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AFFILIATE
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This Affiliate Participation Agreement contains the terms and
conditions that
apply to your participation as a member of the affiliate program (the
"Affiliate Program") for www.chadwicks.com (the "Merchant
Website"), which is a website owned by DAI Holding, Inc. ("we"
"us" or "Merchant"). This Affiliate Program is administered
through DAI Holding, Inc. In this Agreement you are sometimes referred
to as
"you", "your" or "Affiliate". THIS IS A LEGALLY
BINDING AGREEMENT. BY JOINING THIS AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND
RECEIVING AND
USING LINKS TO THE MERCHANT WEBSITE, YOU ARE CONFIRMING THAT YOU HAVE
READ THIS
AGREEMENT AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
CONTAINED
IN THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS
OR
CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, DO NOT JOIN THIS AFFILIATE PROGRAM.
1. Enrollment; Eligibility In order to participate in this Affiliate Program you must complete a participant application that is accessible through this Merchant Website or through the Pepperjam. You will be notified if your application has been accepted or rejected. We reserve the right to reject any application in our sole discretion. If we reject your application, you may reapply at anytime. Only websites with general or United States based domain name extensions (e.g. .com, .net, .org, .us, etc.) and primarily serve a United States based audience are eligible for participation in this Affiliate Program. You must be at least 18 years of age to join this Affiliate Program. By submitting an application to participate in this Affiliate Program, you represent, warrant, covenant and agree that (i) all information that you provide to us or Pepperjam in connection with your participant application and/or in connection with your participation in this Affiliate Program is true, complete and accurate, (ii) you have all necessary rights and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform your obligations hereunder, (iii) this Agreement will constitute a legal, binding and enforceable agreement against you in accordance with the terms and conditions herein, and (iv) your execution and performance hereunder will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding to which you are bound.
RESIDENT STATUS
As of the Effective Date of this Agreement, Metrostyle does not knowingly enter into, directly or indirectly, any commission-based or referral fee-based affiliate relationship with any person or entity that is a resident of any State with laws, regulations, rulings, or administrative pronouncements that would subject Metrostyle to a sales or use tax obligation as a result of its relationship to Affiliate.
Affiliate is a resident of a State for purposes of this agreement if it has on a temporary or permanent basis: (1) employees in a State, (2) independent representatives in a State, (3) property (whether owned, leased, tangible or intangible) in a State, (4) licenses, permits, registrations or similar documents or rights issued by a governmental unit of a State, or (5) any other contact with a State constituting residency under that States laws.
(a) Affiliate certifies and warrants that it is not currently a resident of Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, or any other State with laws, regulations, rulings, or administrative pronouncements that would subject Metrostyle to a sales or use tax obligation as a result of its relationship to Affiliate. Affiliate shall not become a resident of these States without first giving Metrostyle ten (10) days prior written notice that Affiliate is about to become a resident of and/or is taking any action that would result in Affiliate becoming a resident of these States. Affiliate agrees to complete the DAI Holdings, Inc. Affiliate Residency Certification attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and return it to Metrostyle no later than six (6) months from the date of this Agreement and every six (6) months thereafter until the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
IF
AN
AFFILIATE IS A RESIDENT OF ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED STATUES, THE
AFFILIATE WILL
NOTIFY THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TEAM THROUGH PEPPERJAM
IMMEDIATELY.
2.
Suitability of
Affiliate Websites. (a)
Your websites are not
suitable and you may not participate in the Affiliate Program if the
websites
operated by you violate any of the following website suitability
restrictions. Further, you represent, warrant, covenant and
agree that
none of your participating websites or any content or technology
contained thereon
will, at anytime during the period that you are an affiliate in this
Affiliate
Program, violate any of the following website suitability
restrictions.
