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Note: By signing up with our affiliate program(s), you are agreeing to
the terms and conditions presented herein. There are strict penalties
for non-compliance, including immediate termination from our affiliate
program. Please read these terms and conditions carefully. |
| Terms
of Service |
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Black Forest Decor Sites |
These terms
and conditions apply to all retail stores under the Black Forest
Decor, LLC company banner, which include: blackforestdecor.com,
lonestarwesterndecor.com and aspenlighting.com. For the purposes
of brevity in these terms and conditions, this family of retail sites
shall be referred to as 'Black Forest Decor sites'.
By signing
up with our affiliate program(s), you are agreeing
to the terms and conditions presented herein. There are strict
penalties for non-compliance, including immediate termination
from our affiliate program. Please read these terms and conditions carefully.
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| Brand
Representation |
Publishers
may not represent themselves as Black Forest Decor sites or as a representative
for any of the brands we carry. Publisher websites should not create the
impression that the Publisher site is a Black Forest Decor site, and should
not copy the look and feel of Black Forest Decor sites. Publishers
may not serve any Black Forest Decor site products through their shopping
cart. Framing of any Black Forest Decor site is not permitted. |
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| Affiliate
Domain Names and URLs |
Publisher
websites must have a unique URL (including subdomain and URL path) and
may not use Black Forest Decor, Lone Star Western Decor,
and Aspen Lighting
trademarked brand names or any misspellings or variations of
our name or trademarked names in urls or domain names. Use of
our vendor trademarked names or variations in URLs is not allowed. |
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Pay per Click Search Engine Bidding |
Publishers
may not use in ad copy or bid on Black
Forest Decor, Lone Star Western Decor, and
Aspen Lighting, any misspellings or variations of our company
name and domain names. PUBLISHERS MAY NOT DIRECT LINK to Black
Forest Decor sites’ domains or pages. Publisher traffic
MUST FIRST LAND ON THE APPROVED AFFILIATE SITE. Ad copy may not
portray any of our sites as wholesale, cheap, discount, etc. Claims such
as 'authorized dealer' or 'official store' can never be used in ad copy.
Affiliates may not copy Black Forest Decor ads, including link, title, and/or description. All ad links MUST GO TO AFFILIATE LANDING PAGE. Blind re-directs are expressly prohibited. |
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Special
Promotions, Coupons
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Black
Forest Decor, Lone Star Western Decor, and
Aspen Lighting have weekly
promotions that run from Monday
to Sunday. Publishers may promote our coupons, but must
include the sale end date in all advertisements. Special sales information
and coupons must be removed as soon as the offer ends. Special sales must
be advertised as “Available for a limited time only.” Publishers
may not advertise our products as
cheap, bargain, discounted, offer
non-branded coupons or coupon codes. |
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| Pop-Up,
Pop-Under, Re-Directs and Software |
Publishers
may not use site re-directs, pop-ups or pop-unders that
link to our site. We do not allow Publishers to use
customer downloaded programs of any type to promote Black Forest
Decor sites. Using software of any kind to promote Black
Forest Decor sites is strictly prohibited. |
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| Spam
and Electronic Messages |
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no circumstances shall Publisher send commercial electronic mail messages
as defined in the new Federal spam law, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 [the
“Act”], with respect to Black Forest Decor’s Affiliate
Program. For clarification, this does not prohibit Publisher from sending
transactional or relationship messages as defined in the Act. In addition,
except as expressly authorized by Black Forest Decor, any and all
electronic messages initiated or sent by Publisher or on Publisher’s
behalf must identify Publisher as the sender and may not suggest or imply,
or mislead or be likely to mislead a recipient into believing that a Black
Forest Decor site is the sender or sponsor of, or has procured Publisher
to send, such electronic messages. To be clear, Publisher may
not use a return address, subject heading, header information or message
contents that misleads or confuses or is likely to mislead or confuse
a recipient as to Publisher being the sender. |
Black
Forest Decor, Lone Star Western Decor, and
Aspen Lighting must approve all Publisher
electronic messages before sending. |
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Adult
Content and other Unacceptable Content
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Publisher
may not post adult-oriented content on any page where Black Forest Decor
sites’ content appears. Black Forest Decor sites consider content
to be "adult" if it contains nudity or obscenity, sexually explicit,
pornographic, or lewd material. Publisher may not post any offensive content
or incorporate images or content that is in any way harmful, threatening,
obscene, harassing or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable,
or promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation, or age, as determined by Black Forest Decor. |
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| Datafeeds |
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Datafeeds are available only to approved
Publisher sites. Publishers may not submit Black Forest Decor sites’
datafeeds to any shopping portal such as Froogle or Google Base as stated
in their terms of service.
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| Content |
Publishers
may use Black Forest Decor sites’ content (including but not limited
to reviews, copy, and images) to promote Black Forest Decor sites exclusively.
Because our content is produced entirely in-house, Publishers may not
utilize Black Forest Decor sites’ content on any page that promotes
any other company. |
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| Communication |
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are very careful about how our brand and the brands we sell are represented
and we ask that publishers follow these requirements closely. We work
hard to support our publishers, and desire to build relationships that
will help our publishers achieve success. Please feel free to contact
us for any assistance. Our Affiliate Manager may be contacted
via telephone at 877-208-6215 or
also via email at: affiliates@BlackForestDecor.com.
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