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Order Affiliate Network Agreement
This Print Order
Affiliate Network Agreement
("Agreement") contains the
complete terms and conditions that apply
to your participation as an affiliate. in
the Affiliate Network ("Affiliate
Network") of Galleria Ventures,
LLC. As used in this
Agreement, "you" means (and
"your" refers to) the applicant
seeking to participate hereunder in the
Affiliate Network; and "we"
means (and "us",
"our" and "ours"
refer to) Galleria Ventures, LLC. BY
CLICKING ON THE "I AGREE"
BUTTON TO SUBMIT YOUR AFFILIATE NETWORK
APPLICATION, YOU AGREE THAT (i) YOU HAVE
READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF
ITS CONTENTS AND (ii) IF YOUR AFFILIATE
NETWORK APPLICATION IS APPROVED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT, YOU WILL
BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT.
1. Enrollment in the Affiliate
Network
To begin the enrollment process, you will
submit a complete Affiliate Network
application via our Print Order Affiliate
Site. We will evaluate your application
and will notify you of your acceptance or
rejection in a timely manner. We may
reject your application if we determine
in our sole discretion that your site is
unsuitable for the Affiliate Network for
any reason, including, but not limited
to, inclusion of content that is in any
way unlawful, harmful, threatening,
defamatory, obscene, harassing, or
racially, ethnically, or otherwise
objectionable. If we reject your
application, you are welcome to reapply
to the Affiliate Network at any time.
2. Promotion of Our Affiliate
Relationship
As an Affiliate, we will make available
to you a registered copy of the Print
Order program in which orders received by
the program will be identifiable to your
registered ID. The Affiliate
may copy and distribute their registered
copy of the Print Order program as needed
to promote orders.
3. Order Processing
We will have the sole right and
responsibility for processing any orders
placed by customers using the Print Order
program and accepted by Galleria
Ventures, LLC. We will also have the sole
right and responsibility for order entry,
payment processing, shipping,
cancellations, returns, and related
customer service; for tracking the volume
and amount of digital photo print product
sales generated by your registered
version of the Print Order program.
4. Policies and Pricing
Customers who place orders with the Print
Order program will be deemed to be
customers of Galleria Ventures, LLC.
Accordingly, all of our rules, policies,
and operating procedures concerning
customer orders, payment processing,
shipping, cancellations, returns,
customer service, license agreements and
product sales will apply to those
customers. We may change our rules,
policies and operating procedures at any
time without notice to you. For example,
we will determine in our own discretion
the prices to to be charged for products
sold under the Print Order Affiliate
Network in accordance with our own
pricing policies. We cannot
guarantee the availability or price of
any particular Galleria Ventures, LLC
product offer. We reserve the right to
reject any order for any reason or for no
reason.
5. Referral Fee Determination
You will earn commissions on all sales
received from the use of your registered
version of the Print Order program and
from other registered versions of the
Print Order program in which you have
directly sponsored registered affiliates.
Commission fees will be calculated and
paid based on the volume of sales
generated by your registered Print Order
program and sales generated by your
directly sponsored affiliate's registered
Print Order program in accordance with
the following: a. five percent (5%) of
the aggregate amount actually paid to us
by any user of a copy of the applicable
Print Order program, but excluding
amounts collected, charged or paid by us
for sales, use, excise, customs,
value-added, withholding or other taxes
or duties (other than taxes on Galleria
Ventures, LLCs net income);
gift-wrapping; shipping, transmission,
handling, insurance, service and similar
charges; and amounts paid or credited by
Galleria Ventures, LLC for credit card
fraud, bad debt, returns, rebates,
exchanges and/or discounts ("Net
Sales").
6. Referral Payment
a. Sales commissions will be accumulated
on a calendar monthly basis. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including, without limitation,
Sections 4 and 5 and clause 6(b) below,
approximately thirty (30) days after the
end of each calendar month, we will make
a statement of activity available and a
commission check in U.S. dollars for the
applicable earnings, (less any
taxes or other amounts required to be
withheld under applicable law or this
Agreement) earned on Net Sales received
by us in connection with users of your
registered Print Order
program.
b. If the commissions payable to you for
any calendar month does not exceed twenty
dollars (US$20.00), we will hold those
commissions until (i) the total amount
due to you hereunder exceeds twenty
dollars (US$20.00) or (ii) this Agreement
is terminated (if earlier). Upon the
occurrence of (i) or (ii), you will be
paid all unpaid referral fees to which
you are entitled hereunder, subject to
Section 8 (Term of the Agreement).
7. Additional Obligations
Regarding Your Affiliate Site
a. You will be solely responsible for the
development, operation, and maintenance
of your Affiliate marketing
efforts.
b. You are solely responsible for
ensuring that product reviews, product
descriptions, and related articles on you
use for your marketing efforts are
accurate and comply with all applicable
copyright and other laws. You must have
express permission to use another party's
copyrighted or other proprietary
material. We will not be responsible if
you use another party's copyrighted or
other proprietary material in violation
of the law.
c. We disclaim all liability for all such
matters set forth in clauses 7(a) and
7(b). Further, you will indemnify and
hold harmless, and at our request defend,
Galleria Ventures, LLC, and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, and its and
their directors, officers, employees,
agents, shareholders, partners, members,
and other owners, from all claims,
actions, demands, liabilities, losses,
damages, judgments, settlements, costs
and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees and costs)
relating to the development, operation,
maintenance, and/or contents of your
marketing efforts.
8. Term of the Agreement
The term of this Agreement will begin
upon our acceptance of your Affiliate
registration application and will
continue until 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 book orders
are not cancelled or returned. We may
withhold your final payment for a
reasonable time to ensure that the
correct amount is paid. Upon any
termination of this Agreement, all rights
granted hereunder to you shall
immediately terminate. Termination
of this Agreement by either party shall
not act as a waiver of any breach of this
Agreement and shall not act as a release
of either party from any liability for
breach of such partys obligations
under this Agreement. Neither party will
be liable to the other for damages of any
kind which arise solely as a result of
terminating this Agreement in accordance
with its terms, and termination of this
Agreement by a party will be without
prejudice to any other right or remedy of
such party under this Agreement or
applicable law. Sections 7(c), and
Sections 8 through 21 shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
9. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement,
at any time in our sole discretion. In
such event, you will be notified by email
and a change notice or a new agreement
will be posted on our
galleriaventures.com Site. Modifications
may include, but are not limited to,
changes in the scope of available direct
commissions, commission for sponsored
affiliates, schedules, payment
procedures, and Affiliate Network rules.
IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO
YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE
THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFILIATE NETWORK
FOLLOWING OUR EMAIL AND POSTING OF A
CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR
galleriaventures.com SITE WILL CONSTITUTE
YOUR BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
10. Relationship of Parties
You and Galleria Ventures, LLC 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
Affiliate Site or otherwise, that
reasonably would contradict anything in
this Section.
11. Disclaimers by Galleria
Ventures, LLC
WE DO NOT MAKE ANY, AND HEREBY
DISCLAIM, ALL WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE AFFILIATE
NETWORK, PRINT ORDER PROGRAM, OR
OTHER LICENSED MATERIALS, OR ANY PRODUCTS
SOLD THROUGH THE AFFILIATE NETWORK
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
WARRANTIES OF FITNESS, MERCHANTABILITY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF
PERFORMANCE, DEALING, OR TRADE USAGE);
AND SUCH ITEMS ARE PROVIDED ON AN
"AS IS" BASIS. IN ADDITION, WE
MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION
OF OUR Galleria Ventures, LLC WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, AND WE WILL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY
INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS. This Section
will be enforceable to the maximum extent
allowed by applicable law.
12. Representations and Warranties
by You
You hereby represent and warrant to us as
follows: a. This Agreement has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by you
and constitutes your legal, valid, and
binding obligation, enforceable against
you in accordance with its terms.
b. The execution, delivery, and
performance by you of this Agreement and
the consummation by you of the
transactions contemplated hereby will
not, with or without the giving of
notice, the lapse of time, or both,
conflict with or violate (i) any
provision of law, rule, or regulation to
which you are subject, (ii) any order,
judgment, or decree applicable to you or
binding upon your assets or properties,
(iii) any provision of your by-laws or
certificate of incorporation, if
applicable, or (iv) any agreement or
other instrument applicable to you or
binding upon your assets or properties.
c. No consent, approval, or authorization
of, or exemption by, or filing with, any
governmental authority or any third party
is required to be obtained or made by you
in connection with the execution,
delivery, and performance of this
Agreement or the taking by you of any
other action contemplated hereby.
d. There is no pending or, to the best of
your knowledge, threatened claim, action,
or proceeding against you, or any
affiliate of yours, with respect to the
execution, delivery or consummation of
this Agreement.
13. Confidentiality
a. "Confidential Information"
means any and all information and/or
material disclosed hereunder by a party
to the other party (whether in writing,
oral, graphic, electronic or in any other
form) that is marked as (or provided
under circumstances reasonably indicating
it is) confidential or proprietary, or if
disclosed orally or in other intangible
form, that is identified as (or provided
under circumstances reasonably indicating
it is) confidential at the time of
disclosure and summarized in a writing
transmitted to the other party within
thirty (30) days of such disclosure.
Confidential Information, includes,
without limitation, the terms of this
Agreement; business, financial and
technical information, plans and
materials; trade secrets; know-how;
ideas; data; customer and vendor lists;
pricing and sales information, and other
information and materials concerning the
disclosing party and/or its employees,
consultants, investors, affiliates,
licensors, suppliers, vendors, customers
and other persons.
b. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or with the consent of the
other party hereto, a party receiving any
Confidential Information
("Recipient") from the other
party ("Discloser") (i) shall
hold all such Confidential Information in
strict confidence, shall use and
reproduce such information only to the
extent reasonably required to exercise
Recipients rights and/or fulfill
Recipients obligations hereunder,
and shall not use such Confidential
Information for any purpose other than
the purposes contemplated by this
Agreement; and (ii) shall not disclose or
otherwise make available, directly or
indirectly, any of Disclosers
Confidential Information to any third
party without the prior written
permission of Discloser. Recipient,
however, may disclose Disclosers
Confidential Information in confidence
only to Recipients employees and
agents who have a need to know such
Confidential Information, and who are
each obligated by a written agreement to
comply with confidentiality and
non-disclosure obligations substantially
similar to those set forth in this
Section, and/or to Recipients
lawyers, accountants, banks and financing
sources, who each owe a legal and binding
duty of confidentiality to Recipient.
Recipient shall take all reasonable
measures, and in any event no less than
the same degree of care that it uses to
protect its own confidential and
proprietary information of similar nature
and importance (but no less than
reasonable care), to protect the
confidentiality and avoid the
unauthorized use, disclosure,
publication, or dissemination of
Disclosers Confidential
Information. The restrictions on use and
disclosure set forth in this Section
shall survive for a period of three (3)
years after the effective date of any
termination of this Agreement.
