As an authorized affiliate of Octopus CRM, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement (Agreement). Please read the entire Agreement carefully before registering and promoting Octopus CRM as an Affiliate.
Your participation in the Program is solely to legally advertise our website to receive a commission on memberships and products purchased by individuals referred to Octopus CRM by your own website or personal referrals.
By signing up for the Octopus CRM Affiliate Program, you indicate your acceptance of this Agreement and its terms and conditions.
Definitions
“Marketing Affiliate Program” means our marketing affiliate program as described in this Agreement.
“Affiliate Lead” means a customer prospect who clicks on the Affiliate Link that we have made available to you via the Affiliate Tool.
“Affiliate Link” means the unique tracking link you place on your site or promote through other channels.
“Affiliate Policies” means the policies applicable to affiliates which we may make available to you from time to time.
“Affiliate Tool” means the tool that we make available to you upon your acceptance into the Affiliate Program and for you to use in order to participate in the Affiliate Program.
“Agreement” means this Marketing Affiliate Program Agreement and all materials referred or linked to here. “
“Commission” means an amount described in the Affiliate Tool (or if applicable, in the Program Policies) for each Customer Transaction.
“Customer” means the authorized actual user of Octopus CRM who has purchased or signed up for the Octopus CRM products after being an Affiliate Lead.
“Other Products” means all additional products and services Octopus CRM offer except its main plans (Basic, Pro, Advanced) and custom orders, and include email finder plans, LinkedIn profile makeover service, and more.
1. Affiliate Acceptance
We reserve the right to approve or reject ANY Affiliate Program Application in our sole and absolute discretion. You will have no legal recourse against us for the rejection of your Affiliate Program Application.
2 Commission Eligibility
To be eligible for Commission, each of the following conditions must be met:
- an Affiliate Lead must be accepted and valid in accordance with the ‘Commission Acceptance and Validity’ section
- a Customer Transaction must have occurred
- a Customer must remain a customer during the locking period in the Affiliate Tool
You are not eligible to receive Commission or any other compensation from us based on transactions for Other Products (including email finder plans and LinkedIn profile makeover services) or if:
- such compensation is disallowed or limited by federal, state or local law or regulation in the United States or the laws or regulations of your jurisdiction;
- the applicable Customer objects to or prohibits such compensation or excludes such compensation from its payments to us or Octopus CRM Affiliates;
- the Customer has paid or will pay such commissions, referral fees, or other compensation directly to you
- the Commission payment has been obtained by fraudulent means, misuse of the Affiliate Link, in violation of any Affiliate Program Policies that we make available to you, misuse of the Affiliate Tool or by any other means that we deem to breach the spirit of the Marketing Affiliate Program
Self-referrals, specifically the referrals of your personal LinkedIn accounts, LinkedIn accounts of your team members, and accounts managed by you on behalf of your clients, are strictly prohibited. Any misuse or violation of affiliate terms will get your account terminated.
In competitive situations with other affiliates, we may elect to provide the Commission to the affiliate that we deem to be the most eligible for Commission, at our discretion. We may discontinue Commission payments should any of the eligibility criteria set forth in this subsection fail to be met at any time.
3 Commission Acceptance and Validity
You will only be eligible for a Commission payment for any Customer Transactions that are derived from Affiliate Leads generated by the Affiliate Link that we make available to you and are accepted by Octopus CRM.
An Affiliate Lead will be considered valid and accepted if each of the following conditions are followed:
- it is a new potential customer of ours;
- 90-day cookie duration condition is met
We provide a 90-day cookie duration to make sure you get credit for all customers you referred to Octopus CRM. In other words, If a user referred by you visits our website, leaves it without taking any action, and then comes back to subscribe within 90 days, you still get a commission.
Also, note an affiliate lead can be tied up to a single Octopus CRM account . In other words, if a lead clicks your affiliate link and purchases a licence, the commission will be recorded. However, if this affiliate lead after subscribing their personal account, purchases subscriptions for their team members as well, the commission for these licences won’t be recorded.
4 Payments
Payments are submitted in USD once a month (always on the 15th) to your PayPal or bank account. Please note that the minimum payout value is 100 USD.
Payments will only be sent for transactions that have been successfully completed. Transactions that result in chargebacks or refunds will not be paid out.
5 Termination
Your affiliate application and status in the Program may be suspended or terminated for any of the following reasons:
- Inappropriate advertisements (false claims, misleading hyperlinks, etc.).
- Aggressive spamming (mass email, mass newsgroup posting, etc.).
- Advertising on sites containing or promoting illegal activities.
- Failure to disclose the affiliate relationship for any promotion that qualifies as an endorsement under existing Federal Trade Commission guidelines and regulations, or any applicable state laws.
- Violation of intellectual property rights.
- Offering rebates, coupons, or other forms of promised kick-backs from your affiliate commission as an incentive.
- Self-referrals, fraudulent transactions, suspected Affiliate fraud.
In addition to the foregoing, Octopus CRM reserves the right to terminate any Affiliate account at any time, for any violations of this Agreement or for no reason.
6. Affiliate Links
You may use graphic and text links both on your website and in your email messages. You may also advertise the Octopus CRM site in online and offline classified ads, magazines, newspapers, social media, or any other channel.
You may use the graphics and text provided by us, or you may create your own as long as they are deemed appropriate according to the above-mentioned conditions.
The Affiliate is not allowed to use PPC bidding brand names (Octopus, Octopus CRM, OctopusCRM) in any PPC advertisements.
7 Term of the Agreement
The term of this Agreement begins upon your acceptance in the Program and will end when your Affiliate account is terminated.
The terms and conditions of this agreement may be modified by us at any time. If any modification to the terms and conditions of this Agreement is unacceptable to you, your only choice is to terminate your Affiliate account. Your continuing participation in the Program will constitute your acceptance of any change.