These terms apply to your use of this website, run by Web Studio Cheshire ("we", "us"). By using the site you accept them. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
Information on this site
The information on this website is general guidance about websites, search and marketing. It is not professional advice for your particular situation. We do not publish prices; the price for any project is the one set out in a written quote.
Studio projects
The designs shown in our portfolio are studio projects: in-house designs for fictional businesses, created to show our approach. They are not client sites, and any resemblance to a real business is unintended.
Our free tool
Our free tool is provided as it is, without charge. We try to keep it accurate and available, but we cannot guarantee that it will always work or that its results will be correct. Check any output, such as a link or QR code, before you print or share it.
Intellectual property
The text, design and code of this website belong to us unless stated otherwise. You may share links to our pages, but you may not copy substantial parts of the site without our permission.
Terms of business for client work
This part sets out how we work with clients. It is a draft and plain English by design. Your written quote sits alongside it, and if the two ever disagree, the quote wins.
Scope and quote
Every project starts with a free, no-obligation written quote. It lists what we will deliver, what is not included and the price. Work starts once you accept the quote and pay the deposit. Our prices have no VAT added, because we are not VAT registered.
Deposit and payment
Website projects are paid in two halves: a 50% deposit before we start, and the remaining 50% when the site launches.
Changes along the way
Plans change, and that is fine. If you ask for something the quote does not cover, we tell you what it will cost and how it affects the timeline before doing it. Nothing extra is added to your bill without your agreement.
Third-party costs
Some costs are paid to other companies, not to us. Typical examples: domain renewals, any paid plugin or app, photographs (whether stock or commissioned) and the money you put into ads. We point them out in your quote so they are not a surprise.
Who owns the work
Once you have paid in full, you own the site files, the copy, the designs, any logos we create for you and the domain. Until then, the work remains ours.
Monthly SEO and PPC
Monthly SEO and pay-per-click management have a minimum term of three months. After that they run month to month, and either side can end them with 30 days' notice. Ad spend is paid by you directly to Google or Meta, separately from our management fee.
Care plans
A care plan covers hosting, security updates, backups and uptime checks. It is priced to your site and set out in your quote. You can cancel a care plan with 30 days' notice.
Support
Changes and new work beyond the care plan are support. We quote support per request or as a block of hours, agreed with you in writing before any work starts.
Liability
We do our work with reasonable care and skill. We are not responsible for losses we could not reasonably have foreseen, for problems caused by third-party services we do not control, or for changes made to your site by anyone else. Our total liability for a project is capped at the fees you have paid us for that project. We cannot guarantee search rankings, traffic or sales, because those depend on things outside our control. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law does not allow us to limit.
Law
These terms of business are governed by the law of England and Wales.
Using this website: liability
We are not liable for any loss arising from your use of this website or reliance on its content, except where the law does not allow us to exclude liability.
Law
The law of England and Wales governs these terms, and its courts deal with any dispute about them.
Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent through our contact form.