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Hubcaps.com Affiliate Agreement
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply
to an individual's or entity's participation in the Hubcaps.com Affiliate
Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" (and "us" and
"our") means Hubcaps.com, affiliated web sites and companies, and "you"
(and "your") means the applicant. "Site" means a World Wide Web site and,
depending on the context, refers either to our site at http://www.hubcaps.com
and http://www.hubcaps.org, or to your site. Save for our obligation to
pay referral fees under Section 4, which may be performed solely by us,
we may cause any of our obligations under this Agreement to be fulfilled
by any of our affiliates on our behalf.
1. How Do I Enroll in Your Affiliate Program?
To begin the enrollment process you must submit a completed Affiliate
Program application. Upon receipt of your application we will evaluate
it and notify you of its acceptance or rejection. Although we hope your
application will be successful, we reserve the right to reject or cancel
applications for any or no reason. For example, we may reject or cancel
your application if we determine that your site is unsuitable for the
Program, including if it:
A. Promotes sexually explicit materials
B. Promotes violence
C. Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age
D. Promotes illegal activities
E. Incorporates any materials which infringe or assist others to infringe
on any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights or to
violate the law
F. Includes "Hubcaps.com", "Hubcaps.org" or variations or misspellings
thereof in its domain name
G. Is otherwise in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory,
obscene, harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable
to us in our sole discretion.
H. Purchase or bid for placement of any of Hubcaps.com's trademarked company
names. These names include: (Hubcaps.com - Hubcaps.org) and/or any variation
of our trademarked names, service marks or copyrighted terms and logos.
I. Contains software downloads that potentially enable diversions of commission
from other affiliates in our program.
J. Utilizes Pop-Up, Pop-Under, or automatic Redirects to link to our site.
Any method that automatically plants an affiliate cookie is strictly prohibited.
The use of our Full Page Creative is fine, however, any method that automatically
redirects the customer to Hubcaps.com's web site by execution of an affiliate
link is in violation of the Affiliate Program Agreement. The customer
must click on a Hubcaps.com affiliate link to set the affiliate cookie.
K. You may not create or design your web site any other web site that
we may operate, explicitly or implied in a manner which resembles our
web site nor design your web site in a manner which leads customers to
believe you are Hubcaps.com or any other affiliated business. Our vendors,
consultants and employees are not eligible to become Affiliates.
Resellers may not purchase products under this program and are not eligible
to become Affiliates.
If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply to the Program
at any time. You should also note that if we accept your application and
your site is thereafter determined (at our sole discretion) to be unsuitable
for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement.
Affiliates who are terminated from the Program are forbidden to reapply
at any time in the future. Any such attempts to do so will result in commissions
not being issued.
2. Links on Your Site
We grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license
for the duration of the term of this Agreement, solely for purposes of
facilitating referrals from your site to our site, to establish and maintain
lists, links and search boxes as detailed below: Product Links: You may
promote any product in the Hubcaps.com product offering. It is the responsibility
of the affiliate partner to ensure these links are up to date at all times.
Offers may be withdrawn at any time. This agreement does not include any
other type of product or products located in any other part of our site
or any products not fulfilled directly by Hubcaps.com - unless a specific
program is in place with the fulfillment partner. You may display on your
site a short description, review, or other reference for product promotion.
You will be responsible for the content, style and placement of these
references. Suggested graphics and descriptive texts may be made available
to you and you are encouraged to use them. You will provide a special
link (as defined below) from the Product reference on your site to the
corresponding Hubcaps.com entry. Each link will connect directly to a
single item or product category in the Hubcaps.com online catalog, using
a special link format that we give you (a "special" link). You may add
or delete Products (and related links) from your site at any time without
our approval.
The content and embedded images from the Hubcaps.com web site may be
used for reference purposes only. Partners are not allowed to spider the
Hubcaps.com site to obtain our content and contextual images. Any affiliate
who attempts to do so will be revoked from the program and any outstanding
commissions will also be forfeited. Only materials provided via our affiliate
services area may be used for product promotion. The primary product image
from the Hubcaps.com web site may be used as well. General Link to Hubcaps.com
Homepage: You may provide a general link on your site to our homepage.
We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork to use in linking
to the Hubcaps.com homepage.
Except for the license granted under this Section 2, you do not obtain
any rights under this Agreement in any intellectual property, including,
without limitation, any intellectual property with respect to the Special
Links, link formats, technical specifications, guidelines or graphical
artwork referenced above, or with respect to the Hubcaps.com domain name.
3. Order Processing
We will process Product orders placed by customers who follow Special
Links from your site to the Hubcaps.com site. We reserve the right to
reject orders that do not comply with any requirements that we periodically
may establish. We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing.
