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1. INTRODUCTION
This Affiliate Participation Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the
terms and conditions applicable to participants in the BoxWave
Affiliate Program (the "Program"). In addition to the terms
and conditions contained herein, BoxWave will from
time-to-time establish rules and procedures or amend existing rules and
procedures. Such rules and procedures, presently existing or later amended or
established, are and will be automatically incorporated herein and made a part
of this agreement.
2. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the terms "we" and "us" refer to
BoxWave (AKA BoxWave.com); "you" and
"your" refer to the participant or affiliate; "our site"
refers to the www.boxwave.com web site; "your site" refers to
the web site from which you will link to our site; and "product"
means any item offered for sale by us on our site. A "fully-qualified
link" ("Qualified Link") refers to a link from your site to
ours which contains properly-formatted Merchant and Affiliate ID Codes.
3. ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM
To begin the enrollment process, you must visit the Affiliate Program Information
Page on our site (http://www.boxwave.com/affiliates/)
and complete an Affiliate Program Application ("Application") on the Affiliate Program Information
Page at:
http://www.boxwave.com/affiliates/signup.cfm.
Upon receipt, we will evaluate your Application and notify you of the acceptance
or rejection of your Application. We reserve the right to reject any Application
if we determine in our sole discretion that your site is unsuitable for the Program
for any reason.
We will under no circumstances approve applications from sites that incorporate
content that is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene,
harassing or racially, ethically or otherwise objectionable. Nor will we
approve applications from sites that facilitate or promote illegal activity,
depict sexually explicit images, promote violence, promote discrimination based
on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, or age, or incorporate any
material that infringes or assists others in their efforts to infringe on any
copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights. If your Application
is rejected, you may not participate in the Program. If accepted, you will be
responsible for all of your own expenses incurred in connection with your
participation in the Program (i.e., site hosting or bandwidth fees.) In addition,
we may reject your Application after acceptance, or rescind our acceptance of
your Application at any time in the event of changed conditions or for any
other reason. Determination that a site’s content is "objectionable"
is at our sole and final discretion.
4. UTILIZING OUR LINKS ON YOUR SITE
If you are approved as an Affiliate, you will be provided with a variety of
links to our site (the "Links"). These may consist of any number of
graphical and textual links, banner advertisements, button links and other
static or dynamically-updated content incorporating our logos and/or words
identifying us. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, you may display
these Links on your site. You agree that you will cooperate fully with us to
establish and maintain such Links. You may place and use any link in as many
areas on your site as you wish, subject only to the limitations set forth in
this Agreement. You shall endeavor to display the Links prominently throughout
your site wherever commercially reasonable. You shall use the Links only in
order to link to our site and to promote your ability to do so pursuant to this
Agreement. You shall not present the Links or any images comprising the Links
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 may not alter or change the look, feel, or functionality of the Links
without our express prior written consent. You may not use the Links in any way
that may alter the look, feel, or functionality of our site, or which negatively
impact our brand equity or reputation. We have the right to monitor your site
from time to time to determine if you are in compliance with this Agreement.
5. ORDER PROCESSING
We will process orders placed by customers who follow the Links from your site
to our site. We reserve the right to reject or withhold acceptance or
fulfillment of orders for any reason, including but not limited to the failure
of any entity making an order to comply with our
terms and conditions of sale as these may evolve from time to time. We will
be solely responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment. The
volume and amount of sales generated using the Links from your site to ours
will be tracked by BoxWave Links (the
"Tracking Data"). You will have access to our reporting
center at http://www.boxwavelinks.com/,
where you can check your site's traffic and sales activity, as it relates to the
Program, on a daily basis. To permit accurate tracking and reporting, you must
ensure that the Links between your site and our site are properly formatted.
6. COMMISSIONS
Only Products that are purchased by a user linking to our site from your site
pursuant to a Qualified Link ("Linked User"), for which purchase we
have received full payment (collectively a "Qualifying Purchase"),
will qualify for a commission ("Commission"). No Commission will be
paid if the visitor to our site cannot be tracked by Mal's eCommerce's system or if the
visitor to our site accesses our site by a means other than the use of the
Qualified Link. Commission rates ("Commission Rates") will be based
on the amount actually paid to us for Qualifying Purchases, excluding amounts
collected by us for sales taxes, duties, gift-wrapping, shipping, handling,
and similar charges, amounts due to credit card fraud and bad debt, and credits
for returned goods ("Net Sales"). All available items on our site will
be included in the computation of Net Sales. The current Standard Commission
Rate is three percent (5%) of the Net Sales received by us. Although we assume
no obligation to do so, we may, from time to time, offer increased Commission
Rates on specific products and/or other additional incentives to our Affiliates.
7. COMMISSION PAYMENT
Subject to Section 6 above, we will pay you Commissions on a monthly basis.
Within approximately 30 days following the end of each calendar month during
which this Agreement is in effect, we will send you a check for the Commissions
you earned on Net Sales in the preceding month, as well as a report summarizing
the sales activity on which Commissions are payable. If Commissions payable to
you for any period are less that $20.00, we will hold those Commissions until
the total amount due is at least equal to $20.00. If returns, refunds or other
events require recalculation of Net Sales for a period in which Commissions
have already been paid, we will offset Commissions payable in succeeding months
by the amount which Commissions are reduced by such recalculation. If there are
no subsequent Commissions payable, we will send you an invoice for reimbursement
of the overpaid Commissions, and you agree to pay any such invoice within 30
days of receipt of such invoice. As an independent contractor, you are solely
and entirely responsible for any and all taxes and/or other fees or obligations
associated with your receipt of payments under this Agreement.
8. POLICIES AND PRICING
Customers who buy Product(s) through the Affiliate Program are our customers,
and all purchases and related transactions are subject to our
Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and other rules and operating
procedures, all of which we may periodically modify, at our sole discretion.
You do not have any authority to make any sale or representation on our behalf
or to bind us in any way, and you agree that you shall not attempt to do so or
to hold yourself out as having authority to do so. Accordingly, you may not
post our proprietary product information, prices, policies, terms, or other
similar information on your site, EXCEPT WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A LINK TO OUR SITE AS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, OR WITH
EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US TO POST SUCH INFORMATION ON YOUR SITE.
9. RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR SITE
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance
of your site, all activities relating to your site and for all materials that
appear on your site. We shall have no responsibility for the development,
operation or maintenance of your site or for any materials that appear on your
site. You shall also be solely responsible for 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), and ensuring that materials posted on your site are not
libelous or otherwise illegal. You must have express permission to use another
party's copyrighted or other proprietary material on your site. We will not be
responsible if you use another party's copyrighted or other proprietary material
in violation of the law. We disclaim all liability for such matters.
10. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
You hereby represent and warrant to us that 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; and
that the execution, delivery and performance by you of this Agreement are
within your legal capacity and power, have been duly authorized by all requisite
action on your part, require the approval or consent of no other persons; and
neither violate nor constitute a default under the provision of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which you are subject or which is
binding upon you, or the terms of any other agreement, document or instrument
applicable to you or binding upon you.
11. NON-EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED LICENSE FOR USE OF LOGOS AND TRADEMARKS
If you are accepted as an Affiliate, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable right to use such graphics, images, logos and text
as we may from time to time provide to you or provide you with access to (the
"Licensed Materials") solely in connection with your participation as
an approved affiliate of the Program. We may terminate the foregoing license if,
in our sole discretion, your use of the Licensed Materials does not conform to
our standards. You agree that title to and ownership of the Licensed Materials
shall remain with us at all times. You shall use the Licensed Materials exactly
in the form provided from time to time (including, but not limited to, image
dimensions and file sizes and types) and in conformance with any trademark
usage policies that we may establish. You may not form any combination marks
with the Licensed Materials. You shall not take any action inconsistent with
our ownership of or goodwill associated with the Licensed Materials. You agree
that any benefits and goodwill arising from your use of the Licensed Materials
shall inure solely to our benefit.
You agree not to use the Licensed Materials, or materials which have been
modified or are substantially similar, in any manner that is disparaging or
that otherwise portrays us in a negative light. We reserve all of our rights
in the Licensed Materials, and all other intellectual property rights. We may
revoke your license at any time by giving you notice in accordance with the
notice provisions of this Agreement. You shall obtain no rights in or to the
Licensed Materials in the event of termination of this Agreement.
You shall not create, publish, distribute or permit any written material that
makes reference to us, without first submitting such material to us and
receiving our written consent.
You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use
your names, titles, logos, trademarks, trade names, and service marks
(collectively the "Affiliate Trademarks") to advertise, market,
promote, and publicize in any manner the Affiliate Program, your participation
in the Affiliate Program and/or BoxWave. We shall not
be required to use the Affiliate Trademarks or to advertise, market, promote,
or publicize you or your site. You hereby represent and warrant that you are
the sole and exclusive owner of the Affiliate Trademarks and that you have the
right and power to grant to us the license to use the Affiliate Trademarks 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.
From time to time we may provide you with links containing names, logos,
trademarks, trade names, service marks, or other materials owned by third parties
(the "Third Party Materials"). The Third Party Materials shall remain
the property of their respective owners, and we do not confer any rights upon
you by providing you with those materials. You may not alter or modify any
Third Party Materials or use the materials in any way that has not been
specifically approved by us.
