This Master Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between AbleCommerce Hosting (“ACH”) and the customer purchasing or using ACH services (“Customer”) and is effective as of the date Customer first purchases, accesses, or uses the Services (the “Effective Date”). Customer’s purchase, access, or use of the Services constitutes acceptance of this Agreement.
1. Overview
This Agreement states the terms and conditions under which
ACH will provide Services to Customer. All services selected, purchased, or
provisioned by Customer (each, a “Service Order”), including any associated
descriptions, pricing, or specifications presented at the time of purchase, are
incorporated into this Agreement by reference. This Agreement applies to all
Services provided by ACH.
2. Delivery of Services; Terms; Fees
2.1 Delivery of Services
By purchasing or using Services, Customer agrees to take and
pay for (i) the Service(s) during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, and
(ii) any Supplemental Services requested or required. Customer agrees to pay
ACH the fees charged by ACH for Supplemental Services, and hereby authorizes
ACH to perform such services on its behalf. ALL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND EXCLUDE WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED in accordance with ACH's current policies and
prices.
ACH reserves the right to require Customer to implement and
maintain specific security, content delivery, and traffic filtering services,
including but not limited to Cloudflare or similar providers, as a condition of
receiving Services. Failure to comply with such requirements may result in
suspension of Services and/or ineligibility for any service level commitments.
2.2 Term
(a) Term Commencement. The term for each Service will
commence on the Service Commencement Date.
(b) Renewal Term(s). Upon expiration of the Initial Term,
the term shall be extended automatically for a period of thirty (30) days
("Renewal Term"), unless and until either party gives the other no
less than thirty (30) days' written notice of a termination. The termination of
any Service will not affect Customer's obligations to pay for other Service(s).
3. Fees and Payment Terms
3.1 Fees and Expenses
Customer will pay all fees due according to the prices and
terms presented at the time of purchase or as otherwise communicated by ACH and
all other fees incurred by Customer related to Supplemental Services,
Professional Services, reinstatement of service fees and fees for switching or
upgrading servers, all in accordance with then current ACH prices and policies.
3.2 Payment Terms
On the Service Commencement Date for each Service, Customer
will be billed (the "Initial Bill") an amount equal to (i) all
non-recurring charges presented at the time of purchase and (ii) the monthly
recurring charges for the first month of the term prorated for the number of
calendar days remaining in such month. Subsequent monthly billing will occur on
the first day of each calendar month of the term. Monthly recurring charges for
all months will be billed (the "Recurring Bill") in advance of the
provision of Services. All other charges for Services received and expenses
incurred for Supplemental or Professional Services during a month (e.g.,
bandwidth usage fees) will either be billed immediately or at the end of the
month in which the Services were provided. Payment for all fees is due upon
receipt of each ACH invoice. All payments will be made in U.S. Dollars.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, ACH expressly
reserves the right to alter, change or amend its billing practices in its sole
discretion, including, but not limited to, the date on which such billing will
occur and the types of charges that will be included in such bills.
3.3 Late payments
Any payment not received within fifteen (15) days of the
invoice date of the Initial Bill and thirty (30) days of the invoice date of a
Recurring Bill (respectively, a "Payment Default") will accrue a
"Late payment" of $20 for each month the invoice remains unpaid.
Customer also shall pay to ACH all expenses incurred by ACH in exercising any
of its rights under this Agreement or applicable law with respect to a Payment
Default or other breach by Customer, including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees and the fees of any collection agency retained by ACH.
3.4 Taxes
Customer will be responsible for and will pay in full,
except for taxes on ACH net income, all taxes and similar fees now in force or
enacted in the future imposed on the transaction and/or the delivery of
Services.
4. Intellectual Property Ownership
This Agreement does not transfer from ACH to Customer any
ACH Technology, and all right, title and interest in and to ACH Technology will
remain solely with ACH. This Agreement does not transfer from Customer to ACH
any Customer Technology, and all right, title and interest in and to Customer
Technology will remain solely with Customer. ACH and Customer each agree that
it will not, directly or indirectly, reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble
or otherwise attempt to derive source code or other trade secrets from the
other party and/or its third party vendors.
5. Limited Warranties
Any service level targets, including uptime targets, are
provided solely as described in the applicable Service Level Agreement and do
not constitute a warranty or guarantee of uninterrupted service.
5.1 Limitation
Each of the guarantees in the applicable Services is null
and void if Customer fails to follow ACH's Rules and Regulations and other
policies or otherwise breaches the Agreement in any respect.
5.2 No Other Warranty
ACH DOES NOT MONITOR OR EXERCISE CONTROL OVER THE CONTENT OF
THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED THROUGH ITS FACILITIES. USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY
INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED THERE FROM IS AT CUSTOMER'S OWN RISK. THE
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND CUSTOMER'S USE OF THE
SERVICES IS AT ITS OWN RISK. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, ACH DOES NOT
MAKE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS AND/OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND TITLE, AND ANY
WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. ACH DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR COMPLETELY
SECURE.
5.3 Disclaimer of Actions Caused by and/or Under the
Control of Third Parties
ACH DOES NOT AND CANNOT CONTROL THE FLOW OF INFORMATION TO
OR FROM ACH'S NETWORK AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE INTERNET. SUCH FLOW DEPENDS IN
LARGE PART ON THE PERFORMANCE OF INTERNET SERVICES PROVIDED OR CONTROLLED BY
THIRD PARTIES. AT TIMES, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS OF SUCH THIRD PARTIES CAN IMPAIR
OR DISRUPT CUSTOMER'S CONNECTIONS TO THE INTERNET (OR PORTIONS THEREOF). ACH
CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT SUCH EVENTS WILL NOT OCCUR. ACCORDINGLY ACH DISCLAIMS ANY
AND ALL LIABILITY RESULTING FROM OR RELATED TO SUCH EVENTS.
6. Customer Obligations
Customer agrees to implement and maintain all security
configurations, services, and third-party integrations required by ACH,
including but not limited to DDoS protection and traffic proxy services.
Customer acknowledges that failure to comply may materially increase service
risk and shall relieve ACH of any related performance obligations.
6.1 Warranties of Customer
(a) General. Customer represents and warrants that (i)
Customer is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (ii) Customer possesses the
legal right and ability to enter into this Agreement, and (iii) the performance
of its obligations and use of the Services (by Customer, its customers and
users) will not violate any applicable laws, regulations or the Rules and
Regulations or cause a breach of any agreements with any third parties or
unreasonably interfere with other ACH customers' use of ACH services. Customer
assumes all risks related to processing of transactions related to electronic
commerce.
(b) Breach of Warranties. In the event of any breach of any
of the foregoing warranties, in addition to any other remedies available at law
or in equity, ACH will have the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or
terminate immediately any Services.
6.2 Compliance with Law and Rules and Regulations
Customer agrees that it will use the Service(s) only for
lawful purposes and in accordance with this Agreement. Customer will comply at
all times with all applicable laws and regulations and the Rules and
Regulations, as updated by ACH from time to time. The Rules and Regulations are
incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference. ACH may change
the Rules and Regulations upon fifteen (15) days' notice to Customer, which
notice may be provided by posting such new Rules and Regulations at the ACH
Site AUP .
Customer may request a current copy of the Rules and Regulations by sending or
faxing a request to ACH. Customer agrees that it has received, read and
understands the current version of the Rules and Regulations.
6.3 Third Party Rights
Customer shall not (i) remove, modify or obscure any
copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices that appear on any
Third Party Product (as defined in Section 7.4) or that appear during use of
any Third Party Product; or (ii) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble
any Third Party Product, except and only to the extent that such activity is
expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.
7. Limitations of Liability
Any service credits issued under a Service Level Agreement
shall constitute Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any service
interruption, downtime, or performance issue.
7.1 Delays and Interruptions
ACH SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM
DELAYS, CORRUPTION OF DATA, NON-DELIVERIES, MIS-DELIVERIES OR SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS. CUSTOMER SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION, USE AND
SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES, AND ACH SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY THEREFORE. EXCEPT
TO THE EXTENT OF ACH'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, NEITHER ACH NOR
ITS NETWORK SERVICES SUPPLIER WILL BE LIABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ACH'S
OR CUSTOMER'S TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OR PREMISE EQUIPMENT OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF CUSTOMER'S DATA FILES,
PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES OR INFORMATION THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR
DEVICES, OR ANY OTHER METHOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE OCCURS AS A
RESULT OF ACH'S OR ITS NETWORK SERVICE SUPPLIER'S NEGLIGENCE.
7.2 Consequential Damages
EXCEPT FOR THE PARTIES' INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS IN SECTION 8,
IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY
TYPE OF INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, LOST REVENUE, LOST PROFITS, REPLACEMENT GOODS, LOSS OF
TECHNOLOGY, RIGHTS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF DATA, OR INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF USE OF
SERVICE OR EQUIPMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
WHETHER ARISING UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT
LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
7.3 Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, ACH's maximum aggregate liability to Customer for any claim
related to, or in connection with, this Agreement, whether in contract, tort or
otherwise, shall be limited to the total amount of fees actually paid by
Customer to ACH for the prior three (3) months.
