This
Agreement sets forth the complete terms and conditions that apply to
participation in Ivysport’s Affiliate Program.
1.
Program Enrollment
Potential
Ivysport Affiliates must submit a completed Affiliate Program Application.
By submitting a Program Application, you agree to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement.
We
will evaluate your Application and will notify you of its acceptance
or rejection. We may reject your application if we determine, in our
sole discretion, that your site is not suitable for our Program. Unsuitable
sites include, but are not limited to: sites that are pornographic or
promote sexually explicit materials, violence or illegal activities;
sites that promote, condone or in any way encourage discrimination based
on age, race, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, nation
origin or disability; and sites that infringe on intellectual property
and/or trademark rights. Participation also is limited to parties that
can lawfully enter into contracts under applicable law.
Should
your Application be rejected, you may reapply; however, you may not
link to our site until your Application is approved. Should your Application
be accepted and your website later deemed unsuitable, in our sole discretion,
we may terminate the Agreement.
2.
Links on Your Site
If
approved for participation in the Program, we will notify you by email
and will instruct you on how to create links to our site from your site.
You will create one or more of the following types of special links,
which will include special tags to track your referrals:
Product
Links: You may select one or more products on our site to list on your
site. A product is any individual product listed for sale on our site.
To identify a product when browsing our site, you will notice "product-product_id/x"
in the URL. For each selected product, you will display on your site
a short description, review or other reference, with a special link
from each product on your site to our site. You will be responsible
for the content, style and placement of these references. You may add
or delete products from your site at any time without our approval.
Category
Links: You may select one or more product categories on our site to
list on your site. A product category is any group of products listed
on our site. To identify a product when browsing our site, you will
notice "category-category_id/x" in the URL. For each selected
roduct category, you will display on your site a short description,
review or other reference, with a special link from each product category
on your site to our site. You will be responsible for the content, style,
and placement of these references. You may add or delete product categories
from your site at any time without our approval.
General
Link to Ivysport’s Home Page (www.ivysport.com): You may provide
a general link on your site to the home page of Ivysport.com.
You
may provide as many special links to our site from your site as you
wish. Sales commissions are paid based on tracking from these special
links. We are not in any way responsible or liable for the payment of
commissions for sales referrals not made through the special links developed
on our site.
By
participating in the Agreement, you consent to our sending you email
updates from time to time, and you acknowledge and agree that you will
NOT: (a) use the names Ivysport, Ivy League, or the Ivy member school
names, their trademarks, logos, copyrights or service marks, except
as expressly authorized in this Agreement; (b) use the names Ivysport,
or any variation thereof, in any meta tags, hidden text or source code
on your web site, or in any part of your URL; (c) seek to purchase or
register any keywords, search terms or other identifiers that include
the names Ivysport, or any variation thereof; (d) use any data, images,
text, or other information obtained by you from us except in a lawful
manner and only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (e)
use unauthorized links or coupon codes not specifically given to you,
or generated by this Program, for use in this Program; or (f) use any
of our web site content in a manner intended to send sales to any site
other than Ivysport.com.
3.
Order Processing
We
will process and track product orders placed by customers who follow
special links from your site to Ivysport.com. To permit accurate tracking,
reporting, and fee accrual, you must ensure that the special links between
your site and ours are properly formatted, and we will not be responsible
for payment of sales commissions for orders not tracked through the
special links.
We
will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment,
including process order forms, payments, cancellations and returns,
and we will handle customer service. We reserve the right to reject
orders that do not comply with any requirements that we periodically
may establish. We will publish and make available to you on line reports
summarizing sales activity related to your participation in the Program.
The form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to
time in our discretion.
4.
Commissions
We
will pay you commissions by check for referrals on product sales to
third parties. For a product sale to be eligible to earn a commission,
the customer must click-through a special link, specified by us, from
your site or email to our web site, and purchase the product using our
automated ordering system, remit full payment to us and accept delivery
of the product at the address specified when placing the order. We will
also pay commissions for the first purchase made up to thirty (30) days
after the initial referral from the special link on your site, even
if the customer returns directly to our site. Orders adjusted by customer
service or placed by telephone are not tracked and do not qualify for
commissions. Further, we will not pay referral fees on any products
that are added to a customer's shopping cart after the customer has
reentered the site after (30) days (other than through a special link
from your site), even if the customer previously followed a link from
your site to our site.
