Terms of Service

This agreement (hereinafter "Agreement", "Terms of Service", "TOS" or "Terms") constitutes a legal agreement between you and Light Speed Consulting Corporation ( "We", "Us", or "Lifetime.Hosting") a provider of retail web hosting, e-mail, electronic commerce, and domain name services ("Services").

Please read this agreement carefully. By agreeing to our Terms of Service on the account signup form, signing up, communicating with us, paying for and/or using our services, you are agreeing to be bound by the conditions and terms of this agreement and our Privacy Policy. These Terms, product offerings and pricing are subject to change at any time, without notice. If you do not agree to any changes, your only recourse is to stop using the service; in these situations we will provide a pro-rated refund for unused services. If you have questions about this Agreement or our Privacy Statement please contact us.

Lifetime.Hosting, as your web hosting service provider, will supply Customer with a shared web hosting solution according to the specifics of your plan, along with various services you select for maintaining your Web site, as indicated on our Web site (hereinafter "Services").

You warrant that the contact and billing information, as listed on the account signup form, is correct, complete and an accurate representation of your contact details. You also warrant that you are a valid representative of the entity or organization listed on our signup form, and are at least 18 years of age.

This Agreement represents the entire agreement between you and Lifetime.Hosting, and supersedes any and all other communications and any course of performance or course of dealing, except as modified by revisions of this posting by Lifetime.Hosting or written agreement by an authorized officer of Lifetime.Hosting (provided, however, that any such revised posting shall take effect prospectively from the date of the posting.)

Any of the terms, prices or services offered can be amended, modified or updated by Lifetime.Hosting at any time.

Customer is responsible for uploading Web site files and/or providing and setting up any Web site content. Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for modifying, correcting or updating Web site material.

Customer is responsible for the content of any postings, data or transmissions. This responsibility extends to any individuals or entities given access to the account by the Customer.

Customer is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of login and billing information. Lifetime.Hosting is not liable for any account disputes that may arise between various parties holding account login information. Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for any changes made to the account or any information that has been modified by Customer, or any parties authorized by Customer, to access the Control Panel.

Customer is responsible for updating and maintaining contact and billing information with Lifetime.Hosting. Any changes to the Customer contact information must be made using the account Control Panel or by contacting our Support Team. Customer is responsible for ensuring that Lifetime.Hosting is able to notify the Customer for technical, billing or other issues or purposes deemed necessary by Lifetime.Hosting to maintain the account.

Customer is responsible for bandwidth utilization, and monitoring bandwidth use to ensure the Web site does not exceed the bandwidth allocated for the account(s). Lifetime.Hosting will use its best efforts to e-mail Customers who are at or near their bandwidth utilization limits, but Lifetime.Hosting does not take responsibility if e-mail notification(s) is not received by the Customer. Lifetime.Hosting reserves the right to discontinue service through the beginning of the next month for your account in the event that it exceeds the bandwidth allotment.

Server resources are limited in our shared hosting environment. You are responsible for ensuring your account does not consume more than 2% of server resources for a period of 30 seconds or longer, and to ensure your account does not abuse server resources at the sole discretion of Lifetime.Hosting. Failure to do so may result in account suspension and/or in discontinuation of your services or account, which actions we may take in our sole discretion.

Inodes are limited in our shared hosting environment. Each file, directory and email uses one inode. The most common reason for excessive inode usage is if your 'catchall' email is enabled and never emptied. Additionally causes for excessive inode usage may include text-based databases or text-based forums and messaging systems. You are responsible for ensuring your account does not use more than 100,000 inodes. Additionally, no single directory may contain more than 20,000 inodes. Failure to do so may result in account suspension and/or in discontinuation of your services or account, which actions we may take in our sole discretion.

Cron Jobs are limited in our shared hosting environment. You are responsible for ensuring your account does not run any cron job more frequently that once per 15 minutes. Failure to do so may result in account suspension and/or in discontinuation of your services or account, which actions we may take in our sole discretion.Hosting space is intended for normal use only, and is limited to Web files, e-mail and content of the hosted Web sites, not for storage of media or other data.

Hosting space may not be used as offsite storage for electronic files or for third party electronic mail or FTP hosts. You are responsible for removing any files which do not meet these requirements, and for adhering to any hosting space (disk usage) limits allocated to your account(s). Failure to do so may result in removal and deletion of such materials, and/or in discontinuation of your services or account, which actions we may take in our sole discretion.

