AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply
to an individual's or entity's participation in the Order Art Ltd Affiliates
Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means
Order Art Ltd , and "you" means the applicant. "Site" means
a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers to any site
that you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your Program
application).
• Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program
application via our 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. Unsuitable sites include those that:
• promote sexually explicit materials
• promote violence
• promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age
• promote illegal activities
• include " Order Art Ltd related websites " or variations
or misspellings thereof in their domain names
• otherwise violate intellectual property rights
If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply to the Program
at any time. You should also note that if we accept your application
and your site is thereafter determined (in our sole discretion) to be
unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement.
• Links on Your Site
Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into the
Program, you may provide on your site one or more of the following types
of links to our site:
• Product Links: You may select one or more Products to list on
your site. A "Product" is any product listed on our site that
is fulfilled by us, or any product sold by a third party seller on our
site; but excluding any product offered through our site not sold and
fulfilled by us, such as a product sold by a third party through a site
linked to from our site. For each selected Product, you will display
on your site a short description, review, or other reference. You will
be responsible for the content, style, and placement of these references.
You will provide a Special Link (as defined below) from each Product
reference on your site to the corresponding Order Art Ltd related websites.
Each such link will connect to our web site. You may add or delete Products
(and related links) from your site at any time without our approval.
• General Link to Order Art Ltd related websites Home Page: You
may provide a general link on your site to our home page at Order Art
Ltd related websites.
• Order Art Ltd Recommend Link: If your site qualifies (as determined
by us in our sole discretion), you may place a Order Art Ltd Recommends
link on your site to enable Order Art Ltd related websites to serve recommended
content based on your site's specialty or sales history directly to visitors
to your site.
We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork to use in
linking to our home page. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and
referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged" link
formats to be used in all links between your site and our site. You must
ensure that each of the links between your site and our site properly
utilizes such special link formats. Links to our site placed on your
site pursuant to this Agreement and which properly utilize such special
link formats are referred to as "Special Links." You will earn
referral fees only with respect to activity on our site occurring directly
through Special Links; we will not be liable to you with respect to any
failure by you to use Special Links, including to the extent that such
failure may result in any reduction of amounts that would otherwise be
paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.
You acknowledge that, by participating in the Affiliates Program and
placing any of the above links within your site, Order Art Ltd websites
may receive information from or about visitors to your site or communications
between your site and those visitors. Your participation in the Order
Art Ltd program constitutes your specific and unconditional consent to
and authorization for Order Art Ltd access to, receipt, storage, use,
and disclosure of any and all such information, consistent with the policies
and procedures set forth in the Order Art Ltd Privacy Notices.
• Order Processing
We will process Product orders placed by customers who follow Special
Links from your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject orders
that do not comply with any requirements that we may establish periodically.
We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment.
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 by using Special Links from your site
to our site and will make available to you reports summarizing this sales
activity. The form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from
time to time in our discretion.
• Referral Fees
We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 8 below) referral
fees on certain Product sales to third parties. For a Product sale to
be eligible to earn a referral fee, the customer must click-through a
Special Link from your site to our site, and add the Product to his or
her shopping cart.
1) You are the 1st tier affiliate (sale directly from your site) [15%]
2) Your 2nd tier affiliate (commission paid on sale generated from your
2nd tier affiliate site) [5% of the total commission]
The above fee schedule is subject to change without notice.
For a sale to generate a commission, the customer must follow the link
from your site to our site, purchase the Product or Products in question
using our online ordering system, accept delivery of the item at the
shipping destination, and remit full payment to us.
You may not purchase products during sessions initiated through the
links on your site for your own use, for resale or commercial use of
any kind. This includes orders for customers or on behalf of customers
or orders for products to be used by you or your friends, relatives,
or Affiliates in any manner. Such purchases may result (in our sole discretion)
in the withholding of referral fees or the termination of this Agreement.
Products that are eligible to earn referral fees under the rules set
forth above are referred to as "Qualifying Products."