You
may not purchase products during sessions initiated through the links
on your site for your own use, for resale or commercial use of any kind,
and you may not attempt to circumvent the referral fee schedule or artificially
increase your referral fees.
5.
Commission Schedule and Payment
For
products sold during sessions initiated through special links on your
site during each calendar quarter, you will earn commissions of 10%
on all net sales. Net sales are defined as gross sales and exclude amounts
collected by us for sales taxes, duties, gift-wrapping, shipping, handling,
and similar charges, amounts due to credit card fraud and bad debt,
and credits for returned goods ("Net Sales").
We
will pay you referral fees on a quarterly basis based on Net Sales received
by us (less any taxes required to be withheld under applicable law).
We will send you your referral fees within approximately 45 days after
the end of each calendar quarter. If during any calendar quarter, commission
fees do not exceed thirty dollars ($30.00), the commission fees earned
during that calendar quarter will be accrued and added to the commission
fees earned in subsequent calendar quarters. Payment will be made in
the first calendar quarter in which the total amount due is greater
than $30.00. If a product that generated a referral fee is returned
by the customer, we will deduct the corresponding fee from your next
quarterly payment. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you
a bill for the fee. Product categories and commission rates may be modified
by us at any time. Checks are mailed to the contact indicated on the
Affiliate Application.
6.
Policies and Pricing
Customers
who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be customers
of Ivysport, and all of our standard policies and operating procedures
concerning customer orders, service and product sales will apply to
those customers. We may change our policies and procedures, including
our pricing policies, at any time. Product availability may likewise
vary from time to time and we cannot guarantee the availability or price
of any particular product.
7.
Identifying Yourself as Our Associate
We
will provide you a graphic image that identifies your site as an Ivysport.
You must display this logo or the phrase "In association with Ivysport"
somewhere on your site. We may modify the text or graphic image of this
notice from time to time, and you are responsible for updating the text
or image on your site.
You
may not in any manner misrepresent or embellish our relationship with
you, or express or imply any relationship or affiliation between us
and you or any other person or entity except as expressly permitted
by this Agreement.
8.
Limited License
If
your web site is approved for participation in the Program, you will
receive email notification and we shall grant you a non-exclusive, revocable
license, effective for the duration of the term of this Agreement, solely
for the purpose of facilitating referrals from your site to ours. We
allow you to use the graphic image and text we provide solely for the
purpose of identifying your site as a Program Affiliate. We will not
grant you any rights in any intellectual property, link formats, technical
specifications, guidelines or graphical artwork, or with respect to
the Ivysport.com domain name, service marks or trademarks.
9.
Operation of 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, including,
for example, the following: (a) the technical operation of your site
and all related equipment; (b) creating and posting product descriptions
on your site and linking those descriptions our site using the special
links provided under this Agreement; (c) the accuracy and appropriateness
of materials posted on your site; (d) ensuring that materials posted
on your site are not libelous or otherwise illegal; and (e) ensuring
that materials posted on your site do not violate or infringe upon the
rights of any third party. You also agree you will comply with all relevant
laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, licenses, permits, judgments,
decisions or other requirements of any governmental authority that has
jurisdiction over you.
We
disclaim all liability for these matters and you agree to indemnify
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 site.
10.
Agreement Term
This
Agreement will begin upon our approval of your Program Application and
will end when terminated by either party. Either party may terminate
this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other
party written notice of termination. Upon termination, you will promptly
remove from your site all links to our site and all of our trademarks,
service marks and logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf
of us to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program. Sales
commissions earned through the date of termination will remain payable
only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. In this connection,
we may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time, determined
by us, to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
11.
Modification of Agreement
We
may modify the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any
time and in our sole discretion by posting a change notice or a new
agreement on our site. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR
ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION
IN THE PROGRAM WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
12.
Parties are Independent Contractors
All
parties to this Agreement are independent contractors, and nothing in
this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise,
sales representative, or employment relationship between us and the
Affiliate. 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 anything
in this Section.
13.
Limitation of Liability
Our
aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program
will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under
this Agreement. We will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential
damages, such as any loss of Ivysport, profits, or data, arising in
connection with this Agreement.
14.
Disclaimers
We
make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect
to the Program or any products sold through or by us through the Program,
and 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 such interruptions or errors.
15.
