DECOR STEALS AFFILIATE PROGRAM TERMS OF AGREEMENT
Revised Jul 2021.
Please read our affiliate terms of agreement carefully before you apply to our program or start advertising on behalf of Decor Steals.
Definitions: As used in the following Affiliate Terms of Agreement, “we”, “us”, or “our” refers to Decor Steals and its websites. “You” or “your” refers to the Affiliate. The “Program” refers to the Decor Steals Affiliate Program.
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ENROLLMENT IN THE DECOR STEALS AFFILIATE PROGRAM
After receiving your application, we will review your website and notify you of your acceptance or rejection into our Program. We reserve the right to reject any application at our sole discretion if we feel your site or associated channel is unsuitable for our program. Unsuitable sites may include, but are not limited to, sites that:
? Contain content that is not appropriate or relevant to Decor Steals and its products.
? Are primarily a link or banner farm that contains little to no content.
? Promote sexually explicit materials, discrimination, illegal activities, violence, or anything similar.
? Promote third-party and/or unlicensed products.
? Promote grey market practices, including, but not limited to the promotion of online resources, entities, social outlets, and stores which bypass Decor Steals exclusive distribution.
? Do not comply with this Decor Steals Affiliate Agreement.
By participating in the Program, you agree that you will not engage in any such activities. If we reject your application, you are welcome to re-apply 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 (your program contract).
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LINKING TO OUR WEBSITE
Once you have been notified that your entity has been accepted into the Program, we will provide you with tracking links to be used to track visitors directed by you to our site, which are referred to as your “Affiliate Links.” You may only use Affiliate Links made available to you through our Program. Your acceptance in our program means you agree to abide by the following requirements:
1. You will only use Affiliate Links obtained from the affiliate interface without manipulation.
2. All domains and social platforms, channels, or groups that use your Affiliate Link must be listed in your affiliate profile.
3. Your Website will not in any way copy, resemble, or mirror the look and feel of our Website. This includes that you will not use any content created by Decor Steals that is not directly available for download through the Program.
4. You will not alter or remove any watermarks or notices from any content owned by Decor Steals.
5. You will not use any means to create the impression that your Website is our Website or any part of our Website including, without limitation, framing of our Website in any manner or creating banners or advertisements that mimic Decor Steals.com search, display, multimedia, video, or social ads in any manner.
6. Purchasing advertisements that direct to your site(s) that could be confused or compete with Decor Steals's own ads is strictly prohibited.
7. Cookie stuffing, pop-ups, and false or misleading links are strictly prohibited.
8. False coupon codes, promo code, discount codes or misleading links are strictly prohibited.
9. You will not attempt to mask the referring URL information (i.e. the page from where the click is originating).
10. Using redirects to bounce a click off of a domain from which the click did not originate in order to give the appearance that it came from that domain is expressly prohibited and is a direct violation of the program terms.
11. You may only place Affiliate Links on sites, channels, or platforms that you own and manage and are explicitly defined in your Affiliate account. You are responsible for keeping an accurate representation of your link locations.
Submitting affiliate links to social sharing sites such as Pinterest, Reddit.com, Digg.com, StumbleUpon.com, etc. is prohibited.
We do allow affiliates to place links on their own Facebook page or Twitter feed - but be mindful of affiliate best practices in marking your posts as sponsored. You will earn referral fees only with respect to activity on our site occurring directly through approved Affiliate Links. We will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use Affiliate 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.
When a customer uses your Affiliate Link, a cookie will be installed. Orders placed during that visit, and for up to 15 days afterwards, will be credited to the referring Affiliate unless the original cookie is altered, deleted, or overwritten. Decor Steals will not be responsible for any loss of referral fees due to the deletion, alteration or malfunction of customer cookies. Decor Steals, at its discretion, reserves the right to remove affiliate cookies for internal marketing campaigns. This includes, but is not limited to post-order promotional offers, printed mail discounts, and other direct to customer campaigns.
Through your participation in the Program, we may receive information from or about visitors to your site or communications between your site and those visitors. You consent to our access to, receipt, storage, use, and disclosure of any and all such information, consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in the Privacy Policy on our Website.
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COMMISSION STRUCTURE
You will earn a commission based on Qualifying Revenues according to referral fee schedules to be established by us, in our sole discretion. “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, customer Reward Point redemption, coupon/discount redemption, returns and bad debt. Only products listed as in-stock at the time of the order will earn a commission. The current commission structure is:
- 4% of Qualifying Revenues from the sale of in-stock eligible products, unless otherwise specified.
- $100.00 commission cap applies for all orders, unless otherwise specified.
- 0% on pre-order or backordered items.
- 0% on wait list reservations.
Affiliates will earn commission on items added to their cart after the affiliate link is clicked. If items were added to the cart before the affiliate link is clicked, affiliates will not be paid commission on those items.
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UNLICENSED CUSTOMS
“Unlicensed Customs” are statues, portraits, figures, accessories or 2D works of art, or other similar works produced without the express consent of the entity that owns the intellectual property rights. To participate in the Program, you may not assist, participate in, or promote the creation, development, distribution, or sale of Unlicensed Customs. This is a material requirement of eligibility and any Affiliate found to be in violation may be terminated immediately and without notice and will lose the right to receive any unpaid referral fees, even if earned prior to termination.
