Terms and Conditions
September 2009
Swedish Kids E-Sales Consultant Program
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Overview.
World Wide Access USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (”Company”), operates the
swedishkids.com website. As part of its website, Company offers the Swedish Kids ESales
Consultant Program (”Program”), through which approved E-Sales Consultants
providing marketing services through owned or third party websites, subscription
services, promotional services, and/or syndicated services are granted a limited, nonexclusive
right to: (i) advertise and promote Company’s goods and the website in a
manner in compliance with this Agreement or circulate an approved promo code, an
approved graphical or textual internet hyper-link (“Link”) to the website, and (iii) direct
visitors to the website (the specific URL) designated by the Company (“Destination
Site”).
E-Sales Consultants are offered the opportunity to earn a commission for referring
visitors to the Destination Site who complete a Transaction required under the Program.
The commission rate will be set forth within the Program Terms and may be changed
from time to time by Company with 7 days written notice to the E-Sales Consultants with
effect from the 8th day (or such later date as specified by Company). Payment of
commissions earned by E-Sales Consultant for valid Transactions shall be made by
Company through PayPal. E-Sales Consultants must have a PayPal account set up to be
able to receive payments. No long-term commitment is required.
Approval.
Participation in the Program is subject to Company’s approval. Prospective E-Sales
Consultants must first submit an application to Company in order to become an
“approved” E-Sales Consultant eligible to circulate approved promo codes, post Links to
the Destination Site and earn commissions. After the application has been submitted,
Company will have the option of approving or declining the application for any reason or
no reason.
If approved, the E-Sales Consultant will have already acknowledged its acceptance of
these Terms and Conditions by having clicked through the “Apply” button, having
checked the box stating “Yes, I have read and accepted” the terms and conditions and
having clicked the button to “Accept”, thereby assenting to the Terms and Conditions of
the Program between Company and E-Sales Consultant (also referred to as this
“Agreement”). This Agreement shall apply only to approved E-Sales Consultants who
accept the Terms and Conditions of the Program and only E-Sales Consultants who
accept this Agreement may participate in the Program.
Other than the payment of the commission, E-Sales Consultant shall have no claims to
any additional compensation, commissions or business derived by or through a
Destination Site.
Participation in Program does not constitute an employment, broker or agency
relationship between E-Sales Consultant and Company nor does it create any partnership,
joint venture, franchise, or sales representative relationship between the parties.
E-Sales Consultant agrees that Company may share E-Sales Consultant’s contact
information provided by E-Sales Consultant during registration. This information
includes, but is not limited to, E-Sales Consultant’s name, address, phone number and
email. Company will take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of such
information.
Restrictions.
E-Sales Consultant may post any number of Links to the Destination Site on E-Sales
Consultant’s website. The position, location, prominence and nature of such Link on ESales
Consultant’s website shall comply with any requirements specified in this
Agreement, but shall otherwise be at E-Sales Consultant’s discretion.
E-Sales Consultant shall not make any representation, warranty or other statement
concerning Company, the Destination Site, Company’s products or Company’s services,
except as expressly authorized by this Agreement.
E-Sales Consultant shall not advertise or promote advertisements that are misleading
and/or which claim inflated discounts, in Company’s sole discretion. E-Sales Consultant
may only advertise or promote advertisements which state the actual discount that a
visitor may derive by using an approved promo code or clicking on a Link. E-Sales
Consultant shall not advertise Company’s products by taking into account a coupon price
without prominently noting that a coupon is being applied to achieve a lower product
price. For example, if Company has a product for sale at the Destination Site for $100,
but there is an active Company 10% off coupon for such product, E-Sales Consultant
may only advertise the product for $90 by stating in the advertisement that the $90 price
is only available when the coupon is applied – i.e., “get this [product] when you use this
10% off coupon.”
E-Sales Consultant shall not send any email or other form of electronic message or
advertisement containing Company’s name, product, website address, metatag or any
other type of identifier to any recipient unless the recipient has directly consented to
receive such communication from E-Sales Consultant or unless E-Sales Consultant has a
pre-existing business relationship with the recipient. In addition, E-Sales Consultant shall
provide all recipients of any such communication with the ability to “opt out” of further
communications from E-Sales Consultant by permitting such recipient to call a toll free
number or permitting such recipient to send an “unsubscribe” email to E-Sales
Consultant. E-Sales Consultant agrees that Company may, upon reasonable prior written
notice, audit E-Sales Consultant to ensure compliance with this section.
In the process of performing the advertising services herein, E-Sales Consultant shall not
install or cause to be installed spyware on any person’s computer. In the process of
performing the advertising services herein, E-Sales Consultant shall not install or cause
any program, device or mechanism to display an advertisement that partially or wholly
covers or obscures the content of any website.
E-Sales Consultant shall not use “swedishkids.com” or any variation thereof as the
domain name or URL in any search engine or like marketing campaign without
Company’s prior written consent.
E-Sales Consultant shall not bid on any word, keyword or term in Pay-Per-Click Search
Engines (PPCSEs) that contains Company’s registered or unregistered trademark; any
word, keyword or term which is a variation of such registered or unregistered trademark;
or any other word, keyword or term that is likely to cause confusion regarding E-Sales
Consultant’s affiliation with Company. Examples of prohibited words, keywords and
terms include, but are not limited to the following: swedishkids.com; swedishkids
website; swedish kids; u+baby, uplusbaby. The foregoing list is for guideline purposes
only and is not a complete list of words, keywords or terms which infringe or may
infringe on Company’s trademarks.
Consultant shall not bid on any of Company’s competitors’ trademark terms in
conjunction with the Program.
E-Sales Consultant shall not use any “fat-finger” or “typosquatter” domain name to
redirect Internet traffic to E-Sales Consultant’s website or the Destination Site without
Company’s prior written approval. A fat-finger or typosquatter domain name is a domain
name that amounts to a misspelling of any registered or unregistered Company
trademark.
E-Sales Consultant shall not employ the use of any manual or automated software,
device, application, robot or any other technology which attempts to intercept or redirect
traffic or referrals to or from any website without the prior written consent of Company.
E-Sales Consultant shall not “frame” the Destination Site so that it appears to viewers of
E-Sales Consultant’s website that such viewer is viewing the Destination Site. E-Sales
Consultant shall not do anything to its website or any website it controls that makes such
website appear as though it is the Destination Site.
E-Sales Consultant shall not employ the use of any software, device, application, robot or
technology which forces E-Sales Consultant’s URL into a visitor’s bookmark when such
visitor attempts to bookmark the Destination Site.
E-Sales Consultant shall not represent to visitors that Company’s products may be
purchased by or from E-Sales Consultant or through E-Sales Consultant’s website. ESales
Consultant shall not sell Company’s products. E-Sales Consultant shall not accept
any order from a visitor, purchase the product ordered by the visitor from Company and
direct Company to fulfill or drop-ship such product directly to the visitor. Company shall
have the sole right and responsibility for processing all orders made by visitors. E-Sales
Consultant acknowledges that all agreements relating to sales to visitors shall be
exclusively between Company and the visitor.
E-Sales Consultant shall use the product images, text, copy and descriptions as provided
by Company without material alteration. E-Sales Consultant may alter the size of product
images, text, copy and descriptions.
E-Sales Consultant shall not redistribute Company’s product feeds or intellectual
property to a website which can reasonably be viewed as Company’s direct competitors.
E-Sales Consultant shall not re-sell Company’s services, as described in this Agreement,
to other parties. E-Sales Consultant shall not act as an intermediary seller of access to
Company’s services, as described in this Agreement. E-Sales Consultant agrees to refer
all inquiries from third parties about participation in the Program directly to Company.
E-Sales Consultant shall not issue any press release which mentions or discusses
Company except upon prior written consent of Company.
E-Sales Consultant shall not use Company’s product images, text, copy, descriptions,
trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos or other designations of Company on any
website other than E-Sales Consultant’s registered website, without the prior written
consent of Company.
If you are a resident of New York, North Carolina or Rhode Island you will not be
eligible to participate in the Program or otherwise earn referral fees. If, at any time
following your enrollment in the Program you become a resident of New York, North
Carolina or Rhode Island, you will become ineligible to participate in the Program and
you must notify us in writing, which you may do via the following e-mailaddress:
info@swedishkids.com
date you establish residency in New York, North Carolina or Rhode Island.
E-Sales Consultant shall not take any action the Company reasonably determines in its
sole discretion is inconsistent with its policies, practice, business, marketing and
preferences. E-Sales Consultant shall comply with all of Company’s reasonable requests.
. In such case, this Agreement will automatically terminate on the
Commission.
Subject to E-Sales Consultant’s compliance with all terms set forth in this Agreement, ESales
Consultant shall earn a commission as set forth in the Program Terms if a visitor
completes a Transaction on the Destination Site using one of E-Sales Consultant’s promo
codes or after having last arrived at the Destination Site via E-Sales Consultant’s Link. A
“Transaction” is defined as a visitor having purchased a Commissionable Item. A
Commissionable Item is any product or service on the Destination Site except products or
services redeemed by gift cards or coupons.
Company reserves the right to correct or reverse any amount owed to E-Sales Consultant
if, in Company’s reasonable judgment, (i) E-Sales Consultant has acted in a fraudulent
manner; (ii) Company has overpaid E-Sales Consultant; or (iii) E-Sales Consultant is
obliged to indemnify Company for actual or anticipated losses.
Term and Termination.
The term of this Agreement shall be continuous, unless and until either party properly
terminates this Agreement, in accordance with the following: (i) Company shall provide
E-Sales Consultant with seven (7) days written notice per e-mail.
Upon any termination of this Agreement, Company and E-Sales Consultant will be
released from all obligations and liabilities to the other party occurring or arising after the
date of such termination or the transactions contemplated hereby, except with respect to
those obligations which by their nature are designed to survive termination as provided
herein; provided that no such termination will relieve E-Sales Consultant from any
liability arising from any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to termination.
Upon termination of this Agreement, (i) Company’s acceptance of additional referrals
obtained through E-Sales Consultant shall not constitute a continuation or renewal of this
Agreement or a waiver of such termination, (ii) E-Sales Consultant shall be entitled only
to those unpaid commissions, if valid, earned by E-Sales Consultant on or prior to the
date of termination; (iii) E-Sales Consultant shall in no event be entitled to commissions
with respect to any amount of referrals delivered after the date of termination; (iv) all
rights and licensees of E-Sales Consultant hereunder shall immediately terminate; and (v)
E-Sales Consultant shall cease all uses of any trade names, trademarks, service marks,
logos and other designations of Company and the Program.
Confidentiality.
In the performance of or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, Company may
disclose to E-Sales Consultant certain Confidential Information. “Confidential
Information” as used in this Agreement shall mean all information regarding Company
that is not generally known to the public and that Company deems confidential. E-Sales
Consultant will treat such Confidential Information as confidential and proprietary both
during the Term and after the Term for the greater of a period of three (3) years or the
maximum period permitted by law. E-Sales Consultant agrees to: (a) not use the
Confidential Information for any purpose other than in performing its obligations as set
forth in this Agreement; (b) take suitable precautions and measures to maintain the
confidentiality of the Confidential Information; and (c) not disclose or otherwise furnish
the Confidential Information to any third party other than E-Sales Consultant’s
employees who have a need to know the Confidential Information to perform E-Sales
Consultant’s obligations under this Agreement. All Confidential Information supplied by
Company is supplied “as is” without express or implied warranties of any kind. Company
further disclaims the accuracy and completeness of the Confidential Information. Upon
the termination or expiration of this Agreement, E-Sales Consultant shall return or
destroy all Confidential Information in E-Sales Consultant’s possession.
Miscellaneous.
