Step 1: Affiliate Agreement
Prior to becoming an affiliate, please read the following agreement
in its entirety. This agreement stipulates all regulations conerning your affiliate account. If you have any questions about this agreement, please contact us prior to registering as an affiliate.
You may wish to print this page for your records.
To proceed, check the box beside the authorization statement
indicating your acceptance of our affiliate agreement and click the "I Agree" button.
This Agreement contains the complete terms and
conditions that apply to your participation as an
affiliate in the PagePlop.com Affiliate
Program, the establishment of links from your website to the PagePlop.com website, and
the referral of clients to the PagePlop.com website. As used in this
Agreement, "we" or "us" means PagePlop.com and
"you" or "your" or "our"
means the affiliate applicant.
THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND PagePlop.com
BY CLICKING ON THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON AT THE END
OF THE PAGEPLOP AFFILIATE PROGRAM
AGREEMENT YOU ARE AFFIRMATIVELY STATING THAT YOU HAVE
READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN AND ARE
AFFIRMATIVELY INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
AFFILIATE PROGRAM AGREEMENT AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS THEREOF.
1. Enrollment in the Program
To begin the
enrollment process, you will submit a complete
Affiliate Program Application via our web 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 Affiliate Program for any
reason, including, but not limited to, if your
site incorporates images or content that is in
any way unlawful, harmful, threatening,
defamatory, obscene, harassing or racially,
ethically or otherwise objectionable, such as
sites that facilitate illegal activity, depict
sexually explicit images; promote violence;
promote illegal activities
or incorporates any materials which infringe or
assist others to infringe on any copyright,
trademark or other intellectual property rights
(collectively "Content Restrictions").
2. Using Our Links on Your Site
As an
affiliate site ("Affiliate Site"), we
will make available to you banner advertisements,
button links to our site and/or text links to
our web site (each of these links sometimes
being referred to herein as "Links", or
individually as a "Link"), which subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, you may display
on your site. In using the Links, you agree
that you will cooperate fully with us in order to
establish and maintain such Links. All
Affiliate Sites shall display such graphic images
throughout your site as you see fit
and with our consent. A Link may only be modified
and/or expanded with our consent. Each Link
connecting users of your site to the PagePlop.com Website,
will in no way alter the look, feel or
functionality of this site. We have the right in
our sole discretion to monitor your site at any
time and from time to time to determine if you
are in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement.
3. Application Processing
We will be
responsible for providing all information
necessary to allow you to make appropriate Links
from your site to the PagePlop.com Website. However, all
Links must be approved by us. We will process
applications placed by prospective clients who
follow the Links from your site to the PagePlop.com Website. We
reserve the right to reject applications that do
not comply with certain requirements, that we
periodically may establish. We will be solely
responsible for all aspects of application
processing, fulfillment, and related customer
service. We will track the volume and amount of
referrals generated by your site. To
permit accurate tracking, reporting, and
commission accrual, you must ensure that the
Links between your site and the PagePlop.com Website are
properly formatted or that referral information is entered properly by the referred
client.
4. Residual Commissions
We will pay you a residual commission
equal to 10% of gross collected web hosting charges including and limited to
Basic Web Accounts, Enhanced Web Accounts, Commerce Web Accounts, Monthly Statistics
and Listserves for each prospective
client who places an order for web hosting services using the Links between
the PagePlop.com
Website and your site. We will also pay you a
residual commission
equal to 10% of gross collected web hosting charges including and limited to
Basic Web Accounts, Enhanced Web Accounts, Commerce Web Accounts, Monthly Statistics
and Listserves for the clients who enter
your affiliate ID, company name, or contact name as the referral agent during the
account registration process. Affiliates will not earn commissions on hosting charges that are billed directly to the affiliate.
The Commission
Rate is subject to change at any time or from
time to time, in our sole and absolute
discretion. You will be notified of any change in
the Commission Rate, pursuant to the provisions
of this Affiliate Program
Agreement. A commission will only be paid on collected funds
received during the quarter. A commission will only be paid for funds collected
by the 10th day of the month in which they are due.
5. Residual Commission Payment
Approximately 45
days after each commission is earned, we will
credit the earned commissions against the balance of the web
hosting account indicated on your affiliate application. Commissions will
automatically be credited against the balance of the affiliate's web hosting account for
any affiliate with an oustanding balance. Commissions will be paid on collected funds
during the duration of the prospective client's account with PagePlop Web Hosting or until the affiliate
program is terminated. Outstanding commission credit may be transferred to the PagePlop account of
affiliate's choice within 30 days of contract termination by either party. Otherwise, outstanding
commission credit is forfeited by affiliate.
6. Policies and Pricing
Clients or customers who order web
hosting services through the
Affiliate Program will be deemed to be clients of PagePlop.com
7. Non-Exclusive Limited License and Use of PagePlop.com Logos and Trademarks
We
grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable right to (i) access our site through
links solely in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and (ii) solely in connection with
such links, to use our logos, trade names,
trademarks and similar identifying material
(collectively "Licensed Materials"),
solely for the purpose of obtaining referrals for web hosting services on your site for
PagePlop.com You may not alter, modify or
change the Licensed Materials in any way. You are
only entitled to use the Licensed Materials to
the extent you are a member, in good standing, of
the Affiliate Program. You shall not make any
specific use of any Licensed Materials for
purposes other than obtaining referrals for PagePlop.com, without first
submitting a sample of such use to us and
obtaining our prior written consent. You agree
not to use the Licensed Materials in any manner
that is disparaging or that otherwise portrays PagePlop.com in an negative light. We reserve all of
our rights in the Licensed Materials, and all
other intellectual property rights. We may revoke
your license at any time by giving you notice in
accordance with the provisions of
this Affiliate Program Agreement. You shall
obtain no rights in and to the Licensed
Materials. You shall not create, publish,
distribute or permit any written material that
makes reference to us, without first submitting
such material to us and receiving our written
consent. This also includes the sending of e-mail
messages advertising or marketing our web hosting
services. This license shall terminate upon the
effective date of the expiration or termination
of this Agreement.
8. Non-Exclusive Limited License and Use of
Affiliates Logos and Trademarks
You grant us
a non-exclusive license to use your names,
titles and logos, trademarks (collectively the
"Affiliate Trademarks"), to advertise,
market, promote and publicize in any manner our
rights hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, we shall not be required to so
advertise, market, promote or publicize. You
hereby represent and warrant that you are the
sole and exclusive owner of the Affiliate
Trademarks and have the right and power to grant
to us the license to use same in the manner
contemplated herein, and such grant does not or
will not (i) breach, conflict with or constitute
a default under any agreement or other instrument
applicable to you or binding upon you, or (ii)
infringe upon any trademark, trade name, service
mark, copyright, or other proprietary right of
any other person or entity. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
9. Advertising & Promotion Policies
You shall not create, publish,
distribute or permit any written material that
makes reference to us, without first submitting
such material to us and receiving our written
consent. This also includes the sending of e-mail
messages advertising or marketing our web hosting
services. You may not send e-mail advertising our web hosting
services to any
person who does not wish to receive it.
If a recipient asks to stop receiving
email, the customer must not send that
person any further e-mail. You are explicitly prohibited from
sending unsolicited bulk mail messages
("junk mail" or
"spam") advertising our web hosting services. This includes, but is
not limited to, bulk-mailing of
commercial advertising, informational
announcements, and political tracts. Such
material may only be sent to those who
have explicitly requested it. Affiliates are also explicitly prohibited from
promoting our web hosting services using other third party
individuals or companies which send
unsolicited bulk mail messages
("junk mail" or
"spam"). This includes, but is
not limited to, bulk-mailing of
commercial advertising, informational
announcements, and political tracts. Such
material may only be sent to those who
have explicitly requested it.
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. We shall have
no responsibility for the development, operation
and maintenance of your site and for all
materials that appear on your site. You shall
also be responsible for 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), and
ensuring that materials posted on your site are
not libelous or otherwise illegal. You must have
express permission to use another party's
copyrighted or other proprietary material. We
will not be responsible if you use another
party's copyrighted or other proprietary
material in violation of the law. We disclaim all
liability for such matters. Further, you will
indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims,
damages, and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees and expert
witness fees) relating to the development,
operation, maintenance, and contents of your
site.
