Third-Party Expense and Related Services Policy

Last updated: August 22, 2026

These terms apply when incorporated into an accepted SiteCrafters proposal, scope, agreement, change order, invoice, or other written authorization. Updates apply prospectively unless SiteCrafters and the client agree otherwise in writing. Project-specific written terms control if they conflict with a general policy on this page.

Third-party expenses

Third-party expenses are separate from SiteCrafters services unless expressly included in writing. They may include domains, outside hosting, stock assets, premium themes or plugins, software licenses, vendor subscriptions, and other approved third-party costs.

Third-party products and services are billed at the approved vendor cost. SiteCrafters does not add a percentage markup. Installation, configuration, maintenance, or management by SiteCrafters is a separate approved service charge, quoted at a fixed amount or billed at $75 per hour in 15-minute increments when authorized as hourly work.

Authorization

SiteCrafters will not incur a new third-party expense or materially increase an approved expense without Client authorization. The authorization should identify the item, vendor or purpose, known vendor cost, related SiteCrafters service and charge, payment responsibility, and renewal terms when applicable. SiteCrafters will not advance an expense unless that arrangement is approved.

Recurring expenses

Recurring authorizations should identify the amount, billing frequency, known renewal cycle, automatic-renewal status, payment responsibility, account owner, and cancellation or nonrenewal requirements.

Advertising spend

Client pays advertising spend directly to the advertising platform. SiteCrafters management, campaign-change, creative, and production charges are separate SiteCrafters service fees.

Refunds and vendor-controlled risks

A vendor refund actually received by SiteCrafters will be passed through or credited to Client, net of nonrefundable or already-earned SiteCrafters fees. SiteCrafters does not guarantee a vendor refund and is not responsible when a vendor changes pricing or terms, refuses a refund, becomes unavailable, discontinues a service, fails to perform, or otherwise acts outside SiteCrafters’ reasonable control.

Payment methods

Accepted payment methods are check, Venmo, Cash App, cash, and credit card. Any processing fee passed to Client must be lawful, disclosed, permitted by the applicable provider or network, and limited to the actual applicable fee.

Relationship to other documents

A project-specific third-party disclosure controls authorization of the items listed in it. It does not replace the applicable proposal, scope, change order, Hosting and Maintenance Agreement, or Master Services Agreement. All unaffected approved terms remain in effect.