Affiliate Terms & Conditions1. Joining the Affiliate Programme You must complete the StockingsDirect.co.uk affiliate application form in full, ensuring all information supplied to us is accurate and true. We reserve the right to reject your application if we feel your site is not suitable. If your application is accepted, you may join the affiliate programme subject to the terms and conditions set out below. 2. Term of the Agreement This agreement comes into effect upon our notification to you of your accepted application. We reserve the right to terminate this agreement with you at any time with immediate effect. You must inform us in writing if you wish to terminate the agreement, either by letter or email from the address registered. 3. Modification We may modify some of or all of the terms in this agreement without prior notification. You will receive notification of any modifications via e-mail. If you do not accept said modifications, your only recourse is to cease your affiliation. Continuing your affiliation with us after any modifications is acceptance on your part. 4. Links, Graphics & Content a. Upon your successful we will provide you with your own unique tracking code. It is your responsibility to ensure you place this code in the links correctly. We will not be held liable for any lost commission due to incorrect tracking or links being placed on your website. b. From time to time, we may send you amends or updates on existing content or links. It is your responsibility to ensure you update the details on your website accordingly. 5. Licences and use of logos, name and trade marks a. You agree that all copyright, trade marks, trade names, intellectual property rights, domain names, text, images, audio and other identifiable material are and will remain the sole property of Phillips Global Trading Limited. In accordance with this agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access our website through our links and content. The rights to display such links and content is for the limited purpose of advertising while you are a member of the StockingsDirect.co.uk affiliate programme. You acquire no rights or licences whatsoever connected to our licensed material other than that explicitly set out in this agreement.
b. You can not alter, modify, distort or delete any licensed material. You can not use this licensed material in any way that may reflect badly on StockingsDirect.co.uk, our reputation or brand image. You will not use this licensed material outside the terms of this agreement. This agreement permits only the named individual or company and website on the application to use our licensed material. You are not permitted to pass any of our licensed material to a third party. If you wish to use any of our licensed material in any way outside the terms of this agreement, you must request our permission in writing and wait for our explicit consent prior to doing so. You shall not create, publish, distribute or permit any marketing material including, but not limited to, on-line, e-mail subscription and printed, that refers to us without obtaining our prior written consent.
c. You are not permitted to bid on the keywords "stockings direct" or our brand names in relation to a Pay Per Click campaign. 6. Commission Commission is only payable on confirmed sales made by users via a sourced link from the website address on the application form to the page provided by us.
7. Payment
a. Commission will be paid by cheque each month, provided that the commission due has accrued to £20 or more. Any outstanding commission below this amount will be carried forward to the following month. Please be aware if you have a VAT registration number you must provide this to us before any payments can be made.
b. It is your sole responsibility to comply with any legislation regarding the payment of VAT against your commission. Phillips Global Trading Limited accept no liability in your failure to submit the correct VAT documents in issuing said cheque.
c. Commission already paid on confirmed bookings that are subsequently cancelled, rejected upon credit card authorisation, refunded, charged back or where the remaining balance is not paid in full by the client will be deducted from the next commission payment due to you.
d. Upon termination of this agreement, any outstanding commission will be paid on the next due date. If your account is in negative commission (see 7c), we will send you an invoice for the outstanding amount. You will need to pay by cheque within 30 days upon receipt of said invoice.
8. Tracking
StockingsDirect.co.uk can track a user's activity for up to 90 days after their initial click through and award any commission earned during this time frame. For example, a user may make an initial visit to our website via your affiliate link but fail to make a purchase. They can then return to our website within 90 days and make a purchase allowing us to trace this activity to your affiliate link and award the relevant commission to your affiliate campaign.
9. Obligations regarding your site
You agree that your site will not in any way copy or resemble our website. You will not imply or expressly state that your website is part of our website.
You shall remain solely responsible for your website, e-mail subscription and content. We are under no circumstances responsible for the practises or content of your website or e-mail subscription.
10. Relationship of Parties
The relationships of the parties to this agreement shall be solely that of independent contractors, and nothing contained in this agreement shall be construed otherwise. Nothing in this agreement or in the business or dealings between the parties shall be construed to make them joint ventures or partners with each other. Neither party shall do anything to suggest to third parties that the relationship between the parties is anything other than that of independent contractor.
11. Business Operations
a. We will make reasonable commercial efforts to keep our website operational during normal business hours. However, you agree that it is normal to have a certain amount of system downtime and agree we are not liable for any of the consequences or loss of commission due to such interruptions.
b. All information contained on our website is correct at the time of publication. Although we check our website content regularly and endeavour to ensure that it is accurate at all times, there may be occasions when certain information shown is no longer accurate. We can not accept any liability for the consequences or loss of commission due to incorrect information being displayed on the website.
12. Force Majeure
Phillips Global Trading Limited will not be held liable or pay any compensation where the performance of our obligations contained within this agreement is hindered by any event which we could not, even with all due care, foresee or avoid. Such events include, but are not limited to, electrical outages, failure of Internet service providers, war or threat of war, riot, civil strife, terrorist activity, industrial dispute, natural or nuclear disaster, technical problems with transport, closure of airports or ports, changes of schedules by scheduled airlines, adverse weather conditions, fire and all similar events outside our control.
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We, Us - Phillips Global Trading Limited trading as StockingsDirect.co.uk
You - the Affiliate
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