Big Idea Media Ltd reserves the right to amend and update these Terms and Conditions at any time giving notice of when changed terms via an email.
1. COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION
This agreement shall come into force upon your acceptance as an Affiliate and shall remain in effect until terminated.
The Affiliate is entitled to terminate this agreement with immediate effect at any time. The Affiliate must cease to use the service immediately upon the termination of this agreement and delete all links, for the avoidance of doubt; the Affiliate shall not be entitled to receive any commission on any referrals made after the termination date.
Big Idea Media Ltd is entitled to terminate this agreement and/or suspend the Affiliate from the Affiliate program at any time, giving reasonable notice where possible.
The Affiliate shall acquire no rights following the termination of this Agreement to use domain names or any text, or images, banners or any other works created by Big Idea Media Ltd.
2. PAYMENT
2.1 Payment On Invoice
Affiliates may request payment at any time for all validated sales made to the date at which you request payment. To do this, please send an invoice for the amount shown in your affiliate dashboard.
Invoices received by 10th of the following month, will be paid on or around the 20th of the same month.
Please ensure you include your bank details on the invoice as payments are made by BACS.
2.2 GENERAL.
Payment is only made to Affiliates that have a minimum balance of £25 (twenty-five pounds) in their account. Affiliates who do not meet the minimum balance requirements will not be eligible for payment until it has been reached.
Big Idea Media Ltd will provide the Affiliate with a detailed real time reporting system showing commission that is pending, approved or void. The Affiliate agrees to regularly check the reports to ensure that the commission shown is correct. Big Idea Media Ltd accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions and their consequential implications which are not notified to us in writing within a 4 week period. This four week period begins on the day that the sale/action which generates the commission took place.
In the event of any Affiliate fraud, all transactions in the Affiliates account will be reversed. In addition Big Idea Media Ltd may recover any payments made before fraud has been detected. We also reserve the right to take legal or criminal action against the companies and individuals involved.
In the event of suspected fraud, payment to an Affiliate's account will be stopped and the Affiliate will be asked to provide additional information as to how they have been promoting the Big Idea Media Ltd to ascertain where any rules or program terms may have been broken. Failure to comply will result in monies being withheld and the Affiliate's account being terminated.
Big Idea Media Ltd require that all Affiliates supply an invoice before payment will be made. All invoices must include full legal trading details including VAT number where appropriate.
The Affiliate is responsible for the payment of all tax and national insurance payable on any payments made to them by Big Idea Media Ltd.
3. INDEMNIFICATION.
The Affiliate shall keep Big Idea Media Ltd indemnified against any claims for damages or other claims for compensation arising from the contents of the Affiliate's website or any incorrect information given to Big Idea Media Ltd by the Affiliate.
4. LIABILITY LIMITS.
BIG IDEA MEDIA LTDS TOTAL LIABILITY TO THE AFFILIATE INCLUDING IN CONTRACT AND TORT (INCLUDING THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE) SHALL NOT EXCEED £10,000.00 (TEN THOUSAND POUNDS).
Big Idea Media Ltd shall not be liable for any error in the implementation of the links on the Affiliate's website or for the specified function of the links.
5. LEGAL CONTENT AND APPROVAL.
The Affiliate is solely responsible for their website and all its contents and shall ensure that they conform at all times to all applicable laws and regulations.
6. ARTIFICIAL TRAFFIC.
The Affiliate must not in any way generate or contribute to generating artificial traffic to Linked Websites.
The Affiliate should not use any means of artificial traffic to gain sales commission, this includes the use of software.
7. COPYRIGHT / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Big Idea Media Ltd owns all copyrights, trademarks, intellectual property rights, know-how or any other rights connected to the service or software necessary for the service. The Affiliate does not acquire any rights or licences whatsoever under this agreement other than to use links to linked websites on the terms of this Agreement.
8. AFFILIATES INFORMATION E.G. EMAIL, PERFORMANCE STATISTICS.
The Affiliate consents to the publication of the Affiliate's name and web address etc on the Big Idea Media Ltd websites and to Big Idea Media Ltd sending emails etc to the Affiliate's e-mail address and using the information given by the Affiliate for marketing purposes. The Affiliate confirms that in order to enable Big Idea Media Ltd to improve and/or to promote or market the service, Big Idea Media Ltd may produce statistics or summaries relating to the use of the service.
Big Idea Media Ltd may contact the Affiliate by email, telephone or post for feedback relating to the service including any ways in which it might be improved.
9. LEGAL AGE.
The Affiliate confirms to Big Idea Media Ltd that the Affiliate is not a private individual less than 18 years of age.
10. APPLICABLE LAW.
If any dispute arises out of this agreement the parties will attempt to settle it by a mediation procedure as the parties may agree in writing.
