This document contains the terms and conditions that apply to a participant in the Global Secrets International affiliate program.
You may enroll in the program online by filling in and submitting the registration form. You will be issued with an affiliate administration panel and ID, however we reserve the right to terminate your membership if we determine, at our sole discretion, that your site is unsuitable for the program. Unsuitable sites include, but are not limited to, for example, sites that:
- promote sexually explicit materials
- promote violence
- promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age
- promote illegal activities or violate intellectual property rights
- from applicants who we prefer not to be associated with
We grant you a non-exclusive, revocable right to use our present banners and other such images for which we grant express permission, for the purpose of identifying your site as a program participant and linking to our site. You may not modify the banners or any of our images in any way without our express permission.
We reserve all of our rights to our trade names and trademarks and all other intellectual property rights.
Unsolicited email (SPAM)
We will not tolerate the sending of unsolicited bulk emails that promote, or make reference to Global Secrets International, or any of its associated companies, partners, or employees. Other prohibited forms of advertising include postings to non-commercial newsgroups and cross-posting to multiple newsgroups at once. In addition, affiliates may not advertise in any way that effectively conceals or misrepresents their identity, their domain name or their return email address.
Any affiliate who, in our opinion, breaches this ruling will have their affiliate status cancelled immediately and any and all outstanding commissions WILL BE FORFEITED.
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We will NOT revoke affiliate status to avoid payment of owed or future commissions.
Unprofessional Conduct
Global Secrets International operates with the strictest codes of professional conduct. Any affiliate who brings Global Secrets International or its associates into disrepute, or who promotes any form of slander or unfair business practices, will have their affiliate status cancelled and any outstanding commissions will be forfeited.
We reserve the right to reject any affiliate application if in our opinion, that person or company violates established laws or commonly held standards of decency.
An affiliate who ignores warnings to cease and desist any activities we deem negligent, inappropriate, or harmful to Global Secrets International and or other affiliates will be terminated.
Order Processing
We will be solely responsible for processing every order for our products. Customers will use our secure online ordering process. Order forms, payment processing, shipping, cancellations, returns, and related customer service are our responsibility.
All of our rules, operating procedures and policies regarding customer orders and accounts will apply to orders we receive through special links on your site. We reserve the right to reject any order that does not comply with our rules, operating procedures and policies.
Every customer who buys our products through this program is deemed to be a customer of ours. Affiliates do not have the authority to make or accept any offer on our behalf. All our policies regarding customer orders, pricing and problem resolution will apply to these customers. We are not responsible for any representations made by you that contradict our policies.
You may order our products and services for your own personal use through your affiliate link.
Sales Tracking
We will be solely responsible for tracking sales we make to customers who follow links from your website. Reports of your sales activity will be available to you by logging on to your personal affiliate admin panel provided when you first sign up to Global Secrets International affiliate program. The only entities that have access to your statistics and affiliate information are you, and us (Global Secrets International).
Links
We will provide you with a unique identifying URL for you to link to. Each sale or referral that is generated from this URL will be attributed to you. You will have access to your own private section to check your statistics in real time. Your links to the unique URL can be text links or image links, or a combination of the two, at your sole discretion. If you choose image links, you must use our images. We will email the images to you upon acceptance of your application. You may add as many links to Global Secrets International, or remove such links, at anytime and without prior approval from us.
Inactive affiliates may be removed from participation in the program. Inactive means little or no "click-throughs" via your unique affiliate ID for a period of sixty (60) days (as monitored via our affiliate program administrative panel), and/or non-placement of affiliate image/text ads. We may contact you after thirty (30) days of inactivity. Efforts may be made to help and encourage your participation in the program.
We will provide you with instructions on how to properly format the links. You are responsible for ensuring the links are formatted correctly. This will ensure accurate tracking of sales for credit to your account. Every effort will be made to ensure that our site is functional and available for customers referred to our site through your affiliate link.
We have NO responsibilities with regard to your site. Global Secrets International shall have no liability for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or any loss of revenue or profits arising under or with respect to this agreement or the program. In addition, Global Secrets International aggregate liability arising under or with respect to this agreement or the program, shall in no event exceed total referral fees paid or payable to the affiliate under this agreement.
Payment of Commissions
We will pay you 10% of the total purchase made by a customer referred by your "affiliate link" through our banners or text links (Not including shipping charge). We are not responsible for paying interest to affiliates for accrued, but not yet delivered, commission payments.
If you nominate cheque as your method of payment, your payment will be made out to you and mailed to the address you provide at sign-up. (You will be able to modify your address and contact information via your private affiliate area).
Any payments made to you will be after your referrals 15 Day free trial is over, to ensure no refund is due and once your account reaches over a balance of AU$100.
All payments and balance reports found in the affiliates admin panel will be converted and shown in Australian dollars only.
Term of the Agreement
The term of this agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your affiliate program application and your placement of our banner or textual link on your site, and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this agreement at any time, by giving the other party written notice of termination. This will be in the form of "email". You can only earn referral fees on sales occurring during the term. We will never withhold any payment due. Payment of monies owed you will be payable on the same schedule as stated above for commission payment. Upon termination of this agreement, the former affiliate must remove all affiliate links and graphics from its web site, and refrain from publishing these in any manner whatsoever.
Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this agreement, at any time and at our sole discretion, by posting a new agreement on our site. Any modifications will also be notified, by email, to all participating affiliates. If any modification is unacceptable to you, you may terminate this agreement. Your continued participation in the program following notification of our new program will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
Privacy Policy
Information you submit for the purposes of this affiliate program will be used only for affiliate membership purposes (to make your commission payments and to communicate changes in our product offerings.) We will not email you with any other company's products. We will notify you of new banners and or text links to facilitate promotion of Global Secrets International. We do not now, nor will we in the future, sell, rent or otherwise make your personal information available to any third party/parties.
This concludes the agreement. Thank you for taking the time to read it carefully. We look forward to working with you.
By filling in and submitting the registration form to sign-up to our program, you are agreeing to the above terms and conditions
Global Secrets International
PO Box 33
Anglesea, Victoria
Australia, 3230
