- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
I want to start an online business where businesses pay me for an online service that they provide to their customers. The customers would only use the online service while on the companies property. The service might be subscription based where I offer continual online hosting and support for the service or it might be an option where the business pays me once and they have access to the service forever. I am not sure yet how that will pan out. The service would be provided to the customers by the business and it might be free or the customer might pay for it.
I would likely have a contract with the business outlining the service I provide, what is included and the payment i would receive in turn. The contract may potentially include some language passing liability to the business.
I feel that passing liability onto the business is reasonable because the business is already taking on the liability of having their customer on their property. Using the service I provide would add little to no extra liability beyond what they are already experiencing.
My goal here is to get a rough idea of what liability I would be taking on versus what the businesses I provide the service to would take on.
With that in mind, my questions are these;
Would the liability inherently fall on the business I am working with, without a contract in place?
If the liability is not inherent, can I reasonably pass liability off to the business through a contract?
Would I need to have the businesses customers sign liability waiver between them and me?
Are there other factors that I might need to consider, like liability I would take on by offering the service to the businesses?
Any other factors?
I would likely have a contract with the business outlining the service I provide, what is included and the payment i would receive in turn. The contract may potentially include some language passing liability to the business.
I feel that passing liability onto the business is reasonable because the business is already taking on the liability of having their customer on their property. Using the service I provide would add little to no extra liability beyond what they are already experiencing.
My goal here is to get a rough idea of what liability I would be taking on versus what the businesses I provide the service to would take on.
With that in mind, my questions are these;
Would the liability inherently fall on the business I am working with, without a contract in place?
If the liability is not inherent, can I reasonably pass liability off to the business through a contract?
Would I need to have the businesses customers sign liability waiver between them and me?
Are there other factors that I might need to consider, like liability I would take on by offering the service to the businesses?
Any other factors?
