Terms of service

What these terms cover

These terms govern your use of manueltechnologies.com, its free tools, and the newsletter. They also set out the commercial terms that apply when you engage Manuel Technologies for work, unless a signed proposal or contract says otherwise, in which case that document takes priority.

Using the website and free tools

The tools and articles are provided free, as general information and planning aids. They are not legal, financial, tax or professional advice, and a tool's output is a measurement or an estimate, not a guarantee. Check important decisions with a suitably qualified adviser.

You may run the free audit and crawler check against websites you own or have permission to test. Do not use them to probe sites you have no right to, and do not attempt to overload them, bypass their limits, or access any part of the site you are not meant to. We may block access from any connection that abuses the tools.

Content on this site, including copy, research, code samples and design, belongs to Manuel Technologies unless stated. You may quote it with attribution and a link. You may not republish it as your own.

Engaging us for work

Every engagement starts with a written scope: what will be built, what it includes, the timeline, and the price. Work begins when the scope is agreed and the first payment has cleared. Anything outside the scope is quoted separately before it is started.

• Prices are in Ghana cedis unless agreed otherwise. Published prices on the pricing page are for the tiers as described there, and a quote is valid for 30 days.
• Payment is 60% to start, or the full amount if you prefer, and the remaining 40% when the finished work is approved. Custom builds are split into milestones agreed at scoping, each paid before the next begins.
• The finished site runs on our staging address until the final balance clears, then goes live on your domain with every login handed over the same day. If the balance is not settled within 7 days of approval and no reason has been agreed, the site stays on staging and the launch date moves.
• Revision rounds are as stated for the tier. Additional rounds, and changes to the agreed scope after design is approved, are quoted as extra work.
• Timelines depend on you as much as us. The most common cause of delay is content arriving late, so copy, images and access are agreed before design starts, and the timeline pauses while we wait for them.

Ownership and handover

When the final payment clears, you own the website, its content, its code, the domain and the hosting account, and every login is handed over with documentation. We keep the right to show the work in our portfolio and to describe it in case studies, without disclosing confidential information, unless you ask us not to in writing before launch.

Third party components, such as fonts, libraries, themes and payment gateways, remain under their own licences. Gateway charges are set by the provider, not by us.

Care plans

Care plans are billed monthly in advance and can be cancelled with 30 days notice. On cancellation, hosting continues to the end of the paid period, after which you are responsible for hosting the site elsewhere. The site and its code stay yours.

What we are not responsible for

We build to the agreed scope with reasonable skill and care. We do not guarantee search rankings, AI answer engine citations, traffic, sales or any particular business result, because those depend on factors outside the work. We are not responsible for losses caused by third party services, by changes you or others make to the work after handover, or by content you supply.

To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any engagement is limited to the amount you paid for that engagement, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss. Nothing here limits liability for fraud or for anything that cannot be limited by law.

Confidentiality

Information you share with us about your business is treated as confidential and used only for the work. We ask the same of you regarding pricing, proposals and unreleased work we show you.

Ending an engagement

Either side can end an engagement in writing. You pay for work completed to that point at the agreed rates, and we hand over what has been built and paid for. Deposits cover work already done and are not refunded once work has started.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Ghana, and disputes are subject to the courts of Ghana, unless a signed agreement for a specific engagement says otherwise. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies.

Changes and contact

These terms were last updated on 2026-09-20. Questions go to info@manueltechnologies.com or the contact page.