Hello,
Earlier this year. I setup a Wordpress website for a company who "needed their site done yesterday" and I had to purchase licenses for plugins directly to expedite the process when the client / owner were unavailable. From the very beginning the new site was handling six figures worth of sales monthly, but getting paid by the client / owner was always a struggle. Last month they stopped communicating, cut off my access to the Wordpress Dashboard and don't seem willing to pay my balance.
I informed them they should scourer their site to make sure all plugins and software is licensed in their names because I was uninterested in paying for any software necessary for their site operations if I would not be reimbursed. I also informed them I would deactivate / disconnect items I paid for and this could have an impact on their site operations.
Like a fool, I had no contract.
Now the legal question, if I follow through on my intention to disconnect items in my name and their site operations are affected / goes offline am I opening myself up to legal liabilities if they lose business? They have asked me which plugins would be impacted and I let them know I am no longer willing to perform additional work free of charge, but they have access to the Wordpress Dashboard and should be able to figure it out.
Thoughts?
Earlier this year. I setup a Wordpress website for a company who "needed their site done yesterday" and I had to purchase licenses for plugins directly to expedite the process when the client / owner were unavailable. From the very beginning the new site was handling six figures worth of sales monthly, but getting paid by the client / owner was always a struggle. Last month they stopped communicating, cut off my access to the Wordpress Dashboard and don't seem willing to pay my balance.
I informed them they should scourer their site to make sure all plugins and software is licensed in their names because I was uninterested in paying for any software necessary for their site operations if I would not be reimbursed. I also informed them I would deactivate / disconnect items I paid for and this could have an impact on their site operations.
Like a fool, I had no contract.
Now the legal question, if I follow through on my intention to disconnect items in my name and their site operations are affected / goes offline am I opening myself up to legal liabilities if they lose business? They have asked me which plugins would be impacted and I let them know I am no longer willing to perform additional work free of charge, but they have access to the Wordpress Dashboard and should be able to figure it out.
Thoughts?