These terms cover every engagement between you and Codeyle. They're written to be easy to read first, and legally complete second. If anything here conflicts with what's in your signed proposal, the proposal wins.
1. Who we are, who you are
“We” / “us” means Codeyle, Bredowstr. 6, 10551 Berlin, Germany. “You” / “Client” means the business or individual named in the proposal you sign. These terms govern the design, development, hosting, and ongoing operation of course platforms and websites we build for you.
2. How an engagement starts
An engagement becomes binding when you accept a written proposal (email reply or e-signature both count) and pay the deposit named in it. The proposal defines scope, deliverables, milestones, timeline, and price. Anything outside that scope is a change request — see §6.
3. Payment
Prices are quoted in EUR and exclude VAT unless stated otherwise. The default schedule is a 50% deposit at kickoff and 50% at launch; the proposal may adjust this. Invoices are payable within 14 days of issue. Late payments accrue statutory interest under §288 BGB.
4. The 21-day timeline
Our standard build is delivered in 21 calendar days from kickoff. The timeline assumes you reply to feedback rounds within 2 business days. If we wait more than 7 days for your input, the clock pauses and we may reschedule launch around other commitments. We'll always flag this in writing before the clock pauses.
5. Hosting and operation
We host and operate the platforms we build, on EU-region infrastructure. The first three months of hosting after launch are included; after that, hosting and operation continue under a separate monthly agreement starting at €5/month, scaling with traffic. We don't transfer source code or root infrastructure access — what you get is a fully managed, fully working platform with continuous updates and security patches.
6. Change requests
Anything beyond the agreed scope — new pages, additional integrations, redesigns — is a change request. We'll send a quick written estimate (effort + cost) for your approval before starting work. Small tweaks during the build (copy changes, image swaps) are included.
7. Your content and data
You keep all rights to anything you provide: brand, copy, images, curriculum, and your students' data. We use it solely to deliver the services in your proposal and will return or delete it on request, subject to statutory retention rules. We never sell, share, or train models on your data.
8. Our work and credit
We grant you a non-exclusive, perpetual licence to use the work we deliver within the hosted platform. We keep the right to mention the engagement and show non-confidential screenshots in our portfolio and case studies, unless your proposal says otherwise.
9. Warranties and liability
We provide 15 days of free post-launch support to fix anything that doesn't work as agreed. Beyond that, our liability is limited to direct damages caused by gross negligence or intent, capped at the total fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. We're not liable for indirect, consequential, or lost-profit damages. Mandatory statutory liability (e.g. under the Product Liability Act, for personal injury, or for fraudulently concealed defects) is unaffected.
10. Cancellation
You can pause or cancel an in-progress build at any time in writing. You pay for work completed and reasonable costs already committed up to that point; the deposit is non-refundable. Ongoing hosting agreements can be ended with 30 days' notice to the end of a calendar month.
11. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Place of jurisdiction is Berlin, to the extent legally permissible.
12. Severability
If any clause turns out to be invalid, the rest stays in force and the invalid clause is replaced with the closest valid one that matches the original intent.