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MiracleCord® Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions

Please carefully read these terms and conditions for the MiracleCord Affiliate Program (referred to as the “Program” in these terms and conditions). Your application to the Program indicates your agreement to these terms and conditions. As a condition to your participation in the Program, each Affiliate is responsible for ensuring that its employees, agents and contractors are aware of, and comply with, these terms and conditions. MiracleCord reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions from time to time. The modifications will be available on the ShareASale website (www.shareasale.com) and you should check regularly so that you have the most recent applicable terms and conditions.

Definitions

As used in these terms and conditions: (i) “We”, “us”, or “our” refers to MiracleCord and our website; (ii) “you” or “your” refers to the Affiliate; (iii) “our website” refers to the MiracleCord properties located at miraclecord.com; (iv) “your website” refers to any websites that you will link to our website; (v) “Program” refers to the MiracleCord Affiliate Program.

Enrollment

After receiving your application, we will review your website and/or social media profile(s) and notify you of your acceptance or rejection into our Program. Please allow up to 7 days for your application to be reviewed. We reserve the right to reject any application, however we encourage you to contact us if you feel we have made an incorrect decision. Please include all of the websites and social media profiles you will be using and any other information that may be useful to us in the review process of your affiliate application. Even if you are accepted to participate in the Program and your site is later determined (in our sole discretion) to be unsuitable based on our criteria for the Program, we may terminate this agreement. This Agreement is effective upon acceptance of you into the Program.

Representations and Warranties

Your acceptance into the Program is also conditioned upon all of the following be true, complete and accurate: (i) you are either a sole proprietor or a registered entity in the jurisdiction in which you do business and you are fully authorized to enter into this Agreement and perform all of your obligations under the Program; (ii) entering into this Agreement and performing under the Program does not and will not conflict with any other legal obligations (including any other contracts or agreements you may have entered into; (iii) you will at all times be in compliance with all applicable laws, regulation and ordinances; (iv) there is no litigation currently pending or threatened that would affect your ability to participate in the Program in accordance with the Program terms and conditions.

Confidentiality

During our discussions about the Program or during the term of the Program you may have acquired or may acquire from MiracleCord proprietary information of MiracleCord that MiracleCord wishes to keep confidential, including, but not limited to, any information regarding MiracleCord's products, technology, projects, business, plans, customers and operations (collectively, "MiracleCord Information"). You agree that you will not disclose any MiracleCord Information to third parties or use any MiracleCord Information (other than in connection with performing your obligations under the Program as expressly permitted in these terms and conditions) without the prior written consent of MiracleCord. To the extent you receive any MiracleCord Information in hard copy or digital format, upon termination of this Agreement or the Program you agree to return or destroy all tangible documents and to delete from your system, website or other electronic storage (including any cloud storage) all MiracleCord information and you will certify such destruction or deletion to MiracleCord. Specific information shall not be deemed to fall within the scope of the foregoing exceptions merely because it is embraced by more generic information that falls within the scope of one or more of those exceptions.

It is understood and agreed that you are receiving no license or other rights from MiracleCord with respect to the MiracleCord Information except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

Website Restrictions

Your participating website(s) may be found unsuitable if it falls under any of the following conditions. Conditions are, but not limited to, sites that:

Infringe on our or any anyone else’s intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights.
Violate any law, rule or regulation.
Contain any content that is threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, harmful to minors, or contains nudity, pornography or sexually explicit materials.
Offer gambling or sports betting.
Contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
Contain software or use technology that attempts to intercept, divert or redirect Internet traffic to or from any other website, or that potentially enables the diversion of affiliate commissions from another website. This includes toolbars, browser plug-ins, extensions and add-ons.
You will not use any trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, logos or the like that are owned by MiracleCord without the express written consent of MiracleCord. Similarly, you will not prepare or display any advertising or graphics using MiracleCord, or any variation of our brand name. in Google, Bing, or other search engines as a keyword or ad text.

Linking Guidelines

Upon acceptance into the Program, links will be made available to you through the affiliate interface. Your acceptance in our program means you agree to the following:

You will only use linking code obtained from the affiliate interface without manipulation/altering the code in any form.
2. You will list all domains that you are using in your ShareASale affiliate profile. If you are using a website that is not listed you must contact us immediately and inform us.
Your Website will not in any way copy, resemble, or mirror the look and feel of our Website. You will also 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. No links may use any trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, logos or the like that are owned by MiracleCord without the express written consent of MiracleCord. Similarly, you will not prepare or display any advertising or graphics using MiracleCord, or any variation of our brand name at any time, including in Google, Bing, or other search engines as a keyword or ad text.
You may not engage in cookie stuffing or include pop-ups, false or misleading links on your website. In addition, you will not attempt to mask the referring url information (i.e. the page from where the click is originating).
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 prohibited. If you are found redirecting links to hide or manipulate their original source, your current and past commissions will be voided or your commission level will be set to 0%. This does not include using “out” redirects from the same domain where the affiliate link is placed.

