Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a binding agreement between Argon Domains LLC, a Florida limited liability company ("Argon Domains," "we," "us," or "our"), and you, the customer or website visitor ("you" or "Customer"). They govern your use of our website at argondomains.com (the "Site") and the website design, hosting, and related services we provide (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing the Site, requesting a sample website, or purchasing or using any of our Services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site or the Services.

1.About our Services

Argon Domains provides affordable websites and website hosting for small businesses. Our standard offering includes the design of a website, basic hosting of that website with an SSL certificate (secure HTTPS), and automated monitoring that checks whether your website is reachable. The standard offering is intentionally basic and is limited to the website design you sample and approve, together with the hosting and monitoring described in these Terms. Anything beyond that scope is treated as additional or custom work under Section 6. In brief, our process is: you may preview a sample at no cost, pay the setup fee to move forward, receive up to two (2) rounds of revisions, and then start your monthly hosting so we can publish your website live on your domain (see Section 3).

2.Sample websites

We may design and show you a sample website for your business before you purchase. Creating or previewing a sample places no obligation on you to buy, and no obligation on us to continue hosting or developing it.

Until you pay the setup fee described in Section 3, any sample website, including its design, layout, code, and arrangement, remains the property of Argon Domains. We may modify, take down, reuse, or repurpose unpurchased samples at any time. You may not copy, host, publish, or otherwise use a sample website, in whole or in part, unless and until the setup fee is paid.

When you decide to move forward, you pay the setup fee described in Section 3 to begin. Your setup fee includes up to two (2) rounds of revisions to your sample so we can refine it into your final website. Revisions beyond those two are available as additional or custom work under Section 6.

3.Fees, billing & payment

Our standard pricing is:

• A one-time setup fee of $300, due when you agree to move forward, which covers designing your website — including up to two (2) rounds of revisions — based on the sample we prepare for you; and
• A recurring hosting subscription of $9.99 per month, which you must start before your website goes live, and which covers hosting, the SSL certificate, and automated downtime monitoring.

How it flows. When you agree to move forward, you pay the one-time setup fee, and we build and refine your website (including the two rounds of revisions). Once your site is approved and ready, your website is published live on your domain only after your monthly hosting subscription is active. An active hosting subscription is required for your site to go live and to remain live.

Payments are processed through our third-party payment processor, Stripe. By providing a payment method, you authorize us (and Stripe) to charge the one-time setup fee when you agree to move forward, and to automatically charge the recurring monthly hosting fee beginning when your site goes live and on each billing cycle thereafter until you cancel. You are responsible for keeping your payment information current. The monthly subscription renews automatically each month on or around the same date.

All fees are stated and payable in U.S. dollars and, except as expressly stated in these Terms, are non-refundable. You are responsible for any applicable taxes. If a payment fails or is reversed, we may retry the charge, suspend the Services, and/or take your website offline as described in Section 15.

We may change our prices or introduce new fees. For the recurring hosting fee, we will give you reasonable advance notice (for example, by email) before a change takes effect, and the new price will apply to your next billing cycle. If you do not agree to a price change, your remedy is to cancel before it takes effect.

4.Subscription, renewal & cancellation

Hosting is provided on a month-to-month basis with no long-term contract. It renews automatically each month until you cancel.

You may cancel at any time by contacting us at argondomains@gmail.com (or any cancellation method we make available). Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current paid monthly period; we do not provide partial-month refunds. When your subscription ends, we will take your website offline and may delete the associated files and data. It is your responsibility to obtain a copy of any content you wish to keep before your subscription ends. We may also cancel or decline to renew your subscription as described in Section 15.

5.Refunds

The $300 setup fee is non-refundable once we have begun or completed the design and revision work it pays for. Monthly hosting fees are non-refundable, including for partial months and for periods during which you did not use the Services. Nothing in this section limits any rights you may have that cannot be waived under applicable law.

6.Additional & custom work

Anything beyond your sampled and approved website design and the basic hosting, SSL, and monitoring described above is out of scope. This includes, for example, online stores or e-commerce, payment or booking systems, large numbers of pages, custom applications or integrations, revisions beyond the two included with your setup fee, copywriting, logo or graphic design, ongoing redesigns, search-engine optimization, email hosting, and similar work.

