By filling out the Affiliate
Sign-Up Form you acknowledge that you have read the terms
and conditions, understand, and agree with them.
1. Joining the Program
By filling out the sign-up form you will automatically
become an affiliate and are bound by the terms of this
agreement. Your participation in the program is solely
for this purpose: to legally advertise specific websites
and services provided by interpublishgroup and to receive
a commission on advertising products purchased by your
referral individuals through the affiliate.
2.
Revocation of Affiliate Status
Your affiliate application and status in the program may
be suspended or terminated for any of the following
reasons: Inappropriate advertisements (False claims,
misleading hyperlinks), spamming (mass email, mass
newsgroup posting, etc.), advertising on sites containing
or promoting illegal activities, violation of
intellectual property rights.
3.
Affiliate Links
You may use one of our own web pages with your special
links for payment of advertising or also graphic and text
links both on your website and in emails. The site may
also be advertised "off-line" in classified
ads, magazines, and newspapers. You may use the graphics
and text provided to you by us, or you may create your
own as long as they are deemed appropriate according to
the conditions in 2.
4.
Affiliate Tracking
When a web surfer clicks through your affiliate link, the
surfer will be directed to a special page (your page on
our site) on which the surfer can buy one of the
products. The sale is recorded by Paypal and you are
credited for your commission.
Graphics
links that we have made available for use in your website
Site will always be available at our Banners and
Links page. In order for us to
accurately keep track of guest visits from your site to
ours, you must use the HTML code that we provide.
5.
Links
We will provide you with a unique identifying URL for you
to link to. Each sale is generated from this URL will be
attributed to you. Your links to the unique URL can be
text links or banner links, or a combination of the two,
at your sole discretion. If you choose banner links, you
must use our banners. We will
provide you with a URL of all our banners, from which you
can freely choose. You may add as many links to the
relevant internet site , or remove such links, at anytime
and without prior approval from us.
We
will provide you with instructions on how to properly
format the links. You are responsible for ensuring the
links are formatted correctly. This will ensure accurate
tracking of sales for credit to your account. Every
effort will be made to ensure that our site is functional
and available for customers referred to our site through
your "affiliate link".
6.
Terms of the agreement
These terms will begin upon your sign-up with the
affiliate program and will end when your affiliate
account is terminated. The terms of this agreement may be
modified by us at any time. If any modification to the
terms is unacceptable to you, your only choice is to
terminate your affiliate account. Your continuing
participation in the program will constitute your
acceptance of any change.
7.
Commission and Payment
We will pay variable, product related commissions of up
to 50% of any and all purchases made by a customer
referred by your "affiliate link" through our
banners or text links or via your own interpublish
webpage. (Not including any applicable sales tax and
shipping charge). All payments will be handled through
clickbank.
All
commission payments are handled and paid via clickbank in
US currency. Clickbank closes its accounting periods ever
two weeks and pays 15 days thereafter. We are not
responsible for paying interest to affiliates for accrued
but not yet delivered commission payments. Any
"refunds" to a customer, referred through your
"affiliate link", will be deducted from your
"credited" commissions by clickbank. Charge
backs, if any, will be also deducted from your
"credited" commissions. Clickbank will handle
all of that. All decisions on commission payments by
interpublishgroup and or clickbank are final and the
affiliate expressly agrees that in case of a dispute, he
has no recourse to any court of law. The affiliate is not
an employee of interpublishgroup. The affiliate is an
independent contractor and is solely responsible for his
tax and social security liabilities.
8.
Liability
We will not be liable for indirect or accidental damages
(loss of revenue, commissions) due to affiliate tracking
failures, loss of database files, and any results of
"intents of harm" to the program or our
website. We do not make any expressed or implied
warranties with respect to the affiliate program and/or
products sold at this site. We make no claim that the
operation of the affiliate program and our website will
be error-free and we will not be liable for any
interruptions or errors.
9.
Frauds
Please be aware that because of the possibility of credit
card fraud on the Internet, suspicious orders are
automatically canceled by clcikbank or the
interpublishgroup. The commission will not be forwarded
in these instances. Our objective is to develop a long
standing business relationship with our affiliates and
assure you of our utmost honesty and integrity in these
matters.
By filling out the Affiliate
Sing-up Form, you acknowledge that you have read the
terms and conditions, understand, and agree with them.
Frankfurt, April 18, 2005
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