The following TERMS of USE constitute a legal agreement between you, the visitor of the Golden Link Plus website, and GOLD, the service owner (“GOLD”, “We, “Us”, “GS”, "GS Marketers" or “Gold Striker”) and governs your use of the GOLD Service (the “Service”). Please read this Agreement carefully before using or registering for the Service. By using and registering for the Service, you agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE OR REGISTER FOR THE SERVICE. YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE TERMS FREQUENTLY AS GOLD MAY CHANGE THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME BY POSTING A REVISED VERSION. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICE AFTER SUCH NOTICE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INCLUDING UPDATED VERSIONS.
This contract constitutes the rules, terms, and conditions of doing business with GOLD which are in place to protect clients/advertisers within our network. Should there be any violation of these terms and conditions of business we reserve the right to suspend or cancel any account and potentially withhold payment.
All web sites, newsletters, companies, or individuals need official approval from GOLD before they can become a GS Affiliate or Partner. Only web sites and newsletters that have been reviewed and approved are permitted to use the programs. GOLD reserves the right to withhold or refuse approval on any web site, newsletter, company, or individual for any reason, whatsoever.
In order to be eligible for GS Affiliate or Partner approval, all web sites and newsletters must meet the following criteria:
• Be content-based, not simply a list of links or advertisements, nor can the site be centered around making money off of our Advertisers
• Be written in English and contain only English language content
• Cannot offer incentives to users to click on ads; incentives include but are not limited to awarding them cash, points, prizes, contest entries, etc.
• Be fully functional at all levels; no "under construction" sites or sections
• Spawning process pop-ups and exit pop-ups are prohibited for click approved affiliates
• The content of the web site and/or newsletter cannot contain any adult content nor link from, or to, any adult materials including but not limited to:☆ Explicit, vulgar or obscene language• You cannot place our advertisements into your framed environment, unless approved by GOLD. Here in writing.
☆ Posting or referencing of sexually explicit images or other offensive content
☆ Promotion of adult services, such as phone sex or escort services
☆ The content of the web site and/or newsletter cannot infringe on any personal, intellectual property or copyrights
☆ Racial, ethnic, political, hate-mongering or otherwise objectionable content
☆ Investment, money-making opportunities or advice not permitted under law
☆ Gratuitous violence or profanity
☆ Material that defames, abuses, or threatens physical harm to others or to you
☆ Promotion of illegal substances or activities such as illegal online gambling, how to build a bomb, counterfeiting money, etc.
☆ Software Pirating (e.g., Warez, Hotline)
☆ Any illegal activity whatsoever
☆ Any questionable or controversial subject matter
☆ Any spoofing, redirecting, or trafficking from adult-related web sites in an effort to gain traffic
• Your web site and/or newsletter cannot be 'point, lottery, or rewards' based encouraging users to click on our Advertisers' banners or use our Advertisers to generate revenue for users to win points, get rewards, or other incentives unless expressly approved in writing from GOLD
If you fraudulently add leads or clicks or inflate leads or clicks by fraudulent traffic generation (as determined solely by GOLD, such as pre-population of forms or mechanisms not approved by GOLD), you will forfeit your entire commission for all programs and your account will be terminated. GOLD reserves sole judgment in determining fraud and you agree to this clause.
It is the OBLIGATION of the GS Marketer or Partner to prove to GOLD that they are NOT committing fraud. GOLD will hold your payment in 'Pending Status' until you have satisfactorily provided evidence that you are not defrauding the system. We flag accounts that:
• Have click-through rates that are much higher than industry averages and where solid justification is not evident
• Have ONLY click programs generating clicks with no indication by site traffic that it can sustain the clicks reported
• Have shown fraudulent leads as determined by our clients
• Use fake redirects, automated software, and/or fraud to generate clicks or leads from our programs
Filling out this form constitutes an agreement between GOLD and the GS Marketer or Partner. The commission payment that is generated to the GS Marketer or Partner varies per registered subscriber to the programs offered and/or per clicks. This commission payment is made approximately 15 days after the end of the month. GOLD does not guarantee payment to the GS Marketer or Partner if the Advertiser does not pay GOLD.
Commission payment totals must exceed $100.00, otherwise this payment will not be made until the $100.00 minimum is reached. International GS Marketer (outside of the United States) agree to a minimum $50.00 to be reached.
GS Marketer or Partner agrees not to carry objectionable materials on their web site which would revoke their accounts as determined by GOLD. GS Marketer or Partner will only run approved banners and text in their advertising of our programs and will NOT create their own banners or advertising text, unless expressly approved in writing from GOLD. Violation of this forfeits your commissions. GS Marketer or Partner WILL NOT spam or send unsolicited email mentioning or promoting the GS Marketer or Partner programs. Any violation of this will result in the GS Marketer or Partner being liable for damages per email sent and other damages as deemed by a court of law.
Editing of an Advertiser's program images or copy is strictly prohibited. GS Marketer or Partner will only use approved banners and text to link to an Advertiser's sign-up pages. GS Marketer or Partner will not mislead people to make it seem that they are signing up for an offer that is offered by the GS Marketer or Partner site. GS Marketer or Partner can ONLY use banners and approved text, any other use of link and sign-up processes will result in the loss of all sign ups/leads accrued for the GS Marketer or Partner.
GS Marketer agrees to use only allowed promotion channels as stated in each campaign. Special instructions including but not limited to search restrictions and promotion requirements may be included in a campaign description. Any violation of the above may result in termination from the campaign and/or network and loss of bounties.
As a GS marketer of GOLD you agree to all terms and conditions of CAN-SPAM 2003 and any state or local mini-can-spam laws. You acknowledge that should you fail to comply with these laws, GOLD will surrender your information to any authorities or to satisfy any litigation that may arise from the actions of your company, its affiliates, employees or officers.
GOLD reserves the right to terminate any GS Marketer's or Partner's contract for any reason whatsoever. Termination notice will be provided via e-mail and will be effective immediately. All legitimate moneys due to a GS Marketer or Partner will be paid during the next billing cycle. If a GS Marketer or Partner defrauds the system, then payment is revoked as determined solely by GOLD.
You guarantee that all content, products, and services on your web site are legal to distribute and that you own or have the legal right to use any and all copyrighted material.
GS Marketer or Partner irrevocably covenants, promises and agrees to indemnify GOLD and to hold GOLD harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, expenses, suits, damages, costs, demands or liabilities, arising from any and all claims and lawsuits for copyright, slander, libel, and trademark violation as well as all other claims resulting from member's web pages.
1. GOLD may at any time designate a Compliance Auditor. The designated Compliance Auditor may request data from a GS marketer or network to perform routine compliance review or audit at the discretion of GOLD. Such requests may be made via email or on company letter head and are required to be complied with.
• Opt-In requests must be returned within 2 business days from date of request. Failure to provide op-in data may result in automatic forfeit of all bounties for campaign the request is being made for and could result in immediate termination from the network.
2. If any GS Marketer or Partner violates or refuses to take part in their responsibilities, or commits fraudulent activity against us or our advertisers, GOLD reserves the right to withhold payment and take appropriate legal action to cover its damages.
3. Invalidations are calculated at the end of each month and a report sent to the GS marketer and/or network. GOLD will not negotiate invalidations based on the GS marketer and/or networks own internal payout policies. Invalidations include but are not limited to:
• Duplicate orders/leads
• Fraudulent orders/leads
• Automated Orders/leads
• Declined Orders/leads
4. All GS Marketers and Networks are required to obtain approval from GOLD prior to modifying any subject or from lines on any campaign. Any GS affiliate or network found to modify any campaign details without confirmed permission from GOLD will be blocked from the campaign, forfeit all bounties due and possibly terminated from the network.
5. Suppression lists for email campaigns must be downloaded every 10 days and all email data be scrubbed against the suppression list prior to emailing any campaign.
• Any GS Marketer suspected of mailing to a Suppression List will be suspended and all bounties withheld until a full review by GOLD is made. If the GS Marketer is found to be in violation their account will be immediately terminated and forfeit bounties earned for the month.
• Any GS Marketer found emailing a campaign without scrubbing their data against an updated suppression list may be suspended from the campaign with the potential of forfeited bounties earned on the specific campaign for all activity made after the suppression list download violation.
6. Any GS Marketer found using Forged Headers may be immediately terminated from the network with the potential of forfeited bounties earned for the month.
7. Any GS Marketer found to be using phishing or data scraping may be immediately terminated from the network with the potential of forfeited bounties earned for the month.
8. Any legal action taken by an advertiser, agency, client, person, or entity against GOLD for actions of you, and/or your GS Marketers, (the GS marketer or partner) that violate the network terms and conditions, you accept that GOLD will work with the advertiser, agency, client, person, or entity to divulge your personal information. You also agree that GOLD is not liable for your actions, and you will bear all costs (legal or otherwise) that GOLD incurs if GOLD is sued by advertiser, client, agency, person, or entity.
9. GOLD reserves the right to change any conditions of this contract at any time.
GOLD gives no warranty, express or implied, for any and all services and products provided, including, but not limited to, warranty of merchantability and warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. This statement expressly includes any reimbursement for losses of income due to disruption of service by GOLD or its upstream providers.
You agree to settle any dispute under this agreement under the laws of the Commonwealth of California. Any litigation arising under this Agreement will be brought in the federal or state courts of Southern California.
If any provision of this agreement shall be held or made invalid or unenforceable by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remaining provisions of this agreement shall not be affected thereby.