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AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an
individual's or entity's participation in the Seasonaires® Affiliates Program
(the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means Seasonaires®.
"You" or "Affiliate" means the applicant. "Sub-affiliate"
means an affiliate recruited by you using a link to our site. "Services"
means the services offered by Seasonaires®. "Products" means
the products offered by Seasonaires®. "Site" means a World Wide
Web site and, depending on the context, refers either to Seasonaires® site
or to the site that you will link to our site. "Link" means a HTML
form or link provided by Seasonaires® which directs the customer's web
browser to our site. "new and unique" refers to a purchase where that
customer's details and credit card have not previously been used to purchase
a particular service or product from Seasonaires®.
1. ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program application
via our site.
Your application will be accepted in good faith.
From time to time, we will monitor your use of our Affiliate Program and may
revoke your acceptance if we determine (in our sole discretion) that your site
is unsuitable for the Program.
2. LINKING TO SEASONAIRES®
You may not alter product images, descriptions and pricing. We provide access
to an HTML generator. You must use the generator to create your links in order
to meet the criteria in the operating agreement.
If you would like to use links not created by the generator, or you would like
to modify the links generated by the generator, you need prior written permission
from Seasonaires®.
3. COMMISSION
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you will be paid commission
for each successful, new and unique purchase, referred
from your site through the Seasonaires® link on
your site.
If it is later determined by Seasonaires® that the purchase is not unique,
or if that customer's purchase is refunded either directly by Seasonaires®
or through "chargebacks" made to Seasonaires®'s bank account
by the credit card service supplier to Seasonaires®, we retain the right
to withhold any payments to you resulting from that individual's purchases.
If at any time the commissions owed to you become less than the total deductions
due to refunds as mentioned above the difference shall be immediately payable
to Seasonaires®.
4. COMMISSION SCHEDULE
You will earn commission, based on a fixed(F) rate sliding scale of the gross revenue
after sales tax received by Seasonaires® , from new
and unique customers' purchases where that customer was referred from your site
The fixed sliding rate will be determined by the total commission-earning sales
made as per the scale below.
| Cost Of Package |
Commission Paid |
| £500 to £1500 |
£25.00 |
| £1500 to £2500 |
£50.00 |
| £2500 + |
£75.00 |
Any changes in the commission rates will be emailed to you and apply immediately.
5. COMMISSION PAYMENT
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you will be paid the
commission each month provided that the commission owed is more than £75.
6. POLICIES AND PRICING
Customers purchasing services from Seasonaires® through this Program will
be deemed to be customers of Seasonaires®. Accordingly, all Seasonaires®
rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning the services will apply
to those customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures at any
time. For additional information regarding Seasonaires®'s rules, policies,
and operating procedures please see the terms and conditions pages on our site.
8. LIMITED LICENSE
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable
right to use the Seasonaires® logos and text for which we grant express
permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant.
You may not modify the message or any of our images or trademarks in any way.
We reserve all of our rights in the message, any other images, our trade names
and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. Except as provided
herein you agree that you have no rights, title or interest in or to the message
or other images, trademark or trade-names provided to you by Seasonaires®
and all uses of such materials by you will inure to the benefit of Seasonaires®.
You agree not to apply for registration of any of the Seasonaires® trademarks,
service-marks or trade-names (or any mark similar there to) anywhere around
the world. You agree that you will not engage, participate or otherwise become
involved in any activity or course of action that diminishes and/or tarnishes
the image and or reputation of Seasonaires® or its trademarks. We may revoke
your license at any time by giving you written notice.
9. 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 merchant descriptions on your site and linking those descriptions to
our site the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on your site 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. We disclaim all liability for these
matters. Further, you will indemnify, defend 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 as well
as any goods or services provided or made available by you. These obligations
will survive any termination of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that
your Web site information (name, URL, traffic counts, etc.) may be utilized
by Seasonaires®. Possible uses include (but are not limited to) lists of
the busiest sites, lists of member sites, etc. You agree to allow Seasonaires®
to use screen shots of any of your Web pages that contain the Seasonaires®
HTML code in Seasonaires® promotional materials. The information provided
by Seasonaires® to you may be proprietary in nature. You acknowledge that
you are not a competitor of Seasonaires®, and agree not to share this information
with any of our competitors. Any violation of these terms and conditions may
cause us to terminate this agreement.
10. 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 or emailed notice of termination. You are only eligible to earn referral
fees on products and services occurring during the term of this Agreement only.
We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the
correct amount is paid. Your site is subject to periodic review. If we determine
at any point after acceptance into our Program that your site is not suitable
for the Program, we may unilaterally end the status of your site as an Affiliate.
11. 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. Your continued participation now, or within thirty (30) days following
the posting notice of any changes in these terms and conditions, will constitute
a binding acceptance by you of such rules, changes or modifications. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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 OR THE PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES BY CUSTOMERS REFERRED
TO US BY YOU. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE PROGRAM WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL REFERRAL FEES PAID TO YOU
IN THE MONTH IN WHICH A CLAIM HAS BEEN MADE BY YOU.
14. DISCLAIMERS
WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
THE PROGRAM OR ANY SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE 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 AVAILABILITY OF OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND
WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS.
15. 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.
16. MISCELLANEOUS
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.
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