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AFFILIATE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an
individual's or entity's participation in MyRate's Affiliates Program (the
"Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means MyRate and "you" means the
applicant. "Site" means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context,
refers to any site that you will link to our site (and which you will identify
in your Program application).
1. Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program application
via our site. We will evaluate your application in good faith and will notify
you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we
determine (in our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the
Program. Unsuitable sites include those that: promote sexually explicit
materials promote violence promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age promote illegal activities
include "MyRate" or variations or misspellings thereof in their domain names
otherwise violate intellectual property rights If we reject your application,
you are welcome to reapply to the Program at any time. You should also note
that if we accept your application and your site is thereafter determined (in
our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this
Agreement.
2. Links on Your Site
Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into the Program,
you may provide on your site one or more of the following types of links to our
site: Product Links: You may select one or more Products to list on your site.
A "Product" is any product listed on our site that is fulfilled by us, or any
product sold by a third party seller on our site; but excluding any product
offered through our site not sold and fulfilled by us, such as a product sold
by a third party through a site linked to from our site. For each selected
Product, you will display on your site a short description, review, or other
reference. You will be responsible for the content, style, and placement of
these references. You will provide a Special Link (as defined below) from each
Product reference on your site to the corresponding MyRate website. Each such
link will connect to our web site. You may add or delete Products (and related
links) from your site at any time without our approval. General Link to MyRate
Home Page: You may provide a general link on your site to our home page at
www.myrate.com.au. We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork to
use in linking to our home page. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and
referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged" link formats to
be used in all links between your site and our site. You must ensure that each
of the links between your site and our site properly utilizes such special link
formats. Links to our site placed on your site pursuant to this Agreement and
which properly utilize such special link formats are referred to as "Special
Links." You will earn referral fees only with respect to activity on our site
occurring directly through Special Links; we will not be liable to you with
respect to any failure by you to use Special Links, including to the extent
that such failure may result in any reduction of amounts that would otherwise
be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement. You acknowledge that, by
participating in the Affiliates Program and placing any of the above links
within your site, MyRate may receive information from or about visitors to your
site or communications between your site and those visitors. Your participation
in the MyRate program constitutes your specific and unconditional consent to
and authorisation for MyRate access to, receipt, storage, use, and disclosure
of any and all such information, consistent with the policies and procedures
set forth in the MyRate Privacy Statement.
3. Order Processing
We will process enquiries placed by customers who follow Special Links from
your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject enquiries that do not
comply with any requirements that we may establish periodically. We will be
responsible for all aspects of enquiry processing and fulfillment. Among other
things, we will prepare enquiry forms, process payments, cancellations, and
handle customer service. We will track leads made to customers who make
enquiries by using Special Links from your site to our site and will make
available to you reports summarizing this sales activity. The form, content,
and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time in our discretion.
4. Referral Fees
We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 8 below) referral fees on
certain "Qualified Leads" to third parties. For a lead to be "qualified" for
commission payments, a team of qualified brokers validates each lead through
running credit checks and liaising with the contact on a regular basis. You may
not create leads during sessions initiated through the links on your site for
your own use, for resale or commercial use of any kind. This includes orders
for customers or on behalf of customers or orders for products to be used by
you or your friends, relatives, or Affiliates in any manner. Such purchases may
result (in our sole discretion) in the withholding of referral fees or the
termination of this Agreement. In addition, you may not: (a) directly or
indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or incentive
(including, without limitation, payment of money (including any rebate), or
granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site
to access our site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for persons or
entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); (b) read,
intercept, record, redirect, interpret, or fill in the contents of any
electronic form or other materials submitted to us by any person or entity; (c)
in any way modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute the operation of any
button, link, or other interactive feature of our site; (d) make any orders or
subscription requests, or engage in other transactions of any kind on our site
on behalf of any third party, or authorize, assist, or encourage any other
person or entity to do so; (e) take any action that could reasonably cause any
customer confusion as to our relationship with you, or as to the site on which
any functions or transactions (e.g., search, order, browse, and so on) are
occurring; or (f) post or serve any advertisements or promotional content
around or in conjunction with the display of our site (e.g., through any
"framing" technique or technology or pop-up windows), or assist, authorize, or
encourage any third party to take any such action. If we determine, in our sole
discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing activities, we may
(without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold any
referral fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or terminate
this Agreement.
5. Referral Fee Schedule
You will earn referral fees based on Qualifying Leads according to referral fee
schedules to be established by us and may be varied at any point in time by us.
6. Referral Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis. We will send you a check for
the referral fees accrued within a month, however, if the referral fees payable
to you for any calendar month are less than AU$100, we will hold payment until
the total amount due is at least AU$100 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is
terminated.
7. Policies and Pricing
Customers who use our services through this Program will be deemed to be
customers of MyRate rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning
customer orders, customer service, and product sales will apply to those
customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures at any time. For
example, we will determine the prices to be charged for our services under this
Program in accordance with our own pricing policies. Service prices and
availability may vary from time to time. We will use commercially reasonable
efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the
availability or price of any particular service.
8. Identifying Yourself as an Affiliate
You may not issue any press release with respect to this Agreement or your
participation in the Program; such action may result in your termination from
the Program. In addition, you may not in any manner misrepresent or embellish
the relationship between us and you, or express or imply any relationship or
affiliation between us and you or any other person or entity except as
expressly permitted by this Agreement (including by expressing or implying that
MyRate supports, sponsors, endorses, or contributes money to any charity or
other cause).
9. Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and text
described in Section 8 and such other text or images for which we grant express
permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program
participant and to assist in generating leads. You may not modify the graphic
image or text, or any other of our images, in any way. We reserve all of our
rights in the graphic image and text, any other images, our trade names and
trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our
Trademark Guidelines, as those guidelines may change from time to time. We may
revoke your license at any time by giving you written notice.
10.Responsibility for Your Site
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance
of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you
will be solely responsible for: the technical operation of your site and all
related equipment creating and posting Product descriptions on your site and
linking those descriptions to our catalog the accuracy and appropriateness of
materials posted on your site (including, among other things, all
Product-related materials) ensuring that materials posted on your site do not
violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party (including, for example,
copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or other personal or proprietary rights)
ensuring that materials posted on your site are not libelous or otherwise
illegal ensuring that your site accurately and adequately discloses, either
through a privacy policy or otherwise, how you collect, use, store, and
disclose data collected from visitors, including, where applicable, that third
parties (including advertisers) may serve content and/or advertisements and
collect information directly from visitors and may place or recognize cookies
on visitors' browsers. We disclaim all liability for these matters. Further,
you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development,
operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.
11. Paid Search Policy
Keyword Involving MyRate's Trademarks and Variations Thereof: Affiliate shall
not purchase or use search engine keywords that use MyRate's trademarks,
including, without limitation, "MyRate" and/or certain variations thereof.
Affiliate shall not purchase use or register keywords, AdWords, search terms or
other identifying terms that include the words "MyRate" or variations thereof
for use in any search engine, portal, sponsored advertising service or other
search or referral service. Breach of this policy will result in immediate
termination of the affiliate account.
12. Term of the Agreement
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program
application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may
terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the
other party written notice of termination. Upon the termination of this
Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from
your site, all links to our site, and all MyRate trademarks, trade dress, and
logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant
hereto or in connection with the Program. You are eligible to earn referral
fees only on our sales of Qualifying Products that occur during the term, and
referral fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable only
if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may withhold your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
13. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at
any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new
agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the
scope of available referral fees, referral fee schedules, payment procedures,
and Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY
RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE
WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
14. Relationship of Parties
You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will
create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative,
or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to
make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make
any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would
contradict anything in this Section.
15. 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.
Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the
Program will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under
this Agreement.
16. 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, non infringement, 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.
17. Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS
AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY)
SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN
THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR
WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN
THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
18. Arbitration
Any dispute relating in any way to this Agreement (including any actual or
alleged breach hereof), any transactions or activities under this Agreement or
your relationship with us or any of our affiliates shall be submitted to
confidential arbitration in Sydney, NSW except that, to the extent you have in
any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights,
we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal
court in the state/province of NSW (and you consent to non-exclusive
jurisdiction and venue in such courts) or any other court of competent
jurisdiction. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the
rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's
award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of
competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no
arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving
any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration
proceedings or otherwise.
19. Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of Australia and the state/province
of NSW, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. 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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| Lender |
Rate (p.a.) |
CCR# (p.a.) |
Fees |
| myrate |
6.03% |
6.03% |
$0* |
| Aussie |
6.65% |
6.70% |
$600 |
| Westpac |
6.91% |
7.04% |
$600 |
| St. George |
6.89% |
7.05% |
$700 |
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