2. Links on Your platform
After we accept you into the Program, we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license for the duration of the term of this Agreement, exclusively to facilitate Referrals from your platform to the uShip.com Site. You may use any of the following components of the program.
Refer a Friend System:With the Refer a Friend system special links are automatically generated and included in the emails sent by our system. You are unable to generate special links for this system any other way.
Refer a Buyer System:With the Refer a Buyer system special links are automatically generated and included in the Refer a Buyer Widget that is inserted in linked eBay accounts. You are unable to generate special links for this system any other way.
Refer a Load System:With the Refer a Load system special links are automatically generated and included in the emails sent by our system. You are unable to generate special links for this system any other way.
Affiliate System:
- Text links
- Banners: You may only use banners created by uShip that are provided specifically for this program. Banners may not be modified except to change the size.
- Co-branded, or white label products that are made by uShip exclusively for this program. Only products that uShip designates may be used in this way. Products are uShip created web services, that may include, but are not limited to uShip's listing process, uShip's directory, uShip's RSS feeds, et al as new products are created
- Descriptions and links directly to uShip listings
- General Link to UShip.com Site Home Page: You may provide a general link on your platform to the home page of the UShip.com Site.
- Any Page Link: You may provide a link on your platform that will link to any particular page on the UShip.com Site, provided that you properly use the special link formats provided on the UShip.com Site as part of the Program to create such link.
If needed, we can assist you in setting up links and banners to achieve the highest rate of return. To make sure all referrals are accurately tracked, reported, and Referral fee accrual, we will assign you a referral code and advice you on how to structure the URL.
Only links between your platform and uShip that are properly formatted as specified by us are eligible to receive referral fees, hereafter called "Special Links". Only activity that occurs from users who were referred through the Special Link, and which occurs during the specified time period, is eligible for referral compensation. uShip is not liable for any failure to correctly structure the URL, including any such failure that results in a reduction in the referral fees that you would have otherwise accrued.
You acknowledge that we may monitor your platform, including, but not limited to, crawling, to ensure the quality and reliability of Special Links on your platform. Therefore, you agree that we may take such actions and that you will not seek to block or otherwise interfere with such crawling or monitoring (and that we may use technical means to overcome any methods used on your platform to block or interfere with such crawling or monitoring).
You also acknowledge that, by participating in the Referral Program and placing any of the above links within your platform, we gather web browser referral data concerning visitors coming from your platform. Your participation in the Program constitutes your specific and unconditional consent to and authorization for our access to, receipt, storage, use, and disclosure of any and all such information, consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in the Privacy Notice on the uShip.com Site.
Except for the license granted under this Section 2, you do not obtain any rights under this Agreement in any intellectual property, including, without limitation, any intellectual property with respect to the Special Links, link formats, technical specifications, guidelines or graphical artwork referenced above, or with respect to the uShip.com domain name.
You also agree that as a participant in the Program, we may send you email updates about the Program. By participating in the Program, you consent to our sending you these email updates.
Further, you acknowledge and agree that you will:
(a) not display or reference on your platform, any trademark or logo of any third party on the UShip.com Site, unless otherwise given express permission
(b) use any data, images, text, or other information obtained by you from us or the uShip.com Site in connection with this Agreement ("Content") only in a lawful manner and only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
(c) not modify or alter any Content that consists of a graphic image, other than to resize it
(d) not edit any Content that consists of text, other than to shorten its length
(e) not sell, redistribute, sublicense or transfer any Content
(f) not use any Content in a manner intended to send members to any site other than the UShip.com Site
(g) promptly delete any Content that is no longer displayed on the UShip.com Site or that we notify you is no longer available for your use