We are happy to provide additional or custom work, but it must be agreed in a separate written scope of work that describes the work and its price. Additional work may be billed as a one-time charge, an increased monthly fee, or both, as set out in that scope of work. These Terms continue to apply to all Services unless the separate agreement expressly says otherwise.

7.Domain names

A domain name (such as yourbusiness.com) is separate from your website and hosting. We recommend that you purchase and own your own domain so that it always belongs to you, and you simply point it to our hosting.

Alternatively, by separate written agreement, we may register, purchase, or hold a domain name on your behalf and manage it for you. In that case: (a) you will pay us for the domain and any related management fees in addition to your hosting fee; (b) the domain may be registered in our name or accounts; (c) registration is subject to the registrar's terms and availability; and (d) the separate agreement will govern what happens to the domain if you stop paying or cancel, including any conditions for transferring it to you. Domain registration fees are paid to third-party registrars and are generally non-refundable.

8.Your responsibilities & acceptable use

You agree to:

• Provide accurate account and billing information and keep it up to date;
• Provide the content, text, images, and materials needed for your website in a timely manner, and ensure you have the right to use them;
• Use the Services only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws.

You agree not to use the Services to host, transmit, or link to any content or activity that:

• Is unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, harassing, or infringes anyone's intellectual property, privacy, or other rights;
• Contains malware, viruses, or malicious code, or is used for phishing, spamming, or unauthorized data collection;
• Is sexually exploitative of minors, or otherwise illegal or harmful;
• Imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or interferes with the Services or other customers.

You are responsible for all content and activity on your website and account. We may remove content or suspend Services that we reasonably believe violate these Terms.

9.Content & intellectual property

Your content. You retain ownership of the text, images, logos, and other materials you provide for your website ("Customer Content"). You grant us a non-exclusive license to host, copy, display, and modify Customer Content as needed to provide the Services.

Our materials. Except for Customer Content, the Services, including our website templates, designs, code, and systems, are owned by Argon Domains or our licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Once your setup fee is paid and while your subscription is active, you receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the website we deliver for your business. We retain ownership of the underlying templates, code, and design components, which we may reuse for other customers.

Portfolio. Unless you ask us in writing not to, we may identify you as a customer and display a screenshot of and link to your website as an example of our work.

10.Third-party services

We rely on reputable third-party providers to deliver the Services, which may include cloud hosting (such as Akamai/Linode), DNS (such as Cloudflare), payment processing (Stripe), and domain registration (such as Squarespace). Your use of the Services may be subject to those providers' terms, and we are not responsible for acts, omissions, outages, or changes by third-party providers that are outside our reasonable control.

11.Uptime, monitoring & maintenance

We use commercially reasonable efforts to keep your website available and include automated monitoring that checks whether your site is reachable. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service or any specific uptime percentage. The Services may be unavailable from time to time due to maintenance, updates, third-party outages, or events beyond our control. We may perform maintenance that temporarily affects availability and will try to minimize disruption.

12.Disclaimers

13.Limitation of liability

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

14.Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Argon Domains and its owner, members, and agents from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your Customer Content; (b) your use of the Services; (c) your violation of these Terms; or (d) your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.

15.Suspension & termination

We may suspend or terminate the Services, in whole or in part, with or without notice, if: (a) you fail to pay any fee when due; (b) you violate these Terms or our acceptable-use rules; (c) we are required to do so by law or by a third-party provider; or (d) we choose to stop offering the Services. On termination for any reason, your right to use the Services ends and we may take your website offline and delete associated files and data. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, and 18) will survive.

16.Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, make reasonable efforts to notify you (for example, by email or a notice on the Site). Your continued use of the Services after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

17.Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Before filing any formal claim, you agree to first contact us and try in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days. Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Florida, and you and Argon Domains consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

18.General

These Terms, together with any separate scope of work or written agreement we sign with you, are the entire agreement between us regarding the Services and supersede any prior understandings. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest will remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a sale or transfer of our business. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control. Notices to you may be sent to the email associated with your account; notices to us should be sent to the email below.

19.Contact us

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at:

Argon Domains LLC
Email: argondomains@gmail.com
Website: argondomains.com