1. GENERAL TERMS

1. Areatrade reserves the right to refuse to provide services and/or access to its services to anyone.
2. All scripts, codes, admin panels provided to clients by Arearade is the property of Areatrade are not to be reused or copied by anyone unless permission is granted by Areatrade.
3. All design work provided to the client by Areatrade is the property of Areatrade until all accounts are settled, once accounts are settled they become the intellectual property of the client.

2. TERMS OF WEB HOSTING:

1. Areatrade provides Web Hosting. The hosting services provided by Areatrade vary greatly depending on the level of service you have chosen. For a clear breakdown of all our hosting packages click here
2. All website hosting packages are contracted for a minimum of 1 year, after which you may elect to discontinue this by providing written notice to Areatrade 10 working days before the end of that month.
3. The updateable admin panel and scripts provided with bespoke and free website designs are a part of the hosting package and cannot be transferred to other servers. The level of features in admin depends on what hosting package is provided. Scripts can be run on Areatrades server and pointed at 3rd party servers for an agreed monthly amount if required. This admin panel cannot be copied / replicated by 3rd parties without prior permission of Areatrade.
4. Password and usernames must not be distributed to anyone other than the account holder.
5. Server access is permitted to the account holder and no 3rd party should access them to update or download files unless permission is granted by Areatrade.

3. DOMAIN REGISTRATION & TRANSFERS

1. Please note that in the event you decide to transfer a domain name to another hosting company you will be charged an administration fee for us to effect the changes see our price list for charges.
2. Areatrade will transfer your domain only when all outstanding invoices and transfer fees have been paid.
3. Areatrade purchase/ transfer domains names on the customers behalf. Domain ownership is registered in Areatrades or customers name depending on customer preference.

4. AREATRADE DO NOT HOST ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONTENT

1. Illegal Material – this includes copyrighted works, commercial audio, video, or music files, and any material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation.
2. Adult Material – includes all pornography, erotic images or otherwise lewd or obscene content. The designation of “adult material” is left entirely to the discretion of Areatrade.
3. Warez – includes pirated software, ROMS, emulators, phreaking, hacking, password cracking. IP spoofing, etc, and encrypting of any of the above. Also includes any sites which provide “links to” or “how to” information about such material.
4. If any of the above material appears on the Customer’s web page Areatrade reserves the right to remove it from such web page(s) without prior notice.
5. Areatrade reserves the right to cancel the Customer’s account at any time without notice.
6. Areatrade reserves the right to change prices at any time without notice.
7. Areatrade reserves the right to amend and update these terms and conditions at any time without notice.
8. By signing your standing order agreement, the Customer indicates acceptance of these terms and conditions.
9. When your account is closed, all files (including web pages, etc.) will be deleted from our web server. If you require a copy of your site on disk you must request this from Areatrade in writing 10 days before your account is closed. Once your account is offline Areatrade can only supply a disk containing the website structure, Any database of images & information uploaded by the customer will be lost.
10. Updateable Template websites can not be moved to any hosting company other than Areatrade. Areatrade can supply the Data from one of these sites to be transferred but can not supply the website software.
11. Users must not participate in any form of un-solicited bulk e-mailing or spam. The email marketing software supplied by Areatrade is for use to your subscribing customers only.
12. Cheque payments must be sent along with the following information:
    A copy of the invoice with your cheque payment and the domain name and invoice number written on the back of your cheque.
13. Services can be activated when we receive payment and it has been cleared through our bank.
14. When paying by TT please ensure you list the invoice number on the bank instructions so we can identify the payment.

5. GENERAL USE POLICY

1. The Customer may not store more data in it’s account than it’s allotted virtual server space. More space can be requested, click here.
2. The Customer is responsible for the content of it’s web pages, including obtaining the legal permission for any information included to ensure that the contents are compatible with UK law.
   3. The Customer will be held responsible for and will accept responsibility for any defamatory, confidential, secret and other proprietary material available via it’s web page(s).
   4. Please do not divulge your account password to any other person, and please take precautions so that it is not found by other people.
   

6. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY

1. Areatrade shall not be held responsible for any loss or damages caused by the use, misuse, unavailability or removal of services.
2. Areatrade shall not be responsible for unsolicited bulk e-mail or spam e-mail being sent to the Customer. Anti Spam software is available with certain hosting packages - if available client is responsible for activating this.
3. Data stored on our servers for updateable websites is not guaranteed to be backed up. It is recommended that you keep an independent backup of important data
   

7. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION SERVICE.

1. Areatrade produce a list of keywords relating to your company showing the number of people searching for those terms in the previous month on the UK Overture search group. These figures are from the previous month and are a guide only as each month has varying searchs made.
2. Areatrade optimise pages of your website towards your chosen keywords and then submit your website to the major search engines.
3. Areatrade can not guarantee that your website will be included in the search engines data base, as this is at the discression of each search engine.
4. Areatrade will create a search engine position report for your website under your chosen keywords and upload this report for you to see it online.
5. Areatrade analyse the search engine position report, and the website log statistics, to further optimise the website for improved search engine position.
   

8. SEARCH ENGINE PPC (pay-per-click) ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT SERVICE.

1. Areatrade can manage your PPC advertising on “Google” and “The Overture Group” (which includes: Yahoo!, AOL UK, Wanadoo, MSN UK, Altavista, Ask Jeeves, Tiscali.
2. The minimum monthly budget for PPC is £20 on Overture and £20 on Google. With a monthly administrative & handling fee for Areatrade to setup and maintain your advertising accounts.
3. Areatrade bid on specific keywords in order to maximise the number of targeted visitors to your website with the budget provided.
4. Areatrade optimise your listings and website to meet more closely the requirements of each search engine although inclusion of your listing is not guaranteed as it is within the sole discretion of each search engine.
5. Areatrade will amend any titles and descriptive text supplied, to fit each search engines requirements.
6. The appearance of your advert depends on your budget and which search engine:
7. Google calculate daily recommended cost for showing your advert 100% of the time, based on ad exposure, position and bid value. If Google recommend £1.30 per day, and you only want to spend £0.65 per day, your adverts will be shown approximately 50% of the time keeping you to your set budget.
8. OVERTURE: If your monthly budget is reached before the end of the month then your listings will be suspended for the remainder of the month, until a new month starts and your monthly budget is replenished.
9. Areatrade reserves the right to terminate your PPC service therein at any time.
10. You are contracted to continue payments on your PPC service for a minimum of 3 months, after which you may elect to discontinue this by providing written notice to Areatrade 10 working days before the end of that month.