Website Affiliate Agreement
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement) is made as of
the day of acceptance by Tower Clocks USA by and between Tower
Clocks USA, a division of Christoph Paccard Bellfoundries, a
South Carolina Corporation (the “Company”), and The Affiliate,
(the “Affiliate,” and collectively, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS Affiliate wishes to include certain materials
promoting Company, and to include a link to Company’s website
within those materials on Affiliate’s website;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises,
covenants, warranties, and other good and valuable
consideration set forth herein, the Parties agree as
follows:
1. Promotional Materials. Company shall make available
to Affiliate certain banner advertisements, button links,
text links, and/or other graphic or textual material for
display and use on the Affiliate website (the “Promotional
Materials”). Affiliate shall display the Promotional
Materials on Affiliate’s website prominently and as
Affiliate sees fit, provided that the manner of display
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Affiliate shall also include a link from the
Promotional Materials to Company’s website, as specified by
Company.
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Use of Promotional Materials. The Affiliate’s use
and display of the Promotional Materials on the
Affiliate’s site shall conform to the following
terms, conditions and specifications:
- Affiliate may not use any graphic, textual
or other materials to promote Company’s
website, products or services other than the
Promotional Materials, unless Company agrees to
such other materials in writing prior to their
display.
- Affiliate may only use the Promotional
Materials for the purpose of promoting
Company’s website (and the products and
services available thereon), and for linking to
Company’s website.
- The Promotional Materials will be used to
link only to Company’s website, to the specific
page and address as specified by
Company.
- Affiliate will not alter, add to, subtract
from, or otherwise modify the Promotional
Materials as they are prepared by Company. If
Affiliate wishes to alter or otherwise modify
the Promotional Materials, Affiliate must
obtain prior written consent from Company for
such alteration of modification.
- License. Company hereby grants to Affiliate a
nonexclusive, nontransferable license (the “License”)
to use the Promotional Materials as specified under the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. The term of the
License shall expire upon the expiration or termination
of this Agreement.
- Intellectual Property. Company retains all right,
ownership, and interest in the Promotional Materials,
and in any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual
property in the Promotional Materials. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to grant Affiliate any
rights, ownership or interest in the Promotional
Materials, or in the underlying intellectual property,
other than the rights to use the Promotional Materials
granted under the License, as set forth in Section
3.
- Relationship of Parties. This Agreement shall not
be construed to create any employment relationship,
agency relationship, or partnership between Company and
Affiliate. Affiliate shall provide services for Company
as an independent contractor. Affiliate shall have no
authority to bind Company into any agreement, nor shall
Affiliate be considered to be an agent of Company in
any respect.
- Commissions.
- In exchange for Affiliate’s display of the
Promotional Materials, and for Affiliate’s
compliance with and performance of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Company shall pay to
Affiliate a commission (the “Commission”) as result
of a user that accesses Company’s website through a
link on Affiliate’s website, purchases and pays for
a product and the product has been shipped.
b. Company shall keep accurate and up-to-date records of
the data used to determine the total amount of Commissions
owed to Affiliate. Affiliate shall be given reasonable
access to these records upon request. Any discrepancy
between the amount of Commissions owed according to these
records, and the actual amount of Commissions paid to
Affiliate in any period or periods shall be rectified by
Company within 14 days of discovering such discrepancy.
c. For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Bona
Fide Click-Through” shall be defined as any successful
attempt by a visitor of Affiliate’s website to click on the
link within the Promotional Materials on Affiliate’s
website and to visit Company’s website. Company shall have
sole discretion to determine whether any particular
click-through or class of click-throughs shall qualify as
Bona Fide Click-Throughs. Affiliate shall not attempt to:
(i) artificially attempt to generate click-throughs to
Company’s website by use of deception or misrepresentation;
(ii) manipulate, incentivize, or otherwise encourage
Affiliate’s employees, agents, customers, or other persons
to click the link to the Company’s website for any purpose
other than the promotion of the services and/or products
offered through Company’s website; or (iii) create or
employ any mechanism designed to artificially or
automatically generate click-throughs to Company’s website.
Click-Throughs do not incur any commission except in the
completion of a sale after being shipped.
d. Company shall pay all Commissions accrued and payable
to Affiliate within 30 days of the first day of each month
(the “Commission Payment Date”). If on any Commission
Payment Date, the amount of total Commissions accrued and
payable to Affiliate is less than $50.00, then such accrued
and payable balance shall be held over to the following
month, and paid together with the Commissions due for that
month. If at any time, the balance of accrued and payable
Commissions is held over for 2 consecutive months, then
Company shall pay all accrued and payable Commissions to
Affiliate in the third month, regardless of the total
amount owed.
e. In the event that Affiliate materially breaches this
Agreement and Company terminates this Agreement within 30
days of such breach, then any accrued and payable
Commissions owing to Affiliate shall be forfeited, and
Company shall not be obligated to pay such Commissions to
Affiliate.
7. Affiliate’s Representations and Warranties. Affiliate
represents and warrants the following:
- Affiliate has the legal authority to enter into
this Agreement and to be bound to the promises,
covenants, and other duties set forth in this
Agreement.
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Affiliate’s website does not contain any materials
that are:
- Sexually explicit, obscene, or
pornographic;
- Offensive, profane, hateful, threatening,
harmful, defamatory, libelous, harassing, or
discriminatory (whether based on race,
ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, physical disability, or
otherwise);
- Graphically violent, including any violent
video game images; or
- Solicitous of any unlawful
behavior
- Affiliate has obtained any necessary clearances,
licenses, or other permission for any intellectual
property used on Affiliate’s website. Nothing on
Affiliate’s website infringes upon the intellectual
property rights of any person or entity. No person or
entity has brought or threatened an action claiming
such infringement, nor does Affiliate have any reason
to believe that any person or entity will bring or
threaten such a claim in the future.
- Affiliate will not use the Promotional Materials in
any manner other than those set forth in Section 2
above.
- Affiliate will not make any claim to ownership of
the Promotional Materials, or of the copyright,
trademark, or other intellectual property
therein.
- Affiliate will not publish or otherwise distribute
any advertising materials for Affiliate’s website that
reference Company or Company’s website unless Company
gives prior written consent to the distribution of such
materials. Affiliate will not use Company’s name (or
any name that is confusingly similar to Company’s name)
for any purpose on its website, in its promotional
materials, or in any other context except to promote
Company’s website as specified in this Agremeent.
Affiliate will not register any domain name that
incorporates Company’s name, or that is confusingly
similar to Company’s name.
- Affiliate will not engage in the distribution of
any unsolicited bulk emails (spam) in any way
mentioning or referencing Company or Company’s
website.
8. Indemnification. Affiliate shall indemnify Company
and hold harmless Company from any claim, damage, lawsuit,
action, complaint, or other costs arising out of any breach
of Affiliate’s warranties set forth in Section 7 above.
Affiliate shall also indemnify and hold harmless Company
for any damage, loss or other cost arising out of the use
or misuse by Affiliate of the Promotional Materials.
9. Confidentiality. Any information that Affiliate is
exposed to by virtue of its relationship with Company under
this Agreement, which information is not available to the
general public, shall be considered to be “Confidential
Company Information.” Affiliate may not disclose any
Confidential Company Information to any person or entity,
except where compelled by law, unless Affiliate obtains
prior written consent for such disclosure from Company.
a. This Agreement shall take effect when Company accepts
Affiliate as an Affiliate and shall remain in full force
and effect indefinitely, or until terminated pursuant to
this Section 10.
- Either Party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement at any time and for any cause. The
terminating Party must give written notice to the other
Party at least 30 days prior to the intended date of
termination.
- Taxes. Company shall not be responsible for any
taxes owed by Affiliate arising out of Affiliate’s
relationship with Company as set forth in this
Agreement. Company shall not withhold any taxes from
the Commissions paid to Affiliate.
- Limitation of Liability. Company shall not be
liable for any loss of profits or costs, or for any
direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential
damages, including costs associated with the
procurement of substitute goods or services (whether
Company was or should have been aware or advised of the
possibility of such damage), arising out of or
associated with any loss, suspension or interruption of
service, termination of this Agreement, use or misuse
of the Promotional Materials, or other performance of
services under this Agreement.
13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws
of the State of South Carolina, without regard to conflicts
of law principles.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute one agreement.
15. Severability. If any part or parts of this Agreement
shall be held unenforceable for any reason, the remainder
of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, and
if limiting such provision would make the provision valid,
then such provision shall be deemed to be construed as so
limited.
16. Notice. Any notice required or otherwise given
pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and mailed
certified return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or
delivered by overnight delivery service, addressed as
follows:
If to Company: 1811 Paulette Dr Johns Island SC
29455
17. Headings. The headings for section herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning of the
provisions of this Agreement.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement between Company and Affiliate, and
supersedes any prior understanding or representation of any
kind preceding the date of this Agreement. There are no
other promises, conditions, understandings or other
agreements, whether oral or written, relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement.
By use of this website, the
Affiliate and Company have caused this Agreement to be
executed the day and year the Affiliate is
accepted.
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