This Affiliate Network Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms
and conditions that apply to your participation as an affiliate (an "Affiliate")
in the Offset Alliance Affiliate Network.
By registering as an Affiliate, you warrant that you have read and understood
this Agreement, and you agree to be bound by it.
To begin the enrollment process, you must submit a complete Affiliate Network
Application. We will evaluate your application and notify you of your acceptance
or rejection in a timely manner. We reserve, the right, in our sole and absolute
discretion, to accept or reject your application for any or no reason whatsoever.
Upon notice of acceptance of your application, this Agreement shall be effective
between you and Offset Alliance, LLC. ("Offset Alliance"). If we reject your
application you will not be able to participate in the Offset Alliance Affiliate
Network; however, you are welcome to reapply at any time.
1. Definitions
The following definitions apply to this agreement:
1.1. "Advertising" or "Advertisements" means any and all
advertisements, widgets, text links or other solicitations through the Internet
that promote the Offset Alliance Service and contain advertising offers that
facilitate the transfer of data back to the Offset Alliance Site.
1.2. "Offer" means an embedded graphic, icon or text containing
third party advertisement within the Offset Alliance Service.
1.3. "Offset Alliance Service" means the Offset Alliance Internet
site that is currently located at http://www.offsetalliance.com and any other
additional, substitute or successor site that may be designated by Offset
Alliance under this Agreement.
1.4. "Offset Alliance Site" means the Offset Alliance Internet
site that is currently located at http://www.offsetalliance.com and any other
additional, substitute or successor site that may be designated by Offset Alliance
under this Agreement.
1.5. "Subscriber" means a person, with a mailing address within
the United States, its territories, or possessions, who (i) subscribes to the an
advertising offer within the Offset Alliance Service (i.e., requiring the entry
of name, address, email address, and additional information via the Offset Alliance
product and (ii) has not previously engaged and opted-into said offering through
the Offset Alliance service or any other service.
2. Term and Termination
2.1 The term of this Agreement ("Term") will begin upon our
acceptance of your application and will end when terminated by either party.
2.2 Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time,
with or without cause, by giving the other party notice of termination.
2.3 Upon termination of this Agreement, Affiliate shall immediately
cease serving Advertisements.
2.4 No Commissions or bonuses shall be due with respect to
Subscribers after the date of termination. We reserve the right to withhold your
final payment for a reasonable period of time as necessary to calculate properly
any amount due to you.
2.5 Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations
of the parties under this Agreement will be extinguished, except for those rights
and obligations that either, by their express terms survive, or that are otherwise
necessary for the enforcement of the Agreement.
3. Obligations of Offset Alliance
3.1 Upon acceptance of your application, you will have the ability
to access performance reports via your account in the Affiliate Program Site. The
Affiliate Program interface will contain certain sales reports and traffic information
related to your affiliate relationship with Offset Alliance. These reports will contain
estimates of (i) the number subscribers who engaged with the Offset Alliance Service;
(ii) the Commission Fees payable to you pursuant to Section 3.3, below.
3.2 Offset Alliance shall provide you with widget code you shall use
in promoting the Offset Alliance Service. The Advertising available for your use will
be made available on the Affiliate Program Site.
3.3 During the Term, Offset Alliance shall pay you a commission for
each offer legitimately opted-into as of the last day of the pay period, as documented
on the reporting system located on the Affiliate Program Site. Offset Alliance reserves
the right to adjust the commission payable to you to the extent of any reporting errors,
fraudulent opt-ins or intentional manipulations of the registration process, all as
determined in our reasonable, good faith discretion. In addition to all other remedies
available to it, Offset Alliance shall have the right to refuse to make any payment
to you with respect to any Subscriber that Offset Alliance, in its reasonable, good
faith discretion, determines was obtained as a result of promotional efforts that were
in breach of this Agreement. Offset Alliance reserves the right to change the commissions
payable hereunder by providing notice to you and reflecting such changes on the Offset
Alliance Payment Schedule. Any changes to the Commissions shall become effective upon
notice to you.
3.4 Offset Alliance shall provide payment to you within thirty (30)
days after the last day of the pay period during which they were earned. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that Commissions payable to you for any month
total less than US $25, Offset Alliance may, in its sole discretion, defer payment of such
Commissions until such time as such Commissions and any other Commissions earned during the
subsequent period(s), in the aggregate, exceed US $25. No interest will accrue on
unpaid Commissions.
