1. Overview
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to you becoming an affiliate in the Flare Audio Affiliate Program. Please note that throughout this Agreement, "we," "us," and "our" refer to Flare Audio, and "you," "your," and "yours" refer to the affiliate.
By participating in the Program, Affiliate agrees to use the Program in the manner specified in, and are bound by, these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions in their entirety you are not authorized to register as an Affiliate or participate in the Program in any manner.
2. Affiliate Obligations
2.1. To begin the enrolment process, you will complete and submit the online application. An approved application does not imply that we may not re-evaluate your application at any point. We reserve the right to approve or reject ANY Affiliate Program Registration in our sole and absolute discretion. You will have no legal recourse against us for the rejection of your Affiliate Program Registration. We may cancel your application if we determine that your site is unsuitable for our Program, including if it:
2.1.1. Promotes sexually explicit materials
2.1.2. Promotes violence
2.1.3. Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
2.1.4. Promotes illegal activities
2.1.5. Incorporates any materials which infringe or assist others to infringe on any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights or to violate the law
2.1.6. Includes "Flare Audio" or variations or misspellings thereof in its domain name
2.1.7. Is otherwise in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion.
2.1.8. Contains software downloads that potentially enable diversions of commission from other affiliates in our program.
2.1.9. You may not create or design your website or any other website that you operate, explicitly or implied in a manner which resembles our website nor design your website in a manner which leads customers to believe you are Flare Audio or any other affiliated business.
2.2. For us to accurately keep track of all guest visits from your site to ours, you must use the HTML code that we provide for each banner, text link, or other affiliate link we provide you with.
2.3. Flare Audio reserves the right, at any time, to review your placement and approve the use of your links and require that you change the placement or use to comply with the guidelines provided to you.
2.4. The maintenance and the updating of your site will be your responsibility. We may monitor your site as we feel necessary to make sure that it is up-to-date and to notify you of any changes that we feel should enhance your performance.
2.5. It is entirely your responsibility to follow all applicable intellectual property and other laws that pertain to your site. You must have express permission to use any person's copyrighted material, whether it be a writing, an image, or any other copyrightable work. We will not be responsible (and you will be solely responsible) if you use another person's copyrighted material or other intellectual property in violation of the law or any third-party rights.
3. Flare Audio Rights and Obligations
3.1. We have the right to monitor your site at any time to determine if you are following the terms and conditions of this Agreement. We may notify you of any changes to your site that we feel should be made, or to make sure that your links to our web site are appropriate and to notify you further of any changes that we feel should be made. If you do not make the changes to your site that we feel are necessary, we reserve the right to terminate your participation in the Flare Audio Affiliate Program.
3.2. Flare Audio reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and your participation in the Flare Audio Affiliate Program immediately and without notice to you should you commit fraud in your use of the Flare Audio Affiliate Program or should you abuse this program in any way. If such fraud or abuse is detected, Flare Audio shall not be liable to you for any commissions for such fraudulent sales.
3.3. This Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Affiliate application and will continue unless terminated hereunder.
4. Termination
Either you or we may end this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice. Written notice can be in the form of mail or email. In addition, this Agreement will terminate immediately upon any breach of this Agreement by you.
If an Affiliate wishes to be removed from the affiliate program, they can do so by contacting:
info@flareaudio.com.
5. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement at any time at our sole discretion. In such event, you will be notified by email. Modifications may include, but are not limited to, changes in the payment procedures and Flare Audio Affiliate Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only option is to end this Agreement. Your continued participation in Flare Audio’s Affiliate Program following the posting of the change notice or new Agreement on our site will indicate your agreement to the changes.
6. Payment and Commission
Flare Audio uses a third-party Shopify affiliate app called Secomapp to handle all of the tracking and use Shopify to handle all payments. Kindly review Secomapp and Shopify terms and conditions regards the handling and privacy of data and payments.
All sales made via an affiliate link or coupon code will be checked and approved by Flare before any commission is paid. Flare Audio reserve the right to disapprove any sale if deemed illegitimately made.
The Affiliate may be assigned to one or more coupon codes with details and usage clarified on the interface. If a customer clicks on the affiliate link and uses the coupon code, you will not receive a double commission. If you’re not assigned a branded coupon, then you’re not allowed to promote the coupon.
Refer any customer via your given Affiliate link or coupon code to make a purchase on the Flare Audio website. You will get a commission amount which is based on your given commission tier. Commission amount is calculated based on total order value and does not include tax or shipping.
For an Affiliate to receive a commission, you need to specify the payment details on the interface.
Payments will only be sent for transactions that have been successfully completed. Flare Audio has the right to review each and every referral order. Status of commission if displayed in the Commission tab, any paid commission will be listed on the Payment tab. Transactions that result in charge backs or refunds will not be paid out.
7. Cookies
We use cookies to track those who have clicked on your link and verify sales. Customers will need to allow cookies to allow tracking. If a customer doesn't allow cookies or clears their cookies then Flare Audio cannot track them and therefore will not be able to verify any commission based on that customer's activity.
Flare Audio does not guarantee that every customer will allow cookie tracking. Flare Audio are not responsible for any purchases made which cannot be verified as a result of an individual’s online privacy settings.
Flare Audio reserve the right to disapprove and cancel any commission which cannot be verified.
8. Access to Affiliate Account Interface
You will create a password so that you may enter Flare Audio’s secure affiliate account interface. From there you will have access to our terms and conditions, creative assets and reports based on your affiliate performance as well as more information on your referrals.
9. Promotion Restrictions
9.1. You are free to promote your own web sites, but naturally any promotion that mentions Flare Audio could be perceived by the public or the press as a joint effort. You should know that certain forms of advertising are always prohibited by Flare Audio. For example, advertising commonly referred to as "spamming" is unacceptable to us and could cause damage to our name. Other generally prohibited forms of advertising include the use of unsolicited commercial email (UCE), postings to non-commercial newsgroups and cross-posting to multiple newsgroups at once. In addition, you may not advertise in any way that effectively conceals or misrepresents your identity, your domain name, or your return email address. You may use mailings to customers to promote Flare Audio so long as the recipient is already a customer or subscriber of your services or web site, and recipients have the option to remove themselves from future marketing. Also, you may post to newsgroups to promote Flare Audio so long as the news group specifically welcomes commercial messages. At all times, you must clearly represent yourself and your web sites as independent from Flare Audio. If it comes to our attention that you are spamming, we will consider that cause for immediate termination of this Agreement and your participation in the Flare Audio Affiliate Program. Any pending balances owed to you will not be paid if your account is terminated due to such unacceptable advertising or solicitation.
9.2. Affiliates that among other keywords or exclusively bid in their Pay-Per-Click campaigns on keywords such as Flare Audio, Flare, flareaudio, www.flareaudio.com and/or any misspellings or similar alterations of these as well as any other Flare Audio registered trademark – be it separately or in combination with other keywords – and do not direct the traffic from such campaigns to their own website prior to re-directing it to ours, will be considered trademark violators, and will be banned from Flare Audio’s Affiliate Program. We will do everything possible to contact the affiliate prior to the ban. However, we reserve the right to expel any trademark violator from our affiliate program without prior notice, and on the first occurrence of such PPC bidding behaviour.
9.3. Affiliate shall not transmit any so-called “interstitials,” “Parasiteware™,” “Parasitic Marketing,” “Shopping Assistance Application,” “Toolbar Installations and/or Add-ons,” “Shopping Wallets” or “deceptive pop-ups and/or pop-unders” to consumers from the time the consumer clicks on a qualifying link until such time as the consumer has fully exited Flare Audio’s site (i.e., no page from our site or any Flare Audio content or branding is visible on the end-user’s screen). As used herein a. “Parasiteware™” and “Parasitic Marketing” shall mean an application that (a) through accidental or direct intent causes the overwriting of affiliate and non-affiliate commission tracking cookies through any other means than a customer initiated click on a qualifying link on a web page or email; (b) intercepts searches to redirect traffic through an installed software, thereby causing pop ups, commission tracking cookies to be put in place or other commission tracking cookies to be overwritten where a user would under normal circumstances have arrived at the same destination through the results given by the search (search engines being, but not limited to, Google, MSN, Yahoo, Overture, AltaVista, Hotbot and similar search or directory engines); (c) set commission tracking cookies through loading of the Flare Audio site in iFrames, hidden links and automatic pop ups that open Flare Audio’s site; (d) targets text on web sites, other than those web sites 100% owned by the application owner, for the purpose of contextual marketing; (e) removes, replaces or blocks the visibility of Affiliate banners with any other banners, other than those that are on web sites 100% owned by the owner of the application.
10. Grant of Licenses
10.1. We grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to (i) access our site through HTML links solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) solely in connection with such links, to use our logos, trade names, trademarks, and similar identifying material (collectively, the "Licensed Materials") that we provide to you or authorize for such purpose through the affiliate network interface or through written permission from Flare Audio. You are only entitled to use the Licensed Materials to the extent that you are a member in good standing of Flare Audio’s Affiliate Program. You agree that all uses of the Licensed Materials will be on behalf of Flare Audio and the good will associated therewith will inure to the sole benefit of Flare Audio.
10.2. Each party agrees not to use the other's proprietary materials in any manner that is disparaging, misleading, obscene or that otherwise portrays the party in a negative light. Each party reserves all of its respective rights in the proprietary materials covered by this license. Other than the license granted in this Agreement, each party retains all right, title, and interest to its respective rights and no right, title, or interest is transferred to the other.
10.3. Upon termination of this agreement, the Affiliate must cease using all logos, trade names, trademarks, and similar identifying material (collectively, the "Licensed Materials") that we provide to you or authorize for such purpose through the affiliate network interface or through written permission from Flare Audio.
11. Disclaimer
FLARE AUDIO MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING FLARE AUDIO SERVICE AND WEB SITE OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED THEREIN, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FLARE AUDIO ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED. 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.
12. Representations and Warranties
You represent and warrant that:
12.1. 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.
12.2. You have the full right, power, and authority to enter into and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to perform your obligations under this Agreement, without the approval or consent of any other party.
12.3. You have sufficient right, title, and interest in and to the rights granted to us in this Agreement.
13. Limitations of Liability
WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL FLARE AUDIO’S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EXCEED THE TOTAL COMMISSION FEES PAID TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
14. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Flare Audio, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, partners, members, and other owners, against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) (any or all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as "Losses") insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on (i) any claim that our use of the affiliate trademarks infringes on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation of a representation or warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement made by you herein, or (iii) any claim related to your site, including, without limitation, content therein not attributable to us.
15. Confidentiality
All confidential information, including, but not limited to, any business, technical, financial, and customer information, disclosed by one party to the other during negotiation or the effective term of this Agreement which is marked "Confidential," will remain the sole property of the disclosing party, and each party will keep in confidence and not use or disclose such proprietary information of the other party without express written permission of the disclosing party.
16. Miscellaneous
16.1. You agree that you are an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between you and Flare Audio. 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 any other of Your Site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
16.2. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any party, except to a party who obtains all or substantially all of the business or assets of a third party.
16.3. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales without regard to the conflicts of laws and principles thereof.
16.4. You may not amend or waive any provision of this Agreement unless in writing and signed by both parties.
16.5. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between us and you and shall supersede all prior agreements and communications of the parties, oral or written regarding Flare Audio’s Affiliate Network. All other on-going agreements such as, but not limited to, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Reseller Partner Agreements and Ambassador Agreements remain in place as per their respective terms.
16.6. The headings and titles contained in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the terms of this Agreement.
16.7. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary such that the intent of the parties is effectuated, and the remainder of this agreement shall have full force and effect.
