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The following are the complete terms and conditions of
your agreement to become a Carbolyte.com Affiliate.
1. Becoming an Affiliate:
You must begin the enrollment process by submitting a
completed Affiliates Program Application Found on the New
Affiliate Section of our Website. After you have scrolled through our Affiliate
terms and conditions, hit the continue botton to fill the New affiliate application. Upon
completion, you will be given immediate access to our affiliate section (Control
Panel) and you can start building links right away.
2. Linking:
(a) Linking to Our Site:
Once your application is completed, you will receive an e-mail with your Affiliate
ID number. We will make available to you all graphical images such as (banners,
buttons, product pictures, etc) of our logo or a textual link that you must
display somewhere on your site . The methods of linking to Carbolyte.com are
subject to change by us, on notice to you. We will make available the complete
format guidelines and approved graphics.
(b) Terms Relating to Links:
You agree that you will display on your Web site only those textual and graphical
images that are provided by us, and you will substitute such images with any
new images provided by us from time to time throughout the term of this agreement.
All Affiliate Web sites shall display such images prominently in relevant sections
of their Web site. All links may be modified and/or expanded from time to time
throughout the term of this agreement upon your receipt from us of revised versions.
3. Commissions:
All amounts referred to in this agreement are in U.S.
dollars unless otherwise specified.
(a) How You Earn Referral Fees
You will earn a referral fee on every sale shipped and paid for in full by a
customer who followed a Carbolyte.com link from your web site to ours. Referral
fees are payable only where your link has been properly formatted, following
our instructions and examples, such that the link includes the Affiliate assigned
unique Affiliate ID number and Carbolyte.com can accurately track visitor visits
and sales. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual,
we will provide you with special formatted links, and instructions for setting
up such links between your site and our site. You must ensure that each of the
links between your site and our site properly utilizes the link formats provided
by Carbolyte.com affiliate control panel section of our site.. You will only
earn referral fees with respect to activity on our site occurring directly through
properly formatted links. Carbolyte.com shall have no liability for any failure
to properly establish links or for any reduction of referral fees that may result
therefrom. You will not receive referral fees on any purchase that a customer
makes after reentering the Carbolyte.com Web site other than through a properly
formatted link from your Web site, even if that customer previously linked into
our Web site from yours.
(b) Your Referral Fee Schedule
The Carbolyte.com Affiliates Program pays you referral fees based on the net
purchase price received by us. You will earn 10% of the cumulative net sales
collected by us on all product sales.
(c) Payments Made Quarterly
On the last day of each month, we will send you a payment via PayPal or Check
for your earned referral fees (less applicable taxes, if any). If your fees
total less than $25.00 in any calendar month, they will be accrued until the
total is at least $25.00 or until this Agreement is terminated, whichever is
earlier.
You must be registered with PayPal (www.paypal.com) in
order to receive direct payments. If you feel your situation is unique or are
not willing to use PayPal, We will send you a check for the amount accumilated.
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to accept or reject your request
to receive payments by any other method.
4. Violations
If your site is found to be in violation, we will notify
you to correct the violation immediately. If you fail to comply with our request
to correct the violation, we will terminate your membership and you will forfeit
any commissions earned up to date. Reasons for terminating a membership include,
without limitation:
- Promotes sexually explicit materials.
- Promotes violence.
- Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Promotes illegal activities
- Incorporates any materials which infringe or assist
others to infringe on any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property
rights or to violate the law.
- Includes "Carbolyte.com" or variations or misspellings
thereof in its domain name.
- Is otherwise in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening,
defamatory, obscene, harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable
to us in our sole discretion.
- Contains software downloads that potentially enable
diversions of commission from other affiliates in our program.
5. Order Processing:
We will process orders placed by customers who follow
the special links from your site to the Carbolyte.com Website. We will be responsible
for all aspects of order processing. Among other things, we will prepare order
forms; process payments, cancellations and returns; and handle customer service.
We will track sales made to customers who purchase products using special links
from your site to our site and. You will have access to reports summarizing
sales activity by simply loging in via out affiliate
login Section of the website. The form, content of the reports are updated
in real time, so you will always have access to the latest .
6. Customers
(a) Handling Customer Orders
All orders placed by customers who link from your site to Carbolyte.com will
be processed by us. We will prepare each order; process payments, cancellations,
and returns; handle shipping; and service customers. As mentioned previously,
you will have access in real time to our online reporting system so that you
may view your sites click-through and sales activity. To ensure that every purchase
from your site is accounted for, your links into Carbolyte.com must be up to
date and formatted to our specifications.
(b) Customers Subject to Our Policies
Any customers who purchase through your Web site will be subject to Carbolyte.com
customer service policies and operating procedures. We reserve the right to
alter these at our discretion, including without limitation, the pricing or
availability of all Products.
As our prices may vary from time to time, you may not
include pricing information in your listings, reviews or descriptions. While
we will use every reasonable effort to ensure accurate information, we cannot
guarantee the accuracy of information (including price), or availability, relating
to any specific title.
7. Identifying Yourself as an
Affiliate
We will make available to you a small graphic image that
identifies your site as a Program participant. You must display this logo or
the phrase "In association with Carbolyte.com" somewhere on your site. We may
modify the graphic image from time to time. In addition, we encourage (but do
not require) you to include a link to the Carbolyte.com homepage at http://Carbolyte.com.
You may not make any press release with respect to this Agreement or your participation
in the Program without our prior written consent, which may be given or withheld
in our sole discretion.
8. Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the
materials described in Section 2 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 icon or any
of our images in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the icon, 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.
9. Affiliate Responsibilities
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation
and maintenance of your web site and for all materials that appear on your web
site. We disclaim all liability for such materials. You shall indemnify and
hold us harmless from all claims, damages and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance and contents
of your web site. You are also responsible for notifying us of any malfunctioning
of the Links supplied by us or other problems with your participation in the
Affiliate Program in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Carbolyte.com
will respond in normal course to all concerns upon notification.
Specific Agreements by You
You agree that you...
- shall not make any statements, representations or
warranties about Carbolyte.com, Carbolyte.com Web Site or the relationship
between Carbolyte and you;
- shall ensure that materials posted on your web site
are not libelous or in violation of any third party copyrights, trade marks,
privacy rights or other personal or proprietary rights;
- shall protect all Carbolyte.com Confidential Information
disclosed to you. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, system
designs, program materials (including source code and any documentation which
has not been publicly distributed or disclosed), operating processes, equipment
design, product specifications, and any other proprietary technology, and
confidential business information consists of all other competitively sensitive
information kept in confidence by a party and includes, without limitation,
contract terms, selling and pricing information and procedures;
- shall not use or display Carbolyte.com (except as
may be expressly permitted by this Agreement) trade marks or otherwise infringe
Carbolyte.com intellectual property rights; shall remove all Links pertaining
to contests, sweepstakes, promotions and all other time-limited advertising
and Offers upon their expiry, or as otherwise advised in writing by Carbolyte.com.
You agree to forfeit all referral fees with respect to sales of Qualifying
Products that emanate from expired Links;
- shall not disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise
attempt to discover the source code to Carbolyte.com software or any software
used by Carbolyte.com in the operation of the Carbolyte.com Web Site;
- and shall access the Carbolyte.com Affiliate section
through Carbolyte.com to view reports on your activity in the Affiliate Program
and to generate Tags to be used on your Web site. "Tags" means HTML display
code that causes a browser to generate a request to the Carbolyte.com server
to display a Link on your web site.
We reserve the right to, and may, at any and all times,
monitor your web site to determine if you are in compliance with this Agreement.
10. Name and Trademark Licenses
(a) Licenses
This agreement includes our grant to you of non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable licenses to (i) access our Web site through the links established,
strictly in accordance with the terms of this agreement and (ii) use those designs,
trade names, trademarks, and similar identifying material relating to us which
we authorize you to use (collectively, the Licensed Marks), for the sole purpose
of selling authorized Products from your Web site for Carbolyte.com, and strictly
in accordance with the terms of this agreement. You may not alter, modify, or
change the Licensed Marks in any way. We may alter, modify or change the Licensed
Marks, in our sole discretion, upon notice to you.
