PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY, AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.**
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OVERVIEW
The Universal Terms of Service Agreement sets forth the general terms and conditions of your use of the Site and the Services. This Website Service Agreement (this “Service Agreement”) governs your use of GoDaddy’s website and website marketing related services, including ShowinBio (“Website Services”). Capitalized terms used in this Service Agreement, but not defined, are defined in the Universal Terms of Service Agreement. Some Website Services may allow you to utilize AI services and tools. In circumstances where you utilize AI services and tools, our AI Terms of Use shall also apply.
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
- Websites + Marketing. GoDaddy Websites + Marketing is a cloud-hosted tool that enables you to design, create, manage and promote your online presence. The various Websites + Marketing Service plans include the following features: designed templates; email marketing; business profile management on Google, Instagram and more; Search Engine Optimization and GoDaddy Insight. The actual Services available vary based on your geographic region and the specific service plan purchased. In some geographic markets outside the United States, this product may be referred to as Website Builder.
- Marketing Services. Marketing Services is a support service to provide you with Do It For You services that can assist in updating your Website + Marketing site, creating and posting content requests for social media and setting up social ads for Facebook. The level of services available is based on the purchased service tier.
- Arabic Website Builder. GoDaddy Arabic Website Builder includes the features of Websites + Marketing and supports both dual language functionality and bidirectional text, including Arabic language.
- GoDaddy Social. GoDaddy Social Services aim to provide you with both a team and the technology to improve your social media presence. The various GoDaddy Social Services plans may include the following features: social profile optimization; review responses; custom posts to social media; branded email campaigns; and reporting and insights. The exact features available to you are dependent upon plan purchased.
- Digital Marketing Suite or Marketing Services. Digital Marketing Suite or Marketing Services plans include email marketing features and a dashboard that allows you to connect your business site to various social media platforms, such as Google, Facebook or Instagram, allowing you to post, update profiles, and respond to customer reviews from one place. The plans also include search engine optimization to optimize your site for web searches.
- Websites + Marketing. GoDaddy Websites + Marketing is a cloud-hosted tool that enables you to design, create, manage and promote your online presence. The various Websites + Marketing Service plans include the following features: designed templates; email marketing; business profile management on Google, Instagram and more; Search Engine Optimization and GoDaddy Insight. The actual Services available vary based on your geographic region and the specific service plan purchased. In some geographic markets outside the United States, this product may be referred to as Website Builder.
- GoDaddy Conversations. GoDaddy Conversations is a companion app to Websites + Marketing. It allows your website visitors to contact you directly from any page. You receive instant notifications when you receive a message and can reply from anywhere, all from your phone. Through the app you can streamline your website communications and easily view and manage website conversations all in one place.
- Facebook Page Designer. The Facebook Page Designer allows you to create customized Facebook pages designed to complement your website.
- Managed WooCommerce Stores. Our plans within the category of Managed WooCommerce Stores, offer solutions hosted on an ecommerce platform optimized for WordPress and WooCommerce that enable you to create, and manage your online store (“Managed WooCommerce Stores”). The various plans include features to automatically manage software updates, use analytics and shipping services, and install apps or additional software. The actual Services available vary based on your geographic region and the specific service plan purchased.
- GoDaddy Airo Plus. GoDaddy Airo Plus is a collection of superior AI features designed to help drive business growth and efficiency. It includes (i) Airo Advanced Logo Generator, which allows the creation of logos with enhanced customization options, AI-driven design suggestions, and high-resolution downloads in multiple formats and (ii) Airo Advanced Image Generator, which allows the generation of high-quality images for websites, marketing and more using AI.
- GoDaddy Airo Advanced Marketing Consultant. GoDaddy Airo Advanced Marketing Consultant is a feature which leverages AI to analyze your business performance and industry trends to tailor marketing suggestions for you. When it identifies potential new growth opportunities, it will let you know, following which you can review, edit if needed, and approve.
