OVERVIEW: Solar Direct is passionate about bringing renewable technologies to the world and we are excited to be able to reward those who Are as passionate as we are by giving back to them some of the revenues that make it all possible. If you have a customer account with Solar Direct you may sign up for our Web Affiliate program where you will receive a portion of what Your referrers purchase from our online shopping cart, The Energy Supermarket. To get credit for Purchases: * You must be a current Solar Direct Account holder and have your application approved by a member of our staff * Each order placed must be completed "Shipped" and not subject to cancelation, after a holding period of 30 days beyond the shipping commissions will be calculated. * Commissions are issued only for online purchases only; if the assistance of a salesman is required then we will not be able to extend credit on that particular order. * If your Affiliate application is approved, you will be granted access to the "Web Affiliate Control Panel" where you will be able to see instructions for promoting your own affiliate links, generate reports on activities and commissions paid as well as view helpful information about our products. * You can place affiliate banners or affiliate links on any website as long as you do not violate the terms of usage for that site. The customer must have cookies enabled to be able to track them and give you credit. When a link is clicked with your affiliate code, the customer is directed to our site and you are given credit if they create An account within 30 days from that visit. * You can get credit for word-of-mouth hosting referrals if you notify us via email of the referred customer, BEFORE the new customer signs up. Please provide the referred customer's name and email Address that they will use to sign up with our site. If you do not follow this procedure you may not get credit for word-of-mouth referrals. * You cannot refer yourself or get credit for purchases you make * Referrals must be new customers that signup after June 15th, 2009 which is when our Affiliate Program launches. Affiliate signups are not retroactive. How payment works: * You get paid 30 days after the customer's order is shipped and completed. This is a grace period for any administrative issues that may arrive. Canceled orders will be automatically removed from your Control panel reports and you will not be paid commission on canceled ordered. Any changes to the order will also be reflected in the commission amounts, you are paid based on the final value after any discounts or modifications to the order. * To reduce administrative costs and make the program more efficient for everyone, a minimum balance of $100 must be reached in affiliate commissions before we make your payment. You can choose to increase this threshold at anytime as you wish from within the Affiliate Web Control Panel. Cancellation of your participation in the Web Affiliate Program: * Canceled accounts will lose all affiliate references under that account. No new commissions will be earned and no further referrals can be made with that unique affiliate code.We reserve the right to cancel your account for ANY REASON, but in general, as long as our term of service is upheld we appreciate your partnership. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Spam Is a violation of our ethics and approach towards marketing, please report all abuse to abuse@solardirect.com * All income and other applicable taxes and/or fees are the responsibility of the Affiliate. You will receive credit for each purchase made by each customer signed up under your affiliate code. You will ALSO receive credit for any of the purchases made by customers of affiliate that joined because of you (Applied for the affiliate program from a link of yours). This allows our program to be truly multi-level and encourages you to not only promote our products and services but also get other involved in building a greener future! You are paid a percentage of sales according to the volume of sales made during each monthly period. This is calculated based on all commissions that are beyond the grace Period and have not been paid. COMMISSION STRUCTURE - REFERRAL PAYMENT EXAMPLES If you generate less than $2000 in Sales you will receive a baseline 2% commission for all Sales that month If you generate over $2500 you will then receive 3%, over $5000 4%, over $7500 5% and for our biggest earners who earn over $10000 you will receive 6% Commission on every sale! In addition to this you will also receive commission on every sale that your affiliates under you make. Tier 1 Affiliate (Directly under you) you earn 25% of all sales generated by all affiliates directly under you You will also earn 50% of the commission for each Tier 2 Affiliate (Affiliates signed up under your affiliates). This gives you many ways to earn and grow your residual income with Solar Direct. Affiliate Agreement and Additional Terms of Service 1) AGREEMENT. In this Web Affiliate Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and "your" refer to the individuals or companies that choose to participate in the Solar Direct Web Affiliate Program, "We", us" and "our" refer to Solar Direct, UBTO. 2) Term of the Agreements: The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Affiliate application and will end when terminated by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement At any time, with or without cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. You are only eligible to earn referral fees on sales occurring during the term. 3) Representations: You agree that all your advertising and promotion of our services shall be truthful in nature. Any affiliate that falsely represents the services or products offered by Solar Direct shall be immediately deactivated without receiving any commissions owed, and may be subject to criminal prosecution. 4) ANTI-SPAM: You agree that you shall not advertise our services or products through any form of SPAM, which we loosely define as unsolicited e-mailings or posting of messages to unrelated Newsgroups or Message boards or any other unwanted activities within public forums. Any method used for promotion of our services or products must not be in violation of the rules, or terms, of that promotional medium. 5) Modification: We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and on this page, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice and/or modifying this page on Our website. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures and Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM. YOU.RE CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE. If we deem that the changes to these terms are of significant nature, we will make an effort to notify you of the revised terms via the e-mail address that we have on record for You. It is our sole discretion as to what changes shall be considered "significant", and our failure to notify you of any changes to these terms SHALL NOT be viewed as a breach of this Affiliate Agreement. 6) Disclaimer of Warranty, Limitation of Liability: YOU AGREE THAT YOU.RE ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER SOLAR DIRECT NOR IT.S SUBSIDIARIES, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR CONTENT WITHIN THE SERVICE. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL SOLAR DIRECT NOR IT.S SUBSIDIARIES, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST BUSINESS, LOST DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, INACCURATELY ENTERED DATA, UNAUTHORIZED USE, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONS RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY REPRESENT A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PROGRAM WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL REFERRAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 7) Independent Investigation: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A "RESELLER" PROGRAM, AND THAT ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WILL BE SOLD DIRECTLY FROM Solar Direct TO OUR CUSTOMERS, WHICH YOU REFER TO US. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT. 8) Entire Agreement: This Affiliate Agreement completely and exclusively states the agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings except those Posted on this web page, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this Affiliate Agreement. 9) Breach: You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this Agreement may be considered by Solar Direct to be a material breach and that Solar Direct may terminate your affiliate status and withhold any commissions owed. Any such breach by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply because Solar Direct did not act earlier in response to that, or any other breach by you. 10) Right of Refusal: Solar Direct, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. Your acceptance into our Web Affiliate Program is also at our sole discretion and may be refused for any reason. 11) Miscellaneous: This Agreement will be governed by the laws of US and the State of FL, without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in the Federal or state courts located in the State of FL, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior Written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable against the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Our failure to Enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement.