Operating Agreement
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply
to your participation as an Affiliate in the Affiliate Program of www.instantspeakspanish.com
and the establishment of links from your affiliate web site to our web
site, www.instantspeakspanish.com.
1. Enrollment in the Affiliate Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Affiliate
Program application via our site.
2. Acceptance to the Affiliate Program
After completion of the application process, you may begin linking to
our site and accruing commissions. We may reject your application at
our sole discretion if we determine that your site is unsuitable for
the affiliate program for any reason, including, but not limited to,
inclusion of content that is discriminatory, defamatory, harassing,
or in any other way objectionable in our opinion.
If your application to our program is rejected, you may reapply at
any time.
3. Links on Your Site
We will provide you with guidelines, links and graphical artwork to
use in linking to our web site. We will also provide you with a unique
affiliate identification which, when embedded in to the HTML code of
the link from your site to ours (hereafter referred to as special links),
will enable us to track the purchases made by visitors who access our
site using your special links.
Utilization of these special links constitutes agreement to the following:
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You will be solely responsible for the placement and maintenance of
any and all special links that appear on your website.
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You will make no changes to the images provided by InstantSpeak Spanish.
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You will not insert the images, text, or HTML code associated with special
links in unsolicited email.
4. Commission Applicability
You will earn a commission on all qualifying purchases made by visitors
to our site in the course of an affiliate-initiated session.
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An affiliate-initiated session is one in which:
1.
The visitor has accessed our site by following a special link (see section
3, above) located on your page(s).
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A purchase will not qualify for commission determination unless:
1.
The purchase has occurred from an affiliate-initiated session.
2.
InstantSpeak Spanish has received payment in full for all purchased items.
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A purchase will be disqualified wholly or in part from commission determination
if:
1.
Any or all purchased items are returned for a refund.
5. Commission Rates and Payment
You will be entitled to 20% of the merchandise value, inclusive or exclusive
of credit card processing fees, of all qualifying purchases (as defined
in section 4, above).
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Payment will be by check, paypal, and direct deposit. Checks will be
mailed during the first 15 (fifteen) days of the quarter following any
month in which the total of approved orders credited to the Affiliate
are greater than or equal to $50.00.
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Approved orders totaling less than $50.00 will continue to accrue until
such time as the $50.00 threshold for payout is realized.
6. Reports of Purchases
We will track qualifying purchases (as defined in section 5, above)
and we will make
available to you reports summarizing this sales activity. The form,
content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time at
our discretion.
7. Policies and Pricing
Customers who buy products through this affiliate program will be deemed
to be customers of InstantSpeak Spanish. Accordingly, all of
the rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning
customer orders, customer service, and product sales will apply to those
customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures at any
time. For example, we will determine the prices to be charged for products
sold under this program in accordance with our own pricing policies.
Product prices and availability may vary from time to time.
8.Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the images and text
which we provide, described in Section 3, solely for the purpose of
identifying your site as an affiliate program participant. We reserve
all of our rights in the provided images and text, any other images,
our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property
rights. We may revoke your license at any time by giving notice in a
manner of our choosing. .
9. 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.
We disclaim all liability for all such matters. Further, you will indemnify
and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including,
without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation,
maintenance, and contents of your site.
10.Term of the 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, with or without notification.
You are only eligible to earn commissions on qualifying purchases made
during the term, and commissions earned through the date of termination
will remain payable only if the related purchases are not canceled or
returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to
ensure that the correct amount is paid.
11.Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
at any time and at 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 InstantSpeak Spanish Affiliate Program following our posting
of a change notice or new agreement on our site will constitute binding
acceptance of the change.
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 site
or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this section.
13.Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages
(or any loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with
this agreement or the program, even if we have been advised of the possibility
of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect
to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total referral
fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
14. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect
to the affiliate program or any products sold through the affiliate
program (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.
15.Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM
THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR
TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE
DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON
ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH
IN THIS AGREEMENT.
16. Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and
the Commonwealth of Maine, 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 Sanford, Maine, and you irrevocably
consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this
Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written
consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding
on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against the parties and
their respective successors and assigns. Our failure to enforce your
strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute
a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such a provision or any
other provision of this Agreement.