7.4 ACH may provide Customer access to other third party
software and/or services ("Third Party Products") through reseller
relationships ACH has established with certain commercial vendors, including
without limitation, Microsoft Corporation ("Third Party Vendors").
Unless otherwise notified, Customer understands that product support for Third
Party Products is provided by ACH and not by the Third Party Vendor. Neither
ACH nor any Third Party Vendor makes any representations or warranties, express
or implied, regarding any Third Party Products. CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT USE OF THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS IS AT CUSTOMER'S SOLE RISK AND SUCH
THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND FROM ACH OR ANY THIRD PARTY VENDOR, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, LACK OF VIRUSES, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF RESPONSES OR RESULTS,
CORRESPONDENCE TO DESCRIPTION, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. TO
THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER ACH NOR ANY THIRD PARTY
VENDOR WILL BE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCT.
CUSTOMER AGREES TO OBSERVE THE TERMS OF ANY LICENSE AND/OR APPLICABLE END USER
SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT FOR THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND THAT CUSTOMER SHALL BE FULLY
LIABLE TO THIRD PARTY VENDORS AND ACH WITH RESPECT TO ANY IMPROPER USE OF SUCH
THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS OR VIOLATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM AND/OR
APPLICABLE END USER SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENTS.
8. Indemnification
Each party agrees to indemnify and hold the other harmless
against any losses, costs, expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees), claims, damages, liabilities, penalties, actions, proceedings
or judgments (collectively, "Losses") resulting from any claim, suit,
action, or proceeding brought by any third party against the other or its
affiliates related to or arising out of (i) any infringement or
misappropriation or alleged infringement or misappropriation of any United
States copyright, trade secret, patent, trademark, or other proprietary right
related to any hardware or software utilized in connection with any of the
Services (but excluding any infringement contributory caused by the other
party) and (ii) any violation of or failure to comply with the Rules and
Regulations. Customer further agrees to indemnify ACH and its affiliates
against any Losses which arise out of, or relate to any content provided by
Customer or the customers/clients of Customer, and Customer will reimburse ACH
and its affiliates for all legal expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, incurred by ACH and its affiliates in connection with any such Losses.
9. Termination
ACH may suspend or terminate Services if Customer refuses to
implement required security controls that ACH reasonably determines are
necessary to protect its infrastructure or other customers.
9.1 Termination Without Cause During Renewal Term
This Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time
during any Renewal Term for any or no reason upon either party giving to the
other no less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice of termination. No
matter which party terminates the Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1, any
and all payment obligations of Customer under this Agreement for Service(s)
provided through the date of termination will immediately become due, and
Customer shall be required to prepay for any portion of the Services that have
not been paid for and are to be rendered during such thirty (30) day period.
9.2 Termination For Cause
In addition to any other rights it may have under this
Agreement or applicable law, ACH may immediately terminate this Agreement or
suspend service, effective without notice, in the event of (i) a Payment
Default, or (ii) Customer's breach or failure to comply with any other
obligation of Customer under this Agreement including, but not limited to, its
failure to comply with any of the terms of the Rules and Regulations or other
policies of ACH. Customer may terminate this Agreement if ACH breaches any material
term or condition of this Agreement and fails to cure such breach within ten
(10) days after receipt of written notice of same. If this Agreement is
terminated by ACH under this Section 9.2, all remaining monthly recurring and
other charges for the remaining portion of the then-current service term
associated with the applicable Services shall immediately become due and
payable. In addition to the foregoing, ACH reserves the right to prohibit any
conduct or to remove any materials or content in violation of the Rules and
Regulations or which ACH believes in its sole discretion to be illegal or
potentially harmful to others or may expose ACH to harm or liability.
9.3 No Liability for Termination
Neither party will be liable to the other for any
termination or expiration of any Service or this Agreement in accordance with
its terms.
9.4 Survival
The following provisions will survive any expiration or
termination of the Agreement: Sections 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
9.5 IP Addresses
Upon expiration, cancellation or termination of this
Agreement, Customer shall relinquish any Internet protocol ("IP")
numbers, addresses or address blocks assigned to Customer by ACH or its network
services supplier (but not the URL or top level domain connected therewith).
ACH reserves, in its sole discretion, the right to change or remove any and all
such IP numbers, addresses or address blocks.
