Terms of Service
Last updated: June 2026
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Agapelo website and any services we provide. By using the site or engaging us, you agree to these Terms. Please read them carefully.
Acceptance of these terms
By using this website or entering into an engagement with us, you confirm that you accept these Terms and agree to comply with them, and that you have the authority to do so on behalf of any organisation you represent. If you do not agree, please do not use the site or our services.
Our services
Agapelo is an engineering-led digital studio. We design, build, and ship web applications, generative-AI products, mobile apps, and custom software, and we provide related consulting. We may decline or discontinue any project at our discretion, and nothing on this website is an offer or guarantee to provide a specific service.
Engagements, proposals, and statements of work
The specific scope, deliverables, fees, timelines, and assumptions for any project are set out in a written proposal or statement of work (“SOW”). Where an SOW and these Terms conflict, the SOW governs for that engagement. Changes to scope are agreed in writing and may affect fees and timelines.
Fees and payment
Fees, payment schedules, and any expenses are set out in the applicable SOW. Unless stated otherwise, invoices are due within the period specified; late or unpaid amounts may pause work and, where permitted by law, accrue interest. Fees are exclusive of applicable taxes unless stated.
Intellectual property
Upon our receipt of full payment for an engagement, the custom code, designs, and deliverables we create specifically for you under that engagement are assigned to you as your exclusive property, on a work-made-for-hire and assignment basis. Open-source and third-party components remain subject to their own licenses. Our pre-existing tools, frameworks, know-how, and methods — and the Agapelo name, brand, and website content — remain ours, and we grant you a license to use them only as embedded in your deliverables. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, we may identify you as a client and display non-confidential aspects of the work in our portfolio.
Your responsibilities
You agree to provide the access, materials, and timely feedback we reasonably need to deliver the work, to ensure you hold the rights to anything you give us, and to comply with applicable laws in your use of the deliverables.
Confidentiality
Each of us may receive confidential information from the other. We each agree to protect the other's confidential information, to use it only to perform or receive the services, and not to disclose it except to those who need it and are bound by similar obligations.
Acceptable use
You agree not to misuse the website, interfere with its operation or security, attempt unauthorised access, or use it for any unlawful purpose. We may suspend or restrict access where use breaches these Terms.
Third-party services and open source
Our work may rely on third-party platforms, APIs, and open-source software, which are governed by their own terms and licenses. We are not responsible for third-party services, and your use of them is at your own risk and subject to their terms.
Warranties and disclaimers
We provide our services with reasonable skill and care. Except as expressly stated in an SOW, the website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement — to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Agapelo will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the website or our services. Our total liability arising out of or relating to an engagement will not exceed the fees you paid us for that engagement. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
Term and termination
You may stop using the website at any time. Either party may terminate an engagement as set out in the applicable SOW. On termination, you remain responsible for fees for work performed, and the sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive — including intellectual property, confidentiality, disclaimers, and limitation of liability — will continue to apply.
Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Agapelo is established, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. The courts of that jurisdiction will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute, except where applicable law gives you the right to bring proceedings elsewhere.
Changes and contact
We may update these Terms from time to time; the current version will always be posted here with the date shown above. If you continue to use the site or our services after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms. Questions? Email us at hello@agapelo.com.