In this agreement, the term "Affiliate" refers to you (the applicant). Wherever the agreement refers to "you" or "your", it means "the Affiliate"; "we" or "our" or "CoachingHappens.com" refers to CoachingHappens.com.
Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete application via
the CoachingHappens.com web 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
Affiliate Program.
Qualifying Sites
CoachingHappens.COM reserves the right not to accept any site into our Affiliate
Program based on site content. Unsuitable sites may include but are not limited
to those that:
• Promote sexually explicit materials
• Promote violence
• Promote discrimination based on race, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation, or age
• Promote illegal activities
• Include "CoachingHappens.com" or "Your e-Coach" variations
or misspellings thereof in their names or domain names
• Otherwise violate intellectual property rights.
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.
Order Fulfillment
We will be solely responsible for processing every order placed by a customer
directed to our site from you. We reserve the right to reject orders that do
not comply with any requirements that we may establish periodically. We will
be responsible for all aspects of order processing, billing 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 dedicated links from you 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.
Commissions
For a sale to be eligible to earn a commission, the customer must follow a direct
link containing your affiliate information to our site, select and purchase
Your e-Coach using our automated ordering system, and remit payment to us. We
will pay you commissions on all future orders from customers who have followed
a Direct Link from your site to ours for a limited period of time. We reserve
right to change this period of time at our discretion. To permit accurate tracking,
reporting and commission accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged"
link format to be used in all links between you and our site. You must ensure
that each of the links to our site properly utilizes such Direct Link formats.
Links to our site pursuant to this agreement and that properly utilize such
Direct Link formats are referred to as "Direct Links." You will only
earn commissions with respect to activity occurring directly through Direct
Links; we will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use
Direct Links.
The amount of the commission may vary with time and is currently 35%. We will try to notify all affiliates of changes in commission rate. However, doing so is entirely at our discretion. It is the responsibility of the affiliate to monitor the commission rates.
Commissions will be paid based on net sales of approved products excluding costs for handling, taxes, service charges, credit card processing fees, bad debt and returns.
CoachingHappens.COM does not sell advertising on its site. The only trackable visits are those which have generated sales.
Payment
We will pay you commissions on a monthly basis (see Commission Limitations below).
Approximately 30 days following the end of each month, we will send you a check
for the commissions earned on our sales of Your e-Coach that were paid for and
not returned, less taxes that we are required by law to withhold. However, if
the commissions payable to you for any calendar month are less than $50.00,
we will hold those commissions until the total amount due is at least $50.00
or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. If the customer returns
Your e-Coach that generated a commission after you have received payment, we
will deduct the corresponding commissions from your next monthly payment. CoachingHappens.COM
reserves the right to charge your account with an $8.00 returns processing fee
if there are excessive returns due to the advertisement for our products from
you. If there is no subsequent payment we will send you a bill for the commission.
Qualification for Commissions
Affiliates must have an active link to CoachingHappens.com either from their
Web site or from a newsletter or other emails to qualify for commissions. Links
must comply with our rules, policies and operating procedures which may change
from time to time.
Customers
Customers who pay for Your e-Coach through this Program will be deemed to be
customers of CoachingHappens.COM. Accordingly, all CoachingHappens.COM 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.
Prices
We will determine the prices to be charged for products sold under this Program
in accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices may vary from time
to time. Because price changes may affect listings on your site, you MAY NOT
include price information in your description of Your e-Coach. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to present accurate information.
Unsolicited Commercial Email
CoachingHappens.COM in no way participates in mass unsolicited emailing (i.e.
spamming), and all Affiliates are expected to adhere to this policy as well.
Violation of this policy will result in the termination of this contract and
immediate dismissal from the CoachingHappens.COM Affiliate Program, with no refund.
Scumware
Scumware is the use of Pop-up banners that hide banners that are displayed on
a site, placement of icons beside keywords found in text that if clicked will
take the visitor to someone CoachingHappens.come's site, etc. CoachingHappens.COM
as a company promises it will not use such predatory advertising methods. Further,
affiliates using such methods will have their account terminated.
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
this statement.
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 commissions paid or payable to you under
this Agreement.
Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to
the Affiliate Program or your potential to earn income from the Affiliate Program.
In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site or your
site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the
consequences of any interruptions or errors.
The laws of the United States and the State of Minnesota will govern this Agreement 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 Minnesota, 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.
By submitting the Affiliate application form, 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.