The terms ofservice, writtento be read.
These are the terms of service, the agreement between you and INIT. They set out what we do, what you do, who owns the content and what happens when something goes wrong. We wrote them so you can read them without a lawyer. They are no less binding for that.
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services under one agreement: a subscription site from 12,800 ₸/mo and bespoke development from 1,500,000 ₸
3 days
trial period — the agreement can be ended before you pay anything
KZ
the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, disputes heard in Almaty
Who is agreeing with whom, and about what
The first thing any contract owes you is the parties and the thing being supplied. That is the nine rows below; everything else on this page qualifies them.
Parties and subject matter
Form of the agreement and how long it lasts
Four numbers worth remembering
3 days
trial period
No card needed. Before the first payment the agreement ends with no consequences.
10 days
notice before terms change
A new edition is published in advance, never backdated.
30 days
to answer a written claim
Calendar days. The pre-court step binds both sides equally.
3 languages
editions of this agreement
Kazakh and Russian carry equal weight; English is a translation.
The moment the agreement starts to apply
Nothing is signed. The contract takes effect when you register. Below is what happens at each step, and who becomes responsible for what.
You register, and by doing so accept these terms
Nothing separate is signed: the registration form is the acceptance of this offer. If you open the account on behalf of a company, you confirm you are authorised to do so.
The agreement is in force
The site and its technical address are issued immediately
Not "within 24 hours". Straight after registration you have a working site at an address like your-name.shardit.app and access to the admin panel. The trial runs 3 days and needs no card.
A working site and access
Account credentials are your responsibility
You hold the login and the password. Actions taken under your account count as yours until you tell us access has been lost. Tell us, and we close the active sessions.
A clear line of responsibility
The subscription renews until you stop it
After the trial, access continues on the terms of the plan you chose. To stop the renewal it is enough to tell us before the paid period ends. You do not have to explain why.
Control stays with you
"So whose site is it now?" We answer before you ask
This is the real worry when moving onto a platform, and it deserves a section rather than a footnote. The rights split three ways, and each part is called by its own name.
Copy, photographs, catalogue and enquiries belong to you
Everything you upload or create in the editor is yours. We do not become a co-author of your catalogue, we acquire no rights in your brand, and we do not use your material in our own marketing without asking first.
What you allow us to do with it
Precisely what a working site requires: store it, copy it into backups, show it to visitors and serve it through a content delivery network. Not sell data, not publish your material elsewhere, and not pass it to third parties beyond that list.
The templates, sections and platform code
The 26 ready-made themed sites, the 35 kinds of section and the engine itself remain ours. For the life of the subscription you may use them, but not resell them as your own product and not take the code off the platform.
Rights and obligations, as four lists rather than one long clause
Obligations come first: in a contract they matter more than rights, and they are the part usually buried deepest. Open any panel for the specifics.
What is allowed, and what is not
The prohibitions are not pedantry. Every line in the right-hand column is something that, in practice, gets a site suspended or brings a complaint from a third party.
Allowed
This is what the service is for
- Run the site of any lawful business — from a coffee shop to a clinic
- Publish your own copy, photographs, price list and catalogue
- Collect visitor enquiries and work them on the board
- Connect your own domain instead of the technical address
- Commission development from us and then run the site yourself
- Tell clients and partners what your site is built on
Not allowed
A breach is grounds to suspend the site
- Publish anything prohibited by the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Post someone else's copy, photographs or trade marks without the rights to them
- Sell anything requiring a licence you do not hold
- Mislead visitors with invented discounts or borrowed reviews and case studies
- Use the site for spam campaigns or phishing
- Load the platform with automated requests or work around technical limits
- Resell the platform's templates or code as your own product
We are answerable for the platform working; you are answerable for what is published on it.
That line does not move in either direction. We do not vet your copy for accuracy before it goes live, and we do not approve your price list. You are not answerable for a fault in our infrastructure. Everything else in this agreement only says more precisely where the line sits.
What we guarantee, and where the line is drawn
The site is open to visitors round the clock, and a platform fault is ours to fix at our own cost. Below is what we take on, and where our side of the responsibility ends.
How the service runs
What we do not guarantee
The four topics usually hidden in small print at the end
They are indeed at the end, but not in small print, and with no cross-references to clauses this page does not show.
A new edition lands 10 days before it takes effect
We publish it on this page and flag it in the admin panel. If the new terms do not suit you, there is time to end the subscription before they start to apply.
Either party can bring it to an end
You, at any time and without giving a reason. Us, only for a breach of the prohibitions section or for non-payment, and only after notice. A site is never switched off silently.
A message first, then a formal claim, and only then a court
Write to us through the form below. That settles most questions. A formal written claim to hello@init.kz is answered within 30 calendar days; the pre-court step is mandatory for both sides.
Kazakhstan law, courts in Almaty
The agreement is construed under the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan. If we cannot settle it between us, the dispute goes to the court at the provider's location in Almaty.
What people ask about this agreement
The six questions that come up most often, answered directly.
Any clause here, explained in plain language
Tell us which paragraph raises the question. We answer on the substance. If the wording turns out to be murky, we rewrite it in the next edition.
- Your message reaches a person, not an autoresponder: handled during working hours, Mon-Fri, 09:00-18:00
- A formal claim can be sent to hello@init.kz — answered within 30 calendar days
- Need a paper contract and closing documents? Say so in the message
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