Terms
General Partner Terms for Participation in the JBL Affiliate Program:
- Any violation by a partner registered for the affiliate program against the stated program terms can lead to immediate and unlimited exclusion from the affiliate program and the cancellation of all outstanding sales.
Publisher Eligibility Requirements:
- Publishers with political, gambling, violent, pornographic, or illegal content are excluded from participating in the affiliate program.
- Websites that are under construction or lead to error messages cannot be approved. A prior review of the website is required.
- To participate in the JBL affiliate program, the business partner must be at least 18 years old and fully legally competent.
- White label stores are not accepted. Partners using a white label solution will be canceled. This also applies to white label price search engines.
- (Programmatic) sub-networks, behavioral retargeting, and media brokers are not allowed if there is no transparency about the sub-publishers and traffic sources.
- It is not allowed to use domains that contain the brand name "JBL" without consulting the advertiser, including misspellings or direct copies of the JBL page to advertise the affiliate program. The use of the feed for store-like constructions is excluded.
Advertisements/Links:
- All advertising material (including logos) used in the affiliate program is copyrighted.
- The advertising material provided by the advertiser may only be used on websites registered at the time of program enrollment.
- The publisher is responsible for the timeliness of the advertising material and is obliged to immediately remove the advertising material from their website if notified by the advertiser or if there are reasons to believe that this advertising material may no longer be used.
- Modification or extension of the provided advertising material is not allowed without prior permission from the advertiser. In consultation with the advertiser, individual advertising media can be created.
- The use of pop-ups or layers that are delivered when a page is loaded is not allowed.
Use of Logos:
- JBL logos and other image and sound materials may not be used without explicit permission for marketing activities other than those made available through the network.
Product Feed:
- It is not allowed to use the product data feed provided by the advertiser outside of one's own website on third-party platforms such as Google Shopping without explicit approval.
- The publisher ensures that for their advertising activities, always the latest version of the product feed offered by the advertiser is used; the provided product lists/data feeds should be updated daily by the publisher. The publisher will be held responsible for any incorrect/inaccurate information and any legal issues that may arise as a result.
Advertising via Spyware/Adware:
- Advertising via adware or spyware is not allowed.
Post-Display/Retargeting:
- Collaboration based on post-view, retargeting/remarketing, or programmatic is not allowed. Without agreement, all sales will be rejected.
Requirements by Search Engine Marketing:
- Directly directing traffic to the JBL website is prohibited without permission.
- Purchasing via ad markets (e.g., Marktplaats), Facebook ads, and Twitter ads is not allowed.
- Buying paid search results in all search engines with the broad keyword JBL and with any other (mis)spelling, typo, or a combination thereof is prohibited. The use of the JBL brand and any (mis)spelling thereof in all text ad lines (Google Ads and CSS) and on banners in the display area is also not allowed. The following combinations must be added as negative keywords:
E-mail Marketing:
Sending commercial expressions from the affiliate network is only allowed if the publisher is demonstrably compliant according to Article 11.7 of the Telecommunications Act, the guidelines of the ACM, and the rules of conduct of the affiliate network. Previews must be submitted for approval via email.
- When submitting a preview, the publisher indicates that they agree with Article 11.7 of the Telecommunications Act and that prior permission has been obtained from all email recipients.
- The expression may only be sent if the advertiser has approved the preview and sending.
- The publisher is responsible for any consequences imposed if found guilty of sending spam or sending a commercial expression without the advertiser's permission.
If a mailing is sent without JBL's approval, the set sales for that particular mailing will be rejected.
- Email parties: Only email addresses obtained via an opt-in and compliantly obtained according to ACM (OPTA) regulations may be used.
- In addition to all expressions needing to be submitted in advance to the advertiser/account manager for approval, the expressions must include the date of sending, the number of addresses, the sender, and the subject line. Approval must be requested again for each resend. If this is not the case, the advertiser has the option to reject the resulting sales and therefore not to compensate.
Use of Discount Codes:
- The publisher may only use or promote promotions & vouchers approved by the advertiser for the affiliate program. Transactions with unreleased voucher codes or promotions (e.g., free shipping) will not be compensated.
- No compensation will be paid for orders where a discount code outside the partner program has been used. In addition, Cashback and Loyalty (points saving) parties are not allowed to use discount codes in combination with cashback.
Commission Determination:
- The net value (after deducting VAT, shipping, and any gift wrappings) of the goods will be paid out after cancellations, returns, and partial returns. Orders not paid for by the customer are also excluded from payment.
- The amount of commission is based on the commission model assigned to the respective partner.
- Orders tracked via the affiliate network for JBL will be validated within 60 days (= approved or canceled/partially canceled if there is a legitimate reason explained in these terms).
- No commission is paid on B2B orders.
