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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following are our complete terms
and conditions to apply as a member of the WBA affiliate
program. Please read this agreement completely.
By submitting the application form or linking to the WBA
front ends you are deemed to have agreed to be bound to the
terms and conditions set out in this agreement.
You can enroll as a member of WBA Affiliate Program by
creating a unique link to WBA's front ends using text or one
of our banners located on our banner farm.
1. Definitions
1.1 "Site" means the WBA website located at http://www.WorldBingoNetwork.com
and its related pages and front ends.
1.2 "Customer(s)" means a person that enters the Site via
your Tracker(s) and deposited a certain amount of money.
1.3 "Tracker(s)" means the unique tracking URL that we
provide exclusively to you, during the term of this
Agreement, through which we track your efforts and calculate
your Advertising Revenue.
1.4 "Banners and Text Links" means the graphical artwork or
text that will be directed to our front ends home pages
through your Tracker, to permit a Customer to hyperlink from
your website to our front ends.
1.5 "Deposit(s)" means funds transferred by Customers to
their Site account.
1.6 "Redeem(s)" means any and all funds withdrawn or
cashed-out by Customers from their Site account plus amount
pending on the customers account plus any Deposits reversed
(or credits given) by us, in our sole discretion, to negate
fraud, error, Customer non satisfaction or through
charge-backs.
1.7 "Gross Operating Profit" (GOP) will mean the sum of
Deposits less Redeems less processing fees generated on your
Tracker(s) based solely on our log files.
1.8 "Advertising Revenue" is the percentage of GOP due and
payable to you, at the end of each calendar month, based
solely on our system's data. The Advertising Revenue will be
between 25%-45% of the GOP according to the amount of wagers
made by customers you send within 1 month of activity (see
chapter 4).
1.9 "Spam" means emails and messages that are sent by you,
directly or indirectly, which: 1), contain false or
misleading statements; 2), do not truthfully identify the
source or the originating IP Address; or 3), do not contain
an online and real time Remove option.
1.10 "Fraud Traffic" means Deposits or traffic generated at
the Site through illegal means or in bad faith to defraud
the system, regardless of whether or not it actually causes
us harm. Fraud Traffic includes but is not limited to Spam,
false advertising and unauthorized use of any third party
copyrights or trademarks.
2. Our Rights
and Obligations
2.1 Register your customers
We will register your customers and will track their
activity. We reserve the right to refuse customers (or to
close their accounts) if necessary to comply with any
requirements we may periodically establish.
2.2 Track customers Activity
We will track customers activity and will provide you with
remote online access to reports of customer activity and the
Advertising Revenue generated.
2.3 Pay a marketing Fee
We will pay you Advertising Revenue (defined above) we earn
from customers directed from your site after they open an
account with us and based on Deposits they make for real
money.
2.4 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 which
we will notify you of. Modifications may include, for
example, changes in the scope of available Advertising
Revenue, fee schedules, and Affiliate 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 (WHICH WE WILL
NOTIFY YOU OF) WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE
CHANGE.
3. Your Rights and Obligations
3.1 Linking to WBA
By agreeing to participate in this Affiliate Program, you
agree to create a unique link from your site to WBA front
ends. You may link to us with one of our banners or with a
text link. These are the only methods by which you may
advertise on our behalf. We will terminate this agreement
immediately if there is any form of spamming or if you
advertise our product in any other unauthorized way. You
shall not make any claims, representations, or warranties in
connection with us and you shall have no authority to, and
shall not, bind us to any obligations.
3.2 Agency Appointment
By this Agreement, we grant you the non-exclusive right to
direct customers to our site and services, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This
Agreement does not grant you an exclusive right or privilege
to assist us in the provision of services arising from your
referrals, and we obviously intend to contract with and
obtain the assistance from others at any time to perform
services of the same or similar nature as yours. You shall
have no claims to Advertising Revenue or other compensation
on business secured by or through persons or entities other
than you.
3.3 Approved Layouts
Without our prior written approval, you will only use our
approved banners and will not alter their appearance. The
appearance and syntax of the hypertext transfer link are
designed and designated by us and constitute the only
authorized and permitted representation of our site. You may
only use banners from WBA banner farm.
3.4 Good Faith
You will not benefit from known or suspected traffic not
generated in good faith whether or not it actually causes us
damage. We reserve the right to retain all amounts due to
you under this Agreement if we have reasonable cause to
believe that such traffic has been caused with your
knowledge. Even if you have not knowingly generated such
traffic, we reserve the right to withhold Advertising
Revenue with respect to such traffic.
3.5 Responsibility for Your Site
You will be solely responsible for 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,
attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation,
maintenance, and contents of your site.
3.6 License to use Marks
We hereby grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable
license, during the term of this Agreement, to use WBA
intellectual-property marks (licensed, in turn by us, from
their owner) solely in connection with the display of the
banners on your site. This license cannot be sub-licensed,
assigned or otherwise transferred by you. Your right to use
the marks is limited to and arises only out of this license
to use the banners.
You shall not assert the invalidity, unenforceability, or
contest the ownership of the marks in any action or
proceeding of whatever kind or nature, and shall not take
any action that may prejudice our or our licensor's rights
in the marks, render the same generic, or otherwise weaken
their validity or diminish their associated goodwill.
4. Fees
4.1 Charge-backs
A charge-back is defined as un-collectable CC transaction
from the CC companies as a result of customer non payment or
fraudulent credit card use. Charge back fees will be paid to
CC companies and will be administered by WBA.
4.1.1 Charge-back, credits during processing period.
If a charge back or credit occurs during the fee payment
processing period (by the 15th of each month), we reserve the right to
deduct the associated fees from the owed Advertising
Revenues.
4.2 Fee Payment
We will pay you Advertising Revenue on a monthly basis, by
the 15th of each month, but not less than $50
per payments via Neteller or ECO Card and $500 for
payments sent via other methods. If you fail to achieve the
minimum amount for Advertising Revenue on a certain month,
the earned amount will be carried over to the next calendar
month. All payments will be due and paid in United States
dollars. Advertising Revenue will be based upon our good
faith calculation based on our statistics.
4.3 Commission when customer is affiliate
WBA reserves the right not to pay an affiliate partner
and/or relative for their personal activity in WBA bingo
front ends. Relative for this purpose, the term "relative"
shall mean any of the following: spouse, partner, parent,
child or sibling.
5. Term and Termination
5.1 The term of this Agreement will begin when you submit
your registration form and will be continuous until either
party notifies the other in writing that it wishes to
terminate the Agreement, in which case this Agreement may be
terminated immediately. TERMINATION IS AT WILL, FOR ANY
REASON, BY EITHER PARTY. For purposes of notification of
termination, delivery via e-mail is considered a written and
immediate form of notification.
5.2 Upon termination:
You must remove all of our banners/icons from your site and
disable the link from your site to ours.
All rights and licenses given to you in this Agreement shall
immediately terminate.
If you have failed to fulfill your obligations and
responsibilities, we will not pay you the Advertising
Revenue otherwise owing to you on termination.
We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to
ensure that the correct amount is paid.
If we continue to permit play from customers after
termination, this will not constitute a continuation or
renewal of this Agreement or a waiver of termination.
5.3 Confidential Information
WE MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IF WE DETERMINE (IN OUR SOLE
DISCRETION) THAT YOUR SITE IS UNSUITABLE. Unsuitable sites
include those that: are aimed at children, display child
pornography or other illegal sexual acts, promote violence,
promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age, promote
illegal activities, violate intellectual property rights.
5.4 Commercial Use Only.
This Marketing opportunity is for commercial use only, and
you, your family members, friends, associates may not make
Deposits, directly or indirectly, through your Tracker for
your own personal use or to fraudulently increase the
Advertising Revenue payables to you. If you wish to make
test transactions to evaluate the system, including
Deposits, please contact affiliate@WorldBingoNetwork.com so
we can refund the charges once you have completed your
testing. Transactions made in violation of this provision
will be deemed Fraud Traffic and we will deduct such
Deposits or traffic from your Advertising Revenue.
6. Indemnity
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold WBA, their directors,
officers, employees, and representatives harmless from and
against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, and costs,
including reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from,
arising out of, or in any way connected with:
(a) Any breach by you of any warranty, representation, or
agreement contained in this Agreement.
(b) The performance of your duties and obligations under
this Agreement.
(c) Your negligence or any injury caused directly or
indirectly by your negligent or intentional acts or
omissions, or the unauthorized use of our banners and link
or this Affiliate Program.
7. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations
with respect to the WBA Affiliate Program or marketing fee
payment arrangements (including, without limitation, their
functionality, warranties of fitness, merchantability,
legality, 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 will not be liable for the consequences of any
interruptions or errors.
8. Relationship of Parties
You are independent contractor, 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 WBA
behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your
site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything
in this paragraph.
9. 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
Affiliate 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 Advertising Revenue paid
or payable to you under this Agreement. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to provide any rights, remedies
or benefits to any person or entity not a party to this
Agreement. Any liability arising under this Agreement shall
be satisfied solely from the marketing fee generated and is
limited to direct damages.
10. 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 OR CONTRACT WITH WEB SITES THAT
ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN
THIS AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY
REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
11.
Miscellaneous
11.1 Governing Law
The laws of Costa Rica, without reference to will govern
this Agreement rules governing choice of law. Any action
relating to this Agreement must be brought in Costa Rica and
you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of its courts.
11.2 Non-Waiver
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. None of our employees,
officers or agents may verbally alter, modify or waive any
provision of this Agreement.
11.3 Remedies
Our rights and remedies hereunder shall not be mutually
exclusive, i.e., the exercise of one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude the exercise
of any other provision. You acknowledge, confirm, and agree
that damages may be inadequate for a breach or a threatened
breach of this Agreement and, in the event of a breach or
threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement, the
respective rights and obligations of the parties may be
enforceable by specific performance, injunction, or other
equitable remedy. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
limit or affect any of our rights at law, or otherwise, for
a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this
Agreement, it being the intent of this provision to make
clear that our respective rights and obligations shall be
enforceable in equity as well as at law or otherwise.
11.4 Waiver
Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law but, if any provision of this Agreement
is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, such provision will be ineffective only to the
extent of such invalidity, or unenforceability, without
invalidating the remainder of this Agreement or any
provision hereof. No waiver will be implied from conduct or
failure to enforce any rights and must be in writing to be
effective. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, you expressly agree to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement by submitting your
registration form.
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