Terms of Service

1. Acceptance

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the website schedars.com and any services provided by Schedars (“we”, “us”, “our”). By accessing the site or engaging us as a service provider, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site.

A separate signed Master Services Agreement (MSA) governs paid engagements; these website Terms apply only to your use of the public site and pre-contract communication.

2. Description of services

Schedars is a software development studio. We design and build:

• iOS and Android mobile applications
• Web applications and SaaS platforms
• E-commerce storefronts and headless commerce backends
• Custom web development and integrations
• Ongoing development retainers

Our services are delivered under a written contract negotiated separately. The website provides general information about our work and a way to contact us — it is not, by itself, an offer.

3. Engagement model

When you engage Schedars for paid work, the typical flow is:

1. Discovery — a 1–2 week scoping phase that produces a written specification and a fixed-bid estimate. Discovery is billed time-and-materials or rolled into the project, depending on scope.
2. Master Services Agreement (MSA) + Statement of Work (SOW) — signed before any code is written. The SOW defines deliverables, timeline, payment schedule, and acceptance criteria.
3. Sprints — two-week sprints with a Friday demo, async daily updates, and a sprint review at the end.
4. Launch — production deploy + handover documentation.
5. Post-launch support — 30–60 days included, then optional retainer.

4. Payment

Default payment terms (subject to negotiation in the SOW):

• Fixed-bid projects: 30% on kickoff, 30% after Sprint 0 acceptance, 40% on delivery
• Retainer: monthly post-pay, net-15
• Currencies accepted: USD, EUR (other currencies on request)
• Payment methods: wire transfer, Stripe Invoicing
• Late payments: 1.5% interest per month after 30 days late; we may pause work after 45 days late

Third-party fees (Apple Developer Program, Stripe %, AWS/Vercel hosting) are itemized in the SOW and are typically passed through at cost or billed separately.

5. Intellectual property

Code and deliverables

Upon receipt of full payment for a project, all intellectual property in the deliverables transfers to the client, with the following carve-outs:

• We retain ownership of any pre-existing code, libraries, and frameworks used in the project (we grant you a perpetual, royalty-free license to use them as part of the deliverable).
• We retain the right to mention the project in our portfolio and case studies unless explicitly waived in the SOW. You may opt out at signing.
• Open-source dependencies retain their original licenses (Apache, MIT, etc.) — we list them in the project README.

Design work

Design files (Figma, Sketch) transfer to the client on full payment. The design system tokens and primitive components we develop in-house remain ours unless the SOW says otherwise.

Schedars’s brand

The Schedars name, logo, and trademarks remain ours. You may not use them except to factually state that we built your project (which we encourage).

6. Confidentiality

We treat all non-public client information as confidential. Standard confidentiality clauses apply during and after the engagement. We will sign a mutual NDA before Discovery on request, typically within one business day.

We never use one client’s data, code, or strategy to inform work for another client without explicit permission.

7. Warranties

We warrant that:

• Services will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner consistent with industry standards
• We have the right to provide the services and grant the IP transfer
• The deliverables will not, to our knowledge, infringe a third party’s IP rights at the time of delivery

These are the only warranties we provide. Implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement are disclaimed to the maximum extent permitted by law.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising from or related to a Schedars engagement is limited to the fees paid by the client to Schedars in the 12 months preceding the claim.

We are not liable for indirect, consequential, special, incidental, or punitive damages — including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or business interruption — even if we were advised of the possibility.

These limitations don’t apply to: gross negligence, willful misconduct, breach of confidentiality, IP infringement we’ve indemnified, or any liability that can’t be limited under applicable law.

9. Termination

Either party may terminate an engagement for convenience with 30 days’ written notice. Termination for material breach (uncured after 14 days’ written notice) is immediate.

On termination:

• The client pays for work performed through the termination date
• We deliver work-in-progress in its current state
• Pre-paid amounts for unperformed work are refunded within 30 days
• Confidentiality, IP, and indemnification clauses survive

10. Dispute resolution

We prefer to resolve disputes informally first. If we can’t, disputes arising from a paid engagement are governed by the dispute resolution clause in the signed MSA, which typically specifies:

• Good-faith negotiation between executives (15 days)
• Mediation in a mutually-agreed jurisdiction
• Binding arbitration as a last resort (rather than court litigation)

For disputes arising from website use only (no signed MSA), the governing law is the European Union (specifically, the law of the EU member state where Schedars is registered), and the courts of that jurisdiction have exclusive jurisdiction.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as our practices evolve. The “Last updated” date at the top reflects the latest version. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.

For active engagements, the signed MSA controls — these website Terms cannot retroactively modify it.

12. Force majeure

Neither party is liable for failure to perform due to events outside its reasonable control: acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, internet outages, pandemic, labor disputes, supplier failures. The affected party must notify the other promptly and resume performance as soon as practicable.

13. General

• Independent contractors: Schedars is an independent contractor, not a partner, joint venturer, or employee of the client.
• Assignment: Neither party may assign these Terms or an SOW without written consent, except in connection with a merger or sale of substantially all assets.
• Entire agreement: These Terms (plus the signed MSA + SOW for paid engagements) are the entire agreement. They supersede prior discussions.
• Severability: If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
• No waiver: Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.

14. Contact

• Email: hello@schedars.com
• Legal questions: legal@schedars.com

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This document is provided for informational purposes and reflects Schedars’ standard practices. The legally binding agreement for any engagement is the signed Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work, not this website document.