Brand-A-Port Affiliate Program Rules

Affiliate Agreement

This Operating Agreement (the "Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to your participation in the ShutterPort, Inc Brand-A-Port Affiliate Program (the "Program"). By participating in the Program, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

1. Description of the Program: If your application is accepted by us, you will be able to participate as a Affiliate ("Affiliate") of the Program. As an Affiliate, you will be permitted to establish links from your Web site ("Your Site") to The Brand-A-Port Web site(s) at the locations designated by us ("Our Sites"). We will provide you with the appropriate URL(s) once your application has been accepted by us. By establishing links from Your Site to Our Sites, you will have the opportunity to earn commissions on impressions, clicks, leads, and sales when consumers follow the links from Your Site to Our Sites based upon the ShutterPort/Brand-A-Port commission schedule in force at that time.

2. Applying to Become an Affiliate in the Program: To become an Affiliate in the Program, you must submit a complete Program application via this site, or by phone, including the $59.95 Affiliate fee (earned back after just 20 qualified leads). We will evaluate your application and will notify you of our acceptance or rejection of Your Site as an Affiliate. We may reject your application if we determine (in our sole discretion) that Your Site is unsuitable for the Program for any reason (including without limitation, because Your Site contains material that is violent, threatening, harmful, obscene, pornographic, unlawful, discriminatory, defamatory, infringing, harassing, offensive or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate). If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply to the Program at any time. You should understand that even if we accept your application, we may later determine (in our sole discretion) that Your Site is unsuitable, in which case we may terminate this Agreement.

3. Establishing Links from Your Site to Our Sites: Once you have been notified that Your Site has been accepted into the Program, you may begin establishing links from Your Site to Our Sites as described in this paragraph. You may select one or more of Banner Links, Pop-Ups, Text Ads and Text Links from a list that we supply- to feature on Your Site. You may change the Banners featured on Your Site at any time, to other of our official banners, without our approval. You may not alter, modify or change in any way Our Banners or Promotional Materials without our prior written approval, and you will be responsible for any accuracies or other changes when posting Our Promotional Materials on Your Site. We may modify Our Banners and Promotional Materials at any time in our sole discretion, and you will make any such modifications promptly upon our request. You agree to immediately delete or remove Our Banners and Promotional Materials, along with any copies, from Your Site (or any other media under your control) upon our request or upon termination of this Agreement. You will be responsible for setting up the links connecting Your Site to the ordering page of Our Sites at the URL(s) designated by us, and for ensuring that the links are in good and working order.

4. Payment of Commission Fees for Qualifying Impressions, Clicks, Leads, or Sales: We will pay you Commission fees ("Commission Fees") based on $3.00 per Qualified Lead that completes the sign-in. Payments to Affiliate are generated by check on the 15th of each month for the previous months activity. The minimum monthly payout is $50.00; if your commission balance is less than $50.00 your balance will be rolled over to the next month until your balance reaches the minimum $50.00 payment threshold. Brand-A-Port, Inc.com records will be the determinative evidence that entitles you to the commission fees. These reports are in real time, and are subject to modification by staff without notice.

5. Anti-Fraud: WE MONITER and any Affiliate's caught using automated scripts or techniques used to generate fictitious leads will be terminated without warning and shall forfeit any commissions.

In addition, you may not: (a) directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or incentive (including, without limitation, payment of money (including any rebate), or granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site to access our site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for persons or entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); (b) read, intercept, record, redirect, interpret, or fill in the contents of any electronic form or other materials submitted to us by any person or entity; (c) in any way modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute the operation of any button, link, or other interactive feature of our site; (d) make any orders or subscription requests, or engage in other transactions of any kind on our site on behalf of any third party, or authorize, assist, or encourage any other person or entity to do so; (e) take any action that could reasonably cause any customer confusion as to our relationship with you, or as to the site on which any functions or transactions (e.g., search, order, browse, and so on) are occurring; or (f) post or serve any advertisements or promotional content around or in conjunction with the display of our site (e.g., through any "framing" technique or technology or pop-up windows, not authorized by us), or assist, authorize, or encourage any third party to take any such action. If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing activities, we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or terminate this Agreement.

You are not allowed to force visitors to our page via any automatic transport mechanism, such as "meta refresh" or "forced exit" scripts, or through fraudulent or misleading links. You are welcome to use consoles, pop-ups, or other methods to display our banners or text links. Visitors must visit us by choice and Affiliates cannot refer themselves.

  • No fee will be paid on click-thus from Non-English speaking countries.

  • No click-thrus may be induced through any means of incentivizing - no bonus, trade, premium, or other incentive may be offered in exchange for a click-thru or reservation.

  • Links may not be placed in newsgroups, unsolicited e-mail (spam), chatrooms or guestbook's.

  • Any Link placed must be done so in such a way that it is not misleading to any Visitor and done so with the intention of delivering leads to us. No banner or text copy other than what we provide may be used.

  • The URLs of all sites you promote Brand-A-Port must be supplied.

  • All visitors must have a valid email address. No fee paid on bouncebacks.

  • We know within very close parameters the ratio of impressions to visitors, the ratio of click-thrus. Any manipulation of click-thrus will result in forfeiture of all commissions due.

  • We reserve the right to cancel the account(s) of any suspected cheater without notice. Violation of any of these rules will be cause for forfeiture of all commissions earned and fees paid.

  • We reserve the right to modify these rules at any time. Any changes become effective immediately upon posting here.

    6. Policies, Procedures and Pricing of Our Products: Consumers who buy visit, or purchase a ShutterPort/Brand-A-Port product or service from through a link on Your Site to Our Sites will be deemed to be the your customer for commission purposes. We may change our rules, policies and operating procedures at any time. You may not offer any discounts, rebates or premiums that would change the prices of our products or services. The prices and availability may vary from time to time, and we do not guarantee the prices or availability of any product or service.

    7. Public Statements: You agree that we may identify you or Your Site as an Affiliate of the Program as long as you participate in the Program. We may make this identification orally, in writing or electronically, including without limitation, in press releases, public announcements and promotional materials publicizing, advertising or promoting the Program. You may not issue any press release or public announcement, distribute any marketing or promotional materials or otherwise make any public communications regarding this Agreement or your participation in the Program without our prior written consent or except as expressly permitted.

    8. Limited License: We grant you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable right during the term of this Agreement to use (a) the graphic image and phrase identified in Section 9 solely for purposes of identifying Your Site as a Affiliate of the Program in accordance with Section 9, (b) Promotional Materials described in Section 3 solely for purposes of establishing links between Your Site and Our Sites in accordance with Section 3, and (c) any other proprietary materials for which we grant you express permission in writing solely for purposes of your participation in the Program in accordance with the terms of such writing (collectively, "Our Proprietary Materials"). You may not alter, modify or change any of Our Proprietary Materials in any way. We reserve all of our rights (including without limitation, our copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights) in all of Our Proprietary Materials. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you written notice.

    9. Responsibility for Your Site: You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of Your Own Site and all materials that appear on Your Site (including without limitation, the technical operation of Your Site and all related equipment used to operate Your Site; creating, posting and maintaining the links from Your Site to Our Sites; the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on Your Site (e.g., Our Promotional Materials); ensuring that materials posted on Your Site do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party (e.g., copyrights, trademarks, patents, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights); ensuring that materials posted on Your Site are not libelous or otherwise illegal). We specifically disclaim all liability concerning Your Site and all materials that appear on Your Site. You will indemnify and hold us (and our Affiliates, subsidiaries and parent company, and their directors, officers and employees) harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, use, and materials of Your Site.

    10. Term and Termination of the Agreement: The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your application to become an Affiliate of the Program and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, for any reason, by giving the other party written or electronic notice of termination. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease any use of, and remove from Your Site, all links to Our Sites and any of Our Proprietary Materials appearing on Your Site, and you will immediately destroy or return any of Our Proprietary Materials within your possession or control. We shall be entitled to injunctive relief in the event of your failure to comply with the foregoing. You are only eligible to earn Commission Fees on Qualifying Leads, or Sales that occur during the term of this Agreement, and Commission Fees earned through the effective date of termination will remain payable only if the applicable Qualifying Paid Orders are neither canceled nor returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the Commission Fees we pay to you exclude any canceled or returned Qualifying Paid Orders.

    11. Modifications to this Agreement: We may modify any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on Our Sites or by sending you a written notice by email or other delivery. Modifications may include (but are not limited to) changes in the scope of available Commission Fees, the amount of the Commission Fees, the payment procedures, and rules of the Programs. If any modification to this Agreement is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Program following our posting of a change notice or new agreement or our written notice to you will constitute your binding acceptance of the change.

    12. Relationship of the Parties: You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on Your Site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.

    13. DISCLAIMERS WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS, OR ANY OF OUR SITES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING OR TRADE USAGE). IN ADDITION, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE OPERATION OF OUR SITES OR ORDERING PAGES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND WE WILL NOT LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS.

    14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR SERVICES, ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM, OUR PRODUCTS OR OUR SITES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE OR WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM, OUR PRODUCTS OR OUR SITES WILL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL COMMISSION FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

    15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts located in Palm Beach, Florida and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

    16. Assignment: You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent, and any attempted assignment in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

    17. Waiver: Our failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement.

    18. Entire Agreement: This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements or representations between the parties. This Agreement may only be modified by a written instrument signed by both parties.