Associate Operating
Agreement
This Agreement contains the complete terms and
conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation in the
shopoftools.com Associates Program (the "Program"). As used in this
Agreement, "we" means shopoftools.com, and "you" means the applicant. "Site"
means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers either to
shopoftools.com's site located at the URL www.shopoftools.com, or to the
site that you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your
Program application).
- 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 (at 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 "shopoftools" 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 (at
our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate
this Agreement.
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Links on Your Site
Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into the
Program, you will be provided with the following image to be displayed on
your web site.

Click Me!
- General link to shopoftools.com home
page: You may provide a general link on your site to our home page at
http://www.shopoftools.com. We will provide you with guidelines and
graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page. 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 only earn referral fees 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 which would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.
- Order Processing
We will process product orders placed by customers who follow special
links from your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject orders
that do not comply with any requirements that we periodically may
establish. We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and
fulfillment. Among other things, we will prepare order forms; process
payments, cancellations, and returns; and handle customer service. We will
track sales made to customers who purchase products 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 at our discretion.
- Referral Fees
We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 below) referral fees
on certain Product sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be
eligible to earn a referral fee, the customer must follow a Special Link
from your site to our site, select and purchase the Product using our
automated ordering system, accept delivery of the Product at the shipping
destination, and remit full payment to us. Gift certificates are not
eligible to earn referral fees. Special promotions or "loss leader" items
are also ineligible to earn referral fees.
- Referral Fee Schedule
You will earn referral fees based on qualifying revenues according to
referral fee schedules to be established by us. "qualifying revenues" are
revenues derived by us from our sales of qualifying products, excluding
costs for shipping, handling, gift-wrapping, taxes, service charges,
credit card processing fees, and bad debt. The current referral fee
schedule is: 10% of Qualifying Revenues from the sale of each product
that, on the date of order, is listed in our catalog and that is added to
the customer's Shopping Cart directly from the first page that results
from following a Special Link from your website.
- Referral Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis. Approximately 10 days
following the end of each calendar month, we will send you a check for the
referral fees earned on our sales of Qualifying Products that were shipped
during that month, less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold.
However, if the referral fees payable to you for any month are less than
$50.00, we will hold those referral fees until the total amount due is at
least $50.00 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. If a
Product that generated a referral fee is returned by the customer, we will
deduct the corresponding referral fee from your next monthly payment. If
there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill for the referral
fee.
- Policies and Pricing
Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be
customers of shopoftools.com. Accordingly, all shopoftools.com 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 products sold under this Program in
accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices and availability
may vary from time to time. Because price changes may affect products that
you already have listed on your site, you may not include price
information in your product descriptions. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot
guarantee the availability or price of any particular product.
- Identifying Yourself as an Associate
We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies your
site as a Program participant. You must display this logo or the phrase
"In association with shopoftools.com" somewhere on your site. We may
modify the text or graphic image of this notice from time to time. In
addition, we encourage (but do not require) you to include a Special Link
on your site to the shopoftools.com home page at http://www.shopoftools.com.
You may not make any press release with respect to this Agreement or your
participation in the Program without our prior written consent, which may
be given or withheld in our sole discretion.
- Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and
text described in Section 8 and such other images for which we grant
express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a
Program participant and to assist in generating product sales. 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.
- 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
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.
- 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 shopoftools.com
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 only eligible to earn referral fees on our sales of Qualifying
Products occurring 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the
state of California, without reference to rules governing choice of laws.
Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or
state courts located in San Diego, California, and you irrevocably consent
to the jurisdiction of such courts. 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 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.
To apply fill out Agreement Form
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