Terms and Conditions

This agreement sets out the Terms And Conditions applicable to the users of our services  at MacLance.  All people who apply to use the services on this site (referred to as members) must agree to all the Terms And Conditions detailed below.  In the event that a member does not comply with all the Terms and conditions detailed below we then  have the right to cancel a Member from participating in our services along with closing the members account with MacLance and/ or may  withhold any payments owed to that user that were obtained through this site.

MacLance reserves the right to have complete discretion as to whether or not it accepts a particular applicant or website for participation in the service.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

MacLance shall have absolute discretion as to whether or not it accepts a particular applicant or site for participation in the service.

REMOVAL FROM NETWORK

MacLance reserves the right to deactivate and remove any member/ site without prior notification, this  is not only for members/ sites that it feels are in violation of our Terms and Conditions.

If we remove a member/ site that has not breached our Terms and Conditions, then all outstanding payments to that member/ site will be paid before the account is closed.  In the event that a member/ site has broken the Terms and Conditions then we reserve the right to cancel that members/ sites account withhold that members payments.

Any members/ sites that are cancelled for reasons other than in breach of the Terms and Conditions, will be entitled to receive any payment that is due from MacLance.

REFERRAL COMMISSIONS

The referral commission rate is listed on the Affiliate Commission page.  If the commission rate is changed, all members will be notified 30 days prior to the new rate being implemented and all commissions will be at the old rate until the full 30 days are up.

We encourage you to notify as many people that you can which you think will benefit from this site.  You may not refer yourself nor can you create multiple accounts to collect the referral fees.  MacLance reserves the right to hold/ cancel any payments owed to any affiliates that it feels are unlikely to pay any fees that it has been charged.

PAYMENTS

All payments are in USD (United States Dollars).  If a member requests a payment by cheque, the amount must be for at least $30, which also applies to the  Paypal service.  If MacLance suspects that a source of funds is coming from fraudulent means then it reserves the right to cancel/ suspend any withdrawal without notification.

COPYRIGHTS

No material may be transmitted to this site that is not owned by the member that is sending it.  All copyrighted material of any sort is banned from this site and any user that is caught breaching this condition will not only risk their account being terminated but we will also notify the owner of the copyrighted material to notify them of your crime.

MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

We may amend this agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on this page and will also notify the changes by email, however any changes will not come into effect until thirty days after the notification of the changes.

OWNERSHIP

Members agree that all information contained on a website operated by MacLance, and all information compiled by MacLance through operation of the affiliate program, is the proprietary information of MacLance. Personal information provided by members to MacLance will be kept confidential and will not be distributed to any third party.

E-MAIL ADDRESSES

Members agree to only enter their email details during the signup process on this site.  No member should find it necessary to share their contact details nor is it permissible.  If you require to contact someone then you can send a message direct to them in the message board.  The above also applies to ALL forms of communication (AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Phone etc...).

PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION

You are prohibited from making direct contact with another member, unless it's for a project you (a Provider) have been picked for, or you (a Buyer) have picked a Provider for. This includes giving out your e-mail address, ICQ number, phone number, or any other method of contact outside of this site. MacLance provides you with message boards, which should be sufficient for pre-project planning. The only exception to this is on "Featured" projects. If a project has the "Featured" graphic on it, that means the Buyer has paid a flat fee in advance, and you ARE allowed to provide contact information in the message board. Note that the MacLance system does not distinguish between featured and non-featured message board posts, so you will still get a warning when submitting an e-mail address, even if the project is featured.

AVOIDING COMMISSIONS

You are not permitted to negotiate commissions direct with any member outside of MacLance while the Project is Open.  This also applies if a project is cancelled without a Provider being chosen.  It is the responsibility of both parties to notify MacLance if the project amount increases above the bid amount after the project is closed.  Any member/ site that pays/ receives commission higher than that stated in the project and does not notify us, will be considered as trying to avoid paying commissions.  We have some of the lowest commissions for sites of this type and rely upon them to continue the maintenance,  improvements and publicity of this site.

BIDDING

Providers can place any bid on projects, however they are not permitted to constantly re-submit bids altering the bid amount.  (Please do not do this more than twice). 

There is to be no abnormal bidding, i.e. hourly, daily etc. on non-featured projects.

FEATURED PROJECTS

These are the terms and conditions that are exclusive to Featured Projects ONLY.

There is no commission to pay on a featured project either by the Provider or the Buyer as  a set fee has already been paid providing that the project bid is $1,000 or less.  Any featured project bid that is accepted above this amount will be subject to the standard 5% fee (only to the amount that is above $1,000).

ADVERTISING

There are to be no URL's entered anywhere on this site either in bids, profiles or the message boards unless they relate to a given project (you are not permitted to advertise your own website(s) on MacLance).

THE ROLE OF MacLance.com

We provide our services to allow Buyers and Providers to communicate and help each other solve problems and receive help on projects.  We do not nor are we able to verify the legality, reliability, accuracy or safety of any details posted on our system by its users.  This also includes the qualifications and skills that any member may claim to have.  We recommend that you definitely must never make complete payments before any given project is completed to your satisfaction and that you apply common sense and good judgement when dealing with other members on this site.  You must read our project guidelines and agree to them before taking part in any project. 

We cannot and will not refund any monies that you have sent to someone as YOU are responsible for your own transactions.  In the unlikely event that you are unsatisfied with another member then please contact us giving complete details of the complaint and we will do our best to resolve it. (In cases we feel a member has deliberately tried to deceive another member either by providing false information or not completing a project to the details that have been arranged between the Buyer and Provider, we reserve the right to cancel that members account, without notification.)

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