


To join the HighProfits Affiliate Program and to become an Affiliate of the HighProfits websites, you must first read the following terms of the Affiliate Agreement. If you apply to join the HighProfits affiliate program, then you be deemed to have accepted these terms. Your application will be evaluated by HighProfits and in HighProfits sole discretion we will either accept or reject your application. After evaluation we will notify you of our decision and if we reject your application, please feel free to reapply at any time subsequently.
AFFILIATE AGREEMENT:
This Agreement is made between Sheerion LLP (owner of HighProfits.com) (registered as Sheerion LLP under Registration No. 0C315284) whose registered address is at Unit 3A Park Lane Business Centre, Park Lane, Basford, Nottingham, NG6 0DU ("Sheerion") and you, the Affiliate, and sets out the terms and conditions under which Sheerion shall allow you to establish a link to the HighProfits websites and act as an Affiliate in relation to the Products (as defined below).
This is a Legal Agreement between you, the Affiliate, and Sheerion LLP. By clicking on the "I Accept Terms & Conditions" button at the end of these terms you are acknowledging that you have read and understood these terms and you agree to be bound by them. If you do not wish to be bound by them please click on the "I do not accept" button and you will not then have the opportunity to become a member of the HighProfits Affiliate program.
1. How the Terms in this Agreement should be defined.
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2. How this Agreement Should be Interpreted
| 2.1 | Reference to any gender shall include all genders. Words indicating a person shall include bodies of persons whether corporate or incorporate |
| 2.2 | Reference to any statute or statutory provision includes a reference to the same as from time to time amended, extended, re-enacted or consolidated and all subordinate legislation made pursuant to it and including any other similar legislation in any other jurisdiction provided that either party's liability is not increased and/or its rights under this Agreement materially altered by such amendment, extension, re-enactment or consolidation. |
| 2.3 | Any reference in this Agreement to a Clause or Schedule is to a clause or schedule of this Agreement and any reference to a paragraph is to the paragraph of the Schedule in which the reference is made unless otherwise stated. |
| 2.4 | The headings of this Agreement shall not affect its construction or interpretation. |
3. Becoming a HighProfits Affiliate
| 3.1 | You may apply to be an Affiliate by pressing the "I accept button" at the end of these terms [or by accessing these terms at http://highprofits.com/external.php?page=signup and pressing the "I accept button"]. It is a condition of HighProfits' acceptance of you as an Affiliate that you are of or over the age of maturity (This may be either 18 or 21 years old depending on the laws of the Affiliate's state/country). |
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| 3.2 | On application the Affiliate must supply to HighProfits the following information:
If and when the Affiliate is accepted into the HighProfits Affiliate Program it is the Affiliate's sole responsibility to ensure that HighProfits is kept informed of any changes to the information provided by the Affiliate.at all times during this Agreement. |
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| 3.3 | Approval and acceptance of an Affiliate is at the sole discretion of HighProfits, and HighProfits reserves the right to refuse applications. The Affiliate hereby consents to HighProfits using the Affiliate's details and Personal Details for the purposes of carrying out any checks that it considers to be necessary to confirm the identity of the Affiliate, its suitability for (and the suitability of the Affiliate Website) for the HighProfits Affiliate Program and any other matter which is connected to the Affiliate's application and, where subsequently accepted by HighProfits, is connected to its activities and role as a Highprofits Affiliate |
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| 3.4 | By pressing the "I Accept Terms & Conditions" and submitting the application form the Affiliate agrees to the terms of this Agreement. HighProfits shall consider the Affiliate's application. Upon HighProfits' acceptance of the Affiliate it shall permit the Affiliate to choose and register with HighProfits the Affiliate's login and password which will enable the Affiliate to gain access to that resource area of HighProfits Website that is dedicated to the Affiliate (defined as "the Affiliate's Resource Area"). On the Affiliate's registration and access to the Resource Area the Affiliate will be invited to read the Commission Levels set out therein. The Affiliate must notify HighProfits immediately after registration if it does not agree to the Commission Levels specified otherwise the Affiliate will be deemed to have accepted the terms of this Agreement including the Commission Levels and the Agreement shall be binding upon the Affiliate and HighProfits. |
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| 3.5 | The Affiliate hereby warrants that:
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4. The Permission We Allow You
| 4.1 | HighProfits grants the Affiliate a non-exclusive non-transferable, royalty free licence to use the Licensed Rights and the Link and to promote itself under and by reference to the designation "HighProfits Affiliate" subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Use Policy, for the sole purpose of carrying out the Promotion Activities in relation to the Products via the Affiliate Website. |
| 5.1 | Any and all proposed marketing activities, materials, literature and/or website content comprising, using or referring to the Licensed Rights must be approved in writing by an authorised representative of HighProfits prior to its use. The Affiliate shall notify HighProfits of any changes to the circumstances giving rise to such approval. |
| 5.2 | All data supplied via the Link either to or from the Affiliate and/or the Affiliate Website and all Intellectual Property Rights in the same, and any and all goodwill generated by the Affiliate's use of the Licensed Rights shall accrue to and belong to HighProfits. |
| 5.3 | The link which HighProfits will provide for the Affiliate from the HighProfits Website when approved by HighProfits identifies the linked site as the Affiliate Website. It is the Affiliate's sole responsibility to ensure that this unique link is used and maintained as otherwise Commission that might have been earned by the Affiliate may not be tracked, recorded and/or paid. HighProfits is not liable for any Commission lost, or unearned or unpaid resulting from the failure to use or maintain the unique link. |
| 5.4 | The Affiliate must update the content of the Affiliate Website as and when the Advertising Material and/or Use Policy is updated to maintain consistency and accuracy between the Affiliate Website and the HighProfits Website. All maintenance and updating of the Affiliate Website is the sole responsibility of the Affiliate. |
| 5.5 | The Affiliate agrees that HighProfits are entitled to monitor the Affiliate Website to make sure the Link to the HighProfits Website and/or the Affiliate Website and/or the Affiliate's participation in the HighProfits Affiliate Program are appropriate. If in the sole discretion of HighProfits, HighProfits considers the Link and/or the Affiliate Website or the Affiliate's participation in the program is not appropriate HighProfits may either notify the Affiliate of the changes it requires the Affiliate to make or terminate this Agreement in accordance with clause 8. |
| 5.6 | The Affiliate undertakes to comply with all requirements under the DPA or similar or subsequently relating to any Personal Data which is processed, collected, maintained, deleted or transferred to HighProfits or any third party by the Affiliate concerning customers, potential customers or any other aspect of the Affiliate's role and obligations under this Agreement. |
| 6.1 | The Affiliate undertakes not to use any of the content of any websites owned and/or operated by HighProfits without HighProfits' prior written consent and the Affiliate shall not frame any pages or parts of any pages of the HighProfits Website or any other website nor will the Affiliate create the impression that the Affiliate Website is HighProfits' Website or any part of HighProfits' Website. |
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| 6.2 | The Affiliate warrants and represents to HighProfits that:
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| 6.3 | The Affiliate shall not and shall not authorise any third party to use the HighProfits Brand and/or the Product names or any similar names or misspelling of such names including in any written copy of adverts or as domain names or as keywords or key phrases on any pay-per-click search engines or as a meta-tag unless and to the extent expressly permitted by HighProfits. This includes using the trademark in the destination URL or advert copy; |
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| 6.4 | The Affiliate shall not engage in or facilitate any Promotion Activities which would constitute unsolicited emailing or advertising (even if this complies with any law relating to unsolicited e-mails or adverts) or use any technology which has any virus including but not limited to any Trojan horse, worm, logic bomb, time bomb, back door, trap door, keys or other harmful components and the Affiliate shall not use Personal Data for the purposes of Promotion Activities or any activity that would fail to comply with the DPA and/or all relevant data protection legislation in any relevant jurisdiction; |
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| 6.5 | The Affiliate shall not promote the Products by using any incentives, discounts or bonuses or use of any newsgroup, message boards, chat rooms, instant messaging guest books, public forums, electronic newsletters or other web-based means except as approved in the Use Policy; |
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| 6.6 | In accordance with clause 6.1.2.5 above the Affiliate shall not create or attempt to create a Transaction by any other means than that permitted in this Agreement or the Use Policy. The Affiliate shall not attempt to use any device, program, code or other technology which is intended to create a Transaction which is not in good faith. All Transactions shall be made by HighProfits and subject to HighProfits' terms of sale. |
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| 6.7 | The Affiliate agrees not to make any representations and/or give any warranties and/or guarantees relating to the Products and/or their efficacy other than those given by HighProfits in respect of the Products from time to time and/or as otherwise approved by HighProfits in writing. |
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| 6.8 | The Affiliate agrees not to encourage or facilitate any dishonest or illegitimate practice amongst its customers including but not limited to the claiming of refunds for Products of a satisfactory quality (resulting in a satisfactory product being obtained by a customer for free) which has as its objective an increase the number of Transactions and accordingly the value of Commission the Affiliate earns. |
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| 6.9 | The affilaite agrees not to ping Sheerion LLP's servers or undertake any activity that may be considered "cookie stuffing". |
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| 6.10 | The Affiliate agrees not to purchase Products under its own name or any other by its Link or otherwise with the purpose of re-sale of the Products direct to its customers. The Affiliate agrees not to undertake any activity which would amount to the re-sale of the Products. If the Affiliate purchases Products then any affiliate commission will be revoked, as will all bonuses due. |
| 7.1 | HighProfits shall pay the Commission in relation to all validated Transactions at the Commission Levels specified in the Affiliate's Resource Area and HighProfits reserves the right and Affiliate agrees that HighProfits shall be entitled to vary such Commission Levels in accordance with clause 7.2 at any time. |
| 7.2 | HighProfits shall vary the Commission Levels at any time under this Agreement to reflect increases in the costs of applicable materials, labour, other overheads, fluctuations in taxes and duties currency and exchange rates and any other relevant and applicable costs suffered by HighProfits from time to time. |
| 7.3 | Payment of the Commission shall be made twice each calendar month subject to the Affiliate having duly accrued at least $100 US ($130 if the WIRE payment option is selected) in Commission and shall amount to the total Commission for the previous month less all taxes which HighProfits may be required in law to withhold or deduct and/or any other deductions permitted pursuant to this Agreement. Any amounts under the $100 U.S. threshold shall be rolled on to the next payment period. Payment will commence 1 month after the $100 is reached. Example: Join date, 1st of January, between the 1st of January and the 15th of January $234 in commission was earned. This will be paid on the 26th of February. Subsequent periods are paid in arrears. Payout are due to be sent out on the 10th and 26th of each month. |
| 7.4 | Payment of Commission is subject to HighProfits having been paid by the customer for the Product or any relevant third party processor in relation to the relevant Transaction. |
| 7.5 | If following a Transaction any form of ChargeBack is made to HighProfits by or on behalf of any customer, third party processor, credit card company or banking institution no Commission is payable in relation to such Transaction and if HighProfits has already paid the Affiliate Commission on such Transaction HighProfits may deduct an amount equal to such Commission from the next payment of Commission due to the Affiliate or where no further Commission is due, HighProfits shall raise an invoice for such amount and this shall be paid by the Affiliate to HighProfits within 30 days of the invoice date. |
| 7.6 | No Commission shall be payable to the Affiliate for any customers or transactions secured otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and /or for any customers or transactions which are not genuine or which involve use of fraudulent means including but not limited to any of those methods set out at clause 6 above and if Commission has been paid to the Affiliate before HighProfits becomes aware of circumstances giving rise to this clause, the provisions of clause 7.5 shall apply to enable HighProfits' recovery of all Commission paid to the Affiliate for customers or transactions referred to in this clause. |
| 7.7 | No Commission shall be payable to the Affiliate for any customers or transactions which occur by visits made to the HighProfits Website by a link which is not the Link and/or by visits made to the HighProfits Website otherwise than via the Link even if those customers have followed the Link previously unless they followed the Link within the requisite number of months prior to the transaction as notified to the Affiliate on HighProfits Website [Affiliate's Resource Area]. |
| 7.8 | Reissuing HighProfits payments that were lost due to Affiliate are subject to extra charges. No payments shall be reissued to Affiliate if payment is claimed after 6 months from date it was issued. |
| 7.9 | HighProfits can withhold Commision if they believe the Affiliate may be creating transactions which are not genuine or involved in fraudulent means including but not limited to those methods set out at clause 6 above. |
| 8.1 | This Agreement shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall continue unless and until the Agreement is terminated in accordance with this Agreement. |
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| 8.2 | Both Parties may terminate this Agreement [on 14 days] notice to the other Party. |
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| 8.3 | HighProfits may immediately terminate this Agreement by written notice if the Affiliate
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| 8.4 | Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason HighProfits shall de-activate the Link and the Affiliate will immediately:
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| 8.5 | When this Agreement ends any Commission due to the Affiliate at the time of termination will be paid at the end of the month following termination subject to any set-off, counterclaim or deduction HighProfits may have and any amount due to HighProfits from the Affiliate shall be paid within 30 days of termination of this Agreement. |
