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Affiliate
Agreement
All Affiliates must read and agree
to the following terms...
This Affiliate Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms
and conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation
in the Babblebot Affiliate Program (the "Program"). As used
in this Agreement, "we" means Open Technology Consulting Inc,
and "you" means the applicant. "Site" means a World Wide Web
site and, depending on the context, refers either to the Babblebot
site or to the site that you will link to our site.
1. Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program
application via the http://www.babblebot.com 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.
Suitable sites include those that:
- DO NOT promote violence
- DO NOT promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
- DO NOT promote illegal activities
- DO NOT violate intellectual property rights
In this regard, you understand that we reserve the right to conclude
that your Site is unsuitable in accordance with our standards, and
we may come to such a conclusion even if it is based upon our opinion
or mere suspicion or belief, without any duty to prove that our
opinion or suspicion is well-founded and even if our opinion or
suspicion is proven not to be well-founded or if others' sites have
been accepted despite having the same or similar characteristics
as your Site. You also understand that if we accept your application,
such acceptance shall not imply that your Site does not meet one
or more of the criteria that would have permitted us to reject your
application. If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply
to the Program at any time.
2. Referral Fees for Qualifying Products
For every customer who has been referred to our site by you and
who purchases any product or service on the Babblebot site, we will
pay you a referral fee. A referral will only be considered to have
come from you when the link the customer follows to get to the Babblebot
site contains your unique affiliate id number.
3. Fee Schedule
You will earn referral fees based on the sale price of Qualifying
Products or Services (as defined above), according to fee schedules
to be established by us.
The fee schedule shall be 20% of the full price of any Qualifying
Product or Service.
4. Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis. We will send
you a check for the referral fees earned on Qualifying Products
or Services that were funded during that pay period, less any taxes
that we are required by law to withhold. You agree not to utilize
spam (unsolicited e-mail) to advertise our services. If we believe
that you are spamming and we may come to such a conclusion even
if it is based upon our opinion or mere suspicion or belief, without
any duty to prove that our opinion or suspicion is well-founded
and even if our opinion or suspicion is proven not to be well-founded,
we can terminate this Agreement immediately and you will forfeit
all pending referral fees.
5. Policies & Pricing
Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed
to be customers of the Babblebot site, and it's operating company,
Open Technology Consulting Inc. Accordingly, all of our 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 or services 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, and will take all reasonable measures
to inform you of any changes in price or availability, but we cannot
guarantee the availability or price of any particular product or
service.
6. Identifying Yourself as an Associate
When representing or promoting Babblebot's products or services,
you must not state or imply in any way that these products and services
are your own.
7. Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use any icons,
text, buttons, banners, logos and or images that we may make available
to you solely for the purpose of promoting our Products and Services
on your site and to assist in the process of generating sales. You
may not modify any of the above mentioned items in any way whatsoever.
We reserve all of our rights to all such items, our trade names
and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. You
agree to follow any presentation guidelines for such items as we
may establish or change from time to time. We may revoke your license
at any time by giving you notice
7. 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 site.
- 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.
We disclaim all liability for these matters.
9. Terms of the Agreements
The terms 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.
You are only eligible to earn referral fees on sales of Qualifying
Products or Services occurring during the term, and 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.
10. Confidentiality
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or with the consent
of the other party hereto, each of the parties hereto agrees that
all information including, without limitation, the terms of this
Agreement, business and financial information, customer and vendor
lists, and pricing and sales information, concerning us or you,
respectively, or any of our affiliates provided by or on behalf
of any of them shall remain strictly confidential and secret and
shall not be utilized, directly or indirectly, by such party for
its own business purposes or for any other purpose except and solely
to the extent that any such information is generally known or available
to the public or through a source or sources other than such party
hereto or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party
is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any such information (a)
to any person pursuant to a subpoena issued by any court or administrative
agency, (b) to its accountants, attorneys or other agents on a confidential
basis, and (c) otherwise as required by applicable law, rule, regulation
or legal process.
11. Indemnity
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Open Technology
Consulting Inc, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their directors,
officers, employees, agents, shareholders, partners, members and
other owners, against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities,
losses, damages, judgments, settlements, expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees), and costs (any or all of the foregoing hereinafter
referred to as "Losses") insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based on (i) any claim that our use
of the your trademark(s) infringe on any trademark, trade name,
service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other
proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation
of a representation or warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement
made by you herein, (iii) the development, operation, maintenance
and content of your Site and products and services offered from
your Site, or (iv) any claim related to your Site, including, without
limitation, content therein not attributable to us.
12. 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.
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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Privacy of Information
You agree not to distribute or sell customer personal information
(name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) from individuals
who visit your Babblebot Affiliate web site. All information generated
from Babblebot Affiliate sites is the exclusive property of open
Technology Consulting Inc.
18. Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of Canada and the
province of Nova Scotia, 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 Nova Scotia, Canada,
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.
19. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior and contemporaneous communications.
I AGREE
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