AIWIN CORPORATION
EBIZ AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
This eBiz
Affiliate Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between
AiWin Corporation ("AiWin"), with its principal place of business at
Aiwin Corporation: Unit B, 8/F., Eastern Flower Centre, 22-24
Cameron Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and You ("eBiz
Affiliate"). Any reference herein to the "Parties" will be a
collective reference to AiWin and eBiz Affiliate.
BACKGROUND
AiWin
Corporation (“AiWin”) is an e-marketing application service provider
and the operator of the AiWin.com Website. AiWin has established an
eBiz Affiliate marketing network comprised of marketing eBiz
Affiliates (as defined below) to promote products and services
offered by AiWin.com and/or Network Subscribers. eBiz Affiliate
wishes to become a marketing eBiz Affiliate in order to promote
various products and services offered by AiWin.com.
In consideration
of the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS
As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“eBiz
Affiliate”
means any website operator, retailer, kiosk operator, e-marketing
company, telemarketer, or operator of other e-marketing campaigns
that has entered into an agreement with AiWin.com pursuant to which
AiWin.com compensates the eBiz Affiliate for transactions resulting
from business directed to the AiWin.com Website by the eBiz
Affiliate.
“eBiz
Affiliate Site”
means the website operated by eBiz Affiliate.
“Customer”
means an individual user who submits a Request to or through the
AiWin.com Website as the sole and direct result of eBiz Affiliate's
marketing activities under this Agreement.
“AiWin.com
Website”
means the website operated by AiWin Corporation, which is located at
the URL
www.AiWin.com.
“Hyperlink”
means text or images on a web page that a visitor to a website can
click on to access or connect to another web page or website.
"Intellectual
Property"
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.1
“Request”
means an order or valid inquiry from a Customer, generated by eBiz
Affiliate under this Agreement and delivered or AiWin.com, for a
Product or Service provided or performed by a Network Subscriber or
AiWin.com, containing the specific information required by the
entity to which the Request is delivered.
“Channel”
means any sales and marketing channel or network now or later
established and maintained by AiWin.com or a corporate partner of
AiWin.com
“Network
Link”
means any Hyperlink and related code that AiWin.com provides to eBiz
Affiliate for eBiz Affiliate to insert into pages on the eBiz
Affiliate Site to facilitate connection from the eBiz Affiliate Site
to the AiWin.com Network and to identify eBiz Affiliate Leads.
“eBiz
Affiliate Program”
means the program pursuant to which AiWin.com compensates eBiz
Affiliates for Requests or Transactions resulting from valid
inquiries that AiWin.com receives from the eBiz Affiliate and/or
Customer whom is referred by eBiz Affiliate under a “eBiz Affiliate
Agreement” or similar agreement.
“On-line
Application”
means AiWin.com's form of application, accessible only through the
AiWin.com Website and/or eBiz Affiliate Website, that AiWin.com
requires potential eBiz Affiliates to complete before considering
them for membership in the eBiz Affiliate Program, as amended from
time to time.
“Products”
means those AiWin.com's products and services delivered from
relative production website(s), access to which an eBiz Affiliate
offers visitors to its website from time to time under this
Agreement, as described more fully in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
“Term”
means the term of this Agreement, as set forth in Article 7 of this
Agreement.
“Transaction”
means a valid inquiry about, or a closed sale of, a product or
service that AiWin.com makes to a consumer whose Request was
submitted to the AiWin.com via the eBiz Affiliate Website pursuant
to a “eBiz Affiliate Agreement” or similar agreement, or directly to
AiWin.com.
1. EFFECTIVE
MEMBERSHIP
1.1
Membership.
To become an eBiz Affiliate, eBiz Affiliate must (a) complete,
execute and deliver to AiWin.com the On-line Application, and this
Agreement, and (b) receive written notification of approval from
AiWin.com. AiWin.com may deny eBiz Affiliate membership in
AiWin.com's eBiz Affiliate Program for any reason in AiWin.com's
sole and absolute discretion.
1.2 Effective
Date.
This Agreement will become effective on the date on which AiWin.com
notifies eBiz Affiliate of approval via email, after having first
approved the On-line Application and received this Agreement
executed by eBiz Affiliate ("Effective Date"). Email notification to
eBiz Affiliate of approval of eBiz Affiliate's On-Line Application
shall be deemed execution of this Agreement by AiWin.com
2.
ESTABLISHING NETWORK AFFILIATION
2.1 Network
Links.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, eBiz
Affiliate shall promote AiWin.com products and services offered by
eBizOffice.com. eBiz Affiliate may select from time to time AiWin
and their products and services eBiz Affiliate wishes to offer,
which products and services shall be referred to collectively as
"Products." eBiz Affiliate shall add appropriate Network Links to
the eBiz Affiliate Site as required by AiWin.com, all in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and any AiWin.com Network
policies and procedures as established from time to time.
3. EBIZ
AFFILIATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WEBSITES
3.1 eBiz Affiliate Duties. eBiz Affiliate is solely responsible for the
development, operation, and contents of the eBiz Affiliate Site and
for maintenance of all Network Links, if any. Such responsibilities
in relation to the eBiz Affiliate Site include, but are not limited
to:
3.1.1 the technical operation of the eBiz Affiliate Site and
all related equipment;
3.1.2 posting on the eBiz Affiliate site those Network Links and Product
descriptions provided by AiWin.com;
3.1.3 ensuring the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on the
eBiz Affiliate Site;
3.1.4
ensuring that materials posted on the eBiz Affiliate Site do not violate
or infringe upon the rights of any third party (including, for
example, copyrights, trademarks, privacy or other personal or
proprietary rights); and
3.1.5 ensuring that materials posted on the eBiz Affiliate Site are not in any
way illegal, abusive, libelous, discriminatory, obscene, offensive,
fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading.
3.2 Indemnification. eBiz Affiliate shall indemnify and hold AiWin.com and its
officers, directors, shareholders, eBiz Affiliates, employees, and
agents harmless from and against all claims, actions, suits,
proceedings, claims, payment disputes, judgments, damages, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorney's Commissions, and other
liabilities (collectively “Claims”) arising from or related to (a)
eBiz Affiliate's breach of any provision of this Agreement; (b) eBiz
Affiliate's development, operation, or maintenance of eBiz
Affiliate's business, any eBiz Affiliate Site, any other World Wide
Web Internet site owned or operated by eBiz Affiliate (or which is
Hyperlinked to AiWin.com through the eBiz Affiliate Site or any
other World Wide Web Internet site owned or operated by eBiz
Affiliate); and (c) eBiz Affiliate's negligent or fraudulent acts or
omissions.
4. TRACKING AND PAYMENT OF SALES COMMISSIONS
4.1 Tracking of Transactions.
Promptly following the Effective Date, AiWin.com will assign eBiz
Affiliate an eBiz Affiliate ID number. Each time a Customer accesses
the AiWin.com Network and submits a Lead (as described in Section
4.4) through the Marketing eBiz Affiliate Network Links, AiWin.com
will record the Marketing eBiz Affiliate ID and the associated Lead
and any related Transaction information.
4.2 Sales
Commissions. AiWin.com will pay Commission ("Sales Commissions")
to eBiz Affiliate for marketing Products and Services through the
Marketing eBiz Affiliate Network Links, all in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. AiWin.com shall pay Sales
Commissions to eBiz Affiliate based solely on the number of Requests
or Sales that result in Transactions generated by eBiz Affiliate,
subject to the limitations of this Article,
4.3 Commission Schedule. AiWin.com shall pay Sales Commissions for valid
transactions at the rates and terms specified at
www.AiWin.com.
4.4 No Sales Commissions Due.
AiWin.com shall have no obligation to pay eBiz Affiliate Sales
Commissions relating to a Transaction or Affiliate Registration:
4.4.1 If a Lead or Transaction or Registration arises from a breach by eBiz
Affiliate of any provision of this Agreement;
4.4.2 If a Transaction or a Registration is generated through a channel other
than eBiz Affiliate, including without limitation, Transactions that
AiWin.com receives directly from Customers returning to AiWin.com
and from Customers already in AiWin.com's database prior to receipt
of a Lead from eBiz Affiliate; or
4.4.3
If a Customer disputes or rejects a Transaction, or a potential eBiz
Affiliate withdraw a Registration.
4.5 Payment Schedule. AiWin.com will pay Sales Commissions to eBiz Affiliate
under this Agreement, less any taxes AiWin.com is required to
withhold by law, no later than thirty (30) calendar days following
the end of each month for Transactions as to which AiWin.com has
actually received monies from the applicable Customers. AiWin.com
shall have no obligation to pay a Sales Commission under this
Agreement until AiWin.com has received payment from the Customer
responsible for the applicable Transaction.
4.6 Payment Method. AiWin.com will pay the Sales Commissions by check, mailed
to eBiz Affiliate at the address set forth in the On-line
Application or such other address that eBiz Affiliate provides in
accordance with Section 8.12, or transfer the amount of payment
directly to the bank account provided by eBiz Affiliate under this
Agreement signed by both of AiWin and eBiz Affiliate,
4.7 Disputed Commissions. If a Customer or Affiliate Program Subscriber
disputes or rejects a Transaction or Registration and AiWin.com has
already paid eBiz Affiliate the related Sales Commission and Finder
Fee, AiWin.com is authorized to deduct the amount of the Sales
Commission or Finder Fee relating to the disputed or rejected
Transaction or Registration from eBiz Affiliate's next monthly
payment due under this Article 4. If there are no subsequent Sales
Commissions or Finder Fee due eBiz Affiliate, eBiz Affiliate shall
reimburse AiWin.com the amount of the disputed Sales Commission or
Finder Fee no later than thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of
an invoice or demand from AiWin.com.
4.8 Promotional Verbiage, Creative, Text Links and Banners.
In marketing and Hyperlinking to the AiWin.com Website, eBiz
Affiliate may use only the promotional text, creative design, text
links, banners or HTML linking codes for Network Links (“Creative
Materials”) posted at http://www.AiWin.com/member.asp/ A AiWin.com
Network eBiz Affiliate representative must approve any deviation
from or alteration to the Creative. eBiz Affiliate agrees to use
only such Creative as AiWin.com provides.
4.9 Frivolous Data, Incentives, Spam and Falsification.
Should AiWin.com in its sole discretion determine that eBiz
Affiliate is guilty of spamming, providing false account
information, falsely enticing Customers to submit Requests,
supplying frivolous data, or artificially increasing eBiz
Affiliate's number of Requests and/or acting or attempting to act in
any illegal, false, misleading or deceptive manner, AiWin.com shall
have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement for cause, in
which case AiWin.com shall have no obligation to pay eBiz Affiliate
any Sales Commissions and Management Fee that might otherwise then
be due or payable. eBiz Affiliate shall at all times during the Term
comply with AiWin.com's Guidelines for Approved Opt-In Email Lists,
which are attached to and made a part of this Agreement.
4.10 Effect of Termination on Sales Commissions.
Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 7, AiWin.com
shall be obligated to pay eBiz Affiliate only those Sales
Commissions then due under this Article 4 through the date of
Termination. AiWin.com may withhold, for a reasonable time and in
its sole and absolute discretion, Sales Commissions AiWin.com
believes are disputed Commissions as described in Section 4.6.
4.11 Applicable Tax to eBiz Affiliate.
All eBiz Affiliates are liable to pay applicable income tax
associate to Sales Commissions and Finder Fees received from AiWin,
whereas, AiWin will not be liable to pay tax applied to each
individual eBiz Affiliate.
5. LICENSE
5.1 Limited License and Specifications.
AiWin.com grants to eBiz Affiliate a non-exclusive, fully revocable,
royalty-free license for use of AiWin.com’s and AiWin’s production
websites’ trade names, trademarks, banners, logos and AiWin.com and
eBizOffice.com images, symbols and other intellectual property used
in the AiWin.com Network (collectively referred to as "Intellectual
Property") and eBiz Affiliate’s Website branded by eBiz Affiliate
and/or the company owned by eBiz Affiliate, subject to the
restrictions below.
5.2 AiWin.com Approval Procedure. eBiz Affiliate shall notify
AiWin.com at least ten (10) business days prior to the use of each
item of Intellectual Property eBiz Affiliate intends to use.
AiWin.com or eBizOffice.com shall have the right to inspect and
approve or reject each use of the Intellectual Property by eBiz
Affiliate prior to eBiz Affiliate's use. At AiWin.com's request,
eBiz Affiliate must produce a sample of any Intellectual Property to
be used, displayed, or produced, as well as a sample of the eBiz
Affiliate Site, if any, containing the Intellectual Property.
5.3 eBiz Affiliate Recognition of AiWin.com.
The AiWin.com Intellectual Property shall remain the exclusive
property of AiWin.com and eBizOffice.com. eBiz Affiliate will not
now or in the future assert any claim to any goodwill, reputation or
ownership of any of the Intellectual Property. Nothing in this
Agreement endows eBiz Affiliate with any right, title or interest in
or to the Intellectual Property, beyond the non-exclusive, revocable
license described in Section 5.1. eBiz Affiliate will use the
Intellectual Property only in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, and will identify the Intellectual Property on eBiz
Affiliate's web site as property of the owner of each item of
Intellectual Property so used or displayed. The license or
sub-license for such use automatically will be revoked upon the
termination of this Agreement. eBiz Affiliate understands that not
all intellectual property within the AiWin.com Network is the
property of AiWin.com and agrees not to use any other eBiz
Affiliate’s Intellectual Property without the prior written approval
of AiWin.com and the relevant eBiz Affiliate.
5.4 Revocation. AiWin.com may revoke the sub-licenses granted under Section
5.1.2 of this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by
providing eBiz Affiliate written notice of the revocation. If eBiz
Affiliate modifies any aspect of the Intellectual Property it
receives under or pursuant to this Agreement, AiWin.com may
terminate this Agreement without notice at AiWin.com's sole
discretion.
6. CUSTOMER POLICIES
6.1 Customers. eBiz Affiliate agrees that Customers who submit Requests,
inquire about or purchase Products, or enter into Transactions
through the Marketing eBiz Affiliate Network Links will be deemed to
be AiWin.com customers, and that eBiz Affiliate shall not state,
represent or imply otherwise. eBiz Affiliate agrees that Customers
will be subject to all rules, policies and operating procedures as
established by AiWin.com and posted on the AiWin.com Website from
time to time at http://www.AiWin.com/privacy/ and that eBiz
Affiliate will neither impose alternative rules, policies and
operating procedures on Customers, nor modify AiWin.com's rules,
policies and operating procedures as posted on the AiWin.com
Website. AiWin.com may modify the rules, policies and operating
procedures at any time.
7. TERM AND TERMINATION
7.1 Duration. This Agreement will have an initial term (“Term”) of one
year beginning on the Effective Date as defined in Section 1.2. The
Term will renew automatically for another year at the end of each
preceding term (each an “Automatic Renewal Term”), provided however,
that after the initial Term, either Party may terminate this
Agreement at any time, with or without cause. In addition, eBiz
Affiliate may terminate this Agreement if eBiz Affiliate timely
rejects a Proposed Modification (as defined in Section 8.1) during
the Term or any Automatic Renewal Term. Any such termination shall
be effected by providing written notice of termination to the other
party and will be deemed effective on the date written notice of it
is given.
7.2 Termination for Cause by AiWin.com.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary,
AiWin.com may terminate this Agreement at any time and without
notice upon the occurrence of any of any of the relevant events
described elsewhere in the agreement or any of the following events:
7.2.1 A material breach by eBiz Affiliate of any provision in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the terms of the license described in
Article 5.
7.2.2 Any willful misconduct, misuse by eBiz Affiliate of the AiWin.com
Website or the Network, or any use of the AiWin.com Website or
Network for purposes that are inconsistent with those permitted
under or contemplated by this Agreement, including without
limitation the operation of any illegal business or activity through
eBiz Affiliate's website or business.
7.2.3
Any introduction by eBiz Affiliate of any computer virus, disabling code,
time bomb, trap door, or similarly destructive program, information,
command or code (collectively, “Virus”) into the AiWin.com Website
or the Network or any software or systems related thereto.
7.2.4 Any eBiz Affiliate activity that causes the AiWin.com Website, the
Network or any Network Subscriber's website or computer system to
malfunction or any failure to make changes recommended by AiWin.com
deemed necessary to correct malfunctions.
7.2.5 Any other action of eBiz Affiliate, whether intentional or
unintentional, that has the purpose or effect of damaging the
AiWin.com Website, the Network, or any Network Subscriber's website
or computer system, or causing any of them to malfunction or the
purpose or effect of reflecting adversely on the goodwill and/or
reputation of AiWin.com, the Network or any Network Subscriber as
determined in the sole judgment of AiWin.com.
7.2.6 Any material violation by eBiz Affiliate, in the reasonable discretion
of AiWin.com, of any applicable law or regulation.
7.3 Obligations. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement,
termination of this Agreement will not relieve either Party of
obligations incurred during the Term.
8. GENERAL TERMS
8.1 Modification. AiWin.com may periodically post any proposed modifications
to this Agreement (“Proposed Modifications”) at
http://www.AiWin.com/eBiz Affiliate. eBiz Affiliate will be notified
of proposed changes via email and will be given 30 days in which to
accept the Proposed Modifications. eBiz Affiliate agrees to review
the Proposed Modifications, if any, within 30 days after AiWin.com
transmits notification of the Proposed Modifications (the “Notice
Period”). Unless eBiz Affiliate terminates this Agreement before
expiration of the Notice Period in accordance with Section 7.1, eBiz
Affiliate will be deemed to have agreed to the Proposed
Modifications effective as of the first day of the month immediately
following the end of the 30 day notice period. In addition,
AiWin.com reserves the right to add, discontinue or change any of
the Products covered by this Agreement upon giving eBiz Affiliate
notice at least five business days prior to the effective date of
the addition, discontinuance or change.
8.2 Relationship of the Parties.
Each Party is acting as an independent contractor under this
Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor the relationships contemplated
under this Agreement are intended to or will be deemed to result in
an agency, Affiliate, joint venture, franchise, sales representative
or employment relationship with the other Party. eBiz Affiliate
shall have no authority to enter into any agreements, or make any
warranties or representations, on behalf of AiWin.com.
8.3 Non-Circumvention. eBiz Affiliate agrees, during the Term and any Automatic
Renewal Term, and for a period of at least one year thereafter (the
“Restricted Period”), neither eBiz Affiliate nor any of its
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, eBiz Affiliates,
agents, representatives, successor and assigns will enter into any
business transaction or enter into any contract with any Network
Subscriber pursuant to which the Network Subscriber will provide
eBiz Affiliate access to products or services offered or marketed by
AiWin.com or through the Network without prior written consent from
AiWin.com, which consent AiWin.com may withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion.
8.4 Limitation of Liability.
EBIZ AFFILIATE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS AWARE THAT THERE ARE
SUBSTANTIVE RISKS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS AND CORRUPTION
OF DATA, DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES, MISDELIVERIES AND SERVICE
INTERRUPTION ASSOCIATED WITH RECEPTION, TRANSMISSION, STORAGE,
MANIPULATION AND OTHER USES OF DATA OVER THE INTERNET. IN NO EVENT
WILL AIWIN.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL
OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, HOWEVER CAUSED,
WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER
OR NOT AIWIN.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
THESE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ANY
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE
THAT AIWIN.COM'S AGGREGATE MONETARY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT WILL NEVER EXCEED THE TOTAL SALES COMMISSIONS PAID OR
PAYABLE TO EBIZ AFFILIATE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE
ONE-YEAR PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ANY SUCH ALLEGED
LIABILITY OCCURS.
8.5 Disclaimers of Warranties.
AIWIN.COM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH
RESPECT TO THE EBIZ AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND THE PRODUCTS SOLD THROUGH
THE EBIZ AFFILIATE PROGRAM, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE PARTIES
AGREE THAT NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES HAVE ARISEN DUE TO COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, DEALING OR TRADE USAGE. EBIZ AFFILIATE AGREES THAT
AIWIN.COM HAS MADE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
OPERATION OF WWW.AIWIN.COM, AND THAT AIWIN.COM WILL NOT BE HELD
LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS SUFFERED BY EBIZ AFFILIATE OR ANY
CUSTOMER AS A RESULT OF USING WWW.AIWIN.COM, THE NETWORK OR ANY
NETWORK SUBSCRIBER SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DATA LOSS
AND/OR OTHER LOSSES RESULTING FROM DELAYS, OPERATION ERROR OR
INTERRUPTION, IMPROPER OR INCOMPLETE DELIVERY OF INFORMATION,
POSSIBLE COMPUTER VIRUSES, INTERFERENCE OF SERVICE OR OTHERWISE,
REGARDLESS OF CAUSE.
8.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and
understanding of the Parties relating to the subject matter and
supersedes all prior agreements, writings, commitments, discussions
and understandings between them.
8.7 Severability/Waiver. If any term of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then this
Agreement, including all of the remaining terms, will remain in full
force and effect as if such invalid or unenforceable term had never
been included. No delay, omission, or failure to exercise any right
or remedy provided for in this Agreement will be deemed to be a
waiver thereof or an acquiescence in the event giving rise to such
remedy, but every such right or remedy may be exercised, from time
to time, as may be deemed expedient by the Party exercising such
right or remedy.
8.8 Confidentiality. eBiz Affiliate agrees not to disclose the terms and
conditions of this Agreement to anyone without the prior written
approval of AiWin.com, Inc.
8.9 Assignment. This Agreement and/or the respective rights and obligations
arising out of this Agreement cannot be assigned or transferred by
eBiz Affiliate under any circumstances, including, but not limited
to, by court order, operation of law, merger, statute, regulation,
ordinance, or otherwise, without AiWin.com's prior express written
consent, which consent AiWin.com may withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion. Any attempt to assign this Agreement in
violation of this Section 8.9 will be null and void. In the event of
a permissible assignment, this Agreement will be binding on, inure
to the benefit of, and enforceable against the Parties and their
respective successors and assigns.
8.10 Injunctive Relief. eBiz Affiliate agrees that monetary damages would
not be an adequate remedy for the breach of certain provisions of
this Agreement including but not limited to Article 5. Accordingly,
if eBiz Affiliate breaches or threatens to breach any of eBiz
Affiliate's obligations, AiWin.com will be entitled, without showing
or proving any actual damage sustained, to a temporary restraining
order, and will thereafter be entitled to apply for a preliminary
injunction, permanent injunction and/or order compelling specific
performance, to prevent the breach of eBiz Affiliate's obligations
under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement will be interpreted
as prohibiting AiWin.com from pursuing or obtaining any other
remedies as otherwise available to it for such actual or threatened
breach, including recovery of damages.
8.11 Governing Law/Jurisdiction.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of
Canada, without reference to principles of conflict of laws, and any
action, including, but not limited to litigation, brought by the
Parties to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement will
be brought in an appropriate provincial court in the city and county
of Vancouver, British Columbia or the federal court for the British
Columbia, Canada. eBiz Affiliate hereby consents to jurisdiction in
such venue and expressly waives any objection to same.
8.12 Notice. Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement will be
in writing (which includes electronic) and shall be sent by (i)
prepaid registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
(ii)courier, (iii) facsimile or (iv) email, in each case
addressed to the other Party at the appropriate address shown on the
signature page of this Agreement or at such other address for which
such Party gives notice hereunder. Except as set forth in Section
7.1, notice given by mail will be deemed to be effective only upon
receipt during normal business hours and or notice given by
facsimile or email will be effective only upon receipt during normal
business hours. If notice is given after normal business hours by facsimilie or email, it will be deemed received as of the start of
the next business day.
8.13 Survival. The provisions of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 5.3 and Article 8 will
survive the Termination of this Agreement.
8.14 Incorporation. Documents attached hereto or referred to in this Agreement
(including web pages at specified URLs) are an integral part of this
Agreement and are intended by the Parties to be incorporated into
this Agreement and be binding on the Parties.
8.15 Miscellaneous. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together
will constitute one and the same instrument. Nonperformance of
either Party will be excused to the extent that performance is
rendered impossible by strike, fire, flood, governmental acts or
orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers, or any other reason
where failure to perform is beyond the control and not caused by the
negligence of the non-performing Party. Headings used in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and in no way define,
limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section or
in any way affect this Agreement. This Agreement will be construed
within its fair meaning and no inference will be drawn against the
drafting party in interpreting this Agreement.
8.16 Acknowledgment. By clicking on an "Accept" or similar button on the
AiWin.com Website following this Agreement, or by manually executing
this Agreement, eBiz Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that eBiz
Affiliate has thoroughly read, accepted and agrees to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement. eBiz Affiliate confirms that eBiz
Affiliate has independently evaluated and weighed the risks and
benefits of participating in the eBiz Affiliate Program, and has
agreed to all the terms of this Agreement without reliance on any
representation, guarantee or statement existing outside of this
Agreement.
8.17 Incentive Program
By subscribing the eBiz Affiliate
membership, You understand and agree that you are
personally responsible for your behavior
on the website and enroll Top Seller
Awards Incentive.. You agree to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless AiWin, its
affiliates, licensors, employees, and agents from and against all
claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not
limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, and/or
exemplary damages), and reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from
or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Website
or the Content, or any violation by you of
TOP SELLER AWARDS Incentive's Terms and Conditions.
