How an engagement works.

Placeholder terms for [Company legal name]. The signed statement of work for your project always wins over this page. [Vikram: have a lawyer review before launch.]

Scope and price

• Every engagement starts with a written scope and a fixed price. If the scope changes, we re-quote in writing before doing the work.
• 50% to start, 50% on launch. Retainers bill monthly in advance.
• Invoices are in USD unless agreed otherwise, exclusive of taxes, due within [payment terms] days.

Ownership

On final payment, the code and design we produce for you are yours. Everything is built in your repositories, your hosting and automation accounts and your domain. We keep the right to describe the work in general terms; we will not name you without permission.

Third-party services

Builds usually depend on services such as hosting, model providers, messaging APIs and payment processors. Their fees and their terms are yours to hold, on your accounts.

What we will not do

• Launch tokens, or ship contracts to mainnet without a third-party audit.
• Build systems designed to mislead people about who they are talking to.
• Promise a ranking, a conversion rate or a revenue number.

Warranty and liability

We fix defects in what we built for [warranty period] after launch at no charge. Beyond that, work is provided as is, and our total liability is limited to the fees paid for the engagement.

Ending an engagement

Either side can stop a project in writing. You pay for work completed to that point and we hand over everything built so far.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [jurisdiction].