4. Obligations of Affiliate
4.1 As an Affiliate, you are permitted to promote the Offset Alliance
Service only through unaltered widget embed code provided to you through your administrative
access to the Affiliate Management site. You may choose to also setup an account on behalf of your referred
sub-affiliates from with the Affiliate Program interface.
4.2 All promotional activities undertaken by you to promote the Offset
Alliance Service shall be made in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
All information obtained through the Offset Alliance Service from individuals shall be
the sole and exclusive property of Offset Alliance and, except as specifically provided
herein, you shall neither have access to such information nor use any device, technique
or software to obtain information from the Offset Alliance Service or Site
4.3 If you desire to promote the Offset Alliance Service (i) by purchasing,
either directly or indirectly, search terms from websites, search engines or other
directory or referral services (e.g., Overture, Google, and Yahoo!), (ii) by incorporating
keyword text into meta tags or websites or by using other search engine optimization
techniques, or (iii) by offering, either directly or indirectly, any consideration or
incentives to potential Subscribers to register for the Offset Alliance Service, including
without limitation, payment of money, rebates, discounts or other benefits, you must
first get written permission from us, which may be given or withheld in our sole and
absolute discretion. We reserve the right to revoke such permission at any time for
any or no reason whatsoever. In addition to the foregoing requirement and as consideration
for our entering into this Agreement with you, you agree not to bid or otherwise purchase,
either directly or indirectly, the search name "Offset Alliance" or any misspelling or
variant thereof from websites, search engines or other directory referral services.
4.4 You shall replace any Advertising displayed on your site with any
new Advertising provided by Offset Alliance within ten (10) days after receiving notice
from us of the new Advertising. You shall not modify any Advertisement in any way.
Your site shall not in any way copy or resemble the look and feel of the Offset Alliance
site, nor shall you create the impression that your site is the Offset Alliance site
or a part of the Offset Alliance site. You shall not use Offset Alliance or any
variation or misspellings thereof in your URL. You shall not frame or permit the
framing of any page of the Offset Alliance site.
4.5 During the Term, you will not disparage Offset Alliance, the
Offset Alliance Site or the Offset Alliance Service, or portray these in a derogatory or
negative manner. The content of your website will, at all times, be in good taste.
You are solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of your
website and will indemnify, defend and hold Offset Alliance harmless from any
claims arising out of or related to your website.
5. Subaffiliates and Agents
As an Affiliate of Offset Alliance you are entitled to refer other Affiliates for which
you will also be paid a commission. But if you operate subaffiliate networks, work with Agents
or conduct reward programs with users outside of the Offset Alliance Affiliate Program,
you agree to the following:
5.1 Any relationships you enter into with third parties, subaffiliates,
or agents ("Agents") in connection with your promotion of the Offset Alliance Service
are at your sole discretion. Offset Alliance shall not be a party to any agreement that
you have with an Agent and you are not authorized to make any commitments on behalf of
Offset Alliance to such Agents, including commitments regarding payment of fees to the
Agents by Offset Alliance or commitments for licenses to Offset Alliance's name, logo(s),
any provided images, or other intellectual property. Agents are not third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement with Offset Alliance. Any breach by your Agents of
the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed a breach of this Agreement
by you and Offset Alliance shall have full recourse against you with respect to such breach.
5.2 You will provide Offset Alliance with an up-to-date list of
your Agents (site name and url) upon request.
5.3 You agree to terminate your relationship with an Agent as it
pertains to the Offset Alliance Affiliate Network if an Agent engages in any
activity that is prohibited as provided by this Agreement or if requested by
Offset Alliance, and if you do not terminate such Agent within five (5) business
days from Offset Alliance's request, Offset Alliance reserves the right to
withdraw you and all your Agents from the Affiliate Network and to refuse
payment of any monies owing to you hereunder.
5.4 You agree not to use any of the information provided via Offset
Alliance's tracking technology to identify unique individual customer activity
conducted by Offset Alliance, nor to allow others to use the technology to
identify such unique customer activity, nor to access such unique customer
activity or data. You further agree not to transfer or reuse any data generated
by Offset Alliance's tracking technology.
5.5 You are solely responsible for technical implementation and
maintenance of any linking technology or tracking parameters necessary to
utilize the Offset Alliance's tracking technology. You are responsible for
conducting appropriate testing and verification of the Offset Alliance's
tracking parameters including link creation, click through, ordering, and
reporting as necessary to insure correct and dependable operation of the
tracking feature.
6. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any
time in our sole and absolute discretion. Modifications may include, but are not
limited to, changes in Commissions, payment procedures, and permitted promotional
activities. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to
terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Affiliate Network
following our posting of a change notice or new agreement on our site will constitute
binding acceptance of change.
7. Ownership of Advertising and Indemnification
7.1 Offset Alliance represents that it is the owner of the
Advertising and has all ownership or license rights with respect to the contents
thereof. Offset Alliance and Affiliate hereby acknowledge and agree that Affiliate
shall have no responsibility with respect to the content of the Advertising
supplied by Offset Alliance hereunder. Any modifications to the Advertising made
by Affiliate shall void the forgoing and Affiliate shall be liable for any damages
arising therefrom.
7.2 Offset Alliance shall defend, indemnify and hold Affiliate,
its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns
harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages,
losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to the extent
arising out of or related to any actual or alleged breach of this Agreement by
Offset Alliance, including without limitation any infringement of any copyright,
trademark or other intellectual property right of any third party by the Advertising.
7.3 Affiliate shall defend, indemnify and hold Offset Alliance,
its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns
harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages,
losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to the extent
arising out of or related to any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement by
Affiliate, including without limitation any breach of Affiliate's obligations
under Section 4 above, and the confidentiality obligations outlined in Section
11 below.
7.4 Any party seeking indemnification under this Section 7 shall
promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim and shall reasonably
cooperate with the indemnifying party with respect to such claim. The indemnifying
party will be entitled to control the defense and settlement of any claim against
which the other party seeks indemnification with counsel of its own choosing and
at its own expense; provided, that the indemnified party will be entitled to
approve any non-monetary settlement.
7.5 The indemnity obligations under this Section 7 shall survive
termination of this Agreement.
8. Warranty Disclaimer
Except as expressly set forth herein, neither party makes any representations or
warranties, express or implied, including any express or implied warranty of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, or any
representation or warranty as to any revenues or other economic or non-economic
benefit that may accrue to the other party by reason of its participation in this
Agreement. Furthermore, Offset Alliance specifically makes no representation or
warranty relative to the performance levels or continuous operation of the Offset
Alliance Site.
9. Limitation of Liability
NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF
IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION SHALL SURVIVE
TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
10. Public Announcements
Neither party may make any public announcement about the terms of the Agreement without
the other party's prior written approval and consent. The parties agree that there
will be no press releases issued in connection with this Agreement.
11. Confidentiality
Each party acknowledges that by reason of its relationship to the other party hereunder
it will have access to certain information and materials concerning the other's business,
plans, customers, technology, products and services that are confidential and of
substantial value to the other party, which value would be impaired if such information
were disclosed to third parties. In particular, the parties hereto acknowledge
that the information regarding Subscribers obtained during the Term and the
effectiveness of Advertising hereunder are highly confidential and valuable to
Offset Alliance. Each party agrees that it shall not use in any way for its own
account or the account of any third party, nor disclose to any third party, any
such information revealed to it as a result of or arising out of the relationship
hereunder (other than to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement). Each party
shall take every reasonable precaution to protect the confidentiality of such
information. This Section shall survive termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything in this Section to the contrary, any information (i) required by legal process
to be disclosed, (ii) already in the public domain or (iii) released through no fault
of the parties will not be considered confidential information hereunder.
12. General Provisions
12.1This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the state of Georgia,
without reference to its choice of law rules.
12.2 No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a
continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in a signed writing.
12.3 Notices and other communications to you, as required or permitted
to be given hereunder, shall be posted on this URL and/or otherwise e-mailed to the e-mail
address provided in your application and shall be deemed effective upon posting or e-mailing,
as applicable. Notice or other communications to Offset Alliance shall be sent by e-mail
to service@offsetalliance.com and shall be deemed effective one business day after e-mailing.
12.4 This Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by
you without the express written consent of Offset Alliance.
12.5 The division of this Agreement into separate sections, subsections
and/or exhibits and the insertion of titles or headings is for convenience of reference
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
12.6 You and Offset Alliance are independent contractors and nothing
in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture or agency relationship.
You'll have no authority to make or accept any offers, warranties, or representations
on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise,
that would cause confusion as to our relationship with you or otherwise contradict
anything in this Section.
12.7 Each party hereby represents that it has the authority and capacity
to enter into this Agreement, including that all individuals executing this Agreement
are 18 years of age or older.
Registering as an affiliate shall constitute your agreement to be bound by the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.