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Affiliate Agreement


TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Your Responsibilities

A. The Link. You may display on the Web Site(s) listed in Your application ("Your Web Site") a hypertext link or links ("Link" or "Links") to Our Web Site currently located at URL: http://www.barteritonline.com. You shall display the Links only during the term of this Agreement. You shall display only the then-current versions of the Links in the form that We will provide to You. We reserve the right to monitor Your use of and display of the Links.

B. Content On Your Web Site. You are responsible for ensuring that all content that appears on Your Web Site (including framed content) complies with all applicable laws. This means, among other things, that You are responsible for making sure that the content on Your Web Site, including any articles, is not defamatory, does not violate the privacy rights, intellectual property rights, or other rights of third parties, does not promote sexually explicit materials, violence, illegal activities or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or age, and is not obscene. We have complete discretion to reject your application or terminate this Agreement if We determine that the content on Your Web Site is unsuitable.

C. Publicity. You will obtain Our prior approval of the content of, and the circumstances of distribution of, any materials publicizing Your status as an Affiliate, Our services and/or this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, you will not send any unsolicited electronic mail to promote any of Our products or services. Violation of this section may result in the immediate termination of this Agreement, forfeiture of any Commissions earned by and/or payable to You, and other legal action.

BarterItOnline.com's Responsibilities

A. BarterItOnline.com Services. We will provide customer service to the customers who link to Our Web Site from Your Web Site to the same extent that we are providing such services for Our other customers.

B. Link Design. We will design and provide to You the Link(s) for display under this Agreement.

C. Origin Tag. We will provide to You a unique Origin Tag that will allow Us to identify users coming from Your Web Site to Our Web Site. The Origin Tag will be proprietary to Us.

Commission
If you choose "Share our transaction fees" on the Affiliate application, we will pay You a commission ("Commission") based on the schedule below for each new registered user who linked from Your Web Site to Our Web Site as identified by the Origin Tag we will provide to You.

   Amount of Barter Transaction Made By Your Referral    We Pay You This % of the Transactions in CASH   We Pay You This % of the Transactions in E-DOLLARS  We Pay Your Referral This  One-Time Reward in E-Dollars for Listing With Us  
$0-$10,000 1.5% 1.5%  $100 ED
$10,000-$25,000 1% 1%  $100 ED
$25,000+ .075% .075%  $100 ED
  

If you choose "Share Your Transactions Fees" on the Affiliate application, you charge your users their normal transaction fee. For all users who linked from Your Site to Our Site and who make a purchase on our site, we will receive a 2% cash transaction fee on said purchases

          Fee Payment

    We will pay you referral fees on a bi-monthly basis. We will send you a check for the cash fees earned on transactions that were funded during that pay period, less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold; payments of E-Dollars for the trade commissions due will be deposited in a BarterItOnline Trade Account set up in your name, giving you all trading rights of our Users.  Payments made to you will be reported on Form 1099 as required by law.

Other Important Provisions

Your Representations and Warranties. You hereby represent and warrant to us that You are a corporation duly organized and validly existing, or, if an individual, You are a citizen or legal resident of the United States; and, You have all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform all of Your obligations under, this Agreement. You acknowledge that this Agreement, if accepted by Us, is a valid and binding legal obligation. Your execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement do not and will not (i) violate any law, rule, regulation, or other legal edict having applicability to You, (ii) with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, result in a breach or constitute a default under any material agreement by which You are bound, or (iii) require any authorizations, licenses, exemption or filings with any third party or governmental authority.

Intellectual Property. This Agreement gives You a limited license, revocable at any time by Us in Our sole discretion, to display the Links only on Your Web Site in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to use the Origin Tag We will provide to you. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither party will make any use of trademarks, service marks, logos or similar property owned, licensed to or used by the other without first obtaining the other’s written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, We may, in publicizing the Affiliate program, list You as among our then-current Affiliates during the Term of this Agreement.

Information Practices. Any and all information about users who linked from Your Web Site that We collect on Our Web Site during an Affiliate Session is proprietary to Us. You acknowledge and agree that We will not share with You any information we collect from such users. Additionally, all of Our rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning member activity, account information, and customer service will apply to those users.

  Limited License

    We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the tag and message and such other images for which we grant express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant and to assist in generating barter transactions. You may not modify the icon, the message, or any of our images in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the icon, the message, any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you notice.

          Terms of the Agreement

    The terms of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. You are only eligible to earn referral fees on sales of Qualifying Products occurring during the term, and fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid. 

         Confidentiality

    Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or with the consent of the other party hereto, each of the parties hereto agrees that all information including, without limitation, the terms of this Agreement, business and financial information, customer and vendor lists, and pricing and sales information, concerning us or you, respectively, or any of our affiliates provided by or on behalf of any of them shall remain strictly confidential and secret and shall not be utilized, directly or indirectly, by such party for its own business purposes or for any other purpose except and solely to the extent that any such information is generally known or available to the public or through a source or sources other than such party hereto or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any such information (a) to any person pursuant to a subpoena issued by any court or administrative agency, (b) to its accountants, attorneys or other agents on a confidential basis, and (c) otherwise as required by applicable law, rule, regulation or legal process.

          Indemnity

    You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless BarterItOnline, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, partners, members and other owners, against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), and costs (any or all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as "Losses") insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on (i) any claim that our use of the your trademark(s) infringe on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other proprietary right of any third party, (ii) any misrepresentation of a representation or warranty or breach of a covenant and agreement made by you herein, (iii) the development, operation, maintenance and content of your Site and products and services offered from your Site, or (iv) any claim related to your Site, including, without limitation, content therein not attributable to us.

          Modification

    We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program rules. 

    IF ANY MODIFICATION 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 ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE. 

         Relationship of Parties

    You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, 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. 

         Limitation of Liability

    We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement. 

         Disclaimers

    We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or any products sold through the Program (including, without limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability, noninfringement, or any implied warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade usage). In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors. 

      

    YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT. 

          Miscellaneous

    This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the state of Massachusetts, 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 Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. 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. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of 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. 

          Entire Agreement

    This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications. 


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