Among other things, we will prepare order forms; process payments, cancellations
and returns; and handle customer service. We will track sales made to
customers who purchase Products using Special Links from your site to
our site and will send you reports summarizing sales activity. The form,
content and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time at our
discretion. To permit accurate tracking, reporting and fee accrual, you
must ensure that the Special Links between your site and our site are
properly formatted. We will not be liable for paying referral fees on
purchases that are not correctly tracked and reported because the links
between your site and our site are not properly formatted.
4. Referral Fees
For a product sale to generate a referral fee, the customer must follow
a Special Link (in the format specified by us) from your site to the Hubcaps.com
site; purchase the Product on the Hubcaps.com site using our automated
ordering system; accept delivery of the Product at the delivery destination
and remit full payment to Hubcaps.com. We will pay referral fees during
the cookie session life of 60 calendar days, unless the customer comes
to the Hubcaps.com site through another affiliate or link tracked directly
by Hubcaps.com marketing, advertising, or search engine optimization.
Further, we will not pay referral fees on any Products purchased from
any site operated by us other than the Hubcaps.com site. In addition,
Products listed in the Hubcaps.com catalog or in search results as "out
of print", "hard to find", "special order" (or other words to similar
effect indicating that a product is not readily available for delivery)
are not eligible for any referral fees. Gift certificates are not eligible
to earn referral fees. You can however still be credited for commissions
from sales that originated from your site via phone, fax, and/or mail
orders as long as the customer specifies that they found us through your
web site. Failure of the customer to accurately disclose this information
will release us of the liability to pay out those particular commissions.
Products that are entitled to earn referral fees under the rules set forth
above are hereinafter referred to as "Qualifying Products". In addition,
you may not directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration
or incentive (including, without limitation, payment of money or awarding
of any benefits) for using Special Links on your site to access our site
(e.g.: by implementing any "rewards" Program for persons or entities who
use Special Links on your site to access our site). If we determine, in
our sole discretion, that you have offered any person or entity any such
consideration or incentive, we may (without limiting any other rights
or remedies available to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable
to you under this Agreement.
"Session" shall mean the period beginning upon a visitor's entry to
our site via a Tagged Link (regardless of whether the visitor leaves and
then returns to the site) and ending 60 days thereafter if the visitor
accepts "cookies" from our site (see explanation below). Any Session in
progress will automatically terminate upon the expiration or termination
of this Agreement or upon the visitor deleting our cookie. Note regarding
Net Sales - Net Sales include only "shipped" sales. Orders entered for
which the product does not ship are not reported as sales. Note regarding
"Cookies": To keep track of the Session, we use a small text file called
a "cookie" that is placed on the hard drive of the visitor's computer.
Some web browsers permit users to elect not to receive cookies. Only visitors
who accept cookies can be tracked for referral fees. You understand that
no referral fee can be paid for any purchase made by a visitor who does
not accept "cookies" or who has deleted our "cookies" during a session.
5. Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis when you have met the
minimum requirement of $50.00. Approximately 30 days following the end
of each calendar month, we will send you payment for the referral fees
earned on Qualifying Products that were dispatched during that month,
less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold. However, if the
fees payable to you for any calendar month are less than $50.00, we will
hold those fees until the total amount due is at least $50.00 or (if earlier)
until this Agreement is terminated. If a Product that generated a referral
fee is returned by the customer, we will deduct the corresponding fee
from your next payment. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send
you an invoice for the fee. Commissions will be paid for new customers
only. If customers return to our web site through any other links, other
affiliates web pages, or on their own they will be considered our customer
and any commissions will not be accrued. A New Customer is defined as
a Hubcaps.com customer who has never previously purchased at our site,
as determined by us in our sole discretion based on a comparison of our
existing customer database with each customer's name, e-mail address,
billing address, credit card number and such other factors as we may determine.
Our determination of whether a customer qualifies as a New Customer and
the amount of the commissions payable to you will be final and binding
upon you.
A. We will pay you 10% of all sales. The category names listed in Section
5 point A; when used in this agreement have special and specific connotation
and have no relation to their everyday use. The category names pertain
specifically to those products chosen and categorized at will by Hubcaps.com.
The use of such chosen names does not indicate that products that would
generally pertain to these categories will be included in the category.
Product and category allocation is at the full discretion of Hubcaps.com
and may change at will without any prior notification. To receive a copy
of our product to category association please e-mail April@hubcaps.com.
B. In addition Hubcaps.com pays "Special Incentives" and bonuses from
time to time.
6. Policies and Pricing
For the avoidance of doubt, customers who buy Products through this Program
will be customers of Hubcaps.com. Accordingly, all Hubcaps.com rules,
policies and operating procedures concerning customer orders, customer
service and Product sales will apply to those customers. Such policies
and operating procedures may be changed at any time. For example, Hubcaps.com
will determine the prices to be charged for Products sold under this Program
in accordance with its own pricing policies. Product prices and availability
may vary from time to time. Because price changes may affect Products
that you already have listed on your site, we recommend you do not include
price information in your Product descriptions. Hubcaps.com will use commercially
reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee
the availability or price of any particular Product.
