Beta program: 3 free websites to test

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What "beta" means

This is a test. No guarantee is offered during the program: things may change, be interrupted or not work. The test lasts from 3 months to 1 year; we decide when it ends and we give you at least 30 days' notice. This is not a freebie: it is an exchange. A free website in return for your collaboration in the test.

Beta program terms

1. The program. FC Web Design builds and publishes, free of charge, an Essential plan website ($599 value) for 3 businesses of its choosing, at a temporary fcwebdesign.net address, or on your own domain name if you buy it. In return, you collaborate in the test: you provide your content, reply within a reasonable time and give your feedback.
2. Duration. The program lasts from 3 months to 1 year, as decided by FC Web Design, which gives you 30 days' notice of the end or of an early stop (immediate stop in case of illegal content or abuse) and may decline an application or end your participation if you stop collaborating in the test, after a written reminder left unanswered for 15 days.
3. At the end. You choose: become a client with the Hosting only plan ($15 per month) or Tranquille Plan ($59 per month), at the rate in effect; building the site ($599) is then free for you because you stay as a client, and that $599 is never claimed from you if you cancel afterwards (amounts owed for your plan remain payable). The beta includes the services described here, but not the first year of hosting included with the purchase of a build plan. Otherwise, you stop at no charge and the site is taken down. The work done during the beta is offered only as part of the program; after it ends, any work not included is billed at the rate in effect. These terms are the only ones that apply during the beta; if you become a client, our regular terms will then apply to your plan, except as stated in points 3 and 6 (ownership of the site, no file handover).
4. Trial service. The service is free and provided as is: no guarantee of availability or of retention; except for gross or intentional fault, FC Web Design is not responsible for financial or business losses linked to your site, to the extent permitted by law.
5. Your content. You keep your rights over your texts, logos and images, you keep a copy of them, and you confirm that you have the right to use them, with no illegal or misleading content.
6. The site as built. FC Web Design remains the owner of the design and code of the site, whether or not you stay on after the beta. Because the build is offered free of charge, the file handover provided in our regular terms does not apply to the beta site.
7. Visibility. FC Web Design may ask your permission to show your site in its portfolio and to publish a short testimonial.
8. Data. At the start, FC Web Design adds no tracking cookies, no analytics and no data-collection form to your site; any such addition during the test is first agreed with you in writing. Your contact details are used only to manage your participation, may be processed by our hosting and email providers, including outside Québec (United States), and you may ask to access, correct or delete them: francois@fcwebdesign.net.