Terms & Conditions.

1Agreement

These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern the services provided by align79 ("we," "us," "our") to you ("Client"). They apply to all projects, sprints, and subscriptions unless a separate written agreement signed by both parties says otherwise. By engaging us — booking a sprint, starting a Content Engine subscription, or paying an invoice or deposit — you agree to these Terms.

Where a signed proposal, statement of work (SOW), or order form conflicts with these Terms, the signed document controls for that engagement.

2Our services & how we work

align79 is an AI-native creative studio offering fixed-scope, fixed-price sprints (such as our Landing Sprint and Product Sprint) and an ongoing Content Engine subscription. The specific deliverables, price, timeline, and number of revision rounds for each engagement are defined in your proposal or order confirmation.

Our model is built on four commitments: a fixed price and ship date agreed before we start; your approval at each step; clean handover of everything we produce on final payment; and short progress updates as we go. These commitments are described further in the sections below.

3Scope & change requests

Each sprint covers the deliverables and scope stated in your proposal. Work outside that defined scope — additional pages, features, niches, or deliverables — is not included.

• Revisions: each sprint includes the number of revision rounds stated for that sprint (for example, one round for the Landing Sprint and two for the Product Sprint). A "round" is a single consolidated set of feedback.
• Out-of-scope work: new requests beyond the agreed scope, or revisions beyond the included rounds, will be quoted separately and may shift the timeline. We'll confirm cost and impact before proceeding.
• Add-ons (such as a brand kit, extra niche/channel, rush delivery, copywriting, or analytics) are billed at the rates published at the time of order or as quoted.

4Fees, deposits & payment

• Sprints are quoted at a fixed price. Unless stated otherwise, a deposit is due before work begins, with the balance due on completion and prior to final file handover.
• The Content Engine is billed on a recurring weekly basis, in advance, at the rate stated at signup. Billing continues each week until you pause or cancel (see Section 6).
• Prices are exclusive of any applicable taxes, which are the Client's responsibility where required.
• Invoices are payable by the date stated on the invoice. Late or missed payment may pause work and delay delivery, and we reserve the right to suspend services on overdue accounts.
• Deposits are non-refundable once work has begun, as they reserve our time and cover initial production.

5Client responsibilities & timeline

Our fixed ship dates depend on timely collaboration. You agree to provide the materials, access, brand assets, and feedback we need without undue delay, and to give approvals within the windows we communicate.

You are responsible for ensuring that any content, trademarks, logos, copy, or other materials you provide to us are accurate and that you hold the rights to use them.

6Content Engine subscription

The Content Engine is an always-on service that produces short-form videos, captions, and links and publishes them to your designated social accounts on a recurring schedule, as described in your plan.

• Approval: nothing is published without your approval. You review each batch and approve what goes live. You are solely responsible for the content you approve for publication.
• Pause / cancel: you may pause or cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current paid week. We do not pro-rate or refund the week in progress.
• Platform & account access: you are responsible for maintaining the social, affiliate, and platform accounts used, and for complying with each platform's terms. We act only on accounts and credentials you authorize.
• Affiliate & disclosure: where content includes affiliate or sponsored links, required disclosures (such as #ad and affiliate-relationship statements) will be included; you remain responsible for ongoing compliance with applicable advertising rules (e.g., FTC) on your channels.
• No performance guarantee: we do not guarantee specific views, followers, clicks, conversions, or revenue. Results depend on factors outside our control.

7Approvals

You approve everything before it ships. Once you approve a deliverable, page, or content batch for release, it is deemed accepted. Corrections to already-approved work that fall outside the included revision rounds may be treated as out-of-scope (Section 3).

8Intellectual property & ownership

On receipt of full payment for an engagement, ownership of the final deliverables we create specifically for you transfers to you, and you are free to use them without lock-in.

• Before full payment, all work product remains our property.
• Third-party and licensed assets (such as fonts, stock media, plugins, or platform tools) are governed by their own licenses, which pass to you subject to those licenses; we'll identify any that require your own subscription or license.
• Pre-existing materials and tools we use to produce work — including our internal frameworks, automation systems, and the Content Engine itself — remain our property. We grant you the right to use the outputs, not the underlying systems.
• AI-generated content: some deliverables are produced with AI tools. You acknowledge that AI outputs may not be eligible for certain intellectual-property protections and that similar outputs could be generated for others; we take reasonable care to deliver original, on-brand work.
• Portfolio: unless you request otherwise in writing, we may display and describe completed work in our portfolio and marketing.

9Confidentiality

Each party agrees to keep the other's non-public business information confidential and to use it only to perform or receive the services. This does not apply to information that is public, already known, or independently developed, or that must be disclosed by law.

10Warranties & disclaimers

We provide our services with professional care and skill. Except as expressly stated, services and deliverables are provided "as is," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation of any website, automation, or third-party platform.

11Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, align79 will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, or goodwill. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to an engagement will not exceed the total fees actually paid by you for that engagement in the three (3) months preceding the claim.

12Cancellation & termination

• Sprints: if you cancel after work has begun, the deposit is non-refundable and you remain responsible for fees covering work completed to date.
• Content Engine: cancel or pause at any time, effective at the end of the current paid week, with no further obligation.
• Either party may terminate an engagement for a material breach that is not cured within a reasonable period after written notice.
• On termination, you will receive deliverables for which payment has been made, and any outstanding fees for completed work become due.

13Independent contractor

align79 acts as an independent contractor. Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, partnership, agency, or joint-venture relationship between the parties.

14Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The state and federal courts located in Massachusetts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from these Terms or our services, unless a different jurisdiction is required by applicable consumer-protection law.

15Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The version in effect when you engage us applies to that engagement. We'll revise the "Last updated" date above when changes are made, and material changes will be reflected on this page.

16Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us at vitetalex@gmail.com or through our contact page.