EZ-DIRECT DEPOSIT
AFFILIATE PROGRAM AGREEMENT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This EZ-Direct Deposit Affiliate Program Agreement (the
"Agreement") sets forth the terms and conditions regarding the EZ-Direct Deposit
Affiliate Program (the "Program") of Coastal Software &
Consulting, Inc. ("Coastal").
BY CLICKING ON THE "APPLY" BUTTON AT THE END OF THE AFFILIATE
APPLICATION, YOU (IF YOU ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF AS AN
INDIVIDUAL) OR YOUR COMPANY (IF YOU ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMPANY)
(THE "AFFILIATE") AGREE(S) TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY
BEFORE ACCEPTING ITS TERMS.
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms in this Agreement will have
the meanings set forth below or attributed to them in various sections of
the Agreement. However, use of the term "Affiliate" in this
Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to mean that any party to
this Agreement is an "affiliate" of any other party for purposes
of any federal and state securities laws.
"Affiliate Originated Visitor" means a unique end-user who
accesses the Coastal Site through an Affiliate Link on the Affiliate Site.
"Coastal Brand Features" means Coastal trade names,
trademark, service mark and/or logo authorized by Coastal and found at
www.ezdd.com.
"Coastal Content" means Coastal-provided small-business
focused articles and other content.
"Coastal Product" means the EZ-Direct Deposit software
products excluding trial, evaluation and demonstration copies.
"Coastal Site" means the Coastal World Wide Web site which is
the destination of the URL included by Coastal in the Link.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means all rights in and to
trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks, know-how, as well as moral
rights and similar rights of any type under the laws of any governmental
authority, domestic or foreign, including rights in and to all
applications and registrations relating to any of the foregoing.
"Link" means a hypertext and/or graphical link, to or from
one web site to another web site which allows an Affiliate Originated
Visitor to automatically transfer from the Affiliate Site to the Coastal
Site.
2. Enrollment in the Program. To begin the enrollment process,
Affiliate will submit and complete Affiliate Program application via
www.ezdd.com. Coastal will evaluate Affiliate's application and notify you
of your acceptance or rejection of your application. Coastal may reject
your application and reserves the right to terminate this Agreement for
any reason with or without notice to Affiliate including but not limited
to a determination that the Affiliate Site is unsuitable for or
incompatible with the Program.
3. Links. Affiliate agrees to promptly post at least one Link
(the "Affiliate Link(s)") to the Coastal Site at one (or more)
web sites owned or operated by Affiliate (the "Affiliate Site(s)")
in no event later than five (5) business days following Coastal's
acceptance of Affiliate into the Program. Affiliate Links may not be
placed in newsgroups, unsolicited e-mail, banner networks, counters,
chatrooms or guestbooks. Any Affiliate Link placed must be done so in such
a way that it is not misleading to any Affiliate Originated Visitor and
done so with the intention of delivering users to the Coastal Site for
that Link. Affiliate acknowledges that the Affiliate Site will include the
Coastal Brand Features, and Affiliate has no right to alter, remove, or
customize the Coastal Brand Features. Affiliate will not use or display
the Link(s) or the Coastal Brand Features in a manner that is defamatory,
misleading, libelous, obscene or otherwise potentially damaging to the
reputation of Coastal, or the goodwill associated with the Coastal Brand
Features.
4. Affiliate Obligations. Affiliate will be solely responsible
for the development, operation and maintenance of Affiliate Site and for
all materials that appear on Affiliate Site, including but not limited to:
(a) the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on Affiliate
Site; and (b) ensuring that materials posted on Affiliate Site do not
violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party. Affiliate hereby
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Coastal, its shareholders,
officers, directors, employees, agents, partners, successors and assigns,
from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages or
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) arising from the
development, operation, maintenance and contents of Affiliate Site.
5. Competitive Services. If you are approved as an Affiliate, Coastal
would prefer that you not be an affiliate or otherwise promote, market or
sell any products that are competitive with Coastal Products. If you do
market competitive products and services, you agree to place our Link,
banners, and any other content identifying Coastal and/or describing the
our products and services (the "Content") in a location and in a
manner on your Site that is equal to or better than the location and
manner in which you place a competitor's Content.
6. Order Processing. Coastal will process orders placed by users
who follow the Links from Affiliate's Site to Coastal's Web Site. Coastal
reserves the right to reject or withhold acceptance or fulfillment of
orders for any reason or for no reason, including but not limited to the
failure of any customer making an order to comply with our terms and
conditions of sale, (which we may revise periodically without notice to
you). Coastal will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and
fulfillment. The amount of sales generated using the Affiliated Links from
Affiliate Site to Coastal Site will be tracked by Coastal (the
"Tracking Data"). To permit accurate tracking and
reporting, Affiliate must ensure that the Links between Affiliate Site and
Coastal Site are properly formatted and are maintained.
7. Commissions. Only Coastal Products that are purchased by a
user linking to Coastal Site from Affiliate Site pursuant to a Link
("Linked User"), for which purchase Coastal has received full
payment (collectively a "Qualifying Purchase"), will qualify for
a commission ("Commission"). No Commission will be paid if the
visitor to the Coastal Site cannot be tracked or if the visitor to the Coastal
Site accesses the Coastal Site by a means other than the use of the Link.
Commission rates ("Commission Rates") will be based on the
amount actually paid to us for Qualifying Purchases, excluding amounts
collected by us for sales taxes, duties, shipping, handling, and similar
charges, amounts due to credit card fraud and bad debt, and credits for
returned goods ("Net Sales"). The current Commission Rate is 20%
of the Net Sales received by Coastal, payable in U.S. dollars. Although it
assumes no obligation to do so, Coastal may, from time to time, offer
additional incentives to its Affiliates.
8. Payments. Subject to Section 7 above, Coastal will pay
Affiliate the Commissions earned which payments will be calculated on a
quarterly basis. Approximately forty-five (45) days following the end of
each calendar quarter during the agreement, Coastal will send Affiliate a
check for the Commissions you earned in such quarter, less any other fees
or reduction for returns that Coastal is required by law to withhold, and
excluding fraudulent, redundant, or non-qualifying Commissions. If the
Commissions payable to Affiliate for any calendar quarter are less than
$100.00, Coastal will hold those fees until the total amount due is at
least $100.00 (unless this Agreement is terminated). Affiliate may be
taxed on the accrual of Commissions, depending on the tax laws of
Affiliate's federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Affiliate shall be
responsible for any and all tax liability arising out of your accrual or
receipt of Commissions and Affiliate hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Coastal
harmless from any and all claims, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees) arising from such tax liability.
9. License Grant. Coastal hereby grants to Affiliate a limited,
nonexclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable, worldwide license, without
the right to sublicense, to use, reproduce, publicly perform, distribute
and display the Coastal Brand Features and Coastal Content at the
Affiliate Site solely in the form delivered by Coastal. Affiliate is only
entitled to use the Coastal Brand Features and Coastal Content to the
extent that the Affiliate is a member in good standing in the Program.
10. Reservation of Rights. Coastal reserves all rights other
than those expressly granted in this Agreement, and no licenses are
granted except as expressly set forth herein. Coastal retains all right,
title, and interest in and to the Coastal Brand Features and the Coastal
Site, together with all Intellectual Property Rights thereto.
11. Program Information. Coastal will own all right, title and
interest in and to all information that is created or collected in the
operation of the Coastal Site including, without limitation: (i) any
contact information collected from any Affiliate Originated Visitors, (the
"Contact Information"); and (ii) any information collected about
product sales at the Coastal Site generated through the Affiliate Link(s),
(the "Sales Information"). Coastal will make certain Sales
Information available online to Affiliate from time to time. Affiliate
will not disclose any Sales Information to any third party without Coastal's
prior approval. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Coastal
grants to Affiliate a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to
use Sales Information solely in the manner and subject to the restrictions
set forth in this Section.
12. Termination. This Agreement will become effective on the
Effective Date and ends when terminated by either party in accordance with
this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated (i) by Coastal, with or
without cause, and with or without notice to Affiliate, and (ii) by
Affiliate, with or without cause, by removing the Coastal Brand Feature
from the Affiliate Site, and notifying Coastal of its intention to
terminate the Agreement. Upon termination or expiration of the Agreement:
(i) all licenses granted herein shall terminate; (ii) Affiliate shall
immediately remove any Affiliate Link(s) and Coastal Brand Features from
Affiliate Site; (iii) Coastal will pay Affiliate any accrued and unpaid
Fees, provided such fees exceed $25; and (iv) Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
20, and 21 and this sentence will survive. If Coastal should terminate
this Agreement because Affiliate is in breach of a material term, Coastal
may withhold Commissions payable to you in an amount equal to the amount
by which Coastal believes in good faith that we have been damaged by such
breach, including prospective damages and damages resulting from claims by
third-parties caused by such breach.
