The X Net Systems Terms of Service
The Service that is subject to the following agreement is provided by The X Net Systems in association with LiquidNet Ltd., a company registered in the United Kingdom, registration No. 4654498. The X Net Systems and LiquidNet Ltd. will be referred to as The X Net Systems for the sake of brevity in this document.
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As a Customer of our Services, you need to be aware that, when signing up for an account with The X Net Systems, you accept and agree to abide by our Web Hosting Terms of Service (this document) and our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The Order Form completion of the Service represents the electronic signing of these two documents.
As a Customer of our Services, you understand and agree also that it is beyond the power of The X Net Systems to restrict any public access to the data that you position on our servers and guarantee the security of your files. In this respect, you accept that it is your obligation to protect all the information that you make available to the wide internet public through our web hosting network and assume all responsibility for unveiling online personal data that could be abused.
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10. Cancellation, Refunds & Chargebacks
11. News Releases
13. Force Majeure Circumstances
14. Service Provision; Warranties and Representations
17. Customer Service Contact Details
18. Revisions
19. Assignment
20. Termination
10. ID Protection - This service ensures that your private contact information will not be visible in the domain's WHOIS details. Optional for all hosting plans, but available only with certain TLDs, supporting this option.
Detailed information about all features included in our web hosting packages is available on our web hosting plan pages.
"UNLIMITED" USAGE POLICIES AND DEFINITIONS
The term “UNLIMITED” is used to describe the amount of resources in the web hosting plans provided by The X Net Systems, which is not set to a predefined limit value (for example - unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space, unlimited emails or other unlimited resources). By not setting limits on key resources, we are able to offer our customers a simple, consistent pricing scheme as their websites demand more and more resources. As a result, a typical website may experience periods of great popularity and a resulting increased storage need without experiencing any associated increase in hosting charges.
In all cases, when a service is listed as “Unlimited“, it is intended for normal web hosting usage only - all activities, which may result in excessive resource usage inconsistent with regular usage patterns, are prohibited.
Our Unlimited service offers are not designed to allow a single user to influence the overall server performance. The X Net Systems will make every effort to provide its customers with additional resources whenever possible, including the relocation of a customer's hosting account to a newer, faster server. However, if the resource usage reaches a level where it may influence the overall server performance in a negative way, The X Net Systems reserves the right to take corrective actions. Such actions may include disconnection or discontinuance of any and of all offered services, removal or deletion of customers' websites, website content, electronic mail, or termination of a customer's account according to The X Net Systems's sole and absolute discretion.
SERVICE PAYMENT
When signing up for an account with The X Net Systems, the Customer agrees to pay for the period of one year (365 days) and abide by our Order Verification Policy. Our Sales Department will strictly scrutinize each account order and carefully processes each payment in order to ensure that no fraudulent user can take advantage of our web hosting system. In cases of PayPal and American Express credit card payments, a 12-month recurring billing cycle will apply for customer convenience. In case that a customer wants to cancel their recurring contract, they can do so from the Recurring Manager section of their Web Hosting Control Panel.
The X Net Systems will charge customers with fees based on the fee structure of our web hosting system at the time of the sign-up process. The X Net Systems reserves the right to introduce price changes to the packages when needed. This means that the current price list at our web store may differ from the pricing of your web hosting account.
Each customer of ours will be able to take advantage of the package he/she has purchased at the introductory price levels, and with one and the same set of features in the course of the whole contract period. The X Net Systems reserves the right to introduce certain changes to the packages (in the form of complementary services) to the benefit of the customers.
SERVICE GUARANTEES
The X Net Systems guarantees 99.9% network uptime and server stability. This, however, does not refer to problems stemming from:
11. Server Hardware Breakdown;
12. User error(s) or purposeful interruption(s) of the user service (e.g. if the client shuts his/her own server down, The X Net Systems is not responsible for the downtime);
13. Failure due to software that is not explicitly supported by The X Net Systems. If a hardware crash provoked by the customer consequently occurs, The X Net Systems is beyond the control and responsibility for the resulting downtime.
For more information, please read our Service Level Guarantees.