10. Definitions
(a) "Customer Technology" means Customer's
proprietary technology, including Customer's Internet operations design,
content, software tools, hardware designs, algorithms, software (in source and
object forms), user interface designs, architecture, class libraries, objects
and documentation (both printed and electronic), know-how, trade secrets and
any related intellectual property rights throughout the world (whether owned by
Customer or licensed to Customer from a third party) and also including any
derivatives, improvements, enhancements or extensions of Customer Technology
conceived, reduced to practice, or developed during the term of this Agreement
by Customer.
(b) "Initial Term" means the minimum term for
which ACH will provide the Service(s) to Customer, as indicated on the Service
Order(s).
(c) "Professional Services" means any non-standard
professional, consulting or support service provided by ACH to Customer,
including, without limitation, those services and fees indicated on the ACH
Support page at our help site.
(d) "ACH Technology" means ACH's proprietary
technology, including ACH Services, software tools, hardware designs,
algorithms, software (in source and object forms), user interface designs,
architecture, class libraries, objects and documentation (both printed and
electronic), network designs, know-how, trade secrets and any related
intellectual property rights throughout the world (whether owned by ACH or
licensed to ACH from a third party) and also including any derivatives,
improvements, enhancements or extensions of ACH Technology conceived, reduced
to practice, or developed during the term of this Agreement by either party
that are not uniquely applicable to Customer or that have general applicability
in the art.
(e) "Renewal Term" means any service term
following the Initial Term, as specified in Section 2.2.
(f) "Rules and Regulations" means the ACH general
rules and regulations governing Customer's use of Services, including, but not
limited to, online conduct and ACH's Acceptable Use Policy, which can be found
at here .
(g) "Service(s)" means the specific service(s)
provided by ACH pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) "Service Commencement Date" means the date ACH
will begin providing the Service(s) to Customer as indicated on the Service
Order(s).
(i) “Service Order” means any Service or set of Services
selected, purchased, or provisioned by Customer, including associated pricing,
specifications, and terms presented at the time of purchase, whether through
ACH’s website, checkout process, or other ordering mechanism.
11. Use of Customer's Name for Marketing and Promotion
Customer agrees that during the term of this Agreement ACH
may publicly refer to Customer, orally and in writing, as a Customer of ACH in
resumes, client lists and in other promotional materials and communications,
including, but not limited to, press releases, brochures, reports, letters and
electronic media such as e-mail or Web pages.
12. Miscellaneous Provisions
ACH shall not be deemed to be in default of any provision of
this Agreement or be liable for any delay, failure of performance or
interruption of the provision of Services to Customer resulting, directly or
indirectly, from any unforeseen or force major event. ACH and Customer agree
that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Service
Order(s) or the terms and conditions of use of any third party software
products, there shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement,
including but not limited to the insurance providers for either party or the
customers of Customer. THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE UNDER AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS (EXCEPT THAT BODY
OF LAW CONTROLLING CONFLICTS OF LAW) AND SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING FROM
APPLICATION TO THIS AGREEMENT THAT LAW KNOWN AS THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS. EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ALL DISPUTES ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN WASHINGTON,
AND EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SUCH PERSONAL JURISDICTIONS AND WAIVES
ALL OBJECTIONS THERETO. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held by
a tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the law, the remaining
provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. The waiver
of any breach or default of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of any
subsequent breach or default, and will not act to amend or negate the rights of
the waiving party. Customer may not sell, assign or transfer its rights or
delegate its duties under this Agreement either in whole or in part without the
prior written consent of ACH, and any attempted assignment or delegation
without such consent will be void. ACH may assign this Agreement in whole or
part. ACH also may delegate the performance of certain Services to third
parties, including ACH's wholly owned subsidiaries. All notices, demands,
requests or other communications required or permitted under this Agreement
shall be deemed given when delivered personally, sent by facsimile upon
confirmation, sent and received by return receipt email, or upon receipt of
delivery of overnight mail. ACH and Customer are independent contractors and
this Agreement will not establish any relationship of partnership, joint
venture, employment, franchise or agency between ACH and Customer. Neither ACH
nor Customer will have the power to bind the other or incur obligations on the
other's behalf without the other's prior written consent, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein. This Agreement, including all documents incorporated
herein by reference, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and
replaces any and all prior or contemporaneous discussions, negotiations,
understandings and agreements, written and oral, regarding such subject matter.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. Once signed, any reproduction of this Agreement made by
reliable means (e.g., photocopy, facsimile) is considered an original. Except
as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may be changed only by
a written document signed by authorized representatives of ACH and Customer in
accordance with this Section 11.
Authorized representatives of Customer and ACH have read the
foregoing and all documents incorporated therein and, Customer agrees that
electronic acceptance of this Agreement, including through online purchase,
checkout, or use of the Services, constitutes a legally binding agreement
equivalent to a written signature.