(b) Restrictions on Use
You shall not anywhere make any specific use of any Licensed Marks, without
first submitting a sample of such to us and obtaining the prior written consent
of Carbolyte.com, which may be unreasonably withheld. You agree not to use the
Licensed Marks in any manner that is disparaging, portrays us in a negative
light, or otherwise harms the good name and reputation of Carbolyte.com. All
other rights in the Licensed Marks are reserved. We may revoke your licenses
at any time, by giving you written notice.
(c) License by Affiliate
This agreement also includes your grant to us of a non-exclusive license to
use your names, slogans, and logos, as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Trademarks"), to advertise and promote, in any manner, your membership
in the Affiliates Program; provided, however, that we shall not be required
to advertise and/or promote you or the Trademarks. Your license to us shall
terminate upon the effective date of the expiration or termination of this agreement.
We will contact you prior to using any personal information to obtain your consent
for such use.
11. Term of the Agreement
The term 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 (by email or snail mail) of termination.
We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the
correct amount is paid. Upon termination of this Agreement, you must promptly
return to us, or at our request, destroy any and all of our intellectual or
proprietary property, information and/or materials in your possession and, subject
to receiving written consent to the contrary from us, remove all hypertext links
to our site from your site.
12. Modification
We reserve the right to modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this agreement, at any time, in our sole discretion. You will be
notified by email and a notice will be posted on Website. Modifications may
include, but are not limited to, Products, changes in the scope of available
commission fees, commission schedules, payment procedures, and Affiliates Program
rules. If you find any modification unacceptable, your only recourse is to terminate
this agreement, and cease to participate in the Affiliates Program. Your continued
participation in the Affiliates Program following our posting of a change notice
or new agreement on our Web site will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
13. 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 or our
respective affiliates. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers
or representations, guarantees or warranties on our or our affiliates behalf,
including with respect to our or our affiliates Products or services. You will
not make any statement or representation, whether on your site or otherwise,
that you are connected or affiliated with us or our site, other than for the
purpose of referring users to our site as defined under this Agreement, or that
otherwise reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
14. Limitation of Liability
We will not for any reason whatsoever be liable for any
direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages, or any loss of revenue,
profits, or data, arising in connection with this agreement or the Affiliates
Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, our aggregate liability will not for
any reason whatsoever exceed the total commission fees paid or payable to you
under this agreement.
15. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations
with respect to the Affiliates Program or any Products sold through the Affiliates
Program (including, without limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability,
noninfringement, or any implied warranties arising out of performance, dealing,
or trade usage). In addition, we make no representation that the Web site will
operate, or that operation of our Web site will be uninterrupted or error free,
and we will not be liable for the consequences of any of the foregoing.
16. Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND
AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE OR ANY OF OUR
AFFILIATES 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.
17. Notices
Notices permitted or required to be given under this
agreement may be sent from Carbolyte.com to Applicants and Affiliates by electronic
mail, at the e-mail address provided on the Affiliates Program Application or
such revised address provided by the Affiliate to Carbolyte.com and recorded
in Carbolyte.com records. Carbolyte.com shall have no liability with respect
to any failure by you, or us, or any other party in regards to receipt of e-mail
notices, including to the extent that such failure may result in any reduction
of referral fees which would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.
18. More "Fine Print"
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 or the links or Tagged Links will be uninterrupted or error-free, or will
not be re-routed or "black holed." As a result, we might temporarily be unable
to capture information regarding Tagged Links. We will not be liable for the
consequences of any such interruptions or errors. The Program is intended for
commercial use only. 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 OR MAINTAIN AFFILIATES 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.
Notices to you are effective if provided in writing to
the postal addresses, electronically to the e-mail address set forth in the
application or if posted on our website. Notice to us may be given in writing
to Wahms United, P.O. Box 733, West Lorne, Ontario, N0L 2P0, Canada, Attention
Carbolyte.com - Affiliate Program; or by e-mail at affiliates@Carbolyte.com.
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the province of Ontario without
reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement
must be brought in the federal or provincial courts located in London, Ontario
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 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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