ACCOUNT/DATA BACKUP
Our backup service is provided as a courtesy to you and therefore, The X Net Systems will be in no way held responsible for the files stored in your account. You, as a customer, agree to take full responsibility for all the files in your account and to maintain an appropriate backup of the data stored on our servers. We will back up the files located in the /www folder of your account, as well as the databases you have created.
General Backup: The default available backup disk storage space for each customer is 5 GB. User accounts with content over 5 GB cannot be (partially or entirely) backed up. Additional space for backup purposes is available under our Upgrade section in the Control Panel. We provide backup services only to accounts with disk space usage below the purchased backup quota limit. For example, if the purchased data backup quota amounts to 20 GB, we will back up your files as long as your account's disk usage does not exceed the 20 GB quota limit. As soon as this 20 GB quota limit has been reached - the backup script will no longer back up any of your files.
Database Backup: Our database backup script WILL NOT back up databases, which contain more than 256 tables. Databases bigger than that take too much time and use too much of the server's resources to be backed up.
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tld |
min/max period of registration @ min period price |
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.asia |
1-10 years @ $28.00 per year |
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.at |
1 years @ $41.00 per year |
|
.be |
1 years @ $27.50 per year |
|
.biz |
1-10 years @ $15.00 per year |
|
.ca |
1-10 years @ $22.00 per year |
|
.cc |
1-10 years @ $23.00 per year |
|
.co |
1-5 years @ $33.00 per year |
|
.com |
1-10 years @ $15.00 per year |
|
.com.au |
2 years @ $29.00 per year |
|
.com.cn |
1-5 years @ $30.00 per year |
|
.com.mx |
1 years @ $30.00 per year |
|
.com.tw |
1-10 years @ $44.00 per year |
|
.co.nz |
1 years @ $25.00 per year |
|
.co.uk |
2 years @ $20.00 per year |
|
.co.za |
1 years @ $25.00 per year |
|
.de |
1-10 years @ $23.00 per year |
|
.es |
1-5 years @ $20.00 per year |
|
.eu |
1 years @ $10.00 per year |
|
.idv.tw |
1-10 years @ $44.00 per year |
|
.in |
1-5 years @ $18.00 per year |
|
.info |
1-10 years @ $15.00 per year |
|
.it |
1 years @ $37.50 per year |
|
.jp |
1 years @ $95.00 per year |
|
.me |
1-10 years @ $28.00 per year |
|
.me.uk |
2 years @ $20.00 per year |
|
.mobi |
1-10 years @ $22.50 per year |
|
.name |
1-10 years @ $14.00 per year |
|
.net |
1-10 years @ $15.00 per year |
|
.net.au |
2 years @ $29.00 per year |
|
.net.cn |
1-5 years @ $30.00 per year |
|
.net.nz |
1 years @ $25.00 per year |
|
.nl |
1 years @ $19.00 per year |
|
.nu |
2-10 years @ $60.00 per year |
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.org |
1-10 years @ $15.00 per year |
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.org.cn |
1-5 years @ $30.00 per year |
|
.org.nz |
1 years @ $25.00 per year |
|
.org.tw |
1-10 years @ $44.00 per year |
|
.org.uk |
2 years @ $20.00 per year |
|
.pro |
1-10 years @ $28.00 per year |
|
.ru |
1 years @ $29.00 per year |
|
.se |
1 years @ $42.00 per year |
|
.tv |
1-10 years @ $30.00 per year |
|
.tw |
1-10 years @ $44.00 per year |
|
.us |
1-10 years @ $15.00 per year |
|
.we.bs |
1-10 years @ $4.50 per year |
|
.ws |
1-10 years @ $13.00 per year |
HOSTING SERVICE
The hosting service is active for one year (365 days). After the expiration of that period, the account will be automatically suspended and will remain suspended until the Customer renews it by paying its annual subscription fee. In case that the Customer does not renew his/her hosting account, it will remain BLOCKED. The account data will be kept for two months, after that it will be permanently deleted.
E-mail notifications regarding each account's expiration are dispatched twice - 14 days and 7 days prior to the expiration date of the account. In order to receive the notifications, the Customer must provide a valid e-mail address. The X Net Systems ensures that the e-mails are sent and takes no responsibility for e-mails that are not delivered due to problems with the recipient's e-mail address.
