This Internet Referral Program
Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions that apply
to your participation in the MyFlowerDepot Affiliate Program and the
establishment of links from your web site to Flower Depot Inc.’s web site,
"www.myflowerdepot.com". You may also be referred to herein as
"PARTICIPANT", "you" or "Party".
1. The Affiliate Program: (a) As a
PARTICIPANT, we will make available to you (via www.myflowerdepot.com) a
variety of graphic and textual links (each of these links sometimes being
referred to herein as "Links" or, individually, as a "Link"), which, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may display as often and in as
many areas of your web site as you desire. The Links will serve to identify your
site as a PARTICIPANT of our Affiliate Program and will establish a link from your
site to www.myflowerdepot.com. You agree that you will display on your Web
Site only those graphic or textual images (indicating a Link) that are provided to
you by Flower Depot Inc. (b) To commence the process of enrolling as a
PARTICIPANT in the Affiliate Program, you will submit an Enrollment Application
via our Web Site or as otherwise authorized by Flower Depot Inc. We will
evaluate your application and notify you of your acceptance or rejection; which
determination shall be in our sole discretion.
2. Term: (a) This Agreement is
conditioned upon and will become effective on our acceptance of your
Enrollment Application and your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause by
giving the other party notice of termination. The first twelve months following
the date this Agreement becomes effective and every twelve months thereafter
that this Agreement remains in full force and effect are each a "Term Year". (b)
PARTICIPANT is only eligible to earn commissions on sales which are completed
during the term of this Agreement, and commissions earned through the date of
termination will be payable only if the related purchases are not canceled or
returned. Flower Depot Inc. may withhold PARTICIPANT'S final payment for a
reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
3. Commissions: (a) Commission rate
is determined at the time of registration and is subject to change. (b) Flower
Depot Inc. will pay you or cause you to be paid, within thirty (30) days after the
end of each calendar month in accordance with the above mentioned
commission structure provided total commissions due you for such month
exceed Twenty-Five Dollars ($25). The check will be for the applicable
commission (less any taxes required to be withheld pursuant to applicable law).
For any calendar month in which your commissions do not exceed $25, then
Flower Depot Inc. shall have the option to pay same or to withhold such
payment and add such commissions to the next calendar month for which you
are entitled to receive a commission check. Furthermore, you will be given a
password which will enable you to receive your sales statistics on a reasonable
basis.
4. Legal Compliance: PARTICIPANT
shall operate your Web Site and render your services in compliance with all
applicable laws and regulations, and PARTICIPANT will be solely responsible for
obtaining all required governmental authorizations necessary for its Web Site
and the full performance of your services as provided for under this Agreement.
PARTICIPANT hereby further represents and warrants that: (a) If a corporation,
you are a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of your incorporation; (b) you have full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform your obligations
hereunder; (c) you have obtained all permits, licenses, and other governmental
authorizations and approvals required for your performance under this
Agreement; (d) the services to be rendered by PARTICIPANT under this
Agreement neither infringes nor violates any patent, copyright, trade secret,
trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party; (e) this Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by PARTICIPANT and constitutes
your legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against PARTICIPANT in
accordance with its terms; (f) the execution, delivery and performance by
PARTICIPANT of this Agreement, and the consummation by you of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or without the giving of notice,
the lapse of time, or both, conflict with or violate (i) any provision of law, rule or
regulation to which you are subject, (ii) any order, judgment or decree
applicable to PARTICIPANT or binding upon its assets or properties; (iii) any
provision of PARTICIPANT'S by-laws or certificate of incorporation, or (iv) any
agreement or other instrument applicable to PARTICIPANT or binding upon your
assets or properties; (g) PARTICIPANT is the sole and exclusive owner of
PARTICIPANT'S Marks, as defined herein, and has the right and power to grant
Flower Depot Inc. the license to use PARTICIPANT'S Marks in the manner
contemplated herein, and such grant does not and will not (i) breach, conflict
with, or constitute a default under any agreement or other instrument applicable
to you or binding upon your assets or properties, or (ii) infringe upon any
trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or other proprietary right of
any person or entity; (h) no consent, approval, authorization of, or exemption
by, or filing with, any governmental authority or any third parties is required to
be obtained or made by you in connection with the execution, delivery, and
performance of this Agreement, or the taking by you of any other action
contemplated hereby; and (i) there is not pending, or to the best of
PARTICIPANT'S knowledge, any threatened claim, action, or proceeding against
PARTICIPANT, or any affiliate of yours, with respect to the execution, delivery or
consummation of this Agreement, or with respect to your Marks, and, to the
best of your knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim, action or
proceeding.
5. Maintenance: (a) PARTICIPANT shall
monitor and periodically test the general availability and operation of your Web
Site. PARTICIPANT represents and warrants that its Web Site will perform
adequately so that customers will be able to shop for Flower Depot Inc.’s
Products. (b) PARTICIPANT is solely responsible for the development, operation
and maintenance of its Web Site and for all materials and content that appear on
PARTICIPANT'S Web Site. Such responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the
technical operation of PARTICIPANT'S Web Site and all related equipment; the
accuracy and propriety of all materials and content posted on PARTICIPANT'S
site; and ensuring that materials and content posted on your Web Site will not (i)
violate any laws, rules or regulations; (ii) violate or infringe upon the rights of
any third party including, without limitation, copyright, patent, trademark, trade
secret or other proprietary rights or right of publicity or privacy; (iii) be lewd,
pornographic, sexually explicit, or obscene; (iv) violate any laws regarding unfair
competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising; (v) promote violence or
contain hate speech, (vi) contain viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots or other similar harmful or deleterious program routines; or (vii) be
libelous, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, derogatory or
otherwise illegal or objectionable to Flower Depot Inc. (viii) Site will not be a
homepage or a personal website created through free webspace offered by 3rd
parties. (c) Flower Depot Inc. disclaims all liability for all matters set forth in
Section 5 (b). Further, PARTICIPANT will indemnify and hold Flower Depot Inc.,
its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective officers,
directors, shareholders and employees free and harmless against and from all
claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and
contents of PARTICIPANT'S Web Site. (d) Flower Depot Inc. reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to monitor PARTICIPANT'S Web Site, at any time and from
time to time, to ascertain whether PARTICIPANT is in compliance with the terms
of this Agreement.
6. Fulfillment: Flower Depot Inc. will
fulfill all fully paid orders for Products in accordance with Flower Depot Inc.'s
customary business practices. Flower Depot Inc. shall be solely responsible for
fulfilling all orders placed by a customer as a direct result of the Links. Flower
Depot Inc. Products offered through the Links will be supported by the same
favorable warranty and return policy for such Products as offered through other
Flower Depot Inc.'s channels. Customers who purchase through the Affiliate
Program are deemed to be customers of Flower Depot Inc. Accordingly, all of
Flower Depot Inc.'s rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning
customer orders, customer service, and use of customer names and
information, will apply to those customers.
7. Promotion: Any promotional
activities you may wish to engage in that requires the prior written consent of
Flower Depot Inc. PARTICIPANT shall not create, publish, distribute, or permit
any written material that makes reference to Flower Depot Inc. without first
submitting such material to Flower Depot Inc. and receiving written consent
thereto.
8. Licenses: (a) Flower Depot Inc.
grants to PARTICIPANT a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free,
revocable license to (i) access the Flower Depot Inc. Web Site through the Links
solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) solely in
connection with such Links, to use Flower Depot Inc.'s logos, trade name,
trademarks, service marks and similar identifying material relating to Flower
Depot Inc. (collectively the "Marks"), for the sole purpose of selling Products on
your Web Site for Flower Depot Inc. (but only in the form(s) as they appear on
Flower Depot Inc.'s Web Site). You may not alter, modify, amend, or change the
Marks in any way. You are only entitled to use the Marks to the extent that this
Agreement remains in full force and effect. The use of any such Marks requires
the prior written approval of Flower Depot Inc. in all instances. (b) PARTICIPANT
shall not make any specific use of any Marks of Flower Depot Inc. for purposes
other than selling Products on PARTICIPANT'S Web Site for Flower Depot Inc.,
without first submitting a sample of such proposed use to Flower Depot Inc.,
and obtaining the prior written consent of Flower Depot Inc.. PARTICIPANT
agrees not to use the Marks in any manner that is disparaging or otherwise
portrays Flower Depot Inc. in a negative light. Flower Depot Inc. reserves all of
its rights in the Marks and all of their other proprietary rights. No right,
property, license or interest in any Marks is intended to be given to or acquired
by PARTICIPANT by the execution or the performance of this Agreement. Flower
Depot Inc. may revoke this license at any time, by giving you written notice.
PARTICIPANT may not alter, modify, or change the Marks in any way. (c) All
intellectual and proprietary property and information, supplied or developed by
Flower Depot Inc. shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Flower
Depot Inc. Upon termination of this Agreement, PARTICIPANT shall return to
Flower Depot Inc. any and all such property and information it received from
Flower Depot Inc. and immediately cease use of Flower Depot Inc.'s Marks.
Participant agrees not to contest or challenge Flower Depot Inc.'s Marks or to
use any confusingly similar marks. (d) PARTICIPANT grants to Flower Depot Inc.
a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to access the
PARTICIPANT Web Site through the Links; and (ii) use PARTICIPANT'S trade
name, titles, logos, trademarks, service marks, products and similar identifying
material relating to PARTICIPANT (the "PARTICIPANT'S Marks"), to advertise,
market, promote and publicize in any manner this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereunder or Flower Depot Inc.'s rights hereunder; provided,
however, that Flower Depot Inc. shall not be required to advertise, market,
promote or publicize, in any manner, this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereunder, or PARTICIPANT'S Marks.
9. Confidentiality: Pursuant to this
Agreement, the Parties may disclose to one another certain information
("Information") which is considered by the disclosing party to be proprietary or
confidential information, including, without limitation, the term of this
Agreement, business, marketing and financial information, customer and vendor
lists, and pricing and sales information. All such Information shall remain the
sole property of the disclosing party, and its confidentiality shall be maintained
and protected by the receiving party with the same degree of care as the
receiving party uses for its own confidential and proprietary Information and the
receiving party shall not disclose such Information to any third party without the
consent of the disclosing party. The restrictions of the use or disclosure of any
Information shall not apply to any information: (i) after it has become generally
available to the public without breach of this agreement by the receiving party;
(ii) is independently developed by receiving party; (iii) is rightfully in the
receiving party's possession prior to disclosure to it by the disclosing party; (iv)
is rightfully received by receiving party from a third party without duty of
confidentiality; or (v) is disclosed under operation of law or pursuant to legal or
regulatory process.
10. LIABILITY: Flower Depot Inc.
SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY HEREUNDER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
LOSS OF PROFIT OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER OR NOT FLOWER
DEPOT INC. KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH DAMAGE MIGHT BE
INCURRED. FURTHERMORE, Flower Depot Inc.'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING
WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREUNDER WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF
RECOVERY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL COMMISSIONS PAID OR PAYABLE TO
PARTICIPANT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
11. Indemnification: PARTICIPANT
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Flower Depot Inc., its parent
company, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns and their respective
officers, directors, shareholders and employees, from and against any and all
losses, liabilities, damages, actions, claims, expenses and costs including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, which result or arise from or are
based on (i) the negligence of PARTICIPANT, its agents, servants and/or
employees, (ii) PARTICIPANT'S breach of this Agreement or any of the terms
hereunder, (iii) any misrepresentation of a representation or warranty, or breach
of a covenant or agreement made by PARTICIPANT herein, or in the Enrollment
Application, (iv) any claim that Flower Depot Inc.'s use of PARTICIPANT'S Marks
infringe on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license,
intellectual property, or other proprietary right of any third party, or (v) any
claim related to PARTICIPANT'S Web Site, including, without limitation, content
therein not contributed directly by Flower Depot Inc..
12. Independent Parties: Nothing
contained herein shall imply any partnership, joint venture or agency
relationship between the Parties and neither Party shall have the power to
obligate or bind the other in any manner whatsoever, except to the extent
herein specifically provided.
13. Binding Effect; Benefit: This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person or entity other than
the Parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights,
remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
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14. Severability: If any provision of
this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, void or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be
affected and shall remain in full force and effect.
15. Notices: Any notices required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be sent electronically to you at your Web
Site, or to Flower Depot Inc. at www.phoenixflowershops.com and shall be
deemed duly made and received when sent.
16. Force Majeure: Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Flower Depot Inc. shall not be
liable for any breach of this Agreement or for any delay or failure of
performance resulting from any cause beyond such Party's reasonable control,
including without limitation, the weather, strikes or labor disputes, war, terrorist
acts, riots or civil disturbances, government regulations, acts of civil or military
authorities, or acts of God.
17. Entire Agreement: This Agreement
constitutes (a) the binding agreement between the Parties; (b) represents the
entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements; and (c) may not be modified or amended
except in writing signed the Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Flower Depot Inc. may modify and change any of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, at any time in its sole discretion.
PARTICIPANT will be notified by E-mail. Modifications and changes may include,
without limitation, changes in the scope of available commission fees and
payment procedures. If any modification or change is unacceptable to
PARTICIPANT, PARTICIPANT'S only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your
continued participation in the Program following the sending of the above E-
mail, or a new agreement, will constitute binding acceptance of the modification
or change.
18. Governing Law: This Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Philippines without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.
19. Arbitration; Venue: Each Party
hereby agrees to submit to binding arbitration in the Philippines. Nothing
contained herein shall, however, be construed to limit or preclude Flower Depot
Inc. from bringing any action in any court of competent jurisdiction for
injunctive or other provisional relief as Flower Depot Inc. may deem to be
necessary or appropriate against conduct or threatened conduct by
PARTICIPANT. Venue for purposes of any action brought in connection with or
arising out of this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to be in the
Philippines and the Parties hereby irrevocably consent to jurisdiction in the
Philippine courts.
20. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION:
PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND
AGREES TO ALL OF ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
FLOWER DEPOT INC. MAY AT ANY TIME, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, SOLICIT
CUSTOMER REFERRALS AND ENTER INTO SIMILAR AGREEMENTS ON TERMS THAT
MAY BE THE SAME, SIMILAR OR DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH COMPETITORS OF
PARTICIPANT, OR MAY OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE
WITH PARTICIPANT'S WEB SITE. PARTICIPANT HAS INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED
THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREUNDER AND IT IS NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR
STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
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21. NO GUARANTEE: FLOWER DEPOT
INC. MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH
REFERENCE TO THE TRANSACTIONS AND SERVICES CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON- INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING, OR TRADE USAGE. IN
ADDITION, FLOWER DEPOT INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE
OPERATION OF FLOWER DEPOT INC.S' WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE, AND FLOWER DEPOT INC. WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS.
FURTHERMORE, FLOWER DEPOT INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY
OR GUARANTEE AS TO THE AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONS TO BE PAID TO
PARTICIPANT HEREUNDER, OR AS TO ANY ASSET OR PROFITABILITY, IF ANY, OR
OTHER BENEFIT PARTICIPANT MAY DERIVE HEREUNDER, IF ANY.
22. Survival: Sections 4, 5, 6, 9, 10,
11, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of this Agreement shall survive the termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
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