Affiliate Terms
To be an authorized
affiliate of Heart of Asia Romance Network you agree to abide by the terms and
conditions contained in this agreement.
Please read this agreement carefully before registering and using the
HeartofAsiaOnline.Com service as an affiliate. By signing up for
the Heart of Asia Romance Network affiliate program, you indicate
your acceptance
of this agreement and its terms and conditions.
Heart of Asia Romance Network Affiliate Agreement
INTRODUCTION
You ("Publisher") and Heart of Asia Romance Network., of 3525
Del Mar Heights Road, #408, San Diego, CA 92130 USA ("Advertiser" or "Heart
of Asia") have each entered into the following Affiliate Agreement.
Publisher acknowledges that it may participate in Advertiser's Program
only under the terms and conditions set forth below, and that
subsequent to Publisher accepting this Affiliate Agreement, Advertiser
will, in its sole discretion, determine whether or not to accept
Publisher into Advertiser's Program. If Advertiser rejects Publisher's
application, Publisher may reapply to the Program at any time. Any
Advertiser content, trademarks, logos, service marks, trade dress,
slogans, copyrighted or other proprietary material, or links contained
therein, that are authorized by Advertiser to be provided to Publisher
through the Heart of Asia is considered "Advertiser Content."
AGREEMENT
For value received, Publisher covenants Advertiser as
follows:
1. INCORPORATION
The introductory paragraph above is incorporated herein, and any
capitalized term herein that is not defined will have the meaning set
forth in the Publisher Service Agreement.
2. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
In the event of an inconsistency between the Publisher Service
Agreement and this Affiliate Agreement, this Affiliate Agreement will
control.
3. ONGOING COMPLIANCE
Publisher's continuing compliance with this Affiliate Agreement
is a condition of continuing participation in the Program. Advertiser
reserves the right to review and audit Publisher's Web site from time
to time to determine if Publisher is in continued compliance with this
Affiliate Agreement. Publisher's Web site must be and remain fully
functional. Advertiser may reject or terminate Publisher if its Web
site is not live or under construction, or if Publisher's Web site is a
personal homepage or personal web site.
4. COMMISSION
The applicable commission payable to Publisher is set forth on
the affiliate login detail page, subject to decrease upon 7 days prior
written notice to Publisher and increases take immediate effect.
Publisher is paid commissions based on paid and processed Silver or
Gold New membership sales, and eBooks only only. Publisher
is not paid commissions on (a) unprocessed sales, (b)chargebacked
sales, (c) or any other orders that are not fully paid and processed.
Publisher acknowledges that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Publisher Service Agreement, there may be up to 14 days
of delay in between the reporting of the subscription and the reporting
of Publisher's commission through Publisher's Account page in the
Heart of Asia, and adjustments for chargebacks may be made up to 90
days after the reporting of the subscription. Payments will be
issued at the end of the month, following the month in which
commissions earned have accumulated to $100. The amount paid will equal
the total commissions payable by the last day of the month in
which commissions earned have accumulated to $100.
5. ADULT CONTENT AND OTHER UNACCEPTABLE CONTENT
Publisher may not post adult-oriented content on any page on
which the Advertiser Content appears. Advertiser considers content to
be "adult" if it contains nudity, is sexually explicit, pornographic,
lewd material, obscenity, primarily intended for sexual gratification
or is otherwise inappropriate for minors, as determined in Advertiser's
sole discretion. Publisher may not post any offensive or incorporate
images or content that is in any way harmful, threatening, obscene,
harassing or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or
promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age, as determined in Advertiser's
sole discretion.
6. USE OF ADVERTISER CONTENT
Publisher agrees that it is sublicensed only the exact
Advertiser Content provided by Advertiser through the Heart of Asia and
only in the form and manner available from and as specified in the
Heart of Asia. Advertiser shall have complete discretion to evaluate
Publisher's use to decide whether that use violates any
applicable terms and conditions.
(a) Publisher may not distribute, transfer, sublicense or
otherwise use Advertiser Content in a manner inconsistent with this
Affiliate Agreement.
(b) Publisher acknowledges that Advertiser owns and will retain
all right, title, and interest in the Advertiser Content, including,
without limitation, any proprietary rights which may be developed in
the future.
(c) Publisher will ensure that the presentation of the Advertiser
Content is consistent with Advertiser's own use of the Advertiser
Content in comparable media.
(d) Publisher will not remove or modify any trademark, service
mark, or privacy policy notices from the Advertiser Content
(e) Publisher will not present or use Advertiser Content: (i) in
a manner that could be reasonably interpreted to suggest editorial
content has been authored by, or represents the views or opinions
of Advertiser, or Advertiser's representatives; (ii) in a manner that
is misleading, defamatory, libelous, obscene, or other wise
objectionable, in Advertiser's reasonable opinion; (iii) in a way that
infringes, derogates, dilutes, or impairs the rights of Advertiser
Content; or (iv) as part of a name of a product or service of a
company other than Advertiser.
(f) Publisher will make any changes to its use of the Advertiser
Content as are reasonably requested by Advertiser.
(g) Publisher will not publish prices, special offers or
discounts in connection with the Advertiser Content on its Web site.
(h) ALTERING OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE ADVERTISER CONTENT IS
STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION FROM THE PROGRAM
WITHOUT PAY. ALL RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED BY ADVERTISER ARE
RESERVED.