In addition, you may not: (a) directly or indirectly offer any person
or entity any consideration or incentive (including, without limitation,
payment of money (including any rebate), or granting of any discount
or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site to access our
site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for persons
or entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); (b)
read, intercept, record, redirect, interpret, or fill in the contents
of any electronic form or other materials submitted to us by any person
or entity; (c) in any way modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute the
operation of any button, link, or other interactive feature of our site;
(d) make any orders or subscription requests, or engage in other transactions
of any kind on our site on behalf of any third party, or authorize, assist,
or encourage any other person or entity to do so; (e) take any action
that could reasonably cause any customer confusion as to our relationship
with you, or as to the site on which any functions or transactions (e.g.,
search, order, browse, and so on) are occurring; or (f) post or serve
any advertisements or promotional content around or in conjunction with
the display of our site (e.g., through any "framing" technique
or technology or pop-up windows), or assist, authorize, or encourage
any third party to take any such action. If we determine, in our sole
discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing activities,
we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us)
withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement
and/or terminate this Agreement.
• Referral Fee Schedule
You will earn referral fees based on Qualifying Revenues according to
referral fee schedules to be established by us. "Qualifying Revenues" are
revenues derived by us from our sales of Qualifying Products, excluding
costs for shipping, handling, , taxes, service charges, credit card processing
fees, returns and bad debt. The current referral fee schedule is 15%
of Qualifying Revenues from each sale of Order Art Ltd's products.
• Referral Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis. Approximately 15 days
following the end of each calendar month, we will send you a check for
the referral fees accrued 60 days or more prior to that month, however,
if the referral fees payable to you for any calendar month are less than
$25, we will hold payment until the total amount due is at least $25
or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. In calculating referral
fees, we will deduct the corresponding referral fee from your next monthly
payment if a Product that generated a referral fee is returned by the
customer. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill
for the referral fee. We will also deduct a $2.00 check fee from each
check as a processing fee.
• Policies and Pricing
Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be
customers of Order Art Ltd 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.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information,
but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular product.
• Identifying Yourself as an Affiliate
You may not issue any press release with respect to this Agreement or
your participation in the Program; such action may result in your termination
from the Program. In addition, you may not in any manner misrepresent
or embellish the relationship between us and you, or express or imply
any relationship or affiliation between us and you or any other person
or entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including
by expressing or implying that Order Art Ltd supports, sponsors, endorses,
or contributes money to any charity or other cause).
• Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image
and text described in Section 8 and such other text or 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 graphic image or text, or any other of our images,
in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the graphic image and text,
any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual
property rights. You agree to follow our Trademark Guidelines, as those
guidelines may change from time to time. We may revoke your license at
any time by giving you written notice.
• 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:
• the technical operation of your site and all related equipment
• creating and posting Product descriptions on your site and linking
those descriptions to our catalog
• the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on your
site (including, among other things, all Product-related materials)
• 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)
• ensuring that materials posted on your site are not libelous
or otherwise illegal
• ensuring that your site accurately and adequately discloses,
either through a privacy policy or otherwise, how you collect, use, store,
and disclose data collected from visitors, including, where applicable,
that third parties (including advertisers) may serve content and/or advertisements
and collect information directly from visitors and may place or recognize
cookies on visitors' browsers.
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.
• 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 of termination. Upon the termination
of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of,
and remove from your site, all links to our site, and all Order Art Ltd
trademarks, trade dress, and logos, and all other materials provided
by or on behalf of us to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the
Program. You are eligible to earn referral fees only on our sales of
Qualifying Products that occur during the term, and referral 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 to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
• 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, referral 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, noninfringement,
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.
• 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.
• Arbitration
Any dispute relating in any way to this Agreement (including any actual
or alleged breach hereof), any transactions or activities under this
Agreement or your relationship with us or any of our affiliates shall
be submitted to confidential arbitration in Denver, Colorado, except
that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to
violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other
appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Colorado
(and you consent to non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts)
or any other court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration under this
agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American
Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and
may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under
this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other
party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings
or otherwise.
• Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and
the state of Colorado , without reference to rules governing choice of
laws. 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 be 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.
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