Anyone can sell a box - it's easy. You buy your components, you hire someone to put it together, you plug it into a network and then you can pass it off as a 'server'.

At DediCentral, we don't sell a box. We sell solutions built from high quality components, a choice of operating systems and control panels, and importantly, we support it.

1. General Terms

DediCentral is a trading name of Clipped Limited.

The following Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy and accompanying policies (collectively the "TOS", “contract” or the "Agreement") constitute a binding, legal agreement between Clipped Limited (“DediCentral”, “Clipped Limited”, the "Company", “us” or "we") and the customer (the "Customer" or "you") which shall govern the terms and conditions of services provided by the Company. The Company agrees to provide services to the Customer in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement.

1.1 Definition of Terms. All services provided by Clipped Limited are henceforth referred to as the "Service". All accounts, whether they be shared web hosting, reseller web hosting, dedicated server, server management, or any other product or service offered by Clipped Limited, are governed under the Agreement and subject to all terms and conditions. In all parts of the Agreement, singular refers to plural and masculine refers to feminine as applicable.

1.2. Modifications to this Agreement. We reserve the right to change the Agreement at anytime, in whole or in part, by giving fourteen (14) days prior notice to you. Where you disagree with the updated agreement, you will be able to cancel and terminate services at the end of your current billing period. If you reject the updated agreement and fail to contact us within fourteen (14) days giving notice of your rejection in writing, it will be assumed that you acknowledge and agree to the updated Agreement and agree to be bound by the updated terms. You acknowledge that any changes or modifications shall not constitute grounds for non-payment.

1.3. Transfer of Rights and Assignation. Under no circumstances shall the Customer transfer their rights under this agreement to any other individual or third-party without the direct written consent of the Company. The company shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to assign the whole or any part of this agreement.

1.4. Severability. Every provision set out in a separate paragraph will be construed as a separate and independent provision severable from all or any of the other provisions. The headings are for convenience only and will not affect the validity or construction thereof.

1.5. Accepted Methods of Notification. Where you are required to give notice to us under this agreement, all notifications must be made in writing and delivered either (a) via electronic mail (e-mail) to a current email address listed on our website (b) via our online support helpdesk to the appropriate department or (c) via registered postal mail to our registered office address. Notification given in any other form, for example, over the telephone or informal email to an employee or company director will not be accepted. 

1.6. Jurisdiction. This contract and agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of Scotland and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the said country.

1.7. Timeframes. All dates and times are given in good faith but no liability is accepted for damage or loss caused by delay.

1.8. Limitation of Liability. Neither party shall be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or data use. Our maximum liability for any damages whether in contract or delict will not exceed the fees which you have paid to us or are payable to us for this order, and if such damages result from your use of the software or technical support, the liability shall be limited to the fees paid or payable for the software or technical support.

2. Order Acceptance

2.1. Request for provision of services. Clipped Limited, as a company dealing in online ecommerce, makes available to you an order form for the purpose of ordering services. During the order process, you will be assigned a unique order ID and your payment will be taken and/or your payment details stored. This does not constitute acceptance of your order. Your order is only accepted when you receive an email or other communication from us informing you that your order has been accepted and your service is now in the process of being provisioned. Your order may be rejected at any point prior and for a period of up-to twenty-four (24) hours following this, in cases where we believe your order represents too high a risk, we do not have the stock to fulfil your order or where you placed the order improperly – for example, ordering a service with a promotion (including coupon codes or other automatic discounts) which has expired. The company will be the sole judge in deciding what constitutes placing an order improperly.

2.2. Proof of identity and payment. As Clipped Limited operates in industries with high-fraud risks, we perform extensive checks on all orders. As part of this, you may be required to provide a copy of government issued ID or evidence to support your use of your chosen payment method. These checks are carried out in full compliance with our privacy policy. Clipped Limited will refuse and refund orders where we deem the order to be too high a risk, where our requests for supporting documentation and/or evidence are ignored or refused, or where we believe the documentation or evidence provided is not legitimate. Clipped Limited co-operates fully with local and international law enforcement agencies and reports all instances of fraud or suspected fraud.

2.3. Substitution and upgrades. Due to parts availability or other concerns, when you order a service from Clipped Limited, the entire service or components of the service purchased may be replaced and/or substituted for components of equal performance or value. Components may also be upgraded with components which are of greater value and / or represent faster or improved performance. Where we decide to upgrade or substitute all or part of your service, there will be no change to the monthly fee or setup fees charged. The company will be the sole judge as to what constitutes ‘equal performance or value’. The service specification listed on our website and/or in any advertisement should be considered the minimum specification which Clipped Limited will provide where an order has been placed by you and accepted by us.

2.4. Incorrect or Inaccurate Information. We endeavour to make all the information on our websites and in our advertisements as accurate as possible. Clipped Limited however does not warrant that the information provided is complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If an error is found within fourteen (14) days of accepting your order, we will contact you as quickly as possible and allow you to either cancel your order or re-confirm your order with the correct information. Where we do not receive a response from you within seventy-two (72) hours, we will cancel your order and refund you via the means payment was taken.

2.5. Contract Period. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, all services are provided on a month to month basis. The minimum contract period is one (1) month. The contract and billing period start from the date the service is ordered by you from us.

3. Billing and Refund Policy

3.1. Payment Policy. All fees for Service provided by the Company are due in advance on the first day of each billing cycle. An invoice for Services due will be generated on your account and dispatched to your primary account e-mail address approximately seven (7) days prior to your actual due date. Within those seven (7) days, the Customer must login to the billing centre and make full payment of all due amounts. It shall be the Customer's responsibility to ensure that full payment is received prior to the designated invoice due date. Reminder invoices and/or notices are not guaranteed.

All invoices must be paid in full not later than 11:59 PM Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on the designated invoice due date. If we do not receive full payment on any given invoice before the designated invoice due date, the Customer's account will become delinquent. All delinquent accounts are subject to immediate suspension or disconnection of all provided Services, not just the Service that is past due or delinquent. All Services suspended or disconnected for non-payment are subject to a mandatory reconnection charge of $25.00 USD per service suspended or disconnected. Any account that remains delinquent for more than twenty-four (24) hours following suspension or disconnection of services is subject to immediate cancellation of all Services provided. In the event of cancellation for non-payment, all Services provided by Clipped Limited will be terminated, and all associated data will be permanently lost. The customer acknowledges that Clipped Limited are not responsible for any damages or losses due to cancellation for non-payment.

All invoices that remain unpaid after seven (7) days of the designated invoice due date will be referred to our collections agency, Direct Debt Collections, a division of Fidelity Information Corporation. The collections agency used by Clipped Limited may vary from time to time. In the event your account is referred to the collections agency, you agree to pay a "Collections Fee" of not less than $75.00 USD and not more than $150 USD, in addition to the original amount due and any reconnection charges. If civil litigation is deemed necessary to collect a past due balance, the Customer agrees to pay all of our court and solicitors fees, in addition to the collections fee, original amount due, and any reconnection charges. The Customer agrees to a place of venue of the Company's choosing.

3.2. Refunds Policy. Except as specified elsewhere in this agreement, all payments to Clipped Limited are final and non-refundable. This includes the one-time setup fee and all subsequent charges or fees regardless of usage. Refunds will be made where we are legally obliged to do so. We may also provide refunds at our discretion. If you believe you have been overcharged or falsely billed, you must communicate these concerns to our Billing Department within twenty-eight (28) days of such overcharge or false billing.

3.3. Distant Selling Protection. Certain transactions carried out between the company and the customer may be covered by the UK Distant Selling Regulations. These regulations may allow for a “cooling off” period of 7 days in which the customer may reject without penalty goods or services. All services provided by Clipped Limited are custom built upon your order being accepted by us, to the specific requirements and specifications selected and purchased on our order form. Service begins when we begin to process and take positive steps towards fulfilling your custom order – this can be in the form of (thought not limited to) ordering the required parts to complete your order and/or beginning to build the service ordered to your specification. The customer agrees and accepts that where services start before the end of the seven (7) day “cooling off” period, the “cooling off” period will end when service starts.

3.4. Bank Assisted Disputes (“Chargeback”), Payment Disputes or Payment Reversals. Initiation of any complaint or Bank Assisted Dispute (chargeback) against us constitutes a severe breach of this agreement. A "complaint or chargeback" shall be defined as initiating any form of complaint or chargeback with PayPal, your credit card issuer or bank. Upon receipt of a complaint or chargeback, or threat thereof, Clipped Limited will immediately suspend or disconnect all Services provided to the Customer. If we do not hear from you within twenty-four (24) hours of such suspension, we will immediately cancel and terminate all Services provided, not just the Service that is being disputed. We will then initiate proceedings with our collections agency to collect and recover the full amount for services. In the event our collections agency is involved, the Customer agrees to pay a "Collections Fee" of not more than $150.00 USD in addition to the total of all charged back services. Please note that threats of a complaint or chargeback will be treated the same as an actual complaint or chargeback.

4. Cancellation Policy

4.1. Cancellation Policy. You may cancel your Services with Clipped Limited at anytime by providing the Company with not less than two (2) days prior written notice of your intent to cancel Services. All cancellation requests must be submitted to us via our online ticketing system, must be submitted to the billing department, and must contain all information requested. Cancellation requests received not meeting these conditions will not be accepted.

We must emphasize that if you do not cancel a Service at least two (2) days prior to your next scheduled due date for that Service, it will be assumed that you intend to renew the Service for an additional billing cycle, and you will be responsible for payment of the next generated invoice.

