Terms & Conditions
The following Terms and Conditions (T&C, Terms or Agreement) apply to your participation in the Affiliate Program offered by Startup Global (we, us, our) or any of our affiliated entities. The Affiliate Program (the Program) allows you (the Affiliate, your) to promote Startup Global services and receive commissions as set out in this T&C. The Terms and Conditions incorporate by reference our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and our Privacy Policy
1. Participation in the Affiliate Program
Enrollment in the Program requires application through the affiliate signup form on the Startup Global website (the Website). We review all affiliate signups before we decide if an application will be accepted. Your application may be rejected if we determine that you are not suitable for the Program for any reason.
2. Your Responsibilities
You are responsible for providing us with full and accurate account information and for keeping thatĀ information up to date. Such information includes, but is not limited to: contact details, all website URL(s) or Social media platforms where Startup Global will be promoted, promotional practices and means, payment details, tax information and any other details we may require. We reserve the right to request additional data regarding all the websites where you promote Startup Global and the promotional practices you use. Failure to provide accurate information may result in exclusion from the Program, suspension or termination of your Affiliate account and forfeiture of any commissions.
You should act in good faith to refer customers in good standing. Customers in good standing are clients applying to Live and do Business in EU, UK, AUS, US or Canada who have provided valid contact information, are not flagged for high fraud risk, forward-thinking entrepreneurs who areĀ willing and ready to actively and financially commit to Startup Global terms of Service in setting up and manage their overseas business. Forward-thinking entrepreneurs are founders or individuals who have the vision and committed to take their business global, use Startup Global to legally incorporate and manage or relocate through theirĀ business overseas. You should not take actions or make recommendations to your referrals that result in a potential revenue loss for Startup Global.
You should not use on behalf of your referrals or encourage your referrals to use on their Startup Global accounts any copyrighted or third-party material without the proper licences.
You should not copy, alter or modify any icons, buttons, banners, graphics, files or content contained in Startup Global Links, including but not limited to removing or altering any copyright or trademark notices, without prior written approval from us.
You agree not to violate any applicable law.
You should be loyal to Startup Global and should not misuse its confidence and shall not damage its reputation.
You are required to disclose the affiliate relationship with Startup Global on your website.
If we detect a pattern in your affiliate practises that in our reasonable opinion violates any aspect of the T&C, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your affiliate account and cancel all outstanding commission payments due.
3. Affiliate Advertising
When advertising our services, you should use only promotional materials approved by Startup Global. Approved materials are only those we provide in your Affiliate Area or the ones that a Startup Global representative approves in writing. Approved materials may contain the Startup Global trade names, service marks, and/or logos for display on your Affiliate Site and slogans. We hereby
grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and download such promotional materials for placement on your website for the sole and exclusive purpose of promoting services and platforms, operated or controlled by Startup Global. By using such promotional materials, you agree to work with us in order to establish and maintain approved promotional materials.
Upon termination of your affiliate account the limited, non-exclusive license to access and download promotional materials of Startup Global shall be automatically withdrawn.
Inappropriate ways of advertising include, but are not limited to:
Your website(s) must NOT contain lewd, obscene, illegal or pornographic material, or any other material that is deemed to be objectionable. This includes, but is not limited to, bigotry, hatred, pornography, satanic materials, trademark and copyright materials, all content of an adult nature, etc. The designation of any materials as such is subject to our reasonable opinion;
Your domain name(s), company name, logo, trademark, product(s), project(s), service(s) must NOT contain keywords and phrases containing the “Startup Global” trademark or any other variations or misspellings confusingly similar to Startup Global trademark, name, logo or domain name, without our prior approval;
Your domain name(s), company name, logo, trademark, your product(s), project(s), service(s) must NOT contain keywords and phrases that contain or are confusingly similar to third-party trademarks, names, logos or domain names, unless you have been duly authorised by the trademark owner.
Startup Global shall have the sole right to decide if a promotional method you use is appropriate. The use of any advertising method that we consider inappropriate may result in warning, suspension or termination of your affiliate account and cancellation of all outstanding commission payments due.
4. Affiliate Tracking Cookies
We track affiliate sales automatically by the use of cookies. The cookies are placed in the browser of the user that clicks on the affiliate link to reach our website. Each cookie is stored for 60 days. If there is a previous affiliate cookie in the same userās browser the new cookies will overwrite it. Startup Global is not responsible for cookies intentionally deleted by users.
5. Affiliate Commissions
We shall pay you a per-sale commission for any valid sale you refer to Startup Global. For a valid sale ALL of the following are true:
The sale was made as a result of your active referral efforts. We determine
that if any of the following is true:
At the time of order the customer has an active cookie indicating you as the last affiliate who referred them to our website, provided that the customer has not reached our website through a search engine with a search string not containing the Startup Global name;
You claim that you have referred a customer no later than 2 months from their order date, the customer does not object to that claim and we do not have information that attributes the sale to another advertising channel.
Your affiliate account must be active at the time of the sale. No commission is due for sales that were made before you registered for our Affiliate Program.
The customer you refer has not used our services before and has not signed up for an affiliate account with us before.
The customer completed their order processes without any assistance from you, including when you act on behalf of Sales for other services or additional account features that do not qualify for commissions.
The sale is for any service purchased on our platform. If the sale is for more than 1 service or more than 1 month, the item price will beĀ equivalentĀ USD as per the average monthly exchange rate for any other respective currency that might be used by the customer to complete payment for their selected service.
6. Commission Payments
Startup Global shall pay all affiliate commissions based on the structure and in the currency outlined on the Affiliate Program signup page, unless a custom agreement exists in writing. Any commissions earned for valid sales will be paid out with immediate effect after establishing the validity of a sale.
We process commission payouts once per week or less often depending on your preferences. Affiliate commissions are paid out via your preffered account-Bank account or Credit Card and you are responsible for any transaction fees, unless a custom agreement applies.
You are solely responsible for keeping all your information up to date including postal and email addresses, name, payment information,Ā and any other personal information that will impact our ability to process a commission payout. Payout on suspended commissions can be claimed up to 6 months from the date they would have been originally due for payment.
7. Invoicing
We shall provide you with a statement of commissions due in the Affiliate Area.
The Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions will be considered a valid Self-billing Agreement between you and StartupĀ Global that shall continue until termination of your Affiliate account. By signing up for our Affiliate Program you agree to accept self-billing invoices raised by Startup Global on your behalf, not to raise any sales invoices for the commission payouts you receive from Startup Global and to notify us immediately if you change your info- name or registration status.
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8. Relationship of the Parties
Both Startup Global and the Affiliate agree that they enter into this Agreements as independent contractors. The Affiliate has no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on the behalf of Startup Global. The Affiliate cannot make any statement, whether on the Affiliate website or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this section.
9. Account Termination
You can cancel and terminate your affiliate account at any time by contacting us through your Affiliate Area. We will send you written confirmation that your account has been terminated.
Startup Global can terminate an affiliate account:
With a seven-day prior notice without explanation.
Immediately with no prior notice, if you or your affiliate account violate the Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions.
Immediately with no prior notice, if you have not generated any sales for a period longer than 6 months.
Once an affiliate account is terminated, we will no longer track the sales associated with the affiliate and you will not qualify for future affiliate commissions. Any commissions due at the time of termination will be paid to the Affiliate after any holding period and in accordance with a regular payout cycle. No outstanding commission payments will be due if we terminate your account because of violation of this T&C and an administrative fee of 20 USD/EUR/GBP/AUD or the equivalent in the currency listed in your Affiliate Area, shall be due by the Affiliate.
Upon termination of the Affiliate account, the Affiliate is obliged within 3 business days to remove all promotional materials, trademarks, links, logos and slogans of Startup Global from his page or website. This provision shall survive the termination of the Agreement. After the termination of this Agreement, the Affiliate shall not have the right to use Startup Global trademark(s), logo and slogans and shall refrain from any actions which may directly or indirectly adversely affect the image and reputation of Startup Global, as well the business relations with its current and potential clients.
Upon termination of the affiliate account, this Agreement shall be automatically terminated.
10. Limitation of Liability
YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, HOLD US OR OUR LICENSORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND/OR THIRD PARTY VENDORS LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, COST SAVINGS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, DATA OR USE, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS BY YOU OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS APPLY WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND APPLY EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU IN THE AGGREGATE WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL BREACHES, DEFAULTS, OR CLAIMS OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY OTHER DOCUMENT FOR AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO US DURING THE ONE MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING A CLAIM GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
This provision shall survive termination of the Agreement.
11. Governing law
Any dispute, controversy or claim arising under this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the legislation in the jurisdiction where the SiteGround entity servicing your Affiliate account is located.
12. Changes to the Affiliate Program Terms
We may alter this Agreement and any policies or provisions incorporated by reference at any time. The amendments and/or supplements of the Agreement shall be effective immediately upon posting to the website of Startup Global The current T&C is always available on Startup Globalās website. If you do not agree to any amendments, you must terminate your Affiliate account within 10 business days of the date of the amendment. Only a Startup Global officer may alter this T&C. No agent of, or person employed by or under contract with, Startup Global has authority to alter or vary this T&C in any way. No oral explanation or oral information given by any party shall alter the interpretation of this T&C.