Affiliate Agreement
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All Affiliates must read and agree to the
following terms...
This Affiliate Agreement ("Agreement") contains the
complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or
entity's participation in the Calendar Updates Affiliate Program
(the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means Calendar
Updates Company, ("Calendar Updates") and "you" means the applicant.
"Site" means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context,
refers either to Calendar Updates' site or to the site that you will
link to our site.
1. Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit
a completed Program application via the www.calendar-updates.com
site. We will evaluate your application in good faith and will
notify you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your
application if we determine (in our sole discretion) that your
site is unsuitable for the Program.
SUITABLE SITES INCLUDE THOSE THAT:
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DO NOT promote violence or sexually explicit
materials
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DO NOT promote discrimination based on race,
sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation,
or age
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DO NOT promote illegal activities
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DO NOT violate intellectual property rights
In this regard, you understand that we reserve
the right to conclude that your Site is unsuitable in accordance
with our standards, and we may come to such a conclusion even if
it is based upon our opinion or mere suspicion or belief,
without any duty to prove that our opinion or suspicion is
well-founded and even if our opinion or suspicion is proven not
to be well-founded or if others' sites have been accepted
despite having the same or similar characteristics as your Site.
You also understand that if we accept your application, such
acceptance shall not imply that your Site does not meet one or
more of the criteria that would have permitted us to reject your
application. If we reject your application, you are welcome to
reapply to the Program at any time.
2. Anti-Spam Policy
By accepting the Calendar Updates Affiliate
Agreement you also agree not to promote your affiliate website
through any of the following means.
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Sending unsolicited email for commercial
purposes (aka "SPAM")
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Posting a single article or advertisement,
about which we receive multiple complaints, to Usenet or
other Newsgroups, forums, email mailing lists or other
similar groups or lists
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Posting to any Usenet or other newsgroup,
forum, email mailing list or other similar group or list
articles which are off-topic according to the charter or
other owner-published FAQ or description of the group or
list
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Engaging in any of the foregoing activities
using the service of another provider, but channeling such
activities through a service provided by Calendar Updates
(such as using an Calendar Updates-supplied mailbox as a
maildrop, or referring to a URL hosted on our server)
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Falsifying user information, including the
falsification of e-mail return addresses
Calendar Updates considers the above practices
to constitute abuse of its service and of the recipients of such
unsolicited mailings and/or postings, who often bear the
expense. Therefore, these practices are prohibited by the terms
and conditions of the services offered by Calendar Updates.
Engaging in one or more of these practices may result in:
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Termination of the offender's account and/or
access to services provided by Calendar Updates
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Dropping of mail messages that do not
contain the proper and necessary information
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Informing any or all authorities of
offender's actions upon receipt of appropriate subpoena
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Informing any or all recipients of
offender's SPAM of the personal and public information of
the user
NOTE: This Anti-Spam Policy is based on the
Anti-Spam Policy of our Internet Service Provider. Calendar
Updates will immediately notify authorities of any actions taken
in regard to this Anti-Spam Policy. Calendar Updates reserves
the right to implement any and all of the above actions as it
may deem appropriate at any time, without limitation, in regard
to upholding this Anti-Spam Policy. However, by not implementing
a specific action, Calendar Updates is not implying consent,
lack of wrongdoing by the offender, nor limiting its response in
the future. Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed
to limit the actions or remedies of Calendar Updates in any way
concerning the foregoing activities.
3. Referral Fees
For every customer who purchases one or more
schedules or other related products from our Site, Calendar
Updates will pay you or your company a referral fee. Calendar
Updates shall pay you a referral fee on click-throughs from your
Site to calendar-updates.com ("click-throughs") that result in
sales on calendar-updates.com. For each click-through sale we
shall pay Participant a referral fee.
4. Fee Schedule
Tier
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Referral Fee % Per Sale
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1st Tier |
20% |
2nd Tier |
5% |
5. Cookies
The Program offers a 30-day return day cookie
policy for affiliates. This means that you will get credit for
all sales you referred to us up to 30 days after the initial
visit. If a customer visits your site, clicks on a link, and
doesn't purchase that day, but does place an order within the
next 30 days - you still earn commissions.
6. Fee Payment
Referral fees are paid on a monthly basis.
Within thirty (30) days after the end of each month during the
term of this Agreement, we shall pay you the applicable referral
fee for the preceding month. The referral fee is contingent upon
any cancellations, chargebacks, refunds, and credits.
We will send you a check for the referral fees
earned on products that were funded during that pay period. In
the event that the monthly applicable referral fee is less than
$25.00, payment of such referral fee will be deferred until the
cumulative amount exceeds $25.00. All payments under this
Agreement shall be in US dollars.
If a product that generated a referral fee is
returned by the customer after we have paid you the referral
fee, we will deduct the corresponding fee from your next
payment. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a
bill for the fee.
You agree not to utilize spam (unsolicited
e-mail) to advertise our services. If we believe that you are
spamming and we may come to such a conclusion even if it is
based upon our opinion or mere suspicion or belief, without any
duty to prove that our opinion or suspicion is well-founded and
even if our opinion or suspicion is proven not to be
well-founded, we can terminate this Agreement immediately.
