Affiliate Agreement
1. OPERATING AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that
apply to an individual's or entity's participation in The Register4less
Affiliate Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means
Register4less, and "you" means the applicant, and "client" means a third
party who purchases a domain name registration service from us and has
followed a link as defined in LINKS ON YOUR SITE. "Site" means a World
Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers either to
Register4less's site located at the URL www.Register4less.com, or to the
site that you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your
Program application).
2. ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM
To begin the enrollment process, you will apply on-line at
Register4less.com. Once you have submitted your application, you will be
given a provisional acceptance into Register4less's Affiliate program.
We may at a later date reject your application if we determine (in our
sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the Program.
Unsuitable sites include those that:
send unsolicited email (SPAM) in effort to promote your affiliate account
promote sexually explicit materials
promote violence
promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
promote illegal activities
otherwise violate intellectual property rights
If (in our sole discretion) it is determined that you are violating
the above rules governing your affiliate account, we will cancel your affiliate account,
and you hereby agree that any unpaid commissions owing to you will be donated to the charity
of our choosing.
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.
3. LINKS ON YOUR SITE
Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into
the Program, you may provide the following type of links to our site:
General Link to Register4less.com's Home Page: You may provide a
general link on your site to our home page at
http://www.Register4less.com. We will provide you via email with
technical guidelines 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 only earn referral fees 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 which would otherwise be paid to you
pursuant to this Agreement.
4. ORDER PROCESSING
We will process Registration 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 periodically may
establish. We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing
and fulfillment. We will track sales made to customers who purchase
Products using Special Links from your site to our site and will make
available to you online reports summarizing this sales activity. The
form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time
in our discretion.
5. REFERRAL FEE EARNINGS
We will pay you (in accordance with the Commissions schedule
published on the Affiliates page of the Register4less.com web site
referral fees on domain name registration/renewal sales to third
parties. For a sale to be eligible to earn a referral fee, the customer
must have followed a Special Link from your site to our site, select and
purchase the registration service using our automated ordering system,
and payment for the service received in full.
6. REFERRAL FEE PAYMENT
We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis. Approximately
30 days following the end of each month, we will transfer to you
the referral fees earned on our sales that were sold during
that quarter, less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold.
However, if the referral fees payable to you for any month
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 domain name registration that generated a referral fee
is canceled returned by the customer or payment is deducted back from
our Merchant Account for any reason, we will deduct the corresponding
referral fee from your next quarterly payment and cancel the affiliate
point(s) associated with this sale. If there is no subsequent payment,
we will send you a bill for the referral fee.
7. POLICIES AND PRICING
Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to
be customers of Register4less. Accordingly, all Register4less 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 services sold under this Program
in accordance with our own pricing policies. Registration prices and
availability may vary from time to time.
8. 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
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 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.
9. 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 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
Register4less 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 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 6 month time to ensure that the correct amount is
paid.
10. 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.
11. RELATIONSHIP OF THE 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.
12. 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.
13. 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,
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.
14. 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.
15. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Canada and the
province of Quebec, 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 Montreal, Quebec, 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.
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