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bangthelinks.com
Terms Of Service (Updated July, 2008)
By signing up and actively using the
bangthelinks.com
program you agree to all terms and conditions set forth in this agreement.
bangthelinks.com
may, at any time, choose to edit, add and/or delete portions of this agreement
and impose changes without prior notification of its affiliates. Affiliates will
be informed of any and all changes to this policy via an e-mail to their primary
contact e-mail address provided upon signing up with
bangthelinks.com
. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate
this agreement. Your continued participation in the
bangthelinks.com
program following our posting of a change in policy notice or new agreement on
our site will constitute binding acceptance to the change.
Responsibility of Affiliates:
You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this program. Our program
is open to both US and International affiliates and is void where prohibited by
local governing laws.
You agree to and must use your own name and e-mail address in the sign-up process
and may not assume a false identity. You may not sign-up multiple times with different
e-mail addresses. Your computer must not be shared with another individual that
has an existing
bangthelinks.com
account.
You will use your e-mail address / password combination to access your account,
it is your responsibility to keep this information confidential, you may change
this information by logging into your account and following the "User Account
Info." link.
You are solely responsible for any and all use of your
bangthelinks.com
account including authorization by you to any third party individual who may use
your account.
Apr 9, 2008 Update: In April 2008, BangTheLinks added new plugins to automatically detect members with duplicate accounts,
inactive members as improved bot checkers. We do not tolerate cheats and accounts will be deleted automatically.
Should any instances of fraud, system abuse, or any type of activity deemed to
be inappropriate or illegal by
bangthelinks.com
be detected it may result in member termination and possible legal action. Any
solicitation of advertisers for a confirmation e-mail for purposes of receiving
credit in your account will be grounds for immediate termination.
Apr 9, 2008 Update: BangTheLinks has plugins in place to automatically detect bounced emails.
If emails we send you bounce back to us (usually meaning your email box is full or no longer active), you will only be able to receive emails using your
BangTheLinks site inbox.
In the event your e-mail account on file becomes closed or blocked to messages
from
bangthelinks.com
, your account will be terminated. This especially applies to e-mail accounts
returned for being Full. Any member sending us gibberish will result in automatic
termination of account and Forfeiture of All earnings to date of termination.
Auto-responses will also be deleted immediately.
Jan 13, 2008 Update: All affiliates must personally earn a MINIMUM of $0.01 (1 cent) per payout.
Meaning, for your first payout, your PERSONAL EARNINGS must be at least $0.01 (1 cent). For second payout, it must be at least $0.02 (2 cents), and so on.
Jan 1, 2008 Update: Any member that has clicked 10+ bad turning numbers in the cheat test page, or 3+ cheat links in paid emails is grounds for termination. Your account will automatically become suspended and will not been reactivated.
Relationship of the Parties:
You and
bangthelinks.com
are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement creates any partnership,
joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative or employment relationship
between you and
bangthelinks.com
. You understand that you do not have authority to make or accept any offers or
make any representations on behalf of
bangthelinks.com. You may not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that would
contradict anything in this section. You are solely responsible for the reporting
and payment of any taxes for money earned while using the program.
Limitation of Liability:
bangthelinks.com
will not be liable for lost profits, lost business opportunities, or any other
indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages arising out of
or related to this Agreement or
bangthelinks.com
program, even if
bangthelinks.com
has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Furthermore,
bangthelinks.com
aggregate liability arising under this Agreement will not exceed the amount of
the total fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement. The provisions of
this Section survive termination or expiration of the Agreement.
Payments:
Affiliates may earn by receiving paid-emails and visiting the advertiser websites
after they have entered their member ID in the area on the website provided by
bangthelinks.com. Affiliates may earn by referring new affiliates to the
bangthelinks.com
program. Affiliates will earn a percentage of advertising revenues collected by
bangthelinks.com. Members must click a minimum of 1 paid link (either paid email or paid to click) per 30 days to stay an active member.
bangthelinks.com
will pay affiliates when their balance reaches the minimum payout rate set by
bangthelinks.com. Once the member has reached payout they may request payment. Payments will be made within 45 days or a reasonable time after. (In most cases, payments are made within 7 days!)
May 9, 2008 Update: Members that do not have VALID profile information will NEVER be paid. Any request for payout will be canceled if you have invalid info.
Feb 5, 2008 Update: E-gold option is only available when we have the funds. Paypal is always available as an option for payout.
Spam:
You may not promote your referral links through unsolicited emailing (i.e. SPAMMING),
newsgroup postings, or any other method of mass communication. Failure to comply
will result in immediate termination of your affiliateship with
bangthelinks.com
and may result in legal prosecution.
bangthelinks.com
strictly enforces anti-Spamming laws. Spamming is a federal crime. Any member
caught Spamming will not only have their account terminated immediately and lose
any past, present and future earnings, but shall also be held liable for Spamming
as we shall cooperate with any authorities and investigations that may arise from
the Spamming incident.
bangthelinks.com
may charge up to $5 per spam e-mail sent. Multiple sign-ups shall be grounds for
immediate termination of all involved accounts. Signing up multiple times from
the same computer also constitutes fraud.
bangthelinks.com
will file charges for recovery of any earnings received from multiple sign-ups.
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