Best affiliate marketing program to earn high affiliate commission
Best affiliate marketing program as high paying is ShareASale.
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shareasale.com is giving $150 for each qualifying merchant
signed up through your links. The merchant program must either be 6 months old
(from point of activation on the network) or have generated $100 in network
fees (whichever comes first) for you to receive the $150. shareasale.com is
also giving $30 for each qualified affiliate that signs up through your links.
This affiliate must sign up with shareasale.com as an affiliate, and generate
at least $20 in commission in order for you to receive the $30.
Current Terms of Agreement:
This Affiliate Service Agreement (the "Agreement")
is made by and between ShareASale.com, Inc., an Illinois, USA corporation
("shareasale.com"), and you, as an Affiliate user of the
shareasale.com service ("You", "Your",
"Affiliate").
To be an authorized Affiliate of shareasale.com, Inc., You agree
to abide by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Please read
this Agreement carefully before registering and using the shareasale.com
Service as an Affiliate. By signing up for shareasale.com, you indicate Your
acceptance of this Agreement and its terms and conditions. If You do not accept
this Agreement, do not use the shareasale.com Service as an Affiliate.
PRIVACY POLICY
shareasale.com respects the privacy of its users and
promises not to disclose personal or business information to third parties
without the express permission of You and Your company. We will not sell Your
name, e-mail address, phone number, or any other personal information to anyone
else. We consider this information to be private, and it will remain as such. If
You have any questions about Your privacy rights, contact us at
shareasale@shareasale.com
The following agreement is summarized as follows:
You place our merchants banners anywhere on your site as you
see fit, or within non-spam emails.
We may email you concerning new merchant programs
We might change the service here and then
Adult, Hate, or other related sites are not allowed
You will be paid your commissions, at such time as your
account balance is $25 or more.
You won't hold us liable for anything, a link to a
non-shareasale.com Web site does not mean that shareasale.com endorses or
accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such Web site.
You cannot SPAM. You cannot SPAM. You cannot SPAM.
You may place banners or links within your newsletters, in
content of your website, or within other web related content.
NOT ALLOWED: All other uses of banners or links, such as
newsgroups, chat rooms, message boards, banner networks, counters, or
guestbooks etc. are NOT allowed.
Failure to abide by these rules could mean termination from
a given merchant program, or from shareasale.com alltogether.
Fraud is a serious offense, and will be treated as such.
Fraud is defined as any action that intentionally attempts to create sales,
leads, or click-throughs using robots, scripts, or manually
"refreshing" of pages, for the sole purpose of creating commissions.
DEFINITIONS
"Performance Marketing" occurs when e-businesses
("Merchants") and individual web sites that generate their own
traffic ("Affiliates") partner to drive traffic to the Merchant’s Web
site and the Merchant pays a reward or bounty when the Visitor referral results
in a sale, lead, click, or other measurable action.
"Affiliate" means a site that is rewarded for a
legitimate sale, lead, click, or other measurable action by a Visitor, and uses
the shareasale.com Service to facilitate applications, tracking, reporting, and
receipt of commission payment.
"Merchant" means a Web site that pays a reward for
a legitimate sale, lead, click, or other measurabel action by a Visitor, and
uses the shareasale.com Service to facilitate sign-ups, tracking, reporting,
and issuance of commission payment.
"Visitor" means any person, or user that clicks on
a Link to a Merchant’s Web site placed on an Affiliate's Web site.
"sale commission" means the Payout the Merchant
agrees to pay for Visitors referred to the Merchant's Web site that results in
a sale of a product or service. The sale could occur at the time of the visit
or at a later time not to exceed 30 days. If a sale occurs after 30 days and
the Visitor has not returned through an authorized Affiliate's site, then no
Payout shall occur.
"lead commission" means the Payout the Merchant
agrees to pay for Visitors referred to the Merchant's Web site that results in
the Visitor performing an action defined by the Merchant. Such an action could
include filling out a form, joining a mailing list, or other mechanism to
identify potential customers. The action could occur at the time of the visit
or at a later time not to exceed 30 days. If an action occurs after 30 days and
the Visitor has not returned through an authorized Affiliate's site, then no
Payout shall occur.
