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Smart Destinations
Affiliate Program Agreement

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This Agreement contains the terms and conditions that
apply to an individual or entity’s participation in the Smart
Destinations Online Affiliate Program. As used in this Agreement, "we" means
Smart Destinations, Inc. and "you" means the participant.
We reserve the right to accept or reject any company requesting to
be part of our online affiliate program.
Use of Materials
We grant you permission to use the graphic images and text solely for
the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant and to
assist in generating sales. We reserve all rights to any/all graphic
images, content and our trade name and trademark.
Commissions
We will pay commissions on orders that are generated from a click on
your website. Commissions will only be paid after an order is fully
processed. You will earn a $6.00 (six U.S. dollars) commission on all
referrals that lead to sales. We reserve the right to change this commission
rate at any time. If this occurs, written advance notice will be provided.
Any customer returned products will be deducted from the next check.
We will pay your commission on a monthly basis. Within approximately
45 days following the end of each month, we will send you a check for
the commission earned on the products purchased during the preceding
month. If the commission payable to you for any month is less than
$25.00 (twenty five U.S dollars), we will hold those commissions until
such time as your commission earned equals at least $25.00 (twenty
five U.S dollars). We also retain the right to review all commissions
for possible fraud.
Tracking and Reporting
Affiliate members who sign up will be provided with tracking. All online
tracking and reporting utilizes the Kolimbo and My Affiliate Program
technology. We do not control the data and information that is contained
within each area. Any disputes should be directed to this technology
provider.
Promotion of Products
You may promote our products through a number of means: Search Engine
Marketing (Pay Per Click Advertising), Email Marketing, etc. However,
we prohibit any member from bidding on “Go Card” or “Explorer
Pass” product trademarked or branded keywords. Additionally,
you are prohibited from using any of the “Go Card” or “Explorer
Pass” URL domains in any Pay Per Click ad related to any keyword
in any of the following search engines (but not limited to): Google,
AOL, Ask, Yahoo, MSN, MIVA, Dogpile, Search123, Enhance, etc.
Also, you MAY NOT link directly or display any of our
pruduct web sites in your PPC advertising. These include but our not
limited to:
www.gocardusa.com
www.gobostoncard.com
www.gosanfranciscocard.com
www.goseattlecard.com
www.gochicagocard.com
www.gosandiegocard.com
www.goorlandocard.com
www.gomiamicard.com
www.gooahucard.com
www.golosangelescard.com
www.powderpassport.com
www.explorerpass.com
www.goblueridgecard.com
www.gomauicard.com
In addition, we do not allow any unsolicited or “spam” emails to
be sent promoting our products. Using any of the above tactics will result in
immediate participant termination.
Spyware and Other Parasites
Any affiliate suspected of a relationship, formal or informal, with
any provider of spyware or parasitic software (as judged by any interference
with the operation by design of Smart Destination (and/or its partner
sites) is subject to punitive actions by Smart Destinations, without
notice, including but not limited to: suspension of affiliate account;
termination of affiliate account; withholding of payments to affiliate;
and public notification of affiliate's suspected malfeasance. Smart
Destinations encourages affiliates to report suspicions of such relationships;
and, should substantial proof, as judged by Smart Destinations, be
provided, Smart Destinations reserves the right to assign a value equal
to unpaid monies earned by the offending affiliate (or a part thereof)
to the reporting affiliate as a bounty.
Linking
We will provide you with the procedures and links to use in linking
to our Site. To ensure accurate tracking, reporting and commission
accrual, we will provide you with special tagged link formats to
be used in all links between your site and our site. You must make
sure these links are properly utilized. We will not be held liable
for any failure by you to use our links.
Order Processing, Policies and Pricing
We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment.
We reserve the right to reject any order that does not comply with
our requirements. Customers who purchase products through this Program
will be deemed to be customers of Smart Destinations, Inc. All rules,
policies, customer service and product sales will apply to those customers.
We may change our policies and procedures at anytime and prices and
availability may vary.
Terms of the Agreement
We may modify any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at
any time by providing you a written change notice or new agreement.
If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to
terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Program
following our provision of a change or new Agreement will constitute
acceptance of the change.
Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause,
by giving the other party written notice of termination. If this Agreement is
terminated, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your site, all
links to our site, and all Smart Destinations, Inc. trademarks, logos, and all
other materials provided by or on behalf of us to you in connection with the
Program. All commissions earned through the date of termination will remain payable
only if the related orders are not cancelled or returned. We may hold your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure the correct amount is paid.
Privacy Policy
We only collect personal information that is provided to us by a visitor
in order to fulfill each product order. This includes any information
that can be used to identify you individually, such as name, address,
phone number, e-mail address, or credit/debit card number. We also
collect aggregate data about visitors to our site via cookies, but
this data cannot be used to identify any visitor individually. We will
never sell or rent any personal information to any third party for
marketing, commercial, or any other purpose that is not essential to
complete each transaction.
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. Furthermore, our aggregate liability arising
with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the
total commissions 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. Neither
party shall be liable to fulfill its obligations hereunder, or for
delays in performance, due to causes beyond its reasonable control,
including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts or omissions of civil
or military authority, fires, strikes, floods, epidemics, riots or
acts of war.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Any action relating to this Agreement
must be brought in the federal or state courts located in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and you consent irrevocably 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 be
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.
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