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US Green Card Office Affiliate Program
Agreement
(USGCO)
This Agreement
contains the terms and conditions that apply to a
participant in the US Green Card Office Ltd. affiliate
program (the "Program"). As used in this agreement,
"we"/"our/"us", means US Green Card Office Ltd. and
"you"/"your" means the "affiliate/applicant", "site"
refers to a World Wide Web site.
To begin the enrollment
process, you will submit a complete Affiliate
Application form. We will evaluate your application in
good faith and will notify you of your acceptance or
rejection, usually within 24 hours. (you can re-apply at
any time).We may reject your application if we
determine, in our sole discretion, that your site is
unsuitable for the Program. Unsuitable sites include,
for example, sites that:
- promote sexually explicit
materials - promote violence - promote
discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation
or age - promote illegal activities or violate
intellectual property rights - or from applicants
who we prefer not to be associated with
We grant you a non-exclusive,
revocable right to use our present banners and other
such images for which we grant express permission, for
the purpose of identifying your site as a program
participant and linking to our site. You may not modify
the banners or any of our images in any way without our
express permission.
We reserve all of our rights
to our trade names and trademarks and all other
intellectual property rights.
SPAM (unsolicited
email)
We will not tolerate the
sending of unsolicited bulk emails which promote, or
make reference to [Your Company], or any of its
associated companies, Partners, or employees. Other
prohibited forms of advertising include postings to
non-commercial newsgroups and cross-posting to multiple
newsgroups at once. In addition, Affiliates may not
advertise in any way that effectively conceals or
misrepresents their identity, their domain name or their
return email address.
Any Affiliate who, in our
opinion, breaches this ruling will have their Affiliate
status cancelled immediately and any and all outstanding
commissions WILL BE FORFEITED.
Stay Safe, Don't
SPAM.
We will NOT revoke affiliate
status to avoid payment of owed or future
commissions.
UNPROFESSIONAL
CONDUCT
US Green Card Office Ltd. and
its associated companies operate with the strictest
codes of professional conduct. Any Affiliate who
brings US Green Card Office Ltd. or its associates
into disrepute, or who promotes any form of slander,
racism, or unfair business practices, will have their
Affiliate status cancelled and any outstanding
commissions WILL be forfeited.
We reserve the right to
reject any affiliate application if in our opinion, that
person or company violates established laws or commonly
held standards of decency.
An affiliate who ignores
warnings to cease and desist any activities we deem
negligent, inappropriate, or harmful to US Green Card
Office Ltd. and or other affiliates will be
terminated.
ORDER PROCESSING
We will be solely responsible
for processing every order for our products. Customers
will use our secure online ordering process. Order
forms, payment processing, cancellations, and related
customer service are our responsibility.
All of our rules, operating
procedures and policies regarding customer orders and
accounts will apply to orders we receive through special
links on your site. We reserve the right to reject any
order that does not comply with our rules, operating
procedures and policies.
Every customer who buys a
product through this program is deemed to be a customer
of ours. You do not have the authority to make or accept
any offer on our behalf. All our policies regarding
customer orders, including product availability, pricing
and problem resolution, will apply to these customers.
We are not responsible for any representations made by
you which contradict our policies.
TRACKING OF SALES
We will be solely responsible
for tracking sales we make to customers who follow links
from your website. We use AffiliateShop.
Statements of your sales
activity will be available to you in "realtime" with a
special URL that we assign to you. Accessible 24 hours
per day and 7 days per week. You may access these stats
via a password and username we assign.
Only two entities may access
your stats and affiliate information. That would be you,
and us (US Green Card Office Ltd.)
LINKS
We will provide you with a
unique identifying URL for you to link to. Each sale or
referral that is generated from this URL will be
attributed to you. You will have access to your own
private section to check your stats in Real Time. Your
links to the unique URL can be text links or banner
links, or a combination of the two, at your sole
discretion. If you choose banner links, you must use our
banners. We will provide you with a URL of all our
banners, from which you can freely choose. You may add
as many links to US Green Card Office Ltd., or remove
such links, at anytime and without prior approval from
us.
** Inactive affiliates will
be removed from participation in the Program. Inactive
means little or no "click-throughs" via your banner/text
links, as monitored via our affiliate program
administrative panel, for a period of sixty (60) days.
And/or, non-placement of affiliate banners/text ads. We
will contact you after thirty (30) days of "inactivity".
Efforts will be made to help and encourage your
participation in the Program.
We will provide you with
instructions on how to properly format the links. You
are responsible for ensuring the links are formatted
correctly. This will ensure accurate tracking of sales
for credit to your account. Every effort will be made to
ensure that our site is functional and available for
customers referred to our site through your "affiliate
link".
We have NO responsibilities
with regard to your site. US Green Card Office Ltd.
shall have no liability for any indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages or any loss of revenue
or profits arising under or with respect to this
agreement or the program. In addition, US Green
Card Office Ltd.s aggregate liability arising under or
with respect to this agreement or the program shall in
no event exceed total referral fees paid or payable to
the affiliate under this agreement.
COMMISSION AND
PAYMENT
We will pay you upto 45% of
any and all purchases made by a customer referred by
your "affilite link" through our banners or text
links.
Minimum amount for payment
is one hundred dollars ($100). Any amount
under this will be held in your account until the
minimum for pay out is reached. (this is
ongoing)
Payment will be made in the
form of a bank check from us (MaxPatch Services), paid
in US dollars. Checks will be mailed within ten days of
the first of the month for the prior month's sales. For
example, commissions for sales made during May will be
sent out on or before the 10th of June. We are not
responsible for paying interest to Affiliates for
accrued but not yet delivered Commission payments.
Payment will be made out to
you and mailed, via U.S. postal mail, to the address you
provide at sign-up. (you will be able to modify your
address and contact info via your private affiliate
area)
Payment can also be made via Bank Transfer
or PayPal and it is your responsibility to always keep
us updated with the correct information.
The Affiliate will pay all
Transfer fees.
Any "refunds" to a customer,
referred through your "affiliate link", will be deducted
from your "credited" commission/s. Charge backs (None to
date!), if any, will be deducted from your "credited"
commissions and the charge back fee of USD 50.00
will also be deducted from your "credited"
commissions.
TERM OF
THE AGREEMENT
The term of this agreement
will begin upon our acceptance of your affiliate program
application and your placement of our banner or textual
link on your site and will end when terminated by either
party. Either you or we may terminate this agreement at
any time, by giving the other party written notice of
termination. This will be in the form of "email". You
can only earn refferal fees on sales occurring during
the term. We will never withhold any payment due.
Payment of monies owed you will be payable on the same
schedule as stated above for commission payment. Upon
termination of this agreement, the former Affiliate must
remove all Affiliate links and graphics from its web
site, and refrain from publishing same in any manner
whatsoever.
If you have any
additional question please contact us on affiliates@usgco.com or phone
our hotline on +44 207 100 1469.
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