In the event that we believe that you have violated any of the
following
website suitability restrictions we may, in addition to all other
rights and
remedies that we may have, terminate this Agreement and your
participation in
this Affiliate Program without notice. Your participating
websites may
not: (i) infringe on our or any other person's or entity's intellectual
property, publicity, privacy or other rights, (ii) fail to
state a clear
online privacy policy to your visitors, (iii) require a username or
password to
access your websites, without our prior written consent (including via
email), (iv)
violate any law, rule or regulation, (v) contain any content
that is
threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, harmful to minors, or
contains
nudity, pornography or sexually explicit materials, (vi)
contain any
viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other
computer
programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally
interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal
information, (vii) contain material that is materially false,
inaccurate,
fraudulent or misleading or that promotes pyramid or similar
schemes;
(viii) promote violence or any illegal or immoral activity,
(ix) promote
discrimination based upon gender, race, religion, nationality,
disability,
sexual orientation or age, (x) use or promote the use of bulk
email or
spam, (xi) contain software or use technology that attempts
to intercept,
divert or redirect Internet traffic to or from any other website, or
that
potentially enables the diversion of affiliate commissions from another
website, (xii) use any software that gathers information through the
customer's
Internet connection without his or her knowledge, (xiii) install
spyware on
another person's computer, or cause spyware to be installed on another
person's
computer, or utilize any "opt-out downloads". An "opt-out
download" is any software, program, script, tool or element that would
automatically download to a user's computer or that would become
operative when
the user accesses the Internet unless the user takes affirmative action
to
prevent the download. (xiv) use a context based triggering mechanism to
display
an advertisement that partially or wholly covers or obscures paid
advertising
or other content on an Internet website in a way that interferes with a
user's
ability to view the Internet website, or use browser-embedded
contextual
targeting applications or other applications which serve advertisements
(pop-up
ads and pop-unders, in-browser ads and highlighting of website content
and
redirecting to websites with similar content, regardless of whether any
such
advertisements are served directly by you or is provided or purchased
from a
third-party) on Merchants or Merchants competitors websites or on any
other
website other than your websites.
(b) You may not (i) engineer you websites in a manner designed to direct or pull Internet traffic away from our Merchant website, (ii) attempt to modify or alter our Merchant website in any way; (iii) make any representations, either express or implied, or create an appearance that a visitor to your website is visiting our website, e.g., "framing" the Merchant website, without our prior written approval; or (iv) "scrape" or "spider" any Merchant website or any other website for Merchant Content (as defined below).
(c) You may not purchase products during sessions initiated through Qualified Links on your websites for resale, or commercial use of any kind. Such purchases may result, in our sole discretion, in the withholding of the Revenue Share or the termination of this Agreement.
(d) We have the right in our sole and absolute discretion to monitor your websites at any time and from time to time to determine if you are in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, and you agree to provide us with unrestricted access to your websites for such purpose.
(e)
Affiliate will fully comply with the Federal Trade Commissions Guides
Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the
Endorsement Guides). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing,
any affiliate who provides content or reviews of Metrostyle must
clearly and
conspicuously state, in a manner that is unavoidable to the consumer,
that the
affiliate receives monetary compensation BEFORE the tracking links or
banners
directing the consumer to the Metrostyle landing page. Disclaimers at
the
bottom or end of the article will not be sufficient. Affiliates
noncompliance
with the Endorsement Guides may subject it, in the discretion of
Metrostyle, to
removal from the program and reversal of commissions. Furthermore, any
Metrostyle
affiliate who promotes Metrostyle through social media must clearly and
conspicuously state "AD:" before each post. Linking to a post with
the disclaimer will not be sufficient. For more information about the
Endorsement Guides, go to:
http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/press-releases/ftc-publishes-final-guides-governing-endorsements-testimonials/091005revisedendorsementguides.pdf
and
http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus71-ftcs-revised-endorsement-guideswhat-people-are-asking
3.
Right to Use
Merchant Content. (a)
Subject to the terms and
conditions herein, we hereby grant to you, during the term hereof, a
limited,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, non-sublicenseable,
non-assignable
right to (i) access the Merchant Website through Qualified Links
(defined
below) provided by us from time to time, and (ii) use and display the
Merchant
Content (as defined below) that we may make available to you from time
to time
solely as provided to you through the Pepperjam Network and solely for
the
purpose of generating the sale of Merchants products from your website
that we
have approved and solely in connection with your participation in this
Affiliate Program. Any attempt to sublicense, assign or
transfer this right
is void. We may terminate your rights to use the Merchant
Content for any
reason at any time in our sole and absolute discretion. Affiliate is
prohibited
from promoting Metrostyle or soliciting sales on behalf of
Metrostyle
through in-person solicitation, by initiating telephone calls, or any
other
promotion or solicitation involving direct contact between an employee
or
representative of Affiliate and a potential customer of
Metrostyle.
