Affiliate
Terms and Conditions
THIS
AGREEMENT is between Desirable Dream (hereinafter
referred to as the Merchant), and a
Website Owner (hereinafter referred to as the
Affiliate).
WHEREAS, the Merchant and the Affiliate desire to
enter into an Agreement on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and
the mutual Agreements hereinafter set forth, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
I.
The Program
This Agreement contains the complete terms and
conditions that apply to the Desirable Dream
Affiliate Program (hereinafter referred to as the
Program). The Merchant offers the
Affiliate the opportunity to promote Desirable Dream
Online (hereinafter referred to as the
Product), sold from the Merchants
Website in return for a commission on transacting
customer. Specifically, an approved Affiliate gets a
unique Affiliate URL from The Merchant. When a
Website visitor clicks on one of the Merchants
banners or text links on the Affiliate's Website,
he/she is redirected to the Merchants Website,
and the Affiliate Program software notes the
Affiliate's ID code as the referrer. If the visitor
becomes a member and/or transacting customer, an
embedded code on the receipt page informs the
Affiliate Program software that a transaction has
just taken place, and credits the Affiliate the
appropriate commission fee.
II. Program Enrollment
The enrollment process begins with the Affiliate
accepting the Affiliate Program Agreement via the
Merchants Website. The Merchant promises to
evaluate the Affiliates Website in good faith
and will notify the Affiliate of its acceptance or
rejection. The Merchant may reject the Affiliate if
the Merchant determines, in its sole discretion, that
the Affiliates Website is unsuitable for any,
but not limited to, the following reasons:
(i) the Affiliate violates any local,
state/provincial, or federal law, regulation, rule or
treaty;
(ii) the Affiliate is involved in tortuous conduct
such as posting defamatory, libelous, scandalous, or
private information about a person or company without
their consent, intentionally inflicting emotional
distress;
(iii) the Affiliate violates trademark, copyright, or
other intellectual property rights;
(iv) the Affiliate promotes discrimination based on
race, sex, age, nationality, religion, disability, or
sexual orientation;
(v) and/or the Affiliate promotes violence.
Upon acceptance, the Merchant reserves the right to
terminate this Agreement at any time the Merchant
determines, in its sole discretion, that the
Affiliate is unsuitable for the Program.
III. Independent Investigation
The Merchant acknowledges that the Affiliate has read
this Agreement and agrees to all its terms and
conditions. The Affiliate understands that the
Merchant may at any time (directly or indirectly)
solicit customer referrals on terms that may differ
from those contained in this Agreement or operate
Websites that are similar to or compete with the
Affiliates Website. The Affiliate has
independently evaluated the desirability of
participating in the Program and are not relying on
any representation, guarantee, or statements other
than as set forth in this Agreement.
IV. The Merchants Responsibilities
The Merchant agrees to be responsible for providing
all information, including Link Materials, to allow
the Affiliate to make appropriate links to the
Merchants Website. The Merchant also agrees to
be responsible for pricing, customer orders, order
processing, product/service returns, and all related
customer service. The Merchant may change its
operating procedures and policies at any time, in its
sole discretion, by posting a Notice of Change.
V. The Affiliates Responsibilities
The Affiliate agrees to be responsible for the
development, operation, and maintenance of their
Website and for all materials that appear on their
Website. The Affiliate will be responsible for:
(i) the technical operation of their Website and all
related equipment;
(ii) the accuracy and appropriateness of all
materials posted on their Website;
(iii) ensuring that all materials posted on their
Website do not violate or infringe upon the rights of
any third party;
(iv) and ensuring that materials posted on their
Website are not libelous or otherwise illegal. The
Merchant disclaims all liability for these matters
and the Affiliate agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Merchant from all claims, damages, and
expenses relating to the development, operation,
maintenance, and content of the Affiliates
Website.
VI. Assignment
This Agreement and the rights and obligations, in its
entirety hereunder, may not be assigned or sold by
the Affiliate without the prior written consent of
the Merchant.
VII. Relationship Of The Parties
The Merchant and the Affiliate are independent
contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will
create any partnership, joint venture, agency,
franchise, sales representative, or employment
relationship between the parties. The Affiliate will
have no authority to make or accept any offers or
representations on the Merchants behalf. The
Affiliate will not make any statement, whether on the
Affiliates Website or otherwise, that would
reasonably contradict anything in this section.
VIII. Non-Disclosure
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Affiliate agrees that all information, including the
terms of this Agreement, business and financial
information, customer and vendor lists, databases,
pricing and sales information concerning the
Merchant, and their respective Affiliates or
contacts, shall remain strictly confidential and
secret, except for any such information that is
generally known or available to the public.
IX. Limited License
The Merchant grants the Affiliate the non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable right to use only the
Merchants marketing materials for the purpose
of identifying the Affiliate as a Program participant
and to assist in generating products/service sales
through the Program. The Merchant reserves all
trademark, copyright, and intellectual property
rights of its logos, trade names, images, ad copy,
text, and similar identifying material. Under no
circumstances may the Affiliate modify, change, or
alter these materials without the Merchants
expressed written permission.
X. Term
The term of this Agreement will begin upon the
Merchants acceptance of the Affiliate and will
end when terminated by either party. Either the
Affiliate or the Merchant may terminate this
Agreement, at any time, and for any reason by giving
the other party written Notice of Termination. Upon
termination, the Affiliate agrees to immediately
cease using, and remove from their Website, all link
materials, trademarks, logos, and all other materials
that the Merchant may have provided the Affiliate to
use in connection with the Program.
XI. Modification
The Merchant may modify any of the terms and
conditions in this Agreement at any time in their
sole discretion, by posting a Notice of Change.
