Affiliate Terms and Conditions
Relationship
of the Parties
Under these
terms and conditions both you and Financial Fusion Ltd (Affordable Ink) are to
be considered independent, this means the affiliate programme you wish to enter
into does not create a relationship between either parties. Therefore you cannot
act as a representative of any kind on our behalf as this would be considered
contradicting this affiliate programme
Refusal of
applications and/or referrals to the affiliates programme is the right of Affordable
Ink. We reserve the right to research all active and potential members and
their actions, at any time.
Programme
members that Affordable Ink find to be under violation of these terms will be
terminated immediately and forfeit all commissions. We reserve the right to
cancel memberships and exclude malicious websites at our own discretion.
Our Responsibilities
Affordable
Ink will provide all members adequate information to allow you to make
programme links between our site and your site or social media pages. Affordable Ink will be responsible
for:
•
Processing applications placed by a customer following an affiliate programme
link from your site.
• Tracking
all sales coming from the link on your site.
• Providing
information on sales amounts generated.
Affiliates Responsibility
Affiliates
are responsible for their own website, social media pages and email markeing systems and the development, maintenance and
materials including:
• Provide
accurate information and materials on your website, including affiliate
Programme materials.
• Not
infringing copyright laws or right of third parties.
• Ensuring
no illegal information is stored on your site
You are also responsible for all expenses and indemnify us from all damages or claims.
Affiliate
Programme Linking
Affordable
Ink will make available to our members a range of links which are subject to
our terms and conditions that you can display on your website whenever you
like. This identifies you as a member of our affiliate programme.
If
requested you must provide all URLs to Affordable Ink that display affiliate
links. You also agree that:
• Graphics used on our website or provided by us are the only ones to be used, and updated when new graphics are
provided. Other graphics may be used provided Affordable Ink has given written consent.
• Co-operate
fully with Affordable Ink allowing us to establish links to your site,
•
Displaying these links notably to relevant sections of your site.
• Not
promote materials that are illegal, violent or discriminate in New Zealand
At any time
Affordable Ink may deem other pages at its sole discretion to be inappropriate
and reserves the right to do so.
The
affiliate’s website or social media pages are subject to a periodic review, at any point if we
determine that your site or social media pages carry a link that is not suitable for our programme
we may either suspend service to the URL or site, or terminate this agreement.
Affiliate Programme Commission Schedule
You will
earn commissions (referral fees) based on revenues according to the commissions
schedules to be established by us and our affiliate program. The current
affiliate program commission schedule is 30% per product purchased.
Affiliate Programme Commission Payment
Commission
refers to referral fees these are earned based on revenues set out by the
commission schedules set by Affordable Ink and the Affiliates program. The
current schedule is 30% per product purchased. The Affiliate cookie remains active for up to 1000 days. If a customer clicks on two different Affiliate links the link that is clicked closest to the purchase of the product will be considered the Affiliate.
Commission by Payment
Fees will
be paid via direct debit into a NEW ZEALAND bank account that you have
specified, payment will occur monthly however if the total is less than $50.00
fees will be carried forward to the next month and accumulated.
All referral fees include GST, if any. It is your responsibility to account for any tax liability on fees received.
Refund or
Cancellation
Referral
fees are required to be entirely refunded to Affordable Ink if:
• Where a
fee has been paid to you and the products is returned before one (1) months of
purchase.
• If a
product has been cancelled and/or refunded or partially refunded through
guarantee or any other cause.
Please
note: your account may be placed in debit occurring a negative balance by
refunds or referral fees.
If this
occurs for more than sixty (60) days at a time, the balance must be paid to Affordable
Ink within seven (7) days notice. At any time if the balance exceeds $100.00 we
reserve the right to request the payment be paid within 14 days.
A 2%
penalty interest per month will occur on any accounts that have not been paid
by the due date.
Affiliate Programme Behaviour
At no time
may you:
• Engage in
any activity “spamming” or otherwise that could cause damage to Affordable Inks’
name or reputation.
• Hide or
misinterpret your identity, domain name, or email address.
• Mass
email unauthorised clientele unless they are already existing clients and have
authorised you to send them emails.
Breaching
these conditions may result in termination of this agreement without prior
notice.
Term of Agreement and Termination
Upon
acceptance of your affiliate application this agreement shall begin,
termination of this agreement can occur at anytime by either party, with or
without cause in writing.
Referral
fees are only earned on revenue occurring during the term of this agreement
only; we reserve the right to withhold any final payments for a reasonable time
to ensure amount of payment is correct. All negative balances must be paid
immediately upon termination of this agreement to Affordable Ink, all legal
costs occurred through non payment shall be the sole responsibility of the
affiliate.
Affiliate
links must be removed immediately upon termination of this agreement.
Modification of Agreement
At any time
upon our sole discretion may Affordable Ink modify the terms and conditions of
this agreement; we must do so by posting a change notice or new agreement on
our website. It is the responsibility of the affiliate to regularly monitor our
site for any modifications that may occur including:
• Programme
Rules
• Fee
Schedules
• Payment
Procedures
Once these
modifications have been announced you have thirty (30) days following the
notice to advise us you do not accept these changes, if you do not accept these
changes your participation in this programme is terminated. Continued
participation with the programme and the changes constitutes acceptance of
these new terms and conditions.
General Liability Provisions
All
agreements and transactions between Affordable Ink and the affiliate shall
abide by the following:
• Affordable
Ink under any circumstances are not liable for any damages that result from a
failure, act, omission or breach on our part.
• Affordable
Ink are not liable for any claims, costs or damages made by third parties held
against us or you relating to your participation in this programme.
• Affordable
Ink, its employees, owners and directors are fully indemnified against all
third party claims etc including all reasonable legal costs in defending Affordable
Ink and its employees, owners and directors.
Miscellaneous
This
agreement shall be deemed to be made in New Zealand and shall be subject to,
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New Zealand.
No
agreement can be transferred or assigned, this agreement must be terminated and
a new agreement completed to change the identity of the affiliate.
This
agreement has been created by two (2) independent parties for the purpose of a
service in return for a reward; at no time shall this relationship be construed
to deem a partnership, joint venture, employer/employee or any other form.
All
responsibilities for taxes and risks are the responsibility of the affiliate in
accordance with the law and otherwise.
No
representation shall be made, incur credit or commit on behalf of Affordable
Ink or any retailer without prior written approval from Affordable Ink. This
agreement does not constitute our approval.
Acceptance
If you
complete and submit this application form you are acknowledging you have read
and agree with the terms and conditions of this agreement.
With the
understanding that at any time we may solicit referrals on the terms that may
differ from this agreement or operate similar or competing web sites.
You have independently evaluated the desire to participate in
this programme and are not relying on any representation, guarantee or
statement other than what is set out in these terms and conditions.