Please read through our Terms and Conditions and make sure you understand them. By using WebHostingZone’s services you agree to these Terms and Conditions. This is a legal agreement.
IMPORTANT! THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THESE “TERMS AND CONDITIONS”) GOVERN THE USE OF THE WebHostingZone WEB SITE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES BY YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS “YOU”).
BY USING THE WEB SITE/MATERIALS/SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED OR REFERRED TO IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
WebHostingZone RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE/MATERIALS/SERVICES AFTER SUCH CHANGES ARE POSTED TO THE WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGES. PLEASE CONSULT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGULARLYORDER ACCEPTANCE POLICY
Your receipt of an electronic or other form of order confirmation does not signify our acceptance of your order, nor does it constitute confirmation of the order or our offer to sell. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, without prior notification, to accept or decline your order or limit the order quantity for any reason. For credit card payments, such payment is subject to the approval of the financial institution issuing the credit card and we shall not be liable in any way if such financial institution refuses to accept or honor the credit card for any reason. We may require, at our option, that any order placed over certain amounts receive our pre-approval. We also may require additional verification or information before accepting any order.
Acceptance of Contractual Agreement
1. Client agrees that by placing an order either by means of electronic ordering (web order form) or submitting a written contract, and receipt of such order by WebHostingZone, that you are agreeing to our TOS, AUP, and SLA. No modifications of said contract by customer are allowed.
2. WebHostingZone will provide, and Customer will purchase and pay for, the Services, and service fees specified in the Order for the applicable Service Description. Customer acknowledges that the service and service fees have been communicated to the customer, and that he/she is aware of all applicable charges as per contract, AUP, SLA, and TOS. Customer also understands that any promotional offers unless specified in contractual terms will not be applicable to their individual service.
3. In connection with any Hosting Services, if Customer’s actual bandwidth or disk usage in any month exceeds allotted amount, specified in Customer’s contract, Customer will pay WebHostingZone any additional fees as specified in the Service Description. If you do not pay, WebHostingZone will suspend your account until payment is received.
Debit Orders:
By clicking on the Submit Order or Proceed button on our Order Form you legally acknowledge that you request and authorise WebHostingZone to draw against your bank account or credit card with the bank specified on the order form (or any other bank or branch to which you may transfer your account) the hosting or service fees or any variable amount pertaining to this agreement, on the first working day of each and every month. This being the amount necessary for the payment of the monthly payment or premium due to WebHostingZone in respect of your web hosting agreement. All such withdrawals from your bank account by WebHostingZone shall be treated as though they had been signed by you personally. You further agree that you instruct and authorize WebHostingZone’ agent, Netcash (Pty) Ltd, to draw against your account with the specified bank, and that you understand that the withdrawals authorized here will be processed by BankServ and you also understand that the details of each withdrawal will be printed on your bank statement. You agree to pay any bank charges relating to this debit order instruction, including charges for returned debits and related administrative fees. This authority may be cancelled by means of giving thirty days notice in writing, sent by prepaid registered post, but you understand that you shall not be entitled to any refund of amounts which have withdrawn whilst this authority was in force if such amounts were legally owing to WebHostingZone.
Assignment: You acknowledge that the party hereby authorized to effect the drawing(s) against your account may cede or assign any of its rights to Netcash (Pty) Ltd and that WebHostingZone may not delegate any of their obligations in terms of this contract/authority to any third party without prior written consent of the authorized party. You hereby confirm that you have read and agree with the above terms and conditions and that your electronic signature which is translated as the depression of the Submit Order or Proceed button on our online Order Form and the recording of your machine’s IP address and time stamp, confirms your agreement to the terms and conditions.
Payments and Fees:
Payment is due on the 25th (twenty fifth) day of each month, for the next month. Credit cards that are declined for any reason are subject to a ZAR 90.00 declination fee. Service will be interrupted on accounts that reach 10 days past due. Service interrupted for non-payment is subject to a ZAR 50.00 reconnect charge. Accounts not paid by due date are subject to a ZAR 20% late payment fee.
Accounts not paid in full after 60 days will be terminated and all files and emails will be removed from the servers.
Delinquent Accounts:
WebHostingZone may temporarily deny service or terminate this Agreement upon failure of Customer to pay charges when due. Such termination or denial will not relieve Customer of responsibility for the payment of all accrued service fees, or any collection fees.
Domain Registrant / Reseller:
WebHostingZone does not entertain “domain squatting” nor domain name hijacking.
WebHostingZone is an accredited Domain Registrar with the ZA Central Registry (ZACR)
The reseller agrees to register all domain names under their account to the registered and legal “registrant”, i.e. the client / domain owner. The reseller agrees not to withhold any domain name, nor prevent any party from transferring a domain name to a Registrar of choice.
