This ("Resale Partner Plan")
is a contract between you and ProForce Corporation, with your acceptance
of terms specifically declared by proceeding or application.
This Terms of this Agreement affects your rights and you should read
it carefully.
We encourage you to print the Agreement or copy it to your computer's
hard drive for reference.
For additional information consult your ProForce Corporation Representative.
In this Agreement, "you" or
"your" means any person or entity using the Resale Partner Plan Service.
Unless otherwise stated, "we" or "our" will refer collectively to ProForce
Corporation, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, agents and contractors.
The headings to the clauses
in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
I.
Resale Plan Eligibility
In order to use the Resale
Partner Service, you must be the registered owner of the business,
and have the ability to process credit card purchases for product
sales.
You must be at least 18 years
of age to register for Resale Partner Service.
You must purchase all Genuine
ProForce Products from ProForce or an Authorized ProForce Distributor.
Examples of Genuine ProForce Products include, but are not limited
to software. You shall not identify integrated software products you
sell as "Adobe or Microsoft " products or promote your integrated
as being manufactured by Adobe or Microsoft . But you may use the
logos, names, and any ProForce-approved merchandising materials, subject
to the terms of individual company policies and this agreement.
Resale
Plan Overview
Plan Partners are licensed
to market our software.
Plan Partners receive 65%-35%
net discounts.
Plan Partners process charge
card transactions.
Plan Partners retain charge
card money.
Plan Partners sends shipping
instructions and fee.
ProForce drop-ships customers
order.
Upon acceptance ProForce creates
a processing form to use in processing new orders and wholesale payments.
You have no claim to Plan Services
unless until you indicate your acceptance of these terms, and forward
the $128 fee with signed application documents.(Step-two page bottom)
Resale
Partner Information
You agree to provide true, accurate
and complete registration and to maintain and promptly update your information
as applicable.
You agree not to impersonate any other person or use a name that you
are not authorized to use. If any information you provide is untrue,
inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, without limiting other remedies.
ProForce has the right to terminate Service and recover any costs or
losses incurred directly or indirectly resulting from erroneous or fraudulent
Resale Partner information.
You authorize ProForce Corporation,
directly or through third parties, to make inquiries to validate your
Resale Partner application. This may include credit reports and checks
to verifying information against third party databases. ProForce shall
protect personal Resale Partner information supplied in the application
with standards posted in our Privacy Policy Statement.
Resale Plan Application Fee
ProForce retains the sole
discretion to accept or reject applicants for any reason.
Applications
must includethe
$128 new account setup fee.
Should your application be
accepted, please allow one to ten days for processing and setup.
Resale
International Eligibility
To be eligible for a Resale Partner
Service account, you must be a resident of the United States or one of
the approved countries listed in the below table:
Argentina
Australia
Anguilla
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Costa
Rica
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong
Kong
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New
Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Singapore
South
Africa
South
Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United
Kingdom
International Resale Partner
transactions shall be made in US dollars and may be subject to exchange
rates.
** IT IS PROFORCE CORPORATION'S
ASSUMPTION THAT INTERNATIONAL Resale Partners ARE SIGNING UP FOR A PROFORCE
Resale Partner ACCOUNT ONLY AFTER DETERMINING THAT OPENING AND MAINTAINING
A PROFORCE CORPORATION ACCOUNT VIOLATES NO LAWS OR REGULATIONS IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE COUNTRY AND JURISDICTION.
If you are an international
user, you warrant that you are violating no law or regulation by your
use of ProForce Corporation, and you indemnify us for any and all liability
that might arise from your use of ProForce Corporation.
Resale Plan Account Closure
You may close your account at
any time by writing notification to ProForce Corporation. Upon closure
of an account, any pending transactions will be processed.
You may not use closure of your
account as a means of evading Resale responsibility, disputes, order
fulfillment, and if pending issues remain at the time you close your
account, ProForce Corporation may seek protection, as deemed appropriate,
to protect ProForce Corporation against the risk of sale reversals,
or disputes.
You will remain liable for all open obligations related to your Resale
Partner account even after such account is closed.
Termination of this Agreement
howsoever caused shall be without prejudice to the rights of the parties
accrued prior to the date of such termination. The obligations set out
in this Agreement shall continue to be in force following termination
where necessary to give proper effect to the rights and obligations
therein.
Resale Plan Termination
ProForce Corporation, at its
sole discretion, reserves the right to close Resale Partner accounts
at any time for any reason, including but not limited to: violations
of this Agreement, upon written notice to the Resale Partner
ProForce Corporation, at its
sole discretion, also reserves the right to restrict order processing
from Resale Partners connected with any one of the events listed below.
When a Resale Partner account is restricted, notified is sent by e-mail
with request to provide relevant information to enable ProForce to investigate
the matter promptly. If the investigation is in your favor, we will
remove restrictions from your account. If the investigation is not in
your favor:
ProForce Corporation may return
funds to the purchaser and UN-restrict the account, continue the restriction
for up to 180 days, or require funds necessary to protect ProForce Corporation
against the risk of future disputes and reversals, or may close your
account by giving you notice and mailing a check for any funds due you
(minus funds that are in dispute) to the address that you have provided.
If you are later determined to be entitled to the funds in dispute,
ProForce Corporation will make an additional timely payment of those
funds to you.
Restricted Events:
Reports of unauthorized or
unusual credit card use associated with the Resale Partner including,
but not limited to, notice by the card issuing bank.
Reports of unauthorized or
unusual bank account use associated with the Resale Partners account.
Complaints regarding improper
merchandising, non-delivery of product, merchandise not as described,
or problems with low merchandising standards.
Initiation of charge reversal
process through the buyer's issuing credit card without first pursuing
the Buyer Complaint process described below.
Receipt of potentially fraudulent
funds
Excessive disputes or reversals,
or attempts to "double dip" by receiving funds in a dispute
both from ProForce Corporation and through a reversal or a refund
from the buyer.
Refusal to cooperate in
resolving any dispute or investigation, or failure to provide confirmation
of identity, access to records upon request Initiation of transactions
considered to be advertised and processed below the retail price structure.
Sending unsolicited e-mail
or posting referral links on Web-site where they are not permitted.
Circumventing software security
or other facets of the Resale Partner Service.
The account has been used
in or to facilitate fraudulent activity.
Violations of this Resale
Partner Agreement.
Name on the bank account
associated with the credit card supplied to ProForce Corporation account
does not match the name on the Resale Partner account.
Return of an incoming Electronic
Funds Transfer, or credit card transaction for insufficient funds
in the bank account, expired charge card, or incorrect bank account
number.
Misuse of any Resale Partner
Service or Resale Partner tools and products.
ProForce Corporation will use
reasonable efforts to investigate accounts that are subject to a restriction
and to reach a final decision on the restriction promptly.
II.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
You agree that you will not
use the Resale Partner Service to illegally market products or services,
including but not limited to countries the US Government restricts.
Further you agree not to infringe the intellectual property rights of
ProForce Corporation, or advertise products at any price except the
suggested retail price. You will not use the Resale Partner Service,
the ProForce Corporation Web-site, the Resale Partner tools, or any
of the services offered therein for any unlawful or fraudulent activity.
You shall comply with all Department of Commerce Export Regulations
governing ProForce products including but not limited to transfer to
individuals and/or companies denied export/import privileges or involved
in certain nuclear, missile and chemical/biological weapons activities.
Should ProForce Corporation
acquire reason to believe that you may be engaging in or have engaged
in fraudulent, unlawful, or improper activity, including without limitation
any violation of any terms and conditions of this Agreement, your access
to the Resale Partner Service may be suspended or terminated.
You agree to fully cooperate with any ProForce investigation of suspected
unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity, including but not limited
to granting non-authorized representatives, guest, or member access
to any ProForce product, service or Web-site tools.
You also agree not to use your
ProForce Corporation Resale Partner account to sell affiliations, business
opportunities, franchises, multilevel marketing, or goods with delivery
delayed more than 7 days from the date of payment. You agree not to
impersonate a ProForce Corporation Resale Partner or a ProForce Corporation
representative, or to request that a ProForce Corporation customer provide
you with their password or other information to access their account.
Prohibited Communications
To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, this Agreement and any other agreements, notices or
other communications regarding your Resale Partner account and/or your
use of the Service ("Software Resale"), may be provided to you
electronically and you agree to receive all Communications from ProForce
Corporation in electronic form. Electronic Communications may be posted
on the pages within the ProForce Corporation Web-site and/or delivered
to your e-mail address. You may print a copy of any Communications and
retain it for your records. All Communications in either electronic or
paper format will be considered to be in "writing," and to have
been received no later than five (5) business days after posting or dissemination,
whether or not you have received or retrieved the Communication. ProForce
Corporation reserves the right but assumes no obligation to provide Communications
in paper format. Your consent to receive Communications electronically
is valid until you revoke your consent by notifying ProForce Corporation
of your decision to do so by contacting us in writing or by telephoning
customer service. If you revoke your consent to receive Communications
electronically, ProForce Corporation may terminate your right to use the
Resale Partner Service.
Prohibited False
Data
You agree and warrant that you
own direct Internet web-site access, have access to the Internet and
to a current functional personal e-mail address. Although we will take
reasonable steps to contact you based on information that you have provided
us, ProForce Corporation will not be liable for any undelivered products
or costs you may incur for maintaining Internet access and an e-mail
account.
You have an affirmative obligation
to provide ProForce correct and operational e-mail address, and to notify
ProForce Corporation promptly as to any changes or cancellations of
e-mail or physical address.
Failure to provide ProForce
Corporation with a current, working, functional, personal e-mail address,
and/or failure to update ProForce Corporation in a change or cancellation
of your e-mail address and credit card, or if ProForce Corporation has
reason to believe that either have occurred may result in any or all
of the following, non-exclusively:
(1) the removal or deactivation
by ProForce Corporation of a nonfunctional e-mail address or credit
card from your account;
(2) the replacement of a secondary e-mail address as a new permanent
e-mail address associated with your account;
(3) an alteration to your user preferences regarding ProForce Corporation
e-mail notifications;
(4) attempts by ProForce
Corporation to reach you personally by phone, fax or postal mail.
ProForce Corporation reserves
the right to take measures to ensure the integrity of its Resale Partner
Affiliates and expects that you, as a Resale Partner, will cooperate
and keep your contact information current.
Prohibited SPAM
Resale Partners shall agree not
to use unsolicited e-mail, usenet, message board postings, or similar
methods of mass messaging (spasm) to gather referral bonuses. The use
of SPAM to promote the Resale Partner Service has strict negative consequences.
We take consumer privacy serious
and unsolicited e-mail blasts will be considered grounds to terminate
a Resale Partner permanently.
We also will immediately and
permanently terminate any Resale Partner who has sent unsolicited e-mail
targeting ProForce or other Resale Partners for any purpose.
In addition, you may be subject
to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences under applicable
law if you send unsolicited e-mail Our Anti-SPAM Policy is intended
to protect our Resale Partners, the Internet, and us.
You agree not to use e-mail
to send unsolicited e-mail (SPAM). Further, you agree not to use unsolicited
e-mail, usenet, message board postings, or similar methods of mass messaging
(SPAM) to gather referral bonuses.
Prohibited Hacking
If you use, or attempt to use
the Resale Partner Service and products for purposes other than legal
and mutually beneficial means, including but not limited to tampering,
hacking, modifying or otherwise corrupting the software, software security,
or functionality of Resale Partner Partner Service, your account will
be terminated and you will be subject to damages and other penalties,
including criminal prosecution where available.
Prohibited Duplication
You agree not to engage in behavior
that could reasonably be construed as duplicating our Resale Partner Service
Program, and agree not to engage in behavior that could reasonably be
construed as solely self beneficial.
Prohibited Misrepresentation
Resale Partner shall not make
any representation or give any warranty in respect of the programs save
as are consistent with the marketing materials supplied by the ProForce
or that Resale Partner provides at Resale Partners cost to the customer,and
shall not incorporate or use any copyright notice, trademark or propriety
right legend in any copy of the Product supplied to customers except such
as may be necessary to indicate that the Resale Partner acts as a retail
distributor of the product on behalf of the ProForce.
Prohibited Surcharges
Under Visa, Master Card, Discover
and American Express regulations and the laws of several states, including
California, merchants may not charge a fee to the buyer for accepting
credit card payments (often called a "surcharge"). You agree
that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for Reselling ProForce
software. This restriction does not prevent you from imposing any sales
tax or shipping/handling fee in connection with the sale and delivery,
as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge (in other
words, the handling fee for transactions paid by credit card may not be
higher than the handling fee for transactions paid through other payment
methods).
V.
Confidentiality
From time to time, ProForce
may disclose to you Confidential Information. Such Confidential Information
may also be disclosed by ProForce orally but will relate to or be embodied
in a tangible document. ProForce may disclose Confidential Information
to you and your employees at training events and through other means
used to transmit this information to you and other ProForce program
participants. In return for ProForce disclosing Confidential Information
to you, you agree to the following Confidentiality Terms:
Your Obligations of Confidentiality.
You agree to maintain the
confidentiality of the Confidential Information with at least the
same degree of care that you use to protect your own confidential
and proprietary information, but no less than a reasonable degree
of care under the circumstances.
You will not disclose any
Confidential Information to any third parties except to your employees
who have a need to know the information to do their jobs and who agree
to abide by these nondisclosure terms, which you agree to explain
to them.
If you disclose Confidential
Information to your employees, you agree to be responsible for their
maintaining its confidentiality.
You will not make any copies
of Confidential Information (or software) except paper documents when
necessary for your employees with a need to know. Any copies that
you make must be identified as belonging to ProForce and marked "ProForce
Confidential". If you have entered into other confidentiality
terms with ProForce, including but not limited to an ProForce Corporate
Nondisclosure Agreement ("CNDA"), the terms of this Agreement
shall control only for Confidential Information shared pursuant to
the Program. Certain ProForce channel programs may require you to
enter into a written ProForce Confidential Nondisclosure Agreement.
Each of the parties hereby undertake
to the other to treat as confidential to that other all information
received so marked and all other information in whatever form or medium
transmitted concerning the other unless the disclosure of such information
is reasonably necessary to exercise the rights and obligations granted
in or imposed by this Agreement.
Should such information come
into the public domain by reason of any breach of the obligations of
confidentiality imposed by this clause, termination may be imposed.
The obligations of confidentiality imposed in this clause shall not
be considered breached if a party is required to disclose information
to any governmental authority or court of competent jurisdiction or
to its professional advisors on terms that such advisors agree in writing
to treat such information as confidential.
Confidentiality Obligations
Termination
You agree to maintain the confidentiality
of Confidential Information for a period of no less than two (2) years
from when it is disclosed to you. However if one of the below events
occurs, you are released from your obligations of confidentiality if
the Confidential Information is:
Rightfully in the public
domain other than by a breach of obligations of confidentiality to
ProForce; rightfully received from a third party without any obligation
of confidentiality;
Rightfully known to you without
any limitation on use or disclosure prior to its receipt from ProForce;
or generally made available
to others by ProForce without restriction on disclosure.
Confidential Information Ownership
Title or the right to possess
Confidential Information at all times remains with ProForce.
No Obligation to Disclose
ProForce has no obligation to
disclose Confidential Information to you. ProForce may terminate these
Confidentiality Terms at any time without cause by giving notice to you;
but in the event of termination, your obligations of confidentiality towards
the Confidential Information already disclosed to you remain in effect
after such termination. ProForce may, at any time, cease giving Confidential
Information (or service) to you without any liability, and/or request
the return or destruction of all or part of Confidential Information disclosed
to you, including any copies you might have made. You will promptly comply
with such request, and if requested, confirm your compliance to ProForce.
Confidential
Disclosure Terms
We may disclose information
to third parties about your account or transactions you made in accordance
with our Privacy Policy, including:
Verifying the authenticity
of the transaction.
In order to comply with government
agency or court orders, including proper requests from law enforcement
agencies.
To conduct investigations
of fraud or violations of the Resale Partner Plan Terms of Use.
If you give us your written
permission. (View our Privacy Policy ).
Confidential Waiver
The ProForce failure to enforce
any right resulting from any breach by you of any of these Confidentiality
Terms will not affect any of ProForce Corporations rights relating to
a later breach of such terms or any other right of Intel's under the terms
of any Intel program.
III.
LEGAL RELATIONSHIP AND MORE
Upon Resale Partner Service
acceptance, ProForce Corporation shall grant you a limited license to
sell our software products, and also fulfill orders at 65% wholesale
plus-shipping fees. By registering for Resale Partner Service you appoint
ProForce Corporation as your agent to process order shipments on your
behalf in accordance with the data sent to ProForce on your merchant
net-order form. Upon partner acceptance ProForce will create the merchant
net-order form for your sole use in processing and payment. You acknowledge
that (i) ProForce Corporation is not a bank and that the ProForce Resale
Partner Service we provide is solely as a subcontractor style of distribution
and fulfillment service.
By initiating and sending payment
information for Resale Services, you appoint ProForce Corporation on
your behalf as your shipping agent to fulfill your product sales, and
you remain liable for resolving later transactions errors or disputes
by conforming to your posted store policy guidelines.
You will have no claim to Resale
Partner Services unless and until you register for Resale Partner Service
and indicate your acceptance of the Resale Partner Service Plan terms.
Assignment
You may not transfer any rights
or obligations you may have under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of ProForce Corporation. ProForce Corporation reserves the right
to transfer this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement
without your consent.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold
ProForce Corporation, its affiliates, officers, directors and employees
harmless from any claim, action, demand, loss, or damages (including attorneys'
fees) made or incurred by any third party arising out of or relating to
your use of the Resale Partner Service or software products, nor shall
either party have the right to create any obligation binding on the other
save as expressly authorized in this Agreement.
Security Interests and Right
to Setoff
To secure your performance of
this Resale Partner Agreement, ProForce Corporation may at any time require
a lien on and security interest utilizing a credit card account. In addition,
you acknowledge that ProForce Corporation may also request security interest
to setoff funds against any accounts or obligation owed to ProForce Corporation
at any time and for any reason allowed by law. These obligations include
both secured and unsecured debts you owe ProForce individually or together
with someone else. ProForce Corporation may consider this Agreement as
your consent to ProForce Corporation's asserting its security interest
or exercising its right of setoff should any law require your consent.
The rights described in this section are in addition to and apart from
any other rights.
Choice of Law
This Agreement is governed by
and interpreted under the laws of the state of Minnesota, US as such laws
are applied to agreements entered into and executed within Minnesota by
Minnesota business owners or residents. The parties hereto irrevocably
consent to the Minnesota courts having sole jurisdiction in respect of
any dispute arising between the parties concerning the interpretation
or application of its terms.
Proprietary Rights
Upon termination of this agreement,
and regardless of controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the
Resale Partner Agreement or any provision of Resale Partner Service, you
agree to return and/or sign a letter of destruction for any-and-all materials
including: images, print literature, software, web-pages, marketing materials,
and /or other materials originating from the ProForce Corporation affiliation.
Sales Tax
Resale Partners shall bear or
recover from the customer, any applicable sales tax arising from the sale
of products to customer.
INTERNATIONAL
RESALE
If you are an International
Resale Partner, you may only begin to accept product sales after you
have registered a credit card with ProForce Corporation and we new Resale
Partner startup fees have been processed. If and when you have registered
a credit card, the following rules apply to the withdrawal of any wholesale
expenses you receive through the Resale Partner Service.
All International Resale Partners
who have a US bank account and register an associated credit card with
ProForce Corporation may gain Resale Partner approval directly after
the credit card submitted to ProForce Corporation is verified to be
issued from a US bank.
International Resale Partners
outside of those countries who do not have a US bank account will not
be able to join the ProForce Corporation Resale Partner system without
maintaining a monetary balance for security, and should therefore should
attempt to acquire affiliation with a US Bank before applying for Resale
Partner Service.
International Resale Requirement
If you are an International Resale
Partner, you will not be able to begin processing through the Resale Partner
Service unless and until you have become International-Verified by confirming
an e-mail address, valid credit card information, paid the $128 startup
fee, and deposited $500 US funds with ProForce as a security deposit.
Export Controls
None of the Software or underlying
information or technology may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported
(i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia,
North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which the US has embargoed
goods; or (ii) to anyone on the US Treasury Departments list of Specially
Designated Nationals or the US Commerce Departments Table of Denial
Orders.
Update Notification
ProForce Corporation shall
notify the Resale Partners of all material amendments made to the specification
for the marketing products and materials, by providing Resale Partner
notifications of updates, revisions or new releases (except a new release
which is a newer product) and within a reasonable time period after
they become available. ProForce shall provide the Resale Partner without
charge: Resale Partner telephone assistance as is reasonably necessary
to enable the Resale Partner to effectively fulfill orders. ProForce
shall keep the Resale Partner informed of any material changes planned
for the Programs and of the likely release date of any new versions
of the Programs. ProForce will provide End-users with support in accordance
with the ProForce Standard End-user License.
Miscellaneous Disclaimers
ProForce Corporation shall not
be responsible for payments or charge debits resulting from Resale Partner
customers due to the input of incorrect information by Resale Partners
customer or Resale Partner
Verification of Resale Partners
is only an indication of increased likelihood that a Resale Partners
identity is correct. ProForce Corporation shall not be responsible for
any fraud, deception or misrepresentations by Resale Partners, whether
or not the Resale Partner is Verified. However, ProForce Corporation's
Resale Partner Complaint Program, described below, will seek to assist
Resale Partners who are victims of fraud if they report it promptly.
ProForce Corporation shall not
be obligated to refund a Resale Partner for any order transaction for
which ProForce Corporation has rightfully fulfilled.
ProForce Corporation will not
have any liability in connection with any un-received order, unauthorized
interception or use of data relating to you or the ProForce Corporation
Resale Partner Service; as-well-ass any inability by you to use or access
the Resale Partner Service, Web-site, or ProForce Corporation contact
or affiliate, for any reason; any actions, any non-action, or transaction,
by cause over which ProForce Corporation does not have direct control,
including problems attributable to computer hardware or software (including
computer viruses), telephone, fax, e-mail, or other communications,
or Internet service providers.
In no event shall ProForce
Corporation be liable (A) for damages caused other than by intentional
misconduct or (B) for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential
or punitive damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages
for lost profits, disclosure, software specific end-use, Resale Partners
specific return policy, dissemination of confidential information, or
loss of privacy), arising out of or in any way related to your use of
or inability to use the Resale Partner Service or the ProForce Corporation
Web-site, even if ProForce Corporation has been advised of the possibility
of such damages. In no event shall ProForce Corporation be liable for
any act or omission of any third party or any circumstances beyond our
control (such as, for example, a fire, flood, or other natural disaster,
war, riot, strike, act of civil or military authority, equipment failure,
computer virus, or failure or interruption of electrical, telecommunications
or other utility services).
Resale Partner Service shall
not take effect to transfer ownership of any part of the programs or
the Associated Materials or any translation thereof to the Resale Partner
nor to limit in any manner ProForce Corporation's right to adapt, modify,
translate, sell, license or otherwise exploit in any manner the programs
and the Associated Materials
ProForce Corporation reserves
the right to require Resale Partners who receive undesirable complaints
through ProForce Corporation, or operate with high reversal rates or
otherwise present a relatively high risk of losses to choose between
closure of their ProForce Corporation Resale Partner Service account
or entering into an additional agreement addressing such risks, which
may include higher fees.
Security Features
ProForce Corporation strongly
suggests that you use a Web-site host, who provides order form and e-mail
encryption. For more information on security, talk to your host provider.
However, regardless of whether you use a web host with security features,
ProForce Corporation is unable to guarantee that Resale Partner Service
data transmitted is secure and/or will not be intercepted by third parties.
VI.
SHIPPING AND ORDER PROCESSING
ProForce offers regular US Postal
and FED/EX drop-ship services only, and requires daily and separate
transaction and shipping instructions from Resale Partners. While we
do not require Resale Partners to charge specific fees or shipping service
provider, we do recommend using FED/EX, for the benefits and reduced
risks it provides. Resale Partners agree to supply ProForce with an
active FED/EX account number for shipping fees, and be responsible for
all costs associated with drop-shipment and any associated fees. The
FED/EX tracking number system is designed in part to reduce the risk
of delivery problems, Resale Partner charge card reversals, and fraud.
Using FED/EX from the start will reduce everyone's risk and allow ProForce
to provide the first class Resale Partner Service you desire.
Ship Fees
and Options
Option #1. FED/EX
Option #2. US Postal
3-day Express Saver $22
2-day Economy: : $27
Standard Overnight: $33
Priority Overnight: $45
First Overnight/Saturday:
$53
Outside USA including Canada
$59 Resale Partner Service Fee)
US Postal. ($9.30 Service
Fee)
If you requested the transaction
to be fulfilled with FED/EX service, and you have a Buyer complaining
they have not received the promised goods, Resale Partners are required
to contact the Buyer to confirm a second shipment will be sent (without
fee) and re-verify all shipping information, and e-mail a second shipment
request with re-verified shipping information to ProForce Corporation
as soon as possible. ProForce Corporation will investigate your claim
and if FED/EX does not present appropriate proof of shipment, ProForce
Corporation will immediately fulfill the order a second time, free
of charge, except where the Resale Partner has sent incorrect ship
information to ProForce, in which case the Resale Partners account
will be charged the second shipping costs.
Shipping complaints must
be filed no later than 7 days from the date of transaction, or Resale
Partner assumes the associated second shipping costs. ProForce Corporation
will seek to resolve the complaint within 1 day of the date the
complaint is filed, though such time frame may be extended, if appropriate,
to accommodate the complaint investigation.
Whenever Resale Partners
select US postal service, and subsequent purchasers claim not receiving
their goods, all additional or second delivery costs are the sole
responsibility of the Resale Partner. ProForce requires Resale Partners
to contact the Buyer to confirm and verify all shipping information
before any second shipment request. The Resale plan offers normal
US postal delivery service only.
The above information and
policy includes but is not limited to: delivery disputes about the
quality or damage of delivered goods, goods that have been lost in
the mail, unverified addresses, or a Resale Partners failure to deliver
timely and/or accurate information.
ProForce, US POSTAL, and
FED/EX business days are Monday through Friday. Saturday, Sunday,
and Holidays are not considered business days.
Confirmed Ship Address
ProForce Corporation prompts
Resellers to provide a Confirmed Address when making requests for fulfillment
and drop-shipment service. Confirmed is either an address at which a Buyer
receives his or her credit card statements, or an address which is confirmed
through an third-party Alternate Address Confirmation process, which includes
the verification of other official documents. Shipping to this address
minimizes the risk of not being paid associated with a fraudulent buyer.
If a buyer does not provide a Confirmed Address, the Resale Partner may
accept or refuse the order payment, as well as ask that the buyer provide
a Confirmed Address or accept the reversal risk in shipping the item outside
of the ProForce Resale Partner Protection Policy.
Shipment Disclaimer
ProForce Corporation shall make
reasonable efforts to ensure that fulfillment's are in a timely manner.
Numbers of factors, however, several of which are outside of our control
may influence. ProForce Corporation shall not be liable for any actual
or consequential damages arising from claims of error or delay in fulfilling
orders due to any number of reasons, including but not limited to the
following:
You have not provided the
correct delivery information.
Shipping Service mistakes.
Circumstances outside of
ProForce Corporation's control (including but not limited to fire,
flood, delays in the banking system or any interruption or interference
from an outside force).
Errors or Disputes
In case of service fulfillment
problems and errors, or questions about your Resale Partner account,
you should notify ProForce Corporation by calling 1-800-651-5520, or
"read receipt requested" e-mail.
You must:
Tell us your Resale Partner
name and primary e-mail address;
Describe the error or the
transaction you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can
why you believe it is an error or why you need more information; and,
Tell us the dollar amount
of the suspected error.
What We'll Ask You:
If you initially provide this information to us via the telephone, we
may require that you send your complaint or question in writing within
10 business days. Please mail it to 16734 East La Montana Drive #103
Fountain Hills Arizona 85268 , ATTN.: ProForce Corporation Operations Department.
We will advise you of the results
of our investigation within 10 business days after we hear from you
(20 business days for Resale Partners outside the United States) and
if we have made an error, we will correct it promptly. If we need more
time, however, we may take up to 45 days to investigate your complaint
or question (90 days for transactions outside the United States). If
we ask you to put your question or complaint in writing and we do not
receive it within 10 business days, we will consider the issue closed.
At the end of our investigation,
we will advise you of the results within three (3) business days. If
we determine that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation
and we may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation.
Shipment Liability
If we do not complete a drop-shipment
transaction on time or in the correct manner, according to our agreement
with you, we will not be liable for your losses or damages caused by this
failure. Further, we will not be liable if:
Through no fault of ours, you do not have enough available funds in your
ProForce Corporation credit card Account to pay past or future transactions.
The fulfillment order was not sent with "Read Request" properties..
Any incomplete or misinformation regarding fulfillment order. Circumstances
beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the fulfillment, despite
reasonable precautions that we have taken.
Taxes
Each Resale Partner Service applicant
is required to provide ProForce their Federal Taxpayer Identification
Number (TIN), and Resale Tax Exempt Certificate (Form ) at time of the
Application Form Submission or Sending (access at bottom) . It is the
Resale Partner's responsibility to determine what, if any, taxes apply
to the purchaser's within your state, and any income you make or receive
or collect, or report and remit the correct and appropriate tax authority.
ProForce Corporation is not obligated to determine whether taxes apply,
and is not responsible to collect, report, or remit any taxes arising
from any transaction.
Terms of Use
By accepting the terms as outlined
in this Agreement and using the ProForce Resale Partner Service, you attest
that you hold all the necessary licenses to engage in the advertising
and sale of the licensed goods and services offered for purchase through
you or your business, and that you will not perform unlawful or illicit
marketing or services, and not use the Resale Partner Service, the ProForce
Web-site's, Software, or any of the Resale Partner Services offered therein
for any unlawful, fraudulent or competitive or similar activity and service.
Should ProForce acquire reliable reason to believe you may be engaging
in or have engaged in fraudulent, unlawful, or improper activity, including
without limitation, Resale Partner Service terms or condition violation,
your Resale Partner Service may be suspended or terminated permanently.
You agree to cooperate fully with ProForce Corporation to investigate
any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity, and return or
destroy any ProForce supplied materials, be it intellectual or other,
immediately upon request.
Resale Transaction Records
Resale Partner must keep accurate
purchase transactions records and upon ProForce request provide this information
in written or electronic format.
The Resale Partner is NOT to redistribute this information to any third
party for any purposes whatsoever.
Resale Order Processing Payment
ProForce Corporation's current
Resale Partner Service Fees are:
Resellers are responsible
for paying 65% wholesale sale and processing fees by credit card using
the Merchant Online Net-Order form
Resale Charge Reversal
The ProForce Protection Policy
does not replace or reduce any other consumer rights Resale Partners
may have, including reversal rights that may be granted by a credit
card issuer. ProForce Corporation is the distributor/manufacturer of
record with respect to all Resale Partner credit card transactions using
the ProForce Corporation Resale Partner Service to fulfill delivery
of purchase goods. As such, you acknowledge that ProForce Corporation
does not control the outcome of any reversal decision initiated through
a Buyer's credit card issuer.
ProForce Corporation encourages
all Buyer disputes are required to be recorded and resolution attempt
initiated by Resale Partners, through direct communication between Resale
Partner and Buyer's. ProForce reserves the right to terminate or restrict
account privileges of Resale Partners who file reversal or other complaints
without attempting to resolve the complaints through direct communication
means. If a reversal claim is initiated, whether as a result of a dispute
or for any other reason, the parties agree to provide to any requesting
party on a timely basis any and all necessary documentation to resolve
any reversal or dispute. ProForce Corporation DOES NOT act as the agent
of either party in any transaction or resulting dispute.
