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Acme Partner Program Terms 1. Commission When a customer you refer pays on acme.com through your personal link or your personal coupon code, you earn 20% of every payment for their first 12 months. Commission is calculated on the amount the customer actually pays, excluding tax. Refunded or disputed amounts are deducted. 2. Attribution A payment made within 60 days of a click on your link is credited to you. Orders that use your personal coupon code are credited to you whether or not the customer clicked, and the code takes priority over the cookie. If a customer clicked several partners' links, the last click wins. 3. Payouts Commission is held for 30 days after each payment, then becomes available. Once your available balance reaches $50, it is paid at the start of each month by PayPal or Wise. Before your first payout you must submit a tax form (W-9 for US partners, W-8BEN for everyone else). 4. Disclosure Whenever you promote Acme, you must clearly disclose the relationship, for example with #ad, #sponsored or "this post contains affiliate links". 5. Not allowed - Bidding on "Acme" or close variations in paid search ads - Buying through your own link or code for yourself or an account you control - Unsolicited bulk email, direct messages or comments - False or exaggerated claims about features, pricing or results Commission earned in breach of these rules is not paid, and Acme may end the partnership. 6. Changes and ending Acme may update these terms; commission earned before a change is paid under the terms in effect when it was earned. Either side may end the partnership at any time, and commission that has already become available is still paid.
No. They cover what partners need to know (commission, attribution, payouts, disclosure and prohibited methods) in plain language. Have your lawyer review them before relying on them, especially for tax and liability.
The commission and how long it runs, the cookie window, how refunds are handled, the hold period, the minimum payout and payment methods, the disclosure requirement, and the methods you do not allow, such as bidding on your brand.
In the US the FTC requires creators to disclose paid relationships, and most platforms require it too. Putting it in your terms protects you and makes it a rule rather than a surprise.