"click commission" means the Payout the Merchant
agrees to pay for a valid click from an Affiliate Partner's site to the
Merchant's site that results in the Merchant's Web site being viewable to the
Visitor. A click is deemed valid when it meets certain criteria as defined on
the Web site or in this agreement, which criteria may change from time to time.
"Payout" means the amount sale commission, lead
commission, or click commission established and agreed upon by shareasale.com
and the Merchant. The Payout may be expressed as a set amount or as a percent
of sales.
"Commission" means the amount sale commission,
lead commission, or click commission established and agreed upon by
shareasale.com and the Merchant. The Commission may be expressed as a set
amount or as a percent of sales.
"Link" means a hyperlink placed on an Affiliate's
site that, when clicked on, serves a Merchant's Web site to the Visitor's
browser. The Link may be in the form of text, a product image, a button, a
banner or any other format acceptable to the Merchant, and defined only through
the Merchant's program on shareasale.com.
"VOID" means a reversal of a Payout previously
earned for a sale, lead, or click that is later rescinded or corrected by the
Merchant. Merchant's may VOID transactions that are fraudulent, or in the case
of returned merchandise, duplicate transactions, or other valid reasons.
"Your Account" means a separate, specific account
within the Service that is credited with Your Commissions and other earnings.
THE SERVICE
shareasale.com has developed and operates a service (the
"Service") which allows Web sites to run and/or participate in
Performance Marketing programs. You wish to become an Affiliate of
shareasale.com and utilize the Service as an Affiliate. As an Affiliate of
shareasale.com you will be establishing arrangements with third party
organizations, called Merchants. All Affiliate relationships established
between You, the Affiliate, and shareasale.com Merchants, will be conducted and
managed through the Service.
LINK PLACEMENT
As an Affiliate of the Service, you may place and remove
Merchant Links on Your site and in Your email messages at Your discretion.
AFFILIATE PAYMENT
You will receive a Commission for sending a Merchant
authorized sales, leads, and/or clicks via Your Links. In order to place Links,
You must first be approved by a Merchant to become an Affiliate of that
Merchant’s program. You understand that the Payout amount may be changed at any
time. This information is also available to You at the shareasale.com Member’s
Area. You are responsible for determining if the Payout for a Link You have
placed on Your site has changed or been discontinued. You receive the
Commission from shareasale.com. Payments are made automatically on the
twentieth (20th) day of each month when Your account balance reaches $25 or
more for the previous months' transactions. Money credited to Your Account does
not accrue interest. In the event of a VOID by a Merchant, shareasale.com may
recover from You the corresponding Commission previously credited to Your
Account. The VOID Commission will be immediately deducted from Your Account
balance. In the event that Your Account balance is less than the VOID
Commission, the VOID Commission will be deducted against Your future earnings.
You will NEVER be asked to send money to shareasale.com
SERVICE AND SUPPORT
shareasale.com will provide support for the Service as
indicated on the shareasale.com Web site.
EMAIL CONTACT
shareasale.com reserves the right to send e-mail to You for the
purposes of informing you of applicable changes or additions to the Service or
any shareasale.com related products and services.
CHANGES TO THE SERVICE
shareasale.com reserves the right to change, modify, add or
remove portions of this Agreement at any time and may add to, change, suspend
or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time. In the event of any
material change, shareasale.com will notify You via e-mail, newsletter or the
shareasale.com Web site at least 7 days prior to any such changes taking
effect, at which time You may either agree to such changes or withdraw from the
Service.
REGISTRATION
To sign up as an Affiliate of shareasale.com and to use the
Service as an Affiliate Partner you must be at least 18 (eighteen) years of
age, and supply a valid tax-id, which may be your social security number for
individuals, or a federal tax-id for corporations or entities.
THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SITES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE
IN shareasale.com: ADULT SITES, SITES THAT DISPLAY ADULT BANNERS, SITES THAT
PROMOTE VIOLENCE, BIGOTRY, OR HATRED. SITES THAT PROMOTE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY,
including but not limited to CRACKING, and HACKING SITES. As part of the
registration process, You will select a username and password combination that
You use to access Your Affiliate area within the Service. You shall provide
shareasale.com with accurate, complete and updated registration information.
You may not select the name of another person with the intent to impersonate
that person or deceive members or other users as to Your true identity. You
agree that shareasale.com may rely on any data, notice, instruction or request
furnished to shareasale.com by You which is reasonably believed by
shareasale.com to be genuine and to have been sent or presented by a person
reasonably believed by shareasale.com to be authorized to act on Your behalf.
You shall notify shareasale.com by e-mail at shareasale@shareasale.com of any
known or suspected unauthorized uses of Your Account, or any known or suspected
breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of Your
username and password. You shall be responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of Your username and password and You are responsible for all
usage and activity on Your Account, including use of the account by a third
party authorized by You to use Your Account. Any fraudulent, abusive or
otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination by shareasale.com and
referral to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
ACCEPTED USE
You represent to shareasale.com that all content You provide
to the Service is solely owned by You or provided by You with the express
authority of the company You represent, does not infringe upon any other
individual's or organization's rights (including, without limitation,
intellectual property rights) and is not defamatory, libelous, unlawful or
otherwise objectionable. You shall not provide, promote, distribute, place or
otherwise publish as an Affiliate of the Service any content, or Web site that includes
content, which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive,
fraudulent or violates any law. As shareasale.com may not review all
information provided by You, You shall remain solely responsible for Your
content and Web site. As an Affiliate, You may not artificially inflate traffic
counts to Merchant site(s) using any device, program, robot or other means,
including but not limited to JavaScript pop-up windows and redirects. You may
not click on Your own banners and/or links or submit multiple leads to Your
Merchant partners.
Links may not be placed in newsgroups, unsolicited e-mail,
banner networks, counters, chatrooms or guestbooks. Any Link placed must be
done in such a way that it is not misleading to any Visitor and done with the
intention of delivering valid sales, leads, or clicks to the related Merchant
for that Link.
Points or reward programs for click or lead programs are not
allowed. shareasale.com RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DEEM ANY SITE INAPPROPRIATE AND
TERMINATE THE SITE AS A MEMBER OF shareasale.com. If You are terminated from
the Service, shareasale.com has the right to withhold money You earned within
the Service or money that You owe within the Service and You will not be
allowed to re-join shareasale.com.
LIMITED WARRANTY
The Service, its operation, its use and the results of such
use shall be performed in a workmanlike manner. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, shareasale.com DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IN RELATION TO THE
SERVICE, ITS USE AND THE RESULTS OF SUCH USE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,
shareasale.com SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY (A) THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, (B) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, (C) THAT THERE
ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (D) THAT THE SECURITY METHODS
EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT, OR (E) REGARDING CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR
RELIABILITY. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES
SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. The Merchant will make reasonable
commercial efforts to keep its transaction service operational during normal
business hours. However, certain technical difficulties may, from time to time,
result in temporary service interruptions. Affiliate understands and
acknowledges that it is normal to have a certain amount of system downtime and
further agrees not to hold the Merchant liable for any of the consequences of such
interruptions. MERCHANT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR
ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY WEB SITE OF AFFILIATE OR AFFILIATE
CUSTOMER DATA FILES OR SYSTEMS OR PROGRAMS THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS
OR DEVICES. MERCHANT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANT
OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES EVEN IF MERCHANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF SUCH
DAMAGES. ANY LIABILITY OF MERCHANT HEREUNDER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REVENUE
EARNED BY MERCHANT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
shareasale.com OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR RESELLERS OR MERCHANTS
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR (I) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE THE shareasale.com SERVICE OR ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON
THE shareasale.com WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA, EVEN IF shareasale.com OR A
shareasale.com AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES OR (II) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR OTHER
INACCURACIES IN THE WEB SITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEB SITE. BECAUSE SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH
JURISDICTIONS, shareasale.com'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
PERMITTED BY LAW. THIS PARAGRAPH WILL SURVIVE THE FAILURE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE OR
LIMITED REMEDY.
