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The following terms and conditions (the "Agreement") set out the legally binding terms of your participation in the Picanova API Affiliate Program (the "Program"). The Program is owned and operated by Picanova GmbH ("Picanova"). The Program is offered subject to your (the "API Affiliate" or "you") acceptance without modification of any of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published occasionally on the merchone.com website (the "Site") by Picanova. If you do not agree with this Agreement, do not use the Program.

By completing the application process, you express your acceptance of this Agreement and all terms and conditions contained or referenced herein.

1. Affiliate Agreement

The API Affiliate confirms to Picanova that if the API Affiliate is an individual (i.e., not a company); the API Affiliate is at least 18 years of age. If the API Affiliate is a legal entity, you certify that you are an officer of the company or you are otherwise authorized to act on behalf of the company. Picanova at its own discretion may limit or terminate the access to or participation in the Program for certain individuals and/or entities, such as but not limited to ecommerce platforms, online marketplaces, and other partners not eligible for joining our Program according to Picanova's determination. The API Affiliate also confirms that it is legally permitted to use the Program, and takes full responsibility for the selection and use of the Program. This Agreement is void where prohibited by law, and the right to access the Program is revoked in such jurisdictions.

2. Registration & Account

In order to enjoy all the benefits of the Program, the API Affiliate must register with Picanova and become a member of the API Affiliate Program. The Membership requires that the API Affiliate registers on the Site (including by filling out all required personal information). The API Affiliate may opt out of marketing and promotional emails. The API Affiliate may cancel participation in the affiliate program by deleting its Picanova account. To complete registration, the API Affiliate shall provide an email address and a password. The API Affiliate may never use another's Picanova account without permission from that user. The API Affiliate is solely responsible for the activity that occurs on the API Affiliate's account, and the API Affiliate must keep its account password secure. The API Affiliate must notify Picanova immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of its account. Although Picanova will not be liable for the API Affiliate's losses caused by any unauthorized use of its account, the API Affiliate may be liable for the losses of Picanova or others due to such unauthorized use.

3. Modifications

Picanova reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, suspend or discontinue this Agreement, the Program, fees, charges, and terms at any time, including the availability of any feature, or content. Picanova may also impose limits on certain features or restrict the API Affiliate's access to parts or all of the Program without notice or liability. The API Affiliate shall be responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with any such modifications. Use of the Program by the API Affiliate following such notification constitutes the API Affiliate's acceptance of the modified terms and conditions.

4. Affiliate URL

You will be issued an individual URL once you become an approved API Affiliate of the Program which will be unique to you, and that will allow you to be paid for affiliate referrals. You can place that URL on your website, emails, blogs, social network advertising, or similar campaigns from an account or platform that is registered in your name or which you are authorized to use. Picanova, at its sole discretion, may change your URL. When an affiliate URL is opened, the cookie file is saved in the browser's cache for 30 days. Customers need to sign up or place an order during this time to be linked with your affiliate account.

5. Commissions

For each referred customer who visits the Site through your unique URL and signs up as a customer, you will only receive commission if Picanova products are sold through Picanova-approved ecommerce platforms and integrations. You will not receive commission for sample orders. Additionally, taxes and shipping are excluded from the calculations, but discounts are included.

The affiliate period of each customer lasts 9 months after your referred customer's first order. Referring a prospective customer who previously was or currently is a Picanova customer does not qualify for commission. You can track affiliate commissions by logging into your Affiliate Dashboard on the Site.

To avoid confusion, all tax-related reporting to relevant tax authorities is entirely your responsibility. We will withhold taxes from payments that are due (including international payments) if you do not provide Picanova with relevant documentation.

6. Payment

You will receive commission after the order has been fully shipped, meaning that if part of the order has been shipped, commission will not be credited until the final part of the order gets shipped. Commission is calculated after any refunds if any refund is given to orders. In the event that the customer's order is cancelled, returned or refunded for any reason, we will deduct the relevant amount from your accrued earnings. If a refund is made after we have paid commission to you, we will deduct the respective amount from your account (including any future payments).

The minimum withdrawal amount is an equivalent of $25 USD (Payout Threshold). If for any reason this Agreement is terminated prior to your first commission being due and the account balance does not exceed the Payout Threshold, then no referral commission will be due. If the commission is not withdrawn from the balance within 1 (one) year, then this past due commission, in Picanova’s sole discretion, may be voided and removed from the commission balance. All payments will be made via PayPal. You must have a PayPal account for this purpose.

7. Restrictions

The API Affiliate may use the affiliate URL for the sole purpose of promoting Picanova and referring prospective customers to the Site. Except to the extent permitted by applicable law, the API Affiliate shall not (i) send unauthorized (unsolicited commercial) emails or use any illegal method of advertising to promote the Picanova products that include the URL, and the API Affiliate shall be solely liable for any such unauthorized communications (all marketing practices must comply with all applicable laws and regulations); (ii) display the URL in any way that in Picanova's discretion disparages or creates a derogatory or negative image of Picanova; (iii) make any false or misleading representations relating to Picanova, or engage in any other practices that could harm the reputation of Picanova; or (iv) display the URL or any content in a manner that contains or promotes (a) illegal activities or (b) content that is misleading, deceptive, or violates any third-party intellectual property, privacy or other rights of any kind.

You also acknowledge that you are not the target of trade, financial, and economic sanctions, and that you do not appear on a sanctions-related list, including lists maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom. You also agree that you will not promote Picanova in and refer prospective customers to the Site from countries or territories that are the target of comprehensive embargoes or sanctions or parties on the sanctions-related lists referenced above.

8. Advertising

You must not use any misleading or deceptive claims in advertising. You are solely responsible for following all applicable federal, state, local and EU laws, regulations and rules regarding advertising claims. You must adhere to all the editorial guidelines and search advertising terms and conditions set forth by each search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing and others), including any updates to those terms in the future. Where search engine guidelines and this Agreement conflict, you must follow this Agreement.

When creating ads, videos, or other online content that publishes your affiliate URL on websites, Picanova's brand image needs to be kept in mind. You expressly agree that Picanova's name, trademark, logo or any other identifying material placed by you will appear only in the form and according to technical specification supplied by Picanova. The Picanova logo cannot be altered or changed.

Sites where you advertise cannot be associated with content that's vulgar, racist, sexual, or otherwise deemed offensive by Picanova. You must remove all ads and videos from websites deemed offensive within 24 hours of being notified by Picanova. You are prohibited from creating groups or specific web pages in social communities to publicize Picanova offers, and must abide by all other restrictions required by this Agreement.

API Affiliates can engage in search engine optimization and pay per click activities. If you are sending paid traffic (PPC, PPV, Media Buys) to Picanova, it is required that you send the traffic through a landing page or web property first. We do not allow direct linking. We restrict API Affiliates from using keywords that include our brand name: Picanova, Picanova.com, merchone.com or any variation or combination therein. You must also not knowingly serve ads that appear in a higher position than Picanova managed ads. You shall not promote Picanova on coupon sites.

You must not purchase or use domain names containing any Picanova trademark, including domain names that combine a Picanova trademark with one or more additional words, letters, numbers, or other characters, or domain names containing any misspelling or other confusingly similar variation of any Picanova trademark.

We don't approve self-referrals - you cannot refer yourself, and you will not receive commission on your own accounts.

Clickjacking, linkjacking, typosquatting or any sort of domain spoofing methods are prohibited.

Pixel, cookie stuffing or any other type of cookie stuffing without source website visitor's knowledge is prohibited.

Using traffic generated by pay to read, PPC (pay per click), banner exchanges, click exchanges, PPV advertising, pop-up/under, or similar methods is prohibited.

9. Customer information

Each customer who visits the Site through your URL must fill out their customer information. All customer information is the sole and exclusive property of Picanova and the respective customer. You do not have any right to either (i) participate in any aspect of the information process, or (ii) receive any of the customer’s personal information. This policy prohibits you from receiving customer information directly from customers and subsequently forwarding the customer information to Picanova. You may request personal information from customers directly related to your own activities, registrations, promotions, etc., but Picanova will never reveal any personally identifying information about customers or a customer applicant.

10. Term & Termination

This Agreement is effective at the time your application is, at the sole discretion of Picanova, accepted by Picanova and you are notified of such acceptance either in writing or electronically. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time with or without cause. Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, all licenses granted hereunder shall immediately terminate and you will immediately cease use of, and remove all links to the Site, and all Picanova trademarks and logos, other marks and all other materials provided in connection with the Program.

Picanova reserves the right to delete unconfirmed accounts or accounts that have been inactive for extended periods of time. By violating any applicable law or this Agreement, the Agreement will be terminated immediately and the API Affiliate understands and agrees that any and all accrued commissions will be immediately forfeit and that the API Affiliate's account will be immediately terminated.

11. Trademarks

If you use any of our trademarks in reference to our services and/or products, you must include a statement attributing that trademark to us. You must not use any of our trademarks (i) in or as the whole or part of your own trademarks; (ii) in connection with activities, products or services that are not ours; (iii) in a manner that may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; (iv) or in a manner that disparages Picanova or its information, products or services (including the Site).

12. Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold Picanova (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

13. Limitation of Liability

Picanova will not be liable for indirect, special or consequential damages (or loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement, even if Picanova has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, Picanova's aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement will not exceed the total referral commissions paid or payable to you under this Agreement during the preceding 12 months. The above limitation of liability shall not apply in the event of death, personal injury or intent.

You agree that Picanova shall be released from any and all damages resulting from the failure to receive any benefits of an anticipated collaboration.

14. Law & Jurisdiction

If a dispute arises between you and Picanova, we strongly encourage you to first contact us directly to seek a resolution. We will consider reasonable requests to resolve the dispute through alternative dispute resolution procedures, such as mediation or arbitration, as alternatives to litigation. This Agreement will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Germany. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) must be resolved by a court located in Cologne, Germany.

15. General

This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the English language, regardless of any translations made for any purpose whatsoever.

No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, franchisor-franchisee relationship, etc. is intended or created by this Agreement. You acknowledge that you have all necessary permits to grant us with personal data to fulfill this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. In our sole discretion, we may assign this Agreement upon notice to you. Headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. We do not guarantee that we will take action against all breaches of this Agreement. The API Affiliate waives any applicable rights to require an original (non-electronic) signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, to the extent not prohibited under applicable law.

We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or this Agreement or any products or services sold by Picanova. In addition, we make no representation that the operation of the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.

Upon notice from Picanova you must immediately remove all references to Picanova, including its name, logo, trademark, service mark or any other identifying material immediately.

You understand that the Site and policies are created and operated to abide by all such rules and regulations and you agree to defend, indemnify and hold Picanova harmless from any of your violations of laws and regulation, including but not limited to, intellectual property rights, customers' privacy rights, etc.

You certify that you: (i) are not controlled, supervised, instructed by Picanova and are free from work rules and discipline; (ii) are free to set your own work schedule; (iii) pay your own business expenses, can hire assistants and provide your own office and all associated services, including computer, printing, telephone; (iv) will be reimbursed only for work done in accordance with this Agreement; (v) are allowed to have other clients.