11. Term of the Agreements
The term of this
Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Affiliate 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 notice
of termination. Notice by e-mail, to your address
on our records, is considered sufficient notice
for to terminate this Agreement. If this
Agreement is terminated because you have violated
the terms of this Agreement or if this Agreement
is terminated because your site becomes subject
to the Content Restrictions set forth in this Agreement, you are not eligible to receive any
commissions payments, even for commissions earned
prior to the date of termination. If this
Agreement is terminated for any other reason, you
are only eligible to earn a commission on
approved referrals occurring during the term of
the Agreement.
12. Modification
We may modify any of the
terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
at any time and in our sole discretion. Notice of
any change by e-mail, to your address on our
records, or the posting on our site of a change
notice or a new agreement, is considered
sufficient notice for notifying you of a
modification to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Modifications may include, but are not
limited to, changes in the scope of available
commission fees, commission schedules, payment
procedures, and Affiliate Program rules. All such
modifications shall take effect 48 hours after we
serve notice as provided above, unless we
indicate otherwise. If any modification is
unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to
terminate this Agreement. Your continued
participation in the Affiliate Program, following
our posting of a change notice or new agreement
on our site, will constitute binding acceptance
of the change.
13. Relationship of Parties
You and PagePlop.com 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.
14. 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 Affiliate 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 Affiliate
Program will not exceed the total commissions
paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
15. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied
warranties or representations with respect to the
Affiliate Program. 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.
16. Representations and Warranties
You hereby
represent and warrant to us that this Agreement
has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by you and constitutes your legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against you in
accordance with its terms; and that the
execution, delivery and performance by you of
this Agreement are within your legal capacity and
power; have been duly authorized by all requisite
action on your part; require the approval or
consent of no other persons; and neither violate
nor constitute a default under the (i) provision
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree to which you are subject or which is
binding upon you, or (ii) the terms of any other
agreement, document or instrument applicable to
you or binding upon you.
17. Confidentiality
We may disclose to you
certain information as a result of your
participation as part of the Affiliate Program,
which information we consider to be confidential
(herein referred to as "Confidential
Information"). For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Confidential
Information" shall include, but not be
limited to, any modifications to the terms and
provisions of this Affiliate Program Agreement
made specifically for your site and not generally
available to other members of the Affiliate
Program, website, business and financial
information relating to PagePlop.com and pricing
and sales information for PagePlop.com and
any members of the Affiliate Program, other than
you. Confidential Information shall also include
any information that we designate as confidential
during the term of this Agreement. You agree not
to disclose any Confidential Information and that
such Confidential Information shall remain
strictly confidential and secret and shall not be
used, directly or indirectly, by you for your
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 if same is required by law or legal
process. We make no warranty, expressed or
implied, with respect to any information
delivered hereunder, including implied warranties
of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose or freedom from patent, trademark or
copyright infringements, whether arising by law,
custom or conduct, or as to the accuracy or
completeness of the information and we shall not
have any liability to you or to any other person
resulting from your or such third person's
use of the information.
18. Indemnification
You hereby agree to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless PagePlop.com, its shareholders, officers,
directors, employees, agents, affiliates,
successors and assigns, from and against any and
all claims, losses, liabilities, damages or
expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) of
any nature whatsoever incurred or suffered by us
(collectively the "Losses"), in so far
as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based on (i) any claim or
threatened claim that our use of the Affiliate
Trademarks infringes on the rights of any third
party; (ii) the breach of any representation or
warranty made by you herein; or (iii) or any
claim related to your site.
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
COMPETITIVE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF
PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND ARE
NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR
STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
20. Miscellaneous
Affiliate shall not assign
this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise,
without the prior written consent of PagePlop.com. Subject to the foregoing restriction,
this Agreement is binding upon, to the benefit
of, and enforceable by the parties and their
respective successors and assigns. The laws of
the State of North Carolina in the United State of
America shall govern this Agreement. Venue for
any disputes that may result from this Agreement
shall be in the courts of Wake,
North Carolina, in the United States of America.
Affiliate hereby submits to the jurisdiction of
the State of North Carolina and venue in the County
of Wake and waives any and all rights to
protest or change jurisdiction and venue with
regard to any and all disputes. 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.
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