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This Affiliate
Program Agreement, including applicable offers (Collectively, the
“Agreement”), is a legal agreement between You (“Affiliate”) and
INYC, Corp., and its participating subsidiaries and affiliates
(Collectively, “INYC”) for participation in INYC’s Affiliate Program
(“Program”). By registering for and participating in the program,
You agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If You do not
agree to the terms of this Agreement, do not register for or
participate in the program, or, if you are already an INYC
affiliate, immediately terminate all uses of INYC’s marks and any
links to INYC’s web site.
As used in this Agreement, “WE,” “OUR” or “US” means INYC and “You”
means the participating web affiliate.
1. PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
If You are not a member of INYC Affiliate program, you must complete
a registration form to join
INYC Affiliate Program and READ and AGREE to the terms of this
Agreement. We will evaluate your registration application and notify
you of your site’s acceptance status via e-mail. INYC may reject
your application if we determine (in our sole discretion) that your
site is unsuitable for the Program.
Unsuitable Sites include, but not limited to, those that:
(i)
Contain content
that advocates discrimination based on disability, nationality,
race,religion,
sex or sexual orientation
(ii)
Are otherwise
considered offensive at INYC’s sole discretion
(iii)
Are based outside
the U.S.
(iv)
Are defamatory or
libelous
(v)
Promote violence
or Contain hate speech
(vi)
Are Aesthetically
displeasing
(vii)
Contain content
considered by INYC (at its sole discretion) to be obscene, harmful
or harassing
1.1
If You are
accepted into the Program, you will be able to participate in the
Program subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
Thereafter, if your Site is determined (in INYC’s sole discretion)
to be unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement
and you will have no right to receive any and all outstanding
compensation for qualified referrals. Termination may be based on
many factors including, but not limited to, profitability of the
Program.
1.2
In order to
participate in the Program, your site must contain a privacy
statement satisfactory to INYC.
2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 “Approved Referral” means a Qualifying Product approved by INYC
where by (a) a visitor to INYC web site (a “Customer”) purchases a
Qualifying Product; (b) that Customer has accessed INYC web site and
purchased the Qualifying Product online via a Qualifying Link from
your site; and/or (c) that Customer has accessed INYC web site and
submitted an online inquiry regarding INYC’s product or service,
which resulted into offline purchase of such product or service by
such Customer, provided that it is the last link to INYC site that
the Customer uses during a Session where a sale of a product or
service to Customer occurs.
2.2 “Offer” means a specific offer posted by INYC through INYC
Affiliate Program. The terms and conditions of such offer shall be
incorporated into this Agreement.
2.3 “Qualifying Link” means a hyperlink, whether in text or graphic
form, from Your site to INYC’s site using one of the Required URLs.
2.4 “Qualifying Product” means INYC product or service that’s is
offered at INYC Site and is subject of an offer.
2.5 “Required URL” means a URL specified in an Offer to be used to
link from your Site to INYC Site.
2.6 “Session” means the period between the time a Customer first
clicks on a Qualifying Link on your Site and the time the Customer
is approved by INYC for a Qualifying Product.
2.7 “Site” means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the
context, refers either to INYC site located at a URL to be provided
to INYC as identified in your INYC Affiliate Program registration
form.
3. OFFERS
3.1 From time to time, INYC may post through INYC Affiliate Program
Offers to pay participating affiliates of INYC Affiliate Program, a
Fee on certain Approved Referrals through a Qualifying Link.
3.2 The terms of an Offer, as posted on INYC Affiliate Program or
otherwise communicated to You, shall be governed by the term and
conditions of this Agreement. However, in the event of any
inconsistency between terms of the specific Offer and the terms of
this Agreement, the terms of this Offer shall govern.
3.3 At any time prior to providing You a Qualifying Link through
INYC Affiliate Program, INYC may, with or without notice, (a)
change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of an Offer or (b)
remove, alter, or modify any graphic or banner ad. You agree
promptly implement any request from us to remove, alter, or modify
any graphic or banner ad submitted to You that is being used in
connection with an Offer.
4. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1 You agree to link your Site to areas within INYC Site using
Qualifying Links to URLs. You may post as many Qualifying Links as
you like. The position, prominence, and nature of the links on INYC
Site shall comply with any requirements specified in the Offer and
any further request of INYC. You must post at least one Qualifying
Link no later than 30 days after receipt of acceptance in INYC
Affiliate Program. Only valid Qualifying Links created by INYC in
connection with INYC Affiliate Program will be tracked for purposes
of determining bounty fees that You may be eligible to receive on
Approved Referrals through your Site.
4.2 We will not make, and are not obligated to make any
representations, warranties, or other statements concerning You,
your Site, any of your products or services, or your Site policies,
except as expressly authorized by the Offer.
4.3 You agree to develop, operate and maintain your Site and all
contents that appears on your Site in good working order in
accordance with industry policies. We disclaim all liability for
such development, operation, and maintenance contents. You will
maintain a privacy policy acceptable to INYC including an “opt-in”
promotional policy whereby You will only use Customer information
provided to You by Customer with the prior explicit consent of such
Customer. You will indemnify and hold INYC harmless from all claims,
damages, and expenses including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees
relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and content of
your Site. You will notify INYC of any malfunction of the Required
URLs or other problems with your participation in INYC Affiliate
Program within 24 hours of their occurrence. INYC will respond in
normal course to reasonable concerns upon notification.
4.4 You must obtain ten (10) or more Approved Referrals within
ninety (90) days of receipt of acceptance in INYC Affiliate program
to maintain eligibility to participate.
5. FEES
5.1 Fees, Reports. INYC will furnish You with access to online
report (the “Report”) including the count of click-though leads and
the number of Approved Referrals due. INYC will pay You the fee
specified in the Offer then in effect on the date of the Approved
Referral (the “Fee”) provided however, that only one (1) Fee payment
will be made for each Customer regardless of the number of
Qualifying Products the Customer obtained. Payment shall be maid to
You within thirty (30) days of each month’s end for each Approved
Referral attributed to You in such month (month is calculated on a
calendar basis for the purpose of this Agreement). However, if the
Fees payable to You for any calendar month are less than $100.00,
INYC will hold those Fees until the total amount due is at least
$100.00, or until this Agreement is terminated, whichever occurs
earlier.
5.2 You will not process any referrals. You acknowledge that all
agreements relating to sale of INYC products and/or services to
Customers shall be between INYC and the Customer. Customers who
obtain INYC products or services will be deemed to be Customers of
INYC. Accordingly, all INYC rules, policies, and operating
procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, customer
data, and product and/or service transactions will apply to those
Customers. INYC may change its policies and operating procedures at
any time without prior notice.
5.3 All determinations of whether You were entitled to Fee will be
made by INYC and will be binding.
5.4 If You become a INYC Affiliate less then 10 days prior to the
end of a month, then any and all Fees generated during the initial
period shall be included in the next month for the purpose of
payment of those Fees by INYC.
6. OWNERSHIP AND LICENSES
6.1 Each party owns and shall retain all rights, titles, and
interests in its names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, copyrights, and proprietary technology currently used or
which may be developed and/or used by it in the future.
6.2 INYC grants to You a limited, revocable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to use the graphic images and/or text
included in the Qualifying Link, which may include INYC name, logos,
trademarks, service marks (collectively, “Marks”), solely for
purpose of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this
Agreement or permitted by applicable law, You will not copy,
distributed, modify, reverse engineer, or create derivative works
from, the Marks. You may not sublicense, assign or transfer any such
licenses, and any attempt at such sublicense, assignment, or
transfer is void. You must follow INYC’s trademarks, corporate
identity guidelines, as those guidelines may change from time to
time. Any use of INYC Marks on your Site must be approved by INYC
prior to publishing. INYC may revoke your license at any time by
giving you written notice. If your license is revoked, You will not
receive any outstanding compensation for Approved Referrals.
6.3 You will not at any time undertake or engage in the following
practices, and any violation of this Section shall be deemed a
material breach of this Agreement: (a) modify or alter INYC’s (i)
Site in any way, or (ii) any Qualifying Link except and express to
set forth herein or as directed by INYC; (b) make any
representations, either express or implied, or create an appearance
that a visitor to your Site is visiting INYC’s Site; or (c) during
the term of or after the expiration or termination of this
Agreement, use any mark, name or domain name of any type which is
the or confusingly similar to INYC’s name or Marks.
7. TERMINATION
7.1 Either party may terminate your participation in an Offer at any
time by deleting its acceptance of the Offer through INYC Affiliate
Program. Termination of a specific Offer shall not be deemed to
terminate any other Offers.
7.2 Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time for any
reason immediately by providing written notice of such termination
to the other party. Termination of this Agreement shall also
terminate any outstanding Offer. However, all rights to payment,
causes of action, and any provisions, which by their terms are
intended to survive termination, shall survive termination of this
Agreement.
7.4 Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, You will
immediately cease use of, and remove from your Site, all links to
INYC Site, all Marks and all other materials provided by or on
behalf of INYC to You pursuant hereto or in connection with INYC
Affiliate Program. You are only eligible to earn Fees for Approved
Referrals occurring during the term of this Agreement, and Fees
earned through the date of termination will remain payable.
8. REPRESENTATIONS
8.1 You represent and warrant that (a) you have the authority to
enter into this Agreement and sufficient rights to grant any
licenses expresses herein, and (b) any material which is provided to
You or displayed on your Site will not (i) infringe on any third
party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other
proprietary rights or right of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate
any applicable law, stature, ordinance, or regulation; (iii) be
defamatory or libelous; (iv) promote discrimination; (v) be false
advertising; (vi) promote violence or contain hate speech; (vii)
promote discrimination, based upon race, sex, religion, nationality,
sexual orientation or disability; or (viii) contain spaming, jump
pages, “pop-ups”, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots, or other similarly harmful or deleterious programming
routines.
8.2 NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR, WARRANTIES TO THE
OTHER PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. INYC MAKES
NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
THE PROGRAM OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES MARKETED THROUGH THE PROGRAM
OR THAT INYC SITE WILL BE UNINTERRRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE AND WILL NOT
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSEQUENCES OR ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS.
9. INDEMNIFICATION. Each party hereby agrees to indemnify, defend,
and hold harmless the other party and its affiliates, directors,
officers, employees and agents, from and against any and all
liabilities, claims, losses, damages, injuries, or expenses,
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees brought by
a third party, arising out of a breach, or alleged breach, of any of
its representations or obligations herein.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF
INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, INYC’s AGGREGATE
LIABILITY ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PROGRAM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
TOTAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
11.1 Each party shall act as an
independent contractor and shall have no authority to obligate
or bind the other in any respect, and
nothing in this Agreement (including any Offer) shall create any
partnership, joint venture, agency,
franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship
between the parties. Neither party shall make any
statement, whether on their Sites or otherwise, that reasonably
would contradict anything in this
paragraph.
11.2 You acknowledge that You
have read this Agreement and agree to all its terms and
conditions.
You understand that INYC 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 compete with your
Site. You have independently evaluated the desirability of
participating in the Program and are not
relying on any representation, guarantee, or statement other
than as set forth in this Agreement.
11.3 THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
MADE IN AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE
TO RULES GOVERNING CHOICE OF LAWS, ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY, STATE
OF NEW YORK. If you need to send official correspondence, send it via registered mail to:
INYC Corp. 3040 Nostrand Ave, 3rd Floor, Marine Park,
NY 1229, Attn: INYC Affiliate Program
Manager.
11.4 This Agreement may be
agreed to in more than one counterpart, each of which together
shall form one and the same
instrument. The parties agree that execution may be achieved in
any format convenient to the
parties including by "clicking" to agree to the Offer.
11.5 The provisions of this
Agreement are independent of and separable from each other, and no provision shall be
affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the
fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be
invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part. You may not assign this
Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without INYC’s
prior written consent. 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. INYC’s failure to enforce your strict
performance of any provision of this Agreement will not
constitute a waiver of INYC right to
subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of
this Agreement.
11.6 The parties agree that any
breach of either of the parties’ obligations regarding
trademarks,
service marks or trade names,
confidentiality, and/or user data may result in irreparable
injury for
which there may be no adequate
remedy at law. Therefore, in the event of any breach or
threatened breach of a party's obligations
regarding trademarks, service marks or trade names, or
confidentiality, the aggrieved party will be
entitled to seek equitable relief in addition to its other
available legal remedies in a court of competent
jurisdiction.
11.7 You acknowledge that
INYC's servers, equipment, and services (e.g. tracking and
reporting) may be subject to temporary
modifications or shutdowns due to causes beyond INYC's
reasonable control. Such temporary service
interruptions will not constitute a material breach of this
Agreement. INYC will use commercially reasonable
efforts to provide the services contemplated under this
Agreement and to remedy any temporary
interruptions or other problems that adversely affects the
Program.
BY CLICKING ON THE “I AGREE” OR
“SUBMIT” BUTTON ON THE WEB PAGE THAT CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFER, YOU
CERTIFY, ATTEST, AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:
(1) YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT
(2) YOU HAVE READ AND AGREED TO THE
TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND HAVE HAD
AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS
AGREEMENT REVIEWED BY AN ATTORNEY.
(3) YOU AUTHORIZE INYC TO
COMMUNICATE WITH YOU VIA EMAIL; AND
(4) YOU HAVE PRINTED A COPY OF THIS
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