TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

These Terms and Conditions will apply to all Affiliates who register on the Website to participate in Affiliate Programmes available on the Network.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

In these Terms and Conditions:

“Affiliate” means you, the person who registers on the Website.

“Affiliate Guidelines” means the best practice guidelines for affiliates published by Jet Media from time to time of which the current guidelines are set out in the schedule to these Terms and Conditions.

“Affiliate Management Area” means the reporting interface available on the Website.

“Affiliate Programme” means any affiliate programme available on the Network and where the context admits shall include the provisions described or contained in the Operator’s terms and conditions.

“Affiliate Site” means the Affiliate’s website, blog, forum, voucher code, email list or other mechanism or method designed or intended to refer Customers to Operators.

“Agreement” means the contract between Jet Media and the Affiliate of which these Terms and Conditions shall form an integral part.

“Approved Transaction” means the first purchase of services or other Customer-initiated action as specified in the Affiliate Programme.

“Code” means the code of best practice on the use of online voucher codes, as amended from time to time, published by the International Advertising Bureau ( www.iabuk.net/en/1/iabsaffiliatemarketingcouncillaunchescodeofbestpractice110808.mxs ).

“Commencement Date” means the date on which Jet Media gives notice to the Affiliate that registration on the Website has been successful.

“Commission” means the fees due to Affiliate in accordance with this Agreement.

“Competent Authority” means any governmental, judicial or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over this agreement, any of the parties hereto or any activity of any of the parties hereto.

“Confidential Information” means the Agreement and all communications, materials and information, whether written, electronic, visual, or oral supplied to or obtained by either party from the other pursuant to the Agreement.

"CPA = Commission Per Acquistion". The commission paid per depositing player referreed by an affiliate/publisher. The network will set the CPA and reserves the right to change this periodically to fot the commercial needs of the network or individual merchant. All affiliates/publishers will be informed of any CPA changes at least five (5) working days before changes come into affect.

“Net Revenue” is defined as fundings (purchases) minus payouts, chargebacks and license fees where applicable.

“Customer” means a client, customer, player or user referred by the Affiliate to an Operator via the Link.

“Fraud Traffic” means deposits or transactions generated from Customers through illegal means or in bad faith regardless of whether or not it actually causes damage to Jet Media or an Operator.

“Intellectual Property” means proprietary rights in all intellectual property whether registered or not including, without limitation, trade marks, trading, business or domain names, email addresses, copyrights (including any such rights in websites or software), rights in databases and all other intellectual property rights of a similar or corresponding character, which subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.

“Jet Media” means Jet Media Limited a company incorporated in Gibraltar whose registered office is at Suite 2B, Mansion House, 143 Main Street, Gibraltar.

“Link” means the link Jet Media supplies to the Affiliate for inclusion on the Affiliate Site which when clicked on by a Customer identifies that the Customer has been referred by the Affiliate and the relevant Affiliate Programme.

“Network” means the Jet Media affiliate network operated via the Website.

“Operator” means any provider of remote gambling services whose Affiliate Programme is available on the Network.

“Website” means the website www.ignitebingo.com and such other linked or associated websites operated by Jet Media for the promotion of Affiliate Programmes which the Affiliate may advertise and market to Customers via the Affiliate Site.

Words importing one gender include all other genders and words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.

REGISTRATION AND COMMENCEMENT

  1. The Affiliate shall apply to join the Network by completing the registration form on the Website.

  2. Completion and submission of the registration form shall signify the Affiliate’s acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and any amendments thereto made by Jet Media from time to time and published on the Website.

  3. The acceptance or rejection of the Affiliate’s application to join the Network shall be determined by Jet Media at its sole discretion.

  4. If accepted the Agreement shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall continue until terminated in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

  5. On the Commencement Date Jet Media shall create an Affiliate Management Area for Affiliate.

AFFILIATE PROGRAMMES AND CUSTOMER TRACKING

  1. Jet Media shall notify the Affiliate of the availability of Affiliate Programmes from time to time by email and by notices posted on the Affiliate Management Area.

  2. The Affiliate may apply to join any Affiliate Programme by following the instructions posted on the Affiliate Management Area.

  3. The acceptance or rejection of the Affiliate’s application to join an Affiliate Programme shall be determined by Jet Media and the Operator at their sole discretion.

  4. If accepted the Affiliate shall be bound by any additional conditions which the Operator may impose from time to time and which will be posted on the Affiliate Management Area.