E-Sales Consultant shall defend, indemnify and hold Company harmless against all
allegations, claims, actions, causes of action, lawsuits, damages, liabilities, obligations,
costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs related
to in-house counsel time, court costs and witness fees) (collectively “Losses”) attributable
to or related to: (i) E-Sales Consultant’s breach of this Agreement; (ii) E-Sales
Consultant’s violation of applicable law, rule, regulation or order; (iii) E-Sales
Consultant’s technology, methodology, information, text, images, or service provided or
supplied pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) E-Sales Consultant’s violation of a third party’s
intellectual property (including, but not limited to patent, trademark, copyright and trade
secret); and (v) E-Sales Consultant’s violation of its confidentiality obligations
(collectively, a “Claim”).
Company shall not be liable to E-Sales Consultant for incidental, consequential, punitive,
exemplary or special damages (such as, but not limited to, loss of profits, revenue or
business). This limitation shall remain irrespective of whether such action is based in
contract, tort, equity or any other legal theory. This limitation shall remain whether or not
company has been advised of the possibility of such damage. Nothwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, the maximum liability company shall have to E-Sales Consultant
arising out of this agreement is the total amount paid to E-Sales Consultant during the six
(6) month period preceding the arise of the claim.
Except as expressly provided herein, Company makes no representations or warranties,
and hereby expressly disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied,
including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose and warranties as to the quality, performance, results, information,
services and technology in any way related to this agreement.
E-Sales Consultant shall not assign, transfer or delegate its obligations under this
Agreement, either in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Company. Any
attempted assignment, transfer or delegation in violation of the provisions of this
provision will be void.
The provisions of this Agreement are severable. If any provision of this Agreement, or
the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be deemed invalid, illegal or
unenforceable under any applicable law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
shall not affect the other provisions of this Agreement.
No delay or failure by Company in exercising any right under this Agreement, and no
partial or single exercise of that right, shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right.
The rights and remedies of Company are not mutually exclusive; that is, the exercise of
one or more of the provisions hereof shall not preclude the exercise of any other
provision hereof.
This Agreement shall be deemed a mutual agreement and shall not be construed and/or
interpreted in favor or against either party on the basis of preparation of the Agreement.
By applying to the Program, by clicking–through the “Apply” button and clicking on
“Accept” after checking the box acknowledging the E-Sales Consultant’s reading of these
Special Terms and Conditions, E-Sales Consultant executes, accepts, enters into, and
becomes party to this Agreement, effective on the date of such acceptance to this
Agreement.
Company reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement in its
sole discretion upon seven (7) days written notice per e-mail with effect from the 8th day
(or such later date as specified by Company) to E-Sales Consultant. If any modification is
unacceptable to E-Sales Consultant, E-Sales Consultant’s sole recourse is to terminate
this Agreement by expiring the relationship and/or rejecting the new Program Term
offered. E-Sales Consultant’s continued participation in the Program by accepting the
newly offered Program Term with new terms and conditions for this Agreement
constitutes E-Sales Consultants binding acceptance to the change.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Hampshire, without
application of conflicts of law principles. The exclusive forum for any actions or disputes
related to or arising out of this Agreement shall be in the state courts in New Hampshire
and, to the extent that federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction, in New Hampshire. ESales
Consultant consents to such venue and jurisdiction.
The relationship between the parties hereto is not an employment relationship, joint
venture, partnership or the like. Each party is an independent contractor vis-à-vis one
another. Neither party has authority to act on behalf of the other or to bind the other by
any promise or representation unless specifically authorized in writing.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended; nor shall any provision be construed to benefit a
third party.
The following provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement:
Confidentiality
Official notices to Company should be sent to:
World Wide Access USA, Inc
909 Islington Street, Suite 15
Portsmouth, NH 03801 USA
Attn: Swedish Kids E-sales Program
Cc: sales@swedishkids.com
and Miscellaneous.
By applying for the E-Sales Consultant Program and clicking on the “Accept” icon
button you are signifying your agreement to be presently bound by the terms of this
agreement to the same extent as if you had personally signed this agreement.