(b) A "Qualifying Link" means a link from your website to our website using one of the URLs or graphic links provided by us (or through the Pepperjam) for use in the Affiliate Program that allows Pepperjam to track the use of such links by your visitors. All Qualifying Links that you will use in the Affiliate Program will be provided to you from the Pepperjam or by other means selected by us, and only valid Qualifying Links generated by the Pepperjam or by us will be tracked for purposes of determining Revenue Share that you may be eligible to receive on sales of products generated through your website. Except for the right to use the Merchant Content provided to you by us hereunder, we are not granting you any rights in, and you represent, warrant, covenant and agree that you will not use, in any manner, any trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, banners, buttons, graphics, digital images, text, or other content or materials owned or controlled by us.
(c)
Upon termination of this Agreement, for any reason, you shall
immediately cease
using, displaying or otherwise maintaining any interest in the Merchant
Content. For purposes of this Agreement "Merchant Content"
means any and all trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos,
banners,
buttons, digital images, graphics, text and other content and material
which we
may, in our sole discretion, make available to you in connection with
this
Affiliate Program from time to time.
4.
Special
Offers. (a) From time to
time, we may post on the
Pepperjam special offers ("Special Offers") to pay certain members of
the Affiliate Program, chosen at our sole discretion, a specified
referral fee
on sales of certain products. The terms of a Special Offer,
as posted on
the Pepperjam or otherwise communicated to such members, shall be
governed by
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. However, in the
event of any
inconsistency between the terms of the Special Offer and the terms of
this
Agreement, the terms of the Special Offer shall govern.
(b)
Advance notice of promotions, sales and special events is Confidential
Information
of ours until such events are publicized by us. From time to
time you may
be given prior notice of such events so that you may prepare content on
your
Website. The existence of such event and any Merchant Content provided
to you
is Confidential Information and may not be disclosed by you prior to
the date
specified by us. You also agree upon notice to promptly
remove any
Confidential Information from your site upon our request.
5. Merchant Content Usage Restrictions. IF YOU FAIL
TO COMPLY WITH
ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS SECTION 5, AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION YOU,
FORFEIT
ANY COMMISSIONS OR OTHER PAYMENTS OTHERWISE EARNED BY YOU DURING SUCH
TIME THAT
YOU ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
(a) Obtaining and Using Merchant Content. You agree that you will not, except as specifically provided for in this Agreement (i) copy or obtain any images or other content relating to the Merchant from the Merchant Website or elsewhere, except through the Pepperjam, (ii) copy or display any Merchant Content, (iii) modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based on the Merchant Content, (iv) remove, erase, or tamper with any copyright or other proprietary notices in any copy of any of the Merchant Content, (v) sell, market, license, sublicense, distribute, disclose or otherwise grant to any person or entity any right or interest in the Merchant Content, (vi) take any action which may cause deception, confusion or otherwise dilutes the quality of the Merchant Content or the goodwill associated therewith, or (vii) use the Merchant Content in any manner which disparages or portrays us in a false, competitively adverse or poor light.
(b) No Keyword Purchasing. You agree that you will not purchase or bid for the placement of our name or trademarks or any variation or misspelling thereof within any search engine or portal, including but not limited to Google, Bing, AOL.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com and Google.com. ask.com and miva.com. You agree to negative match on our Trademark terms.
(c) Search Engine and Advertising Restrictions. You also agree to the following additional search engine advertising rules: (i) all advertisements by you must be directed to your site or a page within your site, (ii) none of your advertisements may link directly to the Merchant Website or any page within the Merchant Website, (iii) you will not show the Merchant Website URL as the URL in your ads, (iv) you will not use the words "official site" or words to similar effect in connection with any use of our trademarks, or otherwise suggest or imply that your site is an official Merchant site or partner, and (v) you will stop bidding on any keyword term at our request.
(d)
Metrostyle reserves the right to back out commissions of Affiliate
found in
violation of following trademark bidding terms:
(e) Metrostyle prohibits all Affiliates from bidding on Metrostyle or
any of Metrostyle
s trademark terms, variations, brand name or misspellings for search
engine
positioning. This notification applies to, but is not limited
to, the
following registered Metrostyle trademarks or proprietary
brands: (f)
Affiliate agrees not to bid on the Metrostyle name or any
common
misspelling or confusingly similar name or combination of any trademark
terms
and generic terms (i.e., Metrostyle catalog, Metrostyle
coupons, Metrostyle
discount) on any pay-for-placement search engine, including,
but not
limited to, Yahoo, Google, Bing, and Ask. (g)Affiliate agrees not to
use the Metrostyles
brand name in the display URL. (h)Affiliate agrees not to have any
direct linking
to Metrostyle from anywhere other than their site without the express
written
approval of Metrostyle and all links must go to a landing page on
Affiliate's
site. Metrostyle prohibits Affiliate from using downloadable
applications. (i)
Affiliate may not use Metrostyle 's name, or any variation or
misspelling
thereof, directly or indirectly in (a) metatags, (b) hidden text, page
titles
or source code, and/or (c) Affiliate's domain or sub-domain. (j)
Affiliate may
not purchase and/or use any URLs that contain any trademarks or trade
names of Metrostyle,
including without limitation the name Metrostyle, or any common
misspellings or
mistyping of any of the foregoing. (k) Affiliate must obtain Metrostyle
written
approval before any creative is published in which Metrostyle
trademarks are
present. (l) If Affiliate receives any violations of the foregoing
prohibitions, this Agreement will be subject to immediate termination
at Metrostyle
's sole discretion.
(b) Trademark and Look and Feel Restrictions. Additionally, you agree that (i) you will not include any name, trademark, trade name, service name, logo or similar business identifier, or any variation or misspelling thereof, which is owned or controlled by us in any domain name, URL, or similar identifier used by you, (ii) you will not alter or attempt to alter the look, feel, content, features or functionality of the Merchant Website, (iii) you will immediately substitute or remove any Merchant Content from your websites at our request, (iv) your websites will not in any way copy or resemble the look, feel or content of the Merchant Website or create any impression that your websites are part of the Merchant Website, (v) you will not purchase or contract with any other person or entity to exploit any name, trademark, trade name, service name, logo or similar business identifier, or any variation or misspelling thereof, which is owned or controlled by us for any purpose, (vi) you will not use any Merchant Content in a manner which links or otherwise directs potential customers to any website other than the Merchant Website, and (vii) you will not attempt to intercept or redirect potential customers from or on the Merchant Website or any other website participating in this Affiliate Program.
(c) Promotion Codes & Coupons. You may not, without our prior written consent, utilize any promotion, promotion code, coupon, or other promotional opportunity that is not specifically authorized for Merchant's Affiliate Program and explicitly authorized for your use.
(d)
Communications with Consumers. You may not, without our prior
written
consent, (i) generate or send any email messages, text or mobile
messages, or
other electronic messages ("Electronic Messages") using or containing
and our name or logo, or any variation thereof, or any of our
trademarks or
products, or any of the Qualifying Links or URLs provided to you as
part of the
Affiliate Program, (ii) send any Electronic Messages that in any way
suggests or
implies or misleads or is likely to mislead (including without
limitation, via
the return address, subject heading, header information or message
contents) a
recipient into believing that we or any related entity was the sender
or
sponsor of such email or procured or induced you to send such email,
(iii)
forward, redistribute, or otherwise repurpose any Electronic Messages
that we
send our customers or members of the Pepperjam, and (iv) generate or
send any
unsolicited email (spam) under this Agreement or any email in violation
of the
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (including any amendments or successor laws) or
any other
applicable laws or regulations.
6. Property Ownership Rights. You acknowledge and
agree that we
retain all rights, title and interest in and to all property rights
embodied in
or associated with the Merchant Content. You represent,
warrant, covenant
and agree that you will not, and will not assist any third party to,
now or in
the future, (i) take any action challenging or otherwise inconsistent
with our
ownership of, or other right in, the Merchant Content, or (ii) register
or
attempt to register any trademark, service mark, logo, trade name,
domain name,
or similar business identifier, that contains any name, trademark,
service
mark, logo, trade name or other content or material owned or controlled
by us
or any derivation, including misspellings, thereof. All
goodwill and
benefits accruing from the use of the Merchant Content will
automatically vest
in us. You agree to cooperate with us and to take any additional
actions
reasonably requested by us to effect, perfect or confirm our rights,
title and
interest in the Merchant Content.
7.
