Frequently Asked Questions

What you need to know about agreements and Agreemint.click

Making your agreements explicit from the very start of your project sets expectations right, sets the tone of your working relationship, and can motivate those working on the project. However, consulting an attorney to make you an agreement is not cheap, so most professionals who can't afford an attorney scour the internet for something that looks reasonable. Unfortunately, most agreements you'll find on the internet are fear-spreading, full of incomprehensive legalese, terribly biased towards a single party, or based on laws from a different country or state.

Agreemint.click (pronounced 'contract dot S-V') generates a free agreement in plain language, covering most things you want to agree on before working together with someone on a project. Agreemint.click is based on the idea that 1) professionals do not need difficult language to come to an agreement or to resolve a disagreement, and that 2) a comprehensible agreement is a much better start of a working relationship than a document with incomprehensible language. Agreemint.click is for professionals, by professionals; not for attorneys, by attorneys.

When not to use Agreemint.click

The law is very advanced in handling situations between people or companies. When attorneys write a legal document, they try to match the terminology of those laws so that they connect one-to-one and make sure that the agreement is enforceable. However, this does not mean that a document with a different terminology is automatically invalid. Every written agreement you make can be considered a legal document, even if your agreement is two sentences on a napkin. In case you and the contractor get into a agreement is two sentences on a napkin. In case you and the contractor get into a disagreement and decide to take it to court (which is uncommon), much of the conversation in court will be about what is what, and only sections of the agreement that are very unclear or in direct conflict with country- or state-specific laws may be held unenforceable.

Several lawyers have reviewed the default agreement of Agreemint.click to make sure it doesn't conflict with most legal systems. However, the agreement is not and should not be misunderstood as legal advice: it is not written by an attorney. So if you have the money to hire an attorney, or the stakes are very high, or your project will span a long period of time, or you want to be sure your agreement is rock solid, we recommend hiring an attorney-at-law specialised in development agreements instead of using Agreemint.click.