Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding agreement between you and SignCrunch Inc., a Georgia corporation operating under the trade name BrickWeb Studio ("BrickWeb," "we," "us," "our"). By accessing or using brickwebstudio.com (the "Site"), submitting a contact or mockup-request form, or engaging us to perform any service (the "Services"), you agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a business, you represent that you have authority to bind that business, and "you" refers both to you individually and to the business.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Site or the Services.

2. Who we are

BrickWeb Studio is a trade name of SignCrunch Inc., a Georgia corporation with a registered address of 853 S. Peachtree St, Suite 107, Norcross, GA 30071. All Services are provided by SignCrunch Inc. References to "BrickWeb Studio" throughout these Terms mean the same legal entity.

3. The Services

BrickWeb provides custom website design and development services for small businesses. Our standard offering is a flat-fee, one-time build of a marketing or commerce website. Each engagement typically follows this process:

1. Free mockup. You submit information about your business and we prepare a no-cost preview ("Mockup") of a proposed website. The Mockup is not a binding offer to build the site at any particular scope or price.
2. Proposal & agreement. If you wish to proceed, we'll send a written proposal or order form ("Order") specifying scope, fee, timeline, and any project-specific terms. The Order, together with these Terms, forms the agreement between us.
3. Payment. Unless otherwise specified in the Order, the build fee is due in full upon acceptance of the Order and before design work begins.
4. Design & build. We design and build the site. Two rounds of revisions are included unless your Order specifies otherwise.
5. Launch & handoff. Upon your final approval and full payment, we deploy the site, transfer ownership of all deliverables, and provide handoff documentation.

Specific deliverables, scope, fees, and timelines are governed by the Order for each engagement. In the event of a conflict between an Order and these Terms, the Order controls for the matters it addresses.

4. Engagement and payment

Fees

Fees for the Services are stated on the Site (currently $499 for a standard one-time build under early-bird launch pricing) and confirmed in the Order. Pricing on the Site is subject to change at any time; the price set forth in your Order, once accepted, will govern your engagement.

Taxes

Fees are exclusive of any applicable sales, use, or other taxes. You are responsible for any such taxes assessed on the Services in your jurisdiction.

Payment terms

Payment is due in full before design work begins, unless otherwise specified in the Order. Accepted payment methods may include credit/debit card, ACH, or paper check. You authorize us to collect and process payment in accordance with the Order.

Late payment

Any portion of the fee not paid when due will accrue interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (or the maximum rate permitted under Georgia law, whichever is lower). We may suspend or terminate the Services for non-payment after providing 5 business days' written notice and an opportunity to cure.

Refunds

Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

Chargebacks

If you have a billing concern, contact us first at hello@brickwebstudio.com before initiating a credit-card dispute. Initiating a chargeback without first contacting us is a material breach of these Terms. We may charge a $75 administrative fee per disputed transaction in addition to any chargeback amounts we are required to refund or repay to the card network, and we may suspend Services and withhold deliverable files pending resolution. Nothing in this paragraph waives any consumer right you may have under the Fair Credit Billing Act or other applicable law.

5. Client obligations

To enable us to deliver the Services, you agree to:

• Provide accurate, complete, and timely information about your business
• Provide content, copy, images, logos, and other materials needed for the build ("Client Materials")
• Respond to requests for feedback, approvals, and information within reasonable time frames (see Section 6)
• Make timely payment of fees as set forth in your Order
• Maintain accurate contact information on file with us so we can reach you about your site, renewals, and any matters affecting service continuity

Client Materials warranty. You represent and warrant that you own all rights necessary to provide us with Client Materials, that those Materials do not infringe any third party's intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights, and that they comply with all applicable laws. You grant BrickWeb a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, modify, and incorporate Client Materials into the deliverables for the duration of the engagement and as needed thereafter to display the work in our portfolio (see Section 7).

