Affiliate Terms 1-22-2022


This Partnership Agreement between third parties (“you”) and Mrs. Gus’s RI (“us”, “we”, or “Mrs. Gus’s RI”) (the “Agreement”) sets out the terms for listing your Product(s) on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site.

1. Revenue Sharing.
 
  • We will pay you 5-10% ( depending on the product) of the Product Net Revenue that we collect for each Product initially purchased (“Product Revenue Share”).
  • Payments will be sent via Paypal or Venmo
  • “Product Net Revenue” means (i) all revenues received by us in connection with a customer’s subscription for the Product, (ii) less any amounts for discounts, refunds, reversals, Affiliate Costs, payment processing fees, and Taxes.
  • We will pay you the Product Revenue Share on a monthly basis within 30 days of the end of each calendar month for which we receive the Product Net Revenue, subject to a minimum payout threshold amount of US>=$100.
  • To the extent a refund or reversal occurs after a payment has been made to you, we will deduct those amounts from your future Product sales or, if necessary, claw back amounts from previous payments made to you.
  • You are responsible for paying any taxes due on your income.
2. Marketplace Guidelines.
 

For all Products you list in on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site, you agree to:

  • develop and provide ongoing maintenance, updates, and complete support for the Products;
  • maintain your Product Page (defined in Section 4 below) and Partner Page and provide accurate and complete information (including a description of the Products and contact information for customers to contact you for support);
  • not use the word “official” when describing the Product (defined in Section 4 below);
  • not display any link that leads to a third party site on either your Product Page or your Partner Page on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site;
  • not subvert or override Mrs. Gus’s RI marketplace connections in core — for example, Products cannot create branded top level menu items or introduce their own telemetry;
  • only promote products on the marketplace in your Product;
  • use core features, as much as possible;
  • use Mrs. Gus’s RI support systems;
  • keep your contact information current;
  • follow our Service Requirements (as described below);
  • set pricing of the Product to be equal to or lower than the lowest priced offering of the Product outside of Mrs. Gus’s RI Sites, taking into consideration our pricing recommendations and subject to certain minimum pricing we provide; and
  • provide us with written documentation on how the Product(s) work.

Our Service Requirements are as follows:

  • You will provide clear and conspicuous notice to potential and existing customers of your Products of any terms and conditions set by you, or by any service with which your Product integrates, that are required to use the Products (“Service Terms”). These will include any terms applicable to auto-renewing payments for subscription services.
  • You will comply with Mrs. Gus’s RI’s Policies and Procedures and ensure that the Service Terms do not violate these Policies and Procedures.
  • You will develop, operate, support and distribute the Products in accordance with the Service Terms.
  • You will ensure the Products comply with all applicable laws.
  • You will make commercially reasonable efforts to utilize secure software design and testing procedures in connection with the Products. You will implement administrative, technical and physical safeguards (“Safeguards”) to protect end user data processed via the Product against unauthorized access, use and disclosure. You will ensure the Safeguards meet industry standards and best practices, and will regularly review the adequacy of the Safeguards to address evolving threats and vulnerabilities. We reserve the right to review the source code of the Products to confirm the Products comply with applicable Mrs. Gus’s RI Policies and Procedures, and does not contain malware, viruses, security vulnerabilities, or other harmful code.
  • You will provide all notices, and obtain all consents, required under applicable law in connection with your collection, use and sharing of any personally identifiable information collected by you via the Product. You will only collect, use and disclose end user data in accordance with all applicable laws and your privacy policies. You will ensure the Product and complies with all applicable laws, all applicable payment card and payment association rules (including requirements of the PCI-DSS and NACHA, where applicable), and all other third-party rules applicable to payment methods accepted via the Product.

Please remember that failure to follow our Service Requirements or provide adequate support may result in low support ratings, less prominent product exposure, low sales, billing disputes, and removal of Products from the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site. We reserve the right to withhold revenue at any time if you do not comply with the terms of this Agreement and do not reply to our attempts to resolve an issue.

 
3. Removal of Products.
 
  • While we do not take on an obligation to monitor the Products or their content, we reserve the right to suspend or remove a Product, or to remove any developer’s account from the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site, at any time in our discretion. We will give you 30 days’ notice before we remove a Product, but we may suspend a Product immediately for the reasons listed in A-E below. Once suspended, a Product will not be available for purchase or renewal until/unless the issue is resolved.
  • Suspending a Product temporarily or removing a Product from future distribution does not affect the rights of active customers with an existing, active subscription.
  • Your requests to remove a Product will require our consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but will take into account the best course of action to ensure continuity of service to our customers.
  • In the event that we remove a Product for any of the following reasons, as determined in our sole discretion, you will be required to continue to provide support to active customers until the subscription term for that Product is due for renewal or refund purchases of customers who purchased the Product within the past year, as we reasonably determine:
    1. the Product or any portion thereof infringes or misappropriates any third party’s intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party and you are not able to develop a work around or obtain a license so that the Product is non-infringing within a period of 14 days;
    2. the Product or any portion thereof violates any applicable law or is subject to an injunction;
    3. the Product or any portion thereof violates Mrs. Gus’s RI’s Policies and Procedures;
    4. the Product or any portion thereof poses a risk of damaging Mrs. Gus’s RI’s or any third party’s software or systems, or is deemed by us to have a virus or be malware or spyware;
    5. the Product or any portion thereof violates the terms of this Agreement;
    6. the Product receives legitimate low Product ratings or support ratings or is not being adequately supported by you;
    7. the Product becomes redundant due to a feature being rolled into Mrs. Gus’s RI’s core platform; or
    8. in response to your request to terminate this Agreement or remove the Product.
4. Our obligations.
 

