Terms of Use

The short version

Use the site sensibly. The words and images on it belong to us. Anything we design and build for you as a client belongs to you, completely, and that is written into every agreement we sign. Nothing on this website is a contract by itself, and nothing on it is professional advice for your specific situation.

Using this site

You are welcome to read, print, and share anything published here. What you may not do is scrape the site at scale, attempt to break or overload it, misrepresent yourself when contacting us, use the contact form to send unsolicited commercial messages, or copy our written content and publish it as your own.

We may change, move, or remove anything on the site at any time without notice. We try to keep old links working, but we cannot promise every URL will exist forever.

Who owns what

This website

The copy, design, photography, code, and the Orca name and marks on this site belong to Orca Creative. You may quote short passages with attribution and a link. You may not republish substantial portions, and you may not use our name or marks in a way that suggests we endorse you.

Work we do for clients

This is the part that matters most and it works in your favor. When we complete a project and final payment is made, ownership of everything we produced for you transfers to you in full. Source files, working files, code, copy, and copyright. Your domain, hosting, analytics, and repositories are registered in your name from day one, not ours.

Things we cannot transfer

A few components genuinely are not ours to give away. Licensed typefaces, stock photography, and third party plugins remain governed by their own licenses, which we will always disclose in writing before they are used and before you pay for anything that depends on them. We also keep the right to show completed work in our own portfolio unless you ask us not to, which some clients do and which we always respect.

This site is not advice

The articles, guides, and price ranges on this site are general information for a general audience. They are not legal, financial, tax, medical, or professional advice, and they are not a substitute for someone who knows your specific situation.

Prices quoted anywhere on this site are typical ranges, not offers. An actual price only exists once we have scoped your project and put a written proposal in front of you.

What we do not promise

We are direct about this rather than hiding it in capital letters at the bottom of the page. This website is provided as it is. We do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error free, or that every piece of information on it is current.

Nobody can honestly guarantee search rankings, traffic figures, or revenue outcomes, and anyone who does is either mistaken or selling something. What we guarantee in a client engagement is the work itself, the transparency, and that we will tell you when something is not performing rather than hide it in a chart.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Orca Creative is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this website. For client engagements, our total liability is limited to the fees paid for the specific work in question, and that limit is stated in the agreement you sign rather than only here.

Some states do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this may not apply to you. Nothing here is intended to limit liability for fraud or for anything else the law does not permit us to limit.

Links to other sites

We link to other websites where they are useful, including our sister companies Orca Agency, Orca Marketing, and Orca IT. We do not control third party sites and we are not responsible for their content, their accuracy, or their privacy practices. Their terms apply once you leave ours.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of [Your State] and the United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute that cannot be resolved by a straightforward conversation will be handled in the state or federal courts located in [Your State].

We would genuinely rather pick up the phone. In more than a decade we have not needed this clause once, and we would like to keep it that way.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the business changes. The effective date at the top of this page will always tell you which version is current. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms. This version took effect on July 26, 2026.

How to reach us

If anything here is unclear, ask before you agree to it. Call 800.274.6775 or use the contact form and we will explain it in plain English.