Domain and hosting management

Unless your Order specifies otherwise, BrickWeb registers and maintains the domain name for your website on its own registrar account, and operates and maintains the hosting environment on which your website runs. The annual care fee disclosed on the Site (currently ~$25/yr) covers this ongoing management.

Transfer on request. The website, its content, its design files, and all other Custom Deliverables (defined in Section 7) are owned by you. Upon your written request to legal@brickwebstudio.com, BrickWeb will transfer the domain name registration, the hosting account, and any related operational accounts associated with your site to a registrar or hosting account you designate, in your name (or your business's name). BrickWeb will complete the transfer within thirty (30) business days of receiving the information reasonably necessary to do so. No exit fee, transfer fee, or release fee applies. Any unused portion of a prepaid annual care fee will be refunded on a pro-rated basis.

Lapsed payment. If the annual care fee is not paid by the renewal date and remains unpaid after 30 days' written notice, BrickWeb may, at its option, (a) transfer the domain to you at the address on file (in which case ongoing renewals become your responsibility), or (b) allow the domain and hosting to lapse. BrickWeb will not delete website content or design files for non-payment without first attempting to deliver them to you.

6. Review, approval, and auto-acceptance

Each design or build deliverable will be sent for your review. You agree to provide consolidated written feedback or written approval within ten (10) business days after we deliver any deliverable for review.

Auto-approval. If we do not receive written feedback or rejection from you within ten (10) business days of delivery, the deliverable will be deemed accepted as delivered, and any final-payment milestone tied to that deliverable will become due. We will send a courtesy reminder before this period ends.

Project pause. If you do not respond to a request for feedback, information, or approval for more than thirty (30) calendar days, we may pause the engagement, deem all delivered work final, invoice any remaining fees, and close the project. Re-opening a closed project may be subject to a restart fee.

Revisions. Two rounds of revisions are included in a standard build. Additional revision rounds, or substantive changes to the scope set out in the Order, may be quoted separately as a written change order. No change-order work begins until the change order is mutually agreed in writing.

7. Intellectual property

Pre-existing materials

BrickWeb retains all right, title, and interest in our pre-existing tools, frameworks, methodologies, design systems, code libraries, and templates ("BrickWeb Pre-Existing Materials"), regardless of whether they are incorporated into the deliverables.

Transfer of deliverables

Upon your receipt and acceptance of the deliverables and our receipt of full payment, BrickWeb assigns to you all right, title, and interest in the custom code, design assets, and content specifically created for your engagement ("Custom Deliverables"). The Custom Deliverables incorporate a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the BrickWeb Pre-Existing Materials only as embedded in the Custom Deliverables; you do not acquire ownership of the Pre-Existing Materials themselves.

Third-party materials

Some elements of the deliverables may include third-party fonts, stock imagery, icons, plugins, or libraries ("Third-Party Materials"). Third-Party Materials remain subject to their original licensors' terms; we will identify any Third-Party Materials that require ongoing licenses you must maintain.

Portfolio rights

You grant BrickWeb a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive license to display, reproduce, and reference your project (including screenshots, design files, the live site, and your company name and logo) in BrickWeb's portfolio, case studies, marketing materials, social media, and proposals. You may request that we anonymize a specific project upon written notice; we will accommodate reasonable requests but are not required to remove portfolio entries that pre-date the request.

No exclusivity

The Services are non-exclusive. We may provide similar services to other clients, including those in your industry or geographic area, except as otherwise expressly agreed in your Order.

8. Confidentiality

Each party agrees to hold in confidence all non-public business information, trade secrets, and Client Materials disclosed by the other party in connection with the Services, and to use such information only for purposes of performing the engagement. Confidentiality obligations survive termination for three (3) years. Information is not "confidential" if it is or becomes publicly available without breach, is independently developed, is rightfully received from a third party without restriction, or is required to be disclosed by law (with prompt notice where permitted).

