Affiliate Program Operating
Agreement This Affiliate Program Operating Agreement (the Agreement) is made
and entered into by and between Axon Media Group ("Axon Media Group"
or "we"), and you, ("you" or "Affiliate") the
party submitting an application to become a Axon Media Group affiliate). The
terms and conditions contained in this Agreement apply to your participation
with axonmediagroup.hasoffers.com ("Affiliate Program"). Each
Affiliate Program offer (an Offer) may be for any offering by Axon Media Group
or a third party (each such third party a Client) and may link to a specific
web site for that particular Offer (Program Web Site). Furthermore, each Offer
may have additional terms and conditions on pages within the Affiliate Program
and are incorporated as part of this Agreement. By submitting an application or
participating in an Offer, you expressly consent to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
You must submit an Affiliate Program application from our website.
You must accurately complete the application to become an affiliate (and
provide us with future updates) and not use any aliases or other means to mask
your true identity or contact information. After we review your application, we
will notify you of your acceptance or rejection to the Affiliate Program,
generally within two (2) business days. We may accept or reject your
application at our sole discretion for any reason.
I.
Subject to our acceptance of you as
an affiliate and your continued compliance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Axon Media Group agrees as follows:
I.
We will make available to you via
the Affiliate Program graphic and textual links to the Program Web Site and/or
other creative materials (collectively, the "Links") which you may
display on web sites owned or controlled by you, in emails sent by you and
clearly identified as coming from you and in online advertisements
(collectively, Media). The Links will serve to identify you as a member of our
Affiliate Program and will establish a link from your Media to the Program Web
Site.
II.
We will pay Affiliate for each
Qualified Action (the Commission). A Qualified Action means an individual
person who (i) accesses the Program Web Site via the
Link, where the Link is the last link to the Program Web Site, (ii) is not a
computer generated user, such as a robot, spider, computer script or other
automated, artificial or fraudulent method to appear like an individual, real
live person, (iii) is not using pre-populated fields (iv) completes all of the
information required for such action within the time period allowed by Axon
Media Group and (v) is not later determined by Axon Media Group to be
fraudulent, incomplete, unqualified or a duplicate.
III.
We will pay you any Commissions
earned monthly, provided that your account is currently greater than $100.
Accounts with a balance of less than $100 will roll over to the next month, and
will continue to roll over monthly until $100 is reached. We reserve the right
to charge back to your account any previously paid Qualified Actions that are
later determined to have not met the requirements to be a Qualified Action.
IV.
Payment for Commissions is
dependent upon Clients providing such funds to Axon Media Group, and therefore,
you agree that Axon Media Group shall only be liable to you for Commissions to
the extent that Axon Media Group has received such funds from the Clients. You
hereby release Axon Media Group from any claim for Commissions if Axon Media
Group has not received such funds from the Clients.
V.
Axon Media Group shall
automatically generate an invoice on behalf of Affiliate for all Commissions
payable under this Agreement and shall remit payment to Affiliate based upon
that invoice. All tracking of Links and determinations of Qualified Actions and
Commissions shall be made by Axon Media Group in its sole discretion. In the
event that Affiliate disputes in good faith any portion of an invoice,
Affiliate must submit that dispute to Axon Media Group in writing and in
sufficient detail within thirty (30) days of the date
on the invoice. If Affiliate does not dispute the invoice as set forth herein,
then Affiliate agrees that it irrevocably waives any claims based upon that
invoice. In the event that Affiliate is also tracking Qualified Actions and
Affiliate claims a discrepancy, Affiliate must provide Axon Media Group with
Affiliates reports within three (3) days after 30th day of the calendar month,
and if Axon Media Group and Affiliates reported statistics vary by more than
10% and Axon Media Group reasonably determines that Affiliate has used
generally accepted industry methods to track Qualified Actions, then Axon Media
Group and Affiliate agree to make a good faith effort to arrive at a
reconciliation. If the parties are unable to arrive at a
reconciliation, then Axon Media Group's numbers shall govern.
VI.
If Affiliate has an outstanding
balance due to Axon Media Group under this Agreement or any other agreement
between the Affiliate and Axon Media Group, whether or not related to the
Affiliate Program, Affiliate agrees that Axon Media Group may offset any such
amounts due to Axon Media Group from amounts payable to Affiliate under this
Agreement.
II.
Affiliate also agrees to:
I.
Have sole responsibility for the
development, operation, and maintenance of, and all content on or linked to,
your Media.
II.
Ensure that all materials posted on
your Media or otherwise used in connection with the Affiliate Program (i) are not illegal, (ii) do not infringe upon the
intellectual property or personal rights of any third party and (iii) do not
contain or link to any material which is harmful, threatening, defamatory,
obscene, sexually explicit, harassing, promotes violence, promotes
discrimination (whether based on sex, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality,
disability or age), promotes illegal activities (such as gambling), contains
profanity or otherwise contains materials that Axon Media Group informs you
that it considers objectionable (collectively, Objectionable Content).
III.
Not make any representations,
warranties or other statements concerning Axon Media Group or Client or any of
their respective products or services, except as expressly authorized herein.
IV.
Make sure that your Media does not
copy or resemble the look and feel of the Program Web Site or create the
impression that your Media is endorsed by Axon Media Group or
Clients or a part of the Program Web Site, without prior written
permission from us.
V.
Comply with all (i) obligations, requirements and restrictions under this
Agreement and (ii) laws, rules and regulations as they relate to your business,
your Media or your use of the Links.
VI.
Comply with the terms, conditions,
guidelines and policies of any third party services used by Affiliate in
connection with the Affiliate Program, including but not limited to, email
providers, social networking services and ad networks.
VII.
Always prominently post and make
available to end-users, including prior to the collection of any personally
identifiable information, a privacy policy in compliance with all applicable
laws that clearly and thoroughly discloses all information collection, use and
sharing practices, including providing for the collection of such personally
identifiable information in connection with the Affiliate Program and the
provision of such personally identifiable information to Axon Media Group and
Clients for use as intended by Axon Media Group and Clients.
VIII.
Always prominently post and make
available to end-users any terms and conditions in connection with the Offer
set forth by Axon Media Group or Client, or as required by applicable laws
regarding such Offers.
IX.
Make sure to not place Axon Media
Group ads on any online auction platform (i.e. eBay, Amazon, etc).
III.
The following additional
program-specific terms shall apply to any promotional programs set forth below:
I.
Email Campaigns. For all email
campaigns, Affiliate must download the Suppression List from the Offers section
of Axon Media Group. Affiliate shall filter its email list by removing any
entries appearing on the Suppression List and will only send emails to the
remaining addresses on its email list. Axon Media Group will provide an opt-out
method in all Links, however, if any opt-out requests come directly to
Affiliate, Affiliate shall immediately forward them to Axon Media Group at
jessica@axonmediagroup.com. Affiliate's emails containing the Links may not
include any content other than the Links, except as required by applicable law.
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Affiliate agrees that failure to
download the Suppression List and remove all emails from the database before
mailing may result in Commission withholdings, removal or suspension from all
or part of the Affiliate Program, possible legal action and any other rights or
remedies available to Axon Media Group pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.
Affiliate further agrees that it will not mail or market to any suppression
files generated through the Axon Media Group network, and that doing so may
result in Commission withholdings, removal or suspension from the Affiliate
Program, possible legal action and any other rights or remedies available to
Axon Media Group pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.
II.
Advertising Campaigns. No Links can
appear to be associated with or be positioned on chat rooms or bulletin boards
unless otherwise agreed by Axon Media Group in writing. Any pop-ups/unders used for the Affiliate Program shall be clearly
identified as Affiliate served in the title bar of the window and any
client-side ad serving software used by Affiliate shall only have been
installed on an end-user's computer if the function of the software is clearly
disclosed to end-users prior to installation, the installation is pursuant to
an affirmatively accepted and plain-english end user
license agreement and the software be easily removed according to generally
accepted methods.
III.
Affiliate Network Campaigns. For
all Affiliate's that maintain their own affiliate networks, Affiliate agrees to
place the Links in its affiliate network (the Network) for access and use by
those affiliates in Affiliate's Network (each Third Party Affiliate). Affiliate
agrees that it will expressly forbid any Third Party Affiliate to modify the
Links in any way. Affiliate agrees to maintain its Network according to the
highest industry standards. Affiliate shall not permit any party to be a Third
Party Affiliate whose web site or business model involves content containing
Objectionable Content. All Third Party Affiliates must be in good standing with
Affiliate. Affiliate must require and confirm that all Third Party Affiliates
affirmatively accept, through verifiable means, this Agreement prior to
obtaining access to the Links. Affiliate shall promptly terminate any Third
Party Affiliate who takes, or could reasonably be expected to take, any action
that violates the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In the event that
either party suspects any wrongdoing by a Third Party Affiliate with respect to
the Links, Affiliate shall promptly disclose to Axon Media Group the identity
and contact information for such Third Party Affiliate. Affiliate shall
promptly remove any Third Party Affiliate from the Affiliate Program and
terminate their access to future Offers of Axon Media Group in the Network upon
written notice from Axon Media Group. Unless Axon Media Group has been provided
with all truthful and complete contact information for a Third Party Affiliate
and such Third Party Affiliate has affirmatively accepted this Agreement as
recorded by Axon Media Group, Affiliate shall remain liable for all acts or
omissions of any Third Party Affiliate.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or with the consent
of Axon Media Group, you agree 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
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 you for any purpose other than your participation in the
Affiliate Program, except and solely to the extent that any such information is
generally known or available to the public through a source other than you.
Affiliate shall not use any information obtained from the Affiliate Program to
develop, enhance or operate a service that competes with the Affiliate Program,
or assist another party to do the same.
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We grant you a nonexclusive,
nontransferable, revocable right to use the Links and to access our web site
through the Links solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, for
the sole purpose of identifying your Media as a participant in the Affiliate
Program and assisting in increasing sales through the Program Web Site.
I.
You may not alter, modify,
manipulate or create derivative works of the Links or any Axon Media Group
graphics, creative, copy or other materials owned by, or licensed to, Axon
Media Group in any way. You are only entitled to use the Links to the extent
that you are a member in good standing of the Affiliate Program. We may revoke
your license anytime by giving you written notice. Except as expressly stated
herein, nothing in this Agreement is intended to grant you any rights to any of
Axon Media Group's trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents or trade
secrets. You agree that Axon Media Group may use any suggestion, comment or
recommendation you choose to provide to Axon Media Group without compensation. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by
Axon Media Group.
This Agreement shall commence on the date of our approval of your
Affiliate Program application and shall continue thereafter until terminated as
provided herein. You may terminate your participation in the Affiliate Program
at any time by removing all Links from your Media, deleting all copies of the
Links. We may terminate your participation in one or more Offers or this
Agreement at any time and for any reason which we deem
appropriate with or without prior notice to you by disabling the Links or
providing you with a written notice. Upon termination of your participation in
one or more Offers or this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease
all use of and delete all Links, plus all Axon Media Group or Client
intellectual property, and will cease representing yourself as a Axon Media
Group or Client affiliate for such one or more Offers. All rights to validly
accrued payments, causes of action and any provisions, which by their terms are
intended to survive termination, shall survive any termination.
In addition to any other rights and remedies available to us under
this Agreement Axon Media Group reserves the right to delete any actions
submitted through your Links and withhold and freeze any unpaid Commissions or
charge back paid Commissions to your account if (i)
Axon Media Group determines that you have violated this Agreement, (ii) Axon
Media Group receives any complaints about your participation in the Affiliate
Program which Axon Media Group reasonably believes to violate this Agreement or
(iii) any Qualified Action is later determined to have not met the requirements
set forth in this Agreement or on the Affiliate Program. Such withholding or
freezing of Commissions, or charge backs for paid Commissions, shall be without
regard as to whether or not such Commissions were earned as a result of such
breach. In the event of a material breach of this Agreement, Axon Media Group
reserves the right to disclose your identity and contact information to
appropriate law enforcement or regulatory authorities or any third party that
has been directly damaged by your actions.
You must strictly comply with the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the
Act). All emails sent in connection with the Affiliate Program must include the
appropriate party's opt-out link. From time to time, we may request - prior to
your sending emails containing linking or referencing the Affiliate Program
that you submit the final version of your email to Axon Media Group for
approval by sending it to your Axon Media Group representative and upon
receiving written approval from Axon Media Group of your email the email may be
transmitted to third parties.
It is solely your obligation to ensure that the email complies
with the Act. You agree not to rely upon Axon Media Group's approval of your
email for compliance with the Act, or assert any claim that you are in
compliance with the Act based upon Axon Media Group's approval.
You are expressly prohibited from using any persons, means,
devices or arrangements to commit fraud, violate any applicable law, interfere
with other affiliates or falsify information in connection with referrals
through the Links or the generation of Commissions or exceed your permitted
access to the Affiliate Program. Such acts include, but are in no way limited
to, using automated means to increase the number of clicks through the Links or
completion of any required information, using spyware, using stealware, cookie-stuffing and other deceptive acts or
click-fraud. Axon Media Group shall make all determinations about fraudulent
activity in its sole discretion. If you are suspected of fraud it will be your
responsibility to prove, without a doubt, to Axon Media Group that you are not
committing fraud and your payment will remain in a 'pending' status until it is
satisfactorily proven you are not using fraud. Affiliate Code of Conduct
located at # https://axonmediagroup.hasoffers.com/acoc as modified from time to
time by Axon Media Group. ?>
You hereby represent and warrant that this Agreement constitutes
your legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against you in
accordance with its terms and that you have the authority to enter into this
Agreement. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, Axon
Media Group represents and warrants that it shall not knowingly violate any
law, rule or regulation which is applicable to Axon Media Group's own business
operations or Axon Media Group's proprietary products or services.
In addition to any notice permitted to be given
under this Agreement, we may modify any of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement at any time by providing you with a notification by email. The
changes will become effective ten (10) business days after such notice. If the
modifications are unacceptable to you, you may terminate this Agreement without
penalty solely on the account of such termination within such ten (10) business
day period. Your continued participation in this Affiliate Program ten (10)
business days after a change notice has been posted will constitute your
acceptance of such change. In addition, Axon Media Group may change, suspend or
discontinue any aspect of an Offer or Link or remove, alter, or modify any
tags, text, graphic or banner ad in connection with a Link. Affiliate agrees to
promptly implement any request from Axon Media Group to remove, alter or modify
any Link, graphic or banner ad that is being used by Affiliate as part of the
Affiliate Program..
You acknowledge that you have read this Agreement and agree to all
its terms and conditions. You have independently evaluated the desirability of
participating in the Affiliate Program and each Offer and are not relying on
any representation, guarantee or statement other than as set forth in this
Agreement or on the Affiliate Program.
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Affiliate hereby agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Axon Media Group and Clients and their
respective subsidiaries, affiliates, partners and licensors, directors,
officers, employees, owners and agents against any and all claims, actions,
demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) based on (i) any failure or breach of this Agreement, including any
representation, warranty, covenant, restriction or obligation made by Affiliate
herein, (ii) any misuse by Affiliate, or by a party under the reasonable
control of Affiliate or obtaining access through Affiliate, of the Links,
Offers or Axon Media Group or Client intellectual property, or (iii) any claim
related to your Media, including but not limited to, the content contained on
such Media (except for the Links).
I.
Axon Media Group hereby agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Affiliate and its subsidiaries, affiliates,
partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees, owners and
agents against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses,
damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs) based on a claim that Axon Media Group is not
authorized to provide you with the Links.
THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND LINKS, AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
PROVIDED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ARE PROVIDED TO AFFILIATE "AS IS".
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, AXON MEDIA GROUP EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
NONINFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR
TRADE. Axon Media Group DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM OR LINKS
WILL MEET AFFILIATE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE
AFFILIATE PROGRAM OR LINKS WILL BE COMPLETELY ERROR- FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED.
AXON MEDIA GROUP EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF A
CLIENT OR THEIR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AXON MEDIA GROUP DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT
AFFILIATE WILL EARN ANY SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL AXON MEDIA GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY
UNAVAILABILITY OR INOPERABILITY OF THE LINKS, PROGRAM WEB SITES, TECHNICAL
MALFUNCTION, COMPUTER ERROR, CORRUPTION OR LOSS OF INFORMATION, OR OTHER
INJURY, DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION OF ANY KIND BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF AXON
MEDIA GROUP. IN NO EVENT WILL AXON MEDIA GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PERSONAL INJURY / WRONGFUL DEATH, SPECIAL OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT
AXON MEDIA GROUP HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. AXON MEDIA
GROUP'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO AFFILIATE, FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND ALL
THEORIES OF LIABILITY, WILL BE LIMITED TO AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID
TO AFFILIATE BY AXON MEDIA GROUP IN COMMISSIONS DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR TO SUCH CLAIM.
Affiliate shall be responsible for the payment of all attorneys fees and expenses incurred by Axon Media Group to
enforce the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement between Axon Media Group and Affiliate with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements or
understandings, written or oral. Affiliate agrees that Axon Media Group shall
not be subject to or bound by any Affiliate insertion order or online terms and
conditions that amend, conflict with or supplement this Agreement, regardless
of whether Axon Media Group "clicks through" or otherwise indicates
its acceptance thereof. Affiliate may not assign all or any part of this
Agreement without Axon Media Group's prior written consent. Axon Media Group
may assign this Agreement at any time with notice to Affiliate.
This Agreement will be binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal
representatives, successors and valid assigns of the parties hereto. The
provisions of Section 3, 4(b), 6, 7, 8, 12-15 and any accrued payment
obligations shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Except as set
forth in the Modifications section above, this Agreement may not be modified
without the prior written consent of both parties. If any provision of this
Agreement is held to be void, invalid or inoperative, the remaining provisions
of this Agreement shall continue in effect and the invalid portion of any
provision shall be deemed modified to the least degree necessary to remedy such
invalidity while retaining the original intent of the parties. Each party to
this Agreement is an independent contractor in relation to the other party with
respect to all matters arising under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to establish a partnership, joint venture, association or employment
relationship between the parties. No course of dealing nor
any delay in exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any
such rights. No waiver of any default or breach shall be deemed a continuing
waiver or a waiver of any other breach or default.
By submitting and application to Affiliate Program, you affirm and
acknowledge that you have read this Agreement in its entirety and agree to be
bound by all of its terms and conditions. If you do not wish to be bound by
this Agreement, you should not submit an application to Affiliate Program. If
an individual is accessing this Agreement on behalf of a business entity, by
doing so, such individual represents that they have the legal capacity and
authority to bind such business entity to this Agreement. This Agreement was
last revised on 05-20-2011