Affiliate Terms & Conditions

These Affiliate Program Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) are accepted and entered into by the you (the “Affiliate”) and Self-Storage Profits Inc. (“Company”). 

1) ASSENT & ACCEPTANCE

By participating in the Affiliate Program, Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that Affiliate has read and reviewed these Terms and Conditions and that Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions herein.

2) AFFILIATE PROGRAM

Following Affiliate’s acceptance into the Affiliate Program, Affiliate shall fully complete all required account registration.  

Company will provide Affiliate with a specific link or links which correspond to certain products Company is offering for sale ( “Link” or “Links”). The Link will be keyed to Affiliate’s identity and will send online users to the Company’s website, www.selfstorageinvesting.com (“Website”). Affiliate hereby agrees to fully cooperate with Company regarding the Links and further agrees to strictly comply with all terms and conditions contained herein for the promotion of the Link at all times. Company may modify the Link at any time and shall provide Affiliate notice upon any modification. Affiliate agrees to only use Links which are prior approved by Company and to display the Links prominently on Affiliate’s website or social media page (collectively, the “Affiliate Site”).

Each time a user clicks through the Links posted on the Affiliate Site and completes the sale of the product or service and Company, in its sole discretion, determines it to be a Qualified Purchase, as defined below, Affiliate shall be eligible to receive the following percentage of the sale for the products listed below: 

3) SPECIFIC TERMS APPLICABLE

The Company shall determine, in its sole and exclusive discretion, whether a payout to an Affiliate for the sale of products through a link is permissible under these Terms and Conditions or is a Qualified Purchase, as described below. Company reserves the right to reject payouts for clicks and/or sales through an Affiliate Site that do not comply with these Terms and Conditions. 

Company shall be solely responsible for processing and fulfilling any and all sales. Company shall provide Affiliate real-time data regarding Affiliate’s account through the login portal on the Website. 

In order to be eligible for a payout, user purchases must be a “Qualified Purchase.” To be a Qualified Purchase, the purchase must meet the following criteria:

1. the purchase must not be referred by Links of any other partner or affiliate of the Company; 
2. shall not be purchased by an already-existing partner or affiliate of the Company;
3. shall not be purchased prior to the Affiliate joining the Affiliate Program;
4. shall only be purchased through a properly-tracking Affiliate Link;
5.  shall not be purchased by a customer in violation of these Terms and Conditions, or the Company’s Acceptable Use Policy, which is available at ; 
6. shall not be fraudulent, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion;
7.  shall not have been induced by the Affiliate offering the customer any coupons or discounts. 

4) PAYOUT INFORMATION

Payouts shall only be available if the Company has Affiliate’s current address information as well as any necessary accounting and tax documentation. Accounting information may include the routing and account number of a bank where Affiliate wishes to post a direct deposit or may include an email address for an online method of payment. Currently, the Company only offers online methods of payment through an Affiliate’s Paypal account, subject to change. Affiliate shall promptly provide written notice to Company upon any changes to Affiliates address or payment information. Once Company receives written notice of a change to Affiliate’s address or payment method, Company shall correct Affiliate’s payout information within a reasonable period of time. 

Affiliate may be required by the Company to submit a W8/W9 tax form.

Company shall make payouts to Affiliate the month or period after they accrue, as determined by the Company. For example, if Company determines payouts are made every fifteen (15) days, an entire fifteen (15) day period must finish for the payout of that period to be available in the following period.

Company expressly reserves the right to change the payout terms and conditions. Company shall provide notice to Affiliate within a reasonable period of time after making any changes to the payout terms and conditions. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, payouts are only available to Affiliates after Affiliate has been an Affiliate for at least fifteen (15) days. 

For any disputes by Affiliate as to a payout, Affiliate shall notify the Company within thirty (30) days of Affiliate’s receipt of the payout. Company shall review all payout disputes submitted by the Affiliate that have been submitted in compliance with this Section 4.  If Affiliate fails to file a payout dispute with the Company on or before thirty (30) days of payout, the Affiliate shall be deemed to have waived his or her dispute. 

5) REPORTS

Affiliate may log into his or her Affiliate account to review reports related to his or her Affiliation, such as payout reports and qualified click and/or purchase information. Affiliate acknowledges that not all listed qualifying clicks and/or Qualified Purchases have been fully reviewed by the Company for accuracy in the reports viewable by Affiliate in real-time and therefore may be subject to change prior to payout by the Company. 

6) TERM, TERMINATION & SUSPENSION

Affiliate and Company shall be bound by these Terms and Conditions immediately upon Company accepting Affiliate into Affiliate Program. Affiliate or Company may terminate the obligations of the parties under these Terms and Conditions at any time, with or without cause. 

Affiliate shall only earn payouts so long as Affiliate is in good standing with the Company during the term of these Terms and Conditions. If Affiliate chooses to terminate its obligations under these Terms and Conditions, Affiliate shall receive payouts earned prior to the date of termination, and Company shall have no further obligations under these Terms and Conditions. 

If Affiliate fails to abide by the terms and conditions contained herein, or abide by any other Company agreement or policy by which Affiliate has entered into or agreed to, Affiliate forfeits all rights under these Terms and Conditions, including the right to any unclaimed payout.

Company specifically reserves the right to terminate its obligations under these Terms and Conditions if Affiliate violates any of the terms and conditions contained herein, including, but not limited to, violating the intellectual property rights of the Company or a third party, failing to comply with applicable laws or other legal obligations, or publishing or distributing illegal material.

7) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Company shall retain ownership of all copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, and other intellectual property belonging to the Company (“Company Intellectual Property”). 

Subject to the limitations listed below, Company hereby grants Affiliate a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license (“License”) to access Company websites for the purposes of the Affiliate Program and to use Company Intellectual Property for the sole and exclusive purpose of identifying the Company on Affiliate’s site and to send customers to the Affiliate Links provided by the Company (the “Affiliate Purpose”). Affiliate shall not modify the Company Intellectual Property in any way. Company shall only be permitted to use the Company Intellectual Property for the Affiliate Purpose and only while Affiliate is a member in good standing of the Affiliate Program, as determined by the Company. 

Company may revoke its License at any time. If Affiliate violates the License or otherwise uses Company Intellectual Property in a manner not contemplated by these Terms and Conditions, Company reserves the right to terminate these Terms and Conditions without prior notice to Affiliate. 

Affiliate shall not use Company Intellectual Property for any reason other than the Affiliate Purpose without Company’s prior express written consent, which may be withheld by the Company in its discretion. 

Affiliate’s unauthorized use of any Company Intellectual Property may constitute unlawful infringement and Company reserves all rights related to its Intellectual Property, including the right to pursue all legal remedies related to any infringement by an Affiliate. 

Affiliate hereby provides Company a License to use Affiliate’s name, trademarks and servicemarks, if applicable, and other business intellectual property (“Affiliate Intellectual Property”) for the purpose of advertising Company’s Affiliate Program (“Company Purpose”).

8) ACCEPTABLE USES OF AFFILIATE PROGRAM

Affiliate shall not use the Affiliate Program or Company Intellectual Property for any unlawful purpose or any purpose prohibited under this Section 8. Affiliate shall not use the Affiliate Program in any way that could damage Company websites, products, services, or the reputation of the Company (“Prohibited Uses”). Prohibited Uses of the Affiliate Program include, but are not limited to, the following: 

1. I) to harass, abuse, or threaten third parties;
2. II) to misuse Company Intellectual Property or the intellectual property of any third party;

III) to knowingly upload or otherwise disseminate any computer viruses or other software that may damage the property of another;

1. IV) to perpetrate any fraud;
2. V) to engage in or create any unlawful gambling, sweepstakes, or pyramid scheme;
3. VI) to publish or distribute any obscene or defamatory material;

VII) to publish or distribute any material that incites violence, hate, or discrimination towards any persons or groups;

VIII) to unlawfully gather information about others.

9) RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES

These Terms and Conditions shall not create an exclusive relationship between Company and Affiliate.  Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture or other form of joint enterprise, employment or fiduciary relationship between the parties, and neither party shall have authority to contract for or bind the other party in any manner whatsoever.

10) AFFILIATE OBLIGATIONS & FTC COMPLIANCE

Affiliate shall be solely responsible for ensuring operation and maintenance of the Affiliate Site, including technical operations, written claims, links, and accuracy of materials. 

Company may monitor Affiliate’s account, as well as clicks and/or purchases coming through Affiliate’s account. If, at any time, Company determines Affiliate is not in compliance with any of these Terms and Conditions, Company has the right to immediately terminate Affiliate’s participation in the Affiliate Program.

Affiliates shall comply with all applicable federal and state statutes, regulations, and guidelines, including those of the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) requires that affiliate relationships, such as the relationship between Affiliate and the Company, be disclosed to consumers in a clear and conspicuous manner. See the FTC Endorsement Guide for more details at: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking#about 

Affiliate should post a notice on its Affiliate Site that is clear and conspicuous and that is worded substantially similar to the following notice: 

“We engage in affiliate marketing whereby we receive funds through clicks to our affiliate program through this website, and/or we receive funds through the sale of goods or services on or through this website. We may also accept advertising and sponsorships from commercial businesses or receive other forms of advertising compensation. This disclosure is intended to comply with the United States Federal Trade Commission rules on marketing and advertising, as well as any other legal requirements which may apply.”

Affiliate shall comply with any and all applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations, including all of those applicable to Affiliate’s country of residence or visitors to Affiliate’s site, including any state or federal data privacy laws and/or General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. Affiliate shall comply with any requests from Company or any state, federal, or other governing body regarding compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation or the data privacy and security of users of Affiliate’s site. 

If Company determines that Affiliate is not in compliance with any of the requirements of this Section 10, Company may terminate these Terms and Conditions at its sole and exclusive discretion.

