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Affiliate Agreement
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to your
participation in our Affiliate Program.
As used in this Agreement, "we" or "us" refers to Public Domain Central and
Qua New Media, Inc. and "you" refers to the applicant. You must be 18 years of
age or older to enter into this Agreement with us.
- How Do I Enroll in Your Affiliate Program? To begin the
enrollment process you must submit a completed Affiliate
Program application. Upon receipt of your application we will evaluate it
and notify you of its acceptance or rejection.
Although we hope your
application will be successful, we reserve the right to reject applications for
any or no reason. For example, we may reject your application if we determine
that your site is unsuitable for the Program, including if it:
- Promotes sexually explicit materials
- Promotes violence
- Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age
- Promotes illegal activities
- Incorporates any materials which infringe or assist others to infringe on
any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights or to violate the
law
- Includes "publicdomaincentral.com" or variations or misspellings thereof in
its domain name
- Is otherwise in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene,
harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole
discretion.
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 later determined (in our sole discretion) to be
unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement at any time. We will
not be liable to you for any costs, damages or lost profits as a result of our
termination of this Agreement.
- How Do I Link My Site to publicdomaincentral.com?
After you complete the affiliate application form, you will receive
confirmation of your acceptance into the affiliate program. You can use
the Affiliate ID and Password to log into our Affiliate Tracking system to find
and download your affiliate graphics, buttons, and text links.
These
links will allow your visitors to enter our site and enable us to keep track of
the sales you may earn if they purchase products from us. If we accept your
application, we will provide you with instructions describing how to include and
maintain links to our site.
To permit accurate tracking and reporting
the links we provide you are in a special "tagged" link format, or "Tagged
Links". You are responsible for ensuring that each of the links between your
site and our site is a Tagged Link. You agree not to modify the Tagged Links in
any way.
- How are Customer Orders Processed? We will process orders
placed by customers who enter our site via Tagged Links. We reserve the right to
reject any orders that do not comply with our policies or conditions at the time
of the order. We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and
fulfillment. Among other things, we will prepare order forms, process payments,
cancellations and returns and handle customer service. We will track sales made
to customers who purchase using Tagged Links and will make available to you
reports summarizing this sales activity. The form, content, frequency and method
of delivery of the reports may vary from time to time in our sole discretion.
- How Do I Get Paid? We will pay you when visitors from your
site use the Tagged Link to purchase products from us. Referral fees are
calculated based on a percent of the "Net Sales" from "Qualifying Purchases"
made during a "Session". The percent is specified in referral fee schedules to
be established by us.
"Net Sales" shall mean Gross shipped sales from
Qualifying Purchases less: Returns, Postage, Shipping and handling charges,
and Sales, use or other like taxes.
"Qualifying Purchases" shall
mean a purchase of a product offered on our site that meets the following
criteria:
- The purchase must be completed on our site.
- The purchase must be made via a valid credit card. No phone or mail orders.
- The purchase must be completed during a "Session" (defined
below).
"Session" shall mean the period beginning upon a visitor's
entry to our site via a Tagged Link (regardless of whether the visitor leaves
and then returns to the site) and ending 30 days thereafter if the visitor
accepts "cookies" from our site (see explanation below).
Any Session in
progress will automatically terminate upon the expiration or termination of this
Agreement or upon the visitor deleting our cookie.
Note regarding
"Cookies": To keep track of the Session, we use a small text file called a
"cookie" that is placed on the hard drive of the visitor's computer. Some web
browsers permit users to elect not to receive cookies. Only visitors who accept
cookies can be tracked for referral fees. You understand that no referral fee
can be paid for any purchase made by a visitor who does not accept "cookies" or
who has deleted our "cookies" during a session.
- How Much Do I Get Paid? We will pay you up to 25% of all
sales generated by visitors who click your affiliate link, depending on the
product purchased.
- Ownership and License. We hereby grant you a limited,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to use the
graphic images and text we are providing to you solely for the purpose of
creating links from your site to ours. You may not modify the graphic image or
text, or any other of our images, in any way, or engage in "site framing" or
similar processes. We reserve all of our rights in the graphic image and text,
any of our trade names, trademarks, domain names, copyrights, trade dress and
any other intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our guidelines for
use of our trademarks, as those guidelines may change from time to time, in
addition, you agree not to use our trademark in any search engine keyword
optimization. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you written
notice delivered by U.S. postal mail or email. You also agree that you shall use
the Tagged Links only in order to link to our site and to promote your ability
to do so pursuant to this Agreement. You agree that you shall not present the
Tagged Links or any images comprising them in combination with any other name or
mark, in connection with your own goods or services, or in any manner that may
suggest or imply that you or your goods or services are supplied by, sponsored
by, endorsed by or affiliated with us.
- You are Responsible 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 posting
and maintaining links 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 and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) relating to the
development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.
- How Long is the Term of this 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 notice of termination in
accordance with the notice provision of this Agreement. 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
publicdomaincentral.com 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 Qualifying
Purchases 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.
- Can this Agreement be Modified? 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 THREE DAYS
AFTER OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL
CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
- What is the Legal Nature of our Relationship? 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. This is a binding contract between you and us. By
completing the application and by clicking on the "Agree" button below, you
indicate your willingness to be bound by this Agreement.
- Our Liability to You is Limited. 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.
- More "Fine Print" 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 or the links or Tagged Links will be
uninterrupted or error-free, or will not be re-routed or "black holed." As a
result, we might temporarily be unable to capture information regarding Tagged
Links. We will not be liable for the consequences of any such interruptions or
errors. The Program is intended for commercial use only. 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 OR MAINTAIN AFFILIATES 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.
Notices to you are effective
if provided in writing to the postal addresses, electronically to the e-mail
address set forth in the application or if posted on our website. Notice to us
may be given in writing to Qua New Media, Inc., Box 271, Port Richey, FL 34673
or by e-mailing webmaster@publicdomaincentral.com.
This Agreement will
be governed by the laws of the state of Florida 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 Miami, Florida 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 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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