You agree that shareasale.com, although the provider of the
Service, has no responsibility or liability as a result of Your placement of
authorized Links from Your Web site, and You, and the Merchant, jointly and
severally agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless shareasale.com and its
affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all
liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees) directly or indirectly arising from or relating to any offer
or any other matter related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof and
any dispute relating thereto.
shareasale.com agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold
harmless Affiliate and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and
agents from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages,
injuries or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) directly or
indirectly arising from or relating to shareasale.com's negligence or willful
misconduct in performance of the Services or its breach of this Agreement.
NON-DISCLOSURE
shareasale.com acknowledges that in the course of this Agreement
it shall have access to confidential and proprietary information
("Confidential Information") of Your company. shareasale.com agrees
not to disclose or disseminate the Confidential Information without Your prior
express written consent. The term "Confidential Information" shall
not include information that is or becomes part of the public domain through no
action or omission of shareasale.com, that becomes available to shareasale.com
from third parties without knowledge by shareasale.com of any breach of
fiduciary duty, or that shareasale.com had in its possession prior to the date
of this Agreement. shareasale.com does not collect information about a
Merchant’s customer transactions, other than what is passed to us through the
installed tracking code and displayed on Your own transaction reports. Any
information we receive is used solely for tracking and Commission payment
purposes. shareasale.com reserves the right to be able to utilize this data in
aggregate to analyze Service trends, monitor Service efficiencies, and perform
such other analysis as shareasale.com deems appropriate.
OWNERSHIP AND LICENSES
You, the Affiliate, are granted a non-exclusive, limited,
revocable right to use Merchant provided trademarks and banners. All images,
technology and content provided for Your use is and shall remain the sole
property of the Merchant, and no part thereof shall be deemed assigned or
licensed to You except as explicitly provided for herein. All intellectual
property rights, including trademarks, copyrights, patent rights or
applications, tradenames and service marks related to the foregoing shall
remain the Merchant’s sole property, including rights in and to any derivatives
thereof. You may not modify the trademarks, banners, the content or any of the
images provided to You in any way.
A Merchant may immediately terminate Your license to use the
marks if the Merchant reasonably believes that such use dilutes, tarnishes or
blurs the value of their marks. You acknowledges that Your use of the marks
will not create in You, nor will You represent that You have, any right, title
or interest in or to the marks other than the license granted by the Merchant
above. You will not challenge the validity of or attempt to register any of the
marks or Your interest therein as a licensee, nor will You adopt any derivative
or confusingly similar names, brands or marks or create any combination marks
with the marks. You acknowledge the Merchant’s ownership and exclusive right to
use the marks and agree that all goodwill arising as a result of the use of the
marks shall inure to the benefit of the Merchant.
REPRESENTATIONS
shareasale.com makes no representations whatsoever about any
other Web site which You may access through the Service. In addition, a link to
a non-shareasale.com Web site does not mean that shareasale.com endorses or
accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such Web site.
NONASSIGNABILITY
Affiliate or shareasale.com may assign this Agreement to any
successor or affiliate upon notice to the other party and mutual agreement
between both parties.
FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable hereunder by reason of any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder on account of
strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts
of God, war, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes or any other
cause which is beyond the reasonable control of such party.
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES
This Agreement shall be governed by Illinois, USA law
(except for conflict of law provisions). The exclusive forum for any actions
brought in connection with this Agreement shall be in the state and federal
courts in and for the State of Illinois, USA and You consent to such
jurisdiction. The application of the United Nations Convention on the
International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.
MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement represents the complete agreement concerning
this license and may be amended only by a writing executed by both parties. THE
ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PURCHASE ORDER PLACED BY YOU IS EXPRESSLY MADE CONDITIONAL ON
YOUR ASSENT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN, AND NOT THOSE IN YOUR PURCHASE
ORDER. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, such
provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it
enforceable.
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