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Operating Agreement


This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to an individual's or entity's participation in the USAbox.com Associates Program (the "Program"). As used in this Agreement, "we" means USABOX INC, and "you" means the applicant. "Site" means a World Wide Web site and, depending on the context, refers either to USAbox.com's site located at the URL usabox.com, or to the site that you will link to our site (and which you will identify in your Program application).

1. Enrollment in the Program
To begin the enrollment process you must have an active account with USAbox in good standing and you will submit a complete Program application via our site. We will evaluate your application in good faith and will notify you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we determine (at our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the Program. Unsuitable sites include those that:

    If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply to the Program at any time. You should also note that if we accept your application and your site is thereafter determined (at our sole discretion) to be unsuitable for the Program, we may terminate this Agreement.

2. Links on Your Site
Once you have been notified that your site has been accepted into the Program, you may provide on your site the following link to our site:

    We will provide you with guidelines and graphical artwork to use in linking to our home page. To permit accurate tracking, reporting, and referral fee accrual, we will provide you with special "tagged" link formats to be used in all links between your site and our site. You must ensure that each of the links between your site and our site properly utilizes such special link formats. Links to our site placed on your site pursuant to this Agreement and which properly utilize such special link formats are referred to as "Special Links." You will only earn referral fees with respect to activity on our site occurring directly through Special Links: we will not be liable to you with respect to any failure by you to use Special Links, including to the extent that such failure may result in any reduction of amounts which would otherwise be paid to you pursuant to this Agreement.

3. Account Processing
We will process account subscriptions placed by customers who follow special links from your site to our site. We reserve the right to reject accounts that do not comply with any requirements that we periodically may establish. We will be responsible for all aspects of account processing and fulfillment. Among other things, we will prepare account forms; process payments, cancellations; and handle customer service. We will track accounts opened by customers who used the special links from your site to our site and will make available to you reports summarizing this sales activity. The form, content, and frequency of the reports may vary from time to time at our discretion.

4. Referral Fees
We will pay you (in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 below) referral fees on certain accounts opened by third parties. For an account to be eligible to earn a referral fee, the customer must follow a Special Link from your site to our site, open an account, accept the service agreement, and remit full payment to us.

    You may not open accounts during sessions initiated through the links on your site for your own use, for resale or commercial use of any kind. This includes accounts for customers or on behalf of customers or accounts to be used by you or your friends, relatives or associates in any manner. Such accounts may result (in our sole discretion) in the withholding of referral fees or the termination of this Agreement. Plans that are eligible to earn referral fees under the rules set forth above are referred to as "Qualifying Plans."

    In addition, you may not: (a) directly or indirectly offer any person or entity any consideration or incentive (including, without limitation, payment of money (including any rebate), or granting of any discount or other benefit) for using Special Links on your site to access our site (e.g., by implementing any "rewards" program for persons or entities who use Special Links on your site to access our site); or (b) post any Special Links on any Web site or other platform that is accessible through any Internet Access Appliance. If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have offered any person or entity any such consideration or incentive, or posted Special Links on any such Web site or platform, we may (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us) withhold any referral fees otherwise payable to you under this Agreement and/or terminate this Agreement.

5. Referral Fee Schedule

    • Revenue Share Fee. USABOX will pay to you an amount equal to five percent (5%) of USABOX's Gross Revenue generated from users coming to USABOX Site from your site; provided, however, that such payment obligation shall only remain in effect with respect to each user coming from your site for six (6) months from USABOX's acquisition of such user; provided, further, that such payment obligation shall remain in effect notwithstanding the termination of this agreement.

6. Referral Fee Payment
We will pay you referral fees on a quarterly basis. Approximately 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, we will send you a check to your USAbox address for the referral fees earned on our sales of Qualifying Accounts that were opened during that quarter, less any taxes that we are required by law to withhold. However, if the referral fees payable to you for any calendar quarter are less than $100.00, we will hold those referral fees until the total amount due is at least $100.00 or (if earlier) until this Agreement is terminated. If an account that generated a referral fee is canceled or disputed by the customer, we will deduct the corresponding referral fee from your next quarterly payment. If there is no subsequent payment, we will send you a bill for the referral fee.

7. Policies and Pricing
Customers who open accounts through this Program will be deemed to be customers of USAbox.com. Accordingly, all USAbox.com rules, policies, and operating procedures concerning customer accounts, customer service, and shipping charges will apply to those customers. We may change our policies, prices and operating procedures at any time.

8. Identifying Yourself as an Associate
We will make available to you a small graphic image that identifies your site as a Program participant. You may display this logo or the phrase "Open your USAbox now" somewhere on your site. We may modify the text or graphic image of this notice from time to time. In addition, we require you to include the Special Link on your site to the USAbox.com home page at http://www.usabox.com. You may not make any press release with respect to this Agreement or your participation in the Program without our prior written consent, which may be given or withheld in our sole discretion. Please review our Rules Regarding Associate Communications and Promotion. In addition, you may not in any manner misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us and you, or express or imply any relationship or affiliation between us and you or any other person or entity except as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including by expressing or implying that USAbox.com supports, sponsors, endorses or contributes money to any charity or other cause).

9. Limited License
We grant you a nonexclusive, revocable right to use the graphic image and text described in Section 8 and such other images for which we grant express permission, solely for the purpose of identifying your site as a Program participant and to assist in generating product sales. You may not modify the graphic image or text, or any other of our images, in any way. We reserve all of our rights in the graphic image and text, any other images, our trade names and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights. You agree to follow our Trademark Guidelines, as those guidelines may change from time to time. We may revoke your license at any time by giving you written notice.

10. Responsibility for Your Site
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you will be solely responsible for:


    We disclaim all liability for these matters. Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.

11. Term of the Agreement The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Program 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. Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your site, all links to our site, and all USAbox.com trademarks, trade dress and logos, and all other materials provided by or on behalf of us to you pursuant hereto or in connection with the Program. You are only eligible to earn referral fees on Qualifying Accounts occurring during the term, and referral fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable only if the related accounts are not canceled. We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.

12. Modification
We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available referral fees, referral fee schedules, payment procedures, and Program rules. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.

13. Relationship of Parties
You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this Section.

14. Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. 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.

15. Disclaimers
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the Program or any account opened through the Program (including, without limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability, noninfringement, or any implied warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade usage). In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.

16. Independent Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. 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.

17. Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the state of Florida, 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 Miami-Dade County, Florida, 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 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.