9. Use of the Site

You may view, copy, and print pages of the Site solely for personal, non-commercial use or for the purpose of evaluating our Services. You may not (a) republish, distribute, or commercially exploit Site content; (b) reverse engineer or scrape the Site; (c) interfere with Site security or operation; (d) frame, mirror, or use automated tools to access the Site; or (e) use the Site to compete with BrickWeb or to develop a substantially similar product or service.

10. Acceptable use

BrickWeb reserves the right to decline or terminate any engagement at our sole discretion. Without limiting that right, we will not design, build, or host sites that, in our judgment, do any of the following:

• Promote, sell, or facilitate illegal goods, services, or activities under federal, state, or local law
• Promote violence, discrimination, hate speech, harassment, or threats based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristic
• Include or distribute child sexual abuse material, non-consensual intimate imagery, or content sexualizing minors
• Distribute malware, phishing kits, exploit code, or other malicious content
• Infringe third-party intellectual property, publicity, or privacy rights
• Promote deceptive trade practices, fraudulent schemes, multi-level-marketing pyramid structures, or counterfeit goods
• Sell or distribute regulated products (firearms, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, gambling, adult content, etc.) without the licenses required in the relevant jurisdiction
• Otherwise violate applicable law or these Terms

If we terminate an engagement for breach of this Section 10, fees paid are forfeited and not refundable. We may also terminate access to the Site for the same reasons.

11. Warranties and disclaimers

Limited express warranty

BrickWeb warrants that, for thirty (30) days after delivery, the Custom Deliverables will materially conform to the design approved in your final review round. Your sole remedy, and our entire obligation, for any breach of this warranty is for us to correct the non-conformity at no additional charge. This warranty does not apply to issues caused by (i) modifications you or third parties make to the deliverables after handoff, (ii) third-party platforms, integrations, or services outside our control, (iii) failures of your domain registrar or your chosen hosting provider, or (iv) browser or operating-system updates released after delivery.

Disclaimer of all other warranties

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain implied warranties, so portions of this Section may not apply to you.

12. Limitation of liability

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of certain damages, so portions of this Section may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

13. Indemnification

By you (Client)

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless BrickWeb and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all third-party claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) Client Materials you provided to us; (b) your products, services, or business activities, including any consumer-protection or product-liability claim; (c) your breach of these Terms or any representation or warranty you made; (d) your violation of applicable law; or (e) your use of the deliverables in a manner not contemplated by the Order.

By us (BrickWeb)

BrickWeb agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless from and against any third-party claim that the Custom Deliverables, as originally delivered and used in accordance with the Order, infringe a US-issued patent, copyright, or trademark, excluding any claim arising from (i) Client Materials; (ii) modifications to the deliverables made by you or third parties after delivery; (iii) combination of the deliverables with materials or services not provided by BrickWeb; or (iv) Third-Party Materials. If a covered infringement claim is made, our exclusive obligation is, at our option, to procure for you the right to continue using the affected deliverables, modify them to be non-infringing, or refund the portion of the fee allocable to the affected deliverables.

Indemnification process

The indemnified party must (a) promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim; (b) tender sole control of the defense and settlement to the indemnifying party (provided the indemnifying party may not settle a claim that admits fault on the indemnified party's part or imposes non-monetary obligations on the indemnified party without consent); and (c) provide reasonable cooperation at the indemnifying party's expense.

14. Termination

By either party for material breach

Either party may terminate the engagement if the other party materially breaches these Terms or the Order and fails to cure the breach within seven (7) days after receiving written notice. Non-payment is a material breach.

By you before design begins

You may cancel the engagement at any time before we begin design work. Refunds for cancellations before design begins are governed by our Refund Policy.

By us for AUP violation or risk

We may terminate the engagement immediately, without refund, if we determine in our sole discretion that you have violated Section 10 (Acceptable Use) or that continuing the engagement would expose us to material legal, financial, or reputational risk.

