ProfitMart
Affiliate Agreement, Anti-Spam Policy And Earnings Disclaimer
Amended 15 December 2007
(NOTE: We reserve the right to change their
policies and procedures
at any time without notice)
To:
All ProfitMart Affiliates
From: Rick Davies
If you're
like most affiliates or internet marketers, you may have a habit of
skipping over long and "boring" affiliate agreements and
anti spam policy pages. However, DO NOT skip this one! Why? Because
we do not tolerate spam or affiliate program abuse in any way
shape or form! If you break the rules, your Clickbank account
will be shut down and you may forfeit your earnings!
Please
read every word of this agreement so you know the rules!
: ProfitMart
AFFILIATE AGREEMENT :
This
agreement describes the terms and conditions for participation in
the ProfitMart affiliate program. In this agreement, the term "Affiliate"
refers to you (the applicant). In this agreement, ProfitMart refers
to the product owner and publisher, ProfitMart.com, a division of
1499989 Ontario Ltd.).
The
ProfitMart affiliate program administered in part through a 3rd party
affiliate management company called Clickbank (www.Clickbank.com),
and in part through our own internal affiliate system.
To enroll
in the affiliate program, you must become a member of ProfitMart.
You will also need a free ClickBank account to use the system.
Affiliate
Site
You
will be issued a special URL once you become a member of profitMart
which will be unique to you and you only, and will allow you to be
paid for affiliate referrals. In addition, this unique web address
will be accompanied by traffic and sales statistics via an online
affiliate panel, located at http://profitmart.com/affiliate
.
Commissions
Affiliates
will receive 50% of the revenue as a commission from orders placed
through properly coded Affiliate links (unless noted otherwise for
a particular product). Commissions may change at the discretion of
the product publisher, ProfitMart commissions may increase during
limited time special promotions, but they will return thereafter to
the regular 50% commission rate.
For
a sale to generate a commission to an Affiliate, the customer must
complete the order form and remit full payment for the product ordered
through the secure order system. Word of mouth referrals will not
result in an affiliate commission being generated. Commissions will
only be paid on sales that are made when the customer clicks through
qualified, correctly structured Affiliate links. Properly coded links
are the sole responsibility of the affiliate.
Payment
ProfitMart
pays affiliates via a PayPal account, provided to us when a member
joins, or through printed and mailed bank cheque. Allow 14 to 21 days for payment by cheque. Cheques also have a $20 processing fee.
Order
Fulfillment
ProfitMart
will be solely responsible for processing every order placed by a
customer on the Affiliate Site. Affiliates are not authorized to collect
payments or sell any ProfitMart products from other websites as a
"reseller" and no "resale" rights are granted
in ANY way. Affiliates are not authorized to sell any of these products
on ebay or other auction sites. Affiliates are not authorized to give
away copies of any of these products. ProfitMart will also be solely
responsible for all customer service inquires. All affiliates understand
and acknowledge that no physical products will be shipped.
Customers
who purchase products and services through the Affiliate Program will
be deemed to be customers of ProfitMart. Accordingly, all rules, policies,
and operating procedures concerning customer orders and service will
apply to those customers. We may change our policies and operating
procedures at any time. Prices and availability of our products and
services may vary from time to time. ProfitMart policies will always
determine the price paid by the customer.
Qualifying
Sites
ProfitMart.com
reserves the right to refuse any site entry into the Affiliate Program
based on site content. Sites that do not qualify for the Affiliate
Program include sites which:
Promote
sexually explicit materials
Promote violence
Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age
Promote illegal activities
Infringe or otherwise violate any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual
property rights.
:ProfitMart ANTI-SPAM POLICY :
ProfitMart
strictly prohibits affiliates from using spam e-mail and other forms
of Internet abuse (including forum spam and blog spam) to seek sales.
Spam is defined as including, but not limited to, the following:
Electronic
mail messages addressed to a recipient with whom the sender does not
have an existing business or personal relationship or is not sent
at the request of, or with the express consent of, the recipient through
an opt in subscription;
Messages
posted to Usenet, forums and message boards that are off-topic (unrelated
to the topic of discussion), cross-posted to unrelated newsgroups,
posted in excessive volume, or posted against forum/message board
rules. Be conscious of forum rules! If a forum owner or moderator
complains that an affiliate has spammed, the affiliate account may
be permanently terminated after investigation.
Content
posted on free blog websites for the sole purpose of keyword spamming,
or comments posted to legitimate blogs that violate the comment policy
of the blog owner.
Solicitations
posted to chat rooms, or to groups or individuals via Internet Relay
Chat or "Instant Messaging" system (such as ICQ);
Certain
off-line activities that, while not considered Spam, are similar in
nature, including distributing flyers or leaflets on private property
or where prohibited by applicable rules, regulations, or laws.