- ShowinBio. ShowinBio is a link-in-bio product that allows you to publish a customizable page containing content links and a product catalogue to share with your social media audience. It can be used to showcase your business and products or services from one URL, without the need to have a traditional website.
- Sample Terms and Conditions. Sample Terms and Conditions are provided for reference purposes only. Use them at your own risk. GoDaddy does not guarantee the legality of any phrasing or provisions offered or derived from these descriptions and suggestions. You should consult with an attorney to ensure your terms and conditions are sufficient to meet your needs, appropriate for your jurisdiction and are legally binding on Your customers.
- Templates. The individual templates available to you may vary between Websites + Marketing, Website Builder,ShowinBio, and Arabic Website Builder products and may further vary depending upon Your geographic region. Templates are primarily provided in English.
- You are responsible for ensuring your website and ShowinBio page (as applicable) conform to all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws.
- Backups. You are solely responsible to save and backup your website, ShowinBio page, and any of your User Content and any and all data or information sent or received using the Website Services.
- User Content and Website Content. For all Website Services, Your User Content includes any registered domain names provided by you or registered on behalf of you in connection with the Services. GoDaddy is relying on your representation concerning your proper use of all content you create or control.
- You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights, title and interest in User Content, or possess the necessary rights and consents to permit the User Content to be sent or received using the Website Services.
- All content you upload may be immediately available. User Content may be cached for up to one year and deleting User Content does not remove cached versions of the content
- By uploading content, you grant GoDaddy an unrestricted license to use the content for the purpose of providing the Website Services, and to display screenshots of any website created using Websites + Marketing Services, or a plan with Managed WooCommerce Stores, or any page created using ShowinBio in marketing materials, or in other manners as determined by GoDaddy in its sole and absolute discretion.
- Storage and Security. You are responsible for maintaining your website, your ShowinBio page and all of your content. You will be solely responsible for undertaking measures to: (i) prevent any loss or damage to your content; (ii) maintain independent archival and backup copies of your content; and (iii) ensure the security, confidentiality, and integrity of all your content transmitted through or stored on GoDaddy's servers; and. GoDaddy's servers and hosting services are not an archive and GoDaddy will have no liability for loss, damage or destruction of any of your content.
With GoDaddy Websites Services, you may, as applicable, have the option to create, manage and maintain a customizable ShowinBio page and/or an online storefront and/or online appointments, which allows you to:
- add, access, manage and maintain a catalog of products and/or services and present said catalog on the Internet through a compiled ShowinBio page, storefront or appointments listing rendered as a url, domain (web site) or sub-domain;
- engage in the selling of services, physical, and downloadable goods over the Internet;
- arrange for the collection of payment related to applicable tax and shipping fees;
- collect credit card and personal information for the purpose of conducting transactions;
- schedule online appointments and sync calendars from multiple platforms;
- perform order management and processing activities; and/or
- generate business reports related to Storefront business activity
Please note that the extent of functionality available shall be determined by the GoDaddy Websites Services purchased, and functionality vary depending upon Your geographic region
- Product Catalog. The performance of your website and ShowinBio page (as applicable) may be impacted at varying number of products depending on potential physical and practical constraints, including, but not limited to, system architecture, system capacity, system load, end-user internet connectivity and end-user computer configurations.
- End Customer Payment and Taxes. Where payment integration is made available, you are responsible for collecting and managing all end customer payments. If you utilize Payments, LLC or GoDaddy Payment Services Canada Inc. as applicable. Similarly, you are responsible for the payment of all applicable state, federal or international taxes on products you sell using the Services. It is your responsibility to read, enter into, and agree to all End User License Agreements required for use of your selected Payment Methods and Tax options. GoDaddy is not responsible for the accuracy of information obtained through the Payment Method and Tax options. You are responsible for any additional taxes and duties imposed on the transaction. You may be subject to foreign tax obligations by selling to buyers. You are solely responsible for complying with all domestic and foreign tax, shipping, and export laws with respect to the sale of your items to purchasers internationally.
