Affiliate Agreement
As an authorized affiliate ("Affiliate") of ShopPad Inc. ("ShopPad"), you
agree to abide by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement
("Agreement"). Please read the entire Agreement carefully before
registering and promoting ShopPad as an Affiliate. By signing up for the
ShopPad Affiliate Program ("Program"), you indicate your acceptance of this
Agreement and its terms and conditions.
1. Description of Affiliate Program
The Program enables participants to introduce ShopPad's products and
services (the "Services") to their customers, members or others
("Prospects") and refer them to ShopPad. ShopPad reserves the right in its
sole discretion to accept or decline your application to participate in the
Program and impose any conditions or limitations on your participation in
the Program. You acknowledge that ShopPad markets the Services directly and
works with other affiliates to market the ShopPad Services, and as such
your participation in the Program is on a non-exclusive basis. Affiliate
shall bear all of its own costs and expenses in connection with the
Program(s) unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by ShopPad.
ShopPad will use commercially reasonable efforts to uphold its obligations
as set forth in the specific terms of the Program(s) in which Affiliate
participates.
2. Fees and Payments
Subject to: (i) your compliance with this Agreement, and (ii) the revenue
sharing plan associated with your activities pursuant to the Program, you
shall be entitled to receive certain fees ("Fees") from ShopPad described
below. ShopPad, at its sole discretion, may change the revenue sharing plan
or associated Fees.
2.1 Revenue Sharing Plan
ShopPad will pay you Fees for introductions that result in a Prospect
subscribing for Services. If a Prospect subscribes for Services within sixty (60)
days following your Introduction, ShopPad will pay you Fees equal to ten percent (10%) of
the recurring subscription fees actually paid by the Prospect for the first twelve
(12) months of the Prospect's subscription as identified in writing between
you and ShopPad, except: (i) you will not receive Fees for a Prospect until
after expiration of any opt-out period, if applicable; (ii) ShopPad
will not pay any Fees for Prospects with whom ShopPad has an existing
relationship or within 60 days prior to the Introduction requested a demo
or free trial or was introduced to ShopPad by another affiliate; and (iii) overage fees,
unit fees, usage fees, custom consulting, and professional services shall be excluded from the Revenue Sharing
Plan and no Fees will be due. ShopPad reserves the right to (i) demand and receive information from you about
Prospect, including but not limited to information with respect to traffic
any sources and methods used to acquire the Prospect, and to (ii) assess the
legitimacy and qualification of such Prospect for the purposes of
determining whether a Fee is payable for such Prospect.
2.2 Payment
ShopPad distributes Fees owed to its Affiliates within 30 days following
the end of each calendar month (a "Payment Period"). If the Fees owed to
you are less than USD $100 at the end of any Payment Period, ShopPad may
withhold payment of Fees until the end of the next Payment Period in which
the balance of unpaid Fees owed to you are USD $100 or more. All payments
are subject to fraud and risk analysis considerations and anti-money
laundering procedures and may be withheld during the period of
investigation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
ShopPad shall not be responsible to pay any Fees:
A. Related to revenues that have been refunded to Prospects by ShopPad;
B. For a Prospect owned in whole or in part by an Affiliate;
C. Related to fraudulent sales;
D. Related to revenues that have been subject to chargebacks;
E. To Affiliates who are employed by or who are contractors of ShopPad.
3. Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property
During the term of this Agreement, each party grants to the other party a
limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to display its
marks and logos solely to market and promote the relationship contemplated
by this Agreement. In addition, ShopPad may use the marks in connection
with search engines for marketing purposes. Either party may revoke the
foregoing license at any time by giving the other party written notice.
