This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions
that apply to an individual's or entity's participation
in the LACityTours.com Affiliate Program.
As used in this Agreement "we" means LACityTours.com,"
you " means the applicant and "Product"
means any LACityTours.com product(s) offered for sale
through the
LACityTours.com Affiliate program. By clicking on the
"I Agree" button at the end of this Agreement
you are affirmatively stating that you have read and
understand this Agreement and that you agree to be bound
by the terms and conditions herein.
1. Enrollment in the program.
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete
Program Application. We may reject your application
at any time if we determine (in our sole discretion)
that your site is unsuitable for the LACityTours.com
Affiliate Program for any reason, including, but not
limited to, if your site incorporates images or content
that is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory,
obscene, harassing or racially, ethically or otherwise
objectionable, such as sites that facilitate illegal
activity, depict sexually explicit images; promote violence;
promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
promote illegal activities or incorporates any materials
which infringe or assist others to infringe on any copyright,
trademark or other intellectual property rights.
2. Links from your Web site.
LACityTours.com will make available to you banner advertisements,
button and/or text links (individually and/or collectively),
which will link your site to the Web page from which
the purchaser can complete purchase of the Product ("Product
Page") and/or to LACityTours.com's Web site. The
Links will include graphic images, text, LACityTours.com
product descriptions and/or LACityTours.com trademarks
and logos. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, you may display the Links as often and in
as many areas on your site as you wish. You agree that
you will co-operate fully with us in order to establish
and maintain the Links, that you will not alter or modify
the Links without our written consent and that you will
display the Links prominently throughout your site.
Each Link connecting users of your site to the Product
Page and/or to LACityTours.com Web site will in no way
alter the look, feel or functionality of your website.
We have the right in our sole discretion to monitor
your site at any time and from time to time to determine
if you are in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
3. Commissions.
You will earn commissions based on Net Product Sales
that are generated utilizing the Links between your
site and LACityTours.com. "Net Product Sales"
as used herein means the Product sales price paid by
the purchaser, less sales taxes, returns and charge
backs. Only Products for which we have received full
payment will qualify for a commission. Commission rates
are 12% for Los Angeles City Tours &
Layover Specials (A1 to A4) 6% for rest of tours &
packages on direct bookings made as a result of someone
clicking thru to our site.
4. Commission Payment.
We will pay you commissions on a monthly basis. Approximately
30 days following the end of each month, we will send
you a check for the commissions earned on Product that
we sold during that month. However, if the commissions
payable to you for any month are less than $25.00, we
will hold those commissions until the total amount due
is at least equal to $25.00. If the customer subsequently
cancels a tour that was booked which generated a commission,
we will deduct the corresponding commission from your
next monthly payment. If there is no subsequent payment,
we will send you a bill for the fee, which must be paid
upon receipt.
5. Responsibility of 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. You shall also be responsible
for 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), and ensuring
that materials posted on your site are not libelous
or otherwise illegal. You must have express permission
to use another party's copyrighted or other proprietary
material. We will not be responsible if you use another
party's copyrighted or other proprietary material in
violation of the law. We disclaim all liability for
all of the foregoing matters. Further, you will indemnify
and hold us harmless from all claims, damages and expenses
(including without limitation attorney's fees) relating
to the development, operation, maintenance and contents
of your site.
6. Term of Agreement.
This Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of
your LACityTours.com Affiliate Program Application.
Your Affiliate Program Membership can only be terminated
for good cause unless the program itself is terminated.
Termination of this Agreement will include termination
of all rights and licenses granted hereunder by us.
Commissions are payable to you only on Product sales
that occur during the term. We may withhold your final
payment to ensure that all returns and charge backs
have been taken into account. Sections 6,7,9,13 and
15 will survive the termination of this Agreement.
7. Relationship of parties.
Each party is acting as an independent contractor and
not as an agent, partner, or joint venture with the
other party for any purpose. Except as provided in this
Agreement, neither party shall have the right, power,
or authority to act or to create any obligation, express
or implied, on behalf of the other.