These licenses shall terminate upon the date of expiration or termination of
this Agreement.
12. 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 web site or otherwise, that reasonably would
contradict anything in this Section.
13. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE PROGRAM
OR ANY PRODUCTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR
WEB SITE OR PRODUCTS WILL BE ERROR FREE, FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR THAT
ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. IF AS A MATTER OF LAW WE MAY NOT DISCLAIM ANY
WARRANTY, THE SCOPE AND DURATION OF SUCH WARRANTY SHALL BE THE MINIMUM
PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
14. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
We will have no liability of any sort arising from any interruptions or errors
on our site. WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS ARISING UNDER OR WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF WE WERE ADVISED OR SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE
OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. Further, our aggregate liability arising
under or with respect to this agreement or the Program shall in no event exceed
the total commissions paid or payable by us to you under this Agreement.
15. AGREEMENT TERM / CANCELLATION / TERMINATION
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Application
and will end when agreed upon by both parties. If this Agreement is terminated
because you have violated the terms of this Agreement or if this Agreement is
terminated because your web site is unsuitable for the Program as set forth in
Section 3, you are not eligible to receive any Commission payments, even for
commissions earned prior to the date of termination. If this Agreement is
terminated for any other reason, you are only eligible to earn a commission on
Net Sales occurring during the term of this Agreement, and commissions earned
through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related orders
for Products 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.
16. CONFIDENTIALITY
We may disclose to you certain information as a result of your participation in
the Program, which information we consider to be confidential (referred to in
this Agreement as "Confidential Information"). For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Confidential Information" will include, but not
be limited to, any modifications to the terms and provisions of this Agreement
made specifically for your web site and not generally available to other members
of the Program, web site, business and financial information relating to our
customers; vendor lists relating to us; and pricing and sales information for
us and any members of the Program, other than you. Confidential Information
shall also include any information that we designate as confidential during the
term of this Agreement. You agree not to disclose any Confidential Information
and that such Confidential Information shall remain strictly confidential and
secret and shall not be utilized, directly or indirectly, by you for your 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 if
the same is required by law or legal process. You agree that you will not issue
a press release or public announcement pertaining to the relationship or
transactions contemplated by this Agreement at any time, unless we expressly
agree otherwise and agree to the form and substance of such press release or
announcement.
17. INDEMNIFICATION
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us and our
stockholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors
and assigns, from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages
or expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) of any nature whatsoever
incurred or suffered by us which arise from or relate in any way to the content
of your site, the conduct of your business, or the goods and/or services you
offer as an Affiliate.
18. AGREEMENT 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 web site of a change notice or a
new agreement, is considered sufficient notice for notifying 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 commissions,
commission schedules, payment procedures, and Program rules. All such
modifications shall take effect forty-eight (48) hours after we notify you as
provided above, unless we indicate otherwise. 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 web site, will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
19. NO ASSIGNMENT
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.
20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement sets forth the entire and final understanding and agreement of
the parties, and supersedes any and all oral or written agreements or
understandings between the parties, as to the subject matter hereof. Except as
set forth in Section 18, above, this Agreement may be changed only by a writing
signed by both parties.
21. WAIVER
The waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or
be interpreted as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.
22. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Washington as applied to agreements made, entered into and
performed entirely in the State of Washington by Washington residents,
notwithstanding your actual residence. Both parties hereby submit to the
personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Seattle,
Washington, and further agree that any cause of action arising under this
Agreement shall be brought in such courts.
23. SEVERABILITY
If any provision herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason,
the remaining provisions will continue in full force without being impaired or
invalidated in any way.
24. NOTICE
Any notices hereunder shall be given as follows:
To us, at: BoxWave, 227 Bellevue Way #558, Bellevue, WA 98004,
Attn: Affiliate Program Coordinator, with a copy Attn: Legal Department at the
same address.
To you, at the address specified in your Application, or at such other address
as each party shall specify in writing from time to time in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section.
Notice shall be deemed given upon personal delivery, or if sent by fax or e-mail,
upon confirmation of receipt, or if sent by certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid, five (5) days after the date of mailing.
BY SUBMITTING AN AFFILIATE PROGRAM APPLICATION, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE
FOREGOING TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE BOXWAVE AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND
ANY ADDENDUM TO THE AFFILIATE AGREEMENT THAT MAY
BE ESTABLISHED HEREAFTER. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT SUBMIT AN AFFILIATE
PROGRAM APPLICATION FROM THIS WEBSITE.
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