Here are some activities we consider a violation of our terms and conditions. Please note, this list is not complete and serves only to help clarify the issue:
? Renderings, both 2D and 3D, of licensed entities that could be construed as available for sale via public post or private message.
? Posts/mentions on your associated outlets to solicit unlicensed customs.
? Participation by your affiliate accounts, or individuals associated with your account, in the discussion of unlicensed customs.
? Allowing known unlicensed custom artists, manufacturers or entities to post freely on your forum, social feeds, groups, etc.
? Posting imagery or videos of unlicensed custom pieces.
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PPC (PAY PER CLICK) GUIDELINES
If you are enrolled in our Program and participate in PPC advertising, you must adhere to our PPC guidelines as follows:
1. You may not bid on any of our trademarked terms, including any variations or misspellings thereof for search or content-based campaigns on Google, Bing or any other search engine or network. Bidding on Decor Steals's brand name, “Decor Steals,” “Decor Steals and any variations or misspellings are prohibited. Bidding on the Decor Steals URL and any variations or misspellings is prohibited.
2. You may not use our trademark terms in sequence with any other keyword (i.e. Decor Steals Coupons, Decor Steals Discount, etc.). Keyword strings that include the brand or any variations or misspellings are prohibited.
3. You may not use our trademarked terms in your ad title, ad copy, display name, or as the display URL.
4. You must link directly to your Site. Redirects, or direct-to-merchant linking, to our Site are unacceptable.
If you automate your PPC campaigns, the responsibility is yours to exclude our trademark terms from your program and we strongly suggest you add our trademarked terms as negative keywords. We have a strict no tolerance policy on PPC trademark bidding.
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EBAY AND AMAZON SALES RESTRICTIONS
You may not use your Affiliate Link on eBay, Amazon, or similar online websites, including, without limitation, on any products, links, banners, or stores on such sites. You must identify all websites, sales channels, social media platforms, and other venues where you intend to use your Affiliate Link in your affiliate account.
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EMAIL MARKETING
If you intend to promote our Program via e-mail campaigns, you must adhere to the following:
1. Abide by the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-187) with respect to our Program.
2. E-mail must be sent on your behalf and must not imply that the e-mail is being sent on behalf of Decor Steals.
3. We must be sent a copy of the e-mail to marketing@decorsteals.com
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TERMINATION
Decor Steals may terminate your participation in the Program at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion, with or without notice. If Decor Steals terminates your participation in the Program for violating any of the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation for the sale of Unlicensed Customs or violation of the PPC Guidelines, all commissions earned during the violation period will be cancelled and you waive any right to payment. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, you must immediately stop using any Affiliate Links and remove all Decor Steals links and materials from your website, channels, platforms, or any other use.
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REVERSAL POLICY
We reserve the right to reverse or amend orders due to discounts, order cancellations, duplicate tracking, returns, disputed charges, and program violations as outlined in these terms and conditions.
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OTHER POLICIES
Affiliates may NOT advertise our products in Product Listing Ads, and may not edit our Wikipedia or WikiHow links or entries, or other links that may be edited in a public forum. Affiliates collecting customer email addresses or other information on their own site should disclose their privacy policy to customers. You must comply with any FTC Disclosure guidelines that are relevant to your site.
We currently allow deep linking to pages other than the main page of any of our sites.
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BRAND ADVOCACY
The Decor Steals affiliate program was created to celebrate and promote Decor Steals and our associated Brands. As an affiliate, Decor Steals expects your entity to function as a Brand advocate. Should your entity diminish the Decor Steals brand, Decor Steals has the right to terminate this agreement effectively immediately.
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MODIFICATION
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion. Notification will be given upon Program Agreement modification.
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OTHER TERMS
You are an independent contractor, and this Agreement does not create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, or employment relationship. We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential arising in connection with this Agreement and Decor Steals's aggregate liability will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you. Decor Steals will not be responsible for any losses or expenses of any kind (including without limitation attorney's fees) resulting from any alleged technical problems with the Program. This Agreement is governed by California law and any dispute arising from or relating to it must be exclusively venued in the County of Ventura, except as set forth in the Arbitration clause below. The parties each consent to personal jurisdiction in that venue. You may not assign this Agreement without our prior written consent. 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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ARBITRATION
Any claim or dispute arising out of this Agreement must be resolved by binding arbitration in Los Angeles, California before a single arbitrator from JAMS selected in accordance with the JAMS Arbitration Rules then in effect, which arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with such Rules. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any such arbitration proceedings will be confidential. The arbitrator’s fees will initially be borne equally by the parties, but the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable costs, including attorneys’ fees and arbitrator’s fees. This arbitration provision shall not apply to actions for injunctions enforcing the terms of this Agreement, including but not limited to temporary, preliminary, final injunctions, temporary restraining orders, and temporary protective orders, to enforce the terms of this Agreement in the event of breach or threatened breach by Affiliate.