Operation and
Maintenance of the Merchant Website. (a)
You
acknowledge and agree that we will accept or reject, in our sole and
absolute
discretion, all orders by customers for merchandise placed on or
through the
Merchant Website. You further acknowledge and agree that (i)
you do not
have any authority to make or accept any offer or commitment on behalf
of us, (ii)
we cannot, and do not, guarantee the availability of any merchandise or
other
services offered for sale on the Merchant Website, and (iii) we are
solely
responsible for all pricing, merchandising, order processing, order
fulfillment, shipping, returns and all other aspects of the Merchant
Website
and the sale of merchandise thereunder. Customers who access
the Merchant
Website will be deemed our customers. Accordingly, all of our
then
applicable rules, policies and procedures concerning orders, returns,
refunds,
customer service, privacy and other terms of use and sale will apply to
such
customers. As between the parties, all information obtained
through the
use of the Merchant Website shall be our exclusive property.
(b) We may change our policies and operating procedures at any time in our sole discretion. For example, we will determine the prices to be charged for products sold under the Affiliate Program in accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices and availability may vary from time to time. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular product or the error-free or uninterrupted operation of our website.
(c)
Affiliate must update links on its website within five (5) business
days of a
link's end date or being notified of a link's expiration.
8.
Revenue Share
Payments. (a)
During the term of this
Agreement, we agree to pay you a revenue share (the "Revenue Share")
equal to the applicable percentage of Net Revenue determined pursuant
to the
schedule set forth in the Affiliate Program overview/description
materials
posted on the Pepperjam or otherwise provide by us. We
reserve the right,
at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of
this
Revenue Share schedule at any time without notice. For
purposes of this
Agreement, "Net Revenue" means all cash consideration (not including
any portion of payment made through the redemption coupons or credits,
or the
purchase of gift certificates or gift cards) from merchandise sold in a
transaction resulting directly from a Qualifying Link tracked by eBay
Enterprise Affiliate from your website to the Merchant Website in
accordance
with this Agreement, where the customer purchases such merchandise,
less all
taxes, shipping and handling charges, gift wrapping and other
value-added
service charges, returns and chargebacks. You acknowledge and
agree that
we will not be obligated to pay any revenue share unless we actually
ship the
applicable order and receive full payment for such
order.
(b) A transaction may be deemed to be resulting directly from a Qualifying Link tracked by eBay Enterprise Affiliate from your website to the Merchant Website if: (i) such purchase is made during the time period set forth by us through the Pepperjam after the customer has initially entered our website through your tracked Qualifying Link ("Revenue Share Time"). After the Revenue Share Time, we will not pay referral fees on any products that are added to a customer's shopping cart after the customer has re-entered our website (other than through a Qualifying Link from your website), even if the customer previously followed a link from your website to our website. (ii) your tracked Qualifying Link is the most recent referral to the Merchant Site prior to such purchase among all marketing channels tracked by us. If we are able to track a referral from another marketing channel (e.g. another affiliate, comparison shopping engine, paid search, banner advertisement or any other trackable marketing channel) that is more recent that your Qualifying Link, then the resulting purchase will be deemed to not be directly resulting from your tracked Qualifying Link. All determinations of Qualifying Links and whether a referral fee is payable will be made by us and eBay Enterprise Affiliate and will be final and binding on you. (
c)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we will pay you
the
above-described Revenue Share on a monthly basis. We will
send, or cause
to be sent, to you a check for the Revenue Share earned, less any taxes
or
other amounts that we may be required by law to withhold. No
interest
will be paid on any such amount held by us. If a Revenue
Share payment is
made hereunder and relates to merchandise that is later returned by the
customer, the applicable Revenue Share will be deducted from the next
applicable payment hereunder. If any portion of such Revenue
Share cannot
be recovered through a deduction, we will invoice you for such amount
and you
agree to pay this amount within 30 days after receipt of such
invoice.
Upon termination of this Agreement, we will send, or cause to be sent,
to you,
a check for the total amount of Revenue Share then owed to you as of
the
termination date. The final Revenue Share payment may be
withheld by us
for a reasonable period of time to ensure that the correct amount is to
be paid
after making any adjustments that may be required, including, but not
limited
to, adjustments for returns.
9.