11) REVERSE ENGINEERING & SECURITY

Affiliate shall not (i) reverse engineer, attempt to reverse engineer, or disassemble any code or software owned by Company or used in any of Company’s websites or (ii) violate the security of any of Company’s websites or services through any unauthorized access, circumvention of encryption or other security tools, data mining or interference to any host, user or network.

12) DATA LOSS

The Company shall not be responsible or liable for the security of Affiliate’s account or content contained therein. Affiliate shall participate in the Affiliate Program, including uploading information into his or her Affiliate account, at his or her own risk. 

13) INDEMNIFICATION

Affiliate shall indemnify and defend the Company and any of its agents and hold the Company and its agents harmless against any and all legal claims and demands, including reasonable attorney’s fees, which may arise from or relate to Affiliate’s participation in the Affiliate Program, including, but not limited to, Affiliate’s breach of these Terms and Conditions. If Company receives notice of the assertion by a person or entity who is not bound by these Terms and Conditions of any action or claim (“Third Party Claim”) with respect to which Affiliate is obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Section 13, Company shall provide Affiliate notice of such Third Party Claim promptly after becoming aware of the Third Party Claim. Failure by Company to provide Affiliate notice under this Section 13 shall not relieve Affiliate of any of its obligations, except to the extent of any actual prejudice suffered by Affiliate as the result of such failure.  Company, in its discretion, shall have the right to select its own legal counsel and may participate in its own defense of the Third Party Claim at its own cost and expense. 

14) SPAM POLICY

You are strictly prohibited from using the Affiliate Program for legal or illegal spam activities, including, but not limited to, gathering email addresses and personal information from others or sending any mass commercial or solicitation emails regarding the Affiliate Program or any product or service of Company. 

15) SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS

Company may, from time to time, need to interrupt Affiliate’s access to the Affiliate Program site to perform maintenance or emergency services on a scheduled or unscheduled basis. Affiliate acknowledges that Affiliate’s access may be affected by unanticipated or unscheduled downtime of the Affiliate Program site, for any reason, and the Company shall not be liable for any damage or loss caused as a result of such downtime to the Affiliate Program site. 

16) NO WARRANTIES

Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that Affiliate’s use of the Affiliate Program and the Affiliate Program materials at its own risk and that any services provided by Company to Affiliate are provided by Company and accepted by Affiliate “As Is.” The Company hereby expressly disclaims any and all express or implied warranties of any kind, including, but not limited to the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose and the implied warranty of merchantability. The Company makes no warranties that the Affiliate Program will meet Affiliate’s needs or that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure. The Company also makes no warranties as to the reliability or accuracy of any information provided in the Affiliate Program. Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that any damage or data loss that may occur to Affiliate as a result of Affiliate’s use of the Affiliate Program is Affiliate’s sole responsibility and that the Company is not liable to Affiliate for any such damage or loss.

17) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

AFFILIATE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES AFFILIATE IS PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM AT AFFILIATE’S OWN RISK. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO AFFILIATE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR TO AFFILIATE AS A RESULT OF AFFILIATE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED ($100) US DOLLARS. THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AFFILIATE MAY HAVE AGAINST COMPANY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, FRAUD, OR TORTS OF ANY KIND.

18) AMENDMENTS

The Company may amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. All amendments to these Terms and Conditions shall be in full force and effect immediately upon posting of the amendments to the Company Website. Company shall make reasonable efforts to notify Affiliate of any amendments to the Terms and Conditions. Upon receiving notice of an amendment, Affiliate may cancel these Terms and Conditions and its participation in the Affiliate Program by sending written notice to the Company. 

19) ASSIGNMENT 

Affiliate shall not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions without the prior written consent of Company. Any purported assignment or delegation by Affiliate is null and void. Company may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions at any time.

20) NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

These Terms and Conditions are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to confirm upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit, or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of these Terms and Conditions. 

21) GOVERNING LAW

All matters arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Indiana without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Indiana. 

22) JURISDICTION

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be instituted in the state and federal courts for Hamilton County, Indiana, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action, or proceeding. 

23) NOTICES 

All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers, and other communications (“Notices”) to be delivered by Affiliate hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective only upon receipt by Company. Any Notices to be provided by Company to Affiliate hereunder shall be delivered by certified, regular, or electronic mail to the mailing addresses provided by Affiliate to Company.  

24) SEVERABILITY

If any term or provision of these Terms and Conditions is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of these Terms and Conditions or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

25) FORCE MAJEURE

The Company shall not be liable for any failure to perform due to causes reasonably beyond its control including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil authorities, acts of military authorities, riots, embargoes, acts of nature and natural disasters, declaration of a pandemic or epidemic by the World Health Organization, and other acts which may be due to circumstances reasonably unforeseen by the Company. 

26) SURVIVAL

Upon termination of this Agreement, any provisions that would be expected to survive termination by their nature shall remain in full force and effect, including, but not limited to, Sections 7, 9 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, and 26.