We may at our discretion accept cancellation requests less than two (2) days prior to your next scheduled renewal date.

5. Uptime/SLA Agreement

5.1. Service Level Agreement. DediCentral guarantees at least 99.9% network and power uptime. This excludes scheduled maintenance, reboots, self-inflicted downtime, acts of God, backbone issues, DDoS attacks, hardware failure, downtime on individual servers, service failures, labour strikes, or other conditions out of the company's control. In the unlikely event that we fail to meet our network uptime guarantee, we will issue a prorated credit to your account to be credited to your next invoice.

6. Support Policy

6.1. Sales, Billing and Network/Hardware Support. All services provided by the company to the customer are “unmanaged” unless a server management service is purchased. This means that the customer is responsible for all software, configuration and operating system updates and maintenance. The company is not obliged to assist or provide technical support for any software issues. The company will have the sole decision on what constitutes a software issue. For the purposes of sales questions, billing enquiries and technical support related to the server hardware or network, the company provides access to a support helpdesk, accessible both online from our support site and via email. Any Customer requiring assistance beyond our normal support policy will be notified that the request falls outside our normal support policy. Requests outside our normal support policy will be billed in advance at the rate of $100.00 USD per hour, with a minimum of one (1) hour in one (1) hour increments.

6.2. Customers with server management packages. Where a server management service is purchased, the company will assist with issues that are covered under that support policy. You should refer to the information provided to you prior to purchase, either on our website or via electronic mail, for service level agreements and details of what is and is not covered under your particular service.

6.3. Withdrawal and limitations of Support Services. We reserve the right to withhold, limit and/or withdraw technical support services for dedicated servers which are being used to host sites which the company in its sole discretion believes are unsuitable for the service being provided, where the hosting of such sites requires significant additional technical support to be provided, and/or results in a higher risk of the server, server software, and/or network being exploited and/or attacked. We will always limit our technical support services to our areas of expertise.

6.4. Support Abuse. Abuse or disrespect directed towards our staff or network staff will never be tolerated. If you are disrespectful, use foul language, threaten us, or do anything else we may find offensive, you will be considered in severe breach of this agreement. Violations of this policy carry heavy penalties including, but not limited to, warning, extended suspension or disconnection of all Services provided, or cancellation of all Services provided. Prior to un-suspension or disconnection of a Service suspended or disconnected for violation of this policy may be subject to an "Administrative Charge" of $50.00 USD. As per this agreement, no refunds will be offered in the event that cancellation is considered.

7. Abuse Issues / Violation of Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

7.1. Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). All customers are required to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) posted by Clipped Limited on the DediCentral website or in other locations as notified to you. As the internet is constantly evolving, the AUP may be updated and changed without prior notice or notification. It is the customers obligation and responsibility to periodically check the AUP posted to ensure compliance.

7.2. Violations In the event any service provided to the customer is used in violation of the AUP, then Clipped Limited will, at its sole discretion, take action to ensure the customers compliance with the AUP and to meet its own contractual obligations to upstream providers. This action may include, but is not limited to, notification to the customer of violation(s), disconnection (either immediately or after a specified time), and/or cancellation of service. Clipped Limited may also, at its discretion, charge a $75 USD fee if any service is disconnected as a result of an abuse issue or AUP violation.

7.3. 'Best Effort' requirement Clipped Limited requires all abuse issues and AUP violations to be dealt with by the customer in a reasonable manner to ensure compliance with the AUP. This may include the requirement to remove site(s), customer(s) or user(s). Customers must also take reasonable steps to prevent the issue(s) from happening again in the future.

8. Miscellaneous Provisions

8.1. Operating System Reloads. In the unlikely event that you require a reimage or reinstall of your operating system (OS), or you wish to change the operating system installed on your server, you must request an Operating System Reload. OS Reloads completed within standard business hours may attract a one-time non-refundable fee of not less than $25.00 USD and not more than $75.00 USD per reload. OS Reloads outside business hours may attract a higher fee. All OS Reload requests must be submitted using our online ticketing system.

8.2. Software Licenses. The Customer acknowledges that any licenses provided by the Company are only valid for the period of time that the Customer retains Service with the Company. In the event the Customer cancels Services, all software licenses will be retained by us and not transferred to the customer.

8.3. Server Reboot Requests. In the event that you require a manual reboot of your dedicated server with the Company, you must submit your request using our reboot portal at http://www.myclippedserver.com/. You are to submit only one (1) reboot request per 30 minute period. Abuse of the reboot system by submitting multiple reboot requests, as determined by the Company, will result in your reboot portal access being disabled. Reboot requests are not accepted via email or our online ticket system.

8.4. Server Root Passwords. The Company strongly advises that you keep your current server root password up-to-date with the Company at all times. While this is optional, it will help to avoid delays in support, disconnection for abuse issues, and other complications.