Tixio Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions
Tixio Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions
conditions between, Newfold Digital, Inc., and its subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors,
successors and assigns (“Provider”) and you, regarding your application to and participation
in, the Provider Affiliate Program (the “Affiliate Program”) as an Affiliate of Provider, and the
establishment of links from your website to Provider’s Website. The terms of this Agreement
are subject to change by Provider without prior notice, but we will try to notify you of such
changes in advance. BY SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO JOIN OR BY PARTICIPATING
IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO
BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND THE APPLICABLE PROVIDER TERMS AND
CONDITIONS.
1. Definitions
a. "Affiliate" - The business, individual, or entity applying to or participating in
the Affiliate Program, or that displays Provider services and/or promotions on
the Affiliate Site, or other means, using an affiliate tracking code in exchange
for receiving a commission from Provider for sales directly resulting from such
display.
b. "Affiliate Dashboard" - The Affiliate Dashboard is used by Affiliates to track
commissions, view reports, and update contact information and payment
preferences.
c. “Affiliate Platform” - An internal or third party platform, including without
limitation, Impact Tech, Inc. (“Impact Radius”) used by Provider to track
Affiliate performance, including specific referrals and commissions earned
through the Affiliate Program.
d. "Affiliate Site" - The Affiliate's website which displays Provider Services
and/or promotions. "Provider Services" - The services that are available for
purchase from Provider. "Commission Fees" - The amount you will be paid for
each Qualified Purchase by a Referred Customer subject to any applicable
Commission Threshold and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
e. “Commission Threshold” - The amount of Commission Fees as determined
by Provider in its sole discretion an Affiliate must accrue prior to receiving a
payment from Provider.
f. "Qualified Purchase" - A sale of Provider Services by Provider, with a term
of one (1) month or longer, to a Referred Customer that is not excluded under
the Agreement.
g. "Referred Customer" - Each new and unique customer referred from Affiliate
through a Link (as defined in the Agreement) that provides valid account and
billing information.
h. “Terms of Service” – The terms of service agreed upon between Provider
and a Referred Customer relating to the Provider Services.
i. “Provider’s Website” – The Provider designated website that Affiliate shall
link to from Affiliate Site.
4. Prohibited Activities. Except as permitted herein, you shall not and are not authorized
to
a. use Provider’s trademark or other intellectual property, including without
limitation, the Links (collectively, “Provider’s IP”) without Provider’s express
prior written permission;
b. use Provider’s name (or any variation or misspelling thereof or other terms
that are confusingly similar to any of the foregoing) in a domain name, any
metatags, advertising, search terms, code, or otherwise; or
c. act in any way that causes or could cause any confusion concerning the
source of, or your association with Provider’s Services. Your use of Provider’s
IP in any manner, other than as expressly permitted hereunder shall
constitute unlawful infringement of Provider’s intellectual property rights and
may subject you to liability (including potential treble damages for knowing or
willful infringement), and the obligation to pay Provider’s legal fees and costs
in connection with Provider’s enforcement of its rights.
You are not allowed to post any refunds, credits or discounts on Provider Services, or
other content concerning Provider without our prior written consent in each instance.
Affiliates may only use active coupons and discounts that are provided exclusively
through the Affiliate Program using banners and links. Each Link connecting users of
the Affiliate Site to the pertinent area of the Provider Website will in no way alter the
look, feel, or functionality of the Provider Website. Any violations of the terms
surrounding links, coupons, refunds, credits or discounts shall constitute a material
breach of this Agreement and may result in your termination from the Affiliate
Program or the withholding of Commission Fees.
6. Disclosure
a. Affiliate shall comply with all applicable data protection laws regarding the
transmission of data exported to or from the country in which Affiliate resides,
including without limitation, the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679
of European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (the “GDPR”).
Affiliate, as a controller under the GDPR, shall also implement appropriate
technical measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, taking
into account the nature, scope, context, and purpose of processing any
personal data. Affiliate agrees to promptly assist Provider in complying with
any data subject rights request under the GDPR that Provider may receive
from any individuals referred to Provider by Affiliate. Affiliate further agrees to
promptly assist Provider in complying with any duties to cooperate with
supervisory authorities under the GDPR.
b. As an affiliate marketer, the most common legal base for handling data on a
website is asking for consent. You can get consent by using an opt-in
notification on your website. In the notification, you ask explicit approval from
your visitors to handle their data. Having approval from your audience to
handle their data will make it easy for you to prove their consent, if asked by
regulators. An opt-in notification is good to have on your affiliate website, not
only does it cover you for the GDPR, it also covers the cookie law.
c. One other legal base used in affiliate marketing, mostly for cashback
websites, is a contract. In that case, the cashback website has a contract with
the visitor (client), which includes an agreement on the use of data collection
and processing. Although most affiliate marketers will make use of consent as
their legal bases to control data, there are many different promotions,
campaigns and channels used in affiliate marketing. This makes it difficult to
assign one legal base for all affiliate marketers.
d. Seek legal advice if you’re not sure what legal base to pick for your particular
affiliate marketing activities. Learn more about How GDPR applies to Affiliate
marketers here.
e. It is the intent of Provider to treat all customers fairly. Accordingly, we require
all Affiliates to comply with applicable laws, regulations and guidelines
maintained by provider himself.
f. Affiliate Sites (e.g. directories, review/rating websites, blogs, and other
websites) and any email or collateral that provide an endorsement or
assessment of Provider’s Services must clearly and conspicuously disclose
the fact that you receive compensation for Referred Customers. In addition,
disclosures must (i) be made as close as possible to the claims, (ii) be made
on each page of the Affiliate Site containing a Link or referencing Provider,
and (iii) be immediately evident and not require scrolling, clicking or any other
user action to learn you receive compensation. b) Provider reserves the right
to withhold Commission Fees and cancel your participation in the Affiliate
Program should we determine, in our sole discretion, that you are not in
compliance with applicable laws, regulations and guidelines.
8. Commission Payments
a. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any applicable
Affiliate Platform, Commission Fees will be calculated according to the
specified percentage or dollar amount set forth in the commission report in
your Affiliate Dashboard for each Qualified Purchase that accrues during the
period for which such Commission Fees are being calculated.
b. Commission Fees will be processed approximately within fifteen (15) days
after a purchase is made, unless you use an Affiliate Platform in which case
they will be processed in accordance with your agreement with the applicable
Affiliate Platform.
c. Provider will only compensate you for Qualified Purchases made in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
d. Commission Fees shall be paid based on the current information in your
Affiliate Dashboard. You are required to notify the Affiliate Platform promptly
of any change in your address by updating your profile information in the
Affiliate Dashboard. You are responsible for informing the Affiliate Platform of
your desired payment form/type. You can update or change your desired
payment method at any time by updating your affiliate profile located in the
Affiliate Dashboard.
e. Depending on your Affiliate Platform, you may be subject to a minimum or
maximum payment amount. All such minimum and maximum payment
amounts are governed by your agreement with the Affiliate Platform.
f. You may view the currently available payment methods by logging into your
Affiliate Dashboard for the applicable Affiliate Platform. If the Affiliate Platform
offers PayPal as a payment method, please refer to PayPal’s policy to ensure
you are eligible to receive payment if you reside outside of the United States.
g. Provider and the Affiliate Platform, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to
modify the available payment methods or payment schedule at any time.
Such changes shall take effect when posted.
h. Disputes: Affiliate agrees to file any disputes within forty-five (45) days of the
date on which a disputed sale or event occurred. Disputes filed after forty-five
(45) days of the date on which the disputed sale or event occurred will not be
accepted by Provider and Affiliate forfeits forever any rights to a potential
claim.
i. Commission Fees will accrue and only become payable once you
provide all relevant tax and address documentation pursuant to this
Section, and
ii. reach the Commission Threshold based on the commission rates
stated in the Affiliate Dashboard, solely as applied to Qualified
Purchases which occurred within ninety (90) days of the end of the
calendar month in which the first of such Qualified Purchases
occurred. Provider reserves the right to change the Commission
Threshold and will notify you as may be required pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
i. It is solely your responsibility to provide Provider with accurate tax and
payment information that is necessary to issue Commission Fees to you.
Each Affiliate is required to submit a W8 (for Affiliates located outside of the
U.S.) or W9 (for Affiliates located in the U.S.) tax form as applicable before
any Commission Fees shall accrue. You are responsible for the payment of all
taxes related to the Commission Fees you receive under this Agreement. In
compliance with U.S. tax laws, the Affiliate Platform will issue a Form 1099 to
Affiliates whose earnings meet or exceed the applicable threshold.
j. If Provider does not receive the necessary tax or payment information within
ninety (90) days of a Qualified Purchase which would otherwise trigger
Commission Fees, the applicable commissions shall not accrue and no
Commission Fees will be owed with respect to such Qualified Purchase.
k. Any address change must be made in the Affiliate profile in the Affiliate
Dashboard at least fifteen (15) business days prior to the end of the calendar
month in order for Commission Fees for that month to be processed. l)
Provider is not responsible for paying any third-party fees, including any fees
charged by PayPal or banks, in order for you to receive Commission Fees. m)
Provider, in its sole discretion, may offer you the ability to receive Commission
Fees through PayPal Payouts, standard PayPal, wire or ACH transfer. As it
relates to PayPal Payouts mass pay option only, and notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if you utilize PayPal Payouts
mass pay option then Provider will pay any transaction fees charged by
PayPal.
9. Order Processing
Provider will process orders placed by Referred Customers who follow the Links from
an Affiliate Site to Provider. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to reject
orders that do not comply with certain requirements that we may establish from time
to time. All aspects of order processing and fulfillment, including Provider’s services,
cancellation, processing, refunds and payment processing will be our responsibility.
We will track the Qualified Purchases generated by your Affiliate Site and will make
this information available to you through our website and/or the applicable Affiliate
Platform. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and commission accrual, you must
ensure that the Links between the Affiliate Site and the Provider Website are properly
formatted.
We will provide all information necessary for you to make Links from your Affiliate
Site to Provider Website. Provider will be solely responsible for order processing
(including payment processing, cancellations, and refunds) for orders for Provider
Services placed by a Referred Customer, for tracking the volume and amount of
Qualified Purchases generated by your Affiliate Site, for providing information to
Affiliates regarding Qualified Purchase statistics, and for providing Referred
Customers with the services purchased.
Referred Customers who buy Provider Services through our affiliate network are
deemed to be Provider’s customers. Provider’s Terms and Conditions, rules, policies,
and operating procedures will apply to such customers. We may change our policies,
pricing, and operating procedures at any time. For example, Provider determines the
prices to be charged for Provider Services sold through the affiliate network in
accordance with our own pricing policies. Prices and availability of Provider Services
may vary from time to time, from affiliate to affiliate, and from region to region.
Because price changes may affect products that you have listed on your Affiliate Site,
you may or may not be able to include price information in your product descriptions.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information on
Provider Website, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular
Provider Service.
You shall not create, publish, transmit or distribute, under any circumstances, any
bulk email messages without Provider’s prior written consent, to be granted or denied
in Provider’s sole discretion, in each instance. Additionally, you may only send emails
containing a Link and or a message regarding Provider or the Affiliate Program to
people who have previously consented to receiving such communications from you.
Your failure to abide by this Section and all applicable laws relating to email
communications, in any manner, will be deemed a material breach of this Agreement
by you and will result in the forfeiture by you of any and all rights you may have to
any Commission Fees and the termination of your participation in the Affiliate
Program. Further, if your Affiliate account has excessive clicks in a very short period
of time as determined by Provider in its sole discretion, the Affiliate relationship may
be terminated.
16. Modification
We may modify this Agreement at any time in our sole discretion, and any
modifications shall take effect when posted on our website. Your continued
participation in the Affiliate Program following the posting of any modification on our
website will constitute your binding acceptance of the modified terms. Modifications
may include, but are not limited to, changes in the scope of Provider Services eligible
for Commission Fees, Commission Fee amounts or percentages, payment
procedures, Commission Fee payment schedules, and Affiliate Program rules. If any
modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this
Agreement, in which event you shall be entitled to your rights under the unmodified
Agreement in effect prior to the date of the applicable modification.
17. Disclaimers
You and Provider 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 Affiliate Site or otherwise, that contradicts anything in this Section.
21. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Provider and its subsidiaries and
affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, partners,
members, and other owners, 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 (i) any claim that our use of the Affiliate Trademarks infringes on any
trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other
proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation of a representation or
warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement made by you herein, or (iii) any
claim related to your Affiliate Site, including, without limitation, its development,
operation, maintenance and content therein not attributable to us.
22. Confidentiality
Each of the parties hereto agrees that all information including, without limitation, the
terms of this Agreement, business and financial information, Provider customer and
vendor lists, or pricing and sales information (including without limitation commission
rates), shall remain strictly confidential and shall not be utilized for any purpose
outside the terms of this Agreement except and solely to the extent that any such
information is
A. already lawfully known to or independently developed by the receiving party,
B. disclosed in published materials,
C. generally known to the public, or
D. lawfully obtained from any third party not under any obligation of
confidentiality to the discloser hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each
party is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any such information (a)
pursuant to a valid subpoena or order issued by a court or administrative
agency of competent jurisdiction, (b) to its accountants, attorneys, or other
agents on a confidential basis, and (c) otherwise as required by applicable
law, rule, regulation, or legal process including, without limitation, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In the event
of such disclosure, the receiving party shall give the disclosing party prior
notice before releasing any information unless giving such notice is
prohibited.
You understand that we may at any time (directly or indirectly) solicit Provider
relationships on terms that may differ from those contained in this Agreement. We
may also solicit relationships with entities that operate websites that are similar to or
compete with your Affiliate Site. You have independently evaluated the desirability of
participating in the Affiliate Program and are not relying on any representation,
guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this Agreement.