Pepperjam
Affiliate Tracking. (a)
We will track sales made to
customers who purchase products using Qualified Links, that you will
generate
using Pepperjam technology, from your website to our website, and
reports
summarizing this sales activity will be available to you also through
the
Pepperjam. The form, content, and frequency of the reports
are limited to
those reports and capabilities available through the Pepperjam and may
vary
from time to time in our and Pepperjams reasonable
discretion. We are
not responsible for any changes that Pepperjam may make in their
reporting
format, timing, or types of reports available to the members of our
Affiliate
Program. To permit accurate tracking, reporting and fee
accrual, you must
ensure that the links between your website and our website are properly
formatted. We are not responsible for improperly formatted
links
regardless of whether you have made amendments to the code or
not. In
addition, we are unable to track or provide you credit for sales from
customers
that are referred to us with browsers that do not have their cookies
setting
enabled. You hereby agree not to disclose the such
information contained
in Pepperjam reports regarding us to any third party without our prior
written
consent and that such information is the property and Confidential
Information
of ours.
(b)
You represent, warrant, covenant, and agree that (i) you are a member
of
Pepperjams affiliate program, and (ii) you will not bypass, modify,
circumvent, impair, disable or otherwise interfere with any links, web
beacons,
cookies or other technology provided by us or Pepperjam.
10.
Responsibility
for Your Websites and Your Participation. (a)
You will be
solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of
all
websites that are linked to the Merchant Website hereunder and for all
content,
technology and other materials that appear on such websites.
You
acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for complying with all
of the
terms and conditions hereof and all applicable laws, rules and
regulations. You represent, warrant, covenant, and agree
that: (i) you
will not state or imply that we sponsor, endorse, sanction or otherwise
approve
your website or any of your products or service, (ii) you will not
state or
imply that you are an affiliate, associate, partner or agent of ours or
otherwise take any action that could reasonably cause customers
confusion as to
our relationship with you, (iii) you will not take any action that
could
reasonably cause customers confusion as to the website on which any
data
collection, purchase transaction or other functions are occurring, (iv)
you
will make no representations regarding the association of Pepperjam
with us or
you, (v) at all times during and after the term of this Agreement, you
will
protect all of our and Pepperjams Confidential Information (as defined
below)
that you obtain or otherwise have access to with the same degree of
care that
you use to protect your own confidential and proprietary information
but in no
event less than a reasonable standard of care, (vi) you will only use
our and
Pepperjams Confidential Information to the extent necessary to perform
your
obligations hereunder, and (vii) you will not use or display
any
trademark, service mark, logo or other content of Pepperjam or infringe
any of
Pepperjams technology rights, (viii) you will promptly notify us and
Pepperjam
of any malfunctioning of the Qualifying Links or other problems with
your
participation in the Program.
(b) We disclaim all liability for all such matters. Further, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance or content of your website.
(c)
For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means all
non-public information provided or obtained by you about us, including,
without
limitation, all customer information, and all business and sales
information
related to transactions through this Affiliate Program.
11.
Violation of
Terms and Affiliate Indemnification. (a)
Violation
of any of the terms, conditions or prohibitions contained in this
Agreement may
result in, among other things, the immediate termination of this
Agreement and
the commencement of an action by us against you seeking, without
limitation,
injunctive relief, and the recovery of actual, statutory and punitive
damages.
(b)
You, at your own cost and expense, will indemnify, defend and hold
harmless,
us, our and their respective parents, subsidiaries and company
affiliates, and
each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
successors and
assigns against any claim, suit, action, judgment, liability, loss,
cost,
expenses and other damages (even if such claims are groundless,
fraudulent or
false), including reasonable attorney's fees, based upon or in
connection with
(i) any breach or alleged breach of your representations, warranties,
covenants
agreements, or obligations hereunder, (ii) your websites or related
business,
or any content, technology or other materials displayed or contained
thereon,
including but not limited to with respect to claims of misappropriation
or
infringement, (iii) your failure or alleged failure to comply with any
applicable
law, rule or regulation, (vi) claims for unsolicited email, spamming or
violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, (vii) your misuse, unauthorized
modification or unauthorized use of the services or materials provided
by us or
Pepperjam hereunder, or (viii) any actual or alleged wrongful or
negligent act
or omission by you.
12.
Term and
Termination. (a) This
Agreement shall automatically
terminate on the date on which we no longer maintain or you are no
longer a
member of the Affiliate Program contemplated hereunder.
Additionally,
either party may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any
reason by
providing notice (including via e-mail) to the other party.
We may also
terminate this Agreement immediately, without notice, if we determine,
in our
sole discretion, that you have breached this Agreement or that your
website(s)
is unsuitable to participate in this Affiliate Program. If
you do not
generate at least fifty (50) click-throughs or at least one sale per
month
through Qualifying Links, you will be removed from the Affiliate
Program.