If you receive funds through
a Buyer's credit card, in the event the credit card transaction is charged
back and you do not qualify for the Resale Partner Protection Policy,
you agree to hold ProForce Corporation harmless for the fulfilled service
fee amount and to reimburse ProForce Corporation from either your ProForce
Corporation credit card account or by other means.
When a Resale Partner transaction
is reversed because of a credit card dispute, and you do not qualify
for the Resale Partner Protection Policy for that transaction, you will
still owe ProForce Corporation for fulfillment costs, and any fees imposed
on ProForce resulting from the reversal.
VII.
PERMISSIONS, GRANTS, LICENSE ETC.
Grant of License:
Subject to the terms of this Resale Partner Service agreement, ProForce
grants Resale Partner a limited, revocable, nontransferable, nonexclusive
license to market and sell the ProForce software archive ("Software").
The Publisher retains title and ownership of the Software, and Resale
Partner shall not reproduce, store, modify, publish, transmit, distribute,
perform, display, market, modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile,
disassemble, rent, lease, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer
or participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works based
on, remove or deface any legends, restrictions, product identification,
copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from, or in any way
exploit, any Software or web site, Content, Products, or Services in whole
or in part, except as expressly permitted under the Resale Partner Service
agreement however, Resale Partners may make copies of the ProForce print
materials, web page Information, server images, limited to the sole use
of providing a consumer storefront web-site that markets ProForce software
products
Ownership
ProForce Corporation warrants
that it owns and possesses all rights and interests in the Software necessary
to enter into this Resale Partner Service Agreement, and shall indemnify,
defend and hold Resale Partner, its agents and employees, harmless from
any loss, damage or liability for infringement of any US patent right
or copyright or other property right with respect to the use of the Software
delivered thereunder; provided, that Resale Partner permits ProForce to
defend, compromise, or settle said claim or infringement and the Resale
Partner provides all available information, assistance and authority to
enable ProForce to do so.
Software Modification, Warranty,
and Support
Unless prior written consent
of ProForce top-level management is obtained, Reseller's may not modify,
duplicate, store, or change the Software in any manner.
Reseller's responsibility for
customer user-support ends upon successful delivery and retention of
the software by the customer. Resale Partners will not be responsible
for providing technical support to Software Buyer's, and shall refer
all such inquiries to the ProForce Corporation NON-800 telephone numbers.
Resale Partners shall not make
any warranties with respect to specific use or performance, or license
transfer of the Software. Reseller's shall take reasonable measures
to ensure that no warranty misrepresentations are made, other than the
Reseller's specific policy, terms, and warranties.
Trademarks and Copyrights
Resale Partner hereby acknowledges
that the Trademarks are the sole property of the ProForce and that this
Resale Partner Service Agreement confers on the Resale Partner no right
whatsoever to use the Trademarks save as expressly granted herein. Resale
Partner may not alter copyright (c) 1999 intellectual material of ProForce
Corporation. None of the software materials may be copied, reproduced,
modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, disassembled, reverse
engineer or otherwise attempt to recreate the source code or identify
the structure, algorithms or concepts underlying the Programs, or be
distributed in any form or by any means other than as described by ProForce
Resale Partner Service Agreement, or with ProForce Corporation Executive
officers prior written permission. All rights not expressly granted
herein are reserved.
In addition to the terms set
out in Section V Part 5 of this Resale Partner Agreement, when you display
a logo, name, title, trademark, or copyright in advertising, auction,
or storefront you also must display adequate copyright and trademark
disclosure for Adobe, ProForce, Microsoft, and others. Further, when
displaying the Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express logos,
you must accept payments options via credit card.
ProForcerealestate.com, proforcerealestate.com,
Digitizedsoftware.com, Realtorcontracts.com, ProForce Software Corporation,
ProForce Corporation, Digital Contracts, Digital Office, Adobe, PDF,
Reader, Microsoft, Word, and all related intellectual material, software
creations, logos, products and services described in this Web-site are
either copyrights, trademarks or registered trademarks of ProForce,
Adobe, or Microsoft Corporation, or licensors, and (aside from the circumstances
described in "Use of Logos" below) may not be copied, imitated,
used, or retained after Resale Partner Service termination, in whole
or in part, without the prior written permission of ProForce Corporation.
In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts
are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of ProForce Corporation
and may not be copied, imitated, used, or retained in whole or in part,
without the prior written permission of ProForce Corporation.
Notwithstanding the above, HTML
logos, software, images, and materials are provided by ProForce Corporation
through its Resale Partner Service, CO-Branded Programs, Web Support,
Resale Partner Tools and Downloads, and supplied trade dress materials
or features, may be used without prior written consent for the sole
purpose of marketing ProForce Reveler's Service or Software. These materials
may not be altered, modified, or changed in any way, or used in a manner
that is disparaging to ProForce Corporation or the Service. These materials,
logos, and images may not be displayed in any manner that implies sponsorship
or endorsement with any other Resale Partner Program than ProForce Corporation.
ProForce Corporation is a software distributor alliance, and no partnership,
joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship
is intended or created by this Agreement.
Liability and Indemnification
ProForce shall not be liable
for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages,
whether based on contract, tort or any other legal theory, arising from
Software use or performance. Not withstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, ProForce liabilities under this Agreement, whether under
contract law, tort law, warranty or otherwise, shall be limited to direct
damages not to exceed the product or service fee amount actually received
by Resale Partners from the ProForce Service. No action, regardless
of form, arising out of any transaction under this Agreement may be
brought by either party more than one year after the injured party has
actual knowledge of the occurrence which gives rise to the cause of
such action.
Under no circumstances shall
ProForce Corporation be liable to Resale Partners or any other person
for any indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising
out of or relating to your use of the Resale Partner Service, nor shall
ProForce Corporation be liable for any unauthorized access to your ProForceResale
Partner Service Account features or tools. By submitting for service,
you are accepting this Resale Partner Agreement terms and related contracts.
You affirmatively agree to hold
ProForce Corporation harmless from any losses or other damages whatsoever,
incurred as an indirect or direct consequence of Resale Partner Plan
Products or Services and agree to indemnify ProForce for any harm arising
directly or indirectly from you.
VIII.
INTERNET STOREFRONTS
The terms below specifically
apply to Resale Partner Internet Commerce sites, which enables Resale's
to display information and services.
Accuracy of Web-site Information.
All information you provide
at all times, must be truthful and conform to the current proforcerealestate.com
site, including any product title, description, category, and all
other related information.
If any change occurs in your
ProForce Corporation Site , you must promptly update the information
to your Web-site.
Failure to comply will result
in removal from the ProForce Corporation Resale Partner Service Program,
and may result in legal action by ProForce Corporation.
Provision of deceptive Resale
Partner practices resolution is hereby granted by submittal for Resale
Partner Service, which grants ProForce Corporation the right to access
your site server including passwords and user information upon demand,
in order to confirm the accuracy deletion of ProForce Corporation
files upon termination of ProForce Resale Partner Service.
Internet Storefront Policies
Resale Partner are required
to display its "Purchase Terms and Returns Policy" information,
with consumer access from any Web-site or storefront, and to implementation
of an "I Accept Purchase Terms" check-box on any order forms.
Further, Resellers must include
and clearly display their business name, address, telephone number,
fax number and e-mail address contact information.
Resale Partners must update
this information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete.
Storefronts and marketing materials
must clearly disclose Resale Partners refund policies.
Terms of sale policy shall be
the Resale Partners decision and responsibility.
ProForce Corporation is not
responsible for altered Resale Partner terms, policies, errors, or misrepresentations.
ProForce Corporation specifically
disclaims all warranties with respect to Web-site specific information,
including but not limited to the warranty of merchantability specific
use, and accuracy of information or content, and does not guarantee
any level of security in shopping at third-party Resale Partner Websites
offering ProForce Corporation products, nor does ProForce Corporation
guarantee the quality of goods or services offered on these Resale Partner
websites.
Internet Storefront Eligibility
Resellers who meet the following
conditions are eligible to post a Web-site storefront on the Internet
to display the ProForce products:
The Resale Partner has a
direct 24-hour Internet storefront address, using no 3rd-party address.
The Resale Partner maintains
a system for processing credit card purchase transactions.
The Resale Partner has opened
a ProForce Corporation credit card account.
The Resale Partner site is
professional in appearance.
Posted and accessible contact
information including terms of sale and return policies, with order
forms containing an "I agree to Terms" check-box.
The Resale Partner does not
use "framing," where a 3rd party site displays a portion
of the Resale Partners
If at any time the Resale Partner
utilizes an e-commerce site no longer meets one or more of the requirements
listed above that Resale Partner will correct inadequacy within 72-hours,
or cease to provide Internet access to site, until corrections have
been completed to the satisfaction of ProForce Corporation.
License to Use Information.
You remain the owner of the Web-site used to market ProForce Corporation
products, but by submitting for ProForce Resale Partner Service, you
are specifically granting ProForce Corporation permission to govern
the information displayed with your Web-site. In return ProForce Corporation
grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, limited license to
market, advertise, and sell through your Web-site, the entire ProForce
Corporation retail product line and process sale transactions, subject
to compliance with ProForce Corporation's Resale Partner Service Policy.
This license will end upon termination of Resale Partner Service, whether
such termination is caused by you or by ProForce Corporation.
Internet Storefront with Adult
Rated Goods/Services
You may not advertise or Resale
ProForce products from a Web storefront that promotes or facilitates adult,
sexual, or illegal material or services, or any other related distasteful,
including but not limited to the sale of goods or services that infringe
on the intellectual property of a third party. Any such Web-site constitutes
ground for immediate termination of your participation in ProForce Corporation
Resale Partner Service and immediate closure of your account.
No Endorsement
ProForce Corporation's approval
of your e-commerce Web-site is not an endorsement of any other goods or
services offered on the Web-site, and any attempt to state or imply ProForce
Corporation's endorsement of other goods or services constitutes grounds
for immediate termination of your participation in ProForce Corporation
Resale Partner Service.
Internet Storefront Trademarks,
Brand Names and Logos
ProForce Resale Partners are
hereby warned never to use "framing," where a 3rd party site
displays a portion of the Reseller's or ProForce Web-site inside a Web-page
whose URL is not the Reseller's, and this is strictly prohibited.
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You further agree that this
Resale Partner Agreement forms a legally binding contract between you
and ProForce Corporation, and your application will constitutes "a signed
by You" Agreement under any applicable law or regulation. Any rights
not expressly granted herein are reserved by ProForce Corporation. This
Agreement is subject to change by ProForce Corporation without prior
notice (unless prior notice is required by law), by posting of the revised
Agreement on the ProForce Corporation Web-site, or by e-mail notification
of all policy updates. This Agreement was last modified on November.
15, 2002.