Affiliate
Agreement
This
Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions
that apply to your participation in the HostNPost.com Affiliates Network, and the establishment
of links from your Web site to the HostNPost.com
Web site. As used in this agreement, "you" means
(and "your" refers to) the applicant seeking
to participate hereunder in the Affiliate Network,
"we" means (and "us", "our" and "ours" refer
to) HostNPost.com, a division of Perfect Webz,
and "Product" means any and all items offered
for sale by us on the HostNPost.com Web site.
THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND HostNPost.com. BY CHECKING THE "ACCEPT" BOX ON THE
APPLICATION, YOU AGREE THAT (a) YOU HAVE READ
THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS
AND (b) YOU WILL BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT.
1. Enrollment in the Network.
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit
a complete Affiliate Network Application via
our Web 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 Affiliate Network
for any reason, including, but not limited to,
if your site: incorporates images or content
that is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening,
defamatory, obscene, harassing or racially,
ethically or otherwise objectionable such as
sites that: depict sexually explicit images;
promote violence; promote discrimination based
on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation, or age; promote illegal
activities or incorporates any materials which
infringe or assist others to infringe on any
copyright, trademark or other intellectual property
rights (collectively "Content Restrictions").
2. Promotion of our Affiliate Relationship.
As an Affiliate Site, we will make available
to you banner advertisements, button links to
our site and/or text links to our site, containing,
the HostNPost.com logo and words identifying the
products or promotions on our site (each of
these links sometimes being referred to herein
as "Links" or, individually, as a "Link"), which,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
you may display as often and in as many areas
on your site as you desire. The Links will serve
to identify your site as a member of our Affiliate
Network and will establish a link from your
site to ours.
3. Utilizing our Links on Your Site.
In utilizing the Links, you agree that you will
cooperate fully with us in order to establish
and maintain such Links. All Affiliate Sites
shall display such graphic images prominently
throughout your site as you see fit and with
our consent. You shall not alter, modify or
expand the Links in any way; however, a Link
may be modified and/or expanded with our written
consent. Each Link connecting users of your
site to our site will in no way alter the look,
feel, or functionality of our site. We have
the right, in our sole discretion, to monitor
your site at any time and from time to time
to determine if you are in compliance with the
terms of this Agreement.
4. Order Processing.
We will be responsible for providing all information
necessary to allow you to make appropriate Links
from your site to our site; however, all Links
must be approved by us. We will process orders
placed by customers who follow the Links from
your site to the HostNPost.com site. We reserve
the right to reject orders that do not comply
with certain requirements, which we periodically
may establish. We will be solely responsible
for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment,
including order entry, payment processing, shipping,
cancellations, returns and related customer
service. We will track the volume and amount
of sales generated by your site and will make
unaudited reports summarizing this sales activity
available to you through our site. The form,
content, and frequency of the reports may vary
from time to time at our discretion. To permit
accurate tracking, reporting, and fee accrual,
you must ensure that the Links between your
site and our site are properly formatted.
5. Commission Determination.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, we will pay you referral fees on
all product sales to third parties. For a product
sale to generate a commission, the customer
must follow a link from your Web site to the
HostNPost.com Web site, purchase a product using
our automated ordering system, accept delivery
of the product at the shipping destination,
and remit full payment to us. Commission on
returned products and refunds will be deducted
from your next quarterly payment.
6. Commission Rates.
Commission rates will be based on the amount
actually paid to us for purchases, excluding
amounts collected by us for sales taxes shipping,
handling and similar charges, amounts due to
credit card fraud and bad debt, and credits
for returned goods ("Net Sales"). The Commisions
Rate is subject to change at any time or from
time to time, in our sole and absolute discretion.
You will be notified of any change in the Commission
Rate.
7. Commission Payment.
We will pay your commissions on a calendar quarter
basis. Approximately 30 days following the end
of each calendar quarter, we will send you a
check for the commissions earned on Net Sales
of Product that we shipped during that quarter,
less any taxes that we are required by law to
withhold. However, if the commissions payable
to you for any quarter are less than $50.00,
we will hold those commissions until the total
amount due is at least equal to $50.00.
8. Policies and Pricing.
Customers who buy Products through the Affiliate
Network will be deemed to be customers of HostNPost.com. Accordingly, all HostNPost.com rules,
policies, and operating procedures concerning
customer orders, customer service, and 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 the Affiliate
Network in accordance with our own pricing policies.
Product prices and availability may vary from
time to time. Because price changes may affect
items that you already have listed on your site,
you may not include price information in your
descriptions. We will use commercially reasonable
efforts to present accurate information, but
we cannot guarantee the availability or price
of any particular Product.
9. Non-exclusive Limited License and Use
of HostNPost.com Logos and Trademarks.
We grant you a non-exclusive, nontransferable,
revocable right to access our site through links
solely in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and solely in connection with such
links, to use our logos, trade names, trademarks
and similar identifying material (collectively
"Licensed Material") solely for the purpose
of selling Products on your site for HostNPost.com. You may not alter, modify or change the
Licensed Material in any way. You are only entitled
to use the Licensed Material to the extent you
are a member, in good standing, of the Affiliate
Network.
