AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the complete
terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation
in the # 1 Domain Names International, Inc. dba 1dni.com
Affiliate Program (the "Affiliate Program"). As used in this Agreement,
"we" means # 1 Domain Names International, Inc., "you" means
the applicant, and "services" means domain name registration services
offered by 1dni.com. "Web Site" means a World Wide Web
site and, depending on the context, refers either to 1dni.com's
web site or to the web site that you will link to our site.
1.
JOINING THE PROGRAM
To join, you will submit a complete Affiliate
Program application via our web site.
We will evaluate your application in
good faith and will notify you of your acceptance or denial.
We may deny your application if we determine
(at our sole discretion) that the web site contains content deemed inappropriate
for our program. Questionable content that may be denied
include, but is not limited to, web sites that:
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Promote, contain or
link to sexually explicit materials
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Contain any libelous,
defamatory or disparaging materials
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Promote discrimination
based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation
or age
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Promote illegal activities
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Violate intellectual
property rights or violate any local, state, federal or other law
or regulation
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Promote violence,
terrorism or hate
You need to place our link on your site
within 10 days to qualify for the sign up bonus of $20.00. If link is
not found, no credit will be issued until link is located. If you have
not received your bonus within 14 days please
email us
with the link to the page on your site where our link is located.
2.
LINKING TO 1DNI.COM
You may not alter the product images,
descriptions and pricing without prior approval. We provide access
to a toolkit with an HTML generator. You must use the links as
provided in order to meet the criteria in the operating agreement.
If you would like to modify the links
provided, you need prior written permission from 1dni.com.
Multiple placement of the link is encouraged but not required.
3. COMMISSION FEES
Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, you will be paid commission fees for each unique user
referred from your web site through the 1dni.com link on your
web site who successfully registers a domain name on the 1dni.com
web site. If at any time it is determined by 1dni.com that
the user is not a unique individual who has not previously registered
a domain name on the 1dni.com web site, 1dni.com reserves
the right to withhold any payments to your site resulting from that
individual's domain name registrations.
4. COMMISSION FEE SCHEDULE
You will earn commission fees based on
the number of unique users you refer to us from your web site.
Your fees will be equal to forty percent (40%) of 1dni.com's
gross revenues from the registration (during the term of this Agreement)
of each domain name registered. In addition, any service offered
on 1dni.com that is included in the registration process, such
as DNS plus, is subject to the same commission fee schedule.
5. COMMISSION FEE PAYMENT
Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, you will be paid the commission fees on a monthly basis
for any month in which your commission fees are at least Fifty ($50.00US)
Dollars. For months in which the commission fee payable is less
than the minimum amount, the fees will be rolled over into the next
month. Payments will be distributed by the Fifteenth (15th)
of the month immediately following the month commissions are collected.
Chargeback's, credits and refunds are removed from any commission due
prior to distribution of commissions. In the event a chargeback,
credit or refund is incurred after a commission has been paid then your
account will be debited the amount from future commission payments.
We reserve the right to hold questionable funds for up to 180 days pending
completion of the transaction, reasons including but not limited to,
chargeback pending or likely, etc.
6. POLICIES AND PRICING
Clients who register domain names with
1dni.com through this Affiliate Program will be deemed to be
clients of 1dni.com. Accordingly, all 1dni.com rules,
policies and operating procedures concerning domain name registration,
including 1dni.com's current Registration Agreement and Dispute
Policy will apply to those clients. We may change our policies
and operating procedures at any time without notice. For additional
information regarding 1dni.com's Registration Agreement and Dispute
Policy, please see the
Legal Notices
page on 1dni.com.
7. IDENTIFYING YOURSELF
AS AN AFFILIATE
We may at our discretion make available
to you a small graphic image (the "Mark") that identifies your web site
as an Affiliate Program participant. You will prominently display
this logo or the phrase "an affiliate with 1dni.com" somewhere
on your web site. We may modify the text or graphical image of
this notice from time to time. In addition, we encourage you to
include a link to the 1dni.com home page at www.1dni.com.
8. LIMITED NON-EXCLUSIVE
LICENSE
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable right to use the Mark and such other 1dni.com logos
and text for which we grant express permission, solely for the purpose
of identifying your web site as an Affiliate Program participant.
You may not modify the Mark, or any mark included in the 1dni.com
ToolKit, the message, or any of our images or trademarks in any way.