7. PUBLISHER EMAIL ACTIVITIES
With respect to any advertising delivered via e-mail, Publisher
agrees that it will not distribution any e-mails or newsletters
containing Advertiser Content or promoting Advertiser without the prior
written permission of Advertiser. If Publisher desires to conduct an
e-mail or e-newsletter campaign containing Advertiser Content or
promoting Advertiser, Publisher must contact Advertiser and complete a
Publisher E-Mail Campaign Application, and if approved by
Advertiser, Publisher will be required to enter into a
supplemental agreement that will be appended to and incorporated into
this Affiliate Agreement.
8. LIMITED TO U.S. TARGETED USERS
Publisher will be allowed to participate in the Program so long
as Publisher's Web site substantially services or targets U.S.
residents. Publisher acknowledges that Advertiser's service under the
Program is primarilyt for U.S. residents only, and that Visitors who
subscribe to our service must pay in U.S. dollars.
9. PRIVACY POLICY
Publisher will not collect personally identifiable or aggregated
data from Visitors. Any Visitor data generated by Publisher's
activities in connection with the Program will be the sole property of
Advertiser.
10. MATERIAL BREACH
Publisher agrees that Advertiser may terminate Publisher from
its Program and that Publisher forfeits all monies resulting therefrom,
if:
(a) Publisher has become or is likely to become a litigant in an
action which will materially and adversely affect Advertiser's
business; or
(b) Publisher (as determined by Advertiser in its sole
discretion): spams to Advertiser's users, hijacks, provides false
account information, falsely increases the number of Transactions
and/or acts; or
(c) Non-compliance with this Affiliate Agreement or the Publisher
Service Agreement.
11. NO REPRESENTATIONS
Publisher agrees that it shall not, without the express written
consent of Advertiser, make statements that it is doing business with
any Advertiser entity or to use any brand features of Advertiser with
any such permitted statement, and Publisher agrees to not make any
representations, warranties or other statements concerning
Advertiser, Advertiser's Web site, product or services (including but
not limited to pricing information, special offers, discounts, and
testimonial text), Advertiser Content, or Advertiser's policies.
12. TERM AND TERMINATION
The term of this Affiliate Agreement shall be continuous, unless
and until either party properly terminates this Affiliate Agreement, in
accordance with the following: (i) Advertiser shall provide
Publisher with seven (7) days notice, except as provided for in 12(iii)
below; (ii) Publisher uses the automated system within the
Network Service to drop the Program; and (iii) notwithstanding
Section 2.3 of the Publisher Service Agreement, Publisher agrees and
acknowledges that if Publisher breaches any provision of this
Affiliate Agreement Advertiser may immediately terminate Publisher from
Advertiser's Program. Upon termination of this Affiliate
Agreement, Publisher must immediately remove from Publisher's
Website(s) and cease using any Program Links. Advertiser intends to
terminate this Affiliate Agreement with any Publisher that generates
commissions during any consecutive 120 day period. Following
termination of this Affiliate Agreement, Publisher agrees to
refund any amounts that were earned from Advertiser in breach of this
Agreement or the Publisher Service Agreement.
13. RESPONSIBLITY FOR SITE/INDEMNIFICATION
Publisher will be solely responsible for the development,
operation, and maintenance of its Website(s) and for all content that
appears on Publisher's Website(s). For example, Publisher will be
solely responsible for:
* technical operation of Publisher's Website(s) and all related
equipment;
* placement of Links to Advertiser as described above;
* accuracy, timeliness and appropriateness of content posted on
Publisher's Website(s) (including, among other things, all of
Advertiser's offers);
* ensuring that materials posted on Publisher's Website(s) 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
* ensuring that content posted on Publisher's Website(s) is in
compliance with this Affiliate Agreement, and not libelous or otherwise
illegal.
Advertiser disclaims all liability for these matters. Further,
Publisher agrees to indemnify and hold Advertiser, and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other
partners, and employees, harmless from all claims, damages, demands,
and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees)
relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents
of Publisher's site, use of the Advertiser Content, violation of this
Affiliate Agreement, or violation of any right of another party.
Publisher will permit Advertiser, at its election, to assume and
control the defense of any such claim.
14. MODIFICATIONS
Advertiser may modify any provision(s) of this Affiliate
Agreement upon seven (7) days notice by notifying Publisher in writing.
Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of
available referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program
rules. If any modification is unacceptable to Publisher, the only
recourse for Publisher is to terminate this Affiliate Agreement.
Publisher's continued participation in the Program and compliance with
such change(s) following Advertiser's notification will
constitute binding acceptance of such change.
15. GENERAL
The Publisher Service Agreement, and the Affiliate Prgramss
detail page Heart of Asia and this Affiliate Agreement constitute
the entire agreement between Publisher and Advertiser and govern
participation in the Program, superceding any prior agreements between
Publisher and Advertiser. This Affiliate Agreement and the relationship
between Publisher and Advertiser shall be governed by the laws of the
State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Notwithstanding the choice of venue in the Publisher Service
Agreement, Publisher and Advertiser agree to submit to the personal
jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of San
Diego, California. The failure of Advertiser to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of this Affiliate Agreement shall not
constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of
this Affiliate Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court
should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected
in the provision, and the other provisions of this Affiliate
Agreement remain in full force and effect. Publisher will not assign,
transfer, sublicense, or otherwise delegate its rights under this
Affiliate Agreement without the prior written consent of
Advertiser. Any such assignment, transfer, sublicense or delegation in
derogation of this provisions shall be null and void.
BY APPLYING
FOR THE HEART OF ASIA ROMANCE NETWORK AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND CLICKING ON
THE "SUBMIT" ICON BUTTON YOU, PUBLISHER, ARE SIGNIFYING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS AFFILIATE AGREEMENT TO
THE SAME EXTENT AS IF YOU HAD PERSONALLY SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT.
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