Affiliate Program
terms and conditions of participation
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This
Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an
individual or company's participation in the Webgineers Affiliate Referral
Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement,
"Company" means Webgineers, Incorporated and
"Affiliate" means the individual and/or company indicated in the
registration form which by reference is made a part of this agreement.
Participation
To participate in the Webgineers Affiliate Referral Program, the Affiliate
registration form must be completed and submitted to Webgineers. All
applicants are immediately eligible to participate in the Webgineers
Affiliate Referral program however such participation is subject to
ongoing, periodic review by Webgineers and may be revoked at anytime
without notice. Participation may be suspended or terminated if we
determine (at our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the
Program. Unsuitable sites include those that:
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Promote
illegal activities
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Promote
sexually explicit materials
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Promote
violence
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Promote
discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation, or age
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Violate
intellectual property rights
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Or
are otherwise deemed inconsistent with the best interests of
Webgineers.
This
agreement shall apply only to Affiliate owned and managed web sites as
indicated in the registration form. Under no circumstances may Webgineers
Affiliate Referral links be placed on sites not registered with
Webgineers.
Creating the Affiliate Link
Once you have completed the online application you will be presented with
a set of guidelines and graphical artwork to use in linking to the
www.Webgineers website. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and
affiliate referral fee accrual, we will provide you with a special link
format which includes your Affiliate ID number to be used in all links
between your site and our www.Webgineers website. You must ensure that
each of the links between your site and our site properly utilizes the
exact link format and affiliate ID in order to obtain credit for any sales
resulting from customers coming to the www.Webgineers website from
your link. The Webgineers Affiliate Referral program will capture the
Affiliate's ID and the linking websites URL. The URL must match a
registered URL in the Affiliates Webgineers Affiliate registration in
order to be eligible for credit for purchases made by shoppers entering
the Webgineers web site from the Affiliate's Webgineers Affiliate link.
You will only earn referral fees with sales on our site occurring directly
through your Webgineers Affiliate link. Webgineers will not be liable
to you with respect to any failure by you to correctly configure the
Webgineers Affiliate link, by any failure resulting from issues of
internet connectivity, shopper behavior, web site or application failure
on your server or our server or any other such action which may result in
your affiliate referral not being credited for a sale including to the
extent that such failure may result in any reduction of amounts which
would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.
Bonifide Orders
Webgineers will process all qualified orders placed by customers who
follow Webgineers affiliate links from your site to www.Webgineers. We
reserve the right to reject orders that do not comply with any
requirements that Webgineers may from time to time establish.
Webgineers assumes responsibility for all aspects of order processing
and fulfillment. Webgineers will prepare and maintain all order forms;
process payments, cancellations; and handle customer service.
Webgineers will track sales made to customers who purchase products
using Webgineers affiliate links from your site to our site and will make
available to you reports summarizing this sales activity. Report forms,
content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time at our
discretion.
Referral Fees
Webgineers will pay approved affiliate referral partners (in
accordance with Sections 5 and 6 below) referral fees on designated
Product sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be eligible to earn
a referral fee, the customer must follow a Webgineers Affiliate Link from
your site to our site, select and purchase the Product during that
shopping session, accept delivery of the Product, and remit full payment
to us. We will not, however, pay referral fees on any Products that are
purchased by a customer after the customer has re-entered our site via a
means other than the Webgineers Affiliate Link, even if the customer
previously followed a link from your site to our site.
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 associates 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 Webgineers Affiliate Links on your site to access
our site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for
persons or entities who use Webgineers Affiliate Links on your site to
access our site); or (b) post any Webgineers Affiliate Links on any Web
site or other platform that is accessible through any Internet Access
Appliance. If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have offered
any person or entity any such consideration or incentive, or posted
Webgineers Affiliate Links on any such Web site or platform, 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, gift-wrapping, taxes,
service charges, credit card processing fees, and bad debt. The current
referral fee schedule is 10%.
Payment of Referral Commissions
Webgineers will review all Affiliate Referral accounts approximately
once each quarter. All accounts with affiliate referral fees totaling
$25.00 or more will be paid. Payment will be by PayPal for the referral
fees earned on our sales of Qualifying Products that were purchased during
that quarter, less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold.
However, if the referral fees payable to you for any quarterly period are
less than $25.00, we will hold those referral fees until the total amount
due is at least $25.00 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated.
If a Product that generated a referral fee is returned by the customer, we
will deduct the corresponding referral fee from your next quarterly
payment. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill for
the referral fee.
Policies and Pricing
Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be
customers of Webgineers, Incorporated. Accordingly, all Webgineers
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. Because price changes may affect
products that you already have listed on your site, you may not include
price information in your product descriptions. 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 a Webgineers Affiliate Referrer
We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies
your site as a Program participant. You may display this logo or the
phrase "Webgineers Affiliate" somewhere on your site. We may
modify the text or graphic image of this notice from time to time. 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. 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 Webgineers 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 images for which we grant
express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a
Webgineers Affiliate 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:
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The
technical operation of your site and all related equipment
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Creating
and posting Product descriptions on your site and linking those
descriptions to our catalog
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The
accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on your site
(including, among other things, all Product-related materials)
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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)
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Ensuring
that materials posted on your site are not libelous or otherwise
illegal
Liability
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
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 Webgineers
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 Affilate
Referral Program. You are only eligible to earn referral fees on our sales
of Qualifying Products occurring 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 Affiliate Referral Program or any products sold through the
Affiliate Referral 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 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.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the
state of Kansas, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any
action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state
courts located in Lawrence, Kansas 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 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.
I Agree To Adhere To The Terms Of This Agreement
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