Modifications may include, for example, changes in
the scope of available referral commission, payment
procedures, and Program rules. The Affiliate may
terminate this Agreement at any time if they do not
agree to these modifications. The Affiliates
continued participation in the Program following a
Notice of Change will constitute binding acceptance
of the change.
XII. Referral Commissions
Pay-Per-Sale - US$2.00 payout on the
fees that we collect. US$1.00 on each level for 3
levels equals a total payout of US$4.00
Compensation
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Level
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Commission
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| 1 |
US$2.00 |
| 2 |
US$1.00 |
| 3 |
US$1.00 |
| Total
: |
US$4.00 |
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XIII. Payment Terms
A.
Payment Frequency The Merchant agrees to pay
the Affiliate within fifteen (15) days after the end
of each calendar month for all referral commissions
earned during the prior month, less any amount the
Merchant determines in its sole discretion, was not
validly earned from improper use of the Program.
B. Minimum Payments There are no minimums
levels for payment to affiliates from the merchant.
C. Refunds And Chargebacks The Merchant
reserves the right to deduct refunds and chargebacks
of sales that were credited to both first and second
tier Affiliates issued by the credit card holder from
the next monthly payment. If there is no next monthly
payment, the Affiliate agrees to be billed and bound
by law to reimburse the Merchant in full from any
such commission.
XIV. Tracking And Cookies
A. Tracking - The Merchant will endeavor to do its
best to ensure accurate tracking of referrals made by
the Affiliate. The Affiliate will be solely
responsible for ensuring proper use of their
Affiliate URL, a necessary prerequisite to accurate
tracking and reporting of referral sales.
Notwithstanding the above statement of responsibility
by the Merchant to track sales, the Affiliate hereby
acknowledges and accepts that the tracking system
employed by the Merchant is not 100% fail-safe, and
that there may be, on occasion, instances of referral
sales made that are not credited to the Affiliate for
any of the possible reasons:
(i) failure by the Affiliate to use proper format of
the assigned Affiliate URL in promotions, Website
links, banner ads, and so on;
(ii) deliberate or accidental actions by customers to
circumvent the Affiliates URL so that the
software is unable to accurately track that sale;
(iii) bugs, glitches, or crashes of the tracking
software that render it unable to accurately track
sales for a period of time;
(iv) acts of nature that cause irretrievable data
loss on the computers and back-up disk media that
store the commission information. As such, the
Affiliate will not hold the Merchant liable to
compensate for any claimed commissions that were not
tracked and recorded by the tracking software.
B. Cookies The Merchant agrees to pay
commissions on products/services after the customer
has re-entered the Merchants Website through
the use of a cookie placed on the end-user computer.
If, through no fault of the Merchant, the cookie is
removed or not allowed by the end user, that
customers purchase my be tracked only if the
customer enters the Merchants Website directly
through the Affiliates URL. The cookies may
expire at the end of 365 days or a time determined
solely by the Merchant.
XV. Disclaimers
Neither the Merchant, its subsidiaries, nor any of
the parties who have been involved in creating,
producing, or delivering the Program or any of the
products/services sold through the Program offers any
warranty, and hereby disclaim any and all warranties,
express or implied, including without limitation any
implied warranty of merchantability, or fitness for
any purpose.
XVI. Limitation of Liability
The Merchant shall not be liable for any losses or
damages resulting from:
(i) the delivery, installation, maintenance,
operation, or use of the Program;
(ii) any act or omission of the Merchant, or its
agents, or any other entity furnishing equipment,
products, or services to the Affiliate; and
(iii) any personal or property damages due to the
loss of stored, transmitted or recorded data
resulting from the Program, even if the Merchant has
been advised of the possibility of such damages.
In no event shall the Merchant be liable for any
indirect, incidental, exemplary, punitive or other
consequential damages whether or not foreseeable,
including, but not limited to, damages for the loss
of data, goodwill or profits, arising out of or in
relation to this Agreement even if advised beforehand
of the possibility of such liability. No action or
proceeding against the Merchant may be commenced more
than two (2) years after the event giving rise to
such claim.
XVII. Indemnification.
Subject to applicable law, the Affiliate hereby
agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the
Merchant, its agents, officers, directors,
shareholders, employees, advisors, and independent
contractors, or anyone else who has been involved in
the creation, production, or delivery of the Program
or any of the products/services sold through the
Program that are the subject of this Agreement from
any and all claims and/or legal action without
limitation, resulting from his/her use, or inability
to use the Program which damages the Affiliate or
another party. This indemnification shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
XVIII. General
This Agreement represents the complete Agreement and
understanding of the parties, and supersedes all
other Agreements, representations, or understanding,
and shall prevail if any conflict arises between the
Merchant and the Affiliate. This Agreement is for the
benefit of, and binding upon the parties hereto, and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Neither party is responsible for a failure to fulfill
its obligations under this Agreement for delay in
doing so if such failure or delay is due to
circumstances
beyond
its control, such as, but not limited to, acts of
God, acts of government, war, riots, strikes, and
accidents in transportation. Should any provision of
this Agreement be held to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, all other provisions will
remain in effect and are enforceable by the parties.
XIX. Governing Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and
the Federal laws of the United States applicable
therein, without reference to its principles of
conflicts of laws, and the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of Delaware. Any action relating to
this Agreement must be brought in the federal or
state courts located in Wilmington, Delaware and the
Affiliate irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
those courts and waive any claim that those courts
constitute an inappropriate venue or inconvenient
forum.
XX. Miscellaneous
The headings are included for ease of reference only
and do not form part of this Agreement. All Notices
under this Agreement shall be in writing and may be
sent by electronic device. The Affiliate agrees to
notify the Merchant if the Affiliate moves or
otherwise changes their mailing address or eMail
address, and to list a truthful name, postal address,
and eMail address.
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