The reseller agrees that in the event that the Registrant files a complaint with the ZA Central Registry (ZACR), ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), or Domains Dispute Tribunal, that the Reseller will take immediate action to remedy to complaint and will be liable for any penalties, loss of income, or attorneys fees related to such complaint.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
WebHostingZone (“WebHostingZone”) makes available for your use on this Web site (the “Site”) information, documents, software and products (collectively, the “Materials”) and various services operated by WebHostingZone (collectively, the “Services”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document (the “Terms of Use”). By accessing or using this Site, which includes your access to or use of any of the Services/Materials, you agree to the Terms of Use. WebHostingZone reserves the right to change the Terms of Use from time to time at its sole discretion. Your use of the Site will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use posted on the Site at the time of such use. In addition, when using particular Services or Materials on this Site, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such Services or Materials that may contain terms and conditions in addition to those in the Terms of Use. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of Use. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any Materials downloaded or printed from the Site.
Account Cancellation:
All requests for canceling any service / services must be made through the WebHostingZone Support Desk, which can be located on http://billing.webhostingzone.co.za. 30 days notice must be given, after which time the service / services in question will be cancelled. No refunds will be issued on Domain Names, since these are the properties of the client. Confirmation receipt of cancellation will be sent within 24 hours.
Refunds and Disputes:
All payments to WebHostingZone are non-refundable after Customer’s 30-day money-back guarantee period. See here for the terms of our 30 day refund policy. This includes any setup fees and monthly fees, regardless of usage. All billing disputes must be reported within 30 days of the time the dispute occurred. Disputed charges to your credit card issuer, also known as chargebacks, under the terms and conditions of our SLA, AUP, and TOS, will result in service interruption, as well as reconnection fees to restore the desired service.
Domain Registrant:
WebHosting does not entertain “domain squatting” nor domain name hijacking.
The reseller agrees to register all domain names under their account to the registered and legal “registrant”, i.e. the client / domain owner. The reseller agrees not to withhold any domain name, nor prevent any party from transferring a domain name to a Registrar of choice.
The reseller agrees that in the event that the Registrant files a complaint with the ZA Central Registry (ZACR), ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), or Domains Dispute Tribunal, that the Reseller will take immediate action to remedy to complaint and will be liable for any penalties, loss of income, or attorneys fees related to such complaint.
ACCEPTABLE USE
You may not take any action that violates our Acceptable Use Policy, which can be found here.
PRIVACY POLICY
WebHostingZone collects, stores and uses data collected from You in accordance with the Company’s Privacy Policy.
LIMITED LICENSE
Use of certain WebHostingZone services grants a limited licence to use various software products, including cPanel, Fantastico and Modernbill, this list is not exhaustive. The limited licence allows you, the customer, to make use of such software, up to the limits of your service, for as long as your service is current and up to date. Upon termination of your service your right to use such software is also terminated and any licence keys, serial codes etc. should be returned to WebHostingZone and no longer used. The limited licence grants rights to use such software on WebHostingZone equipment only and the licence cannot be used on any other equipment.
LICENSE FOR USER CONTENT
Certain Services offered on this Site accommodate or require user-supplied information, materials or communications (collectively, ‘User Content’). Depending upon the nature of the Service, by submitting User Content to this Site you grant WebHostingZone one of the following two types of licenses:
1. For User Content that is the result of your creative efforts, such as examples of work you have done using WebHostingZone products, you hereby grant WebHostingZone a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to reproduce and modify (for purposes of formatting, maintenance or Site administration only) such User Content. You also grant WebHostingZone the right to distribute and publicly display and perform such User Content for the purpose for which such User Content was submitted to the Service. This license will be in effect until such User Content is removed from the Site.
2. For User Content such as comments to the WebHostingZone User to User Forums, Knowledge base, you grant WebHostingZone an unrestricted, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute such User Content, and you also agree that WebHostingZone is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose. However, we will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted such User Content to us unless: (a) we first notify you that the User Content you submit to a particular part of the Site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (b) we are required to do so by law.
USE AND PROTECTION OF USERNAME AND PASSWORD
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and/or password, if applicable. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not actually or expressly authorized by you.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND WebHostingZone, ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WebHostingZone MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE OBTAINED FROM THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS.
THIS SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. WebHostingZone MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES AT THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY PRODUCTS LISTED HEREIN, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE MATERIALS OR SERVICES AT THIS SITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND WebHostingZone MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH MATERIALS OR SERVICES.
WebHostingZone ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS, SOFTWARE, MATERIALS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO THIS SITE. REFERENCES TO OTHER CORPORATIONS, THEIR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WebHostingZone OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT WebHostingZone HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR OF ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF ANY MATERIALS THROUGH THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM WebHostingZone OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.
This Site contains links to third-party Web sites that are not under the control of WebHostingZone. WebHostingZone makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site to which you may have access through this Site. When you access a non-WebHostingZone Web site, you do so at your own risk and WebHostingZone is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements made on these sites or for the quality of any products or services available on such sites. WebHostingZone provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply that WebHostingZone endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or uses of such Web sites.
This Site can be accessed from other countries around the world and may contain references to WebHostingZone products, services, and programs that have not been announced in your country. These references do not imply that WebHostingZone intends to announce such products, services or programs in your country.
Entire Agreement; Amendments
These Terms and Conditions, together with the Acceptable Use Policy and the Privacy Policy, supersede any prior discussions, negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and these Terms and Conditions, together with the Acceptable Use Policy and the Privacy Policy, constitute the sole and entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby.