Legal
Terms of Use
These terms cover your use of this website and what our proposals mean. The terms for a booked project are in our Service Terms and your accepted proposal.
1. About these terms
By using merkcoco.com you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree with them, please don’t use the website. “We”, “us” and “Merkcoco” mean the business described in section 2, and “you” means anyone using this website.
2. Our business details
Section 43 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 asks businesses that trade online to publish the details below.
- Full name
- MP Pretorius, trading as Merkcoco
- Legal status
- Sole proprietor
- Registration number
- Not applicable, as a sole proprietor isn’t registered with CIPC
- Owner
- MP Pretorius
- Physical address
- 4 Boland Avenue, Hartenbos, Western Cape, South Africa. We also accept legal notices at this address.
- Phone
- 079 076 2352
- hello@merkcoco.com
- Website
- merkcoco.com
- Main service
- Website research, positioning, structure, design and build for businesses across South Africa.
We are not a member of any self regulatory body and do not subscribe to any industry code of conduct.
3. Information on this website
We keep this website accurate and current, but its content is general information about our studio and process. It isn’t professional advice for your particular business, and it isn’t an offer to do work at a particular price.
4. Enquiries, proposals and quotes
- Sending the questionnaire doesn’t commit you to anything, and doesn’t oblige us to take on the project.
- Please give us accurate information. Our audit, recommendations and quote depend on it.
- A proposal or quote becomes binding only once you accept it in writing. Its scope, price, payment schedule, timeline and ownership terms then form the agreement for that project, and they take priority over anything on this website. Our Service Terms apply to every booked project.
- Budget ranges you select in the questionnaire help us recommend a sensible scope. They aren’t a quote or a price commitment from either of us.
5. Intellectual property
Everything on this website, including the text, the Merkcoco name and logo, the animation and the design, belongs to Merkcoco or is used with permission. You may view it and share links to it, but you may not copy, reproduce or reuse it for commercial purposes without our written permission.
Audits, positioning work, site structures, design options and other materials we prepare for you before you accept a quote remain our intellectual property. You’re welcome to review them to make your decision, but please don’t use them, or pass them to someone else to build from, unless you go ahead with us or we agree otherwise in writing. Ownership of the final work transfers to you as set out in your accepted quote.
When you send us your logo, content or other material, you confirm that you have the right to share it, and you allow us to use it to prepare your proposal and carry out your project.
6. Using this website
Please don’t use this website to break the law, send spam or malicious code, try to access parts of it that aren’t public, or interfere with how it works for other people.
7. Links to other websites
Links to other websites, including example sites and our service providers, are there for convenience. We don’t control those websites and aren’t responsible for their content or privacy practices.
8. Limitation of liability
We work to keep this website available and free of errors, but we can’t guarantee that it will always be uninterrupted, error free or free of viruses. As far as the law allows, we aren’t liable for any loss or damage that comes from using this website or relying on its general information, unless it is caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
Nothing in these terms takes away any right you have under the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 or any other law that can’t be excluded.
9. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through this website and how we use and protect it. It forms part of these terms.
10. Law and disputes
These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa. If something goes wrong, please contact us first. Most issues can be resolved with a conversation. If we can’t resolve it together, either of us may refer the matter to a South African court with jurisdiction.
If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest still applies.
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top shows when they last changed, and the version on this page is the one that applies. Questions? Email hello@merkcoco.com.