AFFILIATE PROGRAM TERMS
AND CONDITIONS:
Updated June 30th, 2004
Commission and Definitions:
.015% Commission on the total loan amount processed by
one of our commercial lenders directly referred by you, the
main affiliate.
.007%
Commission on the total loan amount processed by
one of our commercial lenders directly referred by an affiliate
signed up as a sub-affiliate of you, the main affiliate.
Example:
$7,000,000 loan amount * .00015 = $1,050 (example
of direct referral)
$7,000,000 loan amount * .00007 = $490 (example
of indirect referral)
The definition of 'processed' or 'closed' is the completion of loan proceedings
in which our Commercial Lenders secure the loan based on your referral. Not
all referrals will turn into sales (successful loan closings).
A potential applicant will have a cookie placed on their computer with
your affiliate ID that will last for 30 days, allowing them to return
up to 30 days later to fill out the application form
and giving you credit for the referral.
Payment Schedule:
You will be paid via check once
a month for any referral commissions you have earned. It is
up to you, the affiliate, to pay any taxes on the income you
receive from this program.
AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
In order to be compensated as an AFFILIATE for referring
applicants to our site, you agree to the terms and conditions
of this agreement. BW Group and AFFILIATE are entering into
a simple business agreement in the best interests of both
parties. AFFILIATE and BW Group are independent contractors,
and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership,
joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or
employment relationship, or the relationship of principal
and agent between the parties. All copyrighted material and
trademarked names and logos used in accordance with this
Agreement by either or both parties remain the exclusive
intellectual property of the respective originating or issuing
parties. No transference of intellectual property ownership
or conveyance of rights is intended or conferred in this
Agreement. Sales and interests in this Agreement may not
be transferred or sold to any other entity and all business
between the parties is subject to the terms of this Agreement.
Both parties will be held to confidence in any matters of
business with regards to this Agreement.
AFFILIATE shall indemnify and hold BW Group harmless from
any and all legal actions, damages or liabilities incurred
from the day-to-day operations of AFFILIATE. Under no circumstances
will BW Group be liable whether in tort, contract or otherwise
for indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary
damages (including but not limited to damages for any loss
of revenue, profits, business interruption, loss of business
information or data, loss of goodwill, work stoppage, hardware
or software failure, or other pecuniary loss) arising from
or relating to any provision of this Agreement or the program.
Without limiting the foregoing, BW Group aggregate liability
arising with respect to this Agreement will not exceed the
total fees paid or payable to AFFILIATE under this agreement.
BW Group will own all right, title and interest in and to
all information that is created or collected in the operation
of the CommercialCapital.Info (http://www.CommercialCapital.Info)
site and reserves the right to amend or terminate this Agreement
at
any time, with or without notice to AFFILIATE.
It is the full responsibility of AFFILIATE to market these
Products in a legal, ethical and honest fashion and AFFILIATE
agrees that BW Group will be held harmless from any and all
actions of AFFILIATE and AFFILIATE marketing and promotional
programs. BW Group reserves the right to amend all pricing
plans, commissions or conditions relative to this agreement
BW Group reserves the right to terminate any affiliate with
or without cause at the sole discretion of BW Group with
or without notice.
Prohibition of SPAM/CAN-SPAM Compliance.
BW Group has a strict
policy against unsolicited commercial e-mail (commonly referred
to as "Spam"). Moreover,
BW Group does not partner with companies or individuals that engage in Spam or
fail to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-187) or other laws
regulating commercial email. You hereby affirm that all End Users contacted by
you by e-mail as part of this Agreement are End Users that have subscribed to
receive e-mail messages on an explicit, voluntary basis and that your sending
of such e-mail under the terms of this Agreement cannot be reasonably interpreted
as Spam or Spamming, a mobile service message as defined by the CAN-SPAM Act;
and that you shall at all times comply with the CAN-SPAM Act or any other laws
regulating commercial email. You agree to indemnify and hold BW Group its merchant
customers and their respective affiliates, employees, officers, agents, directors
and representatives harmless from any and all allegations, claims, actions, causes
of action, lawsuits, damages, liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses (including
without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs related to in-house
counsel time, court costs and witness fees) attributable to or arising out of
or in connection with any third-party claim regarding an allegation of Spam or
violation of the CAN-SPAM Act (or any other laws regulating commercial email)
in connection with this Agreement.
The laws of the State of Tennessee shall govern this Agreement
and should there be any legal dispute between the parties,
then both parties agree to take the matter before mediation
in Knox County, TN.
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