Domain names are valid for the number of years of their registration (domain names can be registered for the period of 1 to 10 years, depending on their TLD - top-level domain name - extension). After an expiration of a domain name several stages follow regarding its renewal.
Customers are advised to renew their domain registrations before their domain names are placed into redemption. When a domain name transits in redemption period, we are not able any more to prevent its zone files from being removed from the DNS system, and the customer's web site and any associated services will stop working.
During a domain name's redemption period, we can assist the customer in retrieving his/her domain name from deletion only if the domain name was registered with us. The customer will need to pay a REDEMPTION FEE of $270.00 USD for the domain registration renewal (the redemption fee is imposed by our Registrar). If the domain name was registered with another registrar, the customer needs to contact that registrar for more information regarding its retrieving.
ACCOUNT REGISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
In consideration of their use of the Service, customers agree to:
ACCOUNT USAGE
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Web Hosting Plan Name |
CPU Limit |
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Business |
4.5% |
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Enterprise |
7% |
|
Domain Manager |
4.5% |
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Starter |
4.5% |
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Corporate |
5.5% |
"UNLIMITED" USAGE POLICIES AND DEFINITIONS
The term “UNLIMITED” is used to describe the amount of resources in the web hosting plans provided by The X Net Systems, which is not set to a predefined limit value (for example - unlimited bandwidth, unlimited disk space, unlimited emails or other unlimited resources). By not setting limits on key resources, we are able to offer our customers a simple, consistent pricing scheme as their websites demand more and more resources. As a result, a typical website may experience periods of great popularity and a resulting increased storage need without experiencing any associated increase in hosting charges.
In all cases, when a service is listed as “Unlimited“, it is intended for normal web hosting usage only - all activities, which may result in excessive resource usage inconsistent with regular usage patterns, are prohibited.
Our Unlimited service offers are not designed to allow a single user to influence the overall server performance. The X Net Systems will make every effort to provide its customers with additional resources whenever possible, including the relocation of a customer's hosting account to a newer, faster server. However, if the resource usage reaches a level where it may influence the overall server performance in a negative way, The X Net Systems reserves the right to take corrective actions. Such actions may include disconnection or discontinuance of any and of all offered services, removal or deletion of customers' websites, website content, electronic mail, or termination of a customer's account according to The X Net Systems's sole and absolute discretion.
SERVER USAGE & HOSTED CONTENT
Each Customer guarantees to The X Net Systems that he/she owns the right to use the Customer Content and its material, including all text, graphics, sound, music, video, programming, scripts and applets. Each Customer warrants to The X Net Systems that the use, reproduction, propagation and transmission of the Customer Content and any information and materials contained inside do not, and will not:
Each Customer empowers The X Net Systems to reproduce, copy, use and propagate all and any part of the Customer Content for ensuring and operating the Services. The X Net Systems is granted the right to estimate, at its own discretion, the extent to which these operations need to be carried out.
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10. THIRD PARTY DEALINGS
Any dealings with third parties (including advertisers) carried out through The X Net Systems Services, including participation in promotions, payment for goods and services, and/or any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between the Customer and the advertiser or the other third party. The X Net Systems shall not be responsible or liable for any part of such dealings or promotions.
11. CANCELLATION, REFUND & MONEY-BACK; CHARGEBACKS
CANCELLATION & REFUNDS
The X Net Systems accounts are set up on a prepay basis. The X Net Systems customers may decide to cancel their accounts at any time, however they will get a full refund of the service only if the cancellation request is made within 30 days of purchasing of the account, according to our Money Back Guarantee Policy
To cancel an account, the Customer needs to send an e-mail or support ticket to our Sales Department and provide any authentication credentials requested by The X Net Systems. Other forms of cancellation requests will not be accepted. Any incentives (free bonuses, etc.) offered to the Customer upon sign-up will be also cancelled.
Domain name registrations/transfers, service upgrades and web hosting plan renewals are treated as non-refundable services (see below) and cannot be cancelled or refunded after being activated upon customer request. The Customer will have the opportunity to transfer his/her domain away to another host.
Late cancellations, as well as accounts cancelled by LiquidNet Ltd. due to TOS violations (where the customer has decided not to fix the violation) do not qualify for the 30-day money back guarantee.
All credit requests for VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discovery payments are processed within 48 hours of the submission of the refund request (by e-mail or ticket, as mentioned above). The funds will be credited back to the Customer's credit/debit card and affect the Customer's credit/debit card balance in accordance with the credit/debit card issuer's terms of service.
All credit requests for PayPal payments are processed within 48 hours of the submission of the refund request (by e-mail or ticket, as mentioned above). The funds will be credited back to the Customer's PayPal account and affect the Customer's PayPal balance in accordance with the PayPal's terms of service.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE POLICY
The X Net Systems offers a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with our hosting services, you can submit a refund request in a trouble ticket opened from your web hosting control panel, or via email sent to
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, and receive full refund for your hosting plan within 30 days of the purchasing of the account. Please, NOTE that domain name registrations/transfers are non-refundable services (for more information see chapter 10 of this document).
NON-REFUNDABLE SERVICES
Non-Refundable Services: All service upgrades and plan renewal services purchased from the Web Hosting Control Panel. All single-year or multi-year domain registration or transfer services purchased at sign-up or from the Web Hosting Control Panel.
All domain registrations and domain transfers are final, do not include any money-back guarantee and will be subject to a fee that is calculated on the basis of the actual NON-PROMOTIONAL annual price of the purchased domain's TLD, multiplied by the number of years of registration or transfer. Any refund amount credited back to the Customer in accordance with our 30-day money back guarantee will not include the cost of the non-refundable services (if any) that have been purchased with the Customer's web hosting plan upon sign-up (i.e. the Customer will be issued a partial refund on the original transaction if he/she has purchased non-refundable services within the web hosting account). A table containing the annual NON-PROMOTIONAL prices of all domain names offered by The X Net Systems is located in section 3 of this legal document.
CHARGEBACKS
Chargebacks are not considered as a way of refunding. Any Customer who initiates a credit card chargeback in response to a bill or order placed at The X Net Systems (and respectively - LiquidNet Ltd.) will be subject to full investigation.
When signing up for a web hosting account with The X Net Systems, customers agree to the conditions explicated in our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and the Web Hosting Terms of Service (this document). Thus, The X Net Systems, as well as our authorized retailers (PayPal, WorldPay, 2CheckOut), will resort to these documents as an evidence for the Customer's agreement, especially in the event that a Customer sends a chargeback inquiry based on points that he/or she first accepted, but is trying now to refute.
If/When a chargeback report is received, the first step of our The X Net Systems team will be to try to contact the user. Meanwhile, the user account will be suspended (in order to protect our system from fraudulent activity and misuse) and will remain suspended until the reasons for the chargeback have been clarified and decision has been taken for according action.
If the chargeback has occurred due to some misunderstanding, a reverse payment procedure will be initiated with our authorized retailers and the account will be re-activated.
If the user has sent a chargeback request based on groundless argumentation (to our own judgment and these Web Hosting Terms of Service), then a dispute will be started with our authorized retailers in which the Web Hosting Terms of Service (this document) and the Acceptable Use Policy of The X Net Systems will serve as proof of the Customer's agreement. The retailers then, taking into consideration all provisions in these legal documents, will decide whether the Customer has had sufficient grounds for the chargeback or The X Net Systems has the right to a reverse payment.
In case that the chargeback originates from a fraudulent user and no reverse payment procedure can be initiated, then the respective hosting account will remain suspended.
12. NEWS RELEASES
Certain sections of The X Net Systems news releases may contain forward-looking statements projecting future events, such as new software incorporations, updates, promotions, hosting introductions, etc. It is possible that these statements may deviate from the actual circumstances, since they are treated as intentions and express expectations and approximate plans of action regarding the relevant forthcoming events.
Forward Looking Statements can be recognized by the availability of indicative words such as "believes", “anticipates," "plans," "may," "hopes," "can," "will," "expects," "is designed to," "with the intent," "potential", etc. However, their availability is not a prerequisite for a forward-looking statement to be treated as such.
13. TORTUROUS CONDUCT
Any way of indecent treatment towards a The X Net Systems employee will be considered as totally inappropriate and unacceptable. Each Customer is expected to communicate in an utterly polite and professional manner with The X Net Systems employees regarding any request for help or consultation, or any other reason for contacting our The X Net Systems team via e-mail, chat, phone or through our Ticket Desk Support System. Each Customer is expected to avoid any form of emotional outburst or inappropriate language, or any other attempt to be undermined the importance of good ethics in communication and human relations. Any act of close nature, or other type of offensive, abusive, disrespectful or condescending behavior - oral, written, or delivered by a second party - to members of The X Net Systems customer care stuff will be interpreted as a breach of this TOS. The X Net Systems reserves the right to assess at its sole discretion which behavior is to be considered as a violation of the hereby stated rule and agreement, and to undertake according actions, including refuse refunds to users whose accounts have been suspended for violating this TOS provision.
14. FORCE MAJEURE CIRCUMSTANCES
The X Net Systems CANNOT and WILL NOT be liable for any failure or delay in doing its professional duties resulting from circumstances beyond its physical control. Such circumstances may represent acts of any governmental body, war, rebellion, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbances, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of, interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third party software or hardware, or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies or power used in or equipment needed for provisioning of the Services.
15. SERVICE PROVISION; WARRENTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
You understand and agree that the Service is provided on an ‘AS-IS' basis without warranties or representations for its offering. The company bears no responsibility for connection problems in cases when customer's hosting with The X Net Systems confronts with service interruption issues. The X Net Systems assumes no liability for any service failure, or failure to deliver or store any Customer communication or personalization settings.
16. SERVICE DISCONTINUANCE
The X Net Systems reserves the right to discontinue the delivering of the services and terminate this agreement for a certain period of time or indefinitely, with a prior notice. If the reason for this is Customer's failure to observe these Web Hosting Terms of Service and/or our Acceptable Use Policy, no refund will be issued to the customer for the unused period of his/her annual subscription with The X Net Systems. If the Customer has not violated any part of these Web Hosting Terms of Service, the Acceptable Use Police and/or any other related documents (Customer agreements) mentioned hereby - the Customer will receive partial refund covering the period of his/her web hosting subscription with The X Net Systems that has not been used.
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17. COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
The X Net Systems is dedicated to providing the highest levels of customer service round the clock. If you feel dissatisfied with any aspect of our service, you are encouraged to make use of our complaints procedure detailed below.
In order to file a complaint, please send us an email to
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, specifying the nature of the problem you are experiencing. Please, provide us with as many details about your particular case as possible. The more we know about the situation, the better, prompt and adequate our resolution will be.
Here are our steps of addressing every single complaint:
1. The X Net Systems will confirm receipt of your complaint in writing, notifying you that the complaint will be addressed without delay. The X Net Systems reserves the right to refuse to investigate complaints which are apparently frivolous, abusive or offensive.
2. The X Net Systems customer care representative will review your situation, search for an appropriate solution and inform you of the timeframe within which a response should be expected.
3. If the The X Net Systems Customer Care representative is not able to resolve your case within the pre-announced period, your complaint will be escalated to a Customer Care manager.
4. If the The X Net Systems Customer Care manager also can't provide you with an appropriate solution, then your complaint will be forwarded to the Company Director, who will further investigate the situation and ensure that all necessary measures have been taken. The Company Director will respond in writing within two working days, and reply with a solution within five working days.
5. An alternative complaint submission method is sending a fax to the following number: +1.510.868.6446
18. +1-800-574-0902
INTERNATIONAL PHONE: +1-510-870-0646
UK PHONE : +44-20-8346-5230
AU PHONE : +61-2-8014-7483
US FAX: +1-510-868-6446
3. Send us a Letter to:
13 Craigleith
7 Kersfield Road
Putney, London SW15 3HN
United Kingdom
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19. REVISIONS
In order to improve its web hosting and customer care services, The X Net Systems reserves the right to revise these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. Customers are encouraged therefore to review this document periodically.
20. ASSIGNMENT
Customers do not have the right to assign this Agreement without the explicit permission of The X Net Systems. This Agreement shall be in force and effect to the total benefit of the Customer and The X Net Systems, and their successors and permitted assigns.
21. TERMINATION
You agree that The X Net Systems, at its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account or use of the Service(or any part thereof), and remove and discard any Content within the Service if you violate this Agreement.