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Agreement contains the terms and conditions that shall apply to an
individual's or an entity's (hereinafter a "Participant,"
"Affiliate Site," or "Affiliate Member." or
"you") participation in affiliate program (the
"Program") of Eroticy.com ("Eroticy,"
"we", "its," "us" "our" or
"the Company").
1. Enrollment in the Network
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a completed
Affiliate Network Application via our web site. All submissions are
initially accepted, but are subject to further review. We may reject
your site, for any reason, if we determine that it is unsuitable for
the Affiliate Network. If we reject your application, you may
reapply to the Affiliate Network at any time thereafter, if you have
remedied the problem.
2. Utilizing Our Links on Your
Site
As an affiliate site, you will receive, or they will be available to
you, banner advertisements, button links and/or text links to our
site. These "Link" or "Links" may contain Eroticy's
or its entities' logos and/or identifying words. Use of these Link(s)
is (are) subject to the terms and conditions hereof. As an Affiliate
Site, you shall display Links throughout your site as you see fit.
You may not alter, modify or expand the Link(s) in any way;
provided, a Link may be modified and/or expanded with our written
consent. Each Link connecting users of your site to our site may not
alter the look, feel or functionality of our site. We may monitor
your site at any time and from time to time to determine if you are
in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
3. Traffic Monitoring
We will record all traffic by customers who follow the Links from
your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject traffic that
does not comply with certain requirements that we have periodically,
or may in the future establish. We will be solely responsible for
all aspects of traffic recording. We will track the volume of
traffic generated by your site and will make unaudited reports,
summarizing this activity, available to you through our site. The
form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to
time in our discretion. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and
fee accrual, you must ensure that the Links between your site and
our site are properly formatted.
4. Commissions
As an Affiliate, you will be entitled to the commission as displayed
on the Affiliate application page http://www.Eroticy.com/Affiliates/Affiliate.asp.
In order for a commission to be paid, the customer who you referred
to our site will be tracked by our internal tracking system. No
commission will be paid if the visitor to our site cannot be tracked
by our system.
5. Conversion of Commission
Schedule
After reviewing Affiliate statistics, we will automatically convert
Affiliates that do not meet required conversion ratios. The
required conversion ratios will be applied to each Affiliate Member
for a given month. An Affiliate can be converted to a
percentage payout commission basis without notification. The
required conversion ratios will be defined by with our sole
discretion and may be changed from time to time without
notification. If you do not agree with our decision to change
the schedule, your affiliate membership will be terminated as
provided in paragraph 16.
6. Chargebacks and Creditbacks
To protect us from fraud that may be caused by Affiliate Member's,
We will not pay any affiliates who have chargebacks and creditbacks
of 5% or greater. Creditback is defined as customers who cancel
their memberships and receive a credit. Chargeback is defined as a
refund of payment for customers after the credit card has been
processed.
7. Payment of Commission
You will be paid commissions on a monthly basis. Approximately
thirty days following the end of each calendar month, we will send
you a check for the commissions earned, less any taxes that we are
required by law to withhold. However, if the commissions payable to
you for any month are less than $50.00 (the "Commission Payment
Floor"), we will hold those commissions until the total amount
due is at least equal to the Commission Payment Floor. The
Commission Payment Floor is subject to change at any time or from
time to time at our sole discretion and without notification.
8. Reports of Commissions
You will have the opportunity to review your commissions. You will
be given a password and have the ability to enter a password
protected site to receive your statistics on a daily basis.
9. Policies and Pricing
We may change our policies and operating procedures at any time. For
example, we will determine when an affiliate will be converted from
a CPC to a percentage payout affiliate and the prices to be charged
for Membership sold under the Affiliate Network in accordance with
our own pricing policies.
10. Ownership of Customer
Customers who buy a membership through the Affiliate Network will be
deemed to be customers of Eroticy and its entities. Accordingly, all
of Eroticy's rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning
customer orders, customer service, and sales will apply to those
customers.
11. Non-Exclusive Limited
License and Use of Eroticy Logos and Trademarks
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to
(i) access our site through links solely in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, and (ii) solely in connection with such
links, to use our logos, trade names, trademarks and similar
identifying material (collectively "Eroticy" Marks),
solely for the purpose of selling membership on your site. You may
not alter, modify or change the Eroticy Marks in any way. You are
only entitled to use the Eroticy Marks to the extent you are an
Affiliate Member, in good standing. You shall not make any specific
use of any Eroticy Marks for purposes other than selling memberships
on behalf of Eroticy. You agree not to use the Eroticy Marks in any
manner that is disparaging or that otherwise portrays Eroticy in a
negative light. We reserve all of our rights in the Eroticy Marks,
and all other intellectual property rights thereto. We may revoke
the rights granted to you pursuant to this section at any time by
giving you written notice. The rights granted to you pursuant to
this section shall terminate upon the effective date of the
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
12. Non-Exclusive Limited
License and Use of Affiliates Logos and Trademarks
You grant us a non-exclusive license to utilize your names, titles,
logos, and trademarks (collectively the "Affiliate
Marks"), and to advertise, market, promote and publicize in any
manner our rights hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, we shall not be required to so advertise, market, promote
or publicize. You hereby represent and warrant that you are the sole
and exclusive owner of the Affiliate Marks and have the right and
power to grant to us the license to use them in the manner
contemplated herein, and such grant does not or will not (i) breach,
conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement or other
instrument applicable to you or binding upon you, or (ii) infringe
upon any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or other
proprietary right of any other person or entity. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the expiration or termination
of this Agreement.
13. Anti-Spamming Policy
Eroticy will not tolerate any form of unsolicited emailing (commonly
referred to as "spamming"), and all Affiliate Members are
expected to adhere to this policy. We reserve the right to terminate
the Affiliates without pay and without notice in the event that we
determine that an Affiliate Member is spamming.
14. Advertising and Promotion via Email - "Can-Spam"
Compliance
14.1 Prohibition on SPAM. You will not use any form of mass
unsolicited electronic mail solicitations, news group postings,
Instant Messaging or any other form of "spamming" as a means of
promoting your website or for the purpose of directing or referring
users to Eroticy Websites. You further acknowledge and agree that if
we, in our sole and exclusive judgment, conclude that you have
engaged in the foregoing that there are grounds for immediate
termination of this Agreement, and all funds otherwise due will be
retained by Eroticy as liquidated damages.
14.2 Email Policy. To the extent you utilize email to identify
and/or aggregate potential consumers, you acknowledge that you have
read, understand and will comply with all provisions of the US
Federal CAN SPAM legislation enacted on January 1, 2004
("Controlling the Assault of Non Solicited Pornography and Marketing
Act of 2003" or the "Act"), and any updates, changes and/or
modifications to the Act, and any other applicable statutes or laws
of any other jurisdiction regulating Spam. Your non-compliance with
the Act or any other applicable statutes or laws of any other
jurisdiction regulating Spam is grounds for immediate termination of
this Agreement, and all funds otherwise due to you will be retained
by Eroticy as liquidated damages.
14.3 Harvesting e-mail. You may not harvest e-mail addresses or use
automated means to randomly generate addresses.
14.4 Opt Out Mechanism. You must implement and maintain at all times
a functioning, conspicuous opt-out (unsubscribe) mechanism, left
operational for thirty (30) days after each email campaign ends. You
must remove any customer(s) from your list(s) within ten (10)
business days once they have opted-out. Once an opt-out request is
received, you may not give that email address to anyone.
14.5 Notices and Address. You must include your valid physical
postal address along with our postal address, in substantially the
following form.
This offer was sent on behalf of:
WebCapades, Inc.
36181 East Lake Road #121
Palm Harbor, FL 34685
14.6 False or Deceptive Information; Subject Lines. You may not
use false or misleading: headers, subject lines that are likely to
mislead the recipient about the content or subject matter, or return
Email addresses.
14.7 Unacceptable Content. You will not, directly or indirectly,
link any of the following content or material to any Eroticy Website
through any hyperlinks maintained or created on your website nor
will you have any of the following content or material on any
website which contains a Link to any Eroticy Website:
(a) obscene material, including without limitation, any
material depicting bestiality, rape or torture;
(b) any material not fully in compliance with United States
Code, Title 18, Section 2257 et seq. or any other applicable
statutes, or laws of any other jurisdiction;
(c) any material which constitutes child pornography or matter
which involves depictions of nudity or sexuality by an age
inappropriate-looking performer (i.e. someone who looks younger
than 18 years of age) or by a performer who is portrayed or made
to appear to be a person under the age of 18 years of age by
virtue of the script, make-up, demeanor, costuming, setting,
etc.;
(d) any material which is threatening, abusive, hateful,
defamatory, libelous, slanderous, scandalous or injurious to the
reputation of any person or entity;
(e) any material which constitutes an infringement,
misappropriation or violation of any person's intellectual
property rights such as copyrights, trademark rights, rights of
publicity, patent rights, personal property rights, privacy
rights or other rights;
(f) any program, file, data stream or other material which
contains viruses, worms, "Trojan horses" or any other
destructive feature, regardless whether damage is intended or
unintended, which may cause damage to any computer equipment,
loss or corruption of data or programs or inconvenience to any
person; or
(g) any material which solicits, promotes or otherwise makes
available prostitution, gambling, software piracy, warez,
password selling, password trading, hacking, cracking, MP3s,
Credit Card numbers, or the like.
14.8 Adult Audience. You agree that all materials of every kind,
including photographic, videographic, audio and textual materials
used in direct or indirect association with the Program, shall only
be transmitted, distributed, broadcast and otherwise disseminated by
you to willing adults and shall at all times comply with
contemporary community standards in the regions into which they are
so disseminated. At no time will material be displayed or
transmitted in a way as to constitute harmful matter or indecent
communications to minors. 14.9 All email must include the mark
SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: (in this exact form) in the subject heading. This
mark in the subject line must be in ASCII format.
14.10 The SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: mark must also be included in the
initially viewable area (termed the "brown paper wrapper") of the
email message. The initially viewable area of the message is defined
as the portion of the message that is immediately visible to the
recipient with out taking any affirmative action to view the
message, like scrolling down or clicking a link that leads to the
sexually explicit material.
14.11 Sender must EXCLUDE from both the subject heading and
initially viewable area of the message any sexually explicit words
or visual depictions. Therefore, the subject heading and initially
viewable area must EXCLUDE words and/or images that depict the
following:
Actual or simulated -
(A) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital,
anal-genital, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons of
the same or opposite sex;
(B) Bestiality;
(C) Masturbation;
(D) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or
(E) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any
person.
14.12 In addition to the SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: mark, the initially
viewable area of the email must also INCLUDE the following:
a. clear and conspicuous notice that email message is for an
advertisement or solicitation
b. clear and conspicuous opt-out instructions and link
c. functioning return email address or other internet based
mechanism to opt out;
d. clear and conspicuous valid physical postal address of email
sender;
e. instructions as to how to access the sexually explicit
materials.
"Clear and conspicuous" means that the recipient must be able to
actually see the
information required. One cannot, for example, place the physical
address (or other
required information) in a color that cannot be distinguished from
the background, or
in a font size that is too small to read.
15. Publicity
You shall not create, publish, distribute or permit any written
material that makes reference to us, without first submitting such
material to us and receiving our written consent.
16. Responsibility for Your Site
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and
maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your
site. We shall have no responsibility for the development, operation
and maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on
your site. You hereby represent and warrant to us that materials
posted on your site do not violate or infringe upon the rights of
any third party (including, for example, copyrights, trademarks,
privacy, or other personal or proprietary rights), and that
materials posted on your site are not libelous or otherwise illegal.
You must have express permission to use another party's copyrighted
or other proprietary material. We will not be responsible if you use
another party's copyrighted or other proprietary material in
violation of the law. We reserve the right to terminate this
Agreement without pay and without notice in the event that we
determine that an Affiliate Member is violating a third party's
intellectual property rights.
17. Term; Termination
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your
Application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you
or we may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without
cause, by giving the other party notice of termination. Notice by
e-mail, to the address in our records, is considered sufficient
notice for to terminate this Agreement. Upon such notice, you agree
to promptly destroy or return to Eroticy all artwork pertaining to Eroticy
in your possession or control. Furthermore, you must immediately
remove from your site any Eroticy Marks, links to the Eroticy site,
and all references to Eroticy and its respective sites. If this
Agreement is terminated because you have violated the terms of this
Agreement, you are not eligible to receive any commission payments,
even for commissions earned prior to the date of termination. If
this Agreement is terminated for any other reason, you are only
eligible to earn a commission on sales occurring during the term of
the Agreement. Commissions earned through the date of termination
will remain payable. We reserve the right to withhold your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is
paid with consideration of our assessment of potential fraud.
18. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement, at any time and at our sole discretion. We will publish
these changes on our website at http://www.eroticy.com/affiliates/terms.asp.
Modifications may include, but are not limited to, changes in the
scope of available commission fees, commission schedules, payment
procedures, and Affiliate Network rules. All such modifications may
take effect immediately after we publish the changes, unless we
indicate otherwise. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your
only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued
participation in the Affiliate Network, following our posting of a
change or new agreement on our site, will constitute binding
acceptance of the change.
19. Relationship of Parties
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create any
partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative,
or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no
authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our
behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or
otherwise that contradicts anything in this Section.
20. Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or
consequential punitive or multiple damages, including without
limitation any damages resulting from loss of use, loss of business,
loss of revenue, loss of profits, or loss of data, arising in
connection with this Agreement, the Affiliate Network, Eroticy's
performance of services or of any other obligations relating to the
Agreement, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such
damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to
this Agreement will not exceed the total commissions paid or payable
to you under this Agreement. The foregoing limitation of liability
shall apply regardless of the cause of action under which such
damages are sought.
21. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with
respect to the Affiliate Network or any product or service sold
through it. 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 service interruptions
or errors.
22. Representations and
Warranties
You hereby represent and warrant to us that 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; that the execution, delivery and
performance by you of this Agreement are within your legal capacity
and power; have been duly authorized by all requisite action on your
part; require the approval or consent of no other persons; and
neither violate nor constitute a default under the (i) provision of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which you
are subject or which is binding upon you, or (ii) the terms of any
other agreement, document or instrument applicable to you or binding
upon you.
23. Confidentiality
We may disclose to you certain information as a result of your
participation as part of the Affiliate Network, which information we
consider to be confidential (herein referred to as
"Confidential Information"). For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Confidential Information" shall
include, but not be limited to, any modifications to the terms and
provisions of this Affiliate Network Agreement made specifically for
your site and not generally available to other members of the
Affiliate Network, website, business and financial information
relating to Eroticy's customer and vendor lists, relating to Eroticy,
and pricing and sales information for Eroticy and any members of the
Affiliate Network, other than you. Confidential Information shall
also include any information that we designate as confidential
during the term of this Agreement.
You agree not to disclose any
Confidential Information and that such 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 same is required by law or legal process. We make no
warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to any information
delivered hereunder, including implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or freedom from
patent, trademark or copyright infringements, whether arising by
law, customer conduct, or as to the accuracy or completeness of the
information and we shall not have any liability to you or to any
other person resulting from your or such third person's use of the
information.
24. Indemnification
You hereby agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our
subsidiaries and affiliates, and their directors, officers,
employees, agents, shareholders, affiliates, members, and other
owners, harmless against any and all claims, actions, demands,
liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees (any or all of the
foregoing hereinafter referred to as "losses") insofar as
such losses, or actions in respect thereof, arise out of or are
based on 1) any claim that our use of the Affiliate Marks infringes
on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license,
intellectual property, or other proprietary right of any third
party, 2) any failure or breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant, or agreement made by you herein, 3) any misuse of our name
or trademarks, or 4) any claim related to your site, including,
without limitation, content therein not attributable to us.
25. Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT 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 WEB
SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETITIVE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU
HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN
THE AFFILIATE NETWORK AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION,
GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN ASSET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
26. Non-Assignability of the
Agreement
This Agreement may not be assigned without the written consent of
the other party. Such consent shall not be withheld unreasonably.
27. Choice of Law and Forum
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of
the State of Florida. Any legal actions shall take place in the
County of Pinellas in the State of Florida.
28. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable under
applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement
and the balance of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such
provision was so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance
with its modified terms.
29. Merger
This Agreement represents the entire understanding between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
previous understandings, written, oral or implied. No oral waiver or
amendment shall be effective under any circumstances.
30. Agreement Binding
This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, their assigns,
successors, heirs, affiliates, directors, shareholders, officers,
employees and/or agents.
31. Headings
The headings and other captions used in this
Agreement are for the convenience and ease of reference only and
shall not be used in interpreting, constructing and/or enforcing any
of the provisions of this
Agreement.
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