Agreement to Terms
BY
PARTICIPATING IN OUR AFFILIATE PROGRAM YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE
READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. WE MAY
AT ANY TIME SOLICIT CUSTOMER 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.
Arbitration
Any
dispute arising under or relating in any way to this Agreement shall
be submitted to confidential arbitration in Orange County, CA, except
that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to
violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or
other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in California,
and you consent to non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts,
or any other court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration under this
agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the
American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding
and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under
this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other
party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings
or otherwise.
17.
Assignment
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 be enforceable against
the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
18.
Enforcement
This
Agreement will be governed by the laws of the California without reference
to rules governing choice of laws. 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.
Ivysport’s Email Compliance Agreement
Ivysport’'s
Email Compliance Agreement ("Email Agreement") is made and
entered by and between Ivysport, Inc., ("Ivysport" or "we"),
a Delaware Corporation, with its principal place of business at 3320
MacArthur Blvd., Santa Ana CA 92704, and you, the affiliate ("you"
or "Affiliate"), and contains an addendum to the Ivysport
Affiliate Operating Agreement, consisting of the terms and conditions
that apply to your participation in the Ivysport Affiliate Program.
For
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, Affiliate agrees to comply with the requirements
of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the "Act") in its distribution
of email that contains messaging regarding Ivysport. More specifically,
email that meets this criteria:
•
May only be sent to recipients who have expressly agreed directly with
Affiliate, in advance, to receive such communications from Affiliate.
• Must clearly and conspicuously identify that the message is
an advertisement or solicitation, unless recipient has given prior affirmative
consent to receipt of the message. Affirmative consent means that the
recipient expressly consented to receive the message either in response
to a clear and conspicuous request for such consent or at the recipient's
own initiative;
• Must clearly and conspicuously notify the recipient of the opportunity
to decline to receive further commercial email from Affiliate;
• Must provide a valid physical postal address of Affiliate;
• Must provide a functioning return email address or other Internet-based
mechanism, clearly and conspicuously displayed, that a recipient may
use to submit, in a manner specified in the commercial email, a reply
email or other Internet-based mechanism a request not to receive future
commercial email from Affiliate. The return address or Internet-based
mechanism must be capable of receiving such messages for at least thirty
(30) days after the transmission of the original message. Affiliate
may not send subsequent commercial emails more than ten (10) business
days after the recipient's request not to receive further emails has
been received (unless there is a subsequent affirmative consent by the
recipient to receive such emails.) Once Affiliate receives such a request,
Affiliate may not sell, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer or release
the email address of the recipient.
• May not contain materially false or materially misleading header
information, or deceptive subject heading.
• May not contain sexually oriented material.
In
addition, before distribution of email that contains messaging regarding
Ivysport, Affiliate agrees (1) to send the email addresses of all intended
recipients of such email to Ivysport, or a third-party designated by
Ivysport, so that Ivysport may identify those individuals who have notified
Ivysport that they do not want to receive emails from or about Ivysport,
and (2) to suppress the email addresses of those individuals, as identified
by Ivysport.
Affiliate
may not initiate or assist in the transmission of commercial email using
an email address: (1) that was collected through automated means, from
a third party web site in violation of that third party's posted privacy
policy, or (2) that was generated through automated means by combining
names, letters or numbers into numerous permutations. Affiliate may
not conduct fraudulent activities related to electronic mail, including
but not limited to the material falsification of header or transmission
information, the unauthorized use of someone else's computer to send
bulk commercial email, and the registration of an email account that
materially falsifies the identity of the actual registrant.
Upon
Ivysport's request, Affiliate shall provide Ivysport with documentation
demonstrating that the recipients consented to receive the email at
issue. In the event of a breach of this Email Agreement by Affiliate
and/or a third party or licensee and, in addition to all other remedies
available to it, Ivysport shall have the right to refuse to make payments
to Affiliate as a result of Affiliate's efforts promoting Ivysport,
where those cannot be verified by Affiliate as having complied with
the terms and conditions of this Email Agreement.
Affiliate
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Ivysport harmless from any cost,
expense or liability arising out of any breach or alleged breach of
the obligations contained in this Email Agreement. All terms and conditions
of the Ivysport Affiliate Operating Agreement remain in full force and
effect.
Agreement
to Terms
BY
PARTICIPATING IN OUR AFFILIATE PROGRAM YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE
READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. WE MAY
AT ANY TIME SOLICIT CUSTOMER 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.