Affiliate Program Operating Agreement

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This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation in the RETRIEVERWORLD.COM Affiliate Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means RETRIEVERWORLD.COM, and "you" means the applicant. "Site" means a World Wide website and, depending on the context, refers either to RETRIEVERWORLD.COM site, located at the URL WWW.RETRIEVERWORLD.COM, or to any site that you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your Program application).

Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program application via our 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 (in our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the Program. Unsuitable sites include those that:

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 (in our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement.

  1. Links on Your Site

    General Link to RETRIEVERWORLD.COM Home Page: You may provide a general link on your site to our home page at http://WWW.RETRIEVERWORLD.COM.

    We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and commission accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged" link formats to be used in all links between your site and our site. You must ensure that each of the links between your site and our site properly utilizes such special link formats. Links to our site placed on your site pursuant to this Agreement and that properly utilize such special link formats are referred to as "Special Links." You will earn commission fees only with respect to activity on our site occurring directly through Special Links; we will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use Special Links, including to the extent that such failure may result in any reduction of amounts that would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.
  2. Order Processing
    We will process Product orders placed by customers who follow Special Links from your site to our site. 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 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 by using Special Links from your site to 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 in our discretion.
  3. Commission Fees
    We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 8 below) commission  fees on Product sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be eligible to earn a commission  fee, the customer must click-through a Special Link from your site to our site. The session ends upon one of the following events: (a) 24 hours elapses from the customer's initial click-through, (b) the customer orders a product, or (c) the customer follows a third party's Special Link. We will only pay commission fees after an order has been placed, processed, and, payment have been received.

    You may not purchase products during sessions initiated through the links on your site for your own use, for resale or commercial use of any kind. This includes orders for customers or on behalf of customers or orders for products to be used by you or your friends, relatives, or Affiliate in any manner. Such purchases may result (in our sole discretion) in the withholding of commission fees or the termination of this Agreement. Products that are eligible to earn commission fees under the rules set forth above are referred to as "Qualifying Products."

    In addition, you may not: (a) directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or incentive (including, without limitation, payment of money (including any rebate), or granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site to access our site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for persons or entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); (b) post any Special Links on any website or other platform that is accessible through any Internet Access Appliance; (c) read, intercept, record, redirect, interpret, or fill in the contents of any electronic form or other materials submitted to us by any person or entity; (d) in any way modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute the operation of any button, link, or other interactive feature of our site; (e) make any orders, requests, or engage in other transactions of any kind on our site on behalf of any third party, or authorize, assist, or encourage any other person or entity to do so; (f) take any action that could reasonably cause any customer confusion as to our relationship with you, or as to the site on which any functions or transactions (e.g., search, order, browse, and so on) are occurring; or (g) post or serve any advertisements or promotional content around or in conjunction with the display of our site (e.g., through any "framing" technique or technology or pop-up windows), or assist, authorize, or encourage any third party to take any such action. If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing activities, we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold any commission fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or terminate this Agreement.
  4. Commission Fee Schedule
    You will earn commission fees based on Qualifying Revenues according to commission fee schedules to be established by us. "Qualifying Revenues" are revenues derived by us from our sales of products. The commission fee schedule is:

    10% of the sale of each Individually Linked Products that results from following a Special Link from your site to the Individually Linked products.
  5. Commission Fee Payment
    We will pay you commission fees on a quarterly basis. Approximately 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, we will send you a check for the commission fees earned, subject to our standard terms and conditions. However, if the commission fees payable to you for any calendar quarter are less than $50, we will hold payment until the total amount due is at least $50 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. In calculating commission fees, we will deduct the corresponding commission fee from your next quarterly payment if a purchase is returned by the customer. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill for the commission fee.
  6. Policies and Pricing
    Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be customers of RETRIEVERWORLD.COM . Accordingly, all RETRIEVERWORLD.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. For example, we will determine the prices to be charged for products sold under this Program in accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices and availability may vary from time to time. Because price changes may affect Products that you already have listed on your site, you may not include price information in your Product descriptions. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular product.
  7. Identifying Yourself as an Affiliate
    We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies your site as a Program participant. You must display this logo or the phrase "In association with RETRIEVERWORLD.COM" somewhere on your site. We may modify the text or graphic image of this notice from time to time.  You may not in any manner misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us and you, or express or imply any relationship or affiliation between us and you or any other person or entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including by expressing or implying that RETRIEVERWORLD.COM supports, sponsors, endorses, or contributes money to any charity or other cause).
  8. Limited License
    We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and text described in Section 10 and such other text or images for which we grant express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant and to assist in generating Product sales. You may not modify the graphic image or text, or any other of our images, in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the graphic image and text, any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our Trademark Guidelines, as those guidelines may change from time to time. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you written notice.
  9. Responsibility for Your Site
    You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you will be solely responsible for:
    • the technical operation of your site and all related equipment;
    • the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on your site (including, among other things, all Product-related materials);
    • ensuring that materials posted on your 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);
    • ensuring that materials posted on your site are not libelous or otherwise illegal.

      We disclaim all liability for these matters. Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorney's fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.

  10. Term of the Agreement
    The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your site, all links to our site, and all RETRIEVERWORLD.COM trademarks, trade dress, and logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program. You are eligible to earn commission fees only on our sales that occur during the term, and commission fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
  11. Modification
    We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available commission fees, commission fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
  12. 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 anything in this Section.
  13. 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 commission fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
  14. Disclaimers
    We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or any products sold through the 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 site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.
  15. Independent Investigation
    YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT CUSTOMER COMMISSIONS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEBSITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEBSITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
  16. Arbitration
    Any dispute relating in any way to this Agreement (including any actual or alleged breach hereof), any transactions or activities under this Agreement or your relationship with us or any of our affiliates shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Nashville, North Carolina. To the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of North Carolina (and you consent to non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts) or any other court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

  17. Miscellaneous
    This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the state of North Carolina, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. 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 be 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.


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