deemed to have been approved. Once approved, or deemed approved, work cannot subsequently be rejected and the contract will be deemed to have been completed and the pending balance of the project price will become due.

7.2 Rejected Work

If you reject any of our work within the 7-day review period, or not approve subsequent work performed by us to remedy any points recorded as being unsatisfactory, and we, acting reasonably, consider that you have been unreasonable in any rejection of the work, we can elect to treat this contract as at an end and take measures to recover payment for the completed work.

8. Project Schedule and Content Control

In the majority of projects, Inventive Cafe will install and publicly post or supply the Client's Web site by the date specified in the project proposal. If no such date is specified, the timescale shall be within two weeks of the date initial payment is received from the Client, unless a delay is specifically requested by the Client and agreed by Inventive Cafe. An alternate timescale can be agreed during the initial project discussion.

In return, the Client agrees to delegate a single individual as 'first-point-of-call' to aid Inventive Cafe with completing the project in a satisfactory and expedient manner.

During the project, Inventive Cafe will require the Client to provide copy and images. If content is not provided within two (2) weeks of an official request by email then Inventive Cafe reserves the right to advise the Client of a revision to the final payment fee based on new or revised pricing schedules that may be introduced from time to time. If content is not provided within three (3) weeks from the original email request then the Client is considered to be in default of the project, the project will be terminated and the Client sent the final invoice for immediate payment. Inventive Cafe will agree, at its discretion, to recommence the project after agreement is reached on a new quotation document and once the original fees have been paid.

9. Payment

Final payment is due regardless of whether all content for the pages has been sent by the client. This provision is in place to encourage the client to get content submitted promptly so that their project can go live. It also ensures that Inventive Cafe gets paid for performing their duty under the proposal, despite tardy content from the client. After payment, Inventive Cafe will still post pre- agreed outstanding content AT NO CHARGE for 2 months. In the event an “under construction” page is posted due to missing content, Inventive Cafe will post ONE copy of any pre-agreed text/pictures on existing pages only, for up to 2 months after publish date. After the two months have expired, content posted to site will be billable at our current regular hourly rate. In the event that design and navigation changes are requested after they have been specifically approved by the client, these changes will be billable at our current regular hourly rate.

Project can only be cancelled within 3 days after signing the project agreement. If there is a refund, client will get refund within 10 days of the claim.

Invoices will be provided by Inventive Cafe upon completion of the work for Web Development and Design and any associated services. Invoices are normally sent via email; however, the Client may elect to receive hard copy invoices. Invoices are due within fifteen (15) days of receipt after which a reminder will be sent to the Client. If the invoice has not been settled after thirty (30) days then Inventive Cafe will consider the account to be in default.

10. Default

Payments for projects are made to us in increments as a courtesy to the client. Once a payment or deposit is made, it is non-refundable. If a project is cancelled or postponed, all money paid are retained by Inventive Cafe and if applicable, a fee for all work completed beyond what was already paid for shall be paid by the client.

If the Client in default has any information or files on Inventive Cafe Web space, Inventive Cafe can, at its discretion, remove all such material from its web space. Inventive Cafe is not responsible for any loss of data incurred due to the removal of the service. Removal of such material does not relieve the Client of the obligation to pay any outstanding charges assessed to the Client's account. Cheques returned for insufficient funds will be assessed a return charge and the Client's account will immediately be considered to be in default until full payment is received. Clients with accounts in default agree to pay Inventive Cafe reasonable expenses, including legal fees and costs for collection by third-party agencies, incurred by Inventive Cafe in enforcing these Terms and Conditions. Accounts that remain unpaid thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice will be assessed a service charge in the amount of the higher of two percent (2%) of the total amount due.

11. Termination

Termination or Cancellation of the Web Development project or any other project by the Client must be requested in writing and will be effective on receipt of such notice. E-mail or telephone requests for termination of services will not be honoured until and unless confirmed in writing within 48 Hours of the Payment. The Client will be invoiced for design work completed to the date of first notice of cancellation for payment in full within fifteen (15) days.

12. Development Process

Database Implementation – Entry of data for database applications is considered client’s responsibility. Entry of data by Inventive Cafe is billable, unless otherwise provided for in customer’s contract.

Training – For websites with administrative control panels or content management systems, two (2) one-hour training sessions will be provided.

Technical Support – We offer local and long-distance phone support to our clients. We do not normally bill for technical support depending on the source of the problem, its severity, and our time invested. If Inventive Cafe is not the source of the problem, technical support may be billable.

Training and Tutorials - Because customer service is in integral part of our business strategy, all of our projects include a one-time complimentary training session in order for our clients to better make use of their new web technology. Additional training hours can be purchased at our standard hourly rate or applied against your existing maintenance contract.

13. Copyright

The Client retains the copyright to data, files and graphic logos provided by the Client, and grants Inventive Cafe the rights to publish and use such material. The Client must obtain permission and rights to use any information or files that are copyrighted by a third party. The Client is further responsible for granting Inventive Cafe permission and rights for use of the same and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Inventive Cafe from any and all claims resulting from the Client's negligence or inability to obtain proper copyright permissions. A contract for Web site design and/or placement shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Client to Inventive Cafe that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained. Evidence of permissions and authorities may be requested.

14. Media Delivery Requirements

Unless otherwise specified in the project proposal/Quote, this Agreement assumes that all text will be provided by the Client in electronic format (text files or Email or MS Word document delivered via email) if Inventive Cafe is to insert web page content. In the case where a Content Management System (CMS) site is produced, Inventive Cafe will insert some of the page content for free, and the Client is to insert the rest, unless a data entry fee is negotiated, as specified in the project proposal. All graphics need to be provided electronically in .gif, .jpg, .png or .tiff format.

