Terms
of service
This agreement sets out the terms and conditions
('Terms and Conditions') applicable to members of the service
operated by E-guru.in. Applicants (referred to as 'members')
must agree to the following Terms and Conditions. In the
event a member breaches or otherwise fails to comply with
any provision of these Terms and Conditions then in addition
to any other remedy available to E-guru.in, E-guru.in may
terminate the participation of such member in the service
and/or may withhold any payments relating to participation
in the service due to such member from E-guru.in.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
E-guru.in.com shall have absolute discretion as to whether
or not it accepts a particular applicant or site for participation
in the service.
REMOVAL FROM
NETWORK
E-guru.in.com reserves the right to terminate the participation
of any member or site without reason but expressly including
any member site that E-guru.in judges to be in violation
of the Terms and Conditions.
Members in violation of E-guru.in's Terms and Conditions
will be immediately deactivated. E-guru.in may deactivate
members with no prior notification. Members found in violation
of the Terms and Conditions will not receive any credit
or payment from E-guru.in. Members that are terminated by
E-guru.in on any basis other than violation of these Terms
and Conditions will be entitled to receive any payment due
from E-guru.in.
REFERRAL COMMISSIONS
The referral commission paid out will be the one listed
on the Referrals page. If
the commission rate is changed, it will only affect referrals
made after the new commission was announced. You may not
refer yourself, nor sign up for multiple accounts to collect
referral fees. You may also not partner with any other E-guru.in
user to share/transfer the commission made from your own
account, or else both parties will be kicked from the service
without payment. E-guru.in reserves the right to delay or
cancel sending affiliate earnings if we believe the referred
user will not pay the fees they were charged, since affiliate
commissions are based on those fees.
PAYMENTS
E-guru.in will typically make payments/withdrawals if the
member requests it AND their account balance is equal to
or greater than 200 RS. All amounts are stated in and all
payments will be made in Indian Rupees. We verify all deposits
and might ask you to verify yours; If you refuse to send
verification information via E-mail, Fax or Phone, we reserve
the right to refund the deposit and terminate your account.
E-guru.in reserves the right to suspend a withdrawal if
the source of the funds is suspected to be fraudulent. Any
funds received from an account having made a fraudulent
deposit (e.g. stolen credit card) will be reversed immediately.
If in a fraudulent payment situation a withdrawal has already
been processed, you will be expected to return the funds
to your E-guru.in account or face account termination. E-guru.in
cannot be held liable for deposits reversed without its
authorization due to reasons, including, but not limited
to, fraud, chargebacks or complaints.
As previously stated, any member site that E-guru.in removes
from the service due to violation of the Terms and Conditions
will receive no credit or payment.
ESCROW
E-guru.in provides escrow as a free, bonus, and automated
service only as a tool to help members transact more securely.
We do not act as an arbitrator between parties, should a
dispute arise, except in limited situations. Financial disputes
should be resolved between members, or via another third
party, and without E-guru.in whenever possible. We do, however,
reserve the right to cancel an escrow payment, at any time,
if we believe we are left with no other option. We also
reserve the right to complete an escrow payment if no response
is received from the payer, after repeated attempts at contact,
for 30 continuous days.
COPYRIGHTS
No copyright material can be posted on E-guru.in. Only posting
sections of articles or scripts, as examples, will be permitted.
A "section" being no more than 10% of the contents. This
is meant to protect the author's rights. We also do not
tolerate projects requesting unauthorized reproduction of
copyrighted or patented material.
MODIFICATIONS
E-guru.in reserves the right to change the member Terms
and Conditions at any time. It is the member's responsibility
to check these Terms and Conditions from time to time for
such changes. In the event E-guru.in offers any additional
or replacement services then this agreement shall apply
to such services in the absence of any new agreement specific
to such services which is entered into between the parties.
OWNERSHIP
Members agree that all information contained on a website
operated by E-guru.in, and all information compiled by E-guru.in
through operation of the affiliate program, is the proprietary
information of E-guru.in. Personal information provided
by members to E-guru.in will be kept confidential and will
not be distributed to any third party.
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Members agree not to post their e-mail address on the site,
except in the "e-mail" field of the signup form, or when
asked by E-guru.in at any other time. There should be no
need to give anyone your e-mail address. It is automatically
provided if you choose a programmer (or you are the programmer
chosen for) a project, and before that time you can use
the message board to communicate. This does not only apply
to e-mail addresses, but to all methods of communication,
including phone, ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger, etc... See "Avoiding
Commissions" below for the reason.
PROVIDING
CONTACT INFORMATION
You are prohibited from making direct contact with another
member, unless it's for a project you (a programmer) have
been picked for, or you (a webmaster) have picked a programmer
for. This includes giving out your e-mail address, ICQ number,
phone number, or any other method of contact outside of
this site. E-guru.in provides you with message boards, which
should be sufficient for pre-project planning. The only
exception to this is on "Featured" projects. If a project
has the "Featured" graphic on it, that means the webmaster
has paid a flat fee in advance, and you ARE allowed to provide
contact information in the message board. Note that the
E-guru.in system does not distinguish between featured and
non-featured message board posts, so you will still get
a warning when submitting an e-mail address, even if the
project is featured.
AVOIDING COMMISSIONS
You are strictly prohibited from attempting to negotiate
the fee for a project with another member directly (outside
of E-guru.in) after that project has been created/opened
and before that project has been closed (basically, during
an ongoing project). But this also applies to any project
that was closed without a programmer being chosen, and then
contacting them about the project anyway. Both parties are
responsible for notifying E-guru.in if the payment amount
increases (above the bid amount) after the project is closed.
Receiving a larger amount than the original project bid,
without notifying us, will be considered an attempt to avoid
the commissions. When a programmer requests a withdrawal,
we always review all payments received for each project
to verify that they match the bid. If at the time of a withdrawal
request the programmer has failed to notify E-guru.in staff
of a payment received above the amount of his bid, E-guru.in
reserves the right to deduct double the fee for the amount
that should have been reported. We believe our commissions
are very fair and justified for the service we provide,
therefore we will absolutely not tolerate any of this activity
on E-guru.in.
BIDDING
Programmers can only place bids that equal the total amount
of money they are requesting for the project. You cannot
post an hourly bid or any other abnormal type of bid. This
applies to webmasters too. Webmasters cannot create projects
that directly or indirectly require programmers to place
hourly or other abnormal bids. The only exception, for both
webmasters and programmers, is when the project is featured.
See featured project information at http://www.e-guru.in/featured.shtml.
POSTING PROJECTS
New users are limited to the posting of only 3 projects
before being asked to make a deposit. This is meant to protect
other users and prevent fraudulent activity. A user is required
to deposit any amount of funds before they gain the right
to post unlimited projects. A user may request higher posting
limits, under special circumstances, by simply contacting
E-guru.in support.
FEATURED
PROJECTS
The following conditions are here to prevent abuse of the
"Featured project" feature on E-guru.in. The maximum amount
of money a programmer can receive for a Featured project,
through the E-guru.in system, without being charged a fee,
is One lakh Rupees. Any amount received above One lakh will
be subject to the regular fee of 8%.
ADVERTISING
You are prohibited from advertising your website on E-guru.in.
Any URL posted in a bid, project description, or the message
board, must relate to a project on E-guru.in. An example
of a permissible URL: your portfolio or resumé °age.
THE ROLE
OF E-guru.in
E-guru.in functions as a venue to connect webmasters and
programmers in a virtual marketplace. As a neutral facilitator,
E-guru.in is not directly involved in the actual transactions
between users of the Site. As a result, E-guru.in has no
control over the truth, accuracy, quality, legality, or
safety of postings made by users. Because verifying the
identity of a user on the Internet is difficult, E-guru.in
cannot and does not confirm the identity of users. E-guru.in
also does not confirm nor verify the qualifications, background,
or abilities of users. Therefore, We recommend that You
be careful and exercise common sense and good judgment when
dealing with any member on the Site. If you are unsatisifed
with another member, the most E-guru.in can do is refund
the project commission you have been charged by us. We cannot
refund the money you have sent to someone, we are not responsible
for your transactions. E-guru.in is not responsible for
fraudulent payments made by users and cannot be held liable
for financial loss incurred from fraudulent transactions.
It is the receiver's responsibility to verify the identity
and background of the sender.
AND FINALLY...
We thank you for choosing the E-guru.in.com service and
we look forward to a mutually successful business relationship.
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