Mission Market Fundraising Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions

Joining the Program

By filling out the signup form, and upon acceptance, you will become an affiliate and are bound by the terms of this agreement. Your participation in the program is solely for this purpose: to legally advertise our website and to receive a commission on donation items purchased by your referred individuals, which will be paid out to your nonprofit of choice.

Registration

To sign up as a Fundraising Affiliate of Ordinary Hero and to use the Service as an Affiliate Partner you will be asked to supply a tax-id, which should preferably be a federal tax-id for the Adoption Agency, School, Ministry, or Nonprofit with which you are associated as the payee. 

Pay Out

If you are raising support for an Ordinary Hero Mission Trip, you will receive a credit toward your trip cost - no checks will be sent to you personally. If your trip is fully funded through your fund raising efforts, all additional income will be considered a donation to Ordinary Hero.

All commissions earned by you (the Affiliate) will be sent by check on your behalf to your Adoption Agency, School, Ministry, or Nonprofit 501c3 Organization with which you are associated and raising funds for. We do not give the commissions to individuals alone. We must have proof of 501c3 tax exempt status with your associated organization. If you (the Affiliate) earn commissions through this Affiliate program and we(Ordinary Hero), at any time, are unable to confirm or approve your association, and/or affiliation with a 501c3 organization for payout, then all commissions earned by you (the Affiliate) will immediately become the sole earnings of Ordinary Hero Foundation, Inc. Be sure to put your agency information, school, or mission organization under the "Payee" during sign up. 

Affiliate Responsibilities

It is understood that you will introduce the Ordinary Hero Mission Market and it's donation merchandise, to your current and prospective donor relationships (customers) and will comply with all laws as well those that govern email marketing and anti-spam laws. Ordinary Hero reserves the right to accept or reject any prospective customers and will pay you a commission per sale using your affiliate code according to the designated payment schedule.

Either you or Ordinary Hero may terminate the Affiliate relationship at any time. You are only eligible to earn Affiliate payments during your time as an approved Affiliate. Ordinary Hero may change the program or service policies and operating procedures at any time.

Affiliate Relationship

This Affiliate relationship is one of independent contractors. Ordinary Hero will not be liable for indirect, special or consequential damages arising in connection with this program and our aggregate liability arising with respect to this program will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to your listed payee. Ordinary Hero makes no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the program. In addition, Ordinary Hero makes no representation that the operation of the service will be uninterrupted or error-free, and Ordinary Hero will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.

Revocation of Affiliate Status

Your affiliate application and status in the program may be suspended or terminated for any of the following reasons:

• Inappropriate advertisements (false claims, misleading hyperlinks)
• Illegal spamming (mass email, mass newsgroup posting, etc.)
• Advertising on sites containing/promoting adult or illegal activities
• Violation of intellectual property rights
• Inability to setup links or refer clients to Ordinary Hero (lack of performance)
• Unable to confirm 501c3 status of associated organization for payout.

Affiliate Links

You may use graphic and text links both on your website and in emails. The site may also be advertised "offline" in classified ads, magazines, and newspapers. You may use the graphics and text provided to you by us, or you may create your own as long as they are deemed appropriate according to the conditions above.

Affiliate Tracking

Once you sign up as a Mission Market Fundraiser, your name will appear in a drop-down list, which a customer can click on during the checkout process. If a fundraiser's name is selected at checkout, 30% of the total sale will be credited to the fundraiser's account. It is up to the fundraiser to advertise the need to select their name during the checkout process in order to receive credit. 

Terms of the agreement

These terms will begin upon your signup with the affiliate program and will end when your affiliate account is terminated. The terms of this agreement may be modified by Ordinary Hero at any time. If any modification to the terms is unacceptable to you, your only choice is to terminate your affiliate account. Your continuing participation in the program will constitute your acceptance of any change.

Liability

We will not be liable for indirect or accidental damages (loss of revenue, commissions) due to affiliate tracking failures, loss of database files, and any results of "intents of harm" to the program or our website. We do not make any expressed or implied warranties with respect to the affiliate program and/or products sold at this site. We make no claim that the operation of the affiliate program and our website will be error-free and we will not be liable for any interruptions or errors.

 Privacy Policy

Ordinary Hero respects the privacy of its users and will not disclose personal information to third parties.