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THIS AFFILIATE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), together with any amendments, are
entered into by and between Mobile88.com Sdn Bhd. ("Affiliate88"), and the
applying party submitting the Application For Affiliate Status (the
"Affiliate"), also referred to herein jointly as the parties ("Parties", each a
"Party"). This Affiliate Agreement supplements all other Campaign Terms
subsequently agreed to by the Affiliate.
WHEREAS, Affiliate88 and Affiliate desire to provide for the terms and
conditions of this Affiliate Agreement as more specifically set forth herein;
THEREFORE, the Parties agree to be legally bound as follows:
1. Definitions.
1.1. "Opt-in" or "Opted-in" means that the consumer has made an active,
affirmative choice to receive Ads from the Affiliate.
1.2. "User" means any person using the Internet.
1.3. "Action" means a User's completion of an action (such as a click, sale or
lead) defined by the Advertiser or Affiliate88.
1.4. "Network" means the advertising network operated by Affiliate88, which is
made up of Affiliates and Advertisers.
1.5. "Advertiser" means the advertiser, merchant or advertising agency providing
advertisements to Affiliate88 for use by Affiliate.
1.6. "Ad" means the advertisement in the form of graphic or text supplied to
Affiliate88 for inclusion in the Affiliate88 Network and to be made available
for Affiliate use.
1.7. "Spam" means unsolicited bulk email where recipients have not agreed in
advance to receive offers or Ads.
1.8. "Campaign Terms" means the specific guidelines for each campaign as listed
in the Affiliate88 network.
2. Amendments.
2.1. From time to time, Affiliate88 may amend, replace or supplement the
Agreement, including but not limited to changing Advertiser Payouts, by posting
an updated Agreement or Campaign Terms on the Affiliate88 website, and it shall
be deemed effective immediately unless otherwise noted, and Affiliate will be
deemed to have consented to, and agreed to be bound by, the updated Agreement or
Campaign Terms. It is the responsibility of the Affiliate to read and keep up to
date with the Agreement and Campaign Terms with or without notice of change from
Affiliate88.
3. Affiliate Requirements.
3.1. Affiliate is subject to review and may be rejected for any reason, and at
any time, by Affiliate88.
3.2. Affiliate must submit valid and correct contact information, including but
not limited to name, e-mail address, street address, and telephone number.
Affiliate must ensure this information remains up-to-date at all times within
the Affiliate88 Network. Affiliate must accurately, clearly and completely
describe all promotional methods in their descriptions and providing additional
information when necessary.
3.3. Affiliate websites must not be associated with or contain any illegal
activity, or pornographic, obscene, racist, or hateful content, or deceptive
advertising, piracy, libelous or defamatory statements.
3.4. Affiliate websites must not contain any mechanisms that could be downloaded
on to a User¡¯s computer without the User¡¯s explicit knowledge and consent.
3.5. In its sole discretion, if at any time Affiliate88 deems the Affiliate¡¯s
website or advertising activities are contrary to the terms set out in the
Agreement, the Affiliate shall be terminated from the Network and shall forfeit
any and all commissions and earnings.
4. Affiliate Rules.
4.1. Failure to adhere to the following rules is a violation of the Agreement
and will result in immediate termination of the Affiliate from the Affiliate88
Network with forfeiture of all monies due to Affiliate.
4.2. Affiliate must not load Advertiser's website within a frameset or iframe
unless prior written approval is obtained from Affiliate88.
4.3. Affiliate must not modify the Ads supplied by Affiliate88 in any way unless
prior written approval is obtained from Affiliate88.
4.4. Affiliate must indicate whether he uses incentive traffic, and only offer
incentives to Users to respond to Ads with permission from Affiliate88 and the
Advertiser as indicated on the Network and Campaign Terms, or in writing.
Affiliate88 reserves the right to define the term incentive.
4.5. Affiliate must not make misleading or disparaging statements, oral or
written, about any Ad, Advertiser or Affiliate88.
4.6. Affiliate must agree to receive periodic communications from Affiliate88
and Advertiser. This communication could be in the form of e-mail, postal mail,
telephone or fax.
4.7. Affiliate must not display any Ad in third party newsgroups, message
boards, blogs, unsolicited email and other types of spam, link farms, counters,
chatrooms, or guestbooks.
4.8. Affiliate must comply with all Campaign Terms as outlined in Ads.
4.9. Affiliate must not generate any Actions in bad faith or through fraudulent
mechanisms. This includes, but is not limited to, generating own Actions using
manual or automated processes, generating Actions using adware or spyware, and
encouraging or educating Surfers to cancel any service provided by Advertisers.
4.10. Affiliate must not display any Ad through any mechanism on MySpace
accounts. This includes, but is not limited to, bulletins, comments, mail,
profiles or any other area of a MySpace account.
