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This Agreement
contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an
individual's or entity's participation in the Digucom Referral
Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement,
"we" means all participating companies identified
as Digucom Referral Program Sponsors and "you" means
the Program Member. "Website" means a World Wide
Web Website and, depending on the context, refers either to
a Digucom Website or to the Website that you will link to
our Website as identified by you.
1. Program
Enrollment
To enroll, you must submit the application through our Website.
Digucom will evaluate your application in good faith and will
notify you of your acceptance or rejection. At our sole discretion,
Digucom may reject your application if we determine that your
Website is unsuitable for the Program. Unsuitable Websites
include those that:
- Promote
sexually explicit materials
- Promote
violence
- Promote
discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age
- Promote
illegal activities
- Include
"Digucom" or variations or misspellings thereof
in their domain names
- Otherwise
violate intellectual property rights
- 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 Website is thereafter determined
(at our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program,
we may terminate this Agreement.
2.
Links on Your Website
Once you have been notified that your Website has been accepted
into the Program, you will provide on your Website a button
or graphic designed us and available for download on our Website.
We hereby grant to you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, right
to link to our Website solely for purposes of linking the
your Website to our Website. You agree that you will link
to our Website only through the your Website, and shall not
link to the our Website through any other URL or mirrored
Website without our prior written consent. In addition, you
may not link to our Website by framing any portion of your
Website around our Website. We will provide you with guidelines
and graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page.
To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual,
we will provide you with special referral id number to be
used in all transactions referring to our Website. You will
only earn referral fees with respect to activity on our Website
occurring directly through use of this referral id. We will
not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to
use your referral id, 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.
3. Order
Processing
We will process Service orders placed by customers who enter
your referral id on the service signup form. We reserve the
right to reject orders that do not comply with any requirements
that we periodically may establish. We will be responsible
for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment. Among
other things, we will prepare order forms, process payments
and cancellations, and handle customer service. We will track
orders made to customers who purchase Services using your
referral id.
4. Referral
Fees
We will pay you (in accordance with the terms below) referral
fees for certain Services sold to third parties. For a Services
sale to be eligible to earn a referral fee, the customer must
enter your referral id number, select and purchase the Services
using our ordering and remit full payment to us. We will not
pay referral fees on any Services that are purchased via our
order forms where a customer did not enter your referral id
number. You may not purchase Services using your referral
id 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 Services to be used by you or your friends,
relatives or in any manner thereof. Such purchases may result
(in our sole discretion) in the withholding of referral fees
or the termination of this Agreement. Services that are eligible
to earn referral fees under the rules set forth above are
referred to as "Qualifying Services." In addition,
you may not directly or indirectly offer any person or entity
any consideration or incentive (including, without limitation,
payment of money or awarding of any benefits) for using your
referral id number (e.g., by implementing any "rewards"
program for persons or entities who use your referral id number).
If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have offered
any person or entity any such consideration or incentive,
we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available
to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you
under this Agreement.
5. Referral
Fee Schedule
We will pay you 2% of the gross sales accomplished through
the use of the referral id number from your Website to our
Digucom Website, specifically, http://www.digucom.com.
6. Referral
Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a quarterly basis. Approximately
30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, we will
send you a check for the referral fees earned on our sales
of Qualifying Services that were ordered during that quarter,
less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold. However,
if the referral fees payable to you for any calendar quarter
are less than $50.00, we will hold those referral fees until
the total amount due is at least $50.00 or (if earlier) until
this Agreement is terminated. If a customer cancels a Service
that generated a referral fee within 30 days, we will deduct
the corresponding referral fee from your next quarterly payment.
If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill
for the referral fee.
7. Policies
and Pricing
Customers who buy Services through this Program will be deemed
to be customers of Digucom. Accordingly, all of Digucom's
rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning customer
orders, customer service, and Services 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 Services sold under this Program in accordance
with our own pricing policies. Service prices and availability
may vary from time to time. Because price changes may affect
Services that you already have listed on your Website, you
may not include price information in your Services descriptions.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate
information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price
of any particular Services.
8. Identification
as a Digucom Referral Member
We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies
your Website as a Program participant and member. You must
display this logo or the phrase "In association with
Digucom" somewhere on your Website. We may modify the
text or graphic image of this notice from time to time. In
addition, we encourage (but do not require) you to include
a Special Link on your Website to the Digucom Referral home
page at http://www.digucom.com/html/referralprogram.htm.
You may not make any press release with respect to this Agreement
or your participation in the Program without our prior written
consent, which may be given or withheld in our sole discretion.
9. Limited
License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic
image and text described in Section 8 and such other images
for which we grant express permission, solely for the purpose
of identifying your Website as a Program participant and to
assist in generating Service 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. We may revoke your
license at any time by giving you written notice.
10. Responsibility
for Your Website
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation,
and maintenance of your Website and for all materials that
appear on your Website. For example, you will be solely responsible
for:
The technical
operation of your Website and all related equipment
Creating and posting Services descriptions on your Website
and linking those descriptions to our catalog
The accuracy
and appropriateness of materials posted on your Website (including,
among other things, all Services-related materials)
Ensuring
that materials posted on your Website 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 Website 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, attorneys' fees) relating
to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of
your Website.
11. 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 Website, all links to our Website, and
all Digucom 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 only eligible to
earn referral fees on our sales of Qualifying Services occurring
during the term, and referral 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.
12. 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 Website.
Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope
of available referral fees, referral 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 WEBSITE
WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
13. 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 Website or otherwise,
that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
14. Indemnification
You agree that you shall indemnify and hold harmless Digucom
from any and all loss, cost, expense, and damage on account
of any and all manner of claims, demands, actions, suits,
proceedings, judgments, costs and expenses that may be initiated
against Digucom and Digucom's owners, officers, directors,
and employees. You further agree to hold Digucom harmless
from any dispute, which may arise from a breach of terms of
this Contract or other negligent or improper actions of the
Customer. Customer agrees to hold Digucom harmless from any
claims and expenses, and will pay on behalf of Digucom all
reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
15. Limitation
of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential
damages (or any loss of , 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 referral fees paid or payable to
you under this Agreement.
16. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations
with respect to the Program or any services 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 Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we
will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions
or errors.
17. 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 REFERRALS
ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT
OR OPERATE WEB WEBSITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH
YOUR WEB 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.
18. Confidentiality.
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that certain information
that it receives from the other party (the "Disclosing
Party") will constitute the confidential and proprietary
information of the Disclosing Party ("Confidential Information"),
and agrees that it will take all reasonable steps to preserve
the strict confidentiality of any such information; provided
that such information in tangible form is clearly marked as
confidential and oral disclosures are promptly confirmed as
confidential in writing. The receiving party will safeguard
the confidential information with the same degree of care
that it uses to protect its own confidential information.
Each party agrees to restrict its internal distribution of
the other party's Confidential Information to its employees
and agents who have a need to know, and to take such steps
to ensure that its dissemination is so limited. For purposes
of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall not include
any information to the extent that such information (a) is
presently, or subsequently becomes, generally available to
the public without a wrongful act of the receiving party;
(b) is information which the Disclosing Party agrees in writing
may be disclosed without restriction; (c) is already known
to the receiving party; (d) is developed independently by
the receiving party without reference to any Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party; (e) is furnished by the
Disclosing Party to a third party without restriction on disclosure;
or (f) is disclosed pursuant to a court order.
19. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, in the United States of America. Each party agrees
that jurisdiction and venue for any and all claims, disputes
or other matters arising out of the services provided herein
and under this Agreement will only lie in Chesterfield County,
Virginia. 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 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.
20. Arbitration.
In the event a dispute or controversy arises out of or relating
to this Agreement, such dispute or controversy (including
contentions that a party is in default in performance of its
obligations hereunder, but excluding questions as to the validity
and binding effect of this Contract, which shall be conclusively
presumed) shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance
with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association, and judgment upon the award may be entered in
any court of competent jurisdiction.
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