You shall not make any specific use of any Licensed
Material for purposes other than selling Products
for HostNPost.com, without first submitting a
sample of such use to us and obtaining our prior
written consent. You agree not to use the Licensed
Material in any manner that is disparaging or
that otherwise portrays HostNPost.com in a negative
light. We reserve all of our rights in the Licensed
Material, and all other intellectual property
rights. We may revoke the rights granted to
you pursuant to this section at any time by
giving you written notice. You shall obtain
no rights in and to the Licensed Material. The
rights granted to you pursuant to this section
shall terminate upon the effective date of the
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
10. Non-exclusive Limited License and Use
of Affiliates Logos and Trademarks.
You grant to us a non-exclusive license to utilize
your names, titles, logos, and trademarks (collectively
the "Affiliate Marks"), and to advertise, market,
promote, and publicize in any manner our rights
hereunder; provided, that we shall not be required
to so advertise, market, promote, or publicize.
You hereby represent and warrant that you are
the sole and exclusive owner of the Affiliate
Marks and have the right and power to grant
to us the license to use same in the manner
contemplated herein, and such grant does not
or will not breach, conflict with, or constitute
a default under any agreement or other instrument
applicable to you or binding upon you; or infringe
upon any trademark, trade name, service mark,
copyright, or other proprietary right of any
other person or entity. This license shall terminate
upon the effective date of the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
11. Obligations Regarding 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.
You hereby represent and warrant to us that
materials posted on your site do not violate
or infringe upon the rights of any third party,
and that materials posted on your site are not
libelous or otherwise illegal. We disclaim all
liability for all such matters. Further, you
will indemnify and hold us harmless from all
claims, damages, and expenses relating to the
development, operation, maintenance, and contents
of your site.
12. Term of the Agreement.
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our
acceptance of your Affiliate Network Application
and will end when terminated by either party.
Either party may terminate this Agreement at
any time, with or without cause, by giving the
other party notice of termination. You are only
eligible to earn a commission on sales occurring
during the term of the Agreement, and commissions
earned through the date of termination will
remain payable only if the related orders are
not canceled or returned. We reserve the right
to withhold your final payment for a reasonable
time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
13. Modification.
We may modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, at any time and
in our sole discretion. Notice of any change
by e-mail, to your address on our records, or
the posting on our site of a change notice or
a new agreement, is considered sufficient notice
to you of a modification to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. Modifications may include,
but are not limited to, changes in the scope
of available commission fees, commission schedules,
payment procedures, and Affiliate Network rules.
If any modification is unacceptable to you,
your recourse is to terminate this Agreement.
Your continued participation in the Affiliate
Network following our posting of a change notice
or a new agreement on our site will constitute
binding acceptance of the change. Except for
any such modifications, this agreement constitutes
the sole and entire agreement of the parties.
14. Relationship of Parties.
You and HostNPost.com 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.
15. Disclaimers.
We make no express or implied warranties or
representations with respect to the Affiliate
Network or any Product or other items sold through
the Affiliate Network (including, without limitation,
warranties of fitness, merchantability, non-infringement,
or any implied warranties arising out of 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. Representations and Warranties You hereby
represent and warrant to us as follows:
a. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by you and constitutes
your legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable
against you in accordance with its terms.
b. The execution, delivery, and performance
by you of this Agreement and the consummation
by you of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not, with or without the giving of notice,
the lapse of time, or both, conflict with or
violate: any provision of law, rule, or regulation
to which you are subject; any order, judgment,
or decree applicable to you or binding upon
your assets or properties; any provision of
your by-laws or certificate of incorporation,
or any agreement or other instrument applicable
to you or binding upon your assets or properties.
c. No consent, approval, or authorization
of, or exemption by, or filing with, any governmental
authority or any third party is required to
be obtained or made by you in connection with
the execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement or the taking by you of any other
action discussed herein.
d. There is no pending or, to the best
of your knowledge, threatened claim, action,
or proceeding against you, or any affiliate
of yours, with respect to the execution, delivery,
or consummation of this Agreement, or with respect
to your trademarks, and, to the best of your
knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim,
action or proceeding.
17. 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
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 including, without limitation,
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
18. Limitations 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 Affiliate Network, even
if we have been advised of the possibility of
such damages. Further, our aggregate liability
arising with respect to this Agreement and the
Affiliate Network will not exceed the total
commission fees paid or payable to you under
this Agreement.
19. Indemnification.
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold
harmless HostNPost.com and 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, costs, and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) (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 (a) any
claim that our use of the Affiliate Marks infringes
on any trademark, trade name, service mark,
copyright, license, intellectual property, or
another proprietary right of any third party,
(b) any misrepresentation or alleged breach
of a representation or warranty or alleged breach
of a covenant and agreement made by you herein,
or (c) any claim related to your site including,
without limitation, content therein not attributable
to us.
20. 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 AFFILIATE NETWORK AND
ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE,
OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
21. Governing Law.
This Agreement will be governed by the laws
of the United States and the state of North
Carolina, 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 North Carolina 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. Any purposed assignment in
violation hereof shall be null and void. Subject
to that restriction, this Agreement will be
binding on 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 a provision or any other provision
of this Agreement. |