Commission Generation

Affiliates are only eligible to earn commission on sales to new customers of MiracleCord for qualifying services or qualifying actions occurring after the date of your acceptance into the Program and during the term of this agreement. A "new customer" is defined as a person who has not enrolled for our services previously, or visited MiracleCord.com within the last 360 days, and completes a purchase.

You will be compensated with the agreed commission amount on any new customer generated by you. If another affiliate or source refers the same customer to MiracleCord, only the first affiliate or first source will be credited for the transaction and receive commission. You will be solely responsible for any and all taxes imposed as the result of payment and receipt of commissions.

Pay Per Click (PPC) Guidelines

If you are enrolled in our Program and participate in PPC advertising, you must adhere to our PPC guidelines as follows:

You may not bid on any of our trademarked terms (which are identified below), including any variations or misspellings thereof for search or content-based campaigns on Google, MSN/Bing, Yahoo, Facebook or any other network. MiracleCord will monitor all major and second tier search engines for any potential violations of this policy. If you are found to have violated the PPC bidding terms you will be subject to immediate removal from the Program and will forfeit the right to any and all commissions not yet paid.
You may not use our domain name (miraclecord.com or any misspelled variations) as your 'display' URL in any 'online paid search' or 'paid inclusion' advertising.
You may not use our trademarked terms in sequence with any other keyword (i.e. MiracleCord Coupons).
You may not use our trademarked terms in your ad title, ad copy, display name or as the display url.
You may not direct link to our website from any PPC ad or use redirects that yield the same result. Your links must be directed to an actual page on your website.
You may not bid in any manner appearing higher than MiracleCord for any search term in position 1-10 in any auction style pay-per-click advertising program.
If you automate your PPC campaigns, it is your responsibility to exclude our trademarked 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. You will forfeit all commissions for a minimum of the past 30 days and your commission will be set to 0% without warning if you engage in PPC trademark bidding that uses our trademarked terms

Trademarked Terms:

MIRACLE CORD®
MIRACLECORD®
A PROMISE FOR YOUR FUTURE®
THE SERVICES FOR LIFE COMPANY®
TIME CRITICAL®
STEMCARE®
(words with rattle logo)
(rattle Logo)

You are not allowed to use any of our trademarked terms in any part of the URL whether it is the domain or sub-domain.

Domain Names/URLs:

miraclecord.com
www.miraclecord.com

It is your responsibility as an Affiliate to ensure that all of your PPC campaigns following our guidelines, even if they are automated. If we encounter you breaking any of our policies we’ll immediately revoke all commissions that may have been earned within the past 30 days and your commission level will also be set to 0% without notice.

Coupon Guidelines

Upon being accepted in the Program you agree to follow these guidelines:

You may ONLY advertise coupon codes that are provided to you through the Program.
Coupons must be displayed in their entirety with the full offer, valid expiration date and code.
You may NOT advertise coupon codes obtained from any non-affiliate marketing channel, including coupon codes from our email, paid search or any other non-affiliate advertising campaigns. Framing of our website is strictly prohibited.
Cookie Stuffing: You must not mislead customers into clicking on an offer or coupon that does not exist or practice similarly deceptive tactics that are generally accepted as “cookie stuffing.” These include, but are not limited to: Using or presenting offers that are expired, invalid, or non-affiliate offers; Requiring or claiming that a user clicks on a button to activate or receive an offer; Presenting a button that claims to show all offers that sets the affiliate cookie in the background; Technology that generates a click or sets the cookie from the action of copying a coupon code or through a pop under.
Posting any information about how to work around the requirements of a coupon/promotion will result in removal from the program.
You may NOT use any technology that covers up the coupon code and generates the affiliate click by revealing the code(s).
You may NOT give the appearance that any ongoing offer requires clicking from your website in order to redeem. For example, if all items on our site have free shipping over $100, you may not turn this into an offer that infers that the customer must click from your site to get this deal.
Additionally, if your website ranks on the first page of Google for terms related to our website or company name(s) combined with the words coupon, coupons, coupon code, promo code, etc. and/or your conversion rate exceeds 25%, you may be offered a lower commission than our standard rate to offset the reduced profitability of orders. This is the current standard for this situation.

Coupon Attribution & Authentication

Affiliates whose primary business is posting coupons, who are viewed by the program as being a coupon site, and/or who are tagged as coupon in our system, may not be paid commissions for sales generated without a corresponding valid coupon code. Valid codes are defined as codes that are made available to the affiliate channel in general, through newsletters or the Deals Database in ShareASale, and directly or privately to affiliates. Coupon codes that are not real, expired, not specific (i.e. up to 40% off sale items) or are long-term sitewide offers that do not require a code may not be considered valid codes and the affiliate will not be given commission on these orders.

Sub-Affiliate Networks

Promoting MiracleCord through a sub-affiliate network is permitted, however you must be completely transparent with regards to where traffic from your sub-affiliates originated. Sub-affiliate networks must ensure that all sub-affiliates promoting the MiracleCord program adhere to these same program terms and conditions. This includes restrictions on advertising through toolbars, browser extensions, and through any paid placements such as a pay-per-click campaigns. Sub-affiliate networks must also receive approval prior to allowing any type of coupon sub-affiliate to promote the Program.

Failure by you or any sub-affiliate to comply with these terms and conditions may result in a loss and/or reduction of commission from sales.

Domain Names

Use of any of our trademarked terms as part of the domain or sub-domain for your website is strictly prohibited i.e. miraclecord.website.com or www.miraclecord-coupons.com, etc.

Advertising & Publicity

You shall not create, publish, distribute, or print any written material that makes reference to MiracleCord or the Program without first submitting that material to us and receiving our prior written consent.

Email Guidelines

If you intend to promote our Program via e-mail campaigns, you must adhere to the following:

Abide by the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-187) with respect to the MiracleCord Affiliate Program.
E-mail must be sent on your behalf and must not imply that the e-mail is being sent on behalf of MiracleCord.
All emails must receive approval from us first before being sent to anyone else.

Social Media

Promotion on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms is permitted following these general guidelines:

You ARE allowed to promote offers to your own lists; more specifically, you’re welcome to use your affiliate links on your own Facebook, Twitter, etc. pages. For example: You may post, “$100 off sale at MiracleCord through Wednesday with code MC100.”

According to current FTC guidelines, social media posts on your own social accounts must include appropriate hashtags. Hashtags and disclaimers are subject to change over time and it’s your responsibility to review and comply with current guidelines as policies may change over

time.

You ARE PROHIBITED from posting your affiliate links on MiracleCord’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, etc. company pages in an attempt to turn those links into affiliate sales.

You ARE PROHIBITED from running Facebook ads with MiracleCord’s trademarked company name.

You ARE PROHIBITED from creating a social media account that includes MiracleCord’s trademark in the page name and/or username.

Non-Disparagement

You agree, for the term of being an affiliate of MiracleCord and for twenty (20) years after, not to disparage MiracleCord, its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, and agents, in any manner likely to be harmful to its or their business, business reputation, or personal reputation.

Reversal & Communication Policy

MiracleCord takes pride in its very low reversal rate, which we attribute to open communication with our affiliates. However, we reserve the right to reverse orders due to order cancellations, duplicate tracking, returns, disputed charges, and Program violations as outlined in these terms and conditions.

Additionally, if we ask you for clarification or more information on any orders or clicks that we suspect may be in violation of our terms and conditions, we expect that you will respond in a timely and honest manner. Below are violations of our communications policy:

You are not forthcoming, intentionally vague or are found to be lying.

You are not responsive within a reasonable time period and after multiple attempts to contact with information listed in your network profile.

You cannot substantiate or validate the source of your traffic to our program with clear and demonstrable proof.

If any of the above apply, then we reserve the absolute right to reverse orders, set your commission to 0% or suspend you from the program for the period or orders in question. We know that many violations are a result of automated processes; however, it is incumbent upon each affiliate to ensure that it has the appropriate checks and balances in place to pro-actively address these issues and adhere to our program rules.

FTC Disclosure Requirements

You shall include a disclosure statement within any and all pages, blog/posts, or social media posts where affiliate links for our Program are posted as an endorsement or review, and where it is not clear that the link is a paid advertisement. This disclosure statement should be clear and concise, stating that we are compensating you for your review or endorsement. If you received the service for free from us or from the affiliate management team for review, this also must be clearly stated in your disclosure.

For more information about FTC disclosure requirements, please review the FTC's "Dot Com Disclosures" Guidelines at http://www.ftc.gov/os/2013/03/130312dotcomdisclosures.pdf; and the FTC's Endorsement Guidelines at http://business.ftc.gov/advertising-and-marketing/endorsements

Termination

Affiliates found in violation of any of these terms and conditions will be immediately terminated from the program and will forfeit all unpaid commissions. The term of this Agreement will begin as of the date MiracleCord notifies you that MiracleCord has accepted you as an affiliate and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or MiracleCord may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination.