Legal
How we work together, what you can expect from ForgeWeb-1, and how we treat your information. Last updated October 19, 2026.
Part 1
Terms of Service
ForgeWeb-1 designs and builds custom websites and related services for small businesses, including one-time build packages (Homepage, Full Site, Site+System), add-ons, and optional monthly Maintenance, Local SEO, and Growth plans. These Terms of Service govern all work we perform for you. By starting a project, paying a deposit, or purchasing a plan, you agree to these terms.
If we sign a written quote or project agreement for your specific project, that document controls wherever it conflicts with these terms.
Package prices listed on this website are "from" prices. Your final price depends on your scope — page count, content needs, integrations, and add-ons — and is confirmed in a written quote before any work begins. The written quote, once accepted, is the authoritative price for your project.
Prices for new projects may change at any time, but a change never affects an accepted quote. Add-on pricing (extra pages, extra revision rounds, migrations, rush builds) is quoted separately.
One-time builds: 50% is due to start the project and the remaining 50% is due at launch. Work does not begin until the starting payment clears.
Monthly plans (Maintenance, Local SEO, Growth) are billed monthly in advance and may be canceled per Section 11. The $50/month AI Backyard Visualizer service is added to your monthly Local SEO or Growth plan and billed as part of that same monthly charge — see Section 9. Payments are processed by our third-party payment provider; we never see or store your card details. Your payment provider's terms also apply to each transaction.
Prices are in U.S. dollars. You are responsible for any applicable taxes.
Each package includes a set number of revision rounds (2 for Homepage, 3 for Full Site, 4 for Site+System). A revision round is one consolidated set of feedback on the current design. Additional rounds can be purchased at the published add-on rate.
Requests outside the agreed scope — new pages, new features, redesigns after final approval — are quoted separately before work continues. We will always tell you when a request leaves the original scope.
Most sites are delivered in 1-2 weeks after the starting payment and all required content are received. Timelines depend on prompt feedback: if we don't receive approvals or content within 5 business days of a request, delivery dates shift accordingly.
Rush builds are available at the published add-on rate when we confirm availability.
You agree to provide accurate content, images, and account access we reasonably need; that you own or have rights to all materials you supply; and that content you provide does not infringe others' rights or violate law. You are responsible for facts and claims made about your own business on your site.
Approving a design or going live is your confirmation that the delivered work meets the agreed scope.
Upon receipt of final payment, you own the website design and its content that you supplied. We retain ownership of our underlying tools, frameworks, and pre-existing development libraries, which are licensed to you as part of your site.
We may display completed work in our portfolio and case studies unless you ask us in writing not to. Third-party assets used on your site (fonts, stock photos, plugins) remain governed by their own licenses.
Websites may rely on third parties — hosting, domain registrars, payment or financing providers, form/email services, and analytics tools. Those services are governed by their own terms and pricing, which may change outside our control. We will help you set them up, but their uptime, policies, and fees are theirs.
Domain registration and hosting renewals are billed at the provider's rates.
The AI Backyard Visualizer is offered two ways. Added to a Full Site or Site+System build, it starts at $1,500 one-time for setup and requires an active monthly service plan of $50/month, which is added to your monthly Local SEO or Growth plan and billed as part of that same monthly charge; billing begins the month the tool goes live.
Installed on a website you already have, the visualizer is $1,500 one-time for installation, with no monthly service fee.
Where the monthly service fee applies, it covers AI image-generation costs and the hosting and upkeep of the tool. It does not include changes to your website, additional pages, or additional design work, which are quoted separately.
Renderings produced by the visualizer are AI-generated concept visuals. They are illustrative only, are not construction documents, and are not a guarantee or representation of the final project. Final scope, materials, and pricing are always confirmed separately between you and the homeowner.
Homeowner photos uploaded through the visualizer are used only to generate the rendering and the associated quote request, and are handled as described in our Privacy Policy.
We do not guarantee search rankings, traffic, leads, or revenue. SEO results depend on competition, your market, and time — Google states results typically take four months to a year. Our SEO work follows current best practices and Google's published guidelines, but search engines change their algorithms independently.
Examples or figures we share are illustrations, not promises of performance.
The starting payment becomes non-refundable once design work begins, because it reserves your build slot and covers work already performed. If you cancel before launch, you owe payment only for work completed through the cancellation date, and we will deliver whatever work is paid for.
Monthly plans can be canceled anytime with written notice; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. We do not offer refunds for partial months.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, ForgeWeb-1 is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages — including lost profits, lost customers, or lost data — arising from or related to our services. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the fees you actually paid us for the service giving rise to the claim.
Services are provided on an "as is" basis. While we build to professional standards, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted operation of any website, which depends on hosting, browsers, devices, and third-party services.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.
We may update these terms from time to time; the version published on this page applies to new projects from its posted "last updated" date. Continued use of our services after an update means you accept the revised terms.
Part 2
Privacy Policy
When you submit our contact or intake forms, we collect the information you provide: your name, email address, business name and type, website URL, budget, timeline, service interest, your message, and any optional files you attach (such as branding or reference material).
We also collect standard technical information automatically — your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and referring source — through server logs and analytics. Our forms use spam-protection tooling that checks submissions are made by humans.
Payments are processed by our third-party payment provider. We never see or store your full card details; the provider shares only what is needed to confirm your transaction (such as your name, email, and payment status).
We use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry, prepare quotes and free audits, deliver your project, provide support, and — if you become a client — communicate about your website and plans. Technical data helps us understand how the site is used, improve it, and prevent spam and abuse.
We do not sell your personal information. Ever.
We share personal information only with the service providers that make our work possible — for example our email provider, payment processor, file storage, and hosting. They process that data only on our instructions and under their own privacy obligations.
We may also disclose information when legally required or to protect our rights, safety, or property.
We keep inquiry information as long as needed to respond and to maintain a business record of our communications, and client records for the duration of our working relationship plus any period required by law. Uploaded files are kept only as long as useful for your project unless you ask us to delete them.
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
If you use the AI Backyard Visualizer, the photo a homeowner uploads is used only to generate their rendering and their quote. It is stored securely, is never sold, and is never shared with other businesses or used for advertising.
Photos are processed by the AI image-generation provider that produces the rendering, acting on our instructions. A homeowner can ask us to delete their photo and rendering at any time.
Renderings are AI-generated concept visuals. They are illustrative only and are not a guarantee of the final project.
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of the personal information we hold about you, and you can ask us not to contact you further. California residents have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know what personal information is collected and to opt out of any "sale" — though, as noted, we do not sell personal information.
To make a request, send us a message through the contact form on our Contact page. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
We may update this Privacy Policy as our practices or tools change. The current version is always posted on this page with its "last updated" date. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.
If anything here is unclear, or you'd like to exercise a privacy right, send us a message through our contact form. We're happy to walk through any part of it before you start a project.
Last updated October 19, 2026. ForgeWeb-1 · Orange County, California.