Affiliate Agreement
This Affiliate Program Agreement
("This Agreement"), which contains the complete
terms and conditions of the Affiliate Program ("This
Program"), is made by and agreed between Babies Travel
Lite, hereafter referred to as "BTL", and the individual
or entity applying for participation in This Program, hereafter
referred to as "You". As used in This Agreement,
"us" and "we" shall refer to BTL, while
"your" shall refer to You. Furthermore, "site"
shall mean a Universal Resource Location (URL) situated on
the World Wide Web (WWW). By entering this agreement, You
acknowledge, agree to, and will abide by all the Terms
and Conditions set forth hereafter:
Section 1. Process of Enrollment
To be considered a possible candidate for The Program, You
must complete the Affiliate Application ("The Application")
on our site in its entirety and submit it to us. Completion
and submission of The Application do not in any manner neither
suggest nor guarantee participation in This Program. Once
we have received your application and it is completed to our
satisfaction, we will, in good faith, evaluate your application
and notify you of your acceptance or rejection into This Program.
We will evaluate your application based solely on the criteria
we set forth, which includes but is not limited to the following
criteria:
A. Suitability of your business or site and its content
(i.e. You promote the beliefs and values of us and our customers;
the beliefs and values will be defined solely by us and will
not be enumerated in This Agreement)
B. Business potential (i.e. our prediction of the number
of referrals we will get from your business; the prediction
will be done by us based on our understanding of the market)
We reserve the right to accept or reject your application
based on the above mentioned criteria or any other criteria
that we have not in included in This Agreement. If your application
is rejected, you may reapply for consideration into our program
at a later time. However, we may, at our discretion, permanently
bar you from participation in the Program if your business
or site is inconsistent with our objectives or the operation
of our Program. If we do, we will inform you of our decision.
Section 2. Relationship between BTL and You
As an affiliate of BTL, we grant you nonexclusive and revocable
right to our graphic and text that will be provided to you
by us in accordance to the terms in This Agreement. You acknowledge
and agree that we reserve all rights to our graphics and texts
and that you lay no claims to our intellectual properties.
Furthermore, You shall not in any way speak on behalf of BTL
nor shall you represent us in any manner outside of that which
is stated and agreed upon in This Agreement.
Section 3. Distribution of our brochures
Upon your expressed, written acceptance into The Program,
you may distribute brochures provided to you by BTL. The brochures
will contain your unique coupon code. When you require additional
brochures, you may obtain them by contacting BTL.
Section 4. Links to our site
Upon your expressed, written acceptance into The Program,
you may establish home page links on your site using any of
the graphics (including our logo, buttons, and product pictures)(each
of these links referred to herein as "Links" or,
individually as "Link") found on our site. From
time to time, at our sole discretion, we may modify the graphic
images or texts provided to you and you agree to accept the
modified images as replacements for the graphic images already
on your site.
Section 5. Pay Schedule
As an Affiliate, Babies Travel Lite will pay you twenty percent
(20%) of our Standard Service Charge ("Affiliate Share")
for each order originating through your coupon identification
code and/or affiliate link on the world wide web. No Affiliate
Share shall be payable if any affiliate-driven visitor leaves
BabiesTravelLite.com without making a purchase. No Affiliate
Share shall be payable if a brochure affiliate-driven visitor
makes a purchase and does not enter your unique coupon code.
No Affiliate Share shall be payable if a web link affiliate-driven
visitor leaves BabiesTravelLite.com without making a purchase
and later returns to BabiesTravelLite.com to make a purchase
via any method other than through the assigned affiliate link
on your site. Additionally, no Affiliate Share shall be payable
if an affiliate-driven order was found to be "bogus".
"Bogus" orders include, but are not limited to,
orders that are not processed or not shipped for reasons such
as invalid credit card information, international orders,
fraudulent information and, canceled and unfilled orders.
Affiliate Share is tallied at the end of each calendar quarter
and is payable approximately 30 days following the close of
the quarter. A check for the applicable amount, less any taxes
required, will be sent along with a statement of activity.
However, if the Affiliate Share totals less than $25.00 for
the quarter, the amount is rolled over to subsequent quarters
until the outstanding Affiliate Share totals $25.00 or greater.
Section 6. Our Responsibility
We will be solely responsible for processing orders placed
with Babies Travel Lite, tracking the number of customer orders
processed, and providing you information regarding the number
orders processed related to business referred by you. We reserve
the right to reject orders. We will be responsible for order
entry, payment processing, shipping, cancellations, returns
and customer service related to our site.
Section 7. Your Responsibility
You will be solely responsible for the development, execution,
and maintenance of your site including but not limited to
technical, material, and any other aspects related to your
site. Furthermore, You will be responsible for maintaining
our links on your site including proper display of graphics
and texts and proper execution of links. In order to permit
accurate tracking and reporting of your affiliate account,
you will be responsible for ensuring that the links between
our site and yours are properly formatted. In addition, you
indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and
expenses relating to the development, execution, and maintenance
of your site.
You hereby agree that your site will not, in any way, copy
or resemble the look and feel of our site, nor will you do
anything to create the impression that your site is our site
or a part of our site, including without limitation, framing
our site in any manner. You also hereby agree that your site
will not contain any content of our site or any materials
which are proprietary to BabiesTravelLite.com, except 1) with
our prior permission, or 2) the materials were obtained by
you via the BabiesTravelLite.com site in accordance with the
provisions hereof or the policies or instructions thereon.