13. Modification. At any time and in Coastal's sole discretion, Coastal
may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement by
(i) posting a change notice or a new agreement on www.ezdd.com and/or (ii)
e-mailing a revised agreement to Affiliate. If any modification is
unacceptable to Affiliate, Affiliate's only recourse is to terminate this
Agreement. Affiliate's continued participation in the program following Coastal's
posting of a change notice or new agreement on www.ezdd.com and/or
affiliate's receipt of a revised agreement will constitute binding
acceptance of the modification.
14. Disclaimer. THE COASTAL SITE AND RELATED SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY, AND COASTAL EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE COASTAL SITE,
INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM
COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. IN ADDITION, COASTAL MAKES NO
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE LINKS, THE TRACKING DATA, THE
OPERATION OF COASTAL'S SITE, COASTAL'S PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING
AND REPORTING SALES GENERATED BY YOUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE, AND COASTAL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY
INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA.
COASTAL SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITIES OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER WARRANTY OR
OTHERWISE TO ANY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DELIVERY, USE OR PERFORMANCE OF COASTAL'S PRODUCTS.
15. Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL COASTAL
BE LIABLE WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
DAMAGES FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF
BUSINESS INFORMATION OR DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, HARDWARE OR
SOFTWARE FAILURE, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY
PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PROGRAM. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING, COASTAL'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO AFFILIATE
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
16. Authority. If the person entering into this Agreement is
acting on behalf of his or her company, such person represents to Coastal
that he or she has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement on behalf of Affiliate, that this Agreement has been
duly authorized by Affiliate and that this Agreement will constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligation of Affiliate. Such person hereby
agrees to indemnify and hold Coastal harmless from any and all claims,
damages and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees)
arising from any breach of this Section. If the person entering into this
Agreement is acting on one's behalf, such person represents to Coastal
that he or she is an individual, 18 years of age or older, who is a U.S.
citizen or permanent resident and is not a citizen or permanent resident
of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Libya, Sudan or Syria.
17. Publicity. Affiliate shall not create, publish, distribute,
or permit any written material that makes reference to Coastal without
first submitting such material to Coastal and receiving written consent
from Coastal.
18. Relationship of Parties. Affiliate and Coastal are
independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any
partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or
employment relationship, or the relationship of principal and agent
between the parties. Affiliate will have no authority to make or accept
any offers or representations on Coastal's behalf. Affiliate will not make
any statement, whether on Affiliate Site or otherwise, that reasonably
would contradict anything in this Section. Affiliate, as an independent
contractor, will have sole responsibility for its expenses, employees,
sales representatives and agents.
19. Communications. Affiliate agrees that by becoming a EZ-Direct Deposit
Affiliate, Coastal will contact you on a periodic basis with information
about Coastal's affiliate programs.
20. Geographic Scope. All the rights and obligations of both Coastal
and Affiliate are valid only within the United States.
21. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Washington without reference to
conflicts of laws provisions, and any legal proceeding arising out of this
Agreement will occur in Clark County, Washington. This Agreement will be
binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal representatives,
successors and valid assigns of the parties hereto. This Agreement
contains the entire agreement between Coastal and Affiliate with respect
to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and/or
contemporaneous agreements or understandings, written or oral, between Coastal
and Affiliate with respect to the subject matter hereof. Affiliate may not
assign all or any part of this Agreement without Coastal's prior written
consent. Except as set forth in Section 13, this Agreement may not be
modified without the prior written consent of both parties.
22. Notice. Any notice to be given hereunder will be in writing
and given by facsimile, postpaid registered or certified mail return
receipt requested, or electronic mail. The date of receipt shall be deemed
the date on which such notice is given. Notice to Coastal will be directed
to Coastal Software & Consulting, Inc., PO Box 872106, Vancouver, WA
98687-2106, Attn: General Counsel, Phone: (360) 891-6174, Fax: (360)
256-5802.
23. Assignment. 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 be enforceable against the parties to this Agreement and their
respective successors and assigns.
24. 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 AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY
REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT. |