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| 8.6 | Termination of this Agreement shall not affect any rights of the parties accrued up to the date of termination and clauses 6.1, 6.3, 7.4, 7.58.4, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 shall survive expiry or termination of this Agreement. |
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| 10.1 | This Agreement is personal to the Affiliate and the Affiliate shall not assign, sub-contract, delegate, transfer, mortgage charge (other than by floating charge), place in trust or dispose of any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of HighProfits except to the extent expressly permitted in this Agreement. |
| 10.2 | HighProfits shall have the right to assign, sub-contract, delegate, transfer, place in trust or dispose of any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement. |
| 11.1 | Nothing in this Agreement is intended or will be construed as constituting a partnership, agency, employment or joint venture relationship between the parties. All activities by the parties under this Agreement will be performed by them as independent contractors. |
| 11.2 | No third party shall have the right to enforce any terms of this Agreement between the parties. Any rights of a third party to enforce the terms of this Agreement between the parties may be varied and/or extinguished as agreed between the parties without the need for the consent of any such third party. |
| 12.1 | Neither Party shall directly and/or indirectly use and/or disclose any Confidential Information of the other party except in the proper performance of this Agreement. |
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| 12.2 | The obligations of confidentiality and non-use set out above shall continue indefinitely except they shall not apply to information:
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| 12.3 | The Link and the login and password to enable the Affiliate to access the Affiliate Resource Area comprise Confidential Information and the Affiliate shall effect and maintain reasonable measures to safeguard them from access or use by unauthorised persons and/or for any unauthorised purpose. |
| 13.1 | This Agreement including the Schedules the Use Policy and any revisions of the Use Policy together with the Commission Levels and any variations to the Commission Levels as contained within the Affiliate's Resource Area constitute the whole agreement between the parties and supersede any prior written or oral agreement between them and is not affected by any other promise, representation, warranty, usage, custom or course of dealing |
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| 13.2 | No waiver by either party of any breach of this Agreement shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same provision or any other provision. |
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| 13.3 | Each party shall from time to time, at the other party's request and cost, do all such acts and execute all such documents and/or deeds that may be reasonably necessary in order to give effect to the provisions and this Agreement. |
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| 13.4 | HighProfits may vary the terms of this Agreement at any time on providing the Affiliate with 14 days' prior notice. No purported variation of this Agreement by the Affiliate shall take effect unless made in writing, referring to this Agreement and signed by an authorised representative of each party. |
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| 13.5 | If any part of this Agreement is held to be void and/or unenforceable that part shall be struck out and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The parties agree that in the event of any such deletion they shall negotiate in good faith in order to agree the terms of an enforceable obligation or term which achieves or is closest to achieving the commercial aim of the deleted part. The failure of the parties to agree such a replacement provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining part of this Agreement. |
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| 13.6 | Each party shall be responsible for paying its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement. |
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| 13.7 | HighProfits may set off against any sums payable by HighProfits to the Affiliate any amounts due to HighProfits from the Affiliate whether under this Agreement or otherwise. |
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| 13.8 | Neither Party shall be liable for loss, damage, detention, delay or failure to deliver and/or perform all or any part of its obligations (other than payment) under this Agreement as a result of a Force Majeure Event. |
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| 13.9 | A Party affected by a Force Majeure Event shall inform the other Party as soon as practicable of the occurrence of the Force Majeure Event giving full details in writing of its expected effect and duration. A Party affected shall take all reasonable efforts to resume performance of its obligations as soon as practicable and in the meantime to mitigate the effects of any such event or to find a solution by which this Agreement may be performed. If and to the extent the Force Majeure Event continues and the party affected will have an extension of time for performance which is reasonable. As regards such delay or stoppage:
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| 13.10 | HighProfits undertakes to process the Affiliate's Personal Data in accordance with the principles of the DPA. |
| 14.1 | THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENGLISH LAW THE PARTIES SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE ENGLISH COURTS. |
