Terms of Service

Last updated: June 10, 2026

These Terms govern your use of Studio, a client portal operated by Subsecond Studio ("Studio," "we," "our," "us") at subsecondstudio.com. Subsecond Studio is the trade name under which this service is provided. By creating an account or using the service you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the service.

1. What Studio is

Studio is a workspace for clients of Subsecond Studio to manage website projects: capturing the brief, uploading assets, approving designs and staging builds, and making payments for project work. It is not a generally-available SaaS product; access is granted per-engagement.

2. Accounts

You sign in with Google or via a one-time email link. You're responsible for keeping your sign-in method secure and for everything that happens under your account. Tell us immediately if your account is accessed by someone else.

We may suspend or terminate your account if you misuse the service, violate these Terms, or if your engagement with Subsecond Studio ends. You can also delete your account at any time via Settings.

3. Payments

Project payments (deposits and final invoices) are processed by Stripe. By paying you agree to Stripe's terms and privacy policy. Studio does not store full card numbers or bank account credentials.

Refunds are handled at Subsecond Studio's discretion based on the underlying project agreement (proposal, statement of work, or signed contract). Once a project is delivered, payments are non-refundable unless your contract says otherwise.

4. Your content

You own everything you upload (briefs, photos, logos, copy, brand references). By uploading you grant Subsecond Studio a worldwide, non-exclusive license to use that content for the purpose of delivering your project: design, development, hosting, and the agreed deliverables. You represent and warrant that you have the rights to share whatever you upload.

Don't upload anything illegal or malicious, or anything that infringes someone else's intellectual property, privacy, or other rights. You're solely responsible for the content you submit.

5. Deliverables

Ownership of project deliverables (the final website, design files, etc.) is governed by your underlying project agreement with Subsecond Studio, not by Studio. If you and Subsecond Studio haven't signed a separate agreement on this, the default is: you own the final deliverables after payment in full; Subsecond Studio retains rights to portfolio use unless you say otherwise in writing.

6. Availability & changes

We try to keep Studio running but we don't guarantee uptime, and we may update, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of it at any time. We'll give you notice of material changes to these Terms by email or in-app, and your continued use after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

7. Disclaimer of warranties

Studio is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any data will not be lost. You use the service at your own risk.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Subsecond Studio's total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to Studio is capped at the greater of (a) the total amount you paid us through Studio in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US $100. We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, even if we've been advised of the possibility. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Subsecond Studio from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to the content you upload, your use of the service, or your violation of these Terms, of any law, or of any third-party right.

10. Force majeure

We're not responsible for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including outages or failures of third-party providers (Vercel, Neon, Stripe, Resend, Google, and others), internet or network failures, acts of government, labor disputes, or natural events.

11. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to Studio will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Utah County, Utah, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

12. General

These Terms, together with any signed project agreement and the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and Subsecond Studio regarding Studio. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent; we may assign them to a successor of the business. The sections on payments, content, deliverables, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law survive termination.

13. Contact

Questions, contract requests, or account issues: team@subsecondstudio.com.

If your engagement includes a separate signed agreement (NDA, work-for-hire, IP assignment, or statement of work), that document controls for the matters it covers; otherwise these Terms apply.