Guidelines for Approved Opt-In Email Lists
Prior to
starting each and any type of new email, enewsletter, or other form
of marketing campaign via the Network, eBiz Affiliate MUST complete
and send an EMAIL APPROVAL FORM to AiWin.com. Until eBiz Affiliate
has been notified that eBiz Affiliate's request to email is
approved, eBiz Affiliate agrees not to conduct any type of emailing
via the Network.
SPAMMING (any
form of emailing for a commercial purpose that is unsolicited) IS
NOT PERMITTED. If eBiz Affiliate spams, AiWin.com reserves the right
at any time and without notice to disable eBiz Affiliate's Hyperlink
to AiWin.com and the Network. To prevent this from happening,
AiWin.com has instituted an Anti-Spam Policy that sets forth the
minimum standards AiWin.com requires its Marketing eBiz Affiliates
to adhere to in light of current laws, rules and regulations
governing the transmission of e-mail and the best practices in the
industry. In the event any state or federal law, rule or regulation
governing e-mail communications is enacted or amended after the
effective date of the Agreement, setting forth standards more
restrictive than those set forth herein, the more restrictive
standards contained in such enacted or amended law, rule or
regulation shall apply to all Marketing eBiz Affiliates,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Anti-Spam
Policy. Any emails, enewsletters, or other forms of marketing
campaigns by eBiz Affiliate MUST be "permission" or "opt-in" based
and meet the following standards to prevent eBiz Affiliate's account
from being labeled as "SPAM".
1) eBiz
Affiliate may distribute emails solely to those persons who have
actively opted-in to receive the email. The content of each email
shall include (a) eBiz Affiliate's correct point-of-origin email
address, transmission information and routing information, (b)
clear, prominent opt-out instructions in the email and in the first
line of the text, if required by applicable law; (c) a toll-free
telephone number or valid email address at which recipient may
contact eBiz Affiliate to file complaints and/or opt-out; (d)
accurate information regarding the manner in which the recipient
opted-in to receive the email and (e) the identifier and any
disclaimers that AiWin.com assigned to the email. eBiz Affiliate
shall not, without AiWin.com's prior written approval, include any
redirect links or frames in an email. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, in no event may eBiz Affiliate forge
email header information or otherwise engage in false or misleading
conduct.
2) eBiz
Affiliate shall (a) make adequate disclosures as required by law to
those on its email list(s) regarding eBiz Affiliate's email and
Privacy and Security Policies; (b) respond to all complaints within
one (1) business day after eBiz Affiliate becomes aware of the
complaint, (c) provide AiWin.com with a copy of every complaint,
immediately upon eBiz Affiliate's receipt thereof, (d) implement any
corrective action AiWin.com may require and (e) comply with any
legal and/or other requirements AiWin.com may reasonably specify.
3) eBiz
Affiliate must provide a simple method for subscribers to the emails
to opt-out of their subscriptions with clear and effective
instructions for unsubscribing. As such, emailing from a list must
cease promptly once a subscription is terminated.
4) eBiz Affiliate must provide a manual opt-out procedure (e.g., an
email address to which messages may be sent for further contact via
email or telephone) available for those who wish to terminate their
subscriptions but are unable or unwilling to follow standard
automated procedures.
5) eBiz
Affiliate must ensure that the impact of its email is minimized by
proper list management procedures such as pruning of invalid or
undeliverable addresses.
6) eBiz
Affiliate must take adequate steps to ensure that its lists are not
used for abusive purposes such as emailing malicious emails or chain
letters or not being in compliance with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
7) eBiz
Affiliate must not email to an unsubscribe list. As such, eBiz
Affiliate should maintain a "suppression list" of email addresses
from which all subscription requests are rejected to prevent
subscription of addresses appearing on the suppression list by
unauthorized third parties.
8) eBiz
Affiliate shall examine the terms and conditions under which the
email addresses on all third party lists were originally compiled to
ensure that all recipients have in fact opted-in to the type of
mailing list eBiz Affiliate intends to operate. eBiz Affiliate shall
ensure that all third party lists used by or on behalf of eBiz
Affiliate were collected by the third party source in accordance
with the same standards listed above and must create a new emailing
list when there is a substantive change in either the subject matter
or frequency of messages. A notification about the new emailing list
may be appropriate on the existing emailing list, but existing
subscribers should never be subscribed automatically to the new
list. For example, if Company A acquires Company B, and Company B
has compiled opt-in mailing lists, Company A should not summarily
incorporate Company B's mailing lists into its own.
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