Service Policies

5dollar95hosting, provides web hosting, email services and domain services and reserves the right to suspend or cancel any client's access to any portion or all of our services, when we deem that the account has been used inappropriately.  We reserve the right to refuse service and/or access to its servers to anyone.

User Policy

1. Illegal activities.  5dollarhosting. com prohibits sites engaged in:

Illegal activities including, but not limited to, storing and/or distributing illegal copies of copyrighted software, warez sites, violations of copyrights and trademarks, violations of U.S. laws, selling and/or distributing illegal contraband.
Internet abuse including, but not limited to, spamming (unsolicited Emailing), distribution of mass emailing programs, cross-posting messages to a large number of usenet groups, posting obscene or inflammatory messages, threatening other Internet users, mail bombing Internet users, running packet sniffers or port scanners, spamming 5dollar95hosting support staff.  Systems abuse including, but not limited to, use of excessive CPU resources, use of excessive disk space, use of excessive email storage space, hacking our systems, installing continuously running programs, such as IRC bots, reselling CGI scripts.

2. Adult content

We do not allow the presentation, promotion or transmission of adult, pornographic or obscene images, text or other content. The determination of what is "adult content" and therefore prohibited shall be solely made by us.

Policy Violations

Should a policy violation occur, we reserve the right to terminate the account without notice and without any refunds. The policy violating client will be held responsible for any damages to 5dollar95hosting, including but not limited to, 5dollar95hosting system, servers, connectivity, reputation, business, service, network, operations, or equipment.  The policy violator may be charged a $500 clean up fee.

Web Site Content

The client is responsible for keeping a copy of their most current web site files as backup on a remote system (not on IP LLC servers). We are not responsible for any lost files, information, or data. Should any data need to be recovered from backup tapes, there will be a charge of $100.  We do not guarantee to possess the most current copy of a client's website.

Support
Free customer support is provided via email through the client's control panel and through 1-301-933-2431 or 1-888-595-2058.  Billing inquiries will be answered within two business days.  Client agrees not to spam support.  We not provide web site design, custom programming and scripting, or web site consulting services.  Please see our resources page for links to outside sources.
Payment Policy and Fees
We do not charge set-up fees.

The minimum contract period is 1 month.  All services are available in one month, three month, six month or one year prepayment plans.

Full payment is required before any hosting service is rendered, which includes renewals. All  payment-due notices will be sent by electronic mail.  No bills or invoices will be sent by postal mail or fax.  Prepayment is due each anniversary (one month, three month, six month or one year) following the date the account was established. 

Payment Method

5dollar95hosting accepts only credit card payment (Visa, Mastercard, American Express).  Online credit card payment is authorized and executed in real time.  Once an order is successfully submitted, the client is subject to 5dollar95hosting refund policy.

Refunds

You may cancel at anytime. If your cancellation is within in 30 days we will refund all fees except for the InterNIC domain name registration fee. We will not refund any fees after 30 days.

Payment must be received or services will  not be rendered. If payment is not received on time the account will be cancelled.

InterNIC Fees

All InterNIC domain registration renewal fees are separate from 5dollar95hosting costs and the client is responsible for timely payment of domain name renewals.

Price Changes

5dollar95hosting reserves the right to change prices at any time.

All monetary transactions will be in $US dollars.
Additional features can be added at any time.
Monthly feature prices are not prorated.
Add-on costs are non-refundable regardless of whether or not the service was used.
Renewal Notification and Billing Schedule

Renewal notification is emailed to the billing contact thirty (30) days prior to the end of the billing cycle.

Credit Cards

Credit cards are charged to the end of the billing cycle for the new term. After successful payment, an email notification will be sent to the billing contact.  If payment is not received, the account is cancelled at the end of the billing cycle.

Credit Card Failures

In the event of any credit card failure, a notice will be sent to the billing contact via email.  An attempt will be made to charge the credit card every day until a successful charge or the end of the billing cycle.  If the credit card is charged successfully, a notification of successful charge will be sent to the billing contact via email.  If the credit card continues to fail and the billing cycle ends, the account will be cancelled.

Account Reactivation

If an account is cancelled due to client request or billing issues and the client desires to reactivate the account, a non-refundable reactivation fee of $19.95 will be required prior to account reactivation.  Accounts are reactivated after all outstanding charges are paid, including hosting fees, additional features, and  check processing fees. If an account was cancelled due to policy violation, 5dollar95hosting will not reactivate the account.

Refund Policy

5dollar95hosting has a 30-day money back guarantee for hosting in all but a few situations.   If we terminate an account due to policy violation, there will be no refund.  Monthly fees associated with additional features are non-refundable.

Cancellation

5dollar95hosting reserves the right to terminate service at any time.  If an account is terminated for a policy violation there will be no refund.  We reserve the right to delete the policy-violating web site content without notice.

Customers can cancel service at any time.  All account cancellations are to be requested through the client's control panel.  If the client requests cancellation, their account will be terminated at the end of the current billing cycle, or immediately.  If the client specifies immeditate account termination, we reserve the right to delete the web site contents without notice.  If an account is cancelled due to non-payment, 5dollar95hosting reserves the right to delete the web site contents without notice.

Indemnification

Client agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless 5dollar95hosting against any liabilities arising out of defective products sold to customers from our servers, personal injury or property damage caused by products or services sold or distributed from IP LLC servers, any material that infringes or allegedly infringes on the rights of a third party available from our servers, and any material that libels or allegedly libels a third party available from our servers.

Disclaimer

5dollar95hosting is not responsible for any damages to any client's business. 5dollar95hosting makes no warranties or guarantees of any kind, expressed or implied for services that we provide. Use of 5dollar95hosting web hosting and email service is at the client's sole risk. 5dollar95hosting services are provided on an "as is, as available" basis.

5dollar95hosting does not guarantee that our services will be uninterrupted or error free.  5dollar95hosting will provide every effort in good faith to ensure that its services are available to as many Internet users as possible with minimal service interruptions.

In no circumstance will 5dollar95hosting be liable for any claims resulting from the use or inability to use 5dollar95hosting services including, but not limited to, service interruptions, client errors, Internet connectivity problems, miscommunications, unauthorized access to 5dollar95hosting servers, InterNIC problems, DNS caching, Internet bandwidth congestion, power failures, vandalism, and natural disasters.

5dollar95hosting, reserves the right to revise our policies at any time.

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