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Operating
Agreement
This Agreement
contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to
an individual's or entity's participation in the AzureBay
Associates Program. As used in this Agreement, "we"
means AzureBay Corporation and "you" means the
applicant. "Site" means a World Wide Web site
and depending on the context, refers either to AzureBay's
site located at the URL www.azurebay.com,
or to that site you will link to our site (and which you
will identify in your Program Application).
1. Enrollment
in the Program
To begin the enrollment
process, you will submit a complete Program application via our site. We will
evaluate your application in good faith and will notify you of your acceptance
or rejection. We may reject your application if we determine (at our sole discretion)
that your site is unsuitable for the Program. Unsuitable sites include, but
are not limited to, those that:
- Promote sexually
explicit materials
- Promote violence
- Promote discrimination
based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation,
or age
- Promote illegal
activities
- Violate intellectual
property rights
- Include "AzureBay"
or variations or misspellings thereof in their domain names
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.
2. Links
on Your Site
Once you have been
notified that your site has been accepted into the Program, you may provide
on your site one or more of the following types of links to our site:
- Product
links: You may select one or more Products to
list on your site. A "Product" is any screen
saver on CD-ROM listed on our site, which list may be
modified by us from time to time. For each selected Product,
you will display on your site a short description, review,
or other reference. You will be responsible for the content,
style, and placement of these references. You will provide
a Special Link (as defined below) from each Product reference
on your site to the corresponding AzureBay online catalog
entry. Each such link will connect directly to a single
item in our online catalog. You may add or delete Products
(and related links) from your site at any time without
our approval. Screen savers (but not other types of Products)
that are individually listed and linked as described above
are referred to as "Individually Linked Screen Savers."
You may not list products on your site that are not "Products"
as defined above.
- General
link to AzureBay home page: You may provide a
general link on your site to our home page at http://www.azurebay.com.
We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork
to use in linking to our home page.
To permit accurate
tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special
"tagged" link formats to be used in all links between your site and
our site. You must ensure that each of the links between your site and our site
properly utilizes such special link formats. Links to our site placed on your
site pursuant to this Agreement and which properly utilize such special link
formats are referred to as "Special Links." You will only earn referral
fees with respect to activity on our site occurring directly through Special
Links: we will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use
Special Links, including to the extent that such failure may result in any reduction
of amounts which would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.
3. Order
Processing
We will process
product orders placed by customers who follow special links from your site to
our 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 and fulfillment. 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 make available to you
reports summarizing this sales activity. The form, content, and frequency of
the reports may vary from time to time at our discretion.
4. Referral
Fees
We will pay you
(in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 below) referral fees on certain Product
sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be eligible to earn a referral
fee, the customer must follow a Special Link from your site to our site, select
and purchase the Product using our automated ordering system, accept delivery
of the Product at the shipping destination, and remit full payment to us. We
will not, however, pay referral fees on any Products that are added to a customer's
Shopping Cart after the customer has reentered our site (other than through
a Special Link), even if the customer previously followed a link from your site
to our site.
You may not purchase
products during sessions initiated through the links on your site for your own
use, for resale or commercial use of any kind. This includes offers for customers
or on behalf of customers or orders for products to be used by you or your friends,
relatives or associates in any manner. Such purchases may result (in our sole
discretion) in the withholding of referral fees for those purchases and/or the
termination of this Agreement. Products that are eligible to earn referral fees
under the rules set forth above are 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.
5. Referral
Fee Schedule
You will earn referral
fees based on qualifying revenues according to referral fee schedules to be
established by us. "Qualifying revenues" are revenues derived by us
from our sales of qualifying products, excluding costs for shipping, handling,
gift-wrapping, taxes, service charges, credit card processing fees, and bad
debt. The current referral fee is: 10% of qualifying revenues from sales of
all products listed on our website.
6. Referral
Fee Payment
We will pay you
referral fees on a quarterly basis. Approximately 30 days following the end
of each calendar quarter, we will send you a check for the referral fees earned
on our sales of Qualifying Products that were shipped during that quarter, less
any taxes that we are required by law to withhold. If a Product that generated
a referral fee is returned by the customer, we will deduct the corresponding
referral fee from your next quarterly payment. If there is no subsequent payment,
we will send you a bill for the referral fee. You agree to pay such bills
by the due date on each bill, failure to do so will result (in our sole discretion)
in termination of this agreement.
7. Policies
and Pricing
Customers who buy
products through this Program will be deemed to be customers of AzureBay. Accordingly,
all AzureBay rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning customer orders,
customer service, and product sales will apply to those customers. We may change
our policies and operating procedures at any time. For example, we will determine
the prices to be charged for products sold under this Program in accordance
with our 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, you may not include price information in your product descriptions.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information,
but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular product.
8. Identifying
Yourself as an Associate
We will make available
to you a graphic image that identifies your site as a Program
participant. You must display this logo or the phrase "In
association with AzureBay Corporation" somewhere on
your site. We may modify the text or graphic image of this
notice from time to time. In addition, we encourage (but
do not require) you to include a Special Link on your site
to the AzureBay home page at http://www.azurebay.com.
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.
9. Limited
License
We grant you a
nonexclusive , revocable right to use the graphic image and text described in
Section 8 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 graphic image or text, or
any other of our images, in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the graphic
image and text, any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other
intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our Trademark Guidelines,
as those guidelines may change from time to time. We may revoke your license
at any time by giving you written notice. You may not use any other graphics
or image found on our site without our express permission.
10. 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
our catalog
- 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 violate 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 libelous or otherwise 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, attorneys'
fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your
site.
11. 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. Upon the 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 AzureBay 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. You are only eligible to earn referral fees on our sales of Qualifying
Products occurring during the term, and referral fees earned through 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.
12. Modification
We may modify any
of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in
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, referral 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.
13. 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. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers
or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on
your site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
14. 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 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 referral fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
15. Disclaimers
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, noninfringement, 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 will be uninterrupted or error-free,
and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.
16. 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 WEBSITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEBSITE. 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.
17. Miscellaneous
This Agreement
will be governed by the laws of the United States and the state of Utah, 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 Utah, 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 provision or any other provision of this Agreement.
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