8. Confidentiality.
Each party agrees that all binary code, inventions,
algorithms, know-how and ideas it obtains from the other
and all other business, technical and financial information
it obtains from the other are the confidential property
of the disclosing party ("Confidential Information").
Except as expressly and unambiguously allowed herein,
the receiving party will hold in confidence and not
use or disclose any Confidential Information and shall
similarly bind its employees and agents. The receiving
party shall not be obligated under this Section 9 with
respect to information the receiving party can document:
i) is or has become readily available to the public
through no fault of the receiving party or its employees
or agents; or ii) is received without restriction from
a third party lawfully in possession of such information
and lawfully empowered to disclose such information;
or iii) was rightfully in the possession of the receiving
party without restriction prior to its disclosure by
the disclosing party; or iv) is independently developed
by the receiving party by its employees or agents without
access to the other party's similar Confidential Information.
Each party's obligations with respect to Confidential
Information shall continue for the shorter of five (5)
years from the date of termination of this Agreement
or until one of the above enumerated conditions becomes
applicable. Each party acknowledges that its breach
of this Section 9 would cause irreparable injury to
the other for which monetary damages are not an adequate
remedy. Accordingly, a party will be entitled to injunctions
and other equitable remedies in the event of such breach
by the other.
9. Licenses and Use of LACityTours.com Logos and
Trademarks.
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable
right to i) access our Web site through the Links solely
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and
ii) to use our logos and trademarks ("Licensed
Material") solely in connection with the Links
and for the purpose of promoting Product sales on your
site. You may not make any other use of the Licensed
Material without LACityTours.com prior written consent.
You may not modify or alter our logos and trademarks
in any way.
10. Trademarks.
We grant to you a non-exclusive license to use our names,
titles and logos which you use from time to time to
advertise, market and promote our rights hereunder,
provided that we are not required to so advertise, market
and promote.
11. Modification.
We may modify the terms of this Agreement at any time
in our sole discretion. You will be notified by email
or by regular mail and a change notice will be posted
on our site. Modifications may include, among others,
changes in the scope, amount and payment terms of commissions.
If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only
recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued
participation in the LACityTours.com Affiliate Program
following our posting of a change notice or new agreement
on our site will constitute your binding acceptance
of the change.
12. Limitation of Liability.
We will not be liable for any indirect, special or consequential
damages, or any loss of revenue, profits or data, arising
in connection with this Agreement or the LACityTours.com
Affiliate 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 LACityTours.com Affiliate Program will not exceed
the total commission paid or payable to you under this
Agreement.
13. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless LACityTours.com,
its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
contractors and agents against all liabilities, claims,
actions, losses, damages and expenses (any or all of
the foregoing are called "Losses") insofar
as such Losses arise out of or are based on i) any claim
that our use of your trademarks infringes any intellectual
property or proprietary right of any third party; ii)
any breach of any covenant or misrepresentation of any
warranty or representation made by you herein; or iii)
any claim related to your site including, without limitation,
content therein not attributable to us.
14. 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 COMPETITIVE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU
HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING
IN THE MARKETING PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY
REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS
SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
15. Privacy.
LACityTours.com is committed to ensuring the privacy
of our users. In addition to fully supporting the Principles
of Online Solicitation adopted by the Interactive Services
Association (ISA) and the Direct Marketing Association,
LACityTours.com also pledges that we will not provide
an individual's email address, usage paths, or demographic
data to any third parties. LACityTours.com is dedicated
to improving Internet navigation for everyone, and firmly
believes that personal privacy should be protected.
We are acutely aware that evolving technologies present
new challenges for user privacy. We work to comply with
the guidelines set by numerous privacy organizations
to ensure that we stay on the cutting edge of privacy
protection.
16. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California.
The parties have read this Agreement and agree to be
bound by its terms, and further agree that it constitutes
the complete and entire agreement of the parties and
supersedes all previous communications, oral or written,
and all other communications between them relating to
the license and to the subject hereof. No representations
or statements of any kind made by either party, which
are not expressly stated herein, shall be binding on
such party.
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