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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING
CAREFULLY BEFORE AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUNRISE JEWELRY
AFFILIATE PROGRAM (THE "AFFILIATE PROGRAM"). YOUR
PARTICIPATION IN THE SUNRISE JEWELRY AFFILIATE PROGRAM IS
CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. BY SELECTING THE "I
AGREE TO TERMS: SIGN ME UP" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ONLINE
APPLICATION, YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH SUNRISE JEWELRY
, FORMALLY INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND YOU AGREE TO BE
BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO
NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT SELECT THE "I
AGREE TO TERMS: SIGN ME UP" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ONLINE
APPLICATION.
- Introduction. The Sunrise jewelry Affiliate Program
Agreement contains the terms and conditions of the Sunrise Jewelry
Affiliate Program. Defined terms in this Agreement include
the following: (a) "you" or "your" shall mean you, the
applicant applying to participate in the Affiliate Program,
and upon our acceptance of your application, the Affiliate,
(b) "we" or "us" or "our" shall mean Sunrise Jewelry , (c) "our Web
site" shall mean the Sunrise Jewelry Web site currently located at
http://www.SunriseJewelry.com/,
(d) "your Web site" shall mean the World Wide Web site from
which you will link to our Web site, (e) "Affiliate" shall
mean a party accepted as a member of the Affiliate Program,
(f) "User" shall mean a customer who links from your Web
site to our Web site, (g) "Products" shall mean any
merchandise offered for sale by us on our Web site and does
not include items offered for sale by third parties on our
Web site, (h) "Affiliate Site" shall mean an Affiliate Web
site that has been accepted as an Affiliate of Sunrise Jewelry and
(i) "Link" or "Links" shall mean banner advertisements,
buttons, links or text links that link to the Sunrise Jewelry home
page or other specific pages of the Sunrise Jewelry Web site,
containing the Sunrise Jewelry logo.
- Program Enrollment. To begin the enrollment
process in the Sunrise Jewelry Affiliate Program, you must
complete the Sunrise Jewelry Online Application and accept the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. Once you have
accepted this Agreement by clicking the "I Agree To Terms:
Sign Me Up" button at the bottom of the Online Application,
we will review your completed Online Application in good
faith and inform you within 3 business days of whether or
not you have been accepted as an Affiliate. We reserve the
right to accept or reject Affiliates in our sole discretion.
We may reject your application if we determine, in our sole
discretion, that your Web site is inappropriate or
objectionable. Web sites that are objectionable or
inappropriate include sites that:
- Promote violence
- Are libelous disparaging or defamatory
- Promote illegal activities
- Promote discrimination based on age, disability,
nationality, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation
- Contain little or no original content
- Contain images that are sexually explicit, obscene,
harmful, or harassing
- Contain otherwise objectionable material
- Incorporate materials that infringe upon copyright,
trademark or other intellectual property rights
If we reject your application, you may not
participate in the Affiliate Program, but you may reapply to
be an Affiliate at any time. If your Web site is accepted,
you will be eligible to link Sunrise Jewelry Graphics to your Web
site. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to reject
an Affiliate application even after we have communicated
acceptance to you or may remove an Affiliate from the
Affiliate Program at any time for any reason.
- Linking Requirements. When you become an
Affiliate Site in our Affiliate Program, we will provide you
with Links that will allow Users to your Web site to be
transported directly when they click on the Link to Products
on our Web site. As an Affiliate, you may display these
Links on your Web site subject to the terms and conditions
contained herein. All Links are subject to our approval and
we will provide you with the information that you need to
enable you to make appropriate Links to our Web site from
your Web site. By accepting the terms of this Agreement, you
agree that you shall cooperate fully with Sunrise Jewelry to
maintain such Link or Links. You further agree that (a) such
Link or Links shall be displayed prominently throughout your
Web site as you see fit and with our consent, (b) no Link or
Links shall be modified, expanded or reduced in any way
without our consent and (c) no Link or Links on your Web
site shall in any way modify the look, feel and/or
functionality of our Web site. We reserve the right to
monitor your Web site at any and at all times to make
certain that you are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. You shall be fully responsible
for all content, links and activities conducted on your Web
site. We disclaim all liabilities related to such matters.
You agree to indemnify Sunrise Jewelry and hold us harmless (as
well as our employees, officers, agents, directors and
affiliated entities) from all liability claims, damages and
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees)
relating to the development, operation, maintenance,
activities, contents and links of your Web site.
- Order Processing. All orders, customer service
and fulfillment of such orders will be handled by and
through Sunrise Jewelry. You may not take orders, perform customer
service or deliver Products on our behalf. We will process
orders from any Users directed by you through your Web site,
but we reserve the right to reject any orders that do not
comply with any requirements that we may periodically
impose. We will be solely responsible for all aspects of
Product order processing and fulfillment, including order
entry, payment processing, shipping, cancellations, returns
and related customer service. Sunrise Jewelry will be responsible
for tracking the number of Products sold to Users who are
directed from your Web site to our Web site and will make
available to you unaudited reports, summarizing your sales
activity throughSunrise Jewelry. The form, content and frequency
of the reports may vary from time to time in our sole
discretion. We are not responsible for ensuring that your
Web site contains proper Links and/or linking to the Sunrise Jewelry
Web site to ensure that accurate tracking, reporting
and sales accrual can occur. You are responsible for making
certain that the Links between your Web site and our Web
site are formatted properly. We reserve the right to change
the prices of any or all of our Products at any time in our
sole discretion without notice. We cannot ensure that if an
order is placed that any Product will be available to the
User or that a stated price for a Product will be accurate.
We do not honor misquoted prices. All personal information
regarding the User is the sole and exclusive property of
Sunrise Jewelry and shall not be provided to you as is required
pursuant to Sunrise Jewelry privacy policy.
- Referral Fees and Commissions. We will pay you on
all net sales based on the amount of net revenue achieved in
a given month. The Commission shall be equal to a percentage
of the Net Sales of Products purchased by a User utilizing
the links between your Web site and our Web site (the
"Commission"). "Net Sales" shall mean the gross sale price
of a Product, excluding amounts collected by us for sales
taxes, duties, shipping, handling, gift wrapping, fraud,
charge-backs, exchanges, credit card processing fees, taxes
and similar charges. The current Commission fee schedule is
as
follows.
The Referral Fees and the Commission rates are subject
to change at any time in our sole discretion without
notice. In order for you to generate a Referral Fee or
Commission, the User must follow a link from your Web site
to our site, purchase the product using either our automated
ordering system or by contacting one of our diamond and
jewelry consultants, accept the delivery of the Product at
the shipping destination, remit full payment to us and not
cancel the order within our 30
day return period. We reserve the right to change or modify
our return policies at any time without notice in our sole
discretion. You will not be eligible for a Referral Fee or
Commission under the following circumstances:
- A party comes to Sunrise Jewelry through you and does not
purchase anything and then returns to Sunrise Jewelry via
another Affiliate or partner at a later date and then
makes a purchase, the second Affiliate or partner will
receive the credit for the ultimate purchase.
- A party comes to Sunrise Jewelry through your Web site and
returns more than 30 days later by entering our url
directly, then you will not receive credit for that later
purchase.
- The User has prevented cookies from being saved on
his, her or its' hard drive.
- The User does not provide our diamond and jewelry
consultant with your Affiliate tracking number for any
reason.
- If a User to our Web site cannot be tracked by our
online ordering system for any reason.
- A party comes to Sunrise Jewelry through your Web site but
purchases using a "source code" that discounts their
purchase and was not expressly given by Sunrise Jewelry for use
by your Web site. You will not receive credit for this
purchase.
- Referral Fees and Commission Payments. We will
pay your Referral Fees and Commission payments on a
monthly basis for merchandise purchased by a User directed
from your Web site and in which the 45 day exchange period
has expired. Payments will be made approximately 20 days
after the end of each month. We will send you a check for
the Referral Fees and Commissions earned for Products that
we shipped during the applicable period and for which the
45 day Exchange period has elapsed, less any taxes on such
Commissions that we are required by law to withhold,
provided you have (a) met the Payment Minimum (defined
below), (b) not breached any terms or conditions of this
Agreement, (c) met the conditions set forth in Section 12
hereof and (d) you have previously provided to us a valid
mailing address to which the payment may be mailed. If
your Referral Fees and/or Commission Payments are below
$100 in any particular month (the "Payment Minimum"), we
shall withhold such payment until the next payment period
until the Payment Minimum is met or until this Agreement
is terminated, whichever occurs earlier. The Payment
Minimum is subject to change at any time without notice in
our sole discretion.
- Policies and Pricing. Users who purchase
Products through the Affiliate Program will be deemed to
be customers of Sunrise Jewelry. Accordingly, all of our rules,
policies, and operating procedures concerning customer
orders, customer service and sales will apply to those
Users. We may change our policies and operating procedures
at any time in our sole discretion without notice.
Products, availability of our Products and our pricing of
such Products may vary from time to time. We will use
commercially reasonable efforts to present accurate
information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or
the price of any particular Product.
- Licenses.
- Non-Exclusive, Limited License to Sunrise Jewelry Logo
and Trademarks. You agree to display the Sunrise Jewelry
logo (the "Logo") on your homepage or other promotional
location of your Web site. We hereby grant to you a
non-exclusive, non-transferrable, revocable, limited
license to use our Logo, name, url and trademarks in
such a manner and to otherwise display our Logo, name,
url and trademarks (collectively, the "Licensed
Trademarks") on your Web site. You acknowledge and agree
that such license is limited and that all right, title,
ownership and interest in the Licensed Trademarks shall
remain with us at all times. You shall use the Licensed
Trademarks in exactly the form provided to you for your
use. Your use of such Licensed Trademarks shall comply
with any trademark usage policies that we may adopt from
time to time. You shall not take any action inconsistent
with our ownership of or goodwill associated with the
Licensed Trademarks, including, without limitation,
applying for registration of any of our trademarks (or
any mark similar thereto) anywhere in the world. You
agree that any benefits and goodwill arising from your
use of the Licensed Trademarks shall inure solely to our
benefit. You agree that you shall not engage,
participate or otherwise become involved in any activity
or course of action that diminishes and/or tarnishes the
image and/or reputation of Sunrise Jewelry. You also agree
that you shall not use the Licensed Trademarks in any
manner that is disparaging or that otherwise portrays us
in a negative light. We reserve all of our rights in the
Licensed Trademarks and all other intellectual property
rights. You shall obtain no rights in or to the Licensed
Trademarks in the event of the termination of this
Agreement. You shall not create, publish, distribute or
permit any written materials that make reference to us,
without first submitting such material to us and
receiving our written consent. We may revoke your
license at any time. You shall obtain no rights in and
to the Licensed Trademarks in the event of the
termination or expiration of this Agreement. This
license shall terminate upon the effective date of the
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
- Non-Exclusive Limited License and Use of
Affiliate Logos and Trademarks. You grant us a
non-exclusive license to utilize your names, titles,
logos, trademarks and urls (collectively, the "Affiliate
Trademarks") to advertise, market, promote and publicize
in any manner our rights hereunder; provided, however,
we shall not be required to advertise, market, promote
or publicize your Web site. You hereby represent and
warrant that you are the sole and exclusive owner of the
Affiliate Trademarks and have the right and power to
grant us the license to use the same contemplated in
this Agreement and that such grant does not and will not
(a) breach, conflict with or constitute a default under
any agreement or other instrument applicable to you or
binding upon you or (b) infringe upon any trademark,
trade name, service mark, copyright or other proprietary
right of any other person or entity. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
- Ownership. The Links and all User data
collected pursuant to this Agreement are, as between us
and you, our property and we own all right, title and
interest in the Licensed Trademarks (as described in
Section 8(a) above) and User data.
- Affiliate Partner Responsibilities. You will be
solely responsible for the development, technical
operation and maintenance of your Web site and for all
materials that appear on your Web site. You shall be
solely responsible for ensuring that materials posted on
your Web site do not violate or infringe upon the rights
of any third party, including copyright, trademark,
privacy or other personal or proprietary rights, and
ensuring that materials posted on your Web site are not
libelous or otherwise illegal. You must have express
written consent to use another party's copyrighted or
proprietary material. We disclaim all responsibility if
you use another party's copyrighted or other proprietary
material in violation of the law. Further, you will
indemnify us and hold us harmless from all liability,
claims, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development,
operations, maintenance and contents of your Web site.
- Affiliate Representations and Warranties.
a. General Representations and Warranties. You
hereby represent and warrant to us that this Agreement has
been duly executed and validly approved by your authorized
agent and that such Agreement has been validly executed
and delivered by you and constitutes your legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance
with its terms and that the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement are within your legal
capacity and power, have been duly authorized by all
requisite action on your part, require the approval or
consent of no other persons and neither violate nor
constitute a default under the provision of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree to which you are
subject or which is binding upon you, or the terms of any
other agreement, document or instrument applicable to you
or binding upon you.
- Agreement Term. The term of this Agreement
shall begin upon our acceptance of your Online 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. Notice by e-mail to your address on our
records is considered sufficient notice for termination of
this Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated because
(a) you violated the terms of this Agreement or (b)
because your Web site is deemed by us to be objectionable
(as described in accordance with Section 2 hereof), you
are not eligible to receive any Referral Fees or
Commission payments, even for Referral Fees or Commissions
that you earned prior to the date of your termination. If
this Agreement is terminated for any other reason, then
you shall be eligible to receive only those Referral Fees
and Commissions generated prior to the termination of this
Agreement. Referral Fees and Commissions earned through
the termination of the Agreement shall remain payable only
if the related Product orders are not canceled or
returned. We reserve the right to withhold your final
payment for a reasonable period of time to ensure that the
correct amount is paid to you.
- Agreement 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 new agreement on our site. Notice of any
change to this Agreement delivered by e-mail, to your
address on our records, or the posting of a new agreement
on our Web site is considered sufficient notice for
notifying you of a modification to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Modifications may include,
but are not limited to, changes in the scope of available
Referral Fees, the Commission schedule, payment procedures
and Affiliate Program rules. All such modifications shall
take effect 48 hours after we serve notice as provided
above, unless we indicate otherwise. If a modification is
unacceptable to you, your sole recourse is to terminate
this Agreement. Your continued participation in the
Affiliate Program following our posting of a change will
constitute binding acceptance by you of such change.
- Relationship of the Parties to this Agreement.
Each party shall act as an independent contractor and
nothing set forth 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 14.
- Limitations on Liability. We will have no
liability of any sort arising from any interruptions or
errors in our Web site. WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
ANY LOST REVENUES, DATA OR PROFITS ARISING UNDER OR WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM, EVEN
IF WE WERE ADVISED OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. Further, our aggregate
liability arising under or with respect to this Agreement
or the Affiliate Program shall in no event exceed the
total amount of Referral Fees and Commissions paid or
payable by us to you under this Agreement.
- Warranty Disclaimers. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND
YOU HEREBY RELEASE US, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR
DOWNTIME OR OTHER INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICE REGARDING THE
LINKS AND/OR OUR WEB SITE LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE
LINKS, THE LICENSED TRADEMARKS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS"
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR ANY KIND. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE AFFILIATE
PROGRAM OR ANY PRODUCTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY,
ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO
NOT WARRANT THAT OUR WEB SITE OR PRODUCTS WILL BE ERROR
FREE, FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR THAT ANY ERRORS
WILL BE CORRECTED. IF AS A MATTER OF LAW WE MAY NOT
DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY, THE SCOPE AND DURATION OF SUCH
WARRANTY SHALL BE THE MINIMUM PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW.
- Indemnification. You hereby agree to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless us and our stockholders,
officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates,
successors and assigns, from and against any and all
claims, losses, liabilities, damages or expenses
(including attorneys' fees) of any nature whatsoever
incurred or suffered by us (the "Damages") insofar as such
Damages (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon (a) any claim or threatened claim that our
use of the Affiliate Trademarks infringes on the rights of
any third party, (b) the breach of any representation or
warranty or covenant made by you in this Agreement or (c)
or any claim related to your Web site.
- Independent Investigation. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF 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 SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR
COMPETITIVE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. 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.
- Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the United States and of the State of
Washington, as applied to agreements made, entered into
and performed entirely within the State of Washington,
notwithstanding your actual state of residence or
principal business location. Any action relating to this
Agreement must be brought in federal or state courts
located in King County, Washington and you irrevocably
consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You may not
assign this agreement, by operation or law or otherwise,
without our prior written consent, any such purported
assignment shall be null and void. Subject to such
restriction, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable against the parties and
their respective successors and assigns. If any provision
herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any
reason, the remaining provisions will continue in full
force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
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. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
regarding its subject matter, supersedes any other
agreements or understandings between them, and may only be
amended by a writing signed by us.
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