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Rev. 1/1/2008
A.D.D. WareHouse Affiliate Agreement
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions between
A.D.D. Warehouse, and the individual or organization (the "Affiliate")
participating in the A.D.D Warehouse Affiliate Program.
In this Agreement, "we" and "us" means A.D.D.
Warehouse, and "you" means the Affiliate participating in the A.D.D. Warehouse
Affiliate Program. "addwarehouse.com" or "Our Site" means the web site
located at http://www.addwarehouse.com, and "Your Site" means the web site upon
which you establish the Links to Our Site as part of the A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate
Program.
1. Enrollment in the Affiliate Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program Application
via our site. We will evaluate your application in
good faith and will notify you of your acceptance or rejection in a timely manner. We may
reject your application if we determine (in our sole discretion) that your site is
unsuitable for the A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program for any reason, including, but not
limited to, inclusion of content that is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening,
defamatory, obscene, harassing, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply to the A.D.D.
Warehouse Affiliate Program at any time.
2. Non-exclusive Agreement. This agreement does not prevent an Affiliate from
selling/fulfilling its own proprietary published titles on its site or from accepting paid
advertising from other booksellers.
3. Promotion of Our Affiliate Relationship
a. As an Affiliate, we will make available to you (via
addwarehouse.com) a variety of graphic and textual links (each of these links sometimes
being referred to herein as "Links" or, individually, as a "Link"),
which, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, you may display as often and in as many
areas on your site as you desire. The Links will serve to identify your site as a member
of our A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program and will establish a link from your site to
ours.
b. In utilizing the links, you agree that you will cooperate fully with
us in order to establish and maintain such links and/or bookstore, as the case may be. You
also agree that you will display in your site only those graphic or textual images
(indicating a Link) that are provided by us, and you will substitute such images with any
new images provided by us from time to time throughout the term of this Agreement. All
Affiliates shall display such graphic and/or textual images prominently in relevant
sections of their site. All links may be modified and/or expanded from time to time
throughout the term of this Agreement pursuant to the mutual agreement of the parties
hereto. Each link connecting users of your site to the pertinent area of our site will in
no way alter the look, feel, or functionality of our site.
4. Our Responsibilities
We will be responsible for providing all information necessary to allow
you to make appropriate links from your site to our site. We will be solely responsible
for processing every order placed by a customer following a special link from your site,
for tracking the volume and amount of sales generated by your site, and for providing
information to Affiliates regarding sales statistics. Also, we will be responsible for
credit card authorizations, payment processing, cancellations, returns, and related
customer service for the A.D.D. Warehouse, it being understood that such activities shall
be for our account.
5. Other Responsibilities and Opportunities of Affiliate Sites
a. If you qualify and agree to participate as an Affiliate, you shall
display links prominently throughout your site as you see fit and with our consent. Links to addwarehouse.com must be placed on
your site within ten days of receiving affiliate approval.
b. Contests and Promotions: As an Affiliate, you will be entitled to
participate and promote on your site any sweepstakes, contests, and special promotions we
may offer, and in connection therewith, we shall make such contests and promotions
available to users of your site. In addition, you will be entitled to earn commissions as
set forth in sections 6 and 7 below.
c. Compliance with the Agreement: We have the right in our sole
discretion to monitor your site at any time and from time to time to determine if you are
in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
6. Commission Determination
a. Only A.D.D. Warehouse Products that are (i) sold by us, (ii)
purchased by users linking to our site from your site pursuant to a Link ("Linked
Users"), (iii) shipped by us, and (iv) for which we have received full payment will
qualify for a commission (each, a "Qualifying Purchase"). Commission rates will
be based on the aggregate amount actually paid to us for Qualifying Purchases of the
A.D.D. Warehouse products, 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, regardless of whether the
item is a "fast delivery" or "special order" item. Commission rates
are as follows:
b. Books, Videos, and Training Products:
i. Commission rates on books will be equal to seven and one-half
percent (7.5%) of Net Sales for Qualifying Purchases of books.
ii. In the event that during any term year Net Sales for Qualifying
Purchases of books exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the fee will be increased to
ten percent (10%) of Net Sales for Qualifying Purchases of books.
iii. To the extent that any amounts paid to you by us for books during
such term year were calculated and paid based on a lower fee than you are entitled to
receive, we will pay to you any excess over the previously paid amounts due as a result of
the above-described increases.
c. Software:
i. Commission rates on software will be equal to seven and one-half
percent (7.5%) of Net Sales for Qualifying Purchases of software.
7. Commission Payment
When the total commissions due to you (based on Section 6 above) exceed
one hundred dollars ($100), we will send a commission check for the applicable commission
(less any taxes required to be withheld under applicable law) and a statement of activity
to you. Such commission checks and statements of activity will be sent approximately
thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter (i.e. ending March 31st;
June 30th; September 30th; and December 31st).
8. Policies and Pricing
Customers who buy A.D.D. Warehouse products through the Affiliate will
be deemed to be customers of A.D.D. Warehouse. Accordingly, all of our rules, policies,
and operating procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, and A.D.D.
Warehouse 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 A.D.D. Warehouse products sold under the Affiliate in accordance with our own pricing
policies. Prices and availability of A.D.D. Warehouse products may vary from time to time.
Because price changes may affect products that you already have listed on your site, you
may not include price information in your product descriptions. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the
availability or price of any particular product.
9. Publicity
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, which we agree shall not be unreasonably withheld.
10. Licenses and Use of the A.D.D. Warehouse Logos and Trademarks
a. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right (i)
to access Our Site through the Links solely in accordance with the terms of this agreement
and (ii) solely in connection with such Links, to use our logos, trade names, trademarks
and similar identifying material relating to us (collectively, the "Licensed
Materials"), for the sole purpose of establishing a Link to Our Site so users of Your
Site can subscribe to A.D.D. Warehouse. You may not alter, modify or change the Licensed
Materials in any way. You are only entitled to use the licensed materials to the extent
that you are an affiliate in good standing.
b. You shall not make any specific use of any Licensed Materials for
purposes other than selling A.D.D. Warehouse products on your site for A.D.D. Warehouse,
without first submitting a sample of such to us and obtaining the prior written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. You agree not to use the Licensed
Materials 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 of our other proprietary
rights. We may revoke your license at any time, by giving you written notice.
c. You grant to us a non-exclusive license to
utilize your company name and logo, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Affiliate Trademarks"), to advertise, market, promote and publicize in any
manner your participation in the Program or our rights hereunder; provided, however, that
we shall not be required to so advertise, market, promote or publicize. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
d. The licenses described in this Article 11 shall expire upon the
effective date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
11. Obligations Regarding Your Site
a. You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and
maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. Such
responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the technical operation of your site and
all related equipment; creating and posting product reviews, descriptions, and references
on your site and linking those descriptions to our catalogue; the accuracy and propriety
of materials posted on your site (including, but not limited to, all A.D.D. Warehouse.com
Product-related materials); ensuring that materials posted on your site do not violate or
infringe upon the rights of any third party and are not libelous or otherwise illegal.
b. 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.
c. You hereby agree that your site will not, in
any way, copy or resemble the look and feel of our site nor will you create the impression
that your site is our site or is a part of our site, nor will you frame any page on the
A.D.D. Warehouse Site being viewed by a user of your site who links to the A.D.D.
Warehouse Site through a Link.
d. You also hereby agree that your site will not
contain any content of our site or any materials which are proprietary A.D.D. Warehouse,
except (i) with our prior permission, or (ii) materials which are obtained by you via the
addwarehouse.com site in accordance with the provisions hereof or the policies or
instructions thereon. You further hereby agree that (i) your domain name does not and will
not contain the words " A.D.D. Warehouse" and (ii) that you will not purchase or
otherwise contract with a third party to exploit A.D.D. Warehouse for the purpose of
causing the Affiliate to appear as a search result or for any other reason.
12. Term of the Agreement
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your
A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program application and will end when terminated by either
party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause,
by giving the other party written notice of termination. You are only eligible to earn
commission on sales occurring during the term, and commissions earned through the date of
termination will remain payable only if the related A.D.D. Warehouse product orders are
not cancelled or returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to
ensure that the correct amount is paid.
13. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement at any time in our sole discretion. 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 in the scope of available commissions, commission schedules, payment procedures,
and A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you,
your only recourse is to terminate this agreement. Your continued participation in the
A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program following our posting of a change notice or new
agreement on our site will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
14. Relationship of Parties
You and A.D.D. Warehouse 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.
15. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with
respect to the A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program or any A.D.D. Warehouse products sold
through the A.D.D. Warehouse 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.
16. Representations and Warranties
Each of us (the "Warrantor") hereby represent and warrant to
the other party as follows:
a. 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.
b. The execution, delivery, and performance by you of this Agreement
and the consummation by you of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or
without the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, conflict with or violate (i) any
provision of law, rule, or regulation to which you are subject, (ii) any order, judgment,
or decree applicable to you or binding upon your assets or properties, (iii) any provision
of your by-laws or certificate of incorporation, or (iv) any agreement or other instrument
applicable to you or binding upon your assets or properties.
c. You are the sole and exclusive owner of Affiliate Trademarks and
have the right and power to grant to us the license to use your trademarks in the manner
contemplated herein, and such grant does not and will not (i) breach, conflict with, or
constitute a default under any agreement or other instrument applicable to you or binding
upon your assets or properties, or (ii) infringe upon any trademark, trade name, service
mark, copyright, or other proprietary right of any other person or entity.
d. No consent, approval, or authorization of, or exemption by, or
filing with, any governmental authority or any third party is required to be obtained or
made by you in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement
or the taking by you of any other action contemplated hereby.
e. There is no pending or, to the best of your knowledge, threatened
claim, action, or proceeding against you, or any affiliate of yours, with respect to the
execution, delivery, or consummation of this Agreement, or with respect to your
trademarks, and, to the best of your knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim,
action, or proceeding.
f. You are an adult of at least 18 years of age.
17. Confidentiality
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or with the consent of
the other party hereto, each of the parties hereto agrees that all information including,
without limitation, the terms of this Agreement, business and financial information,
customer and vendor lists, and pricing and sales information, concerning us or you,
respectively, or any of our Affiliates provided by or on behalf of any of them shall
remain strictly confidential and secret and 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 (a)
to any person pursuant to a subpoena issued by any court or administrative agency, (b) to
its accountants, attorneys, or other agents on a confidential basis, and (c) otherwise as
required by applicable law, rule, regulation, or legal process including, without
limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
18. Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, special, incidental, exemplary,
punitive or consequential damages, or for any loss of revenue, profits, or data, arising
in connection with this Agreement or the A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate 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 A.D.D. Warehouse Affiliate Program will not
exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
19. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold A.D.D. Warehouse and its
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 (i) any claim that our use of the Affiliate Trademarks infringes on any
trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other
proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation of a representation or
warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement made by you herein, or (iii) any claim
related to your site, including, without limitation, content therein not attributable to
us.
20. Notification
All notices to us in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed
given as of the day they are received either by messenger, delivery service or in the
United States of America mails, postage prepaid, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, and addressed as follows:
A.D.D. Warehouse
300 NW 70th Ave Suite 102
Plantation, FL 33317
Attention: Affiliate Program
With Copy to: General Counsel
All notices to you in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed
given as of the day they are dispatched either by messenger, delivery service or in the
United States of America mails, postage prepaid, certified or registered, return receipt
requested.
21. 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 AFFILIATE NETWORK AND ARE
NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
22. Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and
the State of Florida, 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
Broward County, Florida, 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.
23. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
communications.
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