Affiliate Terms & Conditions

By registering the Affiliate agrees to to following terms and conditions

General Terms and Conditions

The following General Terms and Conditions are intended for website owners (hereafter, “Affiliate”) who wish to participate as Affiliate in the Affiliate Program provided by SponsorshipMarketing.biz/AuthorSource.ca/AuthorSource Inc (hereafter, “Author Source Inc”).

1 Object of the Affiliate Program

The object of the Affiliate Program provided by Author Source Inc is to publish electronic advertisements on the website of the Affiliate for selected products offered by Author Source Inc.

Compensation is on cleared sales and payments only. 

Under the General Terms and Conditions of this Affiliate Management, “Affiliate Control Panel” shall mean the password protected secure interface on Author Source Inc webservers that allows the Affiliate to gain activation of the program and to access sales data through a secure online connection and change Affiliate related settings, e.g. input or alteration of personal data.

2 Affiliate Participation

These General Terms and Conditions will become the legal foundations of the business relations between the Affiliate and Author Source Inc as soon as the Affiliate completes the registration process by submitting their information and completing sign up.

Author Source Inc reserves the right to discontinue an Affiliate account at anytime without reservation.  The Affiliate will be notified via email and any cleared commissions will be paid within 60 business days.

The Products under the Agreement are will be made available to the Affiliate within the Affiliate Control Panel.   Author Source Inc may not be held responsible for any technical or human errors connected with the provided links/informaiton made available on the pannel.  It is the responsibility of the Affiliate to ensure all functionality.

4 Affiliate Control Panel

During the registration process for participation in the Program, the Affiliate can issue himself user ID and a password to access the “Affiliate Control Panel”, so that the Affiliate may view the tracking information and data of their referred sales.

When using the user ID and password, the Affiliate shall observe the following obligations and precautions: (i) Only the Affiliate may use the user ID and password. (ii) The password shall be kept strictly confidential. The Affiliate shall take due care to ensure that no unauthorized parties learn the password. (iii) If the Affiliate loses its password or if there is a possibility that an unauthorized party has learned the user ID and password, the Affiliate shall immediately report this to Author Source Inc.  All actions carried out with the user ID and password will be attributed to the Affiliate.

5 Integration of the Links

The Affiliate shall integrate the product under the agreement using the appropriate link on its website; the link points to the order form operated by Author Source Inc.  If the links do not function, no sale will be tracked and therefore no Commission will be paid. ?

6 Order Processing

Author Source Inc shall be responsible for the entire order and payment processing for the referred end user according to the terms and conditions of Author Source Inc. Author Source Inc handles refunds and returns and provides end user service relating to the administration of the order. Author Source Inc  shall provide technical end-user service.?
<strong>Author Source Inc reserves the right to reject queries and orders which do not meet its requirements; including, in particular, orders by referred end users who do not meet credit requirements, who do not authorize direct debiting from their bank account, or who do not present a valid credit card or PayPal account.?
</strong>Typographical, printing and computation errors on the website of the Affiliate shall be charged to said Affiliate.

7 Commission

Author Source Inc will pay the Affiliate a Commission of the noted percent of the item purchased during the Affiliate’s participation on the Affiliate program. This Commission will be paid provided that an end user arrives via the link integrated in Affiliate’s website at the order page hosted by Author Source Inc for the respective Affiliate’s Product under this Agreement and the end user uses the automatic ordering system that carries out the registration and payment processing, so that the Affiliate’s link is deemed to be directly causative for the entry of the End User into the agreement and End User’s payment, proving that all requirements are irrevocably met (“agreements arising in a qualified manner”). Affiliate is only eligible to earn the Commission on sales occurring during the term of this Agreement and fees earned up to the date termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not cancelled or returned/nsf.?
Author Source Inc shall report totals as indicated in the control panel.?
The computation basis for determining the value of the Commission is calculated by the net sales price actually invoiced to the referred end user (plus VAT if applicable). ?
The Commission shall not be paid if and insofar as it is determined that the end user will not meet its payment obligations or will meet them only partially, or if for any other reason the invoice to the end user was cancelled (e.g. in cases where a charge back of a credit card charge, a debit advice or other return or refund of the software product occurs). If the Commission was previously paid by Author Source Inc, it will be offset or invoiced to Affiliate at nova media MDS GmbH’s own discretion.?
The payment of the Commission shall be completed within 60 days of campaign completion/ or monthly insofar as the sum due exceeds a value of 100 USD. If this is not the case, the sum due can be retained until a total value of at least 100 USD is reached, at the latest, upon termination of the Affiliate’s participation in the Program.?
The payment will be made via PayPal.?
The invoicing is deemed to be approved if the Affiliate does not object in writing, including a statement of reasons, within 30 days.