GoDaddy grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to use the GoDaddy Websites + Marketing analytics (“Analytics”) solely as necessary for you to use the Analytics on GoDaddy Websites + Marketing properties; and you may access and view reports through your Shopper Account. The Analytics will allow you to track your visitor’s IP address, time of visit, header information and location (“Data”). You will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in your use of and access to the Analytics Data and reports. GoDaddy and its wholly owned subsidiaries may retain and use, subject to the terms of its privacy policy, Data collected by the Analytics. You will not (and will not allow any third party to) use the Analytics to track, collect or upload any data that personally identifies an individual (such as a name, email address or billing information), or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information. You will have and abide by an appropriate Privacy Policy and will comply with all applicable laws, policies, and regulations relating to the collection of information from visitors. You must post a Privacy Policy and that Privacy Policy must provide notice of your use of cookies that are used to collect Data. You must disclose the use of Analytics, and how it collects and processes Data.
- Definitions and Scope. As part of GoDaddy Websites + Marketing, GoDaddy Social, Managed WooCommerce Stores, ShowinBio, or other related services, you may be allowed to use certain (i) photographs, illustrations, or other images (“Images”) and/or (ii) software, widgets, or other applications (“Software”) developed, owned, or licensed by a third-party. Your use of these Images and Software may be subject to additional terms.
If the Images and Software are accompanied by or require a license agreement from the third-party provider, your use of the Images and Software is subject to that license agreement, in addition to (not in lieu of) this Services Agreement. - Terms and Conditions Applicable to all Images/Software. You may use the Images and Software solely as part of Services. You may not remove, modify, or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices that are contained in or on the Images and Software. Additionally, you may not sell, modify, re-use reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, reverse compile, create derivative works of or attempt to derive the source code from the Images and Software.
GoDaddy may provide your personal information to third-party providers as required to provide the third-party Images and Software, including, but not limited to, the domain name associated with the Websites + Marketing page. GoDaddy reserves the right to modify, change, or discontinue provision of the Images and Software at any time.
GoDaddy makes no representations or warranties about any third-party Images and Software offered in connection with Services, and expressly disclaims any liability.
You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GoDaddy from and against any and all claims imposed upon or incurred by GoDaddy directly or indirectly arising from your use or misuse of the third-party Images and Software. The providers of the third-party Images and Software are third-party beneficiaries to this Services Agreement for purposes of enforcing their rights under this Services Agreement. - Additional Terms and Conditions Applicable to Images and Software. The third-party providers listed in this section make no representations or warranties about any Images or Software offered in connection with the Services, and expressly disclaim any liability or damages (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) arising from the use of the Images or Software.
You are responsible for managing and maintaining in good standing any paid subscription and/or account required with a third-party provider. You must cancel or terminate your paid subscription and/or account with the applicable third-party provider and not GoDaddy.
Your use of the following Images and Software are subject to the applicable linked terms, which are incorporated by reference:- Google Analytics. Your use of Google Analytics is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Service.
- Google My Business. Your use of Google My Business is subject to the following: (i) Google Terms of Service; (ii) Google My Business Additional Terms; and (iii) Google Guidelines for Representing Your Business on Google.
- Google Ads. Your use of Google Ads is subject to the Google Advertising Program Terms. In addition, as part of this service, Google may send you satisfaction questionnaires
- PayPal. Your use of PayPal services is subject to the PayPal terms of service.
- Square. Your use of Square services is subject to the Square terms of service.
- GoFundMe. Your use of GoFundMe services and participation in the COVID-19 related campaigns are subject to the GoFundMe terms of service. GoDaddy has no responsibility for providing any matching funds offer through any such campaign or ensuring that those funds are provided.
- Mapbox. Your use of Mapbox is subject to the Mapbox terms of service.
- Additional Terms and Conditions Applicable to Cronofy. Your use of Cronofy is subject to the Cronofy terms of service.
- OpenTable in U.S., Japan, Germany, Mexico, Ireland, Netherlands, UK, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore. Your use of OpenTable is subject to the OpenTable terms of service.
- ChowNow in U.S. and Canada. Your use of ChowNow is subject to the ChowNow terms of service.
- IDX Broker in U.S., Canada and Mexico. Your use of IDX Services is subject to the IDX terms of service.
- Integration with Hosting Platform. The websites created using Websites + Marketing Services are built on and integrated with GoDaddy’s hosting platform, and you may not migrate or otherwise transfer any such website to another hosting provider.
- Ownership of Websites. Except for User Content, the websites created using Websites + Marketing Services belong to GoDaddy, and all such websites (including all copies thereof) are subject to copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property laws of the United States and foreign countries. GoDaddy grants you an unrestricted license in the website for the duration of your Websites + Marketing Services subscription. Cancellation of your Websites + Marketing Services subscription for any reason terminates your license to the website. You will prevent any unauthorized copying of the websites created using Websites + Marketing Services. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, no right or license under any intellectual property right is granted by this Agreement. GoDaddy reserves all rights not expressly granted herein.
- Social Media Posts (GoDaddy Studio). The social media posts(and any derivative works or enhancements of the same) created using Website + Marketing Services including, but not limited to, all text, fonts, illustrations, files, images, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, information, content, materials, products, services, URLs, technology, documentation, and interactive features included with or available through our Services (collectively, the “Service Content”) and all intellectual property rights to the same are owned by GoDaddy, our licensors, or both. Additionally, all trademarks, service marks, trade names and trade dress that may appear in our Services are owned by GoDaddy, our licensors, or identified third parties. All Service Content have copyright protection as a collective work under the laws of the United States and other copyright laws and, except for the limited use rights granted to you in this Service Agreement, you shall not acquire any right, title or interest in our Services or any Service Content. You are allowed to display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the Service Content from the different areas of the Website only for personal and commercial use as permitted below. Any redistribution, retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of the copyright owner. You agree not to use any of our logos or any other proprietary graphic or trademark without our express written consent. Any rights not expressly granted in this Service Agreement are expressly reserved.
GoDaddy Services are provided for your personal and commercial use except when the Service Content is used to create end products for sale where the lifetime sales of the end product for sale exceeds 400 units. An end product (an “End Product”) for sale can be either a digital design or physical item created using GoDaddy Services that you and/or your client intends to sell. You understand and agree that End Products you create using the Service Content must be a unique implementation of the Service Content, significantly different than the original piece of Service Content and require time, effort, and skill to produce. GoDaddy may offer certain portions of the Services at no charge and others for a one-time fee, on a subscription basis or under any other lawful pricing structure. In all instances, our Services are not being sold to you; rather, subject to this Service Agreement, and upon your registration for a Membership, you are being granted or purchasing a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited license to use our Services. When using the Services, you agree to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws including, without limitation, copyright law. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading, installing or printing Service Content.
The Services do not support all local languages. If a local language is not supported, then the Service will default to English only. A list of supported languages include: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Indonesian and Italian (this list is subject to change). To the extent that the Services are used with a local language (other than English), there may be limitations to certain features or functionality within the Service.
We provide the Services including, without limitation, Service Content for educational, entertainment, promotional and/or commercial purposes expressly stated in this Service Agreement. You may not rely on any information and opinions expressed through any of our Services for any other purpose. In all instances, it is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or usefulness of any Service Content. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for any User Content, opinion or other commentary posted on the Website, the Application or any third party website linked to the Website or Application. We further do not make any express or implied warranty or guarantee about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or any other aspect of the Service Content and, under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on any Service Content.
In many instances, Service Content will include content posted by a third-party or will represent the opinions and judgments of a third-party. You understand that we do not endorse, warrant and are not responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement offered through our Services by anyone other than our authorized employees or spokespersons while acting in their official capacities. You further understand and acknowle