Terms and Conditions
All estimates/quotes are based on our understanding of your requirements and as per given time-frame. Any changes to the functionality including micro-improvements, may incur additional costs accordingly.
By accepting a quote, you agree to and accept the terms and conditions of Pitch Pine Media. Acceptance can be verbal, by email, payment of Initiation, signing a quote.
Clients to ensure that we have included all requirements in the quotes/proposals/estimates and that we fully understand their requirements. Clients must provide us with clear guidelines along with the flow or specific details they may require. When such details are not provided, we will proceed with our understanding of the requirements and quote accordingly. At a later stage, if a discrepancy arises, it may lead to additional costs to accommodate the changes. Thus, it is essential that you clarify every aspect of your Website/App development and ensure that you have been quoted on the right requirements.
Any complexity related to specific tasks, must be advised in advance and included in the proposal for costing purposes. We operate in good faith and rely on our clients to disclose the full picture at the time of quotation. Any discrepancy arising due to unclear requirements will not be borne by Pitch Pine Media.
There are limited man-hours allocated to each task including Project Management and Digital Strategist/Business Analyst. Minor changes may be included within the allocated hours. This will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
Pitch Pine Media will make every effort to complete the project/changes in the given timeframe. Reasonable delays are accepted if functionalities are redefined or modified.
Any delays at client’s end, may delay the project and proposed timeframes and may incur additional costs.
Any bugs (programming errors) reported during or just after the development does not attract additional charges.
Any re-work on an already completed task will attract additional charges. Any changes in the design after the design approval will incur additional charges.
Any modifications requested during the development or after the Go-Live approval will incur additional charges. All additional work, over and above the estimates is charged separately. Under no circumstances will Pitch Pine Media be liable for any delays caused by change in the project brief.
Website/application content and all related materials need to be provided to us within the first two weeks of starting the project. Any delays thereafter may delay the project and may incur additional charges if it goes beyond reasonable timeframe.
Responsive/multi-device compatible web pages are tested on iPhone and iPads. If you require testing to be done on any other device, please discuss it in advance.
The website or software application will be designed to be deployed on the web, via using a commercial grade web-server or a similar setup. Based on your website traffic, the website may not perform if deployed on a generic office network environment.
Depending upon the functionalities required, there may be 3rd party components such as Third Party Payment Gateways or SSL certificates involved in building a website/application. Although Pitch Pine Media does its best in recognizing the suitability of any such component, any unforeseen limitations of 3rd party components are beyond our control. Any third-party component purchase costs (such as SSL, Payment gateway, Google Adwords, Plug-in licenses etc) are not included in our quotes.
Pitch Pine Media takes no responsibility of any open source products such as WordPress, Open Source carts, Joomla etc. It is client’s responsibility to update all components and third party softwares. We suggest you to take regular back-ups to avoid any disruptions.
Pitch Pine Media takes no responsibility of any open source products such as WordPress, Open Source carts, Joomla etc. It is client’s responsibility to update all components and third party softwares. We suggest you to take regular back-ups to avoid any disruptions.
The client must recognize that at times there may be unforeseen circumstances that will delay the development process, particularly with reference to the integration of third party software. We will try our best to complete the project as agreed in the proposal. As long as it is within a reasonable period, the client agrees not to penalize us for any genuine delay, when every effort to keep the project on the proposed schedule is taken.
Domain registration/renewal etc charges are not included as a part of any project/proposal unless mentioned otherwise. If required, a quote for which will be submitted separately and approved by the client.
Hosting charges are not included in the quotations unless mentioned otherwise. Pitch Pine Media can organize an appropriate hosting solution if required, a quote for which will be submitted separately and approved by the client. Where clients decide to organize their own hosting, we should be consulted before finalizing the type of hosting and database, as it should meet the requirements of the technology used for the development. Please note that we’ll require full access with hosting support for testing and deploying the application. Pitch Pine Media will not be liable for any delays or errors caused by direct or indirect actions of the hosting company.
Notwithstanding any other provision in the agreement, in consideration of the Customer entering into this agreement with Pitch Pine Media, upon full payment of any outstanding invoices, Pitch Pine Media will grant an unconditional license to the Customer to reproduce, publish, communicate, use, exploit, vary, or otherwise deal with 1) the graphics, 2) texts and 3) images used in the published website and associated of form and functionality. This will not include the intellectual property relating to the production of the website including the digital strategies, programming codes, database structures, scripts, forms or functionalities.
Notwithstanding any other provision in the agreement, in consideration of the Customer entering into this agreement with Pitch Pine Media, upon full payment of any outstanding invoices, Pitch Pine Media will grant an unconditional license to the Customer to reproduce, publish, communicate, use, exploit, vary, or otherwise deal with 1) the graphics, 2) texts and 3) images used in the published website and associated of form and functionality. This will not include the intellectual property relating to the production of the website including the digital strategies, programming codes, database structures, scripts, forms or functionalities.