c. The foregoing restrictions on
disclosure and use set forth in Section
shall not apply with respect to any
Confidential Information to the extent
which such Confidential Information: (i)
is now or later becomes publicly known
through no act or omission of Recipient;
(ii) was known by Recipient prior to
receipt from Discloser; (iii) becomes
known to Recipient without confidential
or proprietary restriction from a source
other than Discloser that does not owe a
duty of confidentiality to Discloser with
respect to such Confidential Information
or without breach of any obligation to
Discloser; or (iv) is independently
developed by Recipient without the use of
the Confidential Information of
Discloser. In addition, Recipient may use
or disclose Confidential Information to
the extent (a) approved in advance in
writing by Discloser and/or (b) Recipient
is legally compelled to disclose such
Confidential Information by applicable
law, rule, regulation, court or legal
process (including, without limitation,
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder),
provided, however, that prior to any such
compelled disclosure, Recipient shall
cooperate reasonably with Discloser in
protecting against any such disclosure
and/or obtaining a protective order
narrowing the scope of such disclosure
and/or use of the Confidential
Information. In addition, notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, (1) Galleria Ventures, LLC will
be free to use and disclose for any
purposes any information or material that
is provided to Galleria Ventures. LLC by
(or collected by us regarding) any user
of your registered Print Order program
and/or that relates to any activity by
any such user of the Print Order program,
including, without limitation, any
transaction entered into by such user
with Galleria Ventures, LLC; and (2) as
between you and us, any such information
or material will be deemed to be the
Confidential Information and property of
Galleria Ventures, LLC.
14. Limitation of Liability
Galleria Ventures, LLC WILL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF
REVENUE, PROFITS, OR DATA, ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR THE
AFFILIATE NETWORK, HOWEVER CAUSED, UNDER
ANY LEGAL THEORY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR
OTHERWISE), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED
OF (OR IF WE ARE AWARE OF OR SHOULD HAVE
BEEN AWARE OF) THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND/OR THE AFFILIATE NETWORK
UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY WILL NOT EXCEED
THE TOTAL REFERRAL FEES PAYABLE TO YOU
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
15. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold
harmless, and at our request defend,
Galleria Ventures, LLC, and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, and its and
their directors, officers, employees,
agents, shareholders, partners, members,
and other owners, against any and all
claims, actions, demands, liabilities,
losses, damages, judgments, settlements,
costs and 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, are based on or relate to
(i) any claim that use of the Print Order
program infringes on any trademark, trade
name, service mark, copyright, license,
intellectual property, or other right of
any third party, (ii) any
misrepresentation of a representation or
warranty or breach of a covenant and
agreement made by you herein, or (iii)
any claim related to your Affiliate WEB
Site, including, without limitation,
content therein not attributable to us.
16. Independent Investigation
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 AFFILIATE
WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY
EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF
PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE NETWORK
AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY
REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN THE EXPRESS OBLIGATIONS OF
Galleria Ventures, LLC SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement will be governed by the
laws of the United States and the State
of Arizona, without reference to rules
governing choice of laws.
18. Assignment
You may not assign, sublicense, transfer
or otherwise convey this Agreement or any
of your rights hereunder, or delegate any
of your duties, in whole or part, whether
voluntarily, by operation of law or
otherwise (including, without limitation,
pursuant to a change of control), without
our prior written consent, which may be
withheld in our sole discretion. Any
attempted or purported assignment,
sublicense, transfer, conveyance or
delegation by you other than in
accordance with this Section shall be
null and void. We shall have the right to
assign, sublicense, transfer or otherwise
convey this Agreement or any of our
rights hereunder to any third party and
delegate any of our obligations hereunder
to such third party. Any such assignment
by us shall be without further liability
or recourse to us. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement will be binding
on, inure to the benefit of, and
enforceable against the parties and their
respective successors and assigns.
19. Waiver
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 a
provision or any other provision of this
Agreement, nor will any delay or omission
on our part to exercise or avail
ourselves of any right or remedy that we
have or may have hereunder operate as a
waiver of any right or remedy.
20. Severability
In the event that any of the provisions
of this Agreement shall be held by a
court or other tribunal of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remaining portions
hereof shall remain in full force and
effect and such provision shall be
enforced to the maximum extent possible
so as to effect the intent of the parties
and shall be reformed to the extent
necessary to make such provision valid
and enforceable.
21. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties concerning
the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous
representations, discussions, proposals,
negotiations, conditions, communications
and agreements, whether oral or written,
between the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and all past
courses of dealing or industry custom.
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