Terms of Service

You may browse, read, and share this site freely. Don't scrape it at volume, resell the content, or use it to harass anyone. I may change or retire features at any time.

Quotes, scope, and pricing shown on the site are estimates until we both accept a written quote. Each engagement is governed by the quote you accept in your client dashboard or otherwise in writing, which controls if it conflicts with anything here. An inquiry, preview, payment, or account login does not by itself expand the agreed deliverables or transfer rights.

Scope and changes: an engagement covers only the deliverables in the accepted quote. Anything new that comes up later, including extra pages, features, integrations, revisions beyond the included round, or a broader file or rights transfer, is quoted separately. I pause that added work until we both approve the deliverables, cost, and schedule in writing. Work never expands beyond the written scope without your sign-off, and you never owe for work you did not approve first.

Handoff: your agreement identifies the accounts, editing access, files, walkthrough, and delivery milestones included in the service. Operational handoff is separate from source-code delivery and legal rights. Domain moves, hosting migration, provider configuration, publication, and ongoing maintenance are included only as listed. Private Studio records, other clients' materials, and unrelated projects are not part of a handoff. Shared passwords are not a substitute for properly assigned account access.

Code and editable files: your agreement lists any source files, repository access, editable artwork, or templates to be delivered, their format, and exclusions. Admin editing access does not itself include a source archive. Receiving source files does not itself assign copyright or grant exclusive ownership, resale, or sublicensing rights. If additional source delivery or transfer assistance has a fee, it must be quoted and accepted before that work starts, not added after the fact.

Ownership and licenses: your own content remains yours. Rights to project-specific work are assigned only as expressly identified in the accepted agreement and after its payment conditions are met. I retain my pre-existing and reusable tools, templates, and feature hubs; your delivered project carries a perpetual, nonexclusive license to those tools as delivered, unless the accepted agreement states otherwise. That is not an exclusive buyout or permission to resell the underlying toolkit separately. Third-party code, fonts, images, and services remain subject to their own licenses and terms. Broader rights must be separately agreed and available to grant.

Review and approval: the agreement sets the decision-maker, included review rounds, acceptance criteria, and feedback schedule. A review round means one consolidated set of written feedback on the agreed deliverables. A defect is a failure to meet the agreed requirements, not a new feature or a changed preference. Covered defect fixes follow the agreed warranty; new requests follow the change process above. Publication and final handoff follow the agreed approvals and payment milestones, not silence or access to a preview.

Portfolio: any agreed permission to show completed work is separate from the client's usage rights. Private data and confidential materials are not portfolio content. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, I may show completed public work as a record of what I built.

Your part: you provide content you have the rights to use, and timely feedback and decisions so the timeline holds. Delays on your side move the schedule; they never add fees without a written change we both accept. Payment flexibility does not automatically move delivery milestones or change access and rights. Any revised payment or delivery arrangement is confirmed together in writing. After handoff, provider bills, renewals, and maintenance responsibilities follow the accepted agreement; ongoing care is not assumed from the original build fee.

Tours run rain or shine unless conditions are unsafe; if I cancel, you get a full refund. Cancel more than 48 hours out for a full refund, inside 48 hours for credit toward a future walk. Sliding-scale (Driftline) rates are offered in good faith — take them if you need them.

Digital downloads are for personal use. Field guidance, foraging notes, and species information are educational, not a safety guarantee. You are responsible for your own tides, licenses, and risk.

Card payments are processed by Stripe. Studio work is paid directly by Venmo or Zelle on the schedule in your cost sheet — all at once, split, or in monthly installments you set in your dashboard. Subscriptions renew monthly until cancelled and can be cancelled any time. Support contributions are voluntary and non-refundable.

Keep your login credentials to yourself. I may suspend accounts used for abuse, spam, or attempts to access other people's data.

The site and its content are provided as-is. To the extent allowed by law, I'm not liable for indirect or consequential damages, and total liability is limited to what you paid me in the prior three months.

I'll update this page when things change and move the date at the top. Continued use means you accept the current version.