Terms & Conditions
BY VISITING WWW.BLACKTOBUSINESS.COM, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
OVERVIEW
The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC. The term “Site” refers to WWW.BLACKTOBUSINESS.COM. The terms “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to site visitors, customers, and any other users of the site.
BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC IS AN ONLINE RESOURCE AND DOCUMENT FILING SERVICE CONSISTING OF BUSINESS FORMATION, BUSINESS PLANNING, EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CONTENT, EVENT PROMOTION, A BLOG, AND DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR SALE. (the “Service”).
BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND AT NO TIME WILL IT’S AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OR REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES OR LEGAL ADVICE. CLIENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY AND ANY INFORMATION ON BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC WEBSITE OR FORMS SHOULD NOT SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGAL ADVICE FROM AN ATTORNEY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
WE REQUIRE CURRENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION
Because of various state requirements and statutes, we do need accurate information concerning the filings we perform on your behalf. We don’t sell your information and we keep all information that is not required on public documents private. However, you agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, and appropriateness of your information. You also agree that the accuracy of filings that we make on your behalf depends on the information you provide. You agree to promptly notify us when any of your information changes.
REGISTERED AGENT SERVICE
If you order our Registered Agent Service, note that we do use third parties to fulfill our registered agent duties. The correct name and address for the Registered Agent will be provided to you after a paid order is received. If a document is not filed by the Black To Business appointed Registered Agent, it is your responsibility to make sure the correct name, street address, and any email address for the Registered Agent is correctly entered into the documents you file.
You acknowledge that our Registered Agent Service will deliver documents to the address and email address you provided. It is your responsibility to ensure that we have the correct address and email address on file at all times. For any Service of Process (SOP) documents received, we will forward to domestic (US) addresses via email for free up to three times per year and then charge $10 per additional SOP in that 12-month period. When physical delivery of the contents is requested or required, there will be additional delivery fees.
The Registered Agent’s address cannot be used as your Company’s business or mailing address. The registered Agent is not a mail forwarding service. The Registered Agent has a statutory responsibility to accept official state documents and legal documents (should your company be sued) and forward them to you.
The Registered Agent and Registered Agent service is not responsible for maintaining your Company in Good or Active status with the state(s) where your company is filed. You can either place an order for us to file the Annual Report(s) or complete this process yourself.
This item is to make sure you understand and agree that these service providers may assist us in providing you with registered agent services.
PAYMENT TERMS
You represent and warrant that if you are purchasing something from us or from Merchants that (i) any credit information you supply is true and complete, (ii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your credit card company, (iii) that you are authorized to use the payment method for payment of the purchase, and (iv) you will pay the charges incurred by you at the posted prices, including any applicable taxes. You hereby indemnify us from all costs, expenses, damages and fees, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, arising out of your failure to pay or the provision of inaccurate credit information. We will charge interest on overdue and unpaid accounts. For security and fraud prevention purposes, Black To Business, LLC, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require verification of identity, address, and other information to be provided by you and/or the owner of the payment method before we process the rest of your order. Black To Business, LLC reserves the right to cancel and refund directly to the payment method without notification, any order that cannot be verified or that we determine, in our sole discretion, does not meet our security standards.
ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SIGNATURES
We’re a digital company, and sometimes we need your electronic or hard copy signature, so Our failure to enforce a provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to do so at a later date. If a provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Terms will remain in full force and effect. We may need to file documents on your behalf so you consent to us affixing your electronic or hard copy signature in order to file documents on your behalf.
PROVIDING CORRECT INFORMATION
You acknowledge that you are responsible for submitting truthful, accurate, and correct information to Black To Business, LLC, including the spelling of persons’ names, business names, addresses, and other order information.
REFUSAL OF SERVICE
The Services are offered subject to our acceptance of your order or requests. We reserve the right to refuse service to any order, person or entity, without the obligation to assign reason for doing so. No order is deemed accepted by us until payment has been processed. We may at any time change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Site or Service, subject to us fulfilling our previous responsibilities to you based on acceptance of your payment.
ORDER CONFIRMATION
We will email you to confirm the placement of your order and with details concerning product delivery. In the event that there is an error in this email confirmation, it is your responsibility to inform us as soon as possible.
REPRESENTATIONS
When placing an order for Services, you represent and warrant that (i) you are at least 18 years old and have the legal authority to place an order for Services; (ii) you have obtained the consent of all necessary parties, whether from within your business entity or outside third parties, to proceed with ordering the Services; and (iii) neither you nor your business entity is involved in litigation or threatened to be made a party to litigation that would prohibit you from proceeding with ordering the Services.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TO YOUR MATERIALS
We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you supply to Black to Business, LLC. You retain copyright and any other rights you may rightfully hold in any content that you submit through the Site or Service. Content you submit to Black to Business, LLC remains yours to the extent that you have any legal claims therein. You agree to hold Black To Business, LLC harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, and expenses arising out of any potential or actual copyright or trademark misappropriation or infringement claimed against you. By posting material on the Site, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to use the material for promotional, business development, and marketing purposes.