4.11. Any Affiliate engaged in the distribution of Ads via email must comply
with all of the following rules:
4.11.1. Affiliate must distribute Ads only to those recipients who have Opted-in
to receive such email from the Affiliate. Affiliate88 prohibits the use of Spam.
Any use of Spam whatsoever by Affiliate will result in the forfeiture of
Affiliate¡¯s entire commission for all campaigns, and the termination of the
Affiliate¡¯s account. Affiliate will also be held liable for any and all damages
resulting from a violation of this provision including reasonable court costs.
4.11.2. If requested by Affiliate88, Affiliate must be able within 48 hours of
such request, to supply the name, date, time and IP address where the User gave
permission to the Affiliate to receive such Ads through e-mail.
4.11.3. Affiliate must ensure each email recipient is provided with a valid
opt-out mechanism within each email delivered in order for the recipients to
"opt-out" of future mailings from Affiliate.
4.11.4. Affiliate must not use the Advertiser or Affiliate88 name (including any
abbreviation thereof) in the originating email address line ("From" line) or
subject line of any email transmission, unless specific permission is given
otherwise.
4.11.5. Affiliate must not use falsified sender information or falsified IP
Addresses.
4.11.6. Affiliate must use only pre-approved Advertiser subject lines and from
lines as set out in Campaign Terms.
4.11.7. Affiliate must use only legitimate routing information.
4.11.8. Affiliate must use their own tracking links that redirect to the
tracking links supplied by Affiliate88.
4.11.9. Affiliate must have a proper privacy policy on their website, and it
must be in compliance with all FTC guidelines, rules and regulations in respect
to online privacy and shall warrant that email campaigns are conducted in
accordance with that privacy policy, and in accordance with any applicable local
or international laws.
4.11.10. Affiliate must ensure each email contains Advertiser¡¯s unsubscribe
mechanism as set out in Campaign Terms.
4.11.11. Affiliate must not send email to any email address or domain contained
in an Advertiser¡¯s suppression list as set out in Campaign Terms.
4.11.12. Affiliate must ensure each email clearly contains the Affiliate¡¯s
physical address, which cannot be a PO BOX.
4.11.13. Affiliate must comply with all campaign instructions from Affiliate88
and Advertiser as set out in Campaign Terms.
4.11.14. Affiliate must comply with any and all applicable rules, regulations
and laws, specified or not within this Agreement, in respect to email
distribution and advertising and relating thereto, including the CAN-SPAM Act of
2003.
5. Advertising Services and Warranties.
5.1. Provided that Affiliate complies with all provisions of this Agreement and
Campaign Terms, Affiliate88 hereby grants to Affiliate a non-exclusive, limited,
revocable license to market, display, perform, copy, transmit, and promote the
Ad in connection with its obligations hereunder; and market display, perform,
copy, transmit, and promote the Ad to third parties in connection with its
obligations hereunder. Affiliate's use of Ads or copyrighted materials in
violation of this Agreement is strictly forbidden and will result in this
limited license being immediately withdrawn and may further result in the
termination of the Affiliate¡¯s account and being held liable under applicable
law.
5.2. Affiliate88's sole obligation to the Affiliate under this Agreement with
respect to Ads shall be to provide such Ads for placement on the Affiliate88
Network. The advertising services provided by Affiliate88 are provided "as is".
Affiliate88 makes no warranties, guaranties, promises, or estimates, expressed
or implied, oral, written or otherwise except as specifically set forth herein,
AND does not guarantee, including but not limited to, demographic profiling of
Users, click to Action conversion rates, response rates or conversion rates from
Action to sale.
5.3. No additional warranties are provided.
6. Commission Earnings and Payments.
6.1. Affiliate88 shall send Affiliate's commission payment approximately fifteen
(15) days from the last business day of each month in which earnings are accrued
if the amount due to Affiliate exceeds either One Hundred (100) ringgit MYR or
the minimum payment amount requested by the affiliate, whichever is higher.
Commissions will only be earned on Actions reported by the Advertiser, and only
after Affiliate88 receives full payment from the Advertiser. Affiliate88 is
under no obligation to pay Affiliates for Actions which are not paid by the
Advertiser.
6.2. In the event of non-payment by a Merchant, and If Affiliate88 elects in its
own discretion not to make payment to Affiliate, an Affiliate's recourse for any
earned commissions not paid shall be to make a claim against the relevant
Advertiser(s), and Affiliate88 disclaims any and all liability for such payment.
6.3. Affiliate88 or the Advertiser may reverse any Action generated by the
Affiliate. Circumstances for Action reversals include but are not limited to
duplicate Actions, fraudulently generated Actions, non-payment, Affiliate's
failure to comply with the Agreement, or product returns. Reversals may be
applied at any time, including for Actions during a period where payment has
already been issued to the Affiliate.
7. Referral Program.
7.1. Affiliate shall earn a 5% referral fee on the commission payments made to
any other Affiliates (excluding bonuses, rewards, additional payouts, Affiliate
earnings where the Affiliate is an advertising network, and referral income) who
have been referred to Affiliate88 using the specified link code. Affiliate shall
earn this fee on the commission payments of a referred Affiliate for a period of
twelve (12) months after the referred Affiliate joins the Affiliate88 Network.
Affiliate88 reserves the right to terminate an Affiliate referral program, in
whole or in part, at any time for any reason, including but not limited to,
fraud, questionable activity or breach of the terms set out in the Agreement or
Campaign Terms.
8. Representations and Warranties.
8.1. Each Party represents and warrants they have full corporate right, power,
and authority to enter into this Agreement, to grant the rights and licenses
granted and to perform the acts required of it.
8.2. Each Party acknowledges that the other Party makes no representations,
warranties, or agreements related to the subject matter hereof that are not
expressly provided for in this Agreement.
9. Non-Circumvention.
9.1. Affiliate shall not solicit or recruit, directly or indirectly, any
Advertiser that is known to Affiliate to be an Advertiser of Affiliate88, for
purposes of offering products or services that are competitive with Affiliate88,
nor contact such Advertisers for any purpose, during the term of Affiliate's
membership in the Affiliate88 Network and for the twelve (12) month period
following termination of Affiliate's membership in the Affiliate88 Network.
10. Limitation of Liability.
10.1. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR
COSTS, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, (EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING FROM AFFILIATE PARTICIPATION IN
Affiliate88¡¯S NETWORK. Affiliate88 SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT BE LIABLE TO
AFFILIATE FOR MORE THAN THE AMOUNT PAID TO AFFILIATE HEREUNDER. NO ACTION, SUIT
OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT AGAINST Affiliate88 MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE
DATE OF SERVICE.
10.2. Affiliate agrees to not to hold Affiliate88 or Advertisers liable for any
of the consequences of interruption or service.
11. Indemnification.
11.1. Affiliate hereto agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Affiliate88,
Advertiser, and each if its agents, officers, directors and employees against
all liability to third parties resulting from the acts or failure to act of such
indemnifying party, or any act of its customers or users. Affiliate is solely
responsible for any legal liability arising out of or relating to the
Affiliate's website(s), any material to which Users can link through the
Affiliate's website(s) and/or any consumer and/or governmental/regulatory
complaint arising out of any e-mail campaign or other advertising campaign
conducted by Affiliate, including but not limited to any Spam or fraud complaint
and/or any complaint relating to failure to have proper permission to conduct
such campaign to the consumer.
12. Confidentiality.
12.1. Affiliate agrees to refrain from disclosing Affiliate88¡¯s confidential
information or the Advertiser¡¯s confidential information (including but not
limited to commission rates, conversion rates, email addresses, fees, identities
of Advertisers) to any third-party without prior written permission from
Affiliate88.
13. Force Majeure.
13.1. Neither party shall be deemed in default of this Agreement to the extent
that performance of its obligations or attempts to cure any breach are delayed
or prevented by reason of any act of God, fire, natural disaster, accident,
terrorism, riots, acts of government, shortage of materials or supplies, or any
other cause beyond the reasonable control of such party; provided, that the
party whose performance is affected by any such event gives the other party
written notice thereof within three (3) business days of such event or
occurrence.
14. Relationship.
14.1. The Parties to the Agreement are independent non-exclusive contractors.
Neither Party will have any right, or authority to enter into any agreement on
behalf of, or incur any obligation or liability of, or to otherwise bind the
other Party, nor is either party an agent, representative, partner, employee, or
joint venture of the other Party.
15. Remedies.
15.1. Affiliate88 reserves the right to withhold payment and take appropriate
legal action to cover its damages against any Affiliate that violates the terms
of this Agreement or breaches the representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement, or commits fraudulent activity against the Affiliate88. Except
as otherwise specified, the rights and remedies granted to a Party under the
Agreement are cumulative and in addition to, not in lieu of, any other rights
and remedies which the Party may possess at law or in equity.
16. Entire Agreement.
16.1. This Agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement and supersedes
any and all prior agreements, whether written, oral, express, or implied, of the
Parties with respect to the transactions set forth herein.
17. Governing Law.
17.1. The rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be
governed by and construed under the laws of Malaysia, without reference to
conflict of laws principles.
18. Termination.
18.1. This Agreement may be terminated by either party. This Agreement may be
terminated immediately upon notice for your breach of this Agreement.
18.2. An Advertiser may terminate Affiliate from the Advertiser's program for
any or no reason.
18.3. Upon termination of this Agreement, any permissions granted under this
Agreement will terminate, and Affiliate must immediately remove all Ads and link
to Advertiser(s).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
and binding upon Affiliate's submission and Affiliate88's acceptance of
Affiliate's properly completed Affiliate network application without need for
further action by Affiliate88.
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