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Agreement
The Terms of Service and Conditions found below shall govern participation in the SearchMartin.com's Affiliate program (the "Program"). Your participating in the Program is bound by your adherence to the Terms of Service stated in this Agreement. The term 'Affiliate' shall refer to any individual or entity who accepts the terms and conditions of this Agreement and thereby enters into a legally binding contract with SearchMartin.com upon submitting the Affiliate Program application form.
Responsibilities
Affiliate shall enable users of Affiliate's web site to perform search queries or provide them with links by utilizing any form of the Intellectual Property provided by SearchMartin.com deemed necessary for Affiliate such as verticals, Search Boxes, Banners, Text-Link Directories, Full-page Portals, Java-Includes, Dynamic Banners, Text-links, Pop-ups, Panels, XML feed, HTML feed, or other methods that may be provided by SearchMartin.com in the future. Affiliate shall not modify the Intellectual Property, which is herein licensed to Affiliate. Affiliate is solely responsible for the creation and maintenance of its own web site and for all contents that appears on Affiliates web site that Affiliates submitted to Program. Affiliate may not issue any press release or other public statements regarding this Agreement without SearchMartin.com's prior written consent.
Terms and Termination
The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) will commence on the date SearchMartin.com accepts and approves Affiliate's completed application and will remain in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this paragraph. All of the following terms and conditions must be adhered to and are legally binding immediately upon agreement. Both parties reserve the right to terminate this agreement at their discretion for any reason whatsoever. However, Affiliate must notify SearchMartin.com seven (7) days in advance, in writing or via e-mail, of its intentions to terminate Agreement. Inability to comply with any of said terms of agreement will forfeit any unpaid earnings and result in immediate termination of Affiliate's account. Further legal course of action may be considered to prosecute violating Affiliates. SearchMartin.com will track all Members’ referrals and their commission. SearchMartin.com will have full authority to make final decision in this regard.
Payment
SearchMartin.com will pay Affiliate a commission of minimum 40% of the net bid amount earned by SearchMartin.com for clicks generated as a result of a link from an Affiliate's site. All payments are distributed to Affiliates on a NET 30 basis. Affiliate is responsible to pay all taxes on the monies earned through the SearchMartin.com Program. Affiliate has the option of choosing to receive payments by check, through PayPal, . Affiliate is responsible for maintaining all payment and contact information current. SearchMartin.com requires each Affiliate to submit all applicable member info or documents before payments can be made to Affiliate.
- PayPal/E-gold/MoneyBookers/Fethard Option: SearchMartin.com will pay Affiliate upon reaching a level of $25.00 dollars for all commissions earned under this Agreement less any amount SearchMartin.com determines, in its sole discretion, was not validly earned from proper use of the Intellectual Property on Affiliate's site. In other words, commissions earned during any calendar month that are less than $25.00 dollars, at SearchMartin.com's sole discretion, shall be carried over to the next billing period. In the event SearchMartin.com has not received payment for a portion of such bid amount earned, SearchMartin.com may delay paying commission due to Affiliate on such portion additional 45 days on the NET term after SearchMartin.com collects such portion.
Referral Program
SearchMartin.com agrees to pay Affiliate percent of money earned by referrals that are accepted into the SearchMartin.com Network during the term of this Agreement. The percent may vary by the affiliate member type of each Affiliate will be paid in accordance with the payment terms described herein. Affiliate may not signup under its own account without being approved by SearchMartin.
Reporting
Affiliate is fully responsible to maintain and preserve for at least one (1) year following termination or expiration of the Term, accurate records relating to the number of Searches during the Term. SearchMartin.com shall have the right to review such records, including but not limited to log files, upon request to Affiliate.
License
SearchMartin.com hereby grants to Affiliate a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, transmit, and redistribute SearchMartin.com's linking methods, advertising, creative and related materials including search boxes, directories, exit consoles, vertical banners, and branded or co-branded search result pages and (ii) use and display SearchMartin.com‘s trademarks, service marks and logos during the Term solely to display the Search Interfaces in furtherance of Affiliate's performance under this Agreement. Permission to use SearchMartin.com's material is subject to change at any time deemed appropriate by SearchMartin.com and Affiliate agrees to comply with all reasonable guidelines for usage of SearchMartin.com Trademarks that may be provided by SearchMartin.com from time to time. Expiration of the Term or any other termination of this Agreement will immediately nullify and void all license privileges granted to Affiliate by SearchMartin.com. Affiliate hereby grants to SearchMartin.com a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use and display Affiliate's trademarks, service marks and logos during the Term of this Agreement. Expiration of the Term or any other termination of this Agreement will immediately nullify and void all license privileges granted to SearchMartin.com by Affiliate.
Search and Click Standards
Affiliate may not in any way “beg” or incentivize searches or clicks, use incentive techniques to drive traffic to the affiliate's site, nor may the Affiliate modify the Search Materials. Loading of search results through inframes is expressly forbidden especially while using a third party page or passing the results from another domain to accomplish this. Affiliate may not cache search results. Clicks generated from cached search results will not be paid for unless caching has been pre-approved by SearchMartin.com. Clicks without a referral url may not be counted or paid for. Deductions to affiliate payments may be made if it is determined by SearchMartin.com that traffic sent by Affiliate is fraudulent, incentivized or generally of very low quality. SearchMartin.com does not guarantee its bid prices
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