7. Identifying Yourself as an Affiliate
We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies your
site as a Program participant. You must display this logo or the phrase
"In association with Hubcaps.com" somewhere on your site. We may modify
the graphic image from time to time. In addition, we encourage (but do
not require) you to include a link to the Hubcaps.com homepage at http://www.hubcaps.org.
You may not make any press release with respect to this Agreement or your
participation in the Program without our prior written consent, which
may be given or withheld in our sole discretion. You may e-mail April@hubcaps.com
if you wish to get written consent.
8. Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the materials described
in Section 2 and such other images for which we grant express permission,
solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant
and to assist in generating Product sales. You may not modify the icon
or any of our images in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the icon,
any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual
property rights. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you
written notice.
9. Responsibility for 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. For example,
you will be solely responsible for: the technical operation of your site
and all related equipment; creating and posting Product descriptions on
your site and linking those descriptions to the Hubcaps.com catalogue
using Special Links and special link formats provided by us; the accuracy
and appropriateness of materials posted on your site (including, among
other things, all Product-related materials) ensuring that materials posted
on your site do not breach or infringe upon the rights of any third party
(including, for example, copyrights, trademarks, privacy or other personal
or proprietary rights; ensuring that materials posted on your site are
not defamatory or illegal. We disclaim all liability for these matters.
Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages
and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) relating to the
development, operation, maintenance and contents of your site.
10. Term of the Agreement
The term 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 notice of termination. You are only eligible
to earn referral fees on sales of Qualifying Products occurring during
the term and fees earned up to the date of termination will remain payable
only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may withhold
your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount
is paid. Upon termination of this Agreement, you must promptly return
to us, or at our request, destroy any and all of our intellectual or proprietary
property, information and/or materials in your possession and, subject
to receiving written consent to the contrary from us, remove all hypertext
links to our site from your site.
11. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
at any time and at 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. 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 SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
12. Relationship of Parties
You and we are independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement will
create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative,
or employment relationship between the parties or our respective affiliates.
You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations,
guarantees or warranties on our behalf or our affiliates' behalf, including
with respect to our or our affiliates Products or services. You will not
make any statement or representation, whether on your site or otherwise,
that you are connected or affiliated with us or our site, other than for
the purpose of referring users to our site as defined under this Agreement,
or that otherwise reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
13. Your Communications
Hubcaps.com shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques
contained in any communication you send to us, via our Web Site, for any
purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing,
and marketing products using such information. Any personally identifiable
information you provide to Hubcaps through the Web Site shall be subject
to the Web site's Privacy Policy.
14. Limitation of Liability
Neither we, nor any of our affiliates, will be liable for direct, indirect,
incidental, special or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue,
profits or data) or punitive damages arising in connection with this Agreement,
the Program, our site or any other hyperlinked site, even if we, or any
of our affiliates, have been advised of the possibility of such damages
including, without limitation lost profits or revenues, costs of replacement,
business interruptions, loss of data, or damages resulting from the use
of or reliance on the information present, even if Hubcaps.com is expressly
advised about the possibility of such damages. Further, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, our and our affiliates' collective 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
at the time the act or omission giving rise to the liability occurred.
15. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Hubcaps.com, and its subsidiaries
and affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders,
partners, members, and other owners, against any and all claims, actions,
demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs,
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) (any or all of the
foregoing hereinafter referred to as "Losses") insofar as such Losses
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on (i) any claim
that our use of the Affiliate Trademarks infringes on any trademark, trade
name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other
proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation of a
representation or warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement made
by you herein, or (iii) any claim related to your site, including, without
limitation, content therein not attributable to us.
16. Disclaimers
To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither we nor any of our affiliates
makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect
to the Program or any Products sold 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), and the same are hereby excluded. In addition, neither
we, nor any of our affiliates, make any representation that the operation
of our site will be uninterrupted or error- free and none of us will be
liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.
17. Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE OR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES
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 Program
AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER
THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
18. Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without
reference to rules governing choice of laws. 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.
19. More "Fine Print"
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect
to the Program or any products sold 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 site or the links or Tagged Links will be uninterrupted or error-free,
or will not be rerouted or "black holed." As a result, we might temporarily
be unable to capture information regarding Tagged Links. We will not be
liable for the consequences of any such interruptions or errors. The Program
is intended for commercial use only. 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
OR MAINTAIN AFFILIATES 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.
Notices to you are effective if provided in writing to the postal addresses,
electronically to the e-mail address set forth in the application or if
posted on our web site. Notice to us may be given in writing to Hubcaps.com,
1260 W. Holt Blvd., Ontario, CA 91762, Attention Affiliate Marketing Program;
or by e-mail at April@hubcaps.com. This Agreement will be governed by
the laws of the state of California 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 Ontario, CA. 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 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.
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