For the Products you list on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site, we will:

  • conduct marketing and promotional activities using commercially reasonable efforts;
  • implement a system to provide product and support rankings (based on customer reviews and ratings) with rules to promote fairness and accuracy;
  • host your product page and documentation on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site (“Product Page”) and determine the functionality and design; and
  • host your partner page and documentation on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site (“Partner Page”) and determine the functionality and design.
5. Intellectual Property and Ownership.
 
  • Each Party owns its own trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, designs and other distinctive brand features (“Brand Features”) and any intellectual property not explicitly transferred or licensed to the other Party under this Agreement.
  • Each Party grants the other Party a non-exclusive, nontransferable license to use its Brand Features solely with respect to any promotional activities that directly relate to the promotion and sale of the Products. You agree to follow the Mrs. Gus’s RI brand guidelines when using our Brand Features.
  • You agree that all Products and updates you list on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site shall be licensed under GPLv2 and shall be freely usable and shareable by any person on the terms of such license. You will retain the right to be referenced should any person use or modify the code or commercially exploit the Products and updates.
  • In the event this Agreement is terminated or a Product is removed from the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site, (i) both Parties will continue to have rights to the then-existing documentation for the Product(s), (ii) we will retain rights to the name of the Product, and (iii) you must remove any derivative or variation of “Woo” from the name of the Product(s), unless you obtain our consent.
  • We own all customer information gathered as a result of each sale of a Product, and any resources generated by Mrs. Gus’s RI in order to facilitate sales or support of the Product(s).
6. Selling a Product.
 

If you want to sell a Product to a third party, you must send us notice (including all relevant terms of the offer: price, proposed buyer, timing, etc.) and get our consent first. On receipt of notice, for a period of 30 days, we will have the right to acquire the Product (including the trademark, all associated intellectual property rights and documentation) on terms that are no less favorable (to you) than the offer you presented to us. If we waive our rights to acquire the Product, or we do not respond by the end of this 30-day refusal period, you may sell the Product on the terms of the offer that you presented to us.

7. Term and Termination.
 
  • This Agreement will continue indefinitely until terminated by us or you (the “Term”).
  • Either Party can terminate this Agreement upon 30 days’ written notice to the other Party for any reason.
  • We may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect in the event that you breach any warranty, representation or material provision of this Agreement, including your obligations to provide support to customers. We will make a good faith effort to give you an opportunity to remedy certain breaches before terminating this Agreement, while taking into account the best course of action to ensure continuity of service to our customers. In such instances, we reserve the right to suspend payments to you until the breach is remedied.
  • Upon termination:
    • we can either:
      1. fork the Product(s) under the Applicable License and continue to sell them, with rights to (x) all revenue generated on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site (including from subscription renewals), (y) the then-existing documentation, and (z) the Product name, and provide updates and support to customers (on our own or through a partnership with a third party), or
      2. remove the Product(s) from future distribution under the terms set forth in Section 3; and
    • you cannot sell the Product(s) outside of the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site, but you must remove any derivative or variation of “Mrs. Gus’s” from the name of the Product(s), unless you obtain our consent.
8. Warranty.
 

You represent and warrant that the Products and do not (i) infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of any third party, (ii) violate any applicable laws, or (iii) contain any malware, viruses, Trojan horses, or other malicious code.

Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, each Party disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

9. Indemnity.
 

You will indemnify and hold harmless us, our Affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) to the extent arising out of any third-party claim or bona fide allegation in writing related to (a) any actual or alleged breach of this Agreement by you or (b) the Products.

10. Limitation of Liability.
 

Except with respect to either Party’s breach of Section 12 (Confidentiality), or your breach of our Service Requirements or your obligations under Section 10 (Indemnity): (a) in no event will either Party be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages; and (b) each Party’s entire liability under this Agreement will not exceed the greater of one hundred thousand dollars or the amounts actually paid or payable to a Party under this Agreement.

11. Confidentiality
 

“Confidential Information” means information that one Party or its Affiliate discloses to the other Party under this Agreement, and that is marked as confidential or proprietary or would otherwise normally be considered confidential information under the circumstances.

Each Party will (a) protect the other Party’s Confidential Information against unauthorized access and use, (b) use the other Party’s Confidential Information only to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (c) not disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information except to anyone acting on its behalf who need to know it in connection with the performance of this Agreement and who have agreed in writing to keep it confidential; or (ii) when legally compelled by a court or other governmental authority, provided, that it provides advance notice to the other Party to the extent permitted under applicable law.

Confidential Information excludes information that: (a) was known by the receiving Party prior to disclosure; (b) enters the public domain through no wrongful act of either Party; or (c) is disclosed to the receiving Party by a third party legally entitled to make such disclosure.

12. Entire Agreement
 

This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the Parties and supersedes any prior oral or written agreements or understandings between the Parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement.

13. Governing Law.
 

This Agreement is governed by the laws of Rhode Island, without regard to its conflicts of laws rules.

14. Definitions:
 

“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a Party.

“Affiliate Costs” means any amounts paid by us for affiliate programs run by us or our Affiliates.

“Agreement” means this Partnership Agreement entered into between you and us.

“Product” or “Products” means any software product, website theme or plugin developed by you and listed on the Mrs. Gus’s RI Site, including any updates, upgrades and new versions of such product(s), website themes or plugins.

“Party” or “Parties” as used herein means you and us.

“Policies and Procedures” mean the policies and procedures set forth at , and the Mrs. Gus’s RI Developer Site, each as may be updated from time to time.

“Taxes” means any sales, use, license, value added, withholding, excise or similar federal, state or local tax that apply to the sale or use of a Product.

“Mrs. Gus’s RI Site” means the web pages and websites at the MrsGussRI.com domain, or any successor domain designated by us.