(revised 05/02/04)
This Agreement, made and entered by and between E-Quiver,
Inc. ("Newt's Cards" or "we"), an Ohio Corporation, with
its principal place of business at 5265 Gender Rd. Canal
Winchester, OH 43110, and you, the affiliate ("you" or
"Affiliate"), contains the complete terms and conditions that
apply to your participation in the NewtsCards.com Affiliate
Program (the "Affiliate Program" or "Program")
1. Enrollment in the Program
You will submit a complete Affiliate Program application
from our site. After we carefully review your application, we
will notify you of your acceptance or rejection to the
Program. We may reject your application (at our sole
discretion) if we feel your site is unsuitable or inconsistent
with the mission of Newt's Cards. If your site is accepted,
Newt's Cards may terminate this Agreement anytime thereafter
if your site is determined (at our sole discretion) to be
unsuitable for the Program. Only sites in English, and based
in the United States are eligible to participate in the Newt's
Cards Affiliate Program.
2. Promotion of Our Affiliate Program
Upon your acceptance as an Affiliate Site, we will make
available to you a variety of graphic and textual links (the
"Links"), which, subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
you may display as often and in as many areas of your site as
you desire. The Links will serve to identify your site as a
member of our Affiliate Network and will establish a link from
your site to ours.
Newt's Cards Agrees To:
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Pay Affiliate 5% of net sales from Newt's Cards orders
that lead from affiliates site. No fees shall be
payable if a visitor leaves the Newt's Cards site without
filling out the form fully (including the following fields:
e-mail address, member name, password, city/town of birth,
first name, last name, street address, city, state, and zip
code). Obviously shipping & tax are not net sales.
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Pay Affiliate on a quarterly basis when your account has
reached a minimum of $25.00. Accounts with a balance of less
than $25.00 will roll over to the next month.
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Pay affiliate via a
account.
Affiliate Agrees To:
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Remove all links regarding sweepstakes and other
promotions on the date such promotions end, and agree to
forfeit any commissions earned after the end date of the
promotions if you continue to post such links.
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Place Newt's Cards Links on your site.
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Have sole responsibility for the development, operation,
and maintenance of your site and for all the materials that
appear on your site.
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Ensure that all materials posted on your site are not
illegal and do not infringe on the rights of any person or
entity of any kind. We disclaim all liability for all
materials on your site.
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Indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from all claims,
damages, and expenses relating to the development,
operation, and contents of your site.
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Make sure that your site does not copy or resemble the
look and feel of Newt's Cards or create the impression that
your site is our site or a part of our site.
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Submit the URLs for all sites you plan to use to promote
Newt's Cards via e-mail to
service @newtscards.com
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 consent.
Confidentiality
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or with the
consent of the other party hereto, each of the parties hereto
agrees that all information, including, without limitation,
the terms of this Agreement, business and financial
information, customer and vendor lists, and pricing and sales
information, concerning us or you, respectively, or any of our
Affiliates provided by or on behalf of any of them shall
remain strictly confidential and secret and shall not be
utilized, directly or indirectly, by such party for its 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 through a source or sources other than
such party hereto or its affiliates.
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
Affiliate Network, even if we have been advised of the
possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability
arising with respect to this Agreement and the Affiliate
Program will not exceed the total commissions paid or payable
to you under this Agreement.
Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable
right to access our site through the Links solely in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, for the sole
purpose of linking your site to our site, solely for the
purpose of identifying your site as a participant in the
Program and assisting in increasing sales at Newt's Cards. You
may not alter, modify, or change the Links in any way. You are
only entitled to use the Links to the extent that you are a
member in good standing of the Newt's Cards Affiliate Program.
We may revoke your license anytime by giving you written
notice.
Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations
with respect to the Newt's Cards Web site or the Newt's Cards
Affiliate Program (including, without limitation, warranties
of fitness, merchantability, noninfringement, or any implied
warranties arising out of course of performance, dealing, or
trade usage). 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
interruptions or errors.
Termination
The terms of this Agreement will begin upon acceptance of
your application. This Agreement shall commence on the date of
approval of your Affiliate Program application and shall
continue thereafter in full force and effect until terminated
at any time by either party by giving the other party written
notice of termination. Upon termination of this Agreement for
any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from
your site, all Links to our site, and all NewtsCards.com
trademarks, trade dress, and logos, and all other materials
provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant hereto or in
connection with the Program.
Modifications
We may modify any of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement at any time. You will be notified by email, and a
change notice will be posted on our site. If the modifications
are unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate
this Agreement. Your continued participation in this Affiliate
Program after a change notice has been posted will constitute
binding acceptance of the change.
Anti-Spam Policy
Affiliates will be removed from the Newt's Cards Affiliate
Program and forfeit any pending commissions if they are caught
spamming. Spamming is not allowed and will not be tolerated!
Independent Contractors
You and Newt's Cards 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.
Representations and Warranties
You hereby represent and warrant to us as follows:
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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.
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The development, operation, and contents of your site do
not infringe upon the copyright, trademark, or any other
right of any person or entity.
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 compete
with your Web site. You have independently evaluated the
desirability of participating in the Newt's Cards Affiliate
Program and are not relying on any representation, guarantee,
or statement other than as set forth in this Agreement.
Fraud
If you commit fraud or falsify information in connection
with the registration of members in Newt's Cards through the
Links on your site, this Agreement will be terminated
immediately. In addition, you will be liable to Newt's Cards
for any and all damages that Newt's Cards suffers as a result
of such actions. You will also be responsible for returning to
Newt's Cards all commissions received for fraudulent/falsified
members, and we will not hesitate to pursue all legal causes
of action against you to the fullest extent possible under the
law.
Assignment
This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder may
not be assigned by you without prior written consent of Newt's
Cards.
Reservation of Rights
Newt's Cards may terminate this Agreement at any time if
your site is determined (at our sole discretion) to be
unsuitable for the Program, even if your site has not changed
since the time that your Affiliate Program application was
accepted. Newt's Cards also reserves the right to monitor
Affiliate sites at any time to determine whether they are in
compliance with this Agreement.
Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United
States and the State of Ohio, 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 Columbus, Ohio, 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 a provision or any
other provision of this Agreement.
Please
remember also that you must have a
to be paid.