Last updated: Dec 6, 2023 4:44 PM

Please read this Terms of Service (“Terms,” “Terms of Service”) carefully before using the https://www.coreconnect.com/ website (the “Website”) operated by CORE Languages, INC., a Corporation formed in South Carolina, United States (“us,” “we,” “our”) as this Terms of Service contains important information regarding limitations of our liability. Your access to and use of this Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to everyone, including but not limited to visitors, users and others, who wish to access and use the Website.

1. Introduction Welcome to our Hosting, Maintenance, and Marketing Services. By subscribing to any of our service plans (Starter Plan, Growth Plan, or Premium+ Plan or AnyTime Credits), you agree to the following Terms and Conditions. Please read them carefully before purchasing our services.

2. Services Overview We provide hosting, website maintenance, and marketing services tailored to meet the needs of our clients. Our services include:

• Website Development – Included website development (with transfer options)
• Hosting and Security – Professional hosting with Enterprise level CDN and Security
• Regular Updates and Maintenance – Each plan comes with dedicate support and maintenance. Let us update your site for you with your most up-to-date content.
• Content Creation – Need help getting the word out about your company? Let us help by adding helpful blog articles or writing monthly newsletters to attract new customers.
• Marketing Services – From social media posts to SEO to email marketing, we can help your company build the ultimate marketing machine.
• AnyTime Credits – If your project is outside the scope of your monthly package, you can purchase AnyTime credits to get those big projects completed.

Plan Details:

• Starter Plan ($99/month)
• Premium+ Website + Marketing Plan ($299/month)

3. Subscription Terms

3.1 Subscription Duration

• CORE CONNECT employs a monthly recurring subscription fee “Monthly Plans” for ongoing site support, updates, maintenance and account access. The recurring subscription automatically renews monthly from the date of purchase at the current advertised package rate. The subscription may be canceled at any time. In the case of cancellation, CORE CONNECT will keep a backup of your site for 30 days. If you wish to relaunch your site during this time, there will be no charge. After this period, your site contents will be deleted from our hosting and you will need to start a new subscription and site.
• Subscriptions are billed on a monthly basis. You may cancel at any time without penalty.
• You may downgrade your plan at any time. If you downgrade, you will lose all features provided at your previous plan tier.
• AnyTime Credits are purchased as needed and do not expire.

3.2 Cancellations

• You may cancel your subscription at any time. Upon cancellation, the hosting, maintenance, and services provided will cease at the end of the current billing period.
• If you choose to cancel, the website remains connected to our hosting platform for 30 days and is not transferable unless you purchase a transfer separately (see Option to Transfer). You may copy all text content from the site for commercial or personal use. Images provided by CORE CONNECT are licensed by a 3rd party and will need to be relicensed by client for future use.

3.3 Refunds

• We offer a full refund on subscription packages within 30 days of your first purchase. After 30 days, all sales are final. Such is the nature of purchasing and downloading a digital product. If there is an issue regarding a package, we will address the problem. Thank you for your understanding.
• We do not offer refunds on AnyTime Credits. All sales are final. 

4. Website Ownership Policy

4.1 Website Creation and Ownership

• Your subscription is a hosted seat referred to as “The Website or Website” used under any of our plans and remains the property of CORE CONNECT unless purchased separately by the client.
• Websites include all page framework, free and paid plugins, licenses, content paid by CORE CONNECT, connected services including AWS created under the selected plan (Starter Plan or Premium+ Plan).
• The client has the right to transfer to their own host at any time as long as subscription is active. See Option to Transfer for transfer details.
• The CSS, XHTML, PHP, design and any other elements of the packages are released under the GPL license. They and are in total compliance to standards of that license as well as with WordPress. Our themes are not compatible with the wordpress.com blogging community. They are developed for individual installations of the WordPress platform. 

4.2 Option to Transfer

Site Buyback Policy for Transferring to Another Provider
If you decide to move your website to a different hosting provider, you have the option to buy back your site for a one-time fee. This policy applies only when you decide to transfer your site to another hosting provider. Here’s how it works:
Standard Pricing:
Every site is priced at $5000.
Prorated Buyback:
We reduce the buyback fee based on the number of months you’ve been our customer. We subtract our monthly hosting and maintenance fee of $99 for every month (or part of a month) you’ve been with us.
Example:
If you have been a customer for 12 months, your buyback fee would be calculated as follows:
$5000 – (12 × $99) = $3812.
Premium+ Plan Note:
For clients on our Premium+ plans, only the $99 monthly hosting fee is deducted. The additional $200 monthly fee for the marketing suite is not deducted in this calculation.