Either party may terminate a Special Offer at any time by deleting its
acceptance through the Pepperjam, and such termination of a Special
Offer shall
not be deemed a termination of this Agreement or any other Special
Offers. Sections 3(c), 8(b), 10-20 and 23 (together with all
other
provisions that may reasonably be interpreted as surviving termination
or
expiration of this Agreement) will survive any termination or
expiration of
this Agreement.
Affiliate agrees that if Affiliate is in breach of any of the terms of this Agreement, then the Agreement shall terminate immediately without the need of notice from Metrostyle to Affiliate. Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice thereof to the other party if such other party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, or is subject to the appointment of a receiver.
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your website, all links to our website and all Merchant Content.
(c)
You are only eligible to earn a Revenue Share on sales of products
occurring
during the term of this Agreement, and referral fees earned through the
date of
termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not
canceled or
returned by a customer. In addition, we may invoice you for
Revenue Share
that was paid to you prior to termination if those referral fees relate
to
products that are subsequently canceled or returned by a
customer. In the
event an overpayment is made by us, you agree to promptly remit such
overpayment to us upon notification by us. We may withhold
your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is
paid.
13.
Modification of
Agreement. We reserve the right
to modify this Agreement,
at any time in our sole discretion, by posting a change of notice or a
new
agreement on the Pepperjam, and, if applicable, on the Merchant
Website.
IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE
RECOURSE
IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE
MERCHANT
CONTENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS AFFILIATE PROGRAM FOLLOWING ANY
MODIFICATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING ACCEPTANCE TO
ANY
MODIFICATION OR NEW AGREEMENT.
14. Warranty Disclaimer. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR GUARANTEES, WITH REGARD TO THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD THROUGH THE MERCHANT WEBSITE, THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MERCHANT WEBSITE OR THE EBAY ENTERPRISE AFFILATE NETWORK, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING, OR USAGE OF TRADE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION OF THE MERCHANT WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
Affiliate
represents and warrants to Metrostyle that: (i) Affiliate has all
necessary
authority and rights to grant to Metrostyle all of the rights granted
under
this Agreement and to make all of Affiliates promises and commitments
contained in this Agreement; (ii) neither the granting of the rights to
Metrostyle
under this Agreement nor the exercise thereof by Metrostyle
will infringe
or otherwise violate the intellectual property or other proprietary or
contractual rights of any person or entity; and (iii) the performance
by Affiliate
of its respective promises and commitments contained in this Agreement
and the
services to be rendered by Affiliate pursuant to this Agreement will
not
conflict with or be prohibited or restricted by any agreements or
commitments
with third parties.
15.
Limitation of
Damages. WE WILL HAVE ANY
LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT
LIABILITY
OR OTHER THEORY) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH
DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE, DATA OR PROFITS ARISING UNDER OR
WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM. FURTHER,
OUR
AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING UNDER OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE
AFFILIATE PROGRAM WILL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL REVENUE SHARE PAID
OR
PAYABLE BY US TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE PRECEDING TWELVE
(12)
MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE DATE SUCH LIABILITY AROSE. ALL
CLAIMS MADE
HEREUNDER BY YOU AGAINST US SHALL BE MADE WITHIN 120 DAYS OF THE ACT OR
OMISSION THAT FORMS THE BASIS OF SUCH CLAIMS.
16. Confidentiality All
information relating to each partys business, including without
limitation the
terms of this Agreement, customer lists, personally identifiable
information,
marketing techniques, business strategies, methods and plans, and sales
information, will constitute Confidential Information. Each party
receiving
Confidential Information (the Receiving Party) will hold all
Confidential
Information of the party disclosing Confidential Information (the
Disclosing
Party) in the strictest confidence and will protect all Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party with the same degree of care that
the
Receiving Party exercises with respect to its own proprietary and
confidential
information. The Receiving Party will not disclose or otherwise
disseminate any
Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party,
except
where such third parties are authorized representatives, advisors, or
attorneys
of the Receiving Party who agree to protect and maintain the
confidentiality of
such Confidential Information in accordance with the terms herein, or
in the
event that the Receiving Party must disclose the Confidential
Information to a
third party for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Agreement
against
the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party will not use any Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party for its or her own purpose or
benefit.
