Billing and Refund Policy

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Schemon, Inc.
Last Update: June 1, 2024

Introduction

This Billing and Refund Policy describes details about how billings are made and refunds are undertaken. The SaaS Agreement document is the governing document for your Plans, but Schemon has compiled all billing and refunds matters in this documents in an easy to digest form.

Definitions

Schemon,Inc. is referred in this document as “Schemon”. It also implies Schemon when “we”, “us”, and “ours” is written in this document.

Schemon provides certain services over the Internet. These services, which are called "services" in this document, are:

The software that is used to access Schemon services is referred as the “navigator”. The navigator can be desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet or mobile based. It can also be any other type of tool that provides access to Schemon services.

The person accessing services via a navigator, you, is referred as the “visitor”. It is also implied when “you” and “your” is written in this document. You are a visitor if your access is limited with the website and blog.

If you are accessing the portal by signing in, you are using the Schemon portal, referred as “user” in this Agreement. If you as a user are providing services over the Portal you are referred as a “Service Provider” and if you as a user are receiving services from a service provider over the Portal, you are referred as a “Service Provider Customer”.

A “Plan” or “Subscription Plan” is a form of service with certain features and limitations that are used by Service Providers from Schemon. All Service Providers are subject to a selected Plan. Service Provider Customers do not have a Subscription Plan. Subscription Plans can be paid or free. An "Add-on" is a paid feature that is not included in the original Subscription Plan.

A “Channel” or “Domain”or “Service Area” is a virtual entity from which Service Providers provide their customers, Service Provider Customers, services. Service Providers and their Service Provider Customers are organized within these domains.

A "PSP" is any "payment service provider" (a legal and authorized electronic money institution) used by Schemon for money transactions on or via the Portal. A "Payment" is the Service Provider Customer paying for services received from a Service Provider to the PSP. A "Payout" is the Service Provider receiving a certain amount of money, which maybe a single Payment or accumulated Payments from the PSP. A "Fee" is a portion of the Payment or Payout that is charged by Schemon for the services provided over the Schemon Portal to Service Providers and/or Service Provider Customers.

Billing, Refunds and Invoices

For Service Providers Customers

Service Provider Customer are not subject to any Plan from Schemon. Instead Service Provider Customers purchase certain services from Service Providers via Schemon.

As a Service Provider Customer, you will receive an invoice for your purchased services. This invoice will be sent to you via Schemon or via the payment gateway (such as Stripe, etc..) or directly by your Service Provider. To get a correct invoice, please make sure your contact and tax related information is correct in your Account Settings.

Refunds of services provided by Service Providers are subject to their own refund policies. Schemon does provide the appropriate infrastructure but these requests must be communicated with Service Providers.

For Service Providers

What are the available Plans?

Visitors that want to provide services need to select a Plan from our Pricing page. After a plan is selected and the visitor is registered, they become a user and a Service Provider.

Schemon currently has 3 plans:

  • Freelancer Plan
  • Business Plan
  • Enterprise Plan

The Freelancer Plan is an introductory Plan. It has some limitations and missing features but it is an everyday usable free option to experience what you can get from Schemon. Schemon does not provide a trial version due to the existance of the free Freelancer Plan. We encourage Service Providers to opt for at least the Business Plan, but if Freelancer Plan users want, they can purchase Add-ons to extend the functionality.

The Business Plan is the main plan that we recommend. If has all the featues you will need to organize and get in touch with your clients online and get payments. There are various Add-ons to extend functionality as well as.

The Enterprise Plan is more multi-person team oriented, has 24/7 support and has some of the Add-ons already included. We recommend it for bigger teams with multiple locations that want to provide services together. With Enterprise Plan, you can also negotiate a multi-year Agreement to have your prices set at a certain level.

What are Add-ons?

Add-ons are various features that can be added to a standard Plan to customize your Plan. Two types of Add-ons are available:

  • Subscription Add-on
  • One-off Add-on

Subscription Add-ons are features that are billed monthly or annualy. They are added to your standard Plan bill as subscription Add-ons. The same rules for Subscription Plans apply.

One-off Add-ons are features that are purchased for usage. They are practically valid for a certain time or for acertain amount. Once used, they are finished and there is no recurring payment.

How does Monthly Billing work?

In monthly billing, if you started at the beginning of the month, you will be charged the full monthly price. If you are at any other date within the month, we will charge only the remaining days price. The next month will start at the 1st day of the month.

In monthly billing, for the first month, your services start after your payment is received. The consecutive months are billed at the 1st day of the month and you are expected to complete payment within 5 business days. If payment is not made within 5 business days, your Account will be suspended. Once payment is made, an invoice will be made available to you within 2 weeks.

How does Annual Billing work?

In annual billing, the date you start is the beginning of your billing year, regardless of the current date. So if you started in 27th of December, your billing year is from the 27th of December to the 27th of December of next year. Consecutive years also depend on your initial start date.

In annual billing, for the first year, your services start after your payment is received. For the consecutive years you are expected to complete payment within 15 business days. If payment is not made within 15 business days, your Account will be suspended. Once payment is made, an invoice will be made available to you within 2 weeks.

When are invoices created?

Plans have the option of monthly billing or annual billing. Invoices are created and sent once payment is received in both cases, within two weeks.

Do prices stay the same?

Schemon may change the monthly or annual Plan prices from time to time. They can get cheaper or more expensive.

Plans are, both for annual and monthly, valid for one (1) year. In monthly, even though billing is done every month, your Agreement is (SaaS Agreement) for one (1) year.

For annual plans, the price you are subject to stays the same for the whole year. So if the annual plan gets more expensive, you are not required to make additional payments. If the annual plan gets cheaper, you will not be refunded the difference. The consecutive years will be applied with updated pricing.

For monthly plans, the price you are subject to stays the same for the whole year. So if the monthly plan gets more expensive, you are not required to make additional payments. If the monthly plan gets more cheaper, you will not be refunded the difference. After the first year, the consecutive months will be applied wih the updated monthly Plan pricing - again which will be valid for the consecutive year.

How to re-activate Suspended Accounts?

Suspended accounts can be resumed by making the pending payment. You data is kept for at least three (3) months. Any re-activation within three (3) months will ensure you that your data is not lost. After the three (3) month period, Schemon may or may not kep your data - so even if you re-activate after the three (3) month period you might loose data.

How does refunds work?

Both annual and monthly Plans are not refundable. This is due to the fact that in the background Schemon also makes commitments with 3rd parties to provide the best possible service for the best price.

Thus, we encourage you to start with a monthly Plan, experience the product and only when you are sure, opt for the annual Plan. Annual Plans are cheaper and have great value, we recommend you annual Plans after you have experience with the product.

Your Agreement with Schemon is for one (1) year but you can terminate your monthly plan before the one (1) year is completed. You will not be refunded for the current month or past months but you are not expected to pay for the future months.

Add-ons are also non-refundable.

Updates to This Billing and Refund Policy

This Billing and Refund Policy might be updated from time to time. The date at the top of this Billing and Refund Policy indicates when it was last updated. Please re-visit this Billing and Refund Policy regularly to stay informed.

How to Reach Us

If you have a question about this Billing and Refund Policy, or you would like to contact us about any of your rights mentioned herein, please contact us at info@schemon.com.

You may reach us by mail at Schemon, Inc., Christiana Corporate Business Center, 200 Continental Dr, Suite 401, PMB 1578, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.