Additional (to proposal) expenses may be incurred for corrective work, conversion of media or outside facility charges. The scope of the work will be defined by the project proposal. The proposal will clearly outline what is to be delivered. If any items are missing Inventive Cafe needs to be informed prior to approval of these terms to enable supply of a new proposal with inclusion of missing items. The project proposal quoted amount will not cover any items that have not been specified or are missing from the proposal at the time of proposal acceptance.

Changes to Client's business during project timeline which necessitate changes to already created work will incur an extra charge according to time spent at our current hourly rate.

Unless otherwise specified in the project quotation, this Agreement assumes that any text will be provided by the Client in electronic format (ASCII text files delivered via e-mail, CD-Rom, DVD, or FTP) and that all photographs and other graphics will be provided physically in high quality print suitable for scanning or electronically in .gif, .jpeg, .png or .tiff format. The specific requirements will be discussed and agreed with the Client prior to commencement of the project. Although every reasonable attempt shall be made by Inventive Cafe to return to the Client any images or printed material provided for use in creation of the Client's Project, such return cannot be guaranteed.

15. Design Credit

Inventive Cafe reserves the right to include a discrete link back to www.Inventive Cafe.com from the Client's website stating “Design and Developed by Inventive Cafe”. This design credit is to remain on the site unless the editing of the site has been taken over by another party and the design appearance of the site has changed by over 90% from its original look as provided and designed by Inventive Cafe. Inventive Cafe must be in acceptance of the removal and notified in event of its change so that the site can be removed from the portfolio. In cases where the site's graphic design has been supplied by a third party, the designer will be credited, and the Inventive Cafe credit will state "Site development by Inventive Cafe”.

16. Intellectual Property

The Client retains IP of the site. Unless design copyright is signed over to the Client, Inventive Cafe retains copyright of any design or coding that is created by Inventive Cafe, excluding elements formed directly from the Client’s logo or branding imagery or facets of their corporate identity. The Client can use and re-use the design elements created for the site in an unlimited fashion for the site and any other graphical online internet-displayed purposes only. Styles and designs created in the production of the website design may not be used in other material for the Client’s advertising unless permission is given by Inventive Cafe. An extra design fee will be due for the multiple use of design features.

The Client accepts that they do not have exclusive rights to any regenerative code used in the development of the website. The Client does not have any ownership of the code used in the site, they can not copy, modify, lease or sell the code without explicit permission. Sale of the website by the owner transfers the use of the site only but the copyright and ownership of the code used by the site remains with Inventive Cafe and/or partners/contractors.

The Client agrees to remove any reference to Inventive Cafe (including the link) should Inventive Cafe deem the site to no longer be representative of Inventive Cafe's design style and quality.

17. Access Requirements

If the Client's Web site is to be installed on a third-party server, Inventive Cafe must be granted temporary read/write access to the Client's storage directories, and those directories must be accessible via FTP. Depending on the specific nature of the project, other resources might also need to be configured on the server.

18. Post Project Alterations

Inventive Cafe cannot accept responsibility for any alterations caused by the Client or a third party occurring to the Client's pages once installed. Such alterations include, but are not limited to additions, modifications or deletions. Inventive Cafe may require a one-off Web Development charge before resolving any issues that may arise.

19. Third Party Services

Inventive Cafe require the usage of third party services - for example, credit card processing - to complete the Client's project requirements and will ensure these services are integrated into the project and working correctly upon completion. Inventive Cafe cannot be held responsible for subsequent changes or issues with these third party services that may result in issues on the Client's website and may require a one-off Web Development charge before resolving any problems that may arise.

20. Subcontracting

We reserve the right to subcontract any services that we have agreed to perform for you as we see fit.

21. Non-Disclosure

We (and any subcontractors we engage) agree that we will not at any time disclose any of your confidential information to any third party.

22. Additional Expenses

You agree to reimburse us for any requested expenses which do not form part of our proposal including but not limited to the purchase of templates, third party software, stock photographs, fonts, domain name registration, web hosting or comparable expenses.

23. Backups

You are responsible for maintaining your own backups with respect to your website and we will not be liable for restoring any client data or client websites except to the extent that such data loss arises out of a negligent act or omission by us.

24. Ownership of Domain Names and Web Hosting

We will supply to you account credentials for domain name registration and/or web hosting that we purchased on your behalf when you reimburse us for any expenses that we have incurred.

Inventive Cafe may purchase domain names on behalf of the Client. Payment and renewal of those domain names is the responsibility of the Client. The loss, cancellation or otherwise of the domain brought about by non or late payment is not the responsibility of Inventive Cafe. The Client should keep a record of the due dates for payment to ensure that payment is received in good time.

25. General

These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings or agreements. The Client's signature below or payment of an advance fee constitutes agreement to and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Payment online is an acceptance of our terms and conditions.

26. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by Indian Law, under the jurisdiction of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

27. Liability

Inventive Cafe hereby excludes itself, its Employees and or Agents from all and any liability from:

• Loss or damage caused by any inaccuracy
• Loss or damage caused by omission
• Loss or damage caused by delay or error, whether the result of negligence or other cause in the production of the web site
• Loss or damage to clients' artwork/photos, supplied for the site. Immaterial whether the loss or damage results from negligence or otherwise. The entire liability of Inventive Cafe to the Client in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the charges paid for the Services under this Agreement in respect of which the breach has arisen.

28. Severability

In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired and the Agreement shall not be void for this reason alone. Such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision, which comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid.