Affiliate Program Operating Agreement
This
Agreement, made and entered by and between afterBK, Inc. ("afterBK, Inc."
or "we"), a New York Corporation, with its principal place of business
at 90 West Cherry St., Hicksville, NY 11801, and you, the affiliate ("you"
or "Affiliate"), contains the complete terms and conditions that apply
to your participation in the afterBK.com Affiliate Program (the "Affiliate
Program" or "Program")
1. Enrollment in the Program
You
will submit a complete Affiliate Program application from our site. After we
carefully review your application, we will notify you of your acceptance or
rejection to the Program. We may reject your application (at our sole discretion)
if we feel your site is unsuitable or inconsistent with the mission of afterBK,
Inc. If your site is accepted, afterBK, Inc. may terminate this Agreement anytime
thereafter if your site is determined (at our sole discretion) to be unsuitable
for the Program. Only sites in English, and based in the
2. Promotion of Our Affiliate Program
Upon
your acceptance as an Affiliate Site, we will make available to you (via afterBK,
Inc.'s affiliate control center) a variety of graphic and textual links (the
"Links"), which, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, you may
display as often and in as many areas of your site as you desire. The Links
will serve to identify your site as a member of our Affiliate Network and will
establish a link from your site to ours.
afterBK, Inc. Agrees To:
Affiliate Agrees To:
Publicity
You
shall not create, publish, distribute, or permit any written material that makes
reference to us without first submitting such material to us and receiving our
consent.
Confidentiality
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement or with the consent of the other party
hereto, each of the parties hereto agrees that all information, including, without
limitation, the terms of this Agreement, business and financial information,
customer and vendor lists, and pricing and sales information, concerning us
or you, respectively, or any of our Affiliates provided by or on behalf of any
of them shall remain strictly confidential and secret and shall not be utilized,
directly or indirectly, by such party for its 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 through a source or sources other than such
party hereto or its affiliates.
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 Network, 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.
Limited
License
We
grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable right to access our site
through the Links solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, for
the sole purpose of linking your site to our site, solely for the purpose of
identifying your site as a participant in the Program and assisting in increasing
membership in afterBK, Inc.. You may not alter, modify, or change the Links
in any way. You are only entitled to use the Links to the extent that you are
a member in good standing of the afterBK, Inc. Affiliate Program. We may revoke
your license anytime by giving you written notice.
Disclaimers
We
make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the
afterBK, Inc. Web site or the afterBK, Inc. Affiliate Program (including, without
limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability, non-infringement, or any
implied warranties arising out of 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.
Termination
The
terms of this Agreement will begin upon acceptance of your application. This
Agreement shall commence on the date of approval of your Affiliate Program application
and shall continue thereafter in full force and effect until terminated at any
time by either party by giving the other party written notice of termination.
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease
use of, and remove from your site, all Links to our site, and all afterBK, Inc.
trademarks, trade dress, and logos, and all other materials provided by or on
behalf of us to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program.
Modifications
We
may modify any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time. You
will be notified by email, and a change notice will be posted on our site. If
the modifications are unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate
this Agreement. Your continued participation in this Affiliate Program after
a change notice has been posted will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
Anti-Spam
Policy
Affiliates
will be removed from the afterBK, Inc. Affiliate Program and forfeit any pending
commissions if they are caught spamming. Spamming is not allowed and will not
be tolerated!
Independent
Contractors
You
and afterBK, Inc. 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.
Representations
and Warranties
You
hereby represent and warrant to us as follows:
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 Web sites that are similar to or compete with your
Web site. You have independently evaluated the desirability of participating
in the afterBK, Inc. Affiliate Program and are not relying on any representation,
guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this Agreement.
Fraud
If
you commit fraud or falsify information in connection with the registration
of members in afterBK, Inc. through the Links on your site, this Agreement will
be terminated immediately. In addition, you will be liable to afterBK, Inc.
for any and all damages that afterBK, Inc. suffers as a result of such actions.
You will also be responsible for returning to afterBK, Inc. all commissions
received for fraudulent/falsified members, and we will not hesitate to pursue
all legal causes of action against you to the fullest extent possible under
the law.
Assignment
This
Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned by you
without prior written consent of afterBK, Inc..
Reservation
of Rights
afterBK,
Inc. may terminate this Agreement at any time if your site is determined (at
our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, even if your site has
not changed since the time that your Affiliate Program application was accepted.
afterBK, Inc. also reserves the right to monitor Affiliate sites at any time
to determine whether they are in compliance with this Agreement.
Governing
Law
This
Agreement will be governed by the laws of the