Natural Care
Products Affiliate Programme
Terms and
Conditions
This Agreement contains the
complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or
entity's participation in the Affiliate Programme (the
"Programme"). As used in this Agreement, "we", "us" or "ours"
means Natural Care Products, and "you", "your" or "yours" means
the participating individual or entity. "Site" means a World
Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers either to
the Natural Care Products site, located at the URL
www.natural-care-products.co.uk, or to each site that you will
link to our site. Your failure to comply with any provision of
this Agreement shall be grounds for Natural Care Products to
terminate this Agreement immediately and for your forfeiture of
any commissions.
In consideration of
the covenants and agreements herein, the sufficiency of which is
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
i.
Enrollment.
If accepted as a participant in the Programme, you will be
granted (subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement)
the non-exclusive right to earn commissions on certain sales
generated by Natural Care Products from customers voluntarily
referred to our site from your site by means of an Internet
hypertext transfer link placed on your site. To become a
participant in the Programme, you will first have to submit a
complete Affiliate Programme Application via our site. We may
reject your application if we determine, in our sole discretion,
that your site or business is not suitable for the Programme for
any reason. If we reject your application, then none of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to you,
except for Sections i and xiii.
ii.
Links:
Setting Up Banner Links. During the term of this
Agreement, we will make available to you on a non-exclusive
basis, banner or text links. Such Banner Links may contain a
particular Natural Care Products logo, product, words
identifying Natural Care Products and/or text.
Using Banners or text links. You may display the banners
or text links on your site, provided you abide by the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. In using the banners or text
links, you agree to cooperate fully with us in order to
establish and maintain such banners or text links. All Affiliate
sites shall display such banners or text links prominently on
relevant portions of the sites, with our consent. You shall use
only those banners or text links that we provide to you, or
those approved in writing by us, and to substitute those banners
or text links with any new banners or text links that we may
provide from time to time during the term of this Agreement. You
shall comply with all guidelines provided by us with respect to
the graphic reproduction, appearance and "look and feel" of the
banners or text links and all references to us.
No Spam or Forced Linking.
You shall not send unsolicited commercial email ("spam") with a
Link, our URL or any other reference to Natural Care Products or
its products or services referenced in the email. You also shall
not force visitors to our site via any mechanism which acts as
an automatic transport, such as "meta refresh" or "forced exit"
scripts. This Agreement shall terminate immediately and
automatically if you direct traffic to our site through the use
of spam or any automatic transport mechanism or otherwise use a
banner in an unauthorized fashion, and in such case all
commissions earned shall be immediately and automatically
forfeited.
iii.
Order Processing.
We will be responsible for processing all orders placed by
customers who follow the Links from your site to our site. All
aspects of order processing and fulfillment, including
cancellations and payment processing will be our sole
responsibility. You shall not misrepresent Natural Care Products
or otherwise make any claims, representations or warranties in
connection with our products or services, and shall have no
authority to, and shall not, bind us to any obligations.
iv.
Commissions.
Calculation. We will pay you a commission equal to twelve
and a half percent (20%) of Net Sales (pre-VAT) for all
purchases made by customers within ninety (30) days after the
customer followed a Link to our site from your site, for which
we have received full, cleared payment. A commission will only
be paid if the visitor to our site is tracked by our system from
the time of the link to the time of the sale.
Earning Commissions. For a sale to generate a commission,
the customer must: (a) follow a banner or text link from your
site to our site or send traffic through a re-direct from your
site; (b) purchase the product in question using our online
ordering system within sixty (30) days after first following the
Link to our site; and (c) remit full payment to us. You shall
have no claims to commission or compensation on business secured
by or through other persons or entities. Also, we will not issue
a commission payment to you in cash if you refer yourself from a
Link that is operated or controlled by your site. However, we
will allow you to take your commission as a credit towards
further product purchases.
Payment. We will pay your commission within approximately
sixty (30) days following the date of the order. We will send
you a cheque or a paypal payment for the commission earned on
products sold and paid for during the preceding months. If you
wish, you may take your payment in product. If a product sale
that generated commission is cancelled by the customer or
discounted, or subject to credit card fraud, we will deduct the
corresponding commission from your next monthly payment. Should
you request commission via paypal Natural Care Products will not
make allowances for any charges that are made to you for
accepting the payment. All payments shall be made in GBP.
Natural Care Products shall not be responsible for exchange rate
fluctuations or currency conversion costs.
v.
Ownership.
You acknowledge and agree that all right, title and interest in
all Natural Care Products logos, trade names and services,
including those incorporated in Links, are the sole and
exclusive property of Natural Care Products and may not be used
without our prior written consent.
vi.
Obligations Regarding Your Site Operation.
You will be solely responsible for, and Natural Care Products
shall have no liability related to, the development, operation
and maintenance of your site.
No Confusing Content. You agree that the domain name for
your site does not and will not contain the phrase "Natural Care
Products", or any variation of " Natural Care Products ". Your
site may not copy, "co-brand" or "frame" our site or otherwise
have any portion of our site visible on your site, or otherwise
have any portion of your site visible on the screen once a user
has clicked through to our site. Your site will not in any way
copy any content from, or resemble the look and feel of, the
Natural Care Products site, nor may it or you create the
impression that your site is the Natural Care Products site or
is part of the Natural Care Products site. All content on the
Natural Care Products site is the copyrighted material of
Natural Care Products or a third party and may not be copied
without prior written permission from Natural Care Products. All
banners and links used by you to link to our site must be links
from our programme or pre-agreed links in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. Under no circumstances may any
Affiliate site in any way state or imply (in text or otherwise)
that the site offers or sells Natural Care Products products or
services on sale, off price, at a discount, or otherwise at
lower than regular prices. No site may represent itself as a
distributor of Forever Living Products unless registered as such
and Natural Care Products may require proof of such
distributorship.
vii.
Term & Termination.
Term. The term of this Agreement will begin upon our
acceptance of your Affiliate Programme Application and will end
when terminated either by you or us. At any time, either you or
we may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, by
giving the other party written notice of termination. If this
Agreement is terminated for any reason, you are only eligible to
earn a commission on sales occurring during the term of the
Agreement, and commissions earned through the date of
termination will remain payable only if the related orders are
not cancelled. We reserve the right to withhold your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount
is paid.
Effect of Termination. Upon the termination of this
Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and
remove from your site, all Links and any other materials
provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant to this Agreement
or in connection with the Programme, and return to Natural Care
Products all of its confidential information.
viii.
Limitation of Liability.
We will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special,
exemplary or consequential damages, or any loss of revenue,
profits or data arising in connection with this Agreement or the
Programme, even if we have been advised of the possibility of
such damages. Further, and notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, our aggregate liability arising with respect
to this Agreement and the Programme for any reason and upon any
cause of action will not exceed the total commissions paid or
payable to you under this Agreement during the twelve (12) month
period immediately before you were to make and notify us of a
claim. This limitation applies to all causes of action in the
aggregate, including (without limitation) breach of contract,
breach of warranty, negligence, misrepresentations and other
torts. No action, regardless of form, arising out of this
Agreement may be brought by you more than one (1) year after the
cause of action has accrued. Both parties understand and agree
that the remedies and limitations herein allocate the risks
between the parties as authorized by applicable laws. The fees
herein reflect, and are set in reliance upon, this allocation of
risk and the exclusion of consequential and other damages set
forth in this agreement.
ix.
Disclaimers.
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with
respect to the Programme, the Natural Care Products website, the
sites or any products sold through the Programme. 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.
x.
Representations and Warranties.
You hereby represent and warrant to us the following: (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 any provision of law,
rule or regulation to which you are subject, any order, judgment
or decree applicable to you or binding upon your assets or
properties, any provision of your by-laws or certificate of
incorporation or organization or any agreement or other
instrument applicable to you or binding upon your assets or
properties; (c) you are an adult of at least 18 years of age;
and (d) your site complies, and shall continue during the term
of this Agreement to comply, with all applicable laws.
xi.
Confidentiality.
As a result of your participation in the Programme, we may
disclose to you certain information which we consider to be
confidential ("Confidential Information"). Confidential
Information shall remain strictly confidential and secret and
shall not be utilized, directly or indirectly, by you for your
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 or if the same is required by law or
legal process.
xii.
Indemnification.
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Web
Traffic Max, its directors, employees, agents, affiliates,
successors and assigns, from and against any and all claims,
losses, liabilities, damages or expenses (including solicitors
fees and costs) of any nature whatsoever incurred or suffered by
us (collectively the "Losses"), in so far as such Losses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on: (a)
any claim or threatened claim that our use of any Affiliate
Banner or other material provided by you infringes on the
copyright, trade secret, trademark, patent or other intellectual
property rights, proprietary rights or other rights of any third
party; (b) the breach of any representation or warranty made by
you herein, or any of your obligations herein; or (c) any claim
related to your site.
xiii.
Assignment.
You may not assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer this
Agreement or any of your rights or obligations hereunder, by
operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written
consent, which may be withheld in our sole and absolute
discretion. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be
binding on, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable against
the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
xiv.
Other Provisions.
Relationship of the parties Natural Care Products and you are
independent , and nothing in this Agreement will create any
partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales
representative, or employment relationship between the parties.
You have no authority to make or accept any offers or
representations on our behalf, and agree not to make any
statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably
would contradict anything in this Section.
Modification. We may modify any of the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement at any time and in our
sole discretion. Posting on our site of a change notice or a new
agreement is considered sufficient notice, although we may also
notify you of changes by email. If any modification is
unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this
Agreement. Your continued participation in the Programme
following our posting of a change notice or new agreement on our
site, or notifying you by email, will constitute binding
acceptance of the change. You agree always to provide us with
timely written updates of your contact information.
Interpretation. The parties have agreed to execute this
Agreement in the English language. In the event of any dispute
in connection with this Agreement, the English language version
of the Agreement will control for all purposes. Any action
brought under this Agreement shall be conducted in the English
language. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of any
provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our
right to enforce such provision or any other provision of this
Agreement. The headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience only and are not intended to be used as an aid to
interpretation. If any part of this Agreement is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable, the
validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement
shall not be affected and such provision shall be deemed
modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision
consistent with applicable law and, in its modified form, such
provision shall then be enforceable and enforced.
Entire Agreement. The provisions contained in this
Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and no
statement or inducement with respect to such subject matter by
any party which is not contained in this Agreement shall be
valid or binding between the parties.
Independent Investigation. You acknowledge that you have
read this Agreement, have had an opportunity to consult with
your own legal advisors if you so desired, 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
sites that are similar to or competitive with your site. You
have independently evaluated the desirability of participating
in the Programme and are not relying on any representation,
guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this
Agreement.