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This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation in the Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry Partners Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry, and "you" means the applicant. "Site" means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers either to Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry's site, located at the URL www.Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry, or to any site that you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your Program application).

1.     Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process, you will submit a complete Program application via our site. We will evaluate your application in good faith and will notify you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we determine (in our sole discretion) for any reason that your site is unsuitable for the Program. It is impossible to list all unsuitable sites, but here are some examples of what unsuitable sites will include.

o        promote sexually explicit materials

o        promote violence

o        promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age

o        promote illegal activities

o        include "Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry" or variations or misspellings thereof in their domain names

o        otherwise violate intellectual property rights

If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply to the Program at any time after 6 months. 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.

  1. Links on Your Site
    Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into the Program, you may provide on your site one or more of the following types of links to our site:

Product Links: You may select one or more Products to list on your site. A "Product" is any product listed on our site that is fulfilled by us.  For each selected Product, you will display on your site a short description, review, or other reference. You will be responsible for the content, style, and placement of these references. You will provide a Special Link (as defined below) from each Product reference on your site to the corresponding Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry online catalog entry. Each such link will connect directly to a single item in our online catalog. You may add or delete Products (and related links) from your site at any time without our approval.

Search Box Link: You may provide a Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry search box on your site that will permit your site visitors to link directly to a page on our site that contains the results of their search queries. We will provide you with technical specifications describing how to include a Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry search box on your site.

General Link to Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry Home Page: You may provide a general link on your site to our home page at http://www.Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry.

We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged" link formats to be used in all links between your site and our site. You must ensure that each of the links between your site and our site properly utilizes such special link formats. Links to our site placed on your site pursuant to this Agreement and which properly utilize such special link formats are referred to as "Special Links." You will earn referral fees only with respect to activity on our site occurring directly through Special Links; we will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use Special 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.

You acknowledge that, by participating in the Partners Program and placing any of the above links within your site, Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry may receive information from or about visitors to your site or communications between your site and those visitors. Your participation in the Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry program constitutes your specific and unconditional consent to and authorization for Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry's access to, receipt, storage, use, and disclosure of any and all such information, consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry's Privacy Notice.

  1. Order Processing
    We will process Product orders placed by customers who follow Special Links from your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject orders that do not comply with any requirements that we may establish periodically. We will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment. Among other things, we will prepare order forms, process payments, cancellations, and returns, and handle customer service. We will track sales made to customers who purchase Products by using Special Links from your site to our site and will make available to you reports summarizing this sales activity. The form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time in our discretion.
  2. Referral Fees
    We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 8 below) referral fees on certain Product sales to third parties. For a Product sale to be eligible to earn a referral fee, the customer must click-through a Special Link from your site to our site, and add the Product to his or her shopping cart during a session. The session ends upon one of the following events: (a) 24 hours elapses from the customer's initial click-through, (b) the customer orders the Product, or (c) the customer follows a third party's Special Link. We will only pay referral fees on such Products after order, payment and shipping have occurred.

We will not, however, pay referral fees on any Products that are added to a customer's Shopping Cart or are purchased via our checkout after the customer has reentered our site (other than through a Special Link), as determined by us, even if the customer previously followed a link from your site to our site, or for Products that are purchased through any device (an "Internet Access Appliance") that provides Internet access but does not present our site, or permit users to access and interact with our site, in the same manner as a desktop computer (e.g., mobile devices such as cellular telephones or PDAs that may access only limited or modified versions of our site). Gift certificates are not eligible to earn referral fees.

You may not purchase products during sessions initiated through the links on your site for your own use, for resale or commercial use of any kind. This includes orders for customers or on behalf of customers or orders for products to be used by you or your friends, relatives, or Partners in any manner. Such purchases may result (in our sole discretion) in the withholding of referral fees or the termination of this Agreement. Products that are eligible to earn referral fees under the rules set forth above are referred to as "Qualifying Products."

In addition, you may not: (a) directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or incentive (including, without limitation, payment of money (including any rebate), or granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site to access our site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for persons or entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); (b) post any Special Links on any Web site or other platform that is accessible through any Internet Access Appliance; (c) read, intercept, record, redirect, interpret, or fill in the contents of any electronic form or other materials submitted to us by any person or entity; (d) in any way modify, redirect, suppress, or substitute the operation of any button, link, or other interactive feature of our site; (e) make any orders or subscription requests, or engage in other transactions of any kind on our site on behalf of any third party, or authorize, assist, or encourage any other person or entity to do so; (f) take any action that could reasonably cause any customer confusion as to our relationship with you, or as to the site on which any functions or transactions (e.g., search, order, browse, and so on) are occurring; or (g) post or serve any advertisements or promotional content around or in conjunction with the display of our site (e.g., through any "framing" technique or technology or pop-up windows), or assist, authorize, or encourage any third party to take any such action. If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have engaged in any of the foregoing activities, we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or terminate this Agreement.

  1. Referral Fee Schedule
    You will earn referral fees based on Qualifying Revenues according to referral fee schedules to be established by us. "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, returns and bad debt. The current referral fee schedule is:

$5.00 per order from a new customer.  A new customer is an individual, entity or an organization and/or their household members who are a first time shopper of Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry.  The order must come from the sale of each Individually Linked Product that, on the date of order, is listed in our catalog and that is added to the customer's Shopping Cart directly from the first page that results from following a Special Link to the Individually Linked Product.  

Referral Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a quarterly basis. Approximately 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, we will send you either (a) a check for the referral fees earned, or (b) a gift certificate good for purchases of Products through the Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry site, subject to our standard terms and conditions. You will choose your preferred payment method on your application. However, if the referral fees payable to you for any calendar quarter are less than $100, we will hold payment until the total amount due is at least $100 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. In calculating referral fees, we will deduct the corresponding referral fee from your next quarterly payment if a Product that generated a referral fee is returned by the customer, was purchased fraudulently or any other reason that would have resulted in no monies realized by Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill for the referral fee.

  1. Policies and Pricing
    Customers who buy products through this Program will be deemed to be customers of Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry. Accordingly, all Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, and product sales will apply to those customers. We may change our policies and operating procedures at any time. For example, we will determine the prices to be charged for products sold under this Program in accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices and availability may vary from time to time. Because price changes may affect Products that you have listed on your site, you may not include price information in your Product descriptions. We will use reasonable efforts to present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price of any particular product.
  1. Identifying Yourself as an Associate
    You may not issue any press release with respect to this Agreement or your participation in the Program; such action may result in your termination from the Program. We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies your site as a Program participant. You must display this logo or the phrase "In association with Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry" somewhere on your site. We may modify the text or graphic image of this notice from time to time. In addition, you may not in any manner misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us and you, or express or imply any relationship or affiliation between us and you or any other person or entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including by expressing or implying that Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry supports, sponsors, endorses, or contributes money to any charity or other cause).
  1. Limited License
    We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and text described in Section 10 and such other text or images for which we grant express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant and to assist in generating Product sales. You may not modify the graphic image or text, or any other of our images, in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the graphic image and text, any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our Trademark Guidelines, as those guidelines may change from time to time. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you written notice.   Upon which time all of Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry material will be immediately removed from your site.
  1. Responsibility for Your Site
    You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you will be solely responsible for:

We disclaim all liability for these matters. Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.

  1. Term of the Agreement
    The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your site, all links to our site, and all Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry trademarks, trade dress, and logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program. You are eligible to earn referral fees only on our sales of Qualifying Products that occur during the term, and referral fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related orders are not canceled or returned. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
  2. Modification
    We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available referral fees, referral fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
  3. Relationship of Parties
    You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.
  4. Limitation of Liability
    We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
  5. Disclaimers
    We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or any products sold through the Program (including, without limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability, non-infringement, or any implied warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade usage). In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.
  6. Independent Investigation
    YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
  7. Arbitration
    Any dispute relating in any way to this Agreement (including any actual or alleged breach hereof), any transactions or activities under this Agreement or your relationship with us or any of our affiliates shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Los Angeles, California, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of California (and you consent to non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts) or any other court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
  8. Miscellaneous
    This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the state of California, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable against the parties and their respective successors and assigns. 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.  The referral fee program may not be combined with any other program that we do, have, and/or might offer at anytime.  This offer excludes all individuals, entities and organizations who’s services are or have been rendered by Wholesale Sterling Silver Jewelry for marketing with exception to the partner program.

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