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Site and Service contain intellectual property owned by Black to Business, LLC, including trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, and other intellectual property. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the Site or Service
Content or intellectual property, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to immediately remove you from the Service, without refund, if you are caught violating this intellectual property policy.
CANCELLATION OF SERVICES
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
Subject to the following exceptions, if you are unsatisfied with the products or services you have purchased from us, we will refund to you the purchase price (minus any government fees and third-party costs incurred to that date) within 30 days of purchase, provided that you have (i) notified us in writing of your desire for the refund and provided the reason for the request and (ii) returned any product purchased to us in substantially the same condition as when purchased. The foregoing “Satisfaction Guarantee” is only available during the first month of recurring Services and does not apply to any months thereafter. In addition, this guarantee does not apply, and we have no responsibility or liability for products and services on our Site that are sold by third parties or are linked to third-party websites. You may request a refund by contacting us by email at hello@blacktobusiness.com. You may obtain any additional information concerning our refund and return policy by contacting us at hello@blacktobusiness.com. Products or services for which refunds have been issued become property again of Black To Business, LLC.
FORMATION FILINGS
If an order is canceled after payment has been taken by Black To Business, LLC, but before a name check has been completed, Black To Business, LLC will refund the total order amount minus a $25 processing fee. If the order is canceled after the name check has been completed but before the formation documents have been created, Black To Business, LLC will refund the total order amount less a $50 processing fee. If the order is canceled after the formation documents are created, Black To Business, LLC will refund the total amount of the order less a $75 processing fee provided that the formation document is not already filed with the state. Note that orders cannot be canceled after they have been shipped to the state or county filing office for processing.
POST-FORMATION FILINGS
If an order is canceled after payment has been taken by Black To Business, LLC but before the filing documents are created, Black To Business, LLC will refund the total order amount minus a $35 processing fee. If the order is canceled after the filing documents are created, Black To Business, LLC will refund the total amount of the order less an $85 processing fee provided that the formation document is not already filed with the state. Note that orders cannot be canceled after they have been shipped to the state or county filing office for processing.
REGISTERED AGENT SERVICE
You acknowledge that if you no longer wish to utilize Black To Business, LLC Registered Agent Setup Service in any jurisdiction, you must:
- Assign another Registered Agent in said jurisdiction, including paying all fees related to changing the agent, including appointment and/or resignation fees; and
- Notify Black To Business, LLC that you have properly changed Registered Agents before the next renewal due date by sending proof of the change (copy of the filing, state receipt, scan, etc.) via fax, email, postal mail or courier; Or
- Agree to allow Black To Business, LLC assigned Registered Agent to resign as the Registered Agent subject to payment of any state filing fees and Black To Business, LLC service fees.
You acknowledge that if you discontinue business operations, voluntarily or not, you must:
- Properly dissolve, cancel, withdraw or otherwise properly terminate the entity. Note that “Administration Dissolution” or any other type of dissolution that is initiated by the state for failing to comply with their maintenance requirements is NOT considered a proper dissolution as the Black To Business, LLC assigned Registered Agent will still be listed as the responsible Registered Agent. A proper dissolution is initiated by the company and includes paying all fees and filing all required forms; and
- Notify Black To Business, LLC that you have properly discontinued business operations by the renewal due date by sending proof of the change (copy of the filing, state receipt, scan, etc.) via fax, email, postal mail or courier.
Note that if these conditions are not satisfied by the next renewal due date, you will be responsible for the annual fee and not subject to prorated calculation. If payment is not received by the due date, your account will be suspended, and a late fee of $35 will be assessed. If payment is not received within 30 days after the due date, Black To Business, LLC reserves the right to resign the registered agent appointment with the state and send the account to collections for any fees incurred as well as a $60 processing fee. Black To Business, LLC will also hold any documents for forwarding to you until the account is paid in full.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY, BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH (I) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, DENIAL OF SERVICE, ATTACK, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE; (II) LOSS OF REVENUE, ANTICIPATED PROFITS, BUSINESS, SAVINGS, GOODWILL OR DATA; AND (III) THIRD PARTY THEFT OF, DESTRUCTION OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION OR PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF OUR NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FAILURE OF AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE AND WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES IN NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LEGAL LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING APPLIES EVEN IF BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OR COULD HAVE FORESEEN THE DAMAGES. IN THOSE STATES THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THE DAMAGES, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL BLACK TO BUSINESS’S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SERVICE YOU HAVE PURCHASED FROM BLACK TO BUSINESS, LLC, AND IF NO PURCHASE HAS BEEN MADE BY YOU BLACK TO BUSINESS LLC’S CUMULATIVE
LIABILITY TO YOU SHALL NOT EXCEED $100.
NOTICES
All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and properly addressed as follows:
P.O. Box #360449 Brooklyn, NY 11236 | hello@blacktobusiness.com
Updated: FEBRUARY 2023
