Terms & Conditions

Cali Design Studios – Terms & Conditions

Welcome to Cali Design Studios. By placing an order with us — whether for branding, web design, animation, or any other creative service — you’re agreeing to the terms below. We’ve kept this in plain language: what you can expect from us, what we expect from you, and how revisions and refunds actually work in practice. Questions before you check out? Reach our team first — we’re glad to walk you through it.

Revisions

Every package includes revisions until you’re happy with the outcome, at no extra cost, as long as we’re refining the same core concept rather than starting over on a new direction. Turnaround on a revision request is 48 hours.

Refunds & Money-Back Guarantee

Once you approve initial concepts, or ask us to revise them, the project is considered underway and the refund window closes. Outside of that, here’s the sliding scale:
Timing of your requestWhat you’re entitled to
Before initial concepts are deliveredFull refund, minus a 10% processing fee
Within 48 hours of initial delivery66% refund, minus a 10% processing fee
48–120 hours after initial delivery33% refund, minus a 10% processing fee
After 120 hoursNo refund, but we’ll still work with you to resolve any concern
A few things that also apply:
  • Orders left untouched for 30 days forfeit refund eligibility; reactivating a stalled order may carry its own fee.
  • Final files, once delivered, are not refundable.
  • Website packages are non-refundable once development starts or the site goes live.
  • Video/animation packages are non-refundable once storyboarding begins.
  • Bundled services (e.g., logo + website) are refunded individually — approving one service locks in that service only, not the whole bundle.
  • Add-on services like SEO, social media management, domain registration, and hosting are excluded from refunds entirely.
  • We review every refund request individually and reserve the right to decline requests that don’t hold up against the original brief or that involve bad-faith ordering (e.g., placing the same job with multiple studios to game a refund).
  • Our 100% unique design guarantee means we’ll redraw your logo if it’s found to closely resemble an existing design. That said, any resemblance is coincidental — we can’t accept liability for it, and registering your own copyright is your responsibility.

Requesting a Refund

Reach out through any of these channels and let us know your concern:
    • Phone: +1 (301) 409-0809 (toll-free)
    • Live chat on our site
    • Email: jordan@calidesignstudios.com

We’ll usually resolve things through revisions first. If a refund is warranted, we’ll confirm it by email. Once a refund is issued, ownership of the design reverts fully to Cali Design Studios — you won’t retain rights to use, display, or reference any version of the work, and we may register the design to prevent it from being reused elsewhere as an “original” in the future.

Your Client Portal

Your portal is the main hub for updates, files, and messages from your designer. It’s on you to check it regularly — missing a message or update there isn’t grounds for a refund. If you’re ever unsure how to use it, our support team is happy to help.

Our Approach to Quality

Our designers work closely to the brief you give us in the order form — no guessing, no wandering off-brand. Every concept starts with real research so the result is both distinctive and on-point. We keep refining a package’s design until you’re fully satisfied, within the scope of that package.

Domains, Hosting & Email

Where applicable, website packages include a domain and hosting at no extra cost. Any email accounts that come with a website package are compatible with third-party clients like Outlook, with 10MB of storage each. Email accounts are only provided when you’re hosting with us. Domain, hosting, and email add-ons are not refundable.

Turnaround & Delivery

Standard delivery is 5–7 days from when we receive your order, sent to your portal with an email notification. Need it faster? Our Rush Delivery add-on gets your first logo samples to you within 48 hours for an extra $100. Note that every revision and refund timeline in this document is measured from the date and time your files land in your portal — not from when the order was placed.

Keeping Your Files on File

We hold onto a copy of your finalized design after delivery. Lost your files or need them again down the line? Just ask and we’ll send them over.

Support & Communication

Our support team is available around the clock, and we aim to respond right away whenever you reach out. For your protection, we’re only responsible for correspondence that comes from our own domain (jordan@calidesignstudios.com) or our published toll-free number. We’re not liable for messages from any other source claiming to represent us.

Account Information & Payment

Using our services may require registration details. You confirm that whatever you give us is accurate, current, and complete — we can restrict access or suspend an account if we have reason to believe otherwise.

We operate under PCI DSS compliance standards, which means we may securely retain your card details on file for recurring charges, extra development hours, or infrastructure needs tied to your project. We’ll always let you know before this happens in practice, even though our compliance status permits it.

Original Design, Every Time

Every logo we produce is built from scratch for your brand specifically — never pulled from a template or recycled from another client’s job. That’s how we back our promise that your identity will stand out and land with your audience.

Third-Party Tools & Integrations

We’ll help connect standard third-party plugins and APIs where a project calls for it, but we don’t manage or take responsibility for any third-party service itself, and any deeper integration work outside standard setup will need its own fee agreement.

When a Refund Won’t Apply

We stand behind our work, but there are situations where a refund request won’t move forward, including when:
  • More than 12 hours have passed since your initial design samples were delivered
  • You’ve already requested revisions on those initial samples
  • You approved the core concept, then later asked for changes anyway
  • We haven’t heard from you for more than two weeks on an active project
  • Our terms have been violated in some way
  • You’ve engaged another studio or freelancer for the same project
  • The original creative brief was missing information we needed
  • You’re asking for a full pivot to a different design direction
  • The refund window for your situation has already closed
  • Your business is closing, rebranding, or changing hands
  • The reason is personal rather than service-related (change of mind, a disagreement with a business partner, etc.)
Any refund decision is made case by case, weighed against your original brief and the feedback exchanged during revisions — a design that misses the brief entitles you to more revisions, and a refund only under the terms above. No refund requests are accepted more than 15 days after purchase, once final files are delivered, once website development is complete or the site is live, or once storyboarding has begun on an animation project. Services like SEO, social media management, domain registration, and hosting are never refundable, under any circumstances.