We reserve all of our rights in the Mark, the message, any other images,
our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property
rights. Except as provided here you agree that you have no rights,
title or interest in or to the Mark, the message or other images, trademark
or tradenames provided to you by 1dni.com and all uses of such
materials by you will inure to the benefit of 1dni.com.
You agree not to apply for registration of any of the 1dni.com
trademarks, servicemarks or tradenames (or any mark similar there to)
anywhere around the world. You agree that you will not engage,
participate or otherwise become involved in any activity or course of
action that diminishes and/or tarnishes the image and or reputation
of 1dni.com or its trademarks. We may revoke your Affiliate
Agreement at any time by giving you written notice.
9. RESPONSIBILITY FOR
YOUR WEB SITE
You will be solely responsible for the
development, operation, and maintenance of your web site and for all
content that appears on your website. For example, you will be
solely responsible for:
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the technical operation
of your web site and all related equipment
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creating and posting
merchant descriptions on your web site and linking those descriptions
to 1dni.com
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the accuracy and appropriateness
of all content posted on your web site
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ensuring that content
posted on your web 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)
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ensuring that content
posted on your web site are not libelous or otherwise illegal.
We disclaim all liability
for these matters. Further, you will indemnify, defend and hold
us harmless from all claims, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation,
maintenance, and contents of your web site as well as any goods or services
provided or made available by you. These obligations will survive
any termination of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that
your Web site information (name, URL, traffic counts, etc.) may be utilized
by 1dni.com. Possible uses include (but are not limited
to) lists of the busiest sites, lists of member sites, bonus recipients,
bonus leaders, etc. You agree to allow 1dni.com to use
screen shots of any of your Web pages that contain the 1dni.com
HTML code in 1dni.com promotional materials. The information
provided by 1dni.com to you may be proprietary in nature.
You acknowledge that you are not a competitor of 1dni.com, and
agree not to share this information with any of our competitors.
Anyone found in violation of these terms and conditions is subject to
being banned from 1dni.com and possible criminal prosecution.
10. TERMS OF THE AFFILIATE
AGREEMENT
The terms of this Agreement will begin
upon our acceptance of your Program 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 written
or emailed notice of termination. You are only eligible to earn
commission fees on domain name registrations occurring during the term
of this Agreement only. We may withhold your final payment for
a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid. Your
web site is subject to periodic review. If we determine at any
point after acceptance into our Affiliate Program that your website
or the content of the web site is not suitable for the Affiliate Program,
we may terminate the status of your web site as an Affiliate without
recourse.
11. MODIFICATION
We may modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, at any time and by our sole discretion,
by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our site. Modifications
may include, for example, changes in the scope of available referral
fees, fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program rules. We
will provide an email notification to affiliates of these changes will
possible, however this is not guaranteed. Your continued participation
now, or within thirty (30) days following the posting notice of any
changes in these terms and conditions, will constitute a binding acceptance
by you of such rules, changes or modifications. IF ANY MODIFICATION
IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT.
YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM
FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR WEB
SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
12. RELATIONSHIP OF
PARTIES INVOLVED
You and we are independent contractors,
and nothing in this Affiliate 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 web site or otherwise,
that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
13. 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 AFFILIATE AGREEMENT OR THE PROGRAM OR
THE REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES BY CLIENTS REFERRED TO US BY YOU, 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 COMMISSION FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO
YOU UNDER TO THIS AGREEMENT.
14. DISCLAIMERS
WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM OR ANY SERVICES MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES
OF FITNESS, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
ARISING OUT OF A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING OR TRADE USAGE).
IN ADDITION, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION OF OUR WEB
SITE OR THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE,
AND WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS
OR ERRORS. Further, you will indemnify, defend and hold us harmless
from all claims, damages and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees) relating to any warranties or representations
made by you with respect to the Program or any services made available
through the Program or through the 1dni.com web site. These
obligations will survive any termination of this Agreement.
15. 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 CLIENT REFERRALS
ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE
WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB 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.
16. AFFILIATE DOWN-LINE
With the establishment of the Affiliate
program, Affiliates are offered the opportunity (but are not required)
to establish an affiliate down-line. Commission schedule for the
down-line affiliates are located on the administration screens.
The affiliates that sign up through the down-line are true affiliates
of 1dni.com not sub-affiliates of the affiliate responsible for
signing them up.
17. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement will be governed by the
laws of the United States and the State of West Virginia, without reference
to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this
Agreement must be brought in the federal courts or state courts located
in southern West Virginia, 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.