Last updated: July 8, 2026

These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Ocean Development website and any services, proposals, communications, or project work provided by Ocean Development (“Ocean Development,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By using our website or engaging with us, you agree to these Terms.

1. Website use

You may use our website for lawful purposes only. You may not attempt to disrupt the site, access systems without authorization, submit harmful code, scrape content in a way that burdens our systems, impersonate others, or use the website for fraudulent or abusive activity.

2. Proposals and project inquiries

Submitting a contact form or inquiry does not create a client relationship or guarantee that we will accept your project. Any proposal, estimate, timeline, scope, or recommendation is preliminary unless confirmed in a written agreement signed or otherwise accepted by both parties.

3. AI-assisted research and planning

Ocean Development may use AI tools to assist with public business research, project discovery, strategy notes, requirements organization, and proposal preparation. AI-assisted outputs are reviewed by our team and are not a substitute for your review, approval, or professional legal, financial, or regulatory advice.

4. Services, scope, and client responsibilities

Project deliverables, revisions, timelines, payment terms, hosting responsibilities, third-party tools, and support obligations are governed by the applicable proposal, statement of work, invoice, or service agreement. You are responsible for providing timely feedback, accurate content, brand assets, approvals, account access, and any permissions needed for us to perform the work.

5. Payments and refunds

Fees, deposits, subscriptions, milestones, and due dates will be described in the applicable proposal or invoice. Unless otherwise stated in writing, payments are non-refundable once work has started, because time, planning, creative direction, and development resources are reserved for your project.

6. Intellectual property

You retain ownership of materials you provide to us. Unless otherwise stated in a written agreement, final custom deliverables created specifically for you transfer after full payment. Ocean Development may retain ownership of pre-existing methods, systems, reusable components, templates, workflows, internal tools, and general know-how used to deliver the project.

7. Third-party tools and services

Websites and digital projects may rely on third-party platforms such as Framer, Shopify, analytics providers, payment processors, form tools, hosting providers, AI tools, plugins, or other services. We are not responsible for outages, policy changes, pricing changes, data practices, or limitations of third-party providers.

8. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

Our website and services are provided on an “as available” basis unless otherwise agreed in writing. We do not guarantee specific business outcomes, rankings, revenue, traffic, conversions, or uninterrupted operation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ocean Development will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.

9. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised date. Continued use of the website after updates means you accept the revised Terms.

10. Contact us

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at support@oceandev.net.

These Terms are provided for general informational purposes and should be reviewed by legal counsel for your specific business needs.