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This Affiliate Agreement
("Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions between us,
Xylobot.com and you, regarding your application to participate as an affiliate
of Xylobot.com
("Affiliate"), and the establishment of links from your Web site to
our Web site, "Xylobot.com."
Execution by you of this Agreement as set forth below constitutes your
acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and will be a legally
binding agreement between you and us.
1. Affiliate Program Enrollment. To become a participant in
Xylobot.com’s Affiliate Program, you will have to submit a complete Affiliate
Program Application via our Web site. We will evaluate your application and
notify you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we
determine, in our sole discretion, that your Web site is not suitable for the
Affiliate Program for any reason, including, but not limited to, inclusion of
content that is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene,
harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, which by way of
example only, contains (i) sexually explicit, pornographic or obscene content
(whether in text or graphics), (ii) speech or images that are offensive,
profane, hateful, threatening, harmful, defamatory, libelous, harassing or
discriminatory (whether based on race, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, physical disability or otherwise), (iii) content related to
liquor, tobacco, firearms, drugs, gambling, crime or death, (iv) politically
sensitive or controversial issues (e.g. abortion, capital punishment) or other
political content (e.g. lobbyists, political campaigns) or (v) any unlawful
behavior or conduct. If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply
to the Affiliate Program at any time, provided, you alter your Web site to
delete all offending content.
2. Setting Up Links. We will make available to you banner
advertisements, button links to our Web site and/or text links to our Web site,
containing Xylobot.com logo and words identifying Xylobot.com
("Links") which you may display on your Web site, provided you abide
by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In using the Links, you agree
that you will cooperate fully with us in order to establish and maintain such
Links. All Affiliate Web sites shall display such graphic images prominently
throughout your Web sites as you see fit and with our consent. A Link may only
be modified and/or expanded with our consent. Each Link connecting users of your
Web site to our Web site, will in no way alter the look, feel or functionality
of our Web site. We have the right, in our sole discretion, to monitor your Web
site at any time and from time to time to determine if you are in compliance
with the terms of this Agreement.
3. Order Processing. We will process orders placed by customers
who follow the Links from your Web site to the Xylobot.com Web site. We reserve
the right, in our sole discretion, to reject orders that do not comply with
certain requirements which we may establish from time to time. All aspects of
order processing and fulfillment, including order entry, customer service,
shipping, cancellations, returns and payment processing will be our
responsibility. We will track the amount of sales generated by your Web site and
will report your sales to you once each month if you have generated sales during
that month. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and fee accrual, you must
ensure that the Links between your Web site and our Web site are properly
formatted.
4. Commissions. We will pay you a commission equal to $5
whenever a customer buys and pays in full for Xylobot by clicking on the proper
payment option on your web site.
For a sale to generate a commission, the customer must purchase the product
by clicking on the payment link from your site. You will be provided a unique
coded link that will be used by us to determine your sales. The customer must
purchase the product or products in question using our online ordering system,
accept delivery of the item(s) at the shipping destination, and remit full
payment to us. However, no commission will be paid for products which are
returned, not paid for, undeliverable or payment for which is credited to any
customer.
We will pay your commission on a monthly basis. Within approximately 10 days
following the end of each month, we will send you a payment via paypal.com for
the commission earned on the products shipped during the preceding month. You
will be paid each month if any commission has been earned. No commission will be
paid in months with $0 sales.
Xylobot.com also retains the right to review all commissions for possible
fraud, including but not limited to the use of software that generates real and
fictitious email addresses for news letter and other subscriptions. Any
incidence of fraud constitutes a breach of this Agreement, and Xylobot.com
retains full authority to terminate this Agreement immediately.
5. Policies and Pricing. Customers who buy products through the
Affiliate Program are customers of Xylobot.com. All Xylobot.com rules, policies,
and operating procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, and sales
applies to these customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures
at any time. For example, we will determine the prices to be charged for items
or products sold under the Affiliate Program in accordance with our own pricing
policies and product prices and availability may vary from time to time. Because
price changes may affect items that you already have listed on your Web site,
you may not include price information in your descriptions. We will use
commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot
guarantee the availability or price of any particular item or Products.
6. Non-Exclusive Limited License and Use of Xylobot.com Logos and
Trademarks. We grant you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable
license to (i) access our Web site through links established solely as set forth
under the terms of this Agreement and (ii) solely in connection with such links,
to use our logos, trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar identifying
material (collectively, "Licensed Materials"), solely for the purpose
of selling our products on your Web site. You are not permitted to alter, modify
or change the Licensed Material in any way whatsoever. You may only use the
Licensed Materials to the extent you are a member, in good standing, of the
Affiliate Program. You may not use any Licensed Materials for purposes other
than selling our products. You are not permitted to use the Licensed Materials
in any manner that is disparaging or that otherwise portrays Xylobot.com or
anyone else negatively. We reserve all of our rights in the Licensed Materials
and all other intellectual property rights. We may revoke your license at any
time by written notice to you. You acknowledge that, except for the license
expressly granted in this Agreement, you have not acquired and will not acquire
any right, interest or title to the Links or the Licensed Materials by reason of
this Agreement or through the exercise of any rights in the Links or the
Licensed Material granted to you under this Agreement. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
7. Non-Exclusive Limited License and Use of Affiliates Logos and
Trademarks. You grant us a non-exclusive license to utilize your names,
titles and logos, trademarks and service marks (collectively, "Affiliate
Materials"), without prior written consent from you, to advertise, market,
promote and publicize in any manner under this Agreement. We will not, however,
be required to advertise, market, promote or publicize your Web site. You
represent to us that you are the sole and exclusive owner of the Affiliate
Materials and have the right and power to grant to us this license and such
grant does not or will not (i) breach, conflict with or constitute a default
under any agreement or other instrument applicable to you or binding upon you,
or (ii) infringe upon any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or
other proprietary right of any other person or entity. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
8. Obligations Regarding Your Web site. You will be solely
responsible for the technical operation of your Web site and all related
equipment; creating and posting product descriptions on your Web site and
linking those descriptions to our catalog; the accuracy and appropriateness of
materials posted on your Web site; for ensuring that materials posted on your
Web 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); and for ensuring that materials posted on your Web site are
not libelous or otherwise illegal.
You agree that your Web site will not, in any way, copy or resemble the look
and feel of our Web site nor will you create the impression that your Web site
is our Web site or is a part of our Web site. You also agree that your Web site
will not contain any content of our Web site or any materials which are
proprietary to Xylobot.com, except (i) with our prior permission, or (ii)
materials obtained by you via the Xylobot.com Affiliate Web site in accordance
with the provisions hereof or the policies or instructions thereon. You further
agree that your domain name does not and will not contain the words
"Xylobot" or any variation thereof. We disclaim all liability for such
matters. Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims,
damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and
expert witness fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and
contents of your Web site.
9. Term. The term of this Agreement will begin upon our
acceptance of your Affiliate Program Application and will end when terminated by
either Party. At any time, either Party may terminate this Agreement, with or
without cause, by giving the other Party written notice of termination. If this
Agreement is terminated for any reason, you are only eligible to earn a
commission on sales occurring during the term of the Agreement, and commissions
earned through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related
orders are not canceled or returned. We reserve the right to withhold your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
Upon the termination of this agreement for any reason, you will immediately
cease use of, and remove from your Web site, all Links and Licensed Material and
any other names, marks, symbols, copyrights, logos, fanciful or other
characters, designs, representations, figures, drawings, photographs, ideas or
other proprietary designations or properties owned, developed, licenses or
created by us and/or provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant to this
Agreement or in connection with the Affiliate Program.
10. Modification. We may modify any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, at any time or in our sole discretion. Posting on
our Web site of a change notice or a new agreement is considered sufficient
notice. Modifications may include, but are not limited to, changes in the scope
of available commission fees, commission schedules, payment procedures, and
Affiliate Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only
recourse is to terminate this Agreement, your continued participation in the
Affiliate Program following our posting of a change notice or new agreement on
our Web site will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
11. 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 Affiliate 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 Affiliate Program will
not exceed the total commissions paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
12. Relationship of Parties. You and Xylobot.com 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 (a) have no authority to
make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf and (b) not make any
statement, whether on your Web site or otherwise, that reasonably would
contradict anything in this Section.
13. Disclaimers. We make no express or implied warranties or
representations with respect to the Affiliate Program or any products or other
items sold through the Affiliate 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 Web site will be
uninterrupted or error-free, and will not be liable for the consequences of any
interruptions or errors.
14. Representations and Warranties. You hereby represent and
warrant to us the following: (i) this Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by you and constitutes your legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms; (ii) the
execution, delivery and performance by you of this Agreement and the
consummation by you of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or
without the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, conflict with or
violate any provision of law, rule or regulation to which you are subject to,
any order, judgment or decree applicable to your or binding upon your assets or
properties, any provision of your by-laws or certificate of incorporation or any
agreement or other instrument applicable to you or binding upon your assets or
properties; and (iii) you are an adult of at least 18 years of age.
15. Confidentiality. We may disclose to you certain information
as a result of your participation as part of the Affiliate Program, which
information we consider to be confidential (herein referred to as
"Confidential Information") which shall include, but not be limited
to, any modifications to the terms and provisions of this Agreement made
specifically for your Web site and not generally available to other members of
the Affiliate Program, Web site, business and financial information relating to Xylobot.com
customer and vendor lists relating to Xylobot.com and pricing and sales
information for Xylobot.com and any members of the Affiliate Program, other than
you. Confidential Information shall remain strictly confidential and secret and
shall not be utilized, directly or indirectly, by you for your own business
purposes or for any other purpose except and solely to the extent that any such
information is generally known or available to the public or if the same is
required by law or legal process.
16. Indemnification. You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless Xylobot.com, its shareholders, officers, directors, employees,
agents, affiliates, successors and assigns, from and against any and all claims,
losses, liabilities, damages or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs)
of any nature whatsoever incurred or suffered by us (collectively the
"Losses"), in so far as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based on (i) any claim or threatened claim that our use of
the Affiliate Materials infringes on the rights of any third party; (ii) the
breach of any representation or warranty made by you herein; or (iii) any claim
related to your Web site.
17. Entire Agreement. The provisions contained in this Agreement
constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter of this Agreement, and no statement or inducement with respect to such
subject matter by any Party which is not contained in this Agreement shall be
valid or binding between the Parties.
18. Independent Investigation. You acknowledge that you have
read this Agreement, have had an opportunity to consult with your own legal
advisors if you so desired, 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 Web sites that are similar to or competitive with your Web site. You
have independently evaluated the desirability of participating in the Affiliate
Program and are not relying on any representation, guarantee, or statement other
than as set forth in this Agreement.
19. Miscellaneous. This Agreement will be governed by the laws
of the United States and the State of Virginia, without reference to rules
governing choice of laws. Any legal proceeding of any nature brought by either
Party against the other Party to enforce any right or obligation under this
Agreement, or arising out of any matter pertaining to this Agreement shall be
submitted for trial, without a jury, before the federal or state courts located
in Arlington, Virginia 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. In any action to enforce or interpret any provision of this
Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its attorney’s
fees and costs.
I indicate my approval of this Agreement and desire to become an Affiliate
under these terms and conditions by filling out and submitting the Affiliate
Application Form.
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