Brute Force SEO
Affiliate Agreement
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply
to your participation as a member of the Brute Force SEO Affiliate
Program.
The terms Brute Force SEO, Brute Force, Evo2, Company, we, us, our etc.
shall mean any and all website properties and associated affiliate
programs owned and maintained by XRT Services, Pty., Ltd. of Australia.
1. Enrolment in this Program.
To begin the enrolment process, you will enter your name and PayPal
e-mail address and complete a PayPal transaction through our website.
Your account will be instantly active in our program. We will evaluate
your account in good faith to ensure you comply with all our rules and
agreements. We may reject your account if we determine that your site is
unsuitable for the Program for any reason, including, but not limited
to, if your site incorporates images or content that is unlawful,
defamatory, obscene, harassing or otherwise objectionable, such as sites
that facilitate illegal activity or promote violence or promote or
assist others in promoting copyright infringement (collectively,
"Content Restrictions").
2. Utilizing Links on Your Site.
As an affiliate website of Brute Force SEO, you may use any form of
promotion you choose, consistent with the terms of this Agreement. You
may use banner advertisements, button links and/or text links to our
site (the "Links"), however, you CANNOT SPAM. Any activity by you or on
your behalf that we determine or reasonably suspect to be the result of
an unsolicited bulk e-mail program will result in your immediate
termination from the Program and your forfeiting of monies otherwise due
you hereunder. Allowable promotional links may contain Brute Force SEO's
trade names, service marks, and/or logos for display on your Affiliate
Site. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, you are granted a
limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and download
such Links and other designated promotional materials for placement on
your Affiliate Site for the sole and exclusive purpose of promoting
websites owned, operated or controlled by Brute Force SEO. In utilizing
the Links, you agree that you will cooperate fully with us in order to
establish and maintain such Link or Links. A Link may only be visually
modified with our consent.
3. Commissions.
Commission rates and percentages on our product offers vary: We will pay
you a commission based on the structures as published at each individual
product affiliate page. Please refer to the affiliate page for the offer
you wish to promote for details on that particular program offer.
Incentivized commissions, and offering any form of incentive to obtain a
sale is forbidden, unless prior approval is given and cleared by Brute
Force SEO Staff. To inquire on whether your incentive is acceptable,
please e-mail jvmgr [@] bruteforceseoevo2 [dot] net or
www.support.bruteforceseo.com
Commission Rates are subject to change from time to time, upon e-mail
notice to you and commencing upon our mailing such notice.
4. Commission Payment.
Commissions deemed due and owed to you under the program will be paid to
you directly by us after any holding period and in accordance with a
regular payout cycle established by Brute Force SEO. No commission will
be paid for signups by you or anyone within your organization. Brute
Force SEO reserves the right to only pay for referrals that are valid
and unique. Commissions can be earned per each new client referred
through your unique affiliate link.
5. Responsibility for Your Site.
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and
maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site.
We shall have no responsibility for the development, operation and
maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site.
You shall also be responsible for ensuring that materials posted on your
site do not violate or infringe upon any laws, including but not limited
to 18 U.S.C. Section 2257, or the rights of any third party (including,
for example, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or other personal or
proprietary rights), and ensuring that materials posted on your site are
not libelous or otherwise illegal. You must have express permission to
use another party's copyrighted or other proprietary material. We will
not be responsible if you use another party's copyrighted or other
proprietary material in violation of the law. In addition to the
foregoing, we will immediately terminate your participation in the
Program if we believe you have engaged in any of the following:
- Unsolicited mass e-mail solicitations, IRC postings or any other form
of spamming, including but not limited to, newsgroups or AOL customers
or otherwise violate the anti-spamming policies of Brute Force SEO or
state law;
- Provide inaccurate or incomplete information to Brute Force SEO
concerning your identity, address or other required information;
- Attempt to cheat, defraud or mislead us in any way;
- Misrepresent to the public the terms and conditions of our sites or
your sites;
- Engage in popup advertisement network activities;
- IFrames may only be used on pages or sites in which the other content
represented on the site is related to Brute Force SEO
You are free to bid on PPC networks for keywords related to Brute Force
SEO with the intent to direct traffic to Brute Force SEO. However, the
following terms are not allowed:
* No restrictions at this time.
When setting up the display advertisement in a PPC campaign, it is not
permitted to use the display URL "www.bruteforceseo.com" or
"bruteforceseo.com".
The goal of our guidelines regarding pay-per-click advertisements is to
preserve the integrity of the Brute Force SEO brand name and reputation.
We do not want affiliates, or any other third party, representing
themselves as Brute Force SEO, or presenting themselves in a way that
could be confused with Brute Force SEO.
6. Term of the Agreements.
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your
Affiliate 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 notice of termination.
Notice by e-mail, to your e-mail address on our records, is considered
sufficient notice for us to terminate this Agreement. If this Agreement
is terminated because you have violated the terms of this Agreement you
are not eligible to receive any commission payments, even for
commissions earned prior to the date of termination. If this Agreement
is terminated for any other reason, you are only eligible to earn a
commission on sales occurring during the term of the Agreement, and
commissions earned through the date of termination will remain payable
only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We reserve the
right to withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure
that the correct amount is paid.
7. Modification.
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion. Notice of any change
by e-mail, to your address on our records, or the posting on our site of
a change notice of a new agreement, 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 commission fees, commission schedules, 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 any modification is unacceptable to you, your
only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued
participation in the Affiliate Program, following our posting of a
change notice or new agreement on our site, will constitute binding
acceptance of the change.
8. Relationship of Parties.
You and Brute Force SEO 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 site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in
this Section. You are not an agent of the Brute Force SEO and Brute
Force SEO expressly disclaims responsibility for any conduct by you in
violation of our terms of agreement.
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 Affiliate Program will
not exceed the total commissions paid or payable to you under this
Agreement.
10. Disclaimers.
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect
to the Affiliate Program or any COMPANY services or other items 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 site will
be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the
consequences of any interruptions or errors.
11. Representations and Warranties.
You hereby represent and warrant to us that 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; and that the execution, delivery and performance by you 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 (i) provision of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree to which you are subject or which is binding upon
you, or (ii) the terms of any other agreement, document or instrument
applicable to you or binding upon you. Should any law enforcement agency
or internet service provider provide us with notice that you have
engaged in transmission of unsolicited bulk e-mails or have otherwise
engaged in unlawful conduct or conduct in violation of said service
provider's terms of service, we reserve the right to cooperate in any
investigation relating to your activities including disclosure of your
account information in connection therewith.
12. Confidentiality.
We may disclose to you certain information as a result of your
participation as part of the Program, which information we consider to
be confidential (herein referred to as "Confidential Information"). For
purpose of this Agreement, the term "Confidential Information" shall
include, but not be limited to, any modifications to the terms and
provisions of this Affiliate Program Agreement made specifically for
your site and not generally available to other members of the Affiliate
Program, website, business and financial information relating to Brute
Force SEO, customer and vendor lists relating to Brute Force SEO and any
members of the Affiliate Program, other than you. Confidential
Information shall also include any information that we designate as
confidential during the term of this Agreement. You agree not to
disclose any Confidential Information and that such Confidential
Information shall also include any information that we designate as
confidential during the term of this Agreement. You agree not to
disclose any Confidential Information and that such Confidential
Information shall remain strictly confidential and secret and shall not
be utilized, directly or indirectly, by you for your own business
purposes or for any other purpose except and solely to the extent that
any such information is generally known or available to the public or if
same is required by law or legal process. We make no warranty, expressed
or implied, with respect to any information delivered hereunder,
including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose or freedom from patent, trademark or copyright
infringements, whether arising by law, custom or conduct, or as to the
accuracy or completeness of the information and we shall not have any
liability to you or to any other person resulting from your or such
third person's use of the information.
13. Indemnification.
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Brute Force SEO,
officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors and
assigns, from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities,
damages or expense (including attorneys' fees and costs) of any nature
whatsoever incurred or suffered by us (collectively the "Losses"), in so
far as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based on (i) any claim or threatened claim that our use of the Affiliate
Trademarks infringes on the rights of any third party; (ii) the breach
of any promise, covenant, representation or warranty made by you herein;
or (iii) or any claim related to your site.
14. Miscellaneous.
Terminated accounts cannot later apply to the Program without our
express written consent. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of
the Country Of Australia and the State of Queensland, without reference
to rules governing choice of laws. Brute Force SEO reserves the right to
institute a reserve fund holding commissions for a time period deemed
necessary in situations where sales generated by an affiliate
consistently have a high chargeback/cancellation ratio. Brute Force SEO
will be the sole and final arbitrator for any and all disputes or claims
related to the validity of sales. In order to facilitate accurate
record-keeping, multiple Brute Force SEO affiliate accounts spanning
multiple affiliate networks are strictly prohibited. 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.
15. Binding Arbitration.
By participating in this affiliate program, you agree to binding
arbitration for any disputes or claims that arise against Brute Force
SEO LLC or its subsidiaries in conjunction with this program. An
arbitration firm selected by XRT Services Pty., Ltd. will be the sole
and final arbitrator for any and all disputes or claims related or
resulting from participation in this program. All decisions rendered are
final. You also are responsible for any and all costs related to such
arbitration.
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