The following are the terms and conditions of participating in the SendMeRecipes.com Affiliate Program. "Affiliate" refers to yourself, and "SMR" refers to SendMeRecipes.com (Verity Associates, LLC) located at PO Box 670361 Flushing, NY 11367.
 

Payments and Commissions

SMR will pay the Affiliate a 40% commission of each SMR Signup which is identified by a visitor from SMR's web site using their unique Affiliate Link. The commission will be paid each month for as long as the referred customer remains a paying member.

Affiliate commission shall be paid via PayPal approximately every 30 days, approximately 15 days after the prior period.

 

To receive payment, you must update your PayPal Payment information after signing up. Once you've signed up, go to:

 

http://www.sendmerecipes.com/amember/aff.php?action=payout_info

 

SMR reserves the right to modify the payment schedule as long as notice is posted to the Web site. If commission does not exceed $20 for prior period, SMR reserves the right to hold payment until commissions accumulate to $20 or more.

Although the Affiliate Program is not limited to the U.S. all payments will be made in U.S. dollars.

If a qualifying sale is canceled or refunded, the related commission will be deducted from the next monthly payment.

All Affiliates are NOT employees of SMR and are responsible for their own local, state, or country taxes.

All Affiliate signups are subject to approval by SMR.

In the event that a member cancels his/her membership to SMR, he/she will forgo any and all future commission payments.

Both SMR and the Affiliate reserve the right to terminate this agreement at any time. If canceled, outstanding commissions for current period at time of cancellation shall be paid in the next monthly payment so long as rules of this agreement were not violated by the Affiliate.
 

Affiliate Link

You will be issued an "Affiliate Link", or unique URL, which allows SMR to identify visitors from your site as originating from you. These visitors are tracked with this unique URL and sales are recorded with your Affiliate Id. To receive commissions, you must use the provided Affiliate Link. The URL may be in various forms such as a banner, image, or text link.

SMR reserves all rights in or to its trademarks and servicemarks but may be used by Affiliate in accordance with this agreement. The SMR trademark may not be used to register internet domain names for any purpose. Affiliate may in no way display an SMR logo, image, or trademark which may be distasteful, defame, or misrepresent.

Affiliate shall not misrepresent SMR products or services.

Affiliate is solely responsible for insuring that their Affiliate Link is setup properly to qualify for commissions.

Affiliate may not use their own Affiliate Link to order services from SMR. Doing so will result in immediate reversal of any commission.

Affiliate agrees to not send unsolicited mail or SPAM mail to promote any of SMR products or services. This action WILL RESULT in immediate termination of your account with a cancellation of any pending commissions. Affiliate will also be in violation of the SMR Affiliate Agreement and subject to legal action.
 

Prohibited Sites

Sites that promote: sexually explicit material or violence do not qualify as an Affiliate. Sites that promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, national origin, and physical disability, shall not be accepted. Sites that promote illegal activities shall not be accepted. Do not apply if your site promotes these kinds of activities. By applying, you are stating that your Site does not directly promote or endorse these activities.
 

Term of Agreement

This agreement remains in affect until cancelled by either party.

Commissions earned through the date of expiration or cancellation of this agreement will remain payable only if the qualifying sales are not cancelled or refunded by the referred Customers. Payment of the final Commission payment to the Affiliate may be withheld for a reasonable time in order to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
 

Disclaimer

SMR will make every reasonable effort to track and pay commissions for all sales that apply to Affiliate. However, SMR is not responsible for technical problems, acts by third parties, or other events outside our reasonable control which may temporarily disrupt or diminish this service.
 

Privacy

To protect SMR customer privacy, we cannot provide identifying customer names and contact information to you. However, we will provide an online report detailing price, service, date of sale, and perhaps other data for your records.
 

Independent Contractor

The relationship between SMR and Affiliate established by this Agreement is that of independent contractors. SMR and Affiliate shall each conduct its respective business at its own initiative, responsibility and expense, and shall have no authority to incur any obligations on behalf of the other, except as otherwise provided herein. Term "Affiliate" shall not be interpreted as a legal partner or affiliate, simply as an independent contractor for SMR under this agreement.
 

Limitation of Damages

SMR shall not be held liability for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or any loss of revenue or profits arising under or with respect to this agreement or program, even if SMR has been advised of the possibility of such damages. SMR aggregate liability arising under or with respect to this agreement or the program shall in no event exceed the total commissions paid or payable by SMR under this agreement.

Affiliate understands that Affiliate tracking can never be 100% accurate and SMR is not responsible for inaccuracies that might occur beyond its control. Tracking of Affiliate sales depend on several factors which are out of the control of SMR. It is the goal of SMR to make Affiliate tracking as accurate as possible, however, SMR cannot guarantee 100% tracking for situations beyond its control.
 

Warranty Disclaimer

SMR makes no warranties expressed or implied with regard to Affiliate Program except as outlined in this agreement.
 

Governing Law

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and the United States.