4.3 Fair Use Policy

• Our services are designed to provide long-term hosting and support. Clients subscribing for one month and canceling immediately after receiving a completed website will not be entitled to retain the website without transferring it separately. Similarly, set up of AWS does not entitle clients to receiving AWS emailing features if plan is downgraded from our Premium Plan.

5. Service Features

5.1 Hosting and Maintenance

• Our hosting services include managed web hosting, SSL certification, plugin and WordPress updates, uptime monitoring, daily security scans, speed optimization, and a 99.99% uptime guarantee.

5.2 Content Writing

• Content writing services are available as follows:
  • Add-ons for Starter Plan, Growth Plan and Premium+ Plan

5.3 Concierge Services

• In addition to our core plans, we offer additional concierge services to help clients build their brand. These include SEO, marketing, and content writing services, which can be purchased separately using anytime credits. Clients have the flexibility to use these services as needed to elevate their online presence and brand strategy.

5.4 Customer Support

• Each plan includes small website updates (1-2 hours per month, depending on the plan), Google Meet video calls, and a shared Dropbox folder for collaboration.

6. Payment Terms

6.1 Monthly Billing

• All subscriptions are billed monthly. Payments must be made in advance for the upcoming billing cycle.

6.2 Refund Policy

• We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee for new clients. If you are unsatisfied with our services within the first 30 days, you may request a full refund.

7. Client Responsibilities

7.1 Content Submission

• Clients are responsible for providing the necessary content, images, and materials (PDFs etc) to build the website.

7.2 Compliance

• Clients must comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the content hosted on their website.

8. Limitations of Liability We are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use of our services. This includes, but is not limited to, loss of data, profits, or business opportunities.

9. Modifications to Terms We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. Clients will be notified of significant changes via email or through our website.

10. Governing Law These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of [Your Jurisdiction]. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts of [Your Jurisdiction].

11. Contact Information If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us at:

• Email: su*****@*********ct.com
• Phone: 1-843-800-2026

Remedies

You agree that the remedy for breach of this Terms of Service as it relates to your purchase shall be none. You also agree that the remedy for breach of this Terms of Service as it relates to your purchase shall be to pursue dispute resolution as provided in the “governing law, severability, dispute resolution, venue and class action waiver” section below. These remedies intended to be your sole and exclusive remedies for any breach of this Terms of Service as it relates to your purchase.

Accounts

When you create an account on our Website, you guarantee that you are 18 years of age or older and that the information that you provide us is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete information may result in the immediate termination of your account on the Website.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, including but not limited to the restriction of access to your computer and/or account. You agree to accept responsibility for any and all activities or actions that occur under your account and/or password, whether your password is with our Website or a third party service. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

We reserve the right to terminate your account anytime at our sole discretion. You can terminate your account by contacting us.

Comments and uploading content

By submitting a comment or uploading content onto this Website, you grant CORE CONNECT. a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to reproduce, publish and distribute the comment or content. When you make a comment or upload any content onto this Website, you agree that such comment or content may be viewed by other parties and it is your responsibility to ensure that the comment or content does not contain any confidential or proprietary information. You are also responsible for ensuring that your content or comment does not violate any laws, rules or regulations. We reserve the right to remove any content or comment at any time in our sole discretion.

Prohibited uses

You agree that you will use this Website in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and these Terms at all times. The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited uses of this Website. You agree that you will not perform any of the following prohibited uses:

1. Impersonating or attempting to impersonate CORE CONNECT. or its employees, representatives, subsidiaries or divisions;
2. Misrepresenting your identity or affiliation with any person or entity;
3. Sending or attempting to send any advertising or promotional material, including but not limited to spam, junk mail, chain mail or any similar material;
4. Engaging in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any person’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined in our sole discretion, may harm us or the users of this Website or expose us or other users to liability;
5. Using the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage or impair the Website or interfere with another party’s use of the Website;
6. Using any robot, spider or other similar automatic technology, process or means to access or use the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on this Website;
7. Using any manual process or means to monitor or copy any of the material on this Website or for any other unauthorized purpose;
8. Using any device, software, means or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website, including but not limited to viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other such materials;
9. Attempting to gain unauthorized access to, interfering with, damaging or disrupting any parts of the Website, the server(s) on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website;
10. Attempting to attack or attacking the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
11. Otherwise attempting to interfere with the proper working of the Website;
12. Using the Website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations.