Unless revoked sooner in accordance with the immediately preceding
sentence, the foregoing license terminates automatically upon the
expiration or termination of this Agreement. Each party acknowledges and
agrees that: (a) it will use the other party's marks and logos in a lawful
manner and only as permitted hereunder; (b) it will use the other party's
marks and logos in strict compliance with all formats, guidelines,
standards and other requirements prescribed by such other party in writing;
(c) the other party's marks and logos are and shall remain the sole
property of such other party (or its licensors); and (d) nothing in this
Agreement confers in it any right of ownership in any marks or logos of the
other party and all use thereof inures to the benefit of such other party
(or its licensors). Except as otherwise expressly provided in the
applicable Exhibit, all software, web sites, documentation, hardware,
equipment, devices, templates, tools, documents, processes, methodologies,
know-how, information or materials and any additional intellectual or other
property developed by or on behalf of a party in connection with the
Program(s), together with all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade
secrets and any other proprietary rights contained therein shall, as
between ShopPad and Affiliate, be and remain the sole and exclusive
property of the party for which they were developed.
4. Confidentiality
Each party agrees to keep confidential all technical, product, business,
financial, and other information regarding the business of the other party
("Confidential Information"), including but not limited to research and
development, computer programs, source code, documentation, marketing
plans, customer identity, and business methods.
The receiving party shall take all reasonable measures to preserve the
confidentiality and avoid the disclosure of the disclosing party's
Confidential Information. Such reasonable measures shall be no less than
those procedures and controls the receiving party employs to protect its
own confidential information of like importance.
The receiving party agrees that its covenant not to disclose or use the
disclosing party's Confidential Information shall not apply to any
information that: (i) is, or at any time becomes a part of the public
domain through no act or omission of the receiving party; (ii) is
independently discovered or developed by the receiving party without use of
the Confidential Information; (iii) is rightfully obtained by the receiving
party from a third party without any obligation of confidentiality; or (iv)
is already known by the receiving party without any obligation of
confidentiality prior to obtaining the Confidential Information from the
disclosing party.
The receiving party shall not be liable for disclosure of Confidential
Information if made in response to a valid order of a court or authorized
agency of government provided that notice is promptly given to the
disclosing party so that a protective order may be sought and other efforts
employed to minimize the required disclosure. The receiving party shall
cooperate with the disclosing party in seeking the protective order and
engaging in such other efforts.
The receiving party acknowledges that the disclosing party shall have the
right to take all reasonable steps to protect its Confidential Information
including, but not limited to, injunctive relief and any other remedies as
may be available at law or in equity in the event the receiving party does
not fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.
Confidential Information shall at all times remain the property of the
disclosing party. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as conveying
to the receiving party: (i) any right, title, or interests in or to the
disclosing party's Confidential Information or intellectual property rights
associated therewith, or (ii) any license to use, sell, exploit, copy, or
further develop any such Confidential Information.
Upon the disclosing party's request or upon termination of this
Agreement (whichever occurs sooner), the receiving party shall promptly
destroy or deliver to the disclosing party all documents, notes, or
other physical embodiments of, reflecting, or derived from the
Confidential Information (including any copies thereof) that are in the
receiving party's possession or control.
Except as provided otherwise herein, each party shall limit its disclosure
of the other party's Confidential Information to those of its officers,
employees, and consultants (i) to which such disclosure is necessary for
the purposes of this Agreement; and (ii) who are bound pursuant to a
written agreement by confidentiality obligations with the receiving party
which are no less restrictive than those set forth in this Agreement.
5. Term & Termination
The terms and conditions of the Agreement will commence on the date
Affiliate is accepted to Program and continue in full force and effect for
one (1) year ("Initial Term"), unless earlier terminated or canceled as set
forth herein. Following each applicable Initial Term, this Agreement shall
be automatically renewed for additional one year terms unless either party
provides the other with written notice, no later than ninety (90) days
prior to the end of the then-current term, that it does not wish to renew
this Agreement (the Initial Term and all renewal terms shall be referred to
herein as the "
Term"). Either party may terminate
this Agreement by providing the other party with 30 days prior written
notice. In addition, either party may terminate this Agreement by written
notice if the other party (i) commits a material breach of the Agreement or
an Exhibit, which breach, if capable of being cured, is not cured within 30
days of written notice, (ii) terminates or suspends its business; (iii)
becomes insolvent, admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they
mature, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes
subject to direct control of a trustee, receiver or similar authority; or
(iv) becomes subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding that is not
rescinded within 60 days. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein
upon termination (i) all rights granted to a party hereunder immediately
cease, (ii) each party must promptly remove all links to one another's web
sites and cease using all marketing materials, confidential information,
trademarks, logos, and any other information or materials belonging to the
other party or otherwise related to the Program, and (iii) each party may
take any and all actions necessary to disable the other party's
participation in the Program(s). Provisions which by their nature should
survive termination or expiration in order to be given full effect.
6. Nonsolicitation
During the term of the Agreement and for a period of one (1) year
thereafter, Affiliate shall not, directly or indirectly, individually or on
behalf of any other person, firm, partnership, corporation, or business
entity of any type, hire, offer to hire, divert, entice away, solicit or in
any other manner assist, encourage, or persuade, or attempt to do any of
the foregoing, any current officer, employee, consultant or contractor of
ShopPad, nor shall it hire, offer to hire or solicit the services of any
former officer, employee, consultant or contractor whose relationship with
ShopPad has been terminated for less than three months; provided, however,
that Affiliate shall not be in breach of this provision to the extent that
it can show by written records that any such person responds to a general
advertisement placed in connection with an open position.
7. Relationship of Parties
The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors and nothing in
this Agreement creates any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise,
sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties or
imposes any liability attributable to such a relationship upon either
party. This Agreement does not grant either party any right, power or
authority to enter into any agreement for, or on behalf of, or to create,
assume or incur any obligation or liability of, or to otherwise bind, the
other party authority to any obligations on behalf of or in the name of the
other. Neither party shall be liable or responsible for any acts, omissions
or liabilities of the other party. In no event shall either party take any
actions that would expressly or impliedly create the impression that such
party is an employee or agent of the other party or its affiliated
entities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither party
has authority to make or accept any offers or representations on behalf of
the other party and neither party shall make any statement, whether on its
web site or otherwise, that reasonably would be deemed to contradict
anything in this Section.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly agreed
to by a party in writing, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict
or prohibit a party from marketing or selling any products or services to
any actual or potential customers of the other party, even if such products
or services are similar to or competitive with one or more of the products
or services marketed or sold by the other party in connection with the
Program. Each party understands and specifically acknowledges that the
other party may, directly or indirectly, market or sell, various products
or services that are similar to or competitive with one or more of the
products or services marketed or sold by such party in connection the
Program(s) and that each party may, at any time during or after the term of
this Agreement, enter into relationships or arrangements with various third
parties on terms that may be similar to those contained in this Agreement.
8. Affiliate Responsibilities
Unless otherwise expressly provided in an Exhibit, as between ShopPad and
Affiliate, each party is solely responsible for all aspects of the
development, operation, and maintenance of its web site, its product and
service offerings, and all related materials, including, but not limited
to, customer service and support, order entry, payment processing and
technical operations of its web site and product and service offerings and
all related equipment, and the accuracy and propriety of related materials.
Additionally, each party shall (a) conduct all activities hereunder in
accordance with the highest industry standards and in compliance with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, and directives, including, but not
limited to, those relating to e-mail marketing and "spamming"; (b) not
engage in any e-mail, other marketing or promotion, fax, broadcast,
telemarketing or any other similar marketing methods with respect to the
other party, online or offline, without the prior written consent of the
other party in each instance; (c) not use any "malware" or "spyware"
(including, but not limited to, pop-up banners that hide banners that are
displayed on a web site, icons placed beside keywords found in text that if
clicked will take the visitor to another web site, or other similar
practices or techniques); (d) not make any false, misleading or disparaging
representations or statements with respect to the other party; (e) not
engage in any other practices which may affect adversely the credibility or
reputation of the other party, including but not limited to, using any web
site in any manner, or having any content on any web site, that promotes
sexually explicit materials, violence, discrimination based on race, sex,
religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age and/or any
illegal activities or that violates any intellectual property or other
proprietary rights of any third party; (f) comply with all marking
requirements, including but not limited to patent, copyright, trademark,
and confidentiality notices, issued by the other party from time to time;
(g) ensure that its personnel are knowledgeable regarding the proper
demonstration, use, and sale of the other party's products or services
associated with the relevant Program(s) as well as the relevant
specifications, features and advantages of such products and services, and
that its personnel comply with any quality standards regarding sales,
service, and support that the other party may make available from time to
time; (h) refrain from, and refrain from allowing or authorizing others to
reverse engineer, reverse compile, disassemble, other than in a manner
specifically allowed by applicable law notwithstanding any contractual
restriction; (i) immediately forward to the other party all information
concerning any complaints, suspected defects, loss or damage claims, or
security problems that may come to a party's attention; and (j) not engage
in any marketing or promotional activity related to the other party in any
unauthorized area, location, territory or jurisdiction, as defined by the
other party.
9. Representations & Warranties
Each party hereby represents and warrants to the other party that this
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such party
and constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against
such party in accordance with its terms.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
HEREIN, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ASPECT OF ITS PERFORMANCE HEREUNDER, THE
PROGRAM(S) OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, AND EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT
AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF
DEALING OR TRADE USAGE. EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
PROGRAM(S) AND THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES MAY NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF
IT OR ANY THIRD PARTY. IN ADDITION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT ANY ASPECT OF
ITS PERFORMANCE HEREUNDER, OR THE PROGRAM(S) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR
FREE, AND NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY
INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS.
10. Limitations of Liability/Disclaimers
EXCEPT FOR BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND THIRD PARTY DAMAGES AWARDED
PUSUANT TO INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, NEITHER PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY
LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ASPECT OF ITS PERFORMANCE HEREUNDER, THE
PROGRAM(S), ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, OR DATA) EVEN IF
SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. EXCEPT FOR
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS EACH PARTY'S
LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
EQUITABLE, LEGAL, OR COMMON LAW ACTION ARISING HEREUNDER FOR CONTRACT,
STRICT LIABILITY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO THE AMOUNTS PAID TO AFFILIATE BY SHOPPAD (IF ANY) DURING THE SIX
MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM FOR
DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY
11. Indemnification
Each party agrees, at its own expense, to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the other party, its respective directors, officers, employees,
and agents, from and against any and all claims, causes of action, demands,
obligations, lawsuits, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, judgments,
settlements, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) or
other third party losses of any kind or nature whatsoever awarded by a
court of competent jurisdiction (any and all of the foregoing hereinafter
referred to as "losses") insofar as such losses arise out of: (i) any
failure or breach of any representation or warranty, covenant made herein
or to any third party; (ii) any misuse of any marketing materials or the
indemnifying party's trademarks; (iii) any claim related to the
indemnifying party's websites, including, without limitation, any content
therein not specifically provided by the indemnified party; or (iv) any
gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Affiliate or any of
Affiliate's party's employees, agents or contractors.
12. Miscellaneous
Any notice required under this Agreement shall be given in writing and
shall be deemed effective upon delivery to the party to whom addressed. All
notices shall be sent to the applicable address specified on the face page
hereof or to such other address as the parties may designate in writing.
Any notice of material breach hereunder shall clearly define the breach
including the specific contractual obligation that has been breached.
This Agreement, including any exhibits, shall constitute the entire
agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and
supersede all proposals and prior discussions and writings between the
parties with respect thereto. Any signed copy of this Agreement made by
reliable means (e.g., photocopy or facsimile) shall be considered an
original. The parties agree that this Agreement cannot be altered, amended
or modified, except by a writing signed by an authorized representative of
each party. No failure or delay in enforcing any right or exercising any
remedy will be deemed a waiver of any right or remedy. Each provision of
this Agreement is a separately enforceable provision. If any provision of
this Agreement is determined to be or becomes unenforceable or illegal,
such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary in order
for this Agreement to remain in effect in accordance with its terms as
modified by such reformation.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND INTERPRETED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS OF ANY
STATE OR JURISDICTION. ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AND EACH PARTY HERBY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS.