Affiliate Program Terms

Affiliate Terms and Conditions of Ovatu Pty Ltd

We are: Ovatu Pty Ltd (as Trustee for the Ovatu Trading Trust), a company registered in Australia, ABN 74 504 757 106

Our Website is at: www.ovatu.com

You are: any person who signs up to be an affiliate. (“Affiliate”)

These terms and conditions regulate the business relationship between you and us. If you sign up as an Affiliate, you agree to be bound by them.

These are the agreed terms

1. Definitions

2. Interpretation

In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:

• 2.1. a reference to a person is a reference to one or more individuals, whether or not formally in partnership, or to a corporation, government body, or other association or organisation.
• 2.2. any agreement by any party not to do or omit to do something includes an obligation not to allow some other person to do or omit to do that same thing.
• 2.3. any obligation of any person arising from this agreement may be performed by any other person.
• 2.4. in this agreement references to a party include references to a person to whom those rights and obligations are transferred or pass as a result of a merger, division, reconstruction or other re-organisation involving that party.
• 2.5. the headings to the paragraphs to this agreement do not affect the interpretation.
• 2.6. a reference to an act or regulation includes new law of substantially the same intent as that act or regulation.
• 2.7. in any indemnity, a reference to costs or expenses shall be construed as including the estimated cost of management time of the indemnified party, such cost calculated $100 per hour.
• 2.8. this agreement is made only in the English language. If there is any conflict in meaning between the English language version of this agreement and any version or translation of this agreement in any other language, the English language version shall prevail.

3. Entire agreement

• 3.1. This agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous agreements and understandings between the parties.
• 3.2. Each party acknowledges that, in entering into this agreement, he does not rely on any representation, warranty, information or document or other term not forming part of this agreement.

4. Relationship of parties

• 4.1. This agreement does not create a partnership or agency or the relationship of employer and employee, or other relationship between any of the parties, other than the contractual relationship expressly provided for.
• 4.2. Neither party shall have, nor represent that it has, any authority to make any commitment on the other party’s behalf.

5. Applicable values

• 5.1. The Commission rate is 100% of the Tagged Customer’s first _two _monthly subscription payments.
• 5.2. The Commission payment is subject to the Tagged Customer completing 2 monthly subscription payments.
• 5.3. Pay Day is no later than the 15th day of the month (for the previous month).

6. Our contract

• 6.1. We will pay you Commission on each Tagged Customer who signs up for our Software Subscription Service and completes two monthly payments.
• 6.2. You apply to become an Affiliate by completing the online form. By confirming your registration on that form you agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions set out in this agreement.
• 6.3. This agreement covers only our Affiliate programme. When viewing or using Our Website you are bound by the same terms and conditions as any other visitor.
• 6.4. Upon receiving your online application form, we will manually review it and contact you to inform you of your acceptance and to provide you with your Affiliate Link.

7. Commission calculation and payment

• 7.1. We will pay Commission on or before the Pay Day in respect of all Commission credited in the previous month. We are not responsible for delays in transmission to you.
• 7.2. Commission is calculated at a fixed rate, directly representing the value on the Tagged Customers first two month’s subscription payment
• 7.3. Commission is calculated in your local currency. The rate of exchange is taken at the date of payment to you.
• 7.4. No deduction from Commission is made by us in respect of currency exchange costs.
• 7.5. Commission is inclusive of any tax payable by you to any authority. If we become liable at law to deduct tax before payment to you, we shall do so, paying the net amount to you.
• 7.6. Commission will be paid by Internet transfer to the account designated by you.
• 7.7. If the amount due to you is less than AUD$100 (or equivalent) in any month, the amount due will be carried forward to the following month repeatedly until the cumulative amount due exceeds AUD$100.

8. Tagging condition

• 8.1. Commission shall not be payable in respect of a Customer who is first tagged by us as having signed up for our Software Subscription Service from any source other than your unique Affiliate Link.
• 8.2. Commission shall be payable by us to you in respect of all qualifying actions by Tagged Customers.\
• 8.3. Commission is payable only in respect of the first two subscription payments made by a Tagged Customer

9. Merchant tracking and Reports

• 9.1. We undertake to set up our Affiliate programme so as to:\
  • 9.1.1. tag the identity of all Customers who have signed up for our Software Subscription Service using your unique Affiliate Link;
  • 9.1.2. record all sales made to Tagged Customer;
  • 9.1.3. record the cumulative amount of Commission due to you for any time period you choose;
  • 9.1.4. record the history of payments of Commission made to you;
  • 9.1.5. provide the Reports upon request.

10. Changes to this agreement

• 10.1. We reserve the right to change this agreement at any time and in any way. If we do, a change will take effect when we publish new application forms. We will provide you a new application form when required.
• 10.2. We reserve the right to change the contract to prospective Customers at any time and without notice to you, even if this affects your earnings. This includes change to prices, operating procedures, Our Website’s layout and the Software Subscription Service itself.

11. Refunds, charges back and bad cheques

If a payment is later charged back by a merchant service provider or refunded to a Customer, then Commission paid to you for that transaction will be repayable and will become a debt due by you, deducted from your next Commission payment.

12. Security of Our Website

If you violate Our Website, we shall take legal action against you.

You now agree that you will not, and will not allow any other person to:

• 12.1. modify, copy, or cause damage or unintended effect to any portion of Our Website, or any software used within it;
• 12.2. link to Our Website in any way that would cause the appearance or presentation of Our Website to be different from what would be seen by a user who accessed Our Website by typing the URL into a standard browser;
• 12.3. download any part of Our Website, without our express written consent;
• 12.4. collect or use any product listings, descriptions, or prices;
• 12.5. collect or use any information obtained from or about Our Website or the Content except as intended by this agreement;
• 12.6. aggregate, copy or duplicate in any manner any of the Content or information available from Our Website, other than as permitted by this agreement or as is reasonably necessary for your use of the Services;
• 12.7. share with a third party any login credentials to Our Website;
• 12.8. Despite the above terms, we now grant a licence to you to create a hyperlink to Our Website for the purpose of promoting an interest common to both of us. You can do this without specific permission. This licence is conditional upon your not portraying us or any product or service in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark of ours as part of the link without our express written consent.

13. We control our data

• 13.1. We shall be solely responsible for, processing, cancellations and refund processing, and related Customer services.
• 13.2. All personal information about Customers collected by us is owned solely and exclusively by us.

14. Publicity and Affiliate Tools

• 14.1. You will not create, publish, distribute or permit any written material that makes reference to us without first having obtained our written consent.
• 14.2. You agree that you will not without our prior approval in writing use any written or other means of promoting referrals to us except the material comprising Affiliate Tools.
• 14.3. Affiliate Tools consisting of text may be changed with our permission. Affiliate Tools comprising graphics may not be changed.
• 14.4. We are under no obligation to provide marketing material or assistance to you but if we do so that shall not make us liable in any way to you or to any third party for that or any other content on Your Website.
• 14.5. You are responsible for the correct formatting and presentation of the dynamic Affiliate Link to Our Website through which Commission will be recorded.

15. Duration and termination

This agreement shall continue until terminated:

• 15.1. by one week’s notice in writing by either of us to the other; or
• 15.2. immediately by us if we decide (in our sole discretion) that Your Website is or has become unsuitable. Unsuitable sites may include those that: are aimed at children, 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. If we terminate the agreement under this paragraph we does not have to give you any reason; or
• 15.3. immediately by either of us if the other commits any material breach of any term of this agreement and which in the case of a breach capable of being remedied is not remedied within 30 days of a written request to remedy it.

16. At and after termination*

When this agreement terminates:

• 16.1. All rights and licences granted to you in this agreement shall immediately terminate.
• 16.2. You will not be entitled to Commission for sales made by us after the date of termination.
• 16.3. You will immediately stop using the Affiliate Tools and (where applicable) will remove them from Your Website.
• 16.4. You will remain entitled to all Commission earned on or before the date of termination.
• 16.5. If we continue to receive payments from Tagged Customer after termination of this agreement, this will not constitute a continuation or renewal of this agreement or a waiver of termination.
• 16.6. You will immediately return to us all copies of all Confidential Information in your possession and will cease to use the Intellectual Property.
• 16.7. We may withhold from you the final payment of Commission for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
• 16.8. All claims or actions that one party has against the other shall remain intact despite termination.

17. Intellectual Property

You agree that at all times you will:

• 17.1. not cause or permit anything which may damage or endanger our title to the Intellectual Property.
• 17.2. not during the currency of this agreement or within five years of its expiry, instruct for, create or write software to perform any of the purposes for which the Software Subscription Service is used.
• 17.3. notify us of any suspected infringement of the Intellectual Property;
• 17.4. indemnify us for any loss or expense arising from your misuse of the Intellectual Property;
• 17.5. on the expiry or termination of this agreement immediately stop using the Intellectual Property except as expressly authorised by Ovatu Pty Ltd in writing;
• 17.6. not use any name or mark similar to or capable of being confused with any name or mark of ours;
• 17.7. not use the Intellectual Property except directly in our interest.

18. Confidential Information

• 18.1. You now agree that you will:
  • 18.1.1. keep all records of the Confidential Information in all media separate from other records;
  • 18.1.2. use your best endeavours to keep confidential (and to make sure that your employees and agents shall keep confidential) any Confidential Information which you or they may acquire.
  • 18.1.3. not store, copy, or use the Confidential Information in any place or in any electronic form which may be accessible to any other person .
  • 18.1.4. not use or disclose Confidential Information except with our consent.
  • 18.1.5. from today until the expiry of five years from the termination of this agreement, keep the Confidential Information secret and not divulge or make it known to anyone nor use it for the benefit of yourself or any other person.
• 18.2. This paragraph does not apply to disclosure:
  • 18.2.1. made with the consent of the proper officers of the company or under the authority of the board or by order of the court.
  • 18.2.2. of information or knowledge which comes into the public domain otherwise than by reason of our default.
  • 18.2.3. as may be minimally necessary to give effect to the purposes of this agreement whilst ever the agreement is operational.
• 18.3. The obligations set out in this paragraph shall continue to be fully effective indefinitely even if you have destroyed or returned the Confidential Information.
• 18.4. We hereby grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence, during the term of this agreement, to use the Intellectual Property solely to promote the Software Subscription Service.
• 18.5. This licence cannot be sub-licensed, assigned or otherwise transferred by you.
• 18.6. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive for a period of 5 years after termination of this agreement.

19. You indemnify us

You agree to indemnify us against all costs claims and expense arising directly or indirectly from:

• 19.1. any claim representation or warranty made by you in connection with us or the Software Subscription Service; or
• 19.2. your failure to comply with the law of any country; or
• 19.3. any use of Your Website for a purpose forbidden by this agreement;
• 19.4. legal or other fees we incur in defending a claim or the imposition of a fine or penalty.

20. Interruption to the Service

• 20.1. If we believe in our absolute discretion that it is necessary for us to interrupt the Service we may do so without notice to you.
• 20.2. You acknowledge that the Service may also be interrupted for reasons beyond our control.
• 20.3. You agree that we are not liable to you for any loss whether foreseeable or not, arising as a result of interruption to the Service.

21. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

• 21.1. The law differs from one country to another. This paragraph applies so far as the applicable law allows.
• 21.2. All implied conditions, warranties and terms are excluded from this agreement.
• 21.3. Our Website includes Content posted by third parties. We are not responsible for any such posting. If you come across any Content which offends against this document, please contact us via the “Contact us” page on Our Website.
• 21.4. You are advised that Content may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. This is inevitable in any large website. We would be grateful if you bring to our immediate attention, any that you find.
• 21.5. Our Website contains links to other Internet websites. We have neither power nor control over any such website. You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be liable in any way for the content of any such linked website, nor for any loss or damage arising from your use of any such website or from your buying services or goods via such a website.
• 21.6. The Ovatu Pty Ltd Website and Ovatu Pty Ltd Software Subscription Service are provided “as is”. We make no representation or warranty that the Software Subscription Service will be:
  • 21.6.1. useful to you;
  • 21.6.2. of satisfactory quality;
  • 21.6.3. fit for a particular purpose;
  • 21.6.4. available or accessible, without interruption, or without error.
• 21.7. We claim no expert knowledge in any subject. We disclaim any obligation or liability to you arising directly or indirectly from information you take from Our Website.
• 21.8. We accept no responsibility for:
  • 21.8.1. delivery of Content, material or any message;
  • 21.8.2. privacy of any transmission;
  • 21.8.3. third party advertisements which are posted on Our Website or through the Software Subscription Service;
  • 21.8.4. the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of Our Website or the Software Subscription Service;
  • 21.8.5. failure or malfunction of computer hardware or software or technical equipment or system connected directly or indirectly to your use of the Software Subscription Service.
  • 21.8.6. loss or damage resulting from your attendance at an event organised through Our Website or the Software Subscription Service;
• 21.9. You agree that in any circumstances when we may become liable to you, the limit of our liability is the amount we have received subscription fees by customers referred by you in the immediately preceding 12 month period for the Software Subscription Service concerned.
• 21.10. We shall not be liable to you for any loss or expense which is:
  • 21.10.1. indirect or consequential loss; or
  • 21.10.2. economic loss or other loss of turnover, profits, business or goodwill even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable or we knew you might incur it.
• 21.11. This paragraph (and any other paragraph which excludes or restricts our liability) applies to our directors, officers, employees, subcontractors, agents and affiliated companies as well as to us.
• 21.12. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as limiting or excluding our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

22. Miscellaneous matters

• 22.1. Our privacy policy is strong and precise. It complies fully with the current privacy law which is at https://ovatu.com/policy/privacy.
• 22.2. So far as any time, date or period is mentioned in this agreement, time shall be of the essence.
• 22.3. If any term or provision of this agreement is at any time held by any jurisdiction to be void, invalid or unenforceable, then it shall be treated as changed or reduced, only to the extent minimally necessary to bring it within the laws of that jurisdiction and to prevent it from being void and it shall be binding in that changed or reduced form. Subject to that, each provision shall be interpreted as severable and shall not in any way affect any other of these terms.
• 22.4. The rights and obligations of the parties set out in this agreement shall pass to any permitted successor in title.
• 22.5. No failure or delay by any party to exercise any right, power or remedy will operate as a waiver of it nor indicate any intention to reduce that or any other right in the future.
• 22.6. Any communication to be served on either party by the other shall be delivered by hand or sent by express post or recorded delivery or by e-mail. It shall be deemed to have been delivered:
  • if delivered by hand: on the day of delivery;
  • if sent by post to the correct address: within 72 hours of posting;
  • If sent by e-mail to the address from which the receiving party has last sent e-mail: within 24 hours if no notice of non-receipt has been received by the sender.
• 22.6. In the event of a dispute between the parties to this agreement, then they undertake to attempt to settle the dispute by engaging in good faith with the other in a process of mediation before commencing arbitration or litigation.
• 22.7. So far as the law permits, and unless otherwise stated, this agreement does not give any right to any third party.
• 22.8. In the event of any conflict between any term of this agreement and the provisions of the constitution of a limited company or any comparable document intended to regulate any other corporate or collective body, then the terms of this agreement shall prevail.
• 22.9. The validity, construction and performance of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of NSW and you agree that any dispute arising from it shall be litigated only in that State.