Revised as of January 29,
2003
Effective Learning Systems
Affiliate Agreement
This agreement describes the entire terms and conditions
for participation in the Effective Learning Systems
Affiliate Program. Effective Learning Systems is
a privately held corporation.
In this agreement, the term "Affiliate"
refers to you (the applicant). Wherever the agreement
refers to "you" or "your", it
means "the Affiliate"; "we"
or "our" or "ELS" refers to
Effective Learning Systems.
Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit
a complete application via the Effective Learning
Systems web site. We will evaluate your application
in good faith and will notify you of your acceptance
or rejection. We may reject your application if
we determine (at our sole discretion) that your
site is unsuitable for the Affiliate Program.
Qualifying Sites
ELS reserves the right not to accept any site into
our Affiliate Program based on site content. Unsuitable
sites may include but are not limited to those that:
* Promote sexually explicit materials
* Promote violence
* Promote discrimination based on race, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or
age
* Promote illegal activities
* Include "Effective Learning Systems"
or "The Love Tapes," variations or misspellings
thereof in their names or domain names
* Otherwise violate intellectual property rights.
If we reject your application, you are welcome
to reapply to the Program at any time. You should
also note that if we accept your application and
your site is thereafter determined (at our sole
discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, we
may terminate this agreement.
Order Fulfillment
We will be solely responsible for processing every
order placed by a customer directed to our site
from your site. We reserve the right to reject orders
that do not comply with any requirements that we
may establish periodically. We will be responsible
for all aspects of order processing, billing and
fulfillment. Among other things, we will prepare
order forms; process payments, cancellations, and
returns; and handle customer service. We will track
sales made to customers who purchase products using
dedicated links from your site to our site and will
make available to you reports summarizing this sales
activity. The form, content, and frequency of the
reports may vary from time to time at our discretion.
Commissions
We will pay you commissions on certain product sales
to third parties. For a product sale to be eligible
to earn a commission, the customer must follow a
direct link from your site to our site, select and
purchase the product using our automated ordering
system, accept delivery of the product at the shipping
destination, and remit payment to us. We will pay
you commissions on all future orders from customers
who have followed a Direct Link from your site to
ours for a limited period of time We reserve right
to change this period of time at our discretion.
To permit accurate tracking, reporting and commission
accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged"
link format to be used in all links between your
site and our site. You must ensure that each of
the links between your site and our site properly
utilizes such Direct Link formats. Links to our
site placed on your site pursuant to this agreement
and that properly utilize such Direct Link formats
are referred to as "Direct Links." You
will only earn commissions with respect to activity
on our site occurring directly through Direct Links;
we will not be liable to you with respect to any
failure by you to use Direct Links.
The amount of the commission may vary with time
and in some instances vary between products. We
will try to notify all affiliates of changes in
commission rate. However, doing so is entirely at
our discretion. It is the responsibility of the
affiliate to monitor the commission rates.
Commissions will be paid based on net sales of
approved products excluding costs for shipping,
handling, gift-wrapping, taxes, service charges,
credit card processing fees, bad debt and returns.
ELS does not sell advertising on its site. The
only trackable visits are those which have generated
sales.
Payment
We will pay you commissions on a monthly basis (see
Commission Limitations below). Approximately 30
days following the end of each month, we will send
you a check for the commissions earned on our sales
of approved products that were paid for, shipped,
received and not returned, less taxes that we are
required by law to withhold. However, if the commissions
payable to you for any calendar month are less than
$50.00, we will hold those commissions until the
total amount due is at least $50.00 or (if earlier)
until this Agreement is terminated. If the customer
returns a product that generated a commission after
you have received payment, we will deduct the corresponding
commissions from your next monthly payment. ELS
reserves the right to charge your account with an
$8.00 returns processing fee if there are excessive
returns due to the advertisement for our products
on your site. If there is no subsequent payment
we will send you a bill for the commission.
Qualification for Commissions
Affiliates must have an active link from their Web
siteto their Affiliate site to qualify for commissions.
Links must comply with our rules, policies and operating
procedures which may change from time to time.
Customers
Customers who pay for products, or services through
this Program will be deemed to be customers of ELS.
Accordingly, all ELS rules, policies and operating
procedures concerning customer orders, customer
service and product sales will apply to those customers.
We may change our policies and operating procedures
at any time.
Prices
We will determine the prices to be charged for products
sold under this Program in accordance with our own
pricing policies. Product prices and availability
may vary from time to time. Because price changes
may affect products that you already have listed
on your site, you MAY NOT include price information
in your product descriptions. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to present accurate information,
but we cannot guarantee the availability of price
of any particular product.
Unsolicited Commercial Email
ELS in no way participates in mass unsolicited emailing
(i.e. spamming), and all Affiliates are expected
to adhere to this policy as well. Violation of this
policy will result in the termination of this contract
and immediate dismissal from the ELS Affiliate Program,
with no refund.
Scumware
Scumware is the use of Pop-up banners that hide
banners that are displayed on a site, placement
of icons beside keywords found in text that if clicked
will take the visitor to someone else's site, etc.
ELS as a company promises it will not use such predatory
advertising methods. Further, affiliates using such
methods will have their account terminated.
Relationship of Parties
You and we are independent contractors, and nothing
in this Agreement will 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 reasonably would contradict this
statement.
Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, special, or
consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits,
or data) arising in connection with this Agreement
or the Program, even if we have been advised of
the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate
liability arising with respect to this Agreement
and the Program will not exceed the total commissions
paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations
with respect to the Affiliate Program or your potential
to earn income from the Affiliate Program. In addition,
we make no representation that the operation of
our site or your site will be uninterrupted or error-free,
and we will not be liable for the consequences of
any interruptions or errors.
The laws of the United States and the State of
Florida will govern this Agreement without reference
to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating
to this Agreement must be brought in the federal
or state courts located in Florida, and you irrevocably
consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You
may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law
or otherwise, without our prior written consent.
Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will
be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable
against the parties and their respective successors
and assigns. Our failure to enforce your strict
performance of any provision of this Agreement will
not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently
enforce such provision or any other provision of
this Agreement.
By submitting the Affiliate application form,
you acknowledge that you have read this Agreement
and agree to all its terms and conditions. You have
independently evaluated this program and are not
relying on any representation, guarantee or statement
other than as set forth in this Agreement. |