Affiliate Program
1. Joining the Program
By filling out the signup form you will automatically become an AFFILIATE and are bound by the terms of this agreement. Your participation in the program is solely for this purpose: to legally advertise our website to receive a commission on products purchased by your referral individuals.
2. Payment Schedule
a. Eligible payments - all AFFILIATE monies due for orders generated as a result of AFFILIATE links/Web Site will be held for until the 15th day of the following month and paid for the previous calendar month. This allows us ample time to compensate for returns, exchanges, etc. Payments will be calculated and checks sent out to AFFILIATE according to the terms and conditions of this document.
b. AFFILIATE Payments - payment to AFFILIATE will not be rendered for amounts less than $100.00 USD. If your account is below the minimum $100 threshold it will accumulate until such time that you have reached the $100 minimum amount and then be dispersed per the payment schedule shown above.
3. Revocation of AFFILIATE Status
Your AFFILIATE application and status in the program may be suspended or terminated for any of the following reasons:
• Inappropriate advertisements (False claims, misleading hyperlinks)
• Advertising on sites containing/promoting illegal activities
• Violation of intellectual property rights.
4. AFFILIATE Links
you may use graphic and text links on your Web Site. The site may also be advertised "offline" in classified ads, magazines, and newspapers. You may use the graphics provided to you by us. Text can be used from our web site www.HotFish.com or you can create your own.
5. AFFILIATE Tracking
when a web surfer clicks through your AFFILIATE link, a cookie is set in their browser that contains your AFFILIATE username. Also, their IP address is tracked in the database along with your AFFILIATE name. When this person decides to buy a product, the script will look for this cookie and/or try to match their IP address to identify the AFFILIATE who will be awarded the commission. Visitors sent through your AFFILIATE link may make a purchase later in time and the commission will still be awarded if the cookie is present in their browser and/or if they are using the same IP address as the one logged in the database.
6. Terms of the agreement
These terms will begin upon your signup with the AFFILIATE program and will end when your AFFILIATE account is terminated. The terms of this agreement may be modified by us at any time. If any modification to the terms is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your AFFILIATE account. Your continuing participation in the program will constitute your acceptance of any change.
7. Liability
We will not be liable for indirect or accidental damages (loss of revenue, commissions) due to AFFILIATE tracking failures, loss of database files, and any results of "intents of harm" to the program or our website. We do not make any expressed or implied warranties with respect to the AFFILIATE program and/or products sold at this site. We make no claim that the operation of the AFFILIATE program and our website will be error-free and we will not be liable for any interruptions or errors.
AFFILIATE shall indemnify and hold HotFish.com harmless from any and all legal actions, damages or liabilities incurred from the day-to-day operations of AFFILIATE. Under no circumstances will HotFish.com 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, HotFish.com aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement will not exceed the total fees paid or payable to AFFILIATE under this agreement.
1. Joining the Program
By filling out the signup form you will automatically become an AFFILIATE and are bound by the terms of this agreement. Your participation in the program is solely for this purpose: to legally advertise our website to receive a commission on products purchased by your referral individuals.
2. Payment Schedule
a. Eligible payments - all AFFILIATE monies due for orders generated as a result of AFFILIATE links/Web Site will be held for until the 15th day of the following month and paid for the previous calendar month. This allows us ample time to compensate for returns, exchanges, etc. Payments will be calculated and checks sent out to AFFILIATE according to the terms and conditions of this document.
b. AFFILIATE Payments - payment to AFFILIATE will not be rendered for amounts less than $100.00 USD. If your account is below the minimum $100 threshold it will accumulate until such time that you have reached the $100 minimum amount and then be dispersed per the payment schedule shown above.
3. Revocation of AFFILIATE Status
Your AFFILIATE application and status in the program may be suspended or terminated for any of the following reasons:
• Inappropriate advertisements (False claims, misleading hyperlinks)
• Advertising on sites containing/promoting illegal activities
• Violation of intellectual property rights.
4. AFFILIATE Links
you may use graphic and text links on your Web Site. The site may also be advertised "offline" in classified ads, magazines, and newspapers. You may use the graphics provided to you by us. Text can be used from our web site www.HotFish.com or you can create your own.
5. AFFILIATE Tracking
when a web surfer clicks through your AFFILIATE link, a cookie is set in their browser that contains your AFFILIATE username. Also, their IP address is tracked in the database along with your AFFILIATE name. When this person decides to buy a product, the script will look for this cookie and/or try to match their IP address to identify the AFFILIATE who will be awarded the commission. Visitors sent through your AFFILIATE link may make a purchase later in time and the commission will still be awarded if the cookie is present in their browser and/or if they are using the same IP address as the one logged in the database.
6. Terms of the agreement
These terms will begin upon your signup with the AFFILIATE program and will end when your AFFILIATE account is terminated. The terms of this agreement may be modified by us at any time. If any modification to the terms is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your AFFILIATE account. Your continuing participation in the program will constitute your acceptance of any change.
7. Liability
We will not be liable for indirect or accidental damages (loss of revenue, commissions) due to AFFILIATE tracking failures, loss of database files, and any results of "intents of harm" to the program or our website. We do not make any expressed or implied warranties with respect to the AFFILIATE program and/or products sold at this site. We make no claim that the operation of the AFFILIATE program and our website will be error-free and we will not be liable for any interruptions or errors.
AFFILIATE shall indemnify and hold HotFish.com harmless from any and all legal actions, damages or liabilities incurred from the day-to-day operations of AFFILIATE. Under no circumstances will HotFish.com 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, HotFish.com aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement will not exceed the total fees paid or payable to AFFILIATE under this agreement.
