This Distributor Service Agreement (the "Agreement") is made by and between African Holistic Health Group, Inc., a Michigan, USA corporation ("AHHG"), and you, as an Distributor user of the AHHG service ("You", "Your", "Distributor").
To be an authorized Distributor of AHHG, Inc., You agree to abide by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully before registering and using the AHHG Service as an Distributor. By signing up for AHHG, you indicate Your acceptance of this Agreement and its terms and conditions. If You do not accept this Agreement, do not use the AHHG Service as an Distributor.
PRIVACY POLICY
AHHG respects the privacy of its users and promises not to disclose personal or business information to third parties without the express permission of You and Your company. We will not sell Your name, e-mail address, phone number, or any other personal information to anyone else. We consider this information to be private, and it will remain as such. If You have any questions about Your privacy rights, contact us at africanholisticgroup@comcast.net
The following agreement is summarized as follows:
DEFINITIONS
"Performance Marketing" occurs when e-businesses ("Merchants") and individual web sites that generate their own traffic ("Distributors") partner to drive traffic to the Merchant’s Web site and the Merchant pays a reward or bounty when the Visitor referral results in a sale, lead, click, or other measurable action.
"Distributor" means a site that is rewarded for a legitimate sale, lead, click, or other measurable action by a Visitor, and uses the AHHG Service to facilitate applications, tracking, reporting, and receipt of commission payment.
"Merchant" means a Web site that pays a reward for a legitimate sale, lead, click, or other measurable action by a Visitor, and uses the AHHG Service to facilitate sign-ups, tracking, reporting, and issuance of commission payment.
"Visitor" means any person, or user that clicks on a Link to a Merchant’s Web site placed on an Distributor's Web site.
"Payout" means the amount sale commission, lead commission, or click commission established and agreed upon by AHHG and the Merchant. The Payout may be expressed as a set amount or as a percent of sales.
"Commission" means the amount sale commission, lead commission, or click commission established and agreed upon by AHHG and the Merchant. The Commission may be expressed as a set amount or as a percent of sales.
"Link" means a hyperlink placed on an Distributor's site that, when clicked on, serves a Merchant's Web site to the Visitor's browser. The Link may be in the form of text, a product image, a button, a banner or any other format acceptable to the Merchant, and defined only through the Merchant's program on AHHG.
"VOID" means a reversal of a Payout previously earned for a sale, lead, or click that is later rescinded or corrected by the Merchant. Merchant's may VOID transactions that are fraudulent, or in the case of returned merchandise, duplicate transactions, or other valid reasons.
"Your Account" means a separate, specific account within the Service that is credited with Your Commissions and other earnings.
THE SERVICE
AHHG has developed and operates a service (the "Service") which allows Web sites to run and/or participate in Performance Marketing programs. You wish to become an Distributor of AHHG and utilize the Service as an Distributor. As an Distributor of AHHG you will be establishing arrangements with third party organizations, called Merchants. All Distributor relationships established between You, the Distributor, and AHHG Merchants, will be conducted and managed through the Service.
LINK PLACEMENT
As an Distributor of the Service, you may place and remove Merchant Links on Your site and in Your email messages at Your discretion.
DISTRIBUTOR PAYMENT
You will receive a Commission for sending a Merchant authorized sales via Your Links. In order to place Links, You must first be approved by a Merchant to become an Distributor of that Merchant’s program. You understand that the Payout amount may be changed at any time. This information is also available to You at the AHHG Member’s Area. You are responsible for determining if the Payout for a Link You have placed on Your site has changed or been discontinued. You receive the Commission from AHHG. Payments are made automatically once each month when Your account balance reaches $50 or more for the previous months' transactions. Money credited to Your Account does not accrue interest. In the event of a VOID by a Merchant, AHHG may recover from You the corresponding Commission previously credited to Your Account. The VOID Commission will be immediately deducted from Your Account balance. In the event that Your Account balance is less than the VOID Commission, the VOID Commission will be deducted against Your future earnings. You will NEVER be asked to send money to AHHG
SERVICE AND SUPPORT
AHHG will provide support for the Service as indicated on the AHHG Web site.
