Summary of Terms and Conditions
The following are the most frequently violated terms.
- Do NOT post contact information ANYWHERE (except on featured projects).
- If your project requires abnormal bidding, it must be featured.
- Unless the project is featured, your bid must be the total amount you are charging (not an hourly rate, etc).
- If you are paid more than your original bid you must report the increase, so that PiCKADEVELOPER.COM can apply the remaining fee.
- Do not advertise any product or service!
Terms and Conditions
This agreement sets out the terms and
conditions ('Terms and Conditions') applicable to members of
the service operated by PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.com. Applicants (referred
to as 'members') must agree to the following Terms and
Conditions. In the event a member breaches or otherwise fails
to comply with any provision of these Terms and Conditions
then in addition to any other remedy available to PiCKADEVELOPER.COM,
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM may terminate the participation of such member in
the service and/or may withhold any payments relating to
participation in the service due to such member from
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.com shall have absolute discretion
as to whether or not it accepts a particular applicant or site
for participation in the service.
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REMOVAL FROM THE PiCKADEVELOPER.COM NETWORK
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.com reserves the right to terminate
the participation of any member or site without reason but
expressly including any member site that PiCKADEVELOPER.COM judges to
be in violation of the Terms and Conditions.
Members in
violation of PiCKADEVELOPER.COM's Terms and Conditions will be
immediately deactivated. PiCKADEVELOPER.COM may deactivate members
with no prior notification. Members found in violation of the
Terms and Conditions will not receive any credit or payment
from PiCKADEVELOPER.COM. Members that are terminated by PiCKADEVELOPER.COM
on any basis other than violation of these Terms and
Conditions will be entitled to receive any payment due from
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.
PAYMENTS
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM will typically print and mail
checks if the member requests it AND their account balance is
equal to or greater than . This also applies to payments made
through the
PayPal
service. All amounts are stated in and all payments will be
made in US funds. We verify all deposits and might ask you to
verify yours; If you refuse to send verification information
via E-mail, Fax or Phone, we reserve the right to refund the
deposit and terminate your account. PiCKADEVELOPER.COM reserves the
right to suspend a withdrawal if the source of the funds is
suspected to be fraudulent. Any funds received from an account
having made a fraudulent deposit (e.g. stolen credit card)
will be reversed immediately. If in a fraudulent payment
situation a withdrawal has already been processed, you will be
expected to return the funds to your PiCKADEVELOPER.COM account or
face account termination.
As
previously stated, any member sites that PiCKADEVELOPER.COM removes
from the service due to violation of the Terms and Conditions
will receive no credit or payment.
COPYRIGHTS
No copyright
material can be posted on PiCKADEVELOPER.COM. This is meant to
protect the author's rights.
MODIFICATIONS
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM reserves the right to change the
member Terms and Conditions at any time. It is the member's
responsibility to check these Terms and Conditions from time
to time for such changes. In the event PiCKADEVELOPER.COM offers any
additional or replacement services then this agreement shall
apply to such services in the absence of any new agreement
specific to such services which is entered into between the
parties.
OWNERSHIP
Members
agree that all information contained on a website operated by
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM, and all information compiled by PiCKADEVELOPER.COM
through operation of the affiliate program, is the proprietary
information of PiCKADEVELOPER.COM. Personal information provided by
members PiCKADEVELOPER.COM will be kept confidential and will not be
distributed to any third party.
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Members agree NOT to post their e-mail address
on the site, except in the "e-mail" field of the signup form,
or when asked by PiCKADEVELOPER.COM at any other time. There should
be no need to give anyone your e-mail address. It is
automatically provided if you choose a voice talent (or you
are the voice talent chosen for) a project, and before that
time you can use the message board to communicate. This does
not only apply to e-mail addresses, but to all methods of
communication, including phone, ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger,
etc... See "Avoiding Commissions" below for the reason. DO NOT
POST E-MAIL ADDRESSES ON PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.COM
PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION
You are
prohibited from making direct contact with another member,
unless it's for a project you (voice talent) have been picked
for, or you (service buyer) have picked a voice talent for.
This includes giving out your e-mail address, ICQ number,
phone number, or any other method of contact outside of this
site. PiCKADEVELOPER.COM 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 service buyer has
paid a flat fee in advance, and you ARE allowed to provide
contact information in the message board. Note that the
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM 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
strictly prohibited from attempting to negotiate the fee for a
project with another member directly (outside of PiCKADEVELOPER.COM)
after that project has been created/opened and before that
project has been closed (basically, during an ongoing
project). But this also applies to any project that was closed
without a voice talent being chosen, and then contacting them
about the project anyway. Both parties are responsible for
notifying PiCKADEVELOPER.COM if the payment amount increases (above
the bid amount) after the project is closed. Receiving a
larger amount than the original project bid, without notifying
us, will be considered an attempt to avoid the commissions.
When a voice talent requests a withdrawal, we always review
all payments received for each project to verify that they
match the bid. If at the time of a withdrawal request the
voice talent has failed to notify PiCKADEVELOPER.COM staff of a
payment received above the amount of his bid (a total payment
above US), PiCKADEVELOPER.COM reserves the right to deduct double the
fee for the amount that should have been reported. We believe
our commissions are very fair and justified for the service we
provide, therefore we will absolutely not tolerate any of this
activity on PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.
BIDDING
Voice talent
can only place bids that equal the total amount of money they
are requesting for the project. You cannot post an hourly bid
or any other abnormal type of bid. This applies to service
buyers too. Service buyers cannot create projects that
directly or indirectly require voice talents to place hourly
or other abnormal bids..
POSTING PROJECTS
New users
are limited to the posting of only 3 projects before being
asked to make a deposit. This is meant to protect other users
and prevent fraudulent activity. A user is required to deposit
any amount of funds before they gain the right to post
unlimited projects. A user may request higher posting limits,
under special circumstances, by simply contacting PiCKADEVELOPER.COM
support.
ADVERTISING
You are
prohibited from advertising your website on PiCKADEVELOPER.COM. Any
URL posted in a bid, project description, or the message
board, will result in the user being deleted. (You will
receive a warning first)
THE ROLE OF PiCKADEVELOPER.COM
PiCKADEVELOPER.COM functions as a venue to connect
voice talent and service buyers in a virtual marketplace. As a
neutral facilitator, PiCKADEVELOPER.COM is not directly involved in
the actual transactions between users of the Site. As a
result, PiCKADEVELOPER.COM has no control over the truth, accuracy,
quality, legality, or safety of postings made by users.
Because verifying the identity of a user on the Internet is
difficult, PiCKADEVELOPER.COM cannot and does not confirm the
identity of users. PiCKADEVELOPER.COM also does not confirm nor
verify the qualifications, background, or abilities of users.
Therefore, we recommend that you be careful and exercise
common sense and good judgment when dealing with any member on
the Site. You are encouraged to review our Project Guidelines
before taking part in a project. If you are unsatisfied with
another member, the most PiCKADEVELOPER.COM can do is refund the
project commission you have been charged by us. We cannot
refund the money you have sent to someone; we are not
responsible for your transactions. PiCKADEVELOPER.COM is not
responsible for fraudulent payments made by users and cannot
be held liable for financial loss incurred from fraudulent
transactions. It is the receiver's responsibility to verify
the identity and background of the sender.
FINALLY...
We thank you
for choosing the PiCKADEVELOPER.COM.com service and we look forward
to a mutually successful business relationship.
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