Master Service Agreement
Services. The following terms and conditions constitute the agreement (“Agreement”) between all clients and Cora+Krist (“CK”), a division of Christopher Mohs Brands Corporation, a corporation, with principal office at 3444 Blaisdell Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55408.
Fees. As compensation for services rendered, Client shall pay a fee that is agreed to and in accordance with the terms detailed in the Proposal, Estimate or Statement of Work (contract) provided to the client for signature. All work is billed at $175 per hour (the “Standard Hourly Rate”) unless otherwise stated within the contact. The Standard Hourly Rate may be changed by CK upon thirty (30) days written notice.
Client Representative. The Client will provide one (1) representative to communicate with CK (regarding art direction, text, images, functionality, strategy, etc.) to streamline the process and prevent miscommunication. In the event the Client changes its designated representative, CK must be notified in writing of the change, and all prior approvals up to the time of notification of the representative change shall remain valid. Subsequent edits and change orders to previously approved work are out of scope, and will be billed at the Standard Hourly Rate.
Client Communication and Project Management. In order to avoid miscommunication, Client will provide all edits, approvals and requests to CK in writing, via email, before implementation. If Client wishes to review edits via phone after they are emailed, a time will be confirmed in advance.
In the event Client communications with CK is trending toward exceeding the allocated time, CK shall notify Client in advance and bill such additional time at the Standard Hourly Rate.
Progress Reports. CK will provide Client with updates via email and phone as work progresses at regularly scheduled times.
Change Orders and Additional Client Requests. Should Client request CK to perform services or tasks that are not provided for within the contact or within this Agreement, or should the project exceed the number of hours allocated in this Agreement or the contact because of additional work requested by Client, CK will immediately notify the Client and the requested work will trigger a change order. Change orders will be subject to additional fees. In such a case, CK will provide Client with a written time and cost estimate for the additional work for its review. CK will not perform any out-of-scope or additional work without receiving prior written approval to proceed. Client will be charged at the Standard Hourly Rate or flat project rate, if applicable, for any work performed pursuant to Change Order.
Client Materials. Client shall retain ownership of all content and materials provided to CK pursuant to this Agreement. Client takes full responsibility for any content (including without any limitations graphics, audio, copy, text, video, and images) provided to CK to be used in this project. Client represents and warrants that it has full rights to use all content and materials provided to CK. Client indemnifies and holds harmless CK from all damages, costs and expenses, including but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by CK as a result of a claim or assertion that content and/or material provided by Client may have violated the rights of another party.
By downloading and procuring images from stock photography websites and providing them to Cora+Krist for use in relation to your project, you understand that you bear full legal responsibilities for the use of these images and you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Cora+Krist against all claims, demands, damages, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of or in connection with the use of these images.
Client Caused Delays. In order to complete Client’s project in a timely fashion, CK has allocated personnel to perform work at scheduled times in accordance with a project timeline. In the event Client fails to deliver content, images, directional notes, approvals, or other required information to CK by the dates specified in the project timeline, all subsequent deadline and project milestones will be postponed accordingly. Under no circumstances shall a payment be delayed due to Client’s failure to provide content. In the event Client fails to deliver content, images, directional notes, approvals or other required information to CK by more than five (5) business days after the dates specified in the project timeline, subsequent deadlines may be postponed for lengthier durations due to CK work personnel reallocation and rescheduling. In the event Client fails to deliver content, images, directional notes, approvals for more than two (2) months after dates specified in the project timeline, final payment will be due, billed by the hour (not by the project), for all work completed to date and the project will be put on hold.
Loss and/or Damages. (a) In no event will CK be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the services provided by CK. Notwithstanding any damages that Client might incur for any reason whatsoever, the entire liability of CK under any provision of this Agreement and Client’s exclusive remedy shall be limited to the lesser of the fee actually paid by Client or Client’s actual damages. The provisions herein shall apply to the maximum extent, even if any remedy fails its essential purpose.
(b) In the event that hosting is a part of this Agreement, the fee for the hosting services will be invoiced monthly, quarterly or annually per the Client’s request, provided in writing. The third-party hosting service provider shall be responsible for internet accessibility and all hardware. The hosting service provider is an independent third party not controlled or directed by CK. Accordingly, in no event will CK be liable for any direct, general, special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages whatsoever (including but not limited to loss or damage to data, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of information or any other loss) (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of the use, limited use of, or inability to use the work provided by CK due to problems (including but not limited to errors, delays, deletions, malfunctions, service interruptions, etc.) associated with the functions of the hosting service provider. Under no circumstance will CK have any liability for any damages incurred by Client as a result of downtime that Client’s website may experience regardless of the cause of such downtime nor shall CK have any liability for damages resulting from the marketing services CK provides to Client.
Ownership of Work. All work performed and deliverables delivered by CK for the Client will become the property of the Client upon full payment of all amounts due and owing. Without limitation of the foregoing, CK hereby acknowledges that all such works and deliverables shall be considered a work made for hire under the United States Copyright Act. To the extent that the works, deliverables or any element thereof does not vest in Client as a work made for hire, CK hereby voluntarily and irrevocably assigns and transfers in whole to Client all right, title and interest in and to such works and deliverables and the results and proceeds thereof to the extent that CK has, had or will have any interest therein, including, without limitation, all copyrights and renewals and extensions of copyright therein. Except, however, CK may retain ownership of certain generally applicable (but not Client-specific) source code, in which case the Client is granted an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use such source code owned by CK. Additionally, the Client’s work may contain software and other property licensed by third parties, in such event the terms of such third party license shall control. Client hereby authorizes CK to use and display Client’s trade names, logos and any other identifying marks of Client (whether or not such marks are trademarked or otherwise legally protected) along with the work product produced by CK for Client on CK’s website and/or CK’s other marketing materials.
Monthly Service Retainer Plan. In the event that a monthly service retainer is a component of this Agreement, the Client acknowledges that upon the execution of this Agreement CK will allocate substantial personnel and equipment resources to the Client. Therefore, the term for service of the monthly service retainer fee will be a one-year commitment by the Client, unless otherwise noted in writing. Following the expiration of the one-year term, the monthly service will automatically renew for an additional one-year term. CK will provide at least sixty (60) days prior written a notice of any increase in the fee for monthly maintenance and/or monthly marketing services before a new term commences.
Expenses. Client will be responsible to pay the expenses of any resources it requests CK to purchase, such as stock photos, fonts, videos, audio files, third party licenses or other media assets. Client may choose to purchase these items directly and provide them to CK for use on their project. Client will reimburse CK for any additional expenses including travel, copying, duplicating, shipping, and postage. CK will request Client approval for all expenses.
Warranty. CK warranties its code for a period of 30 days to be free of bugs and errors due to workmanship. In the event of bugs or errors due to workmanship, CK shall correct such problems but shall not refund any amounts paid to it. The 30-Day warranty period is valid only for projects that are hosted and uploaded to the live servers by CK. This guarantee will be waived if the client requests FTP (source code of the site) access to the site server.
FTP Access. In order to receive FTP access Client will sign a document exempting CK from any and all liability for the website or from any and all issues that may result on the server or with any other software running on that server caused by having granted such access to Client. FTP access will not be granted to the Client until and unless all outstanding payments are received.
Invoices. Invoices are due upon receipt unless otherwise stated. Accounts thirty (30) days past due are subject to a five (5) percent finance charge accrued per month on the outstanding balance. Client agrees to pay all costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney and accounting fees, court costs and other expenses of collection resulting from any default by Client in any of the terms hereof.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed made in and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or to the breach, termination or invalidity of this Agreement (collectively, “Disputes”) shall be settled only by an action or proceeding commenced in the Federal or Minnesota State courts located in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota; and the Client consents to jurisdiction over it by, and exclusive venue in, any such court for any Disputes.
Termination. This Agreement may be terminated as follows:
If the contract is retainer-based, then upon client’s 60-day prior written notice to CK, client may terminate this Agreement. Client shall be responsible to pay the monthly retainer for the 60 day period following Client’s written notice. In the event that Client exceeded the allotted monthly hours, then such additional amounts for the exceeded hours shall be due and owing as well.
If the contract is a project, then Client can terminate at any time. CK shall retain the amount that Client has previously paid to CK. No additional amounts will be due from Client, nor will CK provide any refund. Client will be entitled to designs and mockups, but will not receive any code unless the entire amount set forth in the project contract is paid in full.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire and final Agreement between the Parties and supersedes any and all prior oral and written agreements or discussions. Should any part of this Agreement be rendered or declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidation of such part or portion of this Agreement should not invalidate the remaining portions thereof, and they shall remain in full force and effect.
Conflict If there is any conflict between the provisions of this Master Service Agreement and the contact, the provisions of the contract shall control.
Written Notice. Email is an acceptable form of communication under each and every provision of this Agreement.
Updated: August 12, 2019.