EMAIL CONTACT
AHHG reserves the right to send e-mail to You for the purposes of informing you of applicable changes or additions to the Service or any AHHG related products and services.
CHANGES TO THE SERVICE
AHHG reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Agreement at any time and may add to, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time. In the event of any material change, AHHG will notify You via e-mail, newsletter or the AHHG Web site at least 7 days prior to any such changes taking effect, at which time You may either agree to such changes or withdraw from the Service.
REGISTRATION
To sign up as an Distributor of AHHG and to use the Service as an Distributor Partner you must be at least 18 (eighteen) years of age, and supply a valid tax-id, which may be your social security number for individuals, or a federal tax-id for corporations or entities.
THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SITES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN AHHG: ADULT SITES, SITES THAT DISPLAY ADULT BANNERS, SITES THAT PROMOTE VIOLENCE, BIGOTRY, OR HATRED. SITES THAT PROMOTE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, including but not limited to WAREZ, CRACKING, and HACKING SITES. As part of the registration process, You will select a username and password combination that You use to access Your Distributor area within the Service. You shall provide AHHG with accurate, complete and updated registration information. You may not select the name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person or deceive members or other users as to Your true identity. You agree that AHHG may rely on any data, notice, instruction or request furnished to AHHG by You which is reasonably believed by AHHG to be genuine and to have been sent or presented by a person reasonably believed by AHHG to be authorized to act on Your behalf. You shall notify AHHG by e-mail at africanholisticgroup@comcast.net of any known or suspected unauthorized uses of Your Account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of Your username and password. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your username and password and You are responsible for all usage and activity on Your Account, including use of the account by a third party authorized by You to use Your Account. Any fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination by AHHG and referral to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
ACCEPTED USE
You represent to AHHG that all content You provide to the Service is solely owned by You or provided by You with the express authority of the company You represent, does not infringe upon any other individual's or organization's rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights) and is not defamatory, libelous, unlawful or otherwise objectionable. You shall not provide, promote, distribute, place or otherwise publish as an Distributor of the Service any content, or Web site that includes content, which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, fraudulent or violates any law. As AHHG may not review all information provided by You, You shall remain solely responsible for Your content and Web site. As an Distributor, You may not artificially inflate traffic counts to Merchant site(s) using any device, program, robot or other means, including but not limited to JavaScript pop-up windows and redirects. You may not click on Your own banners and/or links or submit multiple leads to Your Merchant partners.
Links may not be placed in newsgroups, unsolicited e-mail, ICQ, banner networks, counters, chatrooms or guestbooks. Any Link placed must be done in such a way that it is not misleading to any Visitor and done with the intention of delivering valid sales, leads, or clicks to the related Merchant for that Link.
Points or reward programs for click or lead programs are NOT allowed. AHHG RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DEEM ANY SITE INAPPROPRIATE AND TERMINATE THE SITE AS A MEMBER OF AHHG. If You are terminated from the Service, AHHG has the right to withhold money You earned within the Service or money that You owe within the Service and You will not be allowed to re-join AHHG.
LIMITED WARRANTY
The Service, its operation, its use and the results of such use shall be performed in a workmanlike manner. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, AHHG DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IN RELATION TO THE SERVICE, ITS USE AND THE RESULTS OF SUCH USE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, AHHG SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY (A) THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, (B) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, (C) THAT THERE ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (D) THAT THE SECURITY METHODS EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT, OR (E) REGARDING CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. The Merchant will make reasonable commercial efforts to keep its transaction service operational during normal business hours. However, certain technical difficulties may, from time to time, result in temporary service interruptions. Distributor understands and acknowledges that it is normal to have a certain amount of system downtime and further agrees not to hold the Merchant liable for any of the consequences of such interruptions. MERCHANT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY WEB SITE OF DISTRIBUTOR OR DISTRIBUTOR CUSTOMER DATA FILES OR SYSTEMS OR PROGRAMS THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR DEVICES. MERCHANT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANT OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES EVEN IF MERCHANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF SUCH DAMAGES. ANY LIABILITY OF MERCHANT HEREUNDER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REVENUE EARNED BY MERCHANT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
AHHG OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR RESELLERS OR MERCHANTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR (I) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE AHHG SERVICE OR ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE AHHG WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA, EVEN IF AHHG OR A AHHG AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR (II) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE WEB SITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEB SITE. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, AHHG'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE SMALLEST AMOUNT PERMITTED BY LAW. THIS PARAGRAPH WILL SURVIVE THE FAILURE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE OR LIMITED REMEDY.