No warranty on Website

This Website is provided “as is,” No warranty, express or implied (including any implied warranty of merchantability, of satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose or use) shall apply to this Website, whether arising by law, course of dealing, course of performance, usage of trade or otherwise.

Availability, errors and inaccuracies

We assume no liability for the availability, errors or inaccuracies of the information, products or services provided on this Website. We may experience delays in updating information on this Website and in our advertising on other websites. The information, products and services found on the Website may contain errors or inaccuracies or may not be complete or current. Products or services may be incorrectly priced or unavailable. We expressly reserve the right to correct any pricing errors on our Website. The inclusion or offering of any product or service on this Website does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of such product or service by us.

Damages and limitation of liability

In no event shall CORE CONNECT. be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of, relating to or in any way connected with your access to, display of or use of this Website or with the delay or inability to access, display or use this Website, including but not limited to your reliance upon opinions or information appearing on this Website; any computer viruses, information, software, linked websites operated by third parties, products or services obtained through this Website, whether based on a theory of negligence, contract, tort, strict liability, consumer protection statutes or otherwise, even if CORE CONNECT. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. IF, DESPITE THE LIMITATION ABOVE, CORE CONNECT. IS FOUND LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THE OCCURRENCES DESCRIBED ABOVE, THEN THE LIABILITY OF CORE CONNECT. WILL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE SERVICE FEES YOU PAID TO CORE CONNECT. IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH TRANSACTION(S) ON THIS Website. THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY REFLECTS THE ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION WILL SURVIVE AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY SPECIFIED IN THESE TERMS OF USE IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS OF USE INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF CORE CONNECT.. The aggregate liability of CORE CONNECT. arising out of or relating to this Website, whether arising out of or related to breach of contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise shall be limited to the amount of fees actually received by CORE CONNECT. from you.

Links to third party websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by third parties and not by us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. Further, it is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you click on or software that you download, whether from this Website or other websites or applications, is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Intellectual property and DMCA notice and procedure for intellectual property infringement claims

All contents of this Website are ©2008 – 2024 CORE CONNECT. or third parties. All rights reserved. Unless specified otherwise, this Website and all content and other materials on this Website including but not limited to all logos, designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Content”) are the proprietary property of CORE CONNECT. and are either registered trademarks, trademarks or otherwise protected intellectual property of CORE CONNECT. or third parties in the United States and/or other countries.

If you are aware of a potential infringement of our intellectual property, please contact Stephen Sovenyhazy at su*****@*********ct.com.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on the Website infringes on the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity.

If you believe in good faith that the Content infringes on your intellectual property rights, you or your agent may send us a written notice of such infringement titled “Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights – DMCA.” Your notice to us must include the following information:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property right’s interest;
2. A description of the work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL (i.e., web page address) of the location where the work exists or a copy of the work;
3. Your name, email, address and telephone number; and
4. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner of the work, its agent or the law.

Please note that we will not process your complaint if it is not properly filled out or is incomplete. You may be held accountable for damages, including but not limited to costs and attorneys’ fees for any misrepresentation or bad faith claims regarding the infringement of your intellectual property rights by the Content on this Website.

You may submit your claim to us by contacting us at:

CORE CONNECT
Stephen Sovenyhazy
su*****@*********ct.com
(843) 800-2026
1000 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. STE 103-324 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
United States

Governing law, severability, dispute resolution and venue

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of South Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. These terms shall not be governed by the United Nations convention on contracts for the sale of international goods, the Uniform Commercial Code, nor Incoterms.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of that right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding our Website, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had with you regarding the Website.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms including but not limited to the interpretation or breach thereof shall be resolved in a court of competent jurisdiction in Charleston South Carolina.

You and CORE CONNECT. agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action.

Changes to Terms of Service

We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Service at any time. We will not provide you with any notice when we make changes to this Terms of Service.

Questions

If you have any questions about our Terms of Service, please contact us at su*****@*********ct.com.