ProfitMart,
may undertake, at its sole discretion and with or without prior notice,
the following enforcement actions:
Account
Termination: Upon the receipt of a credible complaint, ProfitMart
administration may investigate the complaint, and if necessary, will
then terminate the affiliate account of the individual implicated
in the abuse. Termination results in the immediate closure of the
member and affiliate account, the loss of all referrals, and the forfeiture
of any unpaid money on account. At ProfitMart.com's discretion, termination
may not only result in being banned from the affiliate program, but
also being banned from ANY other internal affiliate programs.
If you
wish to report a violation of our Anti-Spam Policy, please forward
all relevant evidence to our customer service department
For
more information on what spam is, why it is bad, and what can be done
about it, visit:
The
Responsible Internet Commerce Site
www.spam.abuse.net
The
Mail Abuse Prevention System, LLC
www.mail-abuse.org
The
Network Abuse Clearinghouse
www.abuse.net
The
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
www.cauce.org
Relationship
of Parties
Affiliates
are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create
any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative,
or employment relationship between the parties. Affiliates have no
authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf.
Affiliates will not make any statement, whether on their sites or
otherwise, that reasonably would contradict this statement.
Term
and Termination
The
term of this Agreement will begin when you accept and will end when
terminated by either party. Either ProfitMart or the affiliate may
terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving
the other party written notice of termination. Upon the termination
of this Agreement for any reason, all licenses granted hereunder shall
immediately terminate and you will immediately cease use of, and remove
from Affiliate's Web Site, all links to the ProfitMart websites, and
all ProfitMart trademarks and logos, other ProfitMart marks and all
other materials provided in connection with this program. The cancelled
member may no longer use the free domain provided, however they may
elect to purchase the domain name from profitMart for a $10 administration
fee.
Limitation
of Liability
ProfitMart
will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages
(or any loss of revenue, profits, expenditures or data) arising in
connection with this Agreement or the Program, 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 commissions paid or payable to the affiliate
under to this Agreement.
Disclaimers
We make
no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to
the Affiliate Program or an affiliate's potential to earn income from
the Affiliate Program. In addition, we make no representation that
the operation of the websites or the Affiliate links will be uninterrupted
or error-free, and ProfitMart will not be liable for the consequences
of any interruptions or errors.
Disputes
If a
dispute arises under this agreement, we agree to first try to resolve
it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in Ontario, Canada.
Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation
will be shared equally by each of us. If it proves impossible to arrive
at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to
submit the dispute to binding arbitration in Ontario, Canada. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court
with jurisdiction to do so. Mediation will be shared equally by each
of us.
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 enforceable against
the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
Miscellaneous
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.
If any
of the provisions of this Agreement are determined by a court to be
unenforceable, they shall be severed from this Agreement, and the
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
By signing
up withProfitMart.com, you acknowledge that you have read this agreement
and agree to all its terms and conditions. You have independently
evaluated this program and are not relying on any representation,
guarantee or statement other than as set forth in this agreement.
:
PROFITMART - AFFILIATE PROGRAM EARNINGS DISCLAIMER :
Any
earnings or income statements, or earnings or income examples mentioned
on this website or in emails sent on behalf of ProfitMart, are only
estimates of what we think you could earn or based on what other affiliates
have actually earned There is no assurance you will do as well. If
you rely upon any sales figures we provide, you must accept the risk
of not doing as well.
Where
specific income figures are used, and attributed to an individual
or business, those persons or business have earned that amount. There
is no assurance you will earn the same amount. If you rely upon any
figures we provide, you must accept the risk of not doing as well.
Any
and all claims or representations as to the income earnings of affiliates
from this website, are not to be considered as average earnings. There
can be no assurance that any prior successes, or past results, as
to the income earnings, can be used as an indication of your future
success or results.
Monetary
and income results are based on many factors. We have no way of knowing
how well you will do, as we do not know you, your background, your
work ethic, or your business skills or business practices. Therefore,
we do not guarantee or imply that you will get rich, that you will
do as well, or make any money at all. There is no assurance you will
do as well. If you rely upon our figures, you must accept the risk
of not doing as well.
Internet
businesses and earnings derived wherefrom, have unknown risks involved
and are not suitable for everyone. Making decisions based on any information
presented in our products, services, or website, should be done only
with the knowledge that you could experience losses, or make no money
at all.
All
products, information and services by our company are for educational
and informational purposes only. Use caution and seek the advice of
qualified professionals. Check with your accountant, lawyer or professional
advisor, before acting on this or any information.
Users
of our products, services and website are advised to do their own
due diligence when it comes to making business decisions and all information,
products and services that have been provided should be independently
verified by your own qualified professionals. Our information, products,
and services on this website should be carefully considered and evaluated,
before reaching a business decision, on whether to rely on them.
You
agree that ProfitMart is not responsible for the success or failure
of your business decisions relating to any information presented by
our company, or our company products or services.
Sincerely,
Rick
Davies
Affiliate Manager
ProfitMart.com