You agree that AHHG, although the provider of the Service, has no responsibility or liability as a result of Your placement of authorized Links from Your Web site, and You, and the Merchant, jointly and severally agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless AHHG and its Distributors, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) directly or indirectly arising from or relating to any offer or any other matter related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof and any dispute relating thereto.
AHHG agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Distributor and its Distributors, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) directly or indirectly arising from or relating to AHHG's negligence or willful misconduct in performance of the Services or its breach of this Agreement.
NON-DISCLOSURE
AHHG acknowledges that in the course of this Agreement it shall have access to confidential and proprietary information ("Confidential Information") of Your company. AHHG agrees not to disclose or disseminate the Confidential Information without Your prior express written consent. The term "Confidential Information" shall not include information that is or becomes part of the public domain through no action or omission of AHHG, that becomes available to AHHG from third parties without knowledge by AHHG of any breach of fiduciary duty, or that AHHG had in its possession prior to the date of this Agreement. AHHG does not collect information about a Merchant’s customer transactions, other than what is passed to us through the installed tracking code and displayed on Your own transaction reports. Any information we receive is used solely for tracking and Commission payment purposes. AHHG reserves the right to be able to utilize this data in aggregate to analyze Service trends, monitor Service efficiencies, and perform such other analysis as AHHG deems appropriate.
OWNERSHIP AND LICENSES
You, the Distributor, are granted a non-exclusive, limited, revocable right to use Merchant provided trademarks and banners. All images, technology and content provided for Your use is and shall remain the sole property of the Merchant, and no part thereof shall be deemed assigned or licensed to You except as explicitly provided for herein. All intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyrights, patent rights or applications, tradenames and service marks related to the foregoing shall remain the Merchant’s sole property, including rights in and to any derivatives thereof. You may not modify the trademarks, banners, the content or any of the images provided to You in any way.
A Merchant may immediately terminate Your license to use the marks if the Merchant reasonably believes that such use dilutes, tarnishes or blurs the value of their marks. You acknowledge that Your use of the marks will not create in You, nor will You represent that You have, any right, title or interest in or to the marks other than the license granted by the Merchant above. You will not challenge the validity of or attempt to register any of the marks or Your interest therein as a licensee, nor will You adopt any derivative or confusingly similar names, brands or marks or create any combination marks with the marks. You acknowledge the Merchant’s ownership and exclusive right to use the marks and agree that all goodwill arising as a result of the use of the marks shall inure to the benefit of the Merchant.
REPRESENTATIONS
AHHG makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site which You may access through the Service. In addition, a link to a non-AHHG Web site does not mean that AHHG endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such Web site.
NONASSIGNABILITY
Distributor or AHHG may assign this Agreement to any successor or Distributor upon notice to the other party and mutual agreement between both parties.
FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable hereunder by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder on account of strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes or any other cause which is beyond the reasonable control of such party.
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES
This Agreement shall be governed by Michigan, USA law (except for conflict of law provisions). The exclusive forum for any actions brought in connection with this Agreement shall be in the state and federal courts in and for the State of Michigan, USA and You consent to such jurisdiction. The application of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.
MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement represents the complete agreement concerning this license and may be amended only by a writing executed by both parties. THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PURCHASE ORDER PLACED BY YOU IS EXPRESSLY MADE CONDITIONAL ON YOUR ASSENT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN, AND NOT THOSE IN YOUR PURCHASE ORDER. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.