  5. On acceptance Jet Media shall create and supply a Link to enable Jet Media and the Operator to track Customers referred by the Affiliate.

  6. The Affiliate shall place the Link on the Affiliate Site and shall maintain, operate and update the Link in accordance with Jet Media’s instructions.

  7. The Affiliate accepts and acknowledges that any delay or failure to place, maintain, operate or update the Link in accordance with Jet Media’s instructions may result in referred Customers not being identified and no Commission shall be payable in respect of such unidentified referrals.

COMMISSION AND PAYMENTS

  1. Commission shall be paid to the Affiliate at the rate of [50%] for each Customer who completes an Approved Transaction.

  2. Payment of Commission shall either be in Sterling or in the currency of the Approved Transactions in which event Jet Media shall pay the foreign currency equivalent of [50%] at the best exchange rate that Jet Media is able to obtain on the date of payment.

  3. The Affiliate shall remain responsible for all bank charges on Commission payments whether in respect of electronic transfers, foreign currency exchange commission, correspondent bank charges, cancelled cheques or otherwise.

  4. Jet Media shall pay Commission on a monthly basis and shall endeavour to do so within 15 days of the end of the month in which the Approved Transaction is completed.

  5. Payment of Commission shall be made by electronic transfers to a bank account or accounts of the Affiliate’s choice but Jet Media shall not be responsible for late payments arising from the Affiliate’s failure to provide accurate or sufficient account information or for any other cause beyond Jet Media’s reasonable control. If a Commission payment has not been claimed or cleared within 18 months of the end of the month in which the Approved Transaction was completed the Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that Jet Media shall be entitled to retain such Commission and the Affiliate shall forfeit any claim in respect of it.

  6. No Commission shall be payable in respect of Fraud Traffic or as a result of other unethical or illegal activities and Jet Media shall be entitled to reclaim Commission arising from Fraud Traffic or to deduct and set-off such Commission against future Commission payments.

  7. The Affiliate shall be responsible for all taxes payable in respect of the Commission.

  8. Jet Media does not pay VAT on Commission (Gibraltar is not within the EU Customs Union). If the Affiliate wishes or is required to issue invoices to Jet Media such invoices shall be zero-rated for VAT purposes.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

  1. Jet Media and the Affiliate grant to each other non-exclusive, revocable, royalty-free licences to have reasonable use of their respective Intellectual Property for the purposes of this Agreement.

  2. To the extent that it is able to do so Jet Media also grants to the Affiliate a non-exclusive, revocable, royalty-free licence to have reasonable use of the Operator’s Intellectual Property for the purposes of each Affiliate Programme.

  3. The licences granted in these Terms and Conditions are intended to allow Jet Media and the Affiliate to have reasonable use of Intellectual Property for the purposes of operating the Network but the Affiliate shall not describe itself as being associated with Jet Media or an Operator in any circumstances without the prior written approval of Jet Media.

  4. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall operate to transfer any interest or ownership of Intellectual Property and the Affiliate shall only use the Intellectual Property during the continuance of this Agreement.

WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITY

  1. Jet Media and the Affiliate each represents, warrants and undertakes one to the other that:-

25.1 it has the full right, power and authority to enter into the Agreement;

25.2 entering into the Agreement and performance of its obligations and duties under it will not breach any agreement to which it is a party or by which it is otherwise bound; and

25.3 the use of it’s Intellectual Property will not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party.

  1. The Affiliate represents, warrants and undertakes to Jet Media that:-

26.1 all information and data supplied by the Affiliate to Jet Media, Operators, Customers and any other party through or in connection with the Agreement shall be correct, accurate and not misleading;

26.2 the Affiliate and the Affiliate Site shall comply with the Code and the Affiliate Guidelines as amended or supplemented by Jet Media from time to time;

26.3 the Affiliate, the Affiliate Site and the Affiliate’s activities in connection with the Network and any Customers’ data shall comply with any and all applicable laws, regulations, codes of conduct in force from time to time as amended, re-enacted, extended or consolidated by any Competent Authority;

26.4 the Affiliate shall incorporate and include in the Affiliate Site a privacy policy statement that stipulates that Jet Media, Operators or third parties where applicable may use code or cookies on the Affiliate Site to track the performance of Operators’ marketing efforts and that no personally identifiable information is collected in such process.

  1. The Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that the Network is provided on an ‘as is’ basis and that Jet Media does not give any warranty in relation to availability or uptime, nor that the Network or Website will be suitable for the Affiliate’s particular requirements or will result in any particular level of income or business to the Affiliate.

  2. Jet Media represents, warrants and undertakes to the Affiliate that it shall use reasonable endeavours to provide accounting support services to the Affiliate in accordance with good industry practice.

  3. The Affiliate hereby undertakes to indemnify and keep indemnified Jet Media and the Operators (together with their directors, employees and agents) fully and effectively against any and all costs, claims, expenses and liabilities (including reasonable legal fees) arising from a result of:-

29.1 any breach of the warranties contained in these Terms and Conditions;

29.2 any contaminated file, virus, worm or trojan horse originating or sent from the Affiliate Site.

TERMINATION

  1. The Affiliate may terminate the Agreement at any time by giving not less than one month’s written notice to Jet Media.

  2. Jet Media may terminate the Agreement at any time by giving not less than one month’s written notice to Jet Media or immediately and without notice if the Affiliate breaches any of the warranties contained in these Terms and Conditions or otherwise engages in unethical or illegal activities.

  3. On termination of the Agreement for any reason the Affiliate shall cease using all Intellectual Property belonging to Jet Media or the Operators and Jet Media shall be relieved of all further liability, duties and obligations to the Affiliate (including, without limitation, any payment obligation).

  4. For the avoidance of doubt the Affiliate shall be entitled to Commission on Approved Transactions completed in the calendar month immediately preceding the date of termination of the Agreement but shall not be entitled to any Commission, compensation or any other form of payment in respect of any period thereafter or during any period of suspension, whether or not the suspension is lifted or if the Affiliate subsequently re-joins the Network.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

  1. Except as specifically provided in the Agreement the remedies of the parties (whether in contract, tort, by statute or otherwise, howsoever) against each other for any breach of their respective obligations or warranties hereunder shall be limited to damages.

  2. Nothing herein shall limit or exclude the liability of the Affiliate for loss or damage due to or arising from death, personal injury or fraudulent misrepresentation.

  3. Jet Media’s maximum liability to the Affiliate for direct losses arising from Jet Media’s breach of any provision of the Agreement shall not exceed the Commission received or due to the Affiliate in the three months prior to the event which gave rise to liability and subject as aforesaid Jet Media shall not be liable to the Affiliate for loss of profits, or indirect, incidental or consequential damages incurred as a result of or in connection with the Agreement whether arising out of breach of contract, negligence or howsoever.

  4. Jet Media shall not be liable for or be considered in breach of the Agreement on account of any delay or failure to perform as a result of any causes or conditions which are beyond Jet Media’s reasonable control.

DISPUTES AND NOTICES

  1. The Affiliate shall in the first instance refer queries, complaints and bona fide disputes to the Affiliate’s account manager nominated from time to time by Jet Media and shall use all reasonable endeavours to resolve any such dispute.

  2. If no such resolution occurs within 30 days of such referral disputes shall be referred to a director or senior manager of Jet Media who will endeavour to resolve any such dispute within a further 30 day period.

  3. Any notice given under the Agreement shall be in writing and may be delivered by hand or sent by courier, pre-paid registered post or by fax transmission (in which case it shall be deemed to be delivered on proof of delivery or confirmation of successful fax transmission) but notices shall also be considered delivered immediately on transmission if sent by email to the email address supplied by the recipient to the sending party or if posted on the Affiliate Management Area by Jet Media.

  4. Jet Media may notify the Affiliate of updates or amendments to these Terms and Conditions by email or via the Affiliate Management Area.

CONFIDENTIALITY

  1. Both the Affiliate and Jet Media shall take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised disclosure of Confidential Information (including by employees or agents who have access to such Confidential Information) during the continuance of the Agreement and thereafter without limitation in time.

  2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may disclose Confidential Information without the consent of the other party to the extent such disclosure is required by law or demanded by a Competent Authority.

  3. Both parties may disclose that the Affiliate is a member of the Network subject to the Affiliate first seeking Jet Media’s approval of any publicity materials, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

  1. Failure of either party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by the other party of any provision of the Agreement or to exercise any right under the Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such party’s right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance.

  2. These Terms and Conditions comprise the entire Agreement between the parties and supersede all prior agreements, statements, and representations. Any addition or amendment to the Agreement shall be in writing.

  3. Other than expressly provided for in these Terms and Conditions a person who is not a party to the Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions but that shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

  4. The Affiliate shall not assign the Agreement or any right, interest or obligation under it without Jet Media’s prior written consent. Jet Media may assign the Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations thereunder to any third party as Jet Media shall see fit.

  5. If there is any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions of an Affiliate Programme these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.

  6. The Affiliate shall be an independent contractor and shall have no right to bind Jet Media or any Operator to any agreement with a third party nor to represent itself as an agent or partner incur any obligation or liability on behalf of Jet Media or any Operator.

  7. The Agreement shall be governed by English law and the parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

Affiliate Guidelines

a) The Affiliate shall not engage in any fraudulent, unethical or unlawful activity or any activity which is not transparent to Jet Media or not in the best interests of Jet Media, Operators or Customers (“Unethical Activities”).

b) Examples of Unethical Activities include, but are not limited to:-

i. use of inappropriate software (whether third party or otherwise) in order to create financial gain for the Affiliate;

ii. bidding on disallowed key terms within paid search, or any other third party advertising system based on keywords, without Jet Media’s and/or the Operator’s prior approval;

iii. implementing links where there is an incentive to click on them without Customers having full knowledge of the consequences of their actions, for example activating a cookie which may later mean a conversion of sale to the owner of the Affiliate link (i.e. “forced clicks”);

iv. promotion by unsolicited email; or

v. mimicking the action of an Affiliate link click which results in a cookie being stored on a Customer’s machine which could later lead to the conversion of a sale to the Affiliate.

c) If the Affiliate Site includes or comprises an email list the Affiliate shall:-

i. obtain Jet Media’s written approval before sending email promotions on behalf of Operators to Customers;

ii. supply examples of email promotions which the Affiliate proposes to use;

iii. provide full disclosure as to the origin and source of its list or database of email addresses, including supplying satisfactory evidence that these have been properly purchased or licensed, details of the party from whom they have been purchased or licensed and details which demonstrate that they have been created, supplied and operated in accordance with data protection and other applicable laws.

d) The Affiliate shall be responsible for protecting and maintaining the confidentiality of its logins, Links and other data used to access or manage the Affiliate Management Area and Affiliate Programmes and for ensuring that no third party may change the Affiliate’s details without the Affiliate’s knowledge.

e) The Network is an online network and Approved Transactions must be conducted online, not offline, unless otherwise agreed between the parties. Offline transactions shall be disregarded and shall not entitle the Affiliate to Commission unless specifically agreed otherwise by Jet Media.

f) The Affiliate shall specify the URLs it will use to track Approved Transactions as part of the registration process via the Website (“Authorised URLs”). Jet Media may disregard transactions entered into via URLs other than Authorised URLs and/or withhold Commission in respect of them. The Affiliate may add additional or substitute URLs from time to time via the Affiliate Management Area, but such URLs will only become operational once acceptance is confirmed by the Affiliate’s account manager.

g) From time to time Jet Media shall be entitled to request from the Affiliate information and evidence as to how and where the Affiliate is promoting the Affiliate Site and the Affiliate shall supply such information without delay.

h) If the Affiliate or any Customer configures its system in order to disable any technology for confirming the means of referral, Jet Media shall treat the Customer as not having been referred by the Affiliate.

i) The Affiliate shall ensure that the information on the Affiliate Management Area is complete and accurate at all times.

j) The Affiliate shall supply evidence of its identity to Jet Media on request at any time.

k) The Affiliate Site shall not use or contain any spyware or other equivalent or similar code or material, intended to defraud or unlawfully obtain data from Customers.

l) Each page of the Affiliate Site shall contain a clear and conspicuous link to its privacy policy.

m) The Affiliate shall not pass any Customer’s personally identifiable information to Jet Media.

n) Under no circumstances are affiliates and publishers allowed to promote any of the advertisers or merchants featured on Ignite Bingo via the use of paid placements on brand related terms on search engines or contextual advertising networks. At present this stipulation extends to Costa Bingo and any related terms. This is not an exhaustive list and can be amended or increased at any time without notice.

o) Costa Bingo affiliates are not allowed to acquire or procure any links for Costa Bingo terms from third party sites for the purpose of deep linking to their own Costa Bingo review and information pages. Any affiliate found to be adding such links will have their affiliate commission for that month withheld. Costa Bingo reserves the right to remove the affiliate from the programme and withhold all commissions.