PAWS, LLC Affiliate Marketing Program
Terms and Conditions
Thank you for considering the PAWS, LLC affiliate program. Our affiliates are very important to us. This agreement is designed to protect you, PAWS, LLC and our customers. Please read thoroughly. If you have any questions, please contact us at brandpartners@halocollar.com.
Affiliate Agreement
This agreement describes the terms and conditions for participation in the PAWS, LLC affiliate program. In this agreement, the term “Affiliate” refers to you (the applicant). In this agreement, “PAWS, LLC” refers to PAWS, LLC., a Delaware Corporation and creator of the Halo Collar, with whom you are entering this agreement. By applying to the PAWS, LLC affiliate program you are confirming that you have read the agreement and agree to the terms and conditions.
Affiliate Programs
The PAWS, LLC affiliate program applies to sale of Halo Collars purchased by customers through the official website www.halocollar.com. Products may be added to or removed from the program over time at the sole discretion of PAWS, LLC. Eligible members of the PAWS, LLC Affiliate Program will be informed of product additions via email.
Affiliate Program Participation
PAWS, LLC does not auto-approve Affiliate applications. To begin the enrollment process, you will complete and submit the online form located at www.halocollar.com/brandpartners. PAWS, LLC will review your submission, as well as your website, social media channels, and content to ensure alignment with brand standards, and will approve your application at our sole discretion. You will be informed of approval of your application via email. PAWS LLC does not guarantee that all applications will be approved nor a timeframe for such approval.
Commissions
For a sale to generate a commission to an Affiliate, the customer must complete the order process on www.halocollar.com and remit full payment for the product. Commissions will only be paid on sales that are made when the customer clicks through qualified, correctly structured Affiliate links. Properly coded links are the sole responsibility of the affiliate. Cookies persist for 30 days after a customer first clicks on a qualified Affiliate link.
The Affiliate earns US$50.00 for each Halo Collar sold.
Additional commission plans may be added to the program as new products are added.
PAWS, LLC uses WooCommerce to generate Affiliate links, track Affiliate sales, and calculate commissions. Commissions can be viewed on the Affiliate Dashboard. PAWS LLC shall utilize data solely from WooCommerce tracking to determine Commision amounts.
Payment
Affiliate commission payments are made once a month, on the last day of each month for all products sold the previous month. For example, commissions for sales made in the month of March will be paid on April 30. Payments will be paid out via PayPal. Commissions will not be paid out until at least $250 in Commissions have been earned.
Refunds
In the event a customer requests a refund for a transaction for which the Affiliate has earned commissions, any commissions earned on the refund amount will be deducted from the Affiliate’s balance. If the Commission has been previously paid to Affiliate, this deduction may be taken against future Commissions earned.
Usage and Obligations
Affiliates are permitted to use the Halo Collar brand and marketing resources available in the Affiliates section of WooCommerce. Logos and other assets cannot be modified. The Affiliate does not gain any trademark, copyright or any other rights to these materials.
The Affiliate may not create or design your website or any other website that you operate, explicitly or implied in a manner which resembles our website nor design your website in a manner which leads customers to believe you are PAWS, LLC, halocollar.com, Cesar Millan, or any other affiliated business.
The Affiliate will never imply that they are acting on behalf of PAWS, LLC, Halo Collar or Cesar Millan, and will never advertise PAWS, LLC, Halo Collar products, Cesar Millan, or Cesar Millan products directly. The Affiliate will never bid for advertisements that compete with PAWS, LLC, Halo Collar, or Cesar Millan.
The Affiliate will not engage in the distribution of an unsolicited bulk email (spam) mentioning or referencing PAWS, LLC, Halo Collar, or Cesar Millan.
The Affiliate will not transmit any so-called “interstitials,” “Parasiteware™,” “Parasitic Marketing,” “Shopping Assistance Application,” “Toolbar Installations and/or Add-ons,” “Shopping Wallets” or “deceptive pop-ups and/or pop-unders” to consumers from the time the consumer clicks on a qualifying link until such time as the consumer has fully exited www.halocollar.com (i.e., no page from our site or any PAWS, LLC or Halo Collar content or branding is visible on the end-user’s screen).
The Affiliate will never represent themselves, Halo Collar products or their relationship with PAWS, LLC or its founders in a false or misleading way. When promoting Halo Collar or other PAWS, LLC products, the Affiliate will comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (“FTC Guides”). Accordingly, the Affiliate will disclose the relationship to PAWS, LLC and Halo Collar according to the following practices:
- Clearly disclose the Affiliate’s true identity and that the Affiliate is being compensated for the sale of products and/or has received other incentives from PAWS, LLC. PAWS, LLC reserves the right to immediately terminate this Agreement if the Affiliate fails to make the disclosures in the manner set forth in the FTC Guides.
- Not make any false, misleading or deceptive statement and not make any product performance or attribute claims about PAWS, LLC products or services. The Affiliate may express opinions, but will not make any factual claims about the products or services.
- Ensure that the Materials, accurately reflects the Affiliate’s honest, current opinions and beliefs based on his/her personal experience, including with PAWS, LLC products
- Conduct activities related to the PAWS, LLC and Halo Collar products and services in a manner appropriate for a family audience.
Relationship of Parties
The Affiliate’s relationship with PAWS, LLC is that of independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or should be construed to create a partnership, agency, joint venture or employment relationship. The Affiliate is not authorized to make any representation, contract, or commitment on behalf of PAWS, LLC, and its representatives and agents, unless authorized in writing to do so by an authorized officer of PAWS, LLC.
Term and Termination
Either party has the right to terminate the agreement immediately without prior notice.
If the Affiliate terminates the agreement, no further commissions from PAWS, LLC will be paid for any past or future customer transactions.
If PAWS, LLC chooses to terminate the agreement for any reason other than fraud or unsuitable content, any balance greater than $25 USD will be paid to the affiliate within 60 days of termination. Balances that are smaller than $25 will be forfeited.
PAWS, LLC will immediately terminate this agreement if the Affiliate engages in any of the following content or sales tactics considered to be unsuitable for the program:
- Promotes sexually explicit materials
- Promotes violence
- Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age
- Promotes animal cruelty
- Promotes illegal activities
- Incorporates any materials which infringe or assist others to infringe on any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights or to violate the law
- Is otherwise in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, harassing, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion.
- Contains software downloads that potentially enable diversions of commission from other affiliates in our program.
- Inaccurately represents the Affiliates relationship with PAWS, LLC, Halo Collar, or Cesar Millan
Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
Indemnification
The Affiliate agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless PAWS, LLC, its representatives or agents, and their respective, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) (“Losses”) arising from: (i) Affiliate’s breach of any provision of this Agreement, (ii) the authorized use of the Materials, and (iii) Affiliate’s negligence or willful misconduct.
The Affiliate agrees, on its behalf and on behalf of its successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators, to release, waive, discharge, absolve, agree to hold harmless and covenant not to sue PAWS, LLC, its representatives or agents, from any and all Losses whatsoever which Affiliate, its successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns had, now have or hereafter may have, by reason of any matter connected in any way with the Agreement.
Arbitration
All claims and disputes arising under or relating to this Agreement are to be settled by binding arbitration in the State of Texas. An award of arbitration may be confirmed in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Modification
PAWS, LLC may modify any of the terms and conditions within this Agreement at any time and at our sole discretion. These modifications may include, but not limited to changes in the scope of available commissions, commission schedules, payment procedures and Affiliate Program rules.