You further hereby agree that your domain name does not and
will not contain any of the following words: BabiesTravelLite.com,
Babies Travel Lite, BabyTravelLite.com, BabiesTravelLight.com,
Babies Travel Light, BabyTravelLight.com, Baby Travel Light,
Baby Bundle, or any variation thereof.
We have the right based on our sole discretion to monitor
your site at any time to determine if you are in compliance
with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 8. Reports of Sales
You will be able to check your sales statistics through our
affiliate link at BabiesTravelLite.com. This area of the site
is password protected, and you will be given/or create a password.
All information available in the affiliate portion of the
BabiesTravelLite.com site, including sales statistics, is
our confidential information and is protected under Section
16 herein.
Section 9. Publicity/Use of Our Name
You cannot create, publish, distribute, or permit any material
that makes reference to us or uses our name or any of our
trademarks without first submitting such material to us and
receiving our written consent.
Section 10. Licenses and Use of the Babies Travel Lite Logos
and Trademarks
a. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable
right to 1) access our site through the Links solely in accordance
with the terms of This Agreement, and 2) to use our marks
and logos only in the forms that they appear on BabiesTravelLite.com
site (the "Marks") (or such other images or messages
for which we granted prior express written permission, hereafter
"Pre- approved Images") solely in connection with
such Links and only as permitted herein. You may not alter,
modify, or change the Marks or Pre-approved Images or message
in any way. You are only entitled to use the Marks to the
extent that you are a member in good standing of the Program.
b. You cannot make any use
of any Marks or any Pre-approved Images for purposes other
than Links without first submitting a sample to us and obtaining
our prior written consent. You agree that you will not in
any way dispute, or do anything to impair the validity of
our rights in our Marks, our ownership and right to use and
control the use of our Marks. You further agree that all use
of our Marks by you shall inure to our benefit of and on behalf
of us and agree that nothing in this Agreement shall give
you any right, title, or interest in our Marks other than
to use the Marks in connection with this Agreement. You agree
not to use the Marks in any manner that is disparaging or
that otherwise portrays us in a negative light. We may revoke
your license at any time by giving you written notice. This
license shall terminate upon the effective date of the expiration
or termination of This Agreement.
c. You grant us a non-exclusive
license to utilize your names, titles, and logos ("Affiliate
Marks") to advertise, market, promote, and/or publicize
in any manner, provided that we obtain prior written consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld. BTL shall not be required
to advertise, market, promote, and/or publicize in any manner on your behalf. This license shall terminate upon the effective
date of the expiration or termination of This Agreement.
Section 11. Limitation of Liability
WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OR 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
AFFILIATE SHARE PAID OR PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 12. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless us and our
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 1) any claim that our use of the Affiliate Marks
infringes on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright,
license, intellectual property, or other proprietary right
of any third party, 2) any failure or breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant, or agreement made by you herein, 3) any
misuse of our name or trademarks, or 4) any claim related
to your site, including, without limitation, content therein
not attributable to us.
Section 13. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations
with respect to This Program, our site, and the products we
sell (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 do not imply nor state in any manner that
our site will operate without errors or interruptions. In
the event that errors or interruptions occur, You will not
hold us responsible for any damages or expenses or any other
consequences resulting therein.
Section 14. Amendment to This Agreement
We reserve the right to modify any terms and conditions contained
in this Agreement at any time. You will be notified by email
and a change notice will be posted on our site. Modifications
may include, but are not limited to, changes of the scope
of available revenue share, payment procedures, and Affiliate
Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you,
your only recourse and sole remedy is to terminate this Agreement.
Your continued participation in the Affiliate Program following
our posting of a change notice or new agreement on our site
will constitute your binding acceptance of the change.
Section 15. Term of This
Agreement
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance
of your Affiliate Program application and will end immediately
when terminated by either party. Either party may terminate
this agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving
the other party written notice of termination. If we terminate
this Agreement or notify you of a breach by you, you shall
be required to remove all Links within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt
of notice. You are only eligible to earn Affiliate Share on
sales occurring during the term of This Agreement.
Section 16. Confidentiality
Each of the parties hereto agrees that all information including,
without limitation, the terms of this Agreement, business
and financial information, product designs, customer and vendor
lists; and pricing and sales information, concerning us, you,
or any of our affiliates shall remain strictly confidential
and secret. Such information 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 1) to any person pursuant to a subpoena issued
by any court or administrative agency, 2) to its accountants,
attorney, or other agents on a confidential basis, and 3)
otherwise as required by applicable law, rule, regulation,
or legal process.
Section 17. Independent Investigation
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. 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.
Section 18. Governing Law
This agreement will be governed by the laws of the United
States and the State of California, without reference to rules
governing choice of laws. Any action relating to This Agreement
must be brought in federal or state courts located in Los
Angeles, California, and you irrevocably consent to the venue
and jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this agreement,
by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written
consent. However, we shall have the right to assign our rights
hereunder to any of our related or affiliated entities. 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 or subsequently
enforce such a provision or any other provision of This Agreement.
Section 19. Authority to
Act
You acknowledge that you have the authority to act on your
behalf, to represent You, and to execute a binding agreement
between You and BTL. Furthermore, you acknowledge that you
have the authority to act on your behalf, to represent You,
and to execute a binding agreement between You and BTL under
the provision provided for by the laws governing business
practices within the United States of America.
By clicking on "I Agree", you acknowledge that you
have read This Agreement in its entirety and fully understand
all terms and conditions implied or established by This Agreement.
Furthermore, You acknowledge that the terms and conditions
set forth in This Agreement are binding and will come into
affect upon your acceptance into The Program and will cease
upon your termination from The Program.
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