RealGood Creative Vendor Project Terms

We regret that recent events with one client in particular have forced us to draw a line in the sand, and we’ve been advised that we can no longer do business on a hand shake and assume that we’ll all use good sense and act professionally when doing business.

The policy is self-explanatory, but we do ask that you call with any questions you may have.

These are not the only terms under which we’re willing to do business. What it says is that "unless we agree otherwise, in writing …". So if you would like to agree otherwise in writing, in advance of starting a project for us, please be sure you call and we’ll talk.

Finally, we want to say thank you. We’ve had a great working relationship with lots of independent sub-contractors for our 25+ years in business, and we expect to continue with those relationships. The truth is, we can’t do it without you. We’ve just been advised that to continue with our verbal agreements, the way we had been doing it, is no longer adequate.

Thank you for your understanding. Please be sure to call with questions.

When you, on behalf of yourself or your company, agree to work with Reel Good Productions, Inc., dba RealGood Creative ("RealGood") it is on a project basis. Unless we agree otherwise, in writing, these are our project work terms and policies :

1) Terms and amounts of payment with our clients are typically agreed upon before a project begins. Submit an estimate in writing and get it approved by both the client and representative of RealGood in advance of beginning work on any project. Please ask questions in advance. It is our policy to not change amounts, roles and conditions after a project begins. Our estimates to clients are based on a number of estimates and agreements with vendors, which the client then agrees to in advance of proceeding with a project. Going back to the client to ask for special terms, or amounts, or to change the contract, may jeopardize the entire project, which we are not willing to do.

2) Fee and hourly projects are considered "work for hire" and there are no continuing rights or use fees which will be paid to independent subcontractors. This is true regardless of what you may consider industry standards. Rights to all work will ultimately be determined as part of the terms of the contract with the client. All work done by us and our sub-contractors remains the intellectual property of RealGood until the client has paid for the work and has been given our permission to use it. No vendor may individually release any creative product which has been contracted for by RealGood without the expressed, written consent of RealGood. Release of or providing access to this material without such permission shall constitute a copyright infringement and entitle us to damages in addition to any injunctive relief which may be available.

3) Fixed fee contracts are inclusive. This means you should assume that any parts, pieces or services that you know about, or that we have discussed, or that by industry standards are included that we did not discuss specifically, are included in the fixed fee which we have negotiated, not excluded. If something is unclear or incomplete in your assessment or view of the agreement, please bring it up before we get started.

4) You accept the payment terms of the Production Agreement between RealGood and the client. This means when we get paid, you get paid. We'd be happy to let you know when we expect to be paid, and what the production agreement terms are, but we will not "act as the bank" on behalf of the client and pay you before the client pays us.

5) You accept the credit of the client. RealGood may act as agent in making purchases on behalf of person(s) or company(s) at their request, but that does not mean that we accept responsibility for their obligations. RealGood accepts responsibility for financial commitments on behalf of clients only when the client has paid us. We will do our best to establish terms with clients that make it very difficult for them to acquire or use the work if they don't pay, but the bottom line is this: if we don't get paid, you don't.

6) Projects are mutually exclusive. If we hire you to do work for our client, and you hire us to work for your client, we agree we will not withhold your payment awaiting payment from you and your client, and you agree that you will not withhold payment to us pending payment from our client for you.

7) You also agree that you recognize and acknowledge the unique, valuable and proprietary nature of all intellectual concepts and information contained within any material provided for your review and potential participation by any representative of RealGood, and agree on behalf of yourself personally and on behalf of your company, notwithstanding any participation, to keep confidential and to not discuss, duplicate or adapt that intellectual concept and information without the expressed written consent of an officer of RealGood.

8) You also agree that during the term of any project, you will not accept or subcontract any work directly or indirectly from the client, and for a period of one year after the completion of the last project proposed to or completed for a client, you will not accept work from any client for which you have worked or been presented as a potential vendor through RealGood unless you pay RealGood a finders fee of 20% of the gross amount paid for any work which you do accept or subcontract.

Unless we agree otherwise in writing in advance, by accepting any work from us at any time, you agree to and accept these terms.

If you have questions, please send us an email or call us at 563-382-5975.