Customers are required to verify their email address after signing up, and log into our billing center every 45-days otherwise your hosting accounts may be locked and archived off server. This ensures our customers are using our hosting service and protects every customer from inactive hosting accounts which are constantly hacked and exploited, affecting everyone on our servers.

Email accounts are intended for normal use only and each individual email account is limited to 500 MB and must not exceed 10,000 emails. Additionally, no individual email (incoming or outgoing) may be larger than 20 MB including all attachments. Emails beyond these limits may be removed from our system without notice. Our e-mail system is not intended for storage of media or other data. You are responsible for removing any files and attachments which do not meet these requirements, and for adhering to any email account limits allocated to your account(s). Failure to do so may result in removal and deletion of such materials, and/or in discontinuation of your services or account, which actions we may take in our sole discretion.

Mysql databases are limited to 1 GB each. Our mysql system is not intended for storage of media or other data. You are responsible for removing any data which does not meet these requirements, and for adhering to any mysql account limits allocated to your account(s). Failure to do so may result in removal and deletion of such materials, and/or in discontinuation of your services or account, which actions we may take in our sole discretion.

Lifetime.Hosting reserves the right to refuse service to anyone in violation of our Terms of Service or the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) set forth below or anyone using our networks or servers for unlawful purposes.

Customer agrees to abide by all terms outlined in our AUP. Any violation of those terms will result in the actions outlined in our AUP.

Customer accepts liability resulting from any breach of our AUP.

Customer is responsible for making end-users aware of all the policies of Lifetime.Hosting and is responsible for any breach of those policies by their end-users, as laid out in our AUP.

Lifetime.Hosting does not proactively review the Web site content or e-mail of our Customers. In some situations, as outlined herein or in our AUP, we will review and remove files, Web site content or e-mail to validate compliance with our AUP.

We take no responsibility for the content or information contained on our Customers’ Web sites or within their e-mail. The opinions and views expressed in the Web pages hosted by Lifetime.Hosting do not necessarily reflect our views. The contents of the Web pages hosted by Lifetime.Hosting are not monitored or reviewed in any way before they appear on the Internet.

Accounts will not be activated or reactivated without prior payment.

Incomplete, incorrect or questionable signup information can result in an account NOT being activated. Some accounts may be placed on hold for up to 72 hours, pending review of information received.

Any losses or expenses experienced by the Customer, due to actions taken by Lifetime.Hosting in response to Customer non-payment, are not the responsibility of Lifetime.Hosting.

Lifetime.Hosting’s preferred methods of payment are credit card or PayPal.

When an account is cancelled, all copies of the Web site and e-mail files are permanently and irretrievably removed from our servers.

If we are required to recover files due to a cancelled account, we may bill up to $50.00 for our data recovery time and effort.

If we make any refunds due to charges you dispute with your credit card company or Paypal, we will cancel your account. The cancelled account will only be reactivated once all disputed/refunded fees are resolved satisfactorily, and we receive payment for any and all administrative fees incurred by Lifetime.Hosting as a result of your dispute or charge-back request. We cannot guarantee any files or e-mail will be available upon reactivation.

It is a violation of this Agreement for you to misuse or fraudulently use credit cards, charge cards, electronic funds transfers, and/or electronic checks. A determination of such misuse or fraudulent use shall be in our sole discretion. Further, we may report all such misuses and fraudulent uses (as determined by us in our sole discretion) to appropriate government authorities, credit reporting services, financial institutions and credit card companies. In these situations, you shall have waived any and all rights to privacy.

You are free to cancel your account at any time. Similarly, we reserve the right to cancel any account at any time, for any reason, including, but not limited to, a breach of this Agreement or the AUP.

Fees paid to Lifetime.Hosting are non-refundable, unless there is an express money-back guarantee.

Transferring a domain to a new hosting Company does not constitute cancelling an account with Lifetime.Hosting.

If an account with a thirty (30) day money-back guarantee is purchased and cancelled within thirty (30) days of sign up, the Customer will, upon request, receive a full refund of all setup fees. Requests for these refunds should be made through our Support Team.

If your account is cancelled for any other reason than a valid thirty day money-back guarantee, we may, in our sole discretion, refund none, some or all of the payment remitted prior to cancellation.

You have thirty (30) days to dispute any charge or payment processed by Lifetime.Hosting. If you have a question concerning a charge you believe is incorrect, please contact us at billing@lifetime.hosting.

Customer is responsible for providing the equipment and services necessary to access Lifetime.Hosting networks, systems and servers. Lifetime.Hosting makes no assurances that the Customer’s equipment is compatible with its services.

Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for any service issues experienced due to the use of any programs, scripts or software not provided by Lifetime.Hosting or not residing on Lifetime.Hosting’s network, systems or servers.

Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for ensuring that Customer Web sites function correctly, nor are we responsible for trouble-shooting programs, scripts or software placed on our servers by the Customer.

All fees paid to Lifetime.Hosting are non-refundable one-time Setup Fees. They are non refundable.

The only exception to this is if you request a valid refund during the money back guarantee period. We will refund all Setup Fees paid during the money back guarantee period.

All services provided by Lifetime.Hosting, including but not limited to Lifetime Hosting, Lifetime Domain Registration, Lifetime Domain Privacy, Lifetime SSL Certificates, cPanel Migration and Reseller Accounts are free services. You will not be billed for these services.

Your hosting account is not transferable. Transfering your hosting account may result in your account being cancelled without refund.

Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for services provided by third-party providers. Specifically (but not limited to,) if third-party services including hardware, networking and domain providers cannot continue to provide us with services in a cost effective manner then we may not be able to continue providing Customer with effective lifetime hosting.

In the event that Lifetime.Hosting cannot continue providing Customer with hosting for any reason, Customer will not be compensated in any way. There are no refunds of the Fees beyond the original money back guarantee period, and all services rendered are free services.

Lifetime domains are essentially "subdomains" similar to the CentralNIC domains .us.com, .us.org, .gr.com, .cn.com, .no.com and .ru.com. Lifetime domains are provided as per our current terms of service with the associated registrars (.business, .education, .financial, .network, .technology, .place and .events) and are subject to changes in those terms of service. There is a possiblity that we may not be able to provide certain or all lifetime domains forever.

In the event that Lifetime.Hosting cannot continue providing Customer with lifetime domain registration for any reason, Customer will not be compensated in any way. There are no refunds of the Fees beyond the original money back guarantee period, and all services rendered are free services.In the event that Lifetime.Hosting cannot continue providing Customer with any other services for any reason, Customer will not be compensated in any way. There are no refunds of the Fees beyond the original money back guarantee period, and all services rendered are free services.

If the Customer chooses to conduct online commerce, the Customer is responsible for maintaining and creating an online store.

Customer is responsible for ensuring that products or services sold or made available via our services are legal and accurately represented and that the content of the store and related offerings do not infringe the rights of others.

Customer is responsible for fulfilling all the online store needs such as order fulfillment, shipping, data security, etc.Customer is responsible for the security of Customers’ credit cards.

Lifetime.Hosting is not liable for any fraud, disputed business transactions, undelivered goods or other improprieties between Customers and their Customers.

We will use all efforts to ensure that Customers’ Web sites are available to third parties via the Internet 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week, excluding scheduled maintenance and regular system repairs as initiated by Lifetime.Hosting.

However, due to the nature and complexity of online services, we cannot guarantee the availability of (i) our Web site, (ii) any Customer Web site or other Web site, information or material hosted by us, or (iii) the products and/or services available on or through any of the above.

Pursuant to Lifetime.Hosting’s Privacy Statement, Lifetime.Hosting may disclose to third parties certain aggregate information contained in your signup or related data. However, Lifetime.Hosting will NOT disclose personally identifying information to third parties unless such disclosure is:

- required or permitted by law, or is reasonably necessary to comply with subpoenas, court orders, other legal process, or requests of governmental authorities;

- intended to prevent or assist in the investigation of suspected fraud or other illegal activities, or otherwise represents actions taken in connection with such activities;

- to enforce these Terms of Service or otherwise establish or exercise Lifetime.Hosting’s legal rights or defense against legal claims; or

- otherwise provided for in the Lifetime.Hosting Terms of Service or Privacy Policy.

Lifetime.Hosting does not maintain backup copies of Customer Web sites or e-mail.

Lifetime.Hosting cannot guarantee that the contents of a Web site will never be deleted or corrupted, or that a backup of a Web site will always be available.

We ALWAYS recommend that Customers copy all content of a Web site to a local computer and strongly suggest that Customers make an additional copy (on tape, CD, multiple floppies, another desktop, or elsewhere) to ensure the availability of the files.

We reserve the right to take any proactive steps we deem necessary to maintain the security, connectivity, performance and services of our Customers, including but not limited to actions requiring us to deactivate Web sites, shut down our network, or review the content on Web sites to evaluate the reason for perceived behaviors.

In rare instances, we may need to completely delete a Web site or account because of some significant failure, security breach or other emergency. In such cases, we do our best to backup a deleted Web site, but we cannot ever guarantee a full restore of a Web site.

By purchasing Services, you are agreeing to this commercial relationship with us. As such, you agree our communications to you are solicited e-mails and not SPAM.

From time to time, we offer our Customers the opportunity to participate in special offers, contests or surveys, and we may feel it is important to notify you about new products and services through promotional materials and newsletters. You may choose to opt out of receiving these notifications either by responding to the unsubscribe instructions included in the e-mail or by contacting our Support Team.

Domains Registrations provided by Lifetime.Hosting for .co.business, .co.education, .co.financial, .co.network, .co.technology, .co.place or .co.events domains are special "subdomains" are may have limitation compared to non-subdomain domains.

Upon a Customer’s request, and subject to these terms and conditions, Lifetime.Hosting will attempt to register a domain name on behalf of the Customer with any domain name registrar that Lifetime.Hosting, in its sole discretion, elects to employ for such registration (the "Chosen Registrar"). Lifetime.Hosting reserves the right to refuse any request for registration of a domain name.

The registration of any domain name by Lifetime.Hosting on behalf of a Customer is subject to, and contingent upon, (i) the Customer providing all information needed to complete such registration, (ii) the availability of the domain name, (iii) the domain name not being in violation of any applicable law, rule, statute or regulation, (iv) the domain name not being in violation of any policy of the Chosen Registrar, (v) any fees or costs for such domain name registration being paid in advance by the Customer and (vi) the Customer’s continued compliance with any and all Lifetime.Hosting Terms of Service and the AUP.

The Customer has no ownership rights over any domain name registered through Lifetime.Hosting. Lifetime.Hosting will allow the customer to use any domain name registered provided their account is in good standing and in agreement with these Terms of Service. In the event of fraud or failure to pay fees, Lifetime.Hosting will retain possession of the domain name. In addition, if we receive a credit card charge-back for a domain registered with us, Lifetime.Hosting will take ownership of the domain name(s) registered.

Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for maintaining the registrant information for domain names. The domain owner can modify all this information using our Control Panel, by contacting our Support Team or contacting the Chosen Registrar. The Customer agrees to continually update all information required by the Chosen Registrar. Updating your information with Lifetime.Hosting does not automatically update it with the Chosen Registrar.

Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for any domain name’s availability. The Customer waives any and all claims against Lifetime.Hosting for, and hereby releases Lifetime.Hosting from, any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense arising out of, or relating to, the registration or release of a domain name.

The Customer acknowledges and understands that any and all domain name registrations are subject to the terms, conditions, rules, regulations, applicable law and policies of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). In addition, any and all domain name registrations and renewals are subject to the terms and conditions of the Chosen Registrar, which can be found on the Web Site of such Chosen Registrar. Upon request, Lifetime.Hosting will provide the Customer with the name of the Chosen Registrar.

The Customer understands and accepts that a request for a domain name registration or renewal is no guarantee that the Customer will receive the domain name that has been requested. The Customer understands, accepts and appreciates the risks associated with circumstances and vulnerabilities generally affecting the Internet and e-commerce in general. The Customer waives any and all claims it may have against Lifetime.Hosting for, and hereby releases Lifetime.Hosting from, any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense arising out of, or relating to, the registration, renewal or release of a domain name in such circumstances, regardless of if the domain name is included in the cost of hosting or renewal hosting, and regardless of if the domain purchase price or renewal price has been paid in full.

Lifetime.Hosting is not liable for domain disputes that may arise over changed registrant information for a domain name.

Lifetime.Hosting is not responsible for resolving any domain disputes. These issues must be resolved by the parties involved, according to the legal bounds of ICANN, the domain name governing body. Lifetime.Hosting will not act as an arbitrator, but will honor any ICANN decisions.

If we receive a dispute of payment, a chargeback or a request for a refund from your credit card Lifetime.Hosting for a domain name, Lifetime.Hosting will take over the ownership of the domain name in question.

The Customer agrees that any and all information provided in connection with any domain renewal request shall be true and correct in all respects. In connection with any such request, Lifetime.Hosting assumes responsibility only for processing such renewal request with the Chosen Registrar. Lifetime.Hosting disclaims any and all responsibility to verify any information provided in connection with the request and shall have no responsibility or liability for any loss, delay, inconvenience, interruption in service, service error or loss of data.

In addition to all terms and conditions described in this Agreement, the following shall also be applicable to Lifetime.Hosting Wholesale and Private-Label Resellers.