However, the Receiving Party will have no obligation with respect to
Confidential Information that: (a) is in the public domain through no
act of
the Receiving Party; (b) was in the possession of or independently
developed by
the Receiving Party without any restriction on use or disclosure prior
to its
disclosure by the Disclosing Party; or (c) is received from a third
party
without any restriction on use or disclosure and without violation of
any
obligation to the Disclosing Party. If the Receiving Party is required
to
disclose any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party by law,
governmental regulation, court order, or other legal process, it may do
so
provided that it provides the Disclosing Party prompt advance written
notice of
the apparent obligation to make the disclosure so that the Disclosing
Party may
seek a protective order or other comparable relief and that the
Receiving Party
takes such other reasonable steps, at the expense of the Disclosing
Party, to
protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, as may be
requested
by the Disclosing Party. Neither party will issue any press release or
other
public announcement relating to this Agreement or the activities
contemplated
by this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other party.
17.
Independent
Contractors. We, you, Pepperjam
are each independent
contractors and nothing in this Agreement or in any Pepperjam affiliate
program
documents is intended to or will create any form of partnership, joint
venture,
agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship.
18.
Governing Law.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, excluding its
conflict of
laws principles. Any lawsuit relating to this Agreement must
be brought
in the federal or state courts located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
19.
Press Release;
Publicity. You agree that you
will not issue any press
release or make any other similar public announcement that in any way
makes any
reference to us without our prior written consent, which consent may be
withheld in our sole discretion.
20.
Force Majeure.
Our performance under this Agreement shall be excused to the extent
that such
performance is hindered, delayed or made commercially impractical by
causes
beyond our reasonable control.
21.
Headings.
The titles and headings of the various sections and paragraphs in this
Agreement are intended solely for convenience of reference and are not
intended
for any other purpose whatsoever, or to explain, modify, or place any
construction upon or on any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
21. Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement
or any of your
rights or delegate any of your obligations under this Agreement, by
operation of
law or otherwise, without our prior written consent, and any such
attempted
assignment shall be void. Subject to such restriction, this
Agreement
will be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against
the
parties and their respective successors and assigns.
22.
Waiver.
The failure of any party hereto at any time to enforce any of the
provisions of
this Agreement will not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any
such
provisions, or in any way to affect the right of any party hereto to
thereafter
enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any
breach of
any provisions of this Agreement will be effective unless set forth in
a
written instrument executed by the party against which enforcement of
such
waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach will be construed or
deemed
to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach.
23.
Remedies. The
parties agree that an award of money damages alone may not be a
sufficient
remedy in the event of a breach of this Agreement by either
party.
Accordingly, each party will be entitled to seek specific performance
of the
other partys obligations hereunder, or an injunction or temporary
restraining
order prohibiting the other party from violating this Agreement in the
event of
a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement. Specific
performance
shall not be the sole or exclusive remedy for any breach of this
Agreement by
either party, but shall be in addition to all other remedies available
to the
non-breaching party at law or in equity.
24. Governing Law; Jurisdiction This Agreement, and the legal relationship between Affiliate and Metrostyle will be governed by Massachusetts law, without regard to conflicts of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement may be brought only in the United States District Court for Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Superior Court located in Suffolk County, MA, and each party hereby accepts the jurisdiction of such courts. Affiliate hereby irrevocably waives any objection, including, without limitation, any objection to the place of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which Affiliate may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such respective jurisdictions. If any litigation is commenced to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to seek a declaration of the rights of the parties hereunder or as a result of any breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with such litigation, including without limitation reasonable attorneys fees, at both the trial and appellate levels.
25 Severability If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or otherwise determined to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be deemed to be severable from the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which will otherwise remain in full force and effect.
26 Survival. Sections concerning the parties rights and obligations which by the content of the Section operate after termination or which are necessary to enforce any right will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
27.
Entire Agreement. This
Agreement and the
Revenue Share schedule represents the complete agreement and
understanding
between us and you and supersedes any other oral or written
communications or
understandings between us and you regarding the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement and the respective duties and
responsibilities of
the parties hereunder may not be assigned, in whole or in part, without
the
prior written consent of the other party, except for a sale or transfer
of all
or substantially all of a partys assets or equity, which will not
require the
non-assigning partys consent. In the event of any permitted assignment
pursuant to the foregoing, all rights and obligations so assigned will
be
binding upon and assumed by such entity. No amendment or modification
to this
Agreement will be binding upon us unless agreed to by an authorized
representative of us.
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