Payments made to you will be reported on Form 1099 as required
by law.
7. Policies and Pricing
Customers who buy products through this Program
will be deemed to be customers of Calendar Updates. Accordingly,
all Calendar Updates rules, policies, and operating procedures
concerning customer orders, customer service, and product sales
will apply to those customers. We may change our policies and
operating procedures at any time. For example, we will determine
the prices to be charged for products sold under this Program in
accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices and
availability may vary from time to time. Because price changes
may affect products that you already have listed on your site,
you may not include price information in your product
descriptions. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to
present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the
availability or price of any particular product.
8. Identifying Yourself as an Associate
We will make available to you a banner image
that identifies your site as a Program participant. You must
display this logo or the phrase "In association with Calendar
Updates" somewhere on your site.
We may modify the text or graphic image of this
notice from time to time. In addition, we encourage (but do not
require) you to include a link to your Calendar Updates
affiliate site.
9. Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to
use the images and logo described in Section 7 and such other
images for which we grant express permission, solely for the
purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant and to
assist in generating product sales. You may not modify the logo,
the message, or any of our images in any way. We reserve all of
our rights in the logo, the message, any other images, our trade
names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property
rights. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you
written notice.
10. Responsibility for Your Site
You will be solely responsible for the
development, operation, and maintenance of your site and for all
materials that appear on your site. For example, you will be
solely responsible for:
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the technical operation of your site and all
related equipment
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creating and posting product descriptions on
your site and linking those descriptions to our Site
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the accuracy and appropriateness of
materials posted on your site (including, among other
things, all product-related materials)
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ensuring that materials posted on your site
do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third
party (including, for example, copyrights, trademarks,
privacy, or other personal or proprietary rights)
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ensuring that materials posted on your site
are not libelous or otherwise illegal
We disclaim all liability for these matters.
Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all
claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation,
maintenance, and contents of your site.
11. Terms of the Agreements
The terms of this Agreement will begin upon our
acceptance of your Program application and will end when
terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this
Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the
other party written notice of termination. You are only eligible
to earn referral fees on sales occurring during the term, and
fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable
only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may
withhold your final payment for a reasonable time, not to exceed
ninety (90) days, to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
12. Confidentiality
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement
or with the consent of the other party hereto, each of the
parties hereto agrees that all information including, without
limitation, the terms of this Agreement, business and financial
information, customer and vendor lists, and pricing and sales
information, concerning us or you, respectively, or any of our
affiliates provided by or on behalf of any of them shall remain
strictly confidential and secret and shall not be utilized,
directly or indirectly, by such party for its own business
purposes or for any other purpose except and solely to the
extent that any such information is generally known or available
to the public or through a source or sources other than such
party hereto or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
each party is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any such
information (a) to any person pursuant to a subpoena issued by
any court or administrative agency, (b) to its accountants,
attorneys or other agents on a confidential basis, and (c)
otherwise as required by applicable law, rule, regulation or
legal process.
13. Indemnity
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless
Calendar Updates, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their
directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, partners,
members and other owners, against any and all claims, actions,
demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), and costs (any
or all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as "Losses")
insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based on (i) any claim that our use of the your
trademark(s) infringe on any trademark, trade name, service
mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other
proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation
of a representation or warranty or breach of a covenant and
agreement made by you herein, (iii) the development, operation,
maintenance and content of your Site and products and services
offered from your Site, or (iv) any claim related to your Site,
including, without limitation, content therein not attributable
to us.
14. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole
discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our
site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the
scope of available referral fees, fee schedules, payment
procedures, and Program rules.
IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU,
YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR
CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF
A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE
BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
15. Relationship of Parties
You and we are independent contractors, and
nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint
venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment
relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to
make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You
will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise,
that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
16. Website Service Interruption
We will make every effort to keep our website
operational. However, certain maintenance requirements or
technical difficulties may occasionally result in temporary
service interruptions. You agree that we shall have no liability
of any kind for any of the direct or indirect consequences of
such interruptions.
17. Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, special, or
consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits, or data)
arising in connection with this Agreement or the Program, even
if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this
Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total referral
fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
18. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or
representations with respect to the Program or any products sold
through the Program (including, without limitation, warranties
of fitness, merchantability, non-infringement, or any implied
warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or
trade usage). In addition, we make no representation that the
operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and
we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions
or errors.
19. Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY)
SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE
CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE
SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY
EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND
ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
20. Privacy of Information
You acknowledge the importance we place on
protecting the privacy of our end users. Accordingly, you shall
use your best efforts to safeguard any individually identifiable
data acquired from or about end users, including without
limitation, names, addresses, or credit information, against
unauthorized access or use. In addition, you shall not use,
sell, license, lease or otherwise transfer such data to any
third party, or export such data to any location outside of the
country in which you acquired such data.
21. Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of
the United States and the state of California, without reference
to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this
Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts located
in Orange County, California, and you irrevocably consent to the
jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this Agreement,
by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written
consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be
binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against the
parties and their respective successors and assigns. Our failure
to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this
Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to
subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of
this Agreement.
22. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications.
Calendar Updates reserves the right to change, modify or update this statement at any time without notice. |