Effect of termination

Upon termination, (a) we will deliver any work product completed up to the date of termination, (b) you will pay for all work performed up to termination, and (c) Sections 7 (Intellectual Property), 8 (Confidentiality), 11 (Warranties), 12 (Limitation of Liability), 13 (Indemnification), 16 (Governing Law), 17 (Disputes), and 18 (General) will survive termination.

15. Force majeure

Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay in performance (other than payment obligations) caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, severe weather, fires, floods, earthquakes, pandemics or epidemics (and government responses thereto), public health emergencies, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications outages, failures of third-party hosting or infrastructure providers, cyberattacks, denial-of-service attacks, supply-chain disruptions, embargoes, sanctions, or government orders. The affected party will promptly notify the other party, will use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the impact, and the time for performance will be extended accordingly. If a force-majeure event continues for more than sixty (60) consecutive days, either party may terminate the engagement on written notice; in that event, you will pay for work performed up to the termination date and we will refund the unearned portion of any prepaid fees.

16. Governing law

These Terms and the Services are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

17. Disputes and binding arbitration

Informal resolution first

Before initiating any formal proceeding, you and BrickWeb agree to attempt to resolve any dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days by sending a written description of the dispute to the other party (to legal@brickwebstudio.com for BrickWeb, or to the address you provided for you).

Binding arbitration

If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days, you and BrickWeb agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, the Services, the deliverables, or our relationship will be resolved exclusively by final, binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and, where applicable, its Consumer Arbitration Rules, except as modified here. The arbitration will be conducted in Gwinnett County, Georgia (or by videoconference at either party's election), by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator's decision will be final and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. This arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

Class-action waiver

Carve-outs (what may go to court)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may:

• Bring an individual claim in small-claims court in either party's home county, provided the matter remains in that court and is not appealed to a court of general jurisdiction
• Seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a state or federal court located in Gwinnett County, Georgia to protect intellectual property rights, confidential information, or to prevent imminent harm

Opt-out of arbitration

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to legal@brickwebstudio.com within thirty (30) days of first agreeing to these Terms. Your notice must include your full name, business name, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.

18. General provisions

Entire agreement

These Terms, together with your Order, our Privacy Policy, our Refund Policy, and any addenda referenced in your Order, constitute the entire agreement between you and BrickWeb and supersede all prior agreements, communications, and understandings, whether written or oral, regarding their subject matter.

Modifications

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For active clients, we will provide reasonable notice (such as an email) of any material change. Your continued use of the Site or Services after the effective date of an updated version constitutes acceptance.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the unenforceable provision will be reformed to the maximum extent permitted to give effect to the parties' intent.

Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that or any other provision.

Assignment

You may not assign these Terms or any rights under them without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, on notice to you.

No agency

Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, agency, or fiduciary relationship between the parties. BrickWeb is an independent contractor.

Notices

Notices to BrickWeb must be sent to legal@brickwebstudio.com and by US mail to SignCrunch Inc., d/b/a BrickWeb Studio, 853 S. Peachtree St, Suite 107, Norcross, GA 30071. Notices to you may be sent to any email or postal address you provided. Notices are effective on delivery (for email) or three (3) business days after mailing (for postal mail).

Electronic communications and signatures

You consent to receive communications from us electronically. Electronic signatures (including click-to-accept and DocuSign or similar) are valid and binding to the same extent as handwritten signatures under the federal E-SIGN Act and Georgia's Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Headings

Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

19. Contact us

Questions about these Terms? Reach out to us:

• General: hello@brickwebstudio.com
• Legal & disputes: legal@brickwebstudio.com
• Mail: SignCrunch Inc., d/b/a BrickWeb Studio, 853 S. Peachtree St, Suite 107, Norcross, GA 30071

BrickWeb Studio is a trade name of SignCrunch Inc., a Georgia corporation. © 2026 SignCrunch Inc. All rights reserved.