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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 _____________ (___) days of each
month’s/quarter’s end for each Approved Referral attributed to You in such
month/quarter (month/quarter is calculated on a calendar basis for the purpose
of this Agreement). However, if the Fees payable to You for any calendar
month/quarter are less than $______.00, INYC will hold those Fees until the
total amount due is at least $______.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 _____ days prior to the